EXHIBIT 4.1
U.S.$250,000,000.00
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Among
PRIDE OFFSHORE, INC.,
as Borrower,
PRIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
MEXICO DRILLING LIMITED LLC,
PRIDE CENTRAL AMERICA, LLC,
PRIDE DRILLING, LLC,
PRIDE NORTH AMERICA LLC
PRIDE OFFSHORE INTERNATIONAL LLC
and
PRIDE SOUTH PACIFIC LLC
as Guarantors,
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
as Revolving Lenders,
CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender,
CREDIT MUTUEL - CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL,
as Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner,
NATEXIS BANQUES POPULAIRES,
as Mandated Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and Issuing Bank,
NORDEA,
as Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and Issuing Bank,
and
NEDSHIP BANK,
as Co-Underwriter
June 20, 2002
CONTENTS
CLAUSE PAGE
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Revolving Credit Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") dated as of June 20, 2002 is
among:
(1) Pride Offshore, Inc., a Delaware corporation;
(2) Pride International, Inc., Mexico Drilling Limited LLC, Pride Central
America, LLC, Pride Drilling, LLC, Pride North America LLC, Pride Offshore
International LLC and Pride South Pacific LLC;
(3) Credit Lyonnais New York Branch (in its capacity as Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender);
(4) The Revolving Lenders (as defined in this Agreement);
(5) The Issuing Banks (as defined in this Agreement);
(6) Credit Mutuel - Credit Industriel Et Commercial (in its capacity as
Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner) acting through respectively Banque
de l'Economie, du Commerce et de la Monetique and Credit Industriel Et
Commercial;
(7) Natexis Banques Populaires (in its capacity as Mandated Lead Arranger,
Bookrunner and Issuing Bank);
(8) Nordea (in its capacity as Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and Issuing Bank);
and
(9) Nedship Bank (in its capacity as Co-Underwriter).
It is agreed as follows:
SECTION 1
INTERPRETATION
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1 DEFINITIONS
In this Agreement:
"ACCEPTABLE SECURITY INTEREST" in any Property means a Lien (a) which
exists in favour of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Finance
Parties; (b) which is superior to all other Liens except Permitted Liens;
(c) which secures the Obligations; and (d) which is perfected and
enforceable against all Persons in
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preference to any rights of any Person therein (other than rights in
respect of Permitted Liens).
"ACCESSION LETTER" means a document substantially in the form set out in
Schedule 6 (Form of Accession Letter).
"ACQUISITION" means any Going Concern Acquisition or any Asset
Acquisition.
"ADDITIONAL APPRAISAL REPORT" has the meaning set forth in Clause 25.10(d)
(Rig Appraisal Reports).
"ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR" means a company which becomes an Additional
Guarantor in accordance with Clause 25.12 (New Subsidiaries; Permitted
Holding Company).
"ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT" means Credit Lyonnais New York Branch in its
capacity as agent of the Finance Parties pursuant to Clause 29 (Role of
the Agents and the Arrangers), and any successor administrative agent
pursuant to Clause 29 (Role of the Agents and the Arrangers).
"AFFILIATE" of any Person means any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled
by, or is under common control with, such Person or any Subsidiary of such
Person. The term "control" (including the terms "controlled by" or "under
common control with") means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a
Person, whether through ownership of a Control Percentage, by contract or
otherwise.
"AGENT" means the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent and
"AGENTS" means all such Persons collectively.
"APPRAISED VALUE PERCENTAGE" means (a) with respect to any Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig affected by a Collateral Disposition, one
minus a fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate Market Value of
all Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs excluding such Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig affected by a Collateral Disposition as of
the date of determination and the denominator of which is the aggregate
Market Value of all Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs including
such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig affected by a Collateral
Disposition as of the date of determination (which date of determination
shall be no later than 30 days after such Collateral Disposition has
occurred) and (b) with respect to any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rig affected by a Casualty Event if the Casualty Proceeds with respect
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thereto could reasonably be expected to exceed U.S.$5,000,000, one minus a
fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate Market Value of all
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs reflecting such Casualty Event as
of the date of determination and the denominator of which is the aggregate
Market Value of all Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs prior to the
occurrence of the Casualty Event as of the date of determination (which
date of determination shall be no later than 30 days after such Casualty
Event has occurred).
"APPROVED RIGBROKER" means Normarine Offshore Consultants, Inc., Xxxxx X.
Xxxxx Shipbrokers A\S or any other first-class, international,
independent, sale and purchase offshore drilling rig broker reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
"ARRANGER" means the Mandated Lead Arrangers or the Lead Arranger, and
"ARRANGERS" means all such Persons collectively.
"ASSET ACQUISITION" means, any transaction, or any series of related
transactions, consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which
the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries acquires any land or
offshore drilling rig or vessel, or fleet of rigs or vessels, or any other
asset the acquisition of which is not made to maintain or improve an
existing asset.
"AVAILABILITY PERIOD" means, in relation to a Facility, the period from
and including the date of this Agreement to and including the Revolving
Maturity Date.
"AVAILABLE COMMITMENT" means, in relation to a Facility, a Revolving
Lender's or, as the case may be, the Swingline Lender's, Commitment under
that Facility minus:
(a) the amount of its participation in any outstanding Utilisations
under that Facility; and
(b) in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the amount of its
participation in any Utilisations that are due to be made under that
Facility on or before the proposed Utilisation Date,
other than that Revolving Lender's or, as the case may be, the Swingline
Lender's participation in any Utilisations that are due to be repaid or
prepaid on or before the proposed Utilisation Date.
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"AVAILABLE FACILITY" means, in relation to the Swingline Facility, the
Swingline Lender's Available Commitment in respect of that Facility and,
in relation to the Revolving Credit Facility, the aggregate for the time
being of each Revolving Lender's Available Commitment in respect of the
Revolving Credit Facility less the amount of Swingline Loans then
outstanding other than any amount of the Swingline Loan that is due to be
repaid or prepaid on or before the proposed Utilisation Date.
"BOOKRUNNER" means each of Credit Mutuel - Credit Industriel Et
Commercial, Natexis Banques Populaires and Nordea.
"BORROWER" means Pride Offshore, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"BREAK COSTS" means the amount (if any) by which:
(a) the interest which a Revolving Lender should have received for the
period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its
participation in a Loan or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current
Interest Period in respect of that Loan or Unpaid Sum, had the
principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of
that Interest Period;
exceeds:
(b) the amount which that Revolving Lender would be able to obtain by
placing an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum
received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the Relevant
Interbank Market for a period starting on the Business Day following
receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current
Interest Period.
"BUSINESS DAY" means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which
banks are open for general business in London, New York and Paris and
which is also a TARGET Day.
"CAPITAL STOCK" means any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation,
any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a
corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any
of the foregoing.
"CAPITALIZED LEASE" of a Person means any lease of any Property by such
Person as lessee which would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to be
classified and accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of
such Person.
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"CAPITALIZED LEASE OBLIGATIONS" of a Person means the amount of the
obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown
as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance
with GAAP.
"CASH EQUIVALENTS" means (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or government
of a Participating Member State or issued by any agency thereof and backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States of America or a
Participating Member State, in each case maturing within one year from the
date of acquisition; (b) certificates of deposit, time deposits,
eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank deposits having maturities of
six months or less from the date of acquisition issued by any Revolving
Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States of America or any state thereof or of any Participating Member
State or any province or other jurisdiction thereof having combined
capital and surplus of not less than U.S.$500,000,000 (or the equivalent
in any other currency); (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least
A-2 by S&P or P-2 by Xxxxx'x, or carrying an equivalent rating by a
nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating
agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally,
and maturing within six months from the date of acquisition; (d)
repurchase obligations of any Revolving Lender or of any commercial bank
satisfying the requirements of clause (b) or (c) of this definition,
having a term of not more than 30 days with respect to securities issued
or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or
government of a Participating Member State; (e) securities with maturities
of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully
guaranteed by any state, commonwealth, territory, province or other
jurisdiction of the United States or any other foreign country, by any
political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth,
territory, province or other jurisdiction, the securities of which state,
commonwealth, territory, province, other jurisdiction, political
subdivision or taxing authority (as the case may be) are rated at least A
by S&P or A by Xxxxx'x; (f) securities with maturities of six months or
less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit
issued by any Revolving Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the
requirements of clause (b) or (c) of this definition; and (g) shares of
money market mutual or similar funds which invest exclusively in assets
satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (f) of this definition.
"CASUALTY EVENT" means, with respect to any Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig owned by any Person, (a) any loss or damage to, or any
condemnation or taking of, such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig
other than a Total Loss of any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig,
for which such Person receives,
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anticipates recovering or has filed a claim for Casualty Proceeds or (b)
any Lien imposed by any Governmental Authority pursuant to Environmental
Law and that has not been released or bonded within ten Business Days
following the applicable Credit Party's receipt of notice of such
imposition unless such Lien is being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings.
"CASUALTY PROCEEDS" means the proceeds of any insurance, condemnation
award or other compensation paid or payable to any Credit Party or the
Collateral Agent in respect of any Casualty Event, less the reasonable
fees, taxes and expenses paid to collect such proceeds.
"CERCLA" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980, as amended, state and local analogs, and all rules
and regulations and requirements thereunder in each case as now or
hereafter in effect.
"CERCLIS", or the "CERCLA INFORMATION SYSTEM", means the inventory
maintained by the EPA of sites with potential Releases of Hazardous
Substances that have been or may need to be addressed by the CERCLA
program.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL" means any of (a) any acquisition pursuant to which any
Person or group (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT")) other
than a Permitted Holding Company has become the direct or indirect
beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more
than 35% of the Voting Stock of the Parent Company; (b) the Parent Company
is merged with or into or consolidated with another Person and,
immediately after giving effect to the merger or consolidation, less than
a majority of the outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally
in the election of directors or Persons who serve similar functions of the
surviving or resulting Person are then beneficially owned (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) in the aggregate by (x) the
stockholders of the Parent Company immediately prior to such merger or
consolidation, or (y) if the record date has been set to determine the
stockholders of the Parent Company entitled to vote on such merger or
consolidation, the stockholders of the Parent Company as of such record
date or (z) a Permitted Holding Company; (c) the Parent Company, either
individually or in conjunction with one or more of its Subsidiaries,
sells, conveys, transfers or leases, or its Subsidiaries sell, convey,
transfer or lease, all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (either in one transaction
or a series of related transactions), including Capital Stock of its
Subsidiaries, to any Person except as otherwise permitted by Clause 25.17
(Merger or Consolidation; Asset Sales); (d)
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the liquidation or dissolution of the Parent Company, (e) the first day on
which a majority of the individuals who constitute the Board of Directors
of the Parent Company are not Continuing Directors or (f) the Parent
Company shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Capital
Stock of the Borrower.
"CLOSING DATE" means the date on which the Administrative Agent delivers
the notice referred to in Clause 4.1 (Initial Conditions Precedent).
"CM-CIC" means Credit Mutuel - Credit Industriel Et Commercial (a brand
name for Banque de l'Economie, du Commerce et de la Monetique).
"CODE" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
reformed or otherwise modified from time to time.
"COLLATERAL" means the Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs and all
other collateral as defined in each of the Security Documents.
"COLLATERAL AGENT" means Credit Lyonnais New York Branch in its capacity
as security trustee for the Finance Parties pursuant to Clause 29 (Role of
the Agents and the Arrangers) and any successor collateral agent pursuant
to Clause 29 (Role of the Agents and the Arrangers).
"COLLATERAL DISPOSITION" means (a) the sale, transfer, contribution or
other disposition by (i) the Borrower to any Person other than a Guarantor
or (ii) any Guarantor to any Person other than the Borrower or any other
Guarantor, of any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig or (b) any Total
Loss of any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig.
"COLLATERAL DISPOSITION PROCEEDS" means (a) with respect to any Collateral
Disposition involving a sale, transfer, contribution or other disposition
of a Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig, the gross proceeds thereof
received by any Credit Party less the reasonable fees, taxes and expenses
paid by such Person that are directly related to such sale and the amount
of reserves, if any, recorded in accordance with GAAP for indemnity or
other obligations of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries directly
related to such sale or the Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig and
(b) with respect to any Collateral Disposition involving a Total Loss of a
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig, the proceeds of any insurance
proceeds, condemnation award or other compensation paid or payable to any
Credit Party or the Collateral Agent in respect of such Total Loss less
the reasonable fees, taxes and expenses paid to collect such proceeds and
the amount of reserves, if any, recorded in accordance with GAAP for
indemnity or other
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obligations of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries directly related to
such sale or the Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig.
"COMMITMENT" means a Revolving Commitment or a Swingline Commitment.
"COMMITMENT FEE RATE" means a percentage rate per annum, calculated on
each day, equal to 40% of the Margin applicable to Revolving Credit Loans
on such day, provided that such percentage rate per annum shall not on any
day exceed 1.00% per annum.
"COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE" means a certificate substantially in the form set
out in Schedule 7 (Form of Compliance Certificate).
"CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM" means the Confidential Information
Memorandum dated May 2002 (together with all amendments and supplements
thereto) and furnished to the initial Finance Parties in connection with
the syndication of (a) the Term Loans made under the Term Loan Agreement
and (b) the Revolving Commitments made hereunder.
"CONSOLIDATED EBITDA" means, for any period of determination, (a)
Consolidated Operating Income for such period of determination plus (b) to
the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Operating Income,
depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expense for such period of
determination, and cash costs directly related to the Acquisition by the
Parent Company of Marine Drilling Companies, Inc. and its Subsidiaries,
each calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided,
however, that for each transaction effected on or prior to the time of
calculation of Consolidated EBITDA that is reasonably expected to have the
effect of increasing or decreasing Consolidated EBITDA by at least
$10,000,000 during the twelve month period following the transaction date,
the Pro Forma Consolidated EBITDA of such transaction shall be included in
Consolidated EBITDA.
"CONSOLIDATED NET DEBT" means, at any time, the Debt of the Group less
Unrestricted Cash, each calculated on a consolidated basis as of such
time; provided, however, that, unless the Parent Company elects otherwise,
the MARAD Financing shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Debt if (i)
the MARAD Financing is non-recourse to the Parent Company and its
Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Subsidiaries), (ii) neither the
Parent Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose
Subsidiaries) shall have any liability whatsoever, whether direct or
indirect, contingent or otherwise, for Debt that constitutes part of the
MARAD Financing and (iii) the provider of the MARAD
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Financing shall have no recourse to any assets of the Parent Company and
its Subsidiaries (other than the MARAD Collateral).
"CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME" means, for any period, the net income of the
Parent Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for
such period after taxes, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
"CONSOLIDATED NET INTEREST EXPENSE" means, for any period, the cash
interest expense of the Group (and for so long as the MARAD Financing is
excluded from Consolidated Net Debt, including cash interest expense from
the MARAD Financing, if any, to the extent paid by the Parent Company or
one of its Subsidiaries other than the Special Purpose Subsidiaries
associated with the MARAD Financing) that is not funded by further
drawdown on, or other increase in principal amount of, the associated Debt
less cash interest income of the Group, each calculated on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP for such period; provided, however, that for
each transaction effected on or prior to the time of calculation of
Consolidated Net Interest Expense that is reasonably expected to have the
effect of increasing or decreasing Consolidated EBITDA by at least
$10,000,000 per annum, Consolidated Net Interest Expense will be
calculated on a pro forma basis as if any Debt associated with such
transaction had been incurred on the first day of the period of
determination at an interest rate equivalent to the interest rate
associated with such Debt on the current date of determination and giving
effect to the amortization schedule starting from the current date of
determination.
"CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH" means, at any time, the net worth or total
shareholders equity of the Group on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP.
"CONSOLIDATED OPERATING INCOME" means, for any period, the revenues of the
Group for such period after operating costs and selling, general and
administrative expenses but, for the avoidance of doubt, before taxes and
interest, each calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
provided, however, that the effects of the MARAD Vessels will be excluded
from Consolidated Operating Income for so long as the MARAD Financing is
excluded from Consolidated Net Debt.
"CONSOLIDATED TANGIBLE NET ASSETS" means, as of any date, the assets
(other than the Intangible Assets) which would be reflected on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Group prepared as of such date in
accordance with GAAP.
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"CONSOLIDATED TANGIBLE NET WORTH" means, at any time, the Consolidated Net
Worth less the aggregate book values of the Intangible Assets.
"CONTINGENT OBLIGATION" of a Person means any agreement, undertaking or
arrangement by which such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses,
contingently agrees to purchase or provide funds for the payment of, or
otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon, the obligation or
liability of any other Person, or agrees to maintain the net worth or
working capital or other financial condition of any other Person, or
otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person against loss,
including, without limitation, any comfort letter, operating agreement,
take-or-pay contract or the obligations of any such Person as general
partner of a partnership with respect to the liabilities of the
partnership.
"CONTINUING DIRECTOR" means an individual who (a) is a member of the full
Board of Directors of the Parent Company and (b) either (i) was a member
of the Board of Directors of the Parent Company on the Closing Date or
(ii) whose nomination for election or election to the Board of Directors
of the Parent Company was approved by vote of at least two-thirds of the
directors then still in office who were either directors on the Closing
Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved.
"CONTROL PERCENTAGE" means, with respect to any Person, the percentage of
the outstanding Capital Stock (or other ownership interests and including
any options, warrants or similar rights to purchase such Capital Stock) of
such Person having ordinary voting power which gives the direct or
indirect holder of such Capital Stock or ownership interests the power to
elect a majority of the Board of Directors (or other applicable governing
body) of such Person.
"CONTROLLED GROUP" means all members of a controlled group of corporations
or other business entities and all trades (whether or not incorporated)
under common control which, together with the Parent Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
"CO-UNDERWRITER" means Nedship Bank.
"CREDIT DOCUMENTS" means the Term Loan Agreement and each other agreement,
instrument or document executed by any Credit Party or any of their
respective officers at any time in connection with the Term Loan
Agreement.
"CREDIT PARTY" means the Borrower and any Guarantor.
"DEBT," for any Person, means without duplication:
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(a) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (but, for the
avoidance of doubt, excluding accounts payable arising in the
ordinary course of such Person's business payable on terms customary
in the trade which shall not remain unpaid for a period of more than
90 days after such liabilities become due and payable);
(b) obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments;
(c) obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of
property or services (other than accounts payable arising in the
ordinary course of such Person's business payable on terms customary
in the trade which shall not remain unpaid for a period of more than
90 days after such liabilities become due and payable);
(d) Capitalized Lease Obligations;
(e) all obligations of such Person in respect of financial letters of
credit, bank guarantees, acceptance facilities, bills of exchange or
similar instruments which are issued upon the application of such
Person or upon which such Person is an account party or for which
such Person is in any way liable;
(f) Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities;
(g) indebtedness or obligations of others, whether or not assumed,
secured by Liens or payable out of the proceeds or production from
Property on or in respect of any Property now or hereafter owned or
acquired by such Person, the amount of such Debt being deemed to be
the lesser of the value of such Property and the amount of the
obligation so secured; and
(h) Contingent Obligations for the Debt of another Person referred to in
clauses (a) through (g) of this definition;
but, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include bid, surety or appeal
bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature or
performance letters of credit or similar arrangements issued for the
account of the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
The amount of Debt of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding
balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above
and the maximum liability, upon the occurrence of the contingency giving
rise to the obligation, of any contingent obligations as of such date,
less, in each case, the outstanding
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balance at such date of cash and Cash Equivalents deposited by such Person
in restricted accounts that require the provider of such Debt to consent
to any withdrawal.
"DEFAULT" means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance specified
in Clause 26 (Events of Default) which would (with the expiry of a grace
period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination under the
Finance Documents or any combination of any of the foregoing) be an Event
of Default.
"ELIGIBLE ASSIGNEE" means a Revolving Lender, an Affiliate of a Revolving
Lender, any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States
or any of the countries parties to the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development or any political subdivision of any thereof
which has primary capital (or its equivalent) of not less than
$250,000,000 (or the equivalent in any other currency), that is approved
by the Administrative Agent, and, so long as no Default exists, is
approved by the Borrower, in either case, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld.
"ENVIRONMENT" or "ENVIRONMENTAL" shall have the meanings set forth in 43
U.S.C. Section 9601(8) (1988).
"ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIM" means any third party (including governmental
agencies and employees) action, lawsuit, claim, regulatory action or
proceeding, order, decree, consent agreement or notice of potential or
actual responsibility or violation which seeks to impose liability under
any Environmental Law.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAW" means all Legal Requirements arising from, relating
to, or in connection with the Environment, including, without limitation,
CERCLA, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act of 1972 and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (as applicable)
relating to (a) pollution, contamination, injury, destruction, loss,
protection, cleanup, reclamation or restoration of the air, surface water,
groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata, or other natural
resources; (b) solid, gaseous or liquid waste generation, treatment,
processing, recycling, reclamation, cleanup, storage, disposal or
transportation; (c) exposure to pollutants, contaminants, hazardous,
medical, infectious, or toxic substances, materials or wastes; or (d) the
manufacture, processing, handling, transportation, distribution in
commerce, use, storage or disposal of hazardous, medical, infectious, or
toxic substances, materials or wastes.
"ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT" means any permit, license, order, approval or other
authorization under Environmental Law.
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"EPA" means the United States Environmental Protection Agency or any
successor thereto.
"EQUITY ISSUANCE" means any issuance of equity securities (including any
preferred equity securities) by the Parent Company or any of its
Subsidiaries other than equity securities issued (a) to the Parent Company
or one of its Subsidiaries, (b) pursuant to employee or director and
officer stock option plans in the ordinary course of business, (c)
pursuant to the Pride International, Inc. Direct Stock Purchase Plan or in
connection with the Parent Company's program for the issuance and sale
from time to time of the Parent Company's common stock pursuant to an
agency agreement between the Parent Company and a sales agent providing
for sales by means of ordinary brokers' transactions through the
facilities of the New York Stock Exchange at prices prevailing at the time
of sale less a selling commission to the sales agent, and (d) pursuant to
the exercise of conversion rights with respect to the Parent Company's
convertible securities outstanding on the Closing Date.
"EQUITY ISSUANCE PROCEEDS" means, with respect to any Equity Issuance, all
cash and Cash Equivalents received by the Parent Company or any of its
Subsidiaries from such Equity Issuance after payment of, or provision for,
all brokerage commissions and other reasonable out-of-pocket fees and
expenses actually incurred.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time-to-time.
"EUROCURRENCY LIABILITIES" has the meaning assigned to that term in
Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board, as in effect from time to time.
"EURODOLLAR RATE RESERVE PERCENTAGE" of any Revolving Lender for the
Interest Period for any Revolving Credit Loan means the reserve percentage
applicable during such Interest Period (or if more than one such
percentage shall be so applicable, the daily average of such percentages
for those days in such Interest Period during which any such percentage
shall be so applicable) under regulations issued from time-to-time by the
Federal Reserve Board for determining the maximum reserve requirement
(including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other
marginal reserve requirement) for such Revolving Lender with respect to
liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities
having a term equal to such Interest Period.
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"EUROPEAN FACILITY" means the Facility Agreement for a U.S.$125,000,000
Secured Revolving Credit Facility to Pride Foramer SAS and Forasub B.V.
arranged by Natexis Banques Populaires, as lead arranger, agent and
security agent, Credit Industriel et Commercial, as arranger, and BNP
Paribas and Credit Lyonnais, as co-arrangers, as the same may be amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" means any event or circumstance specified as such in
Clause 26 (Events of Default).
"EXISTING BANK FACILITY" means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of August 12, 1998 among Marine Drilling Companies, Inc., the
lenders named therein, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., as administrative agent for
such lenders, and Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, New York Branch, as
syndication agent, as amended.
"EXISTING REVOLVING LENDER" has the meaning set forth in Clause 27.1
(Assignments and Transfers by the Revolving Lenders).
"FACILITY" means Revolving Credit Facility or the Swingline Facility.
"FACILITY OFFICE" means the office or offices notified by a Finance Party
to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing on or before the
date it becomes a Finance Party (or, following that date, by not less than
five Business Days' written notice) as the office or offices through which
it will perform its obligations under this Agreement.
"FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD" means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System or any of its successors.
"FEE LETTERS" means (a) the letter agreement dated as of March 28, 2002
between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, and (b) the letter
agreement dated as of April 22, 2002 among the Mandated Lead Arrangers and
the Borrower, each setting out the fees referred to in Clause 15 (Fees).
"FINANCE DOCUMENT" means this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the
Security Documents, the Fee Letters, any Accession Letter, and any other
document designated as such by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
"FINANCE PARTY" means an Agent, an Arranger, the Co-Underwriter, a
Bookrunner, an Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or a Revolving Lender.
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"FINANCIAL CONTRACT" of a Person means (a) any exchange-traded or
over-the-counter futures, forward, swap or option contract or other
financial instrument with similar characteristics or (b) any Rate Hedging
Agreement.
"FINANCIAL CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS" of a Person means any and all obligations
of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and
whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all
renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions
therefor), under (a) any and all Financial Contracts, and (b) any and all
cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any
Financial Contract.
"FUND," "TRUST FUND," or "SUPERFUND" means the Hazardous Substance
Response Trust Fund, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 9631 (1988)
and the Post-closure Liability Trust Fund, established pursuant to 42
U.S.C. Section 9641 (1988), which statutory provisions have been amended
or repealed by the Superfunds Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986,
and the "Fund," "Trust Fund," or "Superfund" that are now maintained
pursuant to Section 9507 of the Code.
"GAAP" means with respect to any financial statements of the Parent
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or calculations related to such
financial statements of the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time-to-time applied on a basis consistent with the requirements of Clause
1.4 (Accounting Terms).
"GOING CONCERN ACQUISITION" means, any transaction, or any series of
related transactions, consummated on or after the date of this Agreement,
by which the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) acquires any
going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any firm,
corporation or limited liability company, or division thereof, whether
through purchase of assets, merger, or otherwise, or (ii) directly or
indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction
in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of
the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for the
election of directors (other than securities having such power only by
reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage or
voting power) of the outstanding ownership interests of a partnership or
limited liability company (but, for the avoidance of doubt, except in the
case of (ii) above where such acquisition would reasonably be considered
an Asset Acquisition).
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" means, as to any Person in connection with any
subject, any foreign, supranational, national, state or provincial
governmental authority, or any political subdivision thereof, any
governmental or regulatory
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agency, department, commission, board, bureau, authority or
instrumentality lawfully entitled to exercise any executive, judicial,
legislative, police, regulatory or taxing authority or power or any
government court, in each case having jurisdiction over such Person or
such Person's Property in connection with such subject.
"GOVERNMENTAL PROCEEDINGS" means any action or proceedings by or before
any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, the
promulgation, enactment or entry of any Legal Requirement.
"GROUP" means the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries.
"GUARANTOR" means an Original Guarantor or an Additional Guarantor.
"HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE" means the substances identified as such pursuant to
CERCLA and those regulated under any other Environmental Law, including
without limitation pollutants, contaminants, petroleum, petroleum
products, radionuclides, radioactive materials, and medical and infectious
waste.
"HAZARDOUS WASTE" means the substances regulated as such pursuant to any
Environmental Law.
"INDEX DEBT" means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed
money of the Parent Company that is not guaranteed by any other Person or
subject to any other credit enhancement.
"INITIAL MORTGAGED REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY RIGS" means each of the
vessels listed on Schedule 22.17.
"INITIAL RIG APPRAISAL REPORT" has the meaning specified in Schedule 2
(Conditions Precedent to Initial Utilisations).
"INSURANCE POLICIES" includes (a) all insurances (including, without
limitation, all certificates of entry in protection and indemnity and war
risks associations or clubs) in respect of the Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rigs, whether heretofore, now or hereafter effected, and all
renewals of or replacements for the same, (b) all claims, returns of
premium and other moneys and claims for moneys due and to become due under
or in respect of said insurances, and (c) all other rights of each owner
of a Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig under or in respect of said
insurances.
"INTANGIBLE ASSETS" means (a) deferred assets, other than prepaid
insurance and prepaid taxes, (b) patents, copyrights, trademarks,
tradenames, franchises,
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goodwill, experimental expenses and other similar assets which would be
classified as intangible assets on a balance sheet prepared in accordance
with GAAP, and (c) unamortized debt discount and expense.
"INTERCOMPANY DEBT" means all Debt owing by any Credit Party to the Parent
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including any other Credit Party).
"INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO" means, for the Group on a consolidated basis, as
of the end of any fiscal quarter, for the then most-recently ended four
fiscal quarters, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b) Consolidated
Net Interest Expense.
"INTEREST PERIOD" means, in relation to a Loan, each period determined in
accordance with Clause 13 (Interest Periods) and, in relation to an Unpaid
Sum, each period determined in accordance with Clause 12.3 (Default
interest).
"INVESTMENT" of any Person means any loan, advance (other than commission,
travel and similar advances to officers and employees, drawing accounts
and similar expenditures or prepayments or deposits made in the ordinary
course of business) or extension of credit that constitutes Debt of the
Person to whom it is extended or contribution of capital by such Person;
stocks, bonds, mutual funds, partnership interests, notes (including
structured notes), debentures or other securities owned by such Person;
any deposit accounts and certificates of deposit owned by such Person
(but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding capital expenditures of such
Person determined in accordance with GAAP).
"ISSUING BANK" means each of Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, Credit
Industriel Et Commercial, Natexis Banques Populaires and Nordea.
"ISM CODE" has the meaning set forth in Clause 22.27 (Compliance with
Laws).
"LEAD ARRANGER" means Nordea.
"LEGAL REQUIREMENT" means, as to any Person, any law, statute, ordinance,
decree, award, requirement, order, writ, judgment, injunction, rule,
regulation (or official interpretation of any of the foregoing) of, and
the terms of any license or permit issued by, any Governmental Authority
which is binding on such Person.
"LETTER OF CREDIT" means each letter of credit issued under this
Agreement, substantially in the form (a) set out in Schedule 9 (Form of
Letter of Credit) or (b) requested by the Borrower and reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent (with the prior consent of the
Required Revolving Lenders) and the applicable Issuing Bank.
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"LETTER OF CREDIT EXPOSURE" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the
aggregate undrawn maximum face amount of each Letter of Credit at such
time and (b) the aggregate unpaid amount of all Reimbursement Obligations
owing with respect to such Letters of Credit at such time.
"LEVEL I, LEVEL II, LEVEL III, LEVEL IV, LEVEL V AND LEVEL VI", and
individually, a "LEVEL", shall mean the level determined by the ratings by
Moody's and S&P, respectively, applicable on such date to the Revolving
Credit Facility:
Level Revolving Credit Facility Ratings
----- ---------------------------------
Level I BBB+ or higher by S&P
Baa1 or higher by Moody's
Level II BBB by S&P
Baa2 by Moody's
Level III BBB- by S&P
Baa3 by Moody's
Level IV BB+ by S&P
Ba1 by Moody's
Level V BB by S&P
Ba2 by Moody's
Level VI BB- or lower by S&P
Ba3 or lower by Moody's
For purposes of the foregoing, (a) if neither Moody's nor S&P shall have
in effect a rating for the Revolving Credit Facility (other than by reason
of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition),
then the level shall be based upon the ratings by Moody's and S&P,
respectively, applicable on such date to the Index Debt which ratings the
Parent Company will maintain until the Revolving Maturity Date; (b) if
either Moody's or S&P (but not both) shall have in effect a rating for the
Revolving Credit Facility, then the level shall be based upon that rating;
(c) if neither Moody's nor S&P shall have in effect a rating for the
Revolving Credit Facility or the Index Debt (other than by reason of the
circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition), then
the level shall be deemed to be Level VI; (d) if the ratings established
or deemed to have been established by Moody's and S&P for the Revolving
Credit Facility or the Index Debt, as the case may be, shall
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fall within different Levels, the Margin shall be based on the higher of
the two ratings unless one of the two ratings is two or more Levels lower
than the other, in which case the Margin shall be determined by reference
to the Level next above that of the lower of the two ratings; and (e) if
the ratings established or deemed to have been established by Moody's or
S&P for the Revolving Credit Facility or the Index Debt, as the case may
be, shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating
system of Moody's or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date
on which it is first announced or published by the applicable rating
agency or, in the absence of such announcement or publication, on the
effective date of such rating as determined by the Administrative Agent.
Each change in the Margin shall apply during the period commencing on the
effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding
the effective date of the next such change. If the rating system of
Moody's or S&P shall change, or if both such rating agencies shall cease
to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrower
and the Finance Parties shall negotiate in good faith to amend this
definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of
ratings from such rating agencies and, pending the effectiveness of any
such amendment, the Margin shall be determined by reference to the rating
most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.
"LEVERAGE RATIO" means, for the Group on a consolidated basis, as of the
end of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Net Debt to (b)
Consolidated EBITDA for the then most-recently ended four fiscal quarters.
"LIBOR" means, in relation to any Revolving Credit Loan:
(a) the applicable Screen Rate; or
(b) (if no Screen Rate is available for U.S. Dollars for the Interest
Period of that Loan) the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded
upwards to four decimal places) as supplied to the Administrative
Agent at its request quoted by the Reference Banks to leading banks
in the London interbank market,
as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day for the offering of deposits
in U.S. Dollars and for a period comparable to the Interest Period for that
Loan.
"LIEN" means any mortgage, lien (statutory or other), pledge, assignment,
charge, deed of trust, security interest, hypothecation, preference,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, priority or other security arrangement
or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever to secure or
provide for the payment of any
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obligation of any Person, whether arising by contract, operation of law or
otherwise (including, without limitation, the interest of a vendor or
lessor under any conditional sale agreement, synthetic lease, Capitalized
Lease or other title retention agreement having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing); provided, however, for the
avoidance of doubt, that negative pledge or similar agreements of a Person
to refrain from permitting Liens and the interest of a Person as owner or
lessor under charters or leases of Property (including, without
limitation, drilling rigs, drillships and other vessels and platforms)
shall not constitute "Liens" on or in respect of the Property of such
Person.
"LOAN" means a Revolving Credit Loan or a Swingline Loan.
"LONDON BUSINESS DAY" means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on
which banks are open for general business in London.
"MAINTENANCE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES" means, without duplication for any
period, the aggregate of all expenditures for any purchase, other
acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a Capitalized Lease) of any asset or
additions to equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs and
improvements during such period) which would be classified as a fixed or
capital asset on a consolidated balance sheet of the Group prepared in
accordance with GAAP, excluding (a) expenditures in respect of
Acquisitions, (b) expenditures of any proceeds of any insurance,
condemnation award or other compensation paid or payable to the Parent
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in respect of any loss or damage to,
or any condemnation or taking of, any land or offshore drilling rig or
vessel or any other asset, less the reasonable fees, taxes and expenses
paid to collect such proceeds, to rebuild or repair such land or offshore
drilling rig or vessel or such other asset, (c) with respect to any sale,
transfer, contribution or other disposition of a land or offshore drilling
rig or vessel or any other asset, expenditures of the gross proceeds
thereof received by the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries less the
reasonable fees, taxes and expenses paid by such Person that are directly
related to such sale, transfer, contribution or other disposition, to
replace such land or offshore drilling rig or vessel or such other asset,
and (d) expenditures for which the Parent Company or its Subsidiaries will
be reimbursed directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, by
compensation from a customer, whether in the form of a lump sum payment,
any increase in the day rate for an offshore drilling rig or vessel or
otherwise).
"MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS" means CM-CIC and Natexis Banques Populaires.
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"MANDATORY COST" means, in relation to any Revolving Lender, the
percentage rate per annum notified by such Revolving Lender to or
calculated by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Schedule 4
(Mandatory Cost formula).
"MARAD" means the Maritime Administration, United States of America.
"MARAD COLLATERAL" means the MARAD Vessels, additions and accessions
thereto, inventory relating thereto, improvements and upgrades thereof,
all reserve and construction funds associated with any MARAD Financing and
money and other instruments therein, MARAD Revenues, insurance and
proceeds of any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, proceeds
from associated contracts and insurances), and the Capital Stock of any
Special Purpose Subsidiary that owns, whether directly or indirectly, only
the MARAD Vessels.
"MARAD FINANCING" means any debt obligations of the Group for the purpose
of financing or refinancing the MARAD Vessels which, pursuant to Title XI
of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, are secured by a full
faith and credit guaranty of the U.S. government, represented by the
Secretary of Transportation, acting through MARAD
"MARAD REVENUES" means the rights to payments and payments made under any
contracts between the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries and one or
more of their customers under which the Parent Company or any of its
Subsidiaries uses a MARAD Vessel to perform any of its obligations under
such contract.
"MARAD VESSELS" means the Amethyst IV and the Amethyst V.
"MARGIN" means, with respect to each type of Loan, the percentage rate per
annum as set forth below for the Level in effect at such time:
Xxxxx X Xxxxx XX Xxxxx XXX Xxxxx XX Xxxxx X Xxxxx XX
------- -------- --------- -------- ------- --------
Revolving 1.50% 1.75% 2.00% 2.25% 2.75% 3.25%
Credit Loans
Swingline 0.00% 0.25% 0.50% 0.75% 1.25% 1.75%
Loans
"MARKET VALUE" means, as of any date of determination, the fair market
value (or to the extent that the Rig Appraisal Reports, if two Rig
Appraisal Reports are required to be delivered by this Agreement, provide
for different fair market
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values, the arithmetical average of such fair market values) of each
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig or other offshore drilling rig or
vessel set forth in the most recent Rig Appraisal Reports covering such
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig or other offshore drilling rig or
vessel delivered to the Revolving Lenders. Each Market Value shall
initially be calculated as of the Closing Date by reference to the Initial
Rig Appraisal Reports. To the extent that any Rig Appraisal Report
provides a range of fair market values for any Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig, then the fair market value for such of Mortgaged Revolving
Credit Facility Rig shall be the arithmetical average of the highest and
lowest fair market values given for such Rig in such Rig Appraisal Report.
Concurrently with delivery of any subsequent Rig Appraisal Reports, the
Administrative Agent shall calculate the Market Values as of the date of
such reports. The recalculated Market Values shall become effective
immediately upon receipt of such subsequent Rig Appraisal Reports by the
Administrative Agent. In addition, each Market Value shall be adjusted
from time to time to reflect any Casualty Event (if the Casualty Proceeds
with respect thereto could reasonably be expected to exceed
U.S.$5,000,000) or any Collateral Disposition occurring with respect to
any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig to reflect the amount set
forth in the Additional Appraisal Report covering such Mortgaged Revolving
Credit Facility Rig to be delivered by the Borrower to the Revolving
Lenders pursuant to Clause 25.10(d) (Rig Appraisal Reports). The cost of
any such Additional Appraisal Report shall be paid by the Borrower.
"MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE" means (a) a material adverse change in the
business, Property, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of
operations of the Group, taken as a whole, (b) the occurrence and
continuance of any event or circumstance which could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Credit Parties' ability
to perform their obligations under this Agreement or the other Finance
Documents, or (c) a material adverse effect on the validity or
enforceability against any Credit Party of any of the Finance Documents or
the rights or remedies of the Finance Parties thereunder.
"MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY" means (a) any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the
Borrower that has "net assets" that constitute more than 10% of the
combined GAAP value of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
inclusive of the subject Subsidiary, on a consolidated basis at such time,
(b) any non-wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower if the percentage of
such Subsidiary's "net assets" equal to the Borrower's ownership interest
in such Subsidiary constitutes more than 10% of the combined GAAP value of
the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, inclusive of the subject
Subsidiary, on a consolidated basis at such time, (c) any
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Subsidiary of the Parent Company that owns any Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig, or (d) any Person that guarantees the Borrower's obligations
under the Term Loan Agreement, and "Material Subsidiaries" means all such
Subsidiaries collectively. As used herein, "net assets" means the GAAP
value of the assets of such Subsidiary less the principal amount of Debt
(i) which is non-recourse to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than
Special Purpose Subsidiaries), (ii) in respect of which neither the
Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose
Subsidiaries) shall have any liability whatsoever, whether direct or
indirect, contingent or otherwise, and (iii) the provider of which shall
have no recourse to any assets of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries
(other than the assets for which such Debt was incurred, the proceeds
(including, without limitation, proceeds from associated contracts and
insurances) of, and improvements, accessories and upgrades to, such assets
and the Capital Stock of any Special Purpose Subsidiary that owns, whether
directly or indirectly, such assets).
"MERGER" means the transactions whereby the Delaware corporation formerly
known as Pride Marine, Inc. and its former Subsidiaries are merged with
and into the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
"MERGER DOCUMENTS" means each of the documents, agreements and instruments
which evidences the Merger.
"MOODY'S" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor that is
a United States credit rating organization.
"MONTH" means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending
on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, except
that:
(a) (subject to paragraph (c) below) if the numerically corresponding
day is not a London Business Day, that period shall end on the next
London Business Day in that calendar month in which that period is
to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately
preceding London Business Day;
(b) if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
in which that period is to end, that period shall end on the last
London Business Day in that calendar month; and
(c) if an Interest Period begins on the last London Business Day of a
calendar month, that Interest Period shall end on the last London
Business Day in the calendar month in which that Interest Period is
to end.
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The above rules will only apply to the last Month of any period.
"MORTGAGED REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY RIGS" means the Initial Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rigs and any other offshore drilling rigs or
vessels becoming subject to a Rig Mortgage pursuant to this Agreement,
other than any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig affected by a
Casualty Event or Collateral Disposition that results in a Total Loss.
"MORTGAGED TERM LOAN FACILITY RIGS" means the offshore drilling rigs or
vessels securing all or a portion of the Term Loans.
"MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means an employee benefit plan maintained pursuant to
a collective bargaining agreement or any other arrangement to which the
Parent Company or any member of the Controlled Group is a party to which
more than one employer is obligated to make contributions.
"NATIONAL PRIORITY LIST" means the list compiled by the EPA of sites with
uncontrolled Hazardous Substance Releases deemed by EPA to be priorities
for further evaluation and cleanup based on the severity of hazards
associated with those Releases.
"NET CASH PROCEEDS" means, with respect to any Asset Sale, all cash and
Cash Equivalents received by the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries
from such Asset Sale after (a) payment of, or provision for, all taxes,
commissions and other reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses actually
incurred; (b) payment of any outstanding obligations relating to such
Property paid in connection with, and necessary for, any such Asset Sale;
and (c) the amount of reserves recorded in accordance with GAAP for
indemnity or similar obligations of the Parent Company and its
Subsidiaries directly related to such Asset Sale or the assets sold.
"NEW REVOLVING LENDER" has the meaning set forth in Clause 27.1
(Assignments and transfers by the Revolving Lenders).
"OBLIGATIONS" means all unpaid principal of the Loans, unpaid interest on
the Loans, all accrued and unpaid fees, commissions and all expenses,
reimbursements, indemnities (including without limitation in relation to
Letters of Credit) and other obligations and amounts payable by the Credit
Parties to any Finance Party under the Finance Documents.
"OFF-BALANCE SHEET LIABILITY" of a Person means (a) any repurchase
obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes
receivable sold by such Person, (b) Synthetic Lease Obligations, or (c)
any obligation arising with respect
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to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes
the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the
balance sheets of such Person (but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding
any Operating Leases).
"OPERATING LEASE" of a Person means any lease of Property (other than a
Capitalized Lease or an Off-Balance Sheet Liability) by such Person as
lessee which has an original term (including any required renewals and any
renewals effective at the option of the lessor) of one year or more.
"ORIGINAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" means (a) audited consolidated balance
sheets of the Group as at December 31, 1999, December 31, 2000 and
December 31, 2001 and the related consolidated statements of income, cash
flow, and retained earnings of the Group for each of the fiscal years then
ended, copies of which have been furnished to the Administrative Agent,
and (b) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Group as at March
31, 2002, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flow,
and retained earnings of the Group for the fiscal quarter then ended,
copies of which have been furnished to the Administrative Agent.
"ORIGINAL CREDIT PARTY" means the Borrower or an Original Guarantor.
"ORIGINAL GUARANTOR" means the Parent Company, Mexico Drilling Limited
LLC, Pride Central America, LLC, Pride Drilling, LLC, Pride North America
LLC, Pride Offshore International LLC and Pride South Pacific LLC.
"ORIGINAL REVOLVING LENDER" means each Revolving Lender set forth in Part
II of Schedule 1 (The Original Parties).
"PARENT COMPANY" means (a) the U.S. Parent until the creation of a
Permitted Holding Company and (b) thereafter, the Permitted Holding
Company that is not a Subsidiary of another Permitted Holding Company.
"PARTICIPATING MEMBER STATE" means any member state of the European
Communities that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in
accordance with legislation of the European Community relating to Economic
and Monetary Union.
"PARTY" means a party to this Agreement.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity
succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
"PERMITTED HOLDING COMPANY" means (a) from and after the time the common
stock of the U.S. Parent is not listed on a United States or non-United
States
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national or regional securities exchange or traded through the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System or similar
system, a Person organized and validly existing under the laws of the
United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia,
the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman
Islands, any of the Channel Islands, France, Luxembourg, the United
Kingdom, the Netherlands or the Netherlands Antilles that, immediately
after such time, had substantially the same stockholders, directly or
indirectly, as the U.S. Parent immediately prior to such time, (b) from
and after the sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, lease or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the U.S. Parent's and its
Subsidiaries' assets, the U.S. Parent and (c) each wholly-owned Subsidiary
of another Permitted Holding Company that directly or indirectly owns the
common stock of the U.S. Parent.
"PLAN" means an employee benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding
standards under Section 412 of the Code as to which the Parent Company or
any member of the Controlled Group may have any liability.
"PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED EBITDA" means, in respect of any transaction, the
increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA attributable to such
transaction, assuming the transaction had occurred on the first day of the
determination period, to the extent readily quantifiable by reference to
(A) past performance, existing contractual commitments or otherwise as may
be appropriate in the case of a Going Concern Acquisition and (B) existing
contractual commitments in the case of an Asset Acquisition, in either
case as set forth in a certificate from a Responsible Officer based on
information that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
"PROJECT FINANCE DEBT" means (a) Debt with respect to the two
drilling/workover barge rigs owned by the Parent Company's Venezuelan
Subsidiary as in effect on the date hereof, (b) Debt with respect to the
two drillships owned by Andre Maritime Ltd. and Xxxxxx Maritime Ltd. as in
effect on the date hereof, (c) Debt with respect to the one xxxx-up rig
owned by Sonamer France SAS as in effect on the date hereof, except for
the U.S.$10,000,000 portion which is recourse to the Parent Company and
(d) Debt (i) incurred to finance the purchase price or construction cost
of Property (including the cost of upgrading, refurbishing or renovating
drilling rigs, drillships and other vessels and platforms) and related
items (including interest added to principal), (ii) which is non-recourse
to the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries, other than a Special Purpose
Subsidiary, (iii) for which neither the Parent Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries (other than a
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Special Purpose Subsidiary) shall have any liability whatsoever, whether
direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, and (iv) the provider of
which shall have no recourse to any assets of the Parent Company and its
Subsidiaries (other than the assets for which such Project Finance Debt
was incurred, the proceeds (including, without limitation, proceeds from
associated contracts and insurances) of, and improvements, accessories and
upgrades to, such assets and the Capital Stock of any Special Purpose
Subsidiary that owns, whether directly or indirectly, such assets).
"PROPERTY" of any Person means any interest of such Person in any property
or asset (whether real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible).
"QUOTATION DAY" means, in relation to any period for which an interest
rate is to be determined, two Business Days before the first day of that
period unless market practice differs in the Relevant Interbank Market, in
which case the Quotation Day will be determined by the Administrative
Agent in accordance with market practice in the Relevant Interbank Market
(and if quotations would normally be given by leading banks in the
Relevant Interbank Market on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be
the last of those days).
"RATE HEDGING AGREEMENT" means an agreement, device or arrangement
providing for payments which are related to fluctuations of interest
rates, exchange rates or forward rates, including, but not limited to,
dollar-denominated or cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements,
forward currency exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar
protection agreements, forward rate currency or interest rate options,
puts or warrants.
"REFERENCE BANKS" means the principal London offices of Barclays plc, BNP
Paribas and Citibank, N.A. or such other banks as may be appointed by the
Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower.
"REGULATIONS T, U, X AND D" means Regulations T, U, X, and D of the
Federal Reserve Board, as the same is from time-to-time in effect, and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
"REIMBURSEMENT OBLIGATIONS" means all of the payment obligations of the
Borrower set forth in Clause 7.1 (Immediately payable), 7.4 (Claims under
a Letter of Credit) or 7.5 (Indemnities).
"RELEASE" shall have the meaning set forth in CERCLA or under any other
Environmental Law.
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"RELEVANT INTERBANK MARKET" means the London interbank market.
"RENEWAL REQUEST" means a notice substantially in the form set out in Part
D of Schedule 3 (Requests).
"REPORTABLE EVENT" means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of
ERISA and the regulations issued under such section.
"REQUIRED REVOLVING LENDERS" means:
(a) if there are no Utilisations then outstanding, a Revolving Lender or
Revolving Lenders whose Revolving Commitments aggregate more than
66 2/3% of the Total Revolving Commitments (or, if the Total
Revolving Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated more
than 66 2/3% of the Total Revolving Commitments immediately prior to
the reduction); or
(b) at any other time, a Revolving Lender or Revolving Lenders whose
participations in the Utilisations then outstanding aggregate more
than 66 2/3% of all the Utilisations then outstanding.
"REQUIRED TERM LENDERS" means, at any time, Term Lenders having more than
50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans.
"RESPONSE" shall have the meaning set forth in CERCLA or under any other
Environmental Law.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" means the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief
Financial Officer, any Executive or Senior Vice President, or Treasurer of
the Parent Company or the Borrower.
"RESTRICTED CASH" means, at any time, any cash and Cash Equivalents of the
Group which are reserved for the payment of principal and interest under
Project Finance Debt of the Group.
"RESTRICTED PAYMENT" means (a) the declaration or making by the Parent
Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any dividends or other distributions
(in cash, property, or otherwise) on, or any payment for the purchase,
redemption or other acquisition of, any shares of any Capital Stock of
such Person, other than dividends payable in such Person's Capital Stock,
(b) the making by the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any
direct or indirect payment (scheduled or otherwise) in respect of the
principal of any Subordinated Debt, and (c) any defeasance or covenant
defeasance, purchase, redemption, retirement or other
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acquisition by the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of
Subordinated Debt of such Person.
"REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY" means the revolving credit facility made
available under this Agreement as described in Clause 2 (The Facilities).
"REVOLVING COMMITMENT" means:
(a) in relation to an Original Revolving Lender, the amount set opposite
its name under the heading "Revolving Commitment" in Part II of
Schedule 1 (The Original Parties) and the amount of any other
Revolving Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement; and
(b) in relation to any other Revolving Lender, the amount of any
Revolving Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement,
to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this
Agreement.
"REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN" means a loan made or to be made under the
Revolving Credit Facility or the principal amount outstanding for the time
being of that loan.
"REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY UTILISATION" means a Revolving Credit Loan or a
Letter of Credit.
"REVOLVING LENDER" means:
(a) any Original Revolving Lender; and
(b) any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which
has become a Party in accordance with Clause 27 (Changes to the
Revolving Lenders),
which in each case has not ceased to be a Party in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
"REVOLVING MATURITY DATE" means the third anniversary of the Closing Date
or any later date as may be specified as the Revolving Maturity Date in
accordance with Clause 10.3 (Extension of Revolving Maturity Date) or any
earlier date on which the Total Revolving Commitments are reduced to zero
or otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms hereof.
"RIG APPRAISAL REPORT" has the meaning set forth in Clause 25.10 (Rig
Appraisal Reports).
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"RIG MORTGAGES" means each of the First Preferred Fleet Mortgages (or
other ship mortgage, fleet mortgage, naval mortgage or other agreement,
document or instrument evidencing a grant of liens in a rig or vessel)
executed by any Credit Party which pledges a rig or vessel owned by such
Person to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Finance Parties as
collateral for all or a portion of the Obligations, in substantially the
form of the attached Schedule 10 (Form of Rig Mortgage) and as required to
create an Acceptable Security Interest, in each case as the same may be
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
"ROLLOVER LOAN" means one or more Revolving Credit Loans:
(a) made or to be made on the same day that a maturing Revolving Credit
Loan is due to be repaid;
(b) the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the maturing
Revolving Credit Loan; and
(c) made or to be made to the Borrower for the purpose of refinancing a
maturing Revolving Credit Loan.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Rating Agency the Group, a division of
Xx-Xxxx Xxxx Companies, Inc., or any successor that is a United Stated
credit rating organization.
"SCREEN RATE" means the British Bankers' Association Interest Settlement
Rate for U.S. Dollars for the relevant period displayed on the appropriate
page of the Reuters screen. If the agreed page is replaced or service
ceases to be available, the Administrative Agent may specify another page
or service displaying the appropriate rate after consultation with the
Borrower and the Revolving Lenders.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any successor
entity.
"SECURITY AGREEMENTS" means the each of the Security Agreements in
substantially the form of the attached Schedule 11 (Form of Security
Agreement) and executed by the Credit Parties in favour of the Collateral
Agent to secure all or a portion of the Obligations, as same may be
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
"SECURITY DOCUMENTS" means the Rig Mortgages, the Security Agreements, and
each other document, instrument or agreement executed in connection
therewith or otherwise executed in order to secure all or a portion of the
Obligations.
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"SECURITY MAINTENANCE RATIO" means, as at any date of determination, the
ratio of (a) the aggregate Market Value of all Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rigs as of such date to (b) the Total Revolving Commitments as of
such date.
"SENIOR INDENTURE" means the Indenture dated as of May 1, 1997 between the
Parent Company and XX Xxxxxx Chase Bank, as trustee (the "SENIOR
TRUSTEE"), as supplemented by (a) the First Supplemental Indenture dated
as of May 1, 1997 between the Parent Company and the Senior Trustee
relating to U.S.$325,000,000 principal amount of 9 3/8% Senior Notes due
2007, (b) the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 26, 1999
between the Parent Company and the Senior Trustee relating to
U.S.$200,000,000 principal amount of 10% Senior Notes due 2009, (c) the
Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 16, 2001 between the
Parent Company and the Senior Trustee relating to U.S.$431,454,000
principal amount at maturity of Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Debentures
Due 2021, (d) the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 10,
2001 between the Parent Company and the Senior Trustee relating to the
redomicile of the Parent Company and (e) the Fifth Supplemental Indenture
dated as of March 4, 2002 between the Parent Company and the Senior
Trustee relating to U.S.$300,000,000 principal amount of Convertible
Senior Notes Due 2007 and as may be further amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"SPECIAL PURPOSE SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary of the Parent Company
whose principal purpose is to incur Debt or to become an owner of
interests in a person created to conduct the business activities for which
such Debt was incurred, and substantially all the fixed assets of which
Subsidiary or person are those fixed assets being financed (or to be
financed) in whole or in part by such Debt.
"SPECIFIED TIME" means a time determined in accordance with Schedule 8
(Timetables).
"SUBORDINATED INDENTURE" means the Indenture dated as of April 1, 1998
between the Parent Company and HSBC Bank USA, as trustee (the
"SUBORDINATED TRUSTEE"), as supplemented by the First Supplemental
Indenture dated as of April 24, 1998 between the Parent Company and the
Subordinated Trustee relating to U.S.$588,145,000 principal amount at
maturity of Zero Coupon Convertible Subordinated Debentures Due 2018 and
the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 10, 2001 between
the Parent Company and the Subordinated Trustee relating to the redomicile
of the Parent Company and as may be further amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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"SUBORDINATED DEBT" means any Debt (including Debt under the Subordinated
Indentures) of the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is
subordinated to their respective obligations under the Finance Documents.
"SYNTHETIC LEASE OBLIGATIONS" means any arrangement treated as an
Operating Lease for financial accounting purposes and a financing lease
for tax purposes.
"SUBSIDIARY" of a Person means any corporation, association, partnership
or other business entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding shares
of Capital Stock (or other equivalent interests) having by the terms
thereof ordinary voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect a
majority of the board of directors or Persons performing similar functions
(or, if there are no such directors or Persons, having general voting
power) of such entity (irrespective of whether at the time Capital Stock
(or other equivalent interests) of any other class or classes of such
entity shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any
contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by
such Person, by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or
by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
"SWINGLINE COMMITMENT" means U.S.$25,000,000, to the extent not cancelled
or reduced under this Agreement.
"SWINGLINE FACILITY" means the U.S. Dollar swingline loan facility made
available by the Swingline Lender under this Agreement as described in
Clause 9 (Swingline Loans).
"SWINGLINE LENDER" means a Revolving Lender that is either (a) Credit
Lyonnais New York Branch or (b) any bank, financial institution, trust,
fund or other entity which has become a Party in accordance with Clause 27
(Changes to the Revolving Lenders), which in each case has not ceased to
be a Party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and which for
the time being has assumed the entire Swingline Commitment in accordance
with Clause 27.1 (Assignments and transfers by the Revolving Lenders).
"SWINGLINE LOAN" means a loan made or to be made under the Swingline
Facility or the principal amount outstanding for the time being of that
loan.
"TARGET" means Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross settlement Express
Transfer system.
"TARGET DAY" means a day on which payments are settled in the TARGET
system.
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"TAX" means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of
a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection
with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).
"TAX GROUP" has the meaning set forth in Clause 22.11 (Taxes).
"TERM LENDERS" means each lender party to the Term Loan Agreement from
time-to-time.
"TERM LOAN AGREEMENT" means the U.S.$200,000,000 Term Loan Agreement dated
as of June 20, 2002 among the Borrower, the Term Lenders and Credit
Lyonnais New York Branch, as administrative agent for the Term Lenders.
"TERM LOAN MATURITY DATE" means June 20, 2007.
"TERM LOANS" means the term loans made by the Term Lenders pursuant to the
Term Loan Agreement.
"TERM SECURED PARTIES" means the administrative agent under the Term Loan
Agreement, the collateral agent under the Term Loan Agreement, and the
Term Lenders.
"TERMINATION EVENT" means (a) the occurrence of a Reportable Event with
respect to a Plan, as described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the
regulations issued thereunder (other than a Reportable Event not subject
to the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC under such regulations),
(b) the withdrawal of any Credit Party or any of its Affiliates from a
Plan during a plan year in which it was a "substantial employer" as
defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (c) the giving of a notice of
intent to terminate a Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, (d) the
institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan by the PBGC, or (e) any
other event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of
ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to
administer, any Plan.
"TOTAL CAPITALIZATION" shall mean, at any time, the sum of Consolidated
Net Debt at such time and Consolidated Net Worth at such time.
"TOTAL LOSS" shall mean (a) the actual, constructive, arranged, agreed, or
compromised total loss of any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig; (b)
the requisition for title or other compulsory acquisition or forfeiture of
any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig otherwise than by requisition
for hire; or (c) the capture, seizure, arrest, detention or confiscation
of any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig by any Governmental
Authority or by Persons acting or
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purporting to act on behalf of any Governmental Authority unless such
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig be released from such capture,
seizure, arrest, detention or confiscation within one (1) month after the
occurrence thereof.
"TOTAL REVOLVING COMMITMENTS" means the aggregate of the Revolving
Commitments, being U.S.$250,000,000 at the date of this Agreement.
"TRANSFER CERTIFICATE" means a certificate substantially in the form set
out in Schedule 5 (Form of Transfer Certificate) or any other form agreed
between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
"TRANSFER DATE" means, in relation to a transfer, the later of:
(a) the proposed Transfer Date specified in the Transfer Certificate;
and
(b) the date on which the Administrative Agent executes the Transfer
Certificate.
"UNFUNDED LIABILITIES" means the amount (if any) by which the present
value of all vested and unvested accrued benefits under all Plans exceeds
the fair market value of all such Plan assets allocable to such benefits,
all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plans
using PBGC actuarial assumptions for single employer plan terminations.
"UNPAID SUM" means any sum due and payable but unpaid by a Credit Party
under the Finance Documents.
"UNRESTRICTED CASH" means, at any time, any cash and Cash Equivalents of
the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries that is not Restricted Cash.
"U.S. DOLLARS" or "U.S.$" means the lawful currency for the time being of
the United States of America.
"U.S. PARENT" means Pride International, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"UTILISATION" means a Loan or a Letter of Credit.
"UTILISATION DATE" means the date on which a Utilisation is made.
"UTILISATION REQUEST" means a notice substantially in the relevant form
set out in Schedule 3 (Requests).
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"VAT" means value added tax as provided for in the United Kingdom Value
Added Tax Act of 1994 and any other tax of a similar nature (imposed under
any jurisdiction).
"VOTING STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, securities of any class
or classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership
interests) in such Person entitling the holders thereof (whether at all
times or at the time that such class of Capital Stock has voting power by
reason of the happening of any contingency) to vote in the election of
members of the board of directors or comparable body of such Person.
"WAR RISKS" includes the risk of mines, hostile force, confiscation,
nationalization, expropriation, seizure and all risks excluded from the
standard form of English marine policy by the free of capture and seizure
clause.
1.2 CONSTRUCTION
(a) Unless a contrary indication appears, any reference in this Agreement to:
(i) any "FINANCE PARTY", any "CREDIT PARTY" or any "PARTY" shall be
construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted
assigns and permitted transferees;
(ii) "ASSETS" includes present and future properties, revenues and rights
of every description;
(iii) a "FINANCE DOCUMENT" or any other agreement or instrument is a
reference to that Finance Document or other agreement or instrument
as amended or novated (provided, in relation to any term of this
Agreement which is constituted by or includes a reference to a term
or provision of the Term Loan Agreement or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Finance Parties are not a party, such term
or provision of this Agreement shall only be construed as a
reference to the Term Loan Agreement or such other agreement or
instrument as amended or novated if the Finance Parties or any of
the Agents (on behalf of the Finance Parties) has consented to such
amendment or variation;
(iv) "INDEBTEDNESS" includes any obligation (whether incurred as
principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money,
whether present or future, actual or contingent;
(v) a "PERSON" includes any individual, partnership, limited liability
partnership, limited liability company, corporation (including a
business
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trust), joint stock company, enterprise, trust, unincorporated
association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any
political subdivision or agency, department or instrumentality
thereof or any trustee, receiver, custodian or similar official;
(vi) a "REGULATION" includes any regulation, rule, official directive,
request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any
governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency,
department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or
organisation;
(vii) a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or
re-enacted;
(viii) save where otherwise expressly provided herein, each reference
herein to a named statutory enactment is to a statute enacted by the
Federal Government of the United States of America;
(ix) save where otherwise expressly provided herein, a time of day is a
reference to London time; and
(x) a "CLAUSE" or a "SCHEDULE" shall be construed as a reference to a
Clause or Schedule to this Agreement and references to this
Agreement include the Schedules hereto.
(b) Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.
(c) Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance
Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance
Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in
this Agreement.
(d) A Default (other than an Event of Default) is "continuing" if it has not
been remedied or waived and an Event of Default is "continuing" if it has
not been remedied or waived.
1.3 THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
(a) Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document, a Person
who is not a Party has no right under the United Kingdom Contracts (Rights
of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the "THIRD PARTIES ACT") to enforce or to
enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding any terms of any Finance Document, the consent of any
Person who is not a Party is not required to waive, rescind or vary this
Agreement at any time.
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1.4 ACCOUNTING TERMS
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms used
herein shall be interpreted, using GAAP accounting policies and practices
and financial reference periods that are consistent with those used in the
preparation of the Original Financial Statements; provided, however, that
all financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial
matters required to be delivered to the Revolving Lenders hereunder shall
be prepared, using GAAP accounting policies and practices and financial
reference periods that are in effect at the time of preparation.
(b) All calculations for the purposes of determining compliance with Clause 24
(Financial Covenants) shall be adjusted to reflect the basis upon which
the Original Financial Statements were prepared.
(c) In addition, all calculations and defined accounting terms used herein
shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, when referring to any Person,
refer to such Person on a consolidated basis and mean such Person and its
consolidated subsidiaries.
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SECTION 2
THE FACILITIES
2. THE FACILITIES
2.1 REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Revolving Lenders make
available to the Borrower a dollar revolving credit facility in an
aggregate amount equal to the Total Revolving Commitments.
2.2 FINANCE PARTIES' RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
(a) The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are
several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the
Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of any other Party under
the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations
of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents.
(b) The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance
Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under
the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from a Credit Party shall be a
separate and independent debt.
(c) A Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents,
separately enforce its rights under the Finance Documents.
3. PURPOSE
3.1 PURPOSE
The Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under Revolving Credit
Facility for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, distributions, loans and
advances to the Parent Company).
3.2 MONITORING
No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any
amount borrowed pursuant to this Agreement.
4. CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
4.1 INITIAL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
The Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request unless the
Administrative Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence
listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the
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Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower
and the Revolving Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied. No Utilisation
may be made if such notice from the Administrative Agent has not been
delivered on or before June 30, 2002.
4.2 FURTHER CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
The Revolving Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4
(Revolving Lenders' participation) if on the date of the Utilisation
Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date:
(a) in the case of a Rollover Loan, no Event of Default is continuing or
would result from the proposed Loan and, in the case of any other
Loan, no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed
Loan; and
(b) each of the representations and warranties contained in Clause 22
(Representations) hereof and in each other Finance Document to be
made by each Credit Party are true and correct in all material
respects before and after giving effect to the proposed Loan.
4.3 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UTILISATIONS
The Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request if as a result of the
proposed Utilisation more than ten Revolving Credit Facility Utilisations
would be outstanding.
4.4 REVOLVING COMMITMENT
The amount of each Revolving Lender's participation in the principal
amount of each outstanding Revolving Credit Loan, that Revolving Lender's
participation in each outstanding Swingline Loan and that Revolving
Lender's participation in the maximum face amount of each outstanding
Letter of Credit shall not exceed, in the aggregate, that Revolving
Lender's Revolving Commitment.
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SECTION 3
UTILISATION
5. UTILISATION - REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
5.1 DELIVERY OF A UTILISATION REQUEST
The Borrower may utilise the Revolving Credit Facility by delivery to the
Administrative Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request in the form
of Part A of Schedule 3 (Utilisation Request - Revolving Credit Loans) not
later than the Specified Time.
5.2 COMPLETION OF A UTILISATION REQUEST
(a) Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having
been duly completed unless:
(i) it specifies that it is for a Revolving Credit Loan;
(ii) the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the
Availability Period applicable to the Revolving Credit Facility;
(iii) the currency and amount of the Revolving Credit Loan comply with
Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount); and
(iv) the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 13 (Interest
Periods).
(b) Only one Revolving Credit Loan may be requested in each Utilisation
Request.
5.3 CURRENCY AND AMOUNT
(a) The currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be U.S. Dollars.
(b) The amount of the proposed Revolving Credit Loan must be an amount which
is not more than the Available Facility (for the Revolving Credit
Facility) and which is a minimum of U.S.$5,000,000 and in integral
multiples of $250,000.00 in excess thereof, or, if less, the Available
Facility (for the Revolving Credit Facility).
5.4 REVOLVING LENDERS' PARTICIPATION
(a) If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Revolving
Lender shall make its participation in each Revolving Credit Loan
available by the Utilisation Date through its Facility Office.
(b) The amount of each Revolving Lender's participation in each Revolving
Credit Loan will be equal to the proportion borne by its Available
Commitment (for the Revolving Credit Facility) to the aggregate Available
Commitments (for the
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Revolving Credit Facility) immediately prior to making the Revolving
Credit Loan.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the amount
of each Revolving Credit Loan and the amount of its participation in that
Loan, in each case by the Specified Time.
6. UTILISATION - LETTERS OF CREDIT
6.1 GENERAL
(a) In this Clause 6 and Clause 7 (Letters of Credit):
(i) "EXPIRY DATE" means, for a Letter of Credit, the last day of its
Term;
(ii) "L/C PROPORTION" means, in relation to a Revolving Lender in respect
of any Letter of Credit, the proportion (expressed as a percentage)
borne by that Revolving Lender's Available Commitment (for the
Revolving Credit Facility) to the aggregate Available Commitments
(for the Revolving Credit Facility) immediately prior to the issue
of that Letter of Credit, adjusted to reflect any assignment or
transfer under this Agreement to or by that Revolving Lender;
(iii) "RENEWAL REQUEST" means a written notice delivered to the
Administrative Agent in accordance with Clause 6.7 (Renewal of a
Letter of Credit); and
(iv) "TERM" means each period determined under this Agreement for which
any Issuing Bank is under a liability under a Letter of Credit.
(b) Any reference in this Agreement to:
(i) a "FINANCE PARTY" includes the Issuing Banks;
(ii) the Interest Period of a Letter of Credit will be construed as a
reference to the Term of that Letter of Credit;
(iii) an amount borrowed includes any amount utilised by way of a Letter
of Credit;
(iv) a Utilisation made or to be made to the Borrower includes a Letter
of Credit issued on its behalf;
(v) a Revolving Lender funding its participation in a Utilisation
includes a Revolving Lender participating in a Letter of Credit;
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(vi) amounts outstanding under this Agreement include amounts outstanding
under any Letter of Credit;
(vii) an outstanding amount of a Letter of Credit at any time is the
maximum amount that is or may be payable by the Borrower in respect
of that Letter of Credit at that time;
(viii) the Borrower "PAYING", "REPAYING" or "PREPAYING" a Letter of Credit
means:
(A) the Borrower providing cash cover for that Letter of Credit;
(B) the maximum amount payable under the Letter of Credit being
reduced in accordance with its terms; or
(C) the applicable Issuing Bank being satisfied that it has no
further liability under that Letter of Credit,
and the amount by which a Letter of Credit is repaid or prepaid
under sub-paragraphs (viii)(A) and (viii)(B) above is the amount of
the relevant cash cover or reduction; and
(ix) the Borrower providing "CASH COVER" for a Letter of Credit means the
Borrower paying an amount in the currency of the Letter of Credit to
an account which shall (to the extent permitted by Legal
Requirements applicable to the Borrower) be an interest bearing
account in the name of the Borrower and the following conditions are
met:
(A) the account is with the Administrative Agent (if the cash
cover is to be provided for all the Revolving Lenders) or with
a Revolving Lender (if the cash cover is to be provided for
that Revolving Lender);
(B) withdrawals from the account may only be made to pay a Finance
Party amounts due and payable to it under this Agreement in
respect of that Letter of Credit until no amount is or may be
outstanding under that Letter of Credit; and
(C) the Borrower has executed a security document over that
account, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent or the Finance Party with which that
account is held, creating a first ranking security interest
over that account.
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(c) Clause 5 (Utilisation-Revolving Credit Facility) does not apply to a
Utilisation by way of Letters of Credit.
6.2 REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
The Revolving Credit Facility may be utilised by way of Letters of Credit.
6.3 DELIVERY OF A UTILISATION REQUEST FOR LETTERS OF CREDIT
The Borrower may request a Letter of Credit to be issued by delivery to
the Administrative Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request in the
form of Part IB of Schedule 3 (Utilisation Request - Letters of Credit)
not later than the Specified Time.
6.4 COMPLETION OF A UTILISATION REQUEST FOR LETTERS OF CREDIT
Each Utilisation Request for a Letter of Credit is irrevocable and will
not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:
(a) it specifies that it is for a Letter of Credit;
(b) the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day before the fifteenth
Business Day prior to the Revolving Maturity Date;
(c) the currency and amount of the Letter of Credit comply with Clause
6.5 (Currency and Amount);
(d) the form of Letter of Credit is attached;
(e) the Expiry Date of the Letter of Credit is not later than 10
Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date;
(f) the delivery instructions for the Letter of Credit are specified;
(g) the identity of the Issuing Bank is specified; and
(h) the identity of the beneficiary is reasonably acceptable to the
applicable Issuing Bank.
6.5 CURRENCY AND AMOUNT
(a) The currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be U.S. Dollars.
(b) The maximum face amount of any Letter of Credit requested pursuant to this
Clause 6 must not exceed the lesser of (i) the Available Facility (for the
Revolving Credit Facility) and (ii) U.S.$50,000,000 less the amount of the
Letter of Credit Exposure at the time of such Utilisation Request.
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6.6 ISSUE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT
(a) If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, including,
without limitation, an agreement between the Borrower and the applicable
Issuing Bank on the amount of the fronting fee specified in Clause 7.3(a)
(Fee Payable in respect of Letters of Credit), the applicable Issuing Bank
shall issue the Letter of Credit on the Utilisation Date.
(b) The applicable Issuing Bank will only be obliged to comply with paragraph
(a) above if on the date of the Utilisation Request or Renewal Request and
on the proposed Utilisation Date:
(i) in the case of a Letter of Credit renewed in accordance with Clause
6.7 (Renewal of a Letter of Credit), no Event of Default is
continuing or would result from the proposed Utilisation and, in the
case of any other Utilisation, no Default is continuing or would
result from the proposed Utilisation; and
(ii) each of the representations and warranties contained in Clause 22
(Representations) hereof and in each other Finance Document to be
made by each Credit Party are true and correct in all material
respects before and after giving effect to the proposed Utilisation.
(c) Without prejudice to Clause 7.5(b) or (c) (Indemnities), each Revolving
Lender shall be deemed to participate in each Letter of Credit issued or
to be issued pursuant to this Agreement. The amount of each Revolving
Lender's deemed participation in each Letter of Credit will be an amount
equal to the greater of: (A) the proportion of the amount of the Letter of
Credit borne by its Available Commitment (for the Revolving Credit
Facility) to the aggregate Available Commitments (for the Revolving Credit
Facility) immediately prior to the issue of the Letter of Credit or (B)
any amount paid or payable by that Revolving Lender pursuant to Clause 7.5
(Indemnities).
(d) The Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Issuing Bank and each
Revolving Lender of the details of the requested Letter of Credit and its
participation in that Letter of Credit by the Specified Time.
6.7 RENEWAL OF A LETTER OF CREDIT
(a) The Borrower may request any Letter of Credit issued on its behalf be
renewed by the relevant Issuing Bank by delivery to the Administrative
Agent of a Renewal Request by the Specified Time.
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(b) The Finance Parties shall treat any Renewal Request in the same way as
a Utilisation Request for a Letter of Credit except that the conditions
set out in paragraphs (d) and (h) of Clause 6.4 (Completion of a
Utilisation Request for Letters of Credit) shall not apply.
(c) Subject to the approval of the Issuing Bank, the terms of each renewed
Letter of Credit shall be the same as those of the relevant Letter of
Credit immediately prior to its renewal, except that:
(i) its amount may be less than the amount of the Letter of Credit
immediately prior to its renewal; and
(ii) its Term shall start on the date which was the Expiry Date of
the Letter of Credit immediately prior to its renewal, and
shall end on the proposed Expiry Date specified in the Renewal
Request.
(d) If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, the
applicable Issuing Bank shall amend and re-issue any Letter of Credit
pursuant to a Renewal Request.
7. LETTERS OF CREDIT
7.1 IMMEDIATELY PAYABLE
If a Letter of Credit or any amount outstanding under a Letter of
Credit is expressed to be immediately payable, the Borrower shall repay
or prepay that amount immediately.
7.2 ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the consent of
each Issuing Bank is required for any assignment or transfer of any
Revolving Lender's rights and/or obligations under the Revolving Credit
Facility.
(b) If paragraph (a) and the conditions and procedure for transfer
specified in Clause 27 (Changes to the Revolving Lenders) are
satisfied, then on the Transfer Date each Issuing Bank and the New
Revolving Lender shall acquire the same obligations between themselves
as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Revolving Lender
been an Existing Revolving Lender with the rights and/or obligations
acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that
extent each Issuing Bank and the Existing Revolving Lender shall each
be released from further obligations to each other under this
Agreement.
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7.3 FEE PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF LETTERS OF CREDIT
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Issuing Bank a fronting fee in
respect of each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank in the
amount agreed to between such Issuing Bank and the Borrower prior to
the delivery of a Utilisation Request for a Letter of Credit on the
outstanding amount of each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing
Bank. Such fronting fee on a Letter of Credit shall be payable on the
last day of each successive period of three months (or such shorter
period as shall end on the Expiry Date for that Letter of Credit)
starting on the date of issue of that Letter of Credit. In addition,
the Borrower agrees to pay to each Issuing Bank all customary
transaction costs and fees charged by such Issuing Bank in connection
with the issuance of a Letter of Credit for the Borrower's account,
such costs and fees to be due and payable on the date specified by such
Issuing Bank in the invoice for such costs and fees.
(b) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent (for the account of
each Revolving Lender) a letter of credit fee in U.S. Dollars computed
at a rate, calculated on each day, equal to the Margin applicable to
Revolving Credit Loans on such day on the outstanding amount of each
Letter of Credit for the period from the issue of that Letter of Credit
until its Expiry Date. This fee shall be distributed according to each
Revolving Lender's L/C Proportion of that Letter of Credit.
(c) The accrued letter of credit fee on a Letter of Credit shall be payable
on the last day of each successive period of three months (or such
shorter period as shall end on the Expiry Date for that Letter of
Credit) starting on the date of issue of that Letter of Credit. Accrued
letter of credit fees are also payable to the Administrative Agent on
the cancelled amount of any Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment at
the time the cancellation is effective if that Commitment is cancelled
in full and the Letters of Credit prepaid or repaid in full.
7.4 CLAIMS UNDER A LETTER OF CREDIT
(a) The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally authorises each Issuing
Bank to pay any claim made or purported to be made under a Letter of
Credit requested by it and which appears on its face to be in order (a
"claim").
(b) The Borrower shall immediately on demand pay to the Administrative
Agent for such Issuing Bank an amount equal to the amount of any claim.
(c) The Borrower acknowledges that each of the Issuing Banks:
(i) is not obliged to carry out any investigation or seek any
confirmation from any other Person before paying a claim; and
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(ii) deals in documents only and will not be concerned with the
legality of a claim or any underlying transaction or any
available set-off, counterclaim or other defence of any
Person.
(d) The obligations of the Borrower under this Clause will not be affected
by:
(i) the sufficiency, accuracy or genuineness of any claim or any
other document; or
(ii) any incapacity of, or limitation on the powers of, any Person
signing a claim or other document.
7.5 INDEMNITIES
(a) The Borrower shall within five Business Days of demand indemnify each
Issuing Bank against any cost, loss or liability incurred by such
Issuing Bank (otherwise than by reason of such Issuing Bank's gross
negligence or wilful misconduct) in acting as the Issuing Bank under
any Letter of Credit requested by the Borrower. A certificate
indicating the amount of such cost, loss or liability, detailing the
calculation of such cost, loss or liability and explaining how and why
such costs, losses or liabilities have been incurred by such Issuing
Bank in acting as the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit shall be
submitted by such Issuing Bank to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent and shall be prima facie evidence for all purposes, absent
manifest error. For the avoidance of doubt, fronting fees and customary
transaction costs and fees charged by an Issuing Bank pursuant to
Clause 7.3(a) (Fee payable in respect of Letters of Credit) shall not
constitute costs, losses or liabilities of the Issuing Banks required
to be indemnified by the Borrower under this Clause 7.5.
(b) Within three Business Days of demand, each Revolving Lender shall
(according to its L/C Proportion) indemnify each Issuing Bank against
any cost, loss or liability incurred by such Issuing Bank (otherwise
than by reason of the Issuing Bank's gross negligence or wilful
misconduct) in acting as the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit
(unless such Issuing Bank has been reimbursed by a Credit Party
pursuant to a Finance Document).
(c) If any Revolving Lender is not permitted (by its constitutional
documents or any applicable law) to comply with paragraph (b) above),
then that Revolving Lender will not be obliged to comply with paragraph
(b) and shall instead be deemed to have taken, on the date the Letter
of Credit is issued (or if later, on the date the Revolving Lender's
participation in the Letter of Credit is transferred or assigned to the
Revolving Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), an
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undivided interest and participation in the Letter of Credit in an
amount equal to its L/C Proportion of that Letter of Credit. Within
three Business Days of demand from the Administrative Agent, that
Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent (for the account
of the applicable Issuing Bank) an amount equal to its L/C Proportion
of the amount demanded under paragraph (b) above.
(d) The Borrower shall within five Business Days of demand reimburse any
Revolving Lender for any payment it makes to any Issuing Bank under
this Clause 7.5 (Indemnities) in respect of any Letter of Credit.
(e) The obligations of each Revolving Lender under this Clause are
continuing obligations and will extend to the ultimate balance of sums
payable by that Revolving Lender in respect of any Letter of Credit,
regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in
part.
(f) The obligations of any Revolving Lender under this Clause will not be
affected by any act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this
Clause, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under
this Clause (without limitation and whether or not known to it or any
other Person) including:
(i) any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with,
any Credit Party, any beneficiary under a Letter of Credit or
other Person;
(ii) the release of any other Credit Party or any other Person
under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any
creditor or any member of the Group;
(iii) the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or
release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or
enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any
Credit Party, any beneficiary under a Letter of Credit or
other Person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any
formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or
any failure to realise the full value of any security;
(iv) any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal
personality of or dissolution or change in the members or
status of a Credit Party, any beneficiary under a Letter of
Credit or any other Person;
(v) any amendment (however fundamental) or replacement of a
Finance Document, any Letter of Credit or any other document
or security;
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(vi) any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any
obligation of any Person under any Finance Document, any
Letter of Credit or any other document or security; or
(vii) any insolvency or similar proceedings.
7.6 RIGHTS OF CONTRIBUTION
No Credit Party will be entitled to any right of contribution or
indemnity from any Finance Party in respect of any payment it may make
under this Clause 7 (Letters of Credit).
7.7 ROLE OF THE ISSUING BANKS
(a) Nothing in this Agreement constitutes any Issuing Bank as a trustee or
fiduciary of any other Person.
(b) None of the Issuing Banks shall be bound to account to any Revolving
Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for
its own account.
(c) Each Issuing Bank may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally
engage in any kind of banking or other business with any member of the
Group.
(d) Each Issuing Bank may rely on:
(i) any representation, notice or document believed by it to be
genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; and
(ii) any statement made by a director, authorised signatory or
employee of any Person regarding any matters which may
reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or within his
power to verify.
(e) Each Issuing Bank may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or
services of any lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts.
(f) Each Issuing Bank may act in relation to the Finance Documents through
its personnel and agents.
(g) None of the Issuing Banks is responsible for:
(i) the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information
(whether oral or written) supplied by the Agents, the
Arrangers, a Credit Party or any other Person given in or in
connection with any Finance Document or the Confidential
Information Memorandum; or
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(ii) the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or
enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement,
arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in
anticipation of or in connection with any Finance Document.
7.8 EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
(a) Without limiting paragraph (b) below, none of the Issuing Banks will be
liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with any
Finance Document, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or
wilful misconduct.
(b) No Party (other than the applicable Issuing Bank) may take any
proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of such Issuing Bank
in respect of any claim it might have against such Issuing Bank or in
respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or
agent in relation to any Finance Document and any officer, employee or
agent of such Issuing Bank may rely on this Clause subject to Clause
1.3 (Third Party Rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act.
7.9 CREDIT APPRAISAL BY THE REVOLVING LENDERS
Without affecting the responsibility of any Credit Party for
information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any
Finance Document, each Revolving Lender confirms to each Issuing Bank
that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for
making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks
arising under or in connection with any Finance Document, including but
not limited to, those listed in paragraphs (a) to (d) of Clause 29.14
(Credit appraisal by the Revolving Lenders).
7.10 ADDRESS FOR NOTICES
The address, fax number and telex number (and the department or
officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made)
of each Issuing Bank for any communication or document to be made or
delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is that
notified in writing to the Administrative Agent prior to the date of
this Agreement or any substitute address, fax number, telex number or
department or officer as such Issuing Bank may notify to the
Administrative Agent by not less than five Business Days' notice.
7.11 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, an amendment or
waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of any Issuing Bank
may not be effected without the consent of such Issuing Bank.
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8. UTILISATION - SWINGLINE LOANS
8.1 GENERAL
(a) In this Clause and Clause 9 (Swingline Loans):
(i) "FEDERAL FUNDS RATE" means, in relation to any day, the rate
per annum equal to:
(A) the weighted average of the rates on overnight
Federal funds transactions with members of the US
Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds
brokers, as published for that day (or, if that day
is not a New York Business Day, for the immediately
preceding New York Business Day) by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York; or
(B) if a rate is not so published for any day which is a
New York Business Day, the average of the quotations
for that day on such transactions received by the
Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers
of recognised standing selected by the Administrative
Agent.
(ii) "NEW YORK BUSINESS DAY" means a day (other than a Saturday or
Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in New
York City; and
(b) Any reference in this Agreement to:
(i) an "INTEREST PERIOD" includes each period determined under
this Agreement by reference to which interest on a Swingline
Loan is calculated; and
(ii) a "REVOLVING LENDER" includes the Swingline Lender unless the
context otherwise requires.
(c) (i) Clause 5 (Utilisation - Revolving Credit Facility);
(ii) Clause 12 (Interest) as it applies to the calculation of
interest on a Loan but not default interest on an overdue
amount;
(iii) Clause 13 (Interest Periods); and
(iv) Clause 14 (Changes to the calculation of interest),
do not apply to Swingline Loans.
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8.2 DELIVERY OF A UTILISATION REQUEST FOR SWINGLINE LOANS
(a) The Borrower may utilise the Swingline Facility by delivery to the
Administrative Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request in the
form of Part IC of Schedule 3 (Utilisation Request - Swingline Loans)
not later than the Specified Time.
(b) Each Utilisation Request for a Swingline Loan must be sent to the
Administrative Agent to the address in New York City notified by the
Administrative Agent for this purpose with a copy to its address
referred to in Clause 34 (Notices).
8.3 COMPLETION OF A UTILISATION REQUEST FOR SWINGLINE LOANS
(a) Each Utilisation Request for a Swingline Loan is irrevocable and will
not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:
(i) it specifies that it is for a Swingline Loan;
(ii) the proposed Utilisation Date is a New York Business Day
within the Availability Period;
(iii) the Swingline Loan is denominated in U.S. Dollars and is for
an amount which (A) is not less than U.S.$1,000,000 and in
integral multiplies of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if
less, the amount of the Available Facility for the Swingline
Facility) and (B) does not exceed the Available Facility for
the Swingline Facility;
(iv) the proposed Interest Period:
(A) does not overrun the Revolving Maturity Date;
(B) is a period of not more than thirty days; and
(C) ends on a New York Business Day.
(b) Only one Swingline Loan may be requested in each Utilisation Request.
8.4 SWINGLINE LENDER'S SWINGLINE LOANS
(a) If the conditions set out in this Agreement are met, the Swingline
Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available through its Facility
Office in New York City.
(b) The Swingline Lender will only be obliged to comply with paragraph (a)
above if on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed
Utilisation Date:
(i) No Default is continuing or would result from the proposed
Swingline Loan; and
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(ii) Each of the representations and warranties contained in Clause
22 (Representations) and in each other Finance Document to be
made by each Credit Party are true and correct in all material
respects before and after giving effect to the proposed
Swingline Loan.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Swingline Lender of the
amount of each Swingline Loan by the Specified Time. The Administrative
Agent will also promptly notify the Revolving Lenders of the same.
9. SWINGLINE LOANS
9.1 SWINGLINE
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Swingline Lender will make
available to the Borrower a U.S. Dollar swingline loan facility in an
aggregate amount equal to the Swingline Commitment.
9.2 PURPOSE
The Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under the Swingline
Facility towards the general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, distributions, loans and
advances to the Parent Company). A Swingline Loan may not be applied in
repayment or prepayment of another Swingline Loan.
9.3 REPAYMENT
(a) The Borrower shall repay that Swingline Loan on the last day of its
Interest Period.
(b) If a Swingline Loan is not repaid on its due date, whether or not a
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each
Revolving Lender must pay to the Administrative Agent for the Swingline
Lender an amount calculated as described below within three Business
Days of demand by the Administrative Agent.
(c) The amount required to be paid by a Revolving Lender is the proportion
of the Swingline Loan not repaid which the Revolving Commitment of that
Revolving Lender bears to the Total Revolving Commitments together with
any interest (including any default interest) accrued and unpaid on
that amount from the Utilisation Date of the Swingline Loan to the date
of payment by that Revolving Lender.
(d) The Borrower shall reimburse each Revolving Lender for any payment it
makes to any Swingline Lender under this Clause 9.3 (Repayment) on the
date such payment is made by such Revolving Lender.
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(e) For the purpose of determining any amounts payable by any Credit Party
pursuant to Clause 12.3 (Default Interest) with respect to sums due and
payable under paragraph (d) above, references in Clause 12.3 (Default
Interest) to a "Loan" shall be construed as references to a "Revolving
Loan".
(f) Any payment under this Clause 9.3 does not reduce the obligations in
aggregate of any Credit Party.
9.4 VOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT OF SWINGLINE LOANS
(a) The Borrower may prepay, after giving prior written notice of such
election by 10:00 a.m. (New York time) five days (or such shorter
period as the Swingline Lender may agree) before such prepayment date
to the Administrative Agent stating the proposed date and aggregate
principal amount of such prepayment, at any time the whole of any
Swingline Loan. Any notice given by the Borrower under this Clause
9.4(a) shall be irrevocable and the Borrower shall make the relevant
prepayment on the proposed date of prepayment specified in such notice.
(b) Unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, any part of the
Swingline Facility which is prepaid may be reborrowed in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
9.5 INTEREST
(a) The rate of interest on each Swingline Loan for any day during its
Interest Period is the higher of:
(i) the prime commercial lending rate in U.S. Dollars announced by
the Administrative Agent at 11:00 a.m. (New York time) and in
force on that day (the "PRIME RATE"); and
(ii) 1/2 of 1 per cent. per annum over the rate per annum
determined by the Administrative Agent to be the Federal Funds
Rate (as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
for that day;
plus the Margin. The Margin applicable throughout the Interest Period
of each Swingline Loan shall be determined in accordance with the
definition of such term on each day during the Interest Period in
question.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Swingline Lender and
the Borrower of the determination of the rate of interest under
paragraph (a) above.
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(c) If any day during an Interest Period is not a New York Business Day,
the rate of interest on a Swingline Loan on that day will be the rate
applicable to the immediately preceding New York Business Day.
(d) The Borrower shall pay accrued interest on each Swingline Loan made to
it on the last day of its Interest Period.
9.6 INTEREST PERIOD
(a) Each Swingline Loan has one Interest Period only.
(b) The Interest Period for a Swingline Loan must be selected in the
relevant Utilisation Request.
9.7 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
(a) The Administrative Agent may perform its duties in respect of the
Swingline Facility through any Affiliate organized under the laws of
the United States or any state thereof acting as its agent.
(b) Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement and without limiting
the liability of any Credit Party under the Finance Documents, each
Revolving Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total
Revolving Commitments or, if the Total Revolving Commitments are then
zero, to its share of the Total Revolving Commitments immediately prior
to their reduction to zero) pay to or indemnify the Administrative
Agent, within three Business Days of demand, for or against any cost,
loss or liability incurred by the Administrative Agent or its Affiliate
(other than by reason of the Administrative Agent's or the Affiliate's
gross negligence or wilful misconduct) in acting as Administrative
Agent for the Swingline Facility under the Finance Documents (unless
the Administrative Agent or its Affiliate has been reimbursed by a
Credit Party pursuant to a Finance Document).
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SECTION 4
REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
10. REPAYMENT
10.1 REPAYMENT OF REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS
The Borrower shall repay each Revolving Credit Loan on the last day of
its Interest Period; provided that, if on any Utilisation Date, the
Revolving Lenders are obliged to make an advance in respect of any
Rollover Loan pursuant to Clause 5 (Utilisation - Revolving Credit
Facility), then the advance in respect of such Rollover Loan shall be
deemed (a) to have been made in accordance with Clause 5.4(a)
(Revolving Lenders' participation) on the relevant Utilisation Date and
(b) to be applied in repayment of the relevant maturing Revolving
Credit Loan on such Utilisation Date.
10.2 REDUCTION OF REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
(a) Security Maintenance Ratio. If at any time the Borrower shall fail to
maintain a Security Maintenance Ratio of at least 2.0 to 1.0, then as
soon as possible but in any event no later than 30 days after such
failure, to the extent such failure is continuing, at the Borrower's
option (i) the Borrower will, or will cause the Parent Company or one
of its Subsidiaries (provided that such Subsidiary becomes a Credit
Party pursuant to Clause 25.12 (New Subsidiaries; Permitted Holding
Company) to, execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent additional Rig
Mortgages granting an Acceptable Security Interest in such other rigs
or vessels reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent (acting on the
instruction of the Required Revolving Lenders) (together with any
required amendments to any applicable Security Agreement and such
evidence of corporate authority to enter into and such legal opinions
in relation to such Security Documents as the Collateral Agent may
reasonably request) that have a Market Value such that the Security
Maintenance Ratio is at least 2.0 to 1.0, or (ii) at the end of such
30-day period, the Total Revolving Commitments shall be reduced by the
amount necessary so that the Security Maintenance Ratio is at least 2.0
to 1.0.
(b) Collateral Disposition.
(i) If any Collateral Disposition occurs with respect to any
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig and the Security
Maintenance Ratio is at least 2.0 to 1.0 (calculated with
respect to the Market Values set forth in the related
Additional Appraisal Report and both with and without giving
effect to or credit for the Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig affected by such Collateral Disposition or any
related Collateral Disposition
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Proceeds), then the Total Revolving Commitments shall be
reduced by an amount equal to (A) the Total Revolving
Commitments in effect immediately prior to such Collateral
Disposition multiplied by (B) the Appraised Value Percentage
of the affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig,
effective on the 90th day following the occurrence of such
Collateral Disposition, unless on or before the 90th day
following such Collateral Disposition, the Parent Company or
one of its Subsidiaries shall have replaced such disposed
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig with an offshore
drilling rig of the same or superior type, class and value (as
verified by a written appraisal report prepared by an Approved
Rigbroker setting forth the Market Value of such replacement
rig) as the disposed Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig
or with another offshore drilling rig reasonably acceptable to
the Collateral Agent (acting on the instruction of the
Required Revolving Lenders) and for which the Collateral Agent
has received a written appraisal report prepared by an
Approved Rigbroker setting forth the Market Value of such
replacement rig and granted an Acceptable Security Interest
pursuant to a Rig Mortgage in relation thereto (together with
any required amendments to any applicable Security Agreement
and such evidence of corporate authority to enter into and
such legal opinions in relation to such Security Documents as
the Collateral Agent may reasonably request).
(ii) If any Collateral Disposition occurs with respect to any
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig and the Security
Maintenance Ratio is at least 2.0 to 1.0 (calculated with
respect to the Market Values set forth in the related
Additional Appraisal Report and with giving effect to or
credit for the Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig
affected by such Collateral Disposition or any related
Collateral Disposition Proceeds) but the Security Maintenance
Ratio is less than 2.0 to 1.0 (calculated with respect to the
Market Values set forth in the related Additional Appraisal
Report and without giving effect to or credit for the
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig affected by such
Collateral Disposition or any related Collateral Disposition
Proceeds), then the Total Revolving Commitments shall be
reduced by an amount equal to (A) the Total Revolving
Commitments in effect immediately prior to such Collateral
Disposition multiplied by (B) the Appraised Value Percentage
of the affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig,
effective on the 30th day following the occurrence of such
Collateral Disposition, unless on or before the 30th day
following such Collateral Disposition, the Parent
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Company or one of its Subsidiaries shall have replaced such
disposed Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig in the manner
described in Clause 10.2(b)(i)(1) above and complied with the
ancillary matters referred to therein.
(iii) If any Collateral Disposition occurs with respect to any
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig and the Security
Maintenance Ratio is less than 2.0 to 1.0 (calculated with
respect to the Market Values set forth in the related
Additional Appraisal Report and both with and without giving
effect to or credit for the Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig affected by such Collateral Disposition or any
related Collateral Disposition Proceeds), then the Total
Revolving Commitments shall first be reduced pursuant to
Clause 10.2(a)(ii) above and then be reduced by an amount
equal to (A) the Total Revolving Commitments in effect after
giving effect to the reduction pursuant to Clause 10.2(a)(ii)
multiplied by (B) the Appraised Value Percentage of the
affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig, each
effective on the 30th day following the occurrence of such
Collateral Disposition, unless on or before the 30th day
following such Collateral Disposition, the Parent Company or
one of its Subsidiaries shall have replaced such disposed
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig in the manner
described in Clause 10.2(b)(i) above and complied with the
ancillary matters referred to therein.
(iv) Any reduction in the Revolving Commitments under this Clause
10.2(b) shall be reinstated if, on or before the 360th day
following such Collateral Disposition, the Parent Company or
one of its Subsidiaries shall have replaced such disposed
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig in the manner
described in Clause 10.2(b)(i) above and complied with the
ancillary matters referred to therein.
(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Collateral Disposition
occurs with respect to any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rig and the Security Maintenance Ratio is less than 2.0 to 1.0
(calculated with respect to the Market Values set forth in the
related Additional Appraisal Report and either with or without
giving effect to or credit for the Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig affected by a Collateral Disposition or any
related Collateral Disposition Proceeds) and an Event of
Default (other than any Event of Default as a result of the
failure to maintain a Security Maintenance Ratio of at least
2.0 to 1.0 as a result of such Collateral Disposition) has
occurred and is continuing, the reduction of the Total
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Revolving Commitments referred to in Clause 10.2(b) shall take
effect immediately upon the receipt of the related Additional
Appraisal Report required to be delivered as a result of such
Collateral Disposition.
(c) Casualty Event.
(i) If any Casualty Event (if the Casualty Proceeds with respect
thereto could reasonably be expected to exceed U.S.$5,000,000)
occurs with respect to any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rig and the Security Maintenance Ratio is at least 2.0 to 1.0
(calculated with respect to the Market Values set forth in the
related Additional Appraisal Report and both with and without
giving effect to or credit for any Casualty Proceeds but
giving effect to and credit for the Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig as affected by such Casualty Event), then the
Total Revolving Commitments shall be reduced by an amount
equal to (A) the Total Revolving Commitments in effect
immediately prior to such Casualty Event multiplied by (B) the
Appraised Value Percentage of the affected Mortgaged Revolving
Credit Facility Rig, effective on the 90th day following the
occurrence of such Casualty Event, unless on or before the
90th day following such Casualty Event, (1) the Credit Party
who owned such affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rig shall have made all repairs to the Mortgaged Revolving
Credit Facility Rig that are necessary to restore such
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig to the use and
condition of such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig
prior to such Casualty Event in the sole discretion of the
Collateral Agent (acting on the instruction of the Required
Revolving Lenders), or (2) the Parent Company or one of its
Subsidiaries shall have replaced such affected Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig with an offshore drilling rig of
the same or superior type, class and value (as verified by a
written appraisal report prepared by an Approved Rigbroker
setting forth the Market Value of such replacement rig) as the
affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig or with
another offshore drilling rig reasonably acceptable to the
Collateral Agent (acting on the instruction of the Required
Revolving Lenders) and for which the Collateral Agent has
received a written appraisal report prepared by an Approved
Rigbroker setting forth the Market Value of such replacement
rig and granted an Acceptable Security Interest pursuant to a
Rig Mortgage in relation thereto (together with any required
amendments to any applicable Security Agreement and such
evidence of corporate authority to enter into and such
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legal opinions in relation to such Security Documents as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request).
(ii) If any Casualty Event (if the Casualty Proceeds with respect
thereto could reasonably be expected to exceed U.S.$5,000,000)
occurs with respect to any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rig and the Security Maintenance Ratio is at least 2.0 to 1.0
(calculated with respect to the Market Values set forth in the
related Additional Appraisal Report and with giving effect to
or credit for the Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig
affected by such Casualty Event or any related Casualty
Proceeds) but the Security Maintenance Ratio is less than 2.0
to 1.0 (calculated with respect to the Market Values set forth
in the related Additional Appraisal Report and without giving
effect to or credit for the Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig affected by such Casualty Event or any related
Casualty Proceeds), then the Total Revolving Commitments shall
be reduced by an amount equal to (A) the Total Revolving
Commitments in effect immediately prior to such Casualty Event
multiplied by (B) the Appraised Value Percentage of the
affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig, effective on
the 30th day following the occurrence of such Casualty Event,
unless on or before the 30th day following such Casualty
Event, (1) the Credit Party who owned such affected Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig shall have repaired such
affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig in the manner
described in Clause 10.2(c)(i)(1) above, or (2) the Parent
Company or one of its Subsidiaries shall have replaced such
affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig in the manner
described in Clause 10.2(c)(i)(2) above and complied with the
ancillary matters referred to therein.
(iii) If any Casualty Event (if the Casualty Proceeds with respect
thereto could reasonably be expected to exceed U.S.$5,000,000)
occurs with respect to any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rig and the Security Maintenance Ratio is less than 2.0 to 1.0
(calculated with respect to the Market Values set forth in the
related Additional Appraisal Report and both with and without
giving effect to or credit for any Casualty Proceeds but
giving effect to and credit for the Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig affected by such Casualty Event), then the Total
Revolving Commitments shall first be reduced pursuant to
Clause 10.2(a)(ii) above and then be reduced by an amount
equal to (A) the Total Revolving Commitments in effect after
giving effect to the reduction pursuant to Clause 10.2(a)(ii)
above multiplied by (B) the Appraised Value Percentage
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of the affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig,
effective on the 30th day following the occurrence of such
Casualty Event, unless on or before the 30th day following
such Casualty Event, (1) the Credit Party who owned such
affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig shall have
repaired such affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig
in the manner described in Clause 10.2(c)(i)(1) above, or (2)
the Parent Company or one of its Subsidiaries shall have
replaced such affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig
in the manner described in Clause 10.2(c)(i)(2) above and
complied with the ancillary matters referred to therein.
(iv) Any reduction in the Revolving Commitments under this Clause
10.2(c) shall be reinstated if, on or before the 270th day
following such Casualty Event, (1) the Credit Party who owned
such affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig shall
have repaired such affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig in the manner described in Clause 10.2(c)(i)(1)
above, or (2) the Parent Company or one of its Subsidiaries
shall have replaced such affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig in the manner described in Clause 10.2(c)(i)(2)
above and complied with the ancillary matters referred to
therein.
(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Casualty Event (if the
Casualty Proceeds with respect thereto could reasonably be
expected to exceed U.S.$5,000,000) occurs with respect to any
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig and the Security
Maintenance Ratio is less than 2.0 to 1.0 (calculated with
respect to the Market Values set forth in the related
Additional Appraisal Report and either with or without giving
effect to or credit for any Casualty Proceeds but giving
effect to and credit for the Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig as affected by such Casualty Event) and an Event
of Default (other than any Event of Default as a result of the
failure to maintain a Security Maintenance Ratio of at least
2.0 to 1.0 as a result of such Casualty Event) has occurred
and is continuing, the reduction of the Total Revolving
Commitments referred to in Clause 10.2(c) shall take effect
immediately on the receipt of the related Additional Appraisal
Report required to be delivered as a result of such Casualty
Event.
(d) Any reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to
Clause 10.2(a) shall be permanent, with no obligation of the Revolving
Lenders to reinstate such Revolving Commitments and the commitment fees
provided for in
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Clause 15.1 (Commitment Fee) shall thereafter be computed on the basis
of the Revolving Commitments as so reduced. Any reduction or
termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Clause 10.2(b)
shall be permanent if not reinstated on or before the 360th day
following the applicable Collateral Disposition as provided in Clause
10.2(b)(iv), with no obligation of the Revolving Lenders to reinstate
such Revolving Commitments and the commitment fees provided for in
Clause 15.1 (Commitment Fee) shall thereafter be computed on the basis
of the Revolving Commitments as so reduced. Any reduction or
termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Clause 10.2(c)
shall be permanent if not reinstated on or before the 270th day
following the applicable Casualty Event as provided in Clause
10.2(c)(iv), with no obligation of the Revolving Lenders to reinstate
such Revolving Commitments and the commitment fees provided for in
Clause 15.1 (Commitment Fee) shall thereafter be computed on the basis
of the Revolving Commitments as so reduced. The Administrative Agent
shall give each Revolving Lender prompt notice of any commitment
reduction or termination.
(e) Any reduction in the Total Revolving Commitments pursuant to this
Clause 10.2 shall be apportioned between the Revolving Lenders pro rata
according to proportion of the relevant amount of the reduction borne
by each Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment to the Total Revolving
Commitments, immediately prior to the relevant reduction.
10.3 EXTENSION OF REVOLVING MATURITY DATE
The Borrower may request a 364-day extension of the Revolving Maturity
Date by submitting a request for an extension to the Administrative
Agent (an "EXTENSION REQUEST") no earlier than 75 days and no less than
45 days prior to the then current Revolving Maturity Date; provided,
however, that (i) the Borrower may not submit more than one Extension
Request during any 364-day period and not more than two Extension
Requests in the aggregate, and (ii) no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such Extension
Request. Each Extension Request shall be irrevocable upon the Borrower
and constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that (A)
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
and (B) each of the representations and warranties contained in Clause
22 (Representations) hereof and in each other Finance Document to be
made by each Credit Party are true and correct in all material respects
on and as of the date of such Extension Request. Promptly upon receipt
of an Extension Request, the Administrative Agent shall notify each
Revolving Lender thereof and shall request each Revolving Lender to
approve the Extension Request. The Borrower shall provide such
information as the
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Administrative Agent or any Revolving Lender through the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request in connection with evaluating such
Extension Request. Each Revolving Lender may decide to approve or
decline such Extension Request in its sole and absolute discretion.
Each Revolving Lender approving the Extension Request shall deliver its
written consent within 30 days of the date of the Extension Request.
Any Revolving Lender not responding within 30 days shall be deemed to
have declined the request. At the option of the Borrower, the Revolving
Commitment of any Revolving Lender not consenting to the Extension
Request and (if the Swingline Lender does not consent to the extension
of the Revolving Maturity Date in respect of the Swingline Facility)
the Swingline Commitment may (in each case) be assumed, in whole or in
part, by one or more existing Revolving Lenders or other New Revolving
Lenders acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, upon
compliance with Clause 27 (Changes to the Revolving Lenders); provided
that, in such event, unless otherwise agreed by the assuming existing
Revolving Lender or New Revolving Lender, the Borrower shall pay the
U.S.$3,500 processing fee required by Clause 27.3 (Assignment or
Transfer Fee). If such request is not approved by existing Revolving
Lenders or New Revolving Lenders assuming all or a portion of the
Revolving Commitments of non-consenting Revolving Lenders in the manner
provided below holding at least 51% of the then Total Revolving
Commitments, it shall be deemed to have been withdrawn in so far as it
relates to the extension of the Revolving Maturity Date for the
purposes of the Revolving Credit Facility; and if such request is not
approved by the Swingline Lender with respect to the extension of the
Revolving Maturity Date for the purposes of the Swingline Facility, it
shall be deemed to have been withdrawn in so far as it relates to the
extension of the Revolving Maturity Date for the purposes of the
Swingline Facility. If all of the Revolving Commitments of the
non-consenting Revolving Lenders or (as the case may be if the
Swingline Lender does not consent to the proposed extension of the
Revolving Maturity Date relating to the Swingline Facility) the
Swingline Commitment are or is not replaced on or before the then
current Revolving Maturity Date, then, at the Borrower's option, either
(i) the Total Revolving Commitments and the Swingline Commitment shall
terminate on the then current Revolving Maturity Date or (ii) the
Borrower shall give prompt notice of termination on the then current
Revolving Maturity Date of the Revolving Commitments and/or Swingline
Commitment not so replaced to each and every Revolving Lender that has
not consented to the Extension Request (to the extent its Revolving
Commitment or Swingline Commitment has not been assumed), with a copy
to the Administrative Agent, and shall prepay on the then current
Revolving Maturity Date the Loans of such non-consenting Revolving
Lenders on not less than five Business Days' prior notice to
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such Revolving Lenders and the Administrative Agent, which shall reduce
the Total Revolving Commitments and, if applicable, the Swingline
Commitment, accordingly (to the extent not assumed), and the Revolving
Maturity Date shall be extended in accordance with this Clause 10.3 for
the remaining Revolving Commitments of, if remaining, the Swingline
Commitment.
11. PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
11.1 ILLEGALITY
If it becomes unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for a Revolving
Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by this
Agreement or to fund or maintain its participation in any Utilisation:
(a) that Revolving Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative
Agent upon becoming aware of that event;
(b) upon the Administrative Agent notifying the Borrower, the
Commitment of that Revolving Lender will be immediately
cancelled; and
(c) the Borrower shall repay that Revolving Lender's participation
in the Utilisations made to the Borrower on the last day of
the Interest Period for each Utilisation occurring after the
Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower or, if earlier,
the date specified by the Revolving Lender in the notice
delivered to the Administrative Agent (being no earlier than
the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law).
11.2 VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION
The Borrower may, if it gives the Administrative Agent not less than
five Business Days' (or such shorter period as the Required Revolving
Lenders may agree) prior notice, cancel the whole or any part (being a
minimum amount of U.S.$10,000,000) of the aggregate Available
Commitments for that Facility. Any cancellation under this Clause 11.2
shall reduce the Commitments of the Revolving Lenders rateably under
that Facility. Any such cancellation notice, once given, shall be
irrevocable.
11.3 VOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT OF REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY UTILISATIONS
The Borrower may, if it gives the Administrative Agent not less than
three Business Days' (or such shorter period as the Required Revolving
Lenders may agree) prior notice, prepay the whole or any part of a
Revolving Credit Loan (but if in part, being an amount that reduces the
amount of the Revolving Credit Loan by a minimum amount of
U.S.$1,000,000). Any notice given by the Borrower under
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this Clause 11.3 shall be irrevocable and the Borrower shall make the
relevant prepayment on the proposed date of prepayment specified in
such notice.
11.4 MANDATORY PREPAYMENT OF REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY UTILISATIONS
(a) Deficiency. On any date on which the outstanding principal amount of
the Revolving Credit Loans plus the Letter of Credit Exposure plus the
outstanding principal amount of the Swingline Loans exceeds the Total
Revolving Commitments, the Borrower agrees to make on such date
mandatory prepayments of the Revolving Credit Loans and/or Swingline
Loans in the amount of such excess plus accrued interest and Break
Costs, or if the Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans have been
repaid in full, make deposits of cash cover to provide cash collateral
for the Letter of Credit Exposure (to the extent of any remaining
excess).
(b) Collateral Disposition. Without prejudice to Clause 11.4(a) above,
(i) Following any Collateral Disposition, all Collateral
Disposition Proceeds payable to or received by the Credit
Parties shall on the date of receipt by such Credit Party be
deposited with the Collateral Agent as security for the
Obligations and applied in accordance with this Agreement.
(ii) If (A) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and
(B) a replacement for any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rig affected by a Collateral Disposition or other arrangement
permitted by Clause 10.2(b) shall have been made within the
time periods provided for therein following such Collateral
Disposition in accordance with Clause 10.2(b), then the
Collateral Agent shall refund such Collateral Disposition
Proceeds (together with accrued interest thereon) to the
Borrower or any other Credit Party as appropriate.
(iii) If (A) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and
(B) a replacement for any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rig affected by a Collateral Disposition or other arrangement
permitted by Clause 10.2(b) shall not have been made within
the time periods provided for therein following such
Collateral Disposition in accordance with Clause 10.2(b), then
the Collateral Agent shall (1) apply the Collateral
Disposition Proceeds in an amount equal to the lesser of (x)
50% of such Collateral Disposition Proceeds or (y) the
outstanding amount of the Loans to prepay the Swingline Loans,
or if the Swingline Loans have been repaid in full, prepay the
Revolving Credit Loans, or if the Revolving Credit Loans and
Swingline Loans have been repaid in full, make deposits of
cash cover or
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provide cash collateral for the Letter of Credit Exposure and
(2) refund the balance (together with accrued interest) to the
Borrower or any other Credit Party as appropriate.
(iv) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Collateral Agent shall apply such Collateral Disposition
Proceeds in accordance with Clause 32.5 (Partial Payments).
(c) Casualty Event. Without prejudice to Clause 11.4(a) above,
(i) Following any Casualty Event (if the Casualty Proceeds with
respect thereto could reasonably be expected to exceed
U.S.$5,000,000), all Casualty Proceeds payable to or received
by the Credit Parties in respect of such Casualty Event shall
on the date of receipt by such Credit Party be deposited with
the Collateral Agent as security for the Obligations and
applied in accordance with this Agreement.
(ii) If (A) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (B)
the applicable Credit Party reasonably believes that all
necessary repairs to any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rig affected by a Casualty Event can be completed within 270
days following such Casualty Event, and (C) during the 270-day
period following such Casualty Event, the applicable Credit
Party works diligently to complete all such repairs, then the
Collateral Agent shall from time to time apply such Casualty
Proceeds in payment for all necessary repairs to the extent
that the costs of such repairs shall have been paid by a
Credit Party upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of such
repairs, and following completion of such repairs within 270
days after the Casualty Event and no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall refund
the remainder of such Casualty Proceeds (together with accrued
interest thereon), if any, to the Borrower or any other
appropriate Credit Party.
(iii) If (A) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and
(B) all necessary repairs to any Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig affected by a Casualty Event or other arrangement
permitted by Clause 10.2(c) shall not have been made within
270 days following such Casualty Event, then the Collateral
Agent shall (1) apply the Casualty Proceeds in an amount equal
to the lesser of (x) 50% of any Casualty Proceeds still held
by the Collateral Agent or (y) the outstanding amount of the
Loans to prepay the Swingline Loans, or if the Swingline Loans
have been repaid in full, prepay the Revolving Credit Loans,
or if the Revolving Credit Loans
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and Swingline Loans have been repaid in full, make deposits of
cash cover or provide cash collateral for the Letter of Credit
Exposure and (2) refund the balance (together with accrued
interest thereon) to the Borrower or any other Credit Party as
appropriate.
(iv) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Collateral Agent shall apply such Casualty Proceeds in
accordance with Clause 32.5 (Partial Payments).
(d) Equity Issuance. If at any time the Parent Company's Index Debt is not
rated BBB- or higher by S&P and Baa3 or higher by Xxxxx'x, then the
Borrower shall prepay the Swingline Loans, or if the Swingline Loans
have been repaid in full, prepay the Revolving Credit Loans, or if the
Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans have been repaid in full,
make deposits of cash cover or provide cash collateral for the Letter
of Credit Exposure, by an amount equal to 50% of the Equity Issuance
Proceeds in excess of U.S.$25,000,000 per occurrence that the Parent
Company or any of its Subsidiaries receives from each Equity Issuance
after the Closing Date within 30 days after the date of each such
Equity Issuance.
11.5 RIGHT OF REPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION IN RELATION TO A SINGLE REVOLVING
LENDER
(a) If:
(i) any sum payable to any Revolving Lender by a Credit Party is
required to be increased under paragraph (f) of Clause 16.2
(Tax gross-up);
(ii) any Revolving Lender claims indemnification from the Borrower
under Clause 16.3 (Tax indemnity), Clause 16.6 (Value Added
Tax) or Clause 17.1 (Increased costs); or
(iii) any Revolving Lender notifies the Administrative Agent of its
Mandatory Cost under paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost
formula) or its Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage under
Clause 12.4 (Additional Interest on Revolving Credit Loans),
the Borrower may, whilst (in the case of paragraphs (i) and (ii) above)
the circumstance giving rise to the requirement or indemnification
continues or (in the case of paragraph (iii) above) that Mandatory Cost
or Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage is greater than zero, give the
Administrative Agent notice of cancellation of the Commitments of that
Revolving Lender and its intention to procure the repayment of that
Revolving Lender's participation in the Utilisations.
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(b) On receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph (a) above, the
Commitments of that Revolving Lender shall immediately be reduced to
zero.
(c) On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Borrower
has given notice under paragraph (a) above (or, if earlier, the date
specified by the Borrower in that notice), the Borrower shall repay
that Revolving Lender's participation in that Utilisation.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Borrower elects to exercise such
right of repayment and cancellation with respect to any Revolving
Lender pursuant to this Clause 11.5, it shall be obligated to repay and
cancel the Commitments of all Revolving Lenders that have made requests
for compensation in approximately proportionate amounts pursuant to
Clause 16.2(f), Clause 16.3, Clause 16.6, Clause 17.1, paragraph 2 of
Schedule 4 or Clause 12.4.
11.6 RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OF A SINGLE REVOLVING LENDER
Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 11.5 (Right of repayment and
cancellation in relation to a single Revolving Lender), if:
(a) any sum payable to any Revolving Lender by a Credit Party is required
to be increased under paragraph (f) of Clause 16.2 (Tax gross-up);
(b) any Revolving Lender claims indemnification from the Borrower under
Clause 16.3 (Tax indemnity), Clause 16.6 (Value Added Tax) or Clause
17.1 (Increased costs); or
(c) any Revolving Lender notifies the Administrative Agent of its Mandatory
Cost under paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formula) or its
Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage under Clause 12.4 (Additional
Interest on Revolving Credit Loans),
the Borrower may, whilst (in the case of paragraphs (a) and (b) above) the
circumstance giving rise to the requirement or indemnification continues or (in
the case of paragraph (c) above) that Mandatory Cost or Eurodollar Rate Reserve
Percentage is greater than zero, elect to replace such Revolving Lender,
provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time of such replacement, and provided further that,
concurrently with such replacement, (i) a New Revolving Lender which is
reasonably acceptable to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing
Banks shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other
Obligations due to such Revolving Lender and to become a Revolving Lender for
all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of such
Revolving Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the
requirements of Clause 27 (Changes to the
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Revolving Lenders) applicable to transfers, and (ii) the New Revolving Lender
shall pay to such Revolving Lender in same day funds on the day of such
replacement (A) the amount of principal outstanding to such Revolving Lender,
(B) all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such
Revolving Lender by the Borrower hereunder to and including the date of
termination, including without limitation payments due to such Revolving Lender
under Clauses 16.2(f) (Tax gross-up), Clause 16.3 (Tax indemnity), Clause 17.1
(Increased costs); paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formula) or Clause
12.4 (Additional Interest on Revolving Credit Loans), and (C) any Break Costs
which would have been due to such Revolving Lender on the day of such
replacement under Clause 14.4 (Break Costs) had the Loans of such Revolving
Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the replacement Revolving
Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Borrower elects to exercise such
right of repayment and cancellation with respect to any Revolving Lender
pursuant to this Clause 11.5, it shall be obligated to replace all Revolving
Lenders that have made requests for compensation in approximately proportionate
amounts pursuant to Clause 16.2(f), Clause 16.3, Clause 16.6, Clause 17.1,
paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 or Clause 12.4.
11.7 RESTRICTIONS
(a) Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this
Clause 11 shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication
appears in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which
the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of
that cancellation or prepayment.
(b) Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued
interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without
premium or penalty.
(c) Unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, any part of
Revolving Credit Facility which is prepaid may be reborrowed in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(d) The Borrower shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the
Utilisations or cancel all or any part of the Commitments except at the
times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement.
(e) No amount of the Total Revolving Commitments cancelled under this
Agreement may be subsequently reinstated.
(f) If the Administrative Agent receives a notice under this Clause 11 it
shall promptly forward a copy of that notice to either the Borrower or
the affected Revolving Lender, as appropriate.
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(g) All payments to be made by any Credit Party shall be made without
condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or
setoff.
11.8 REDUCTION OF SWINGLINE COMMITMENT CONSEQUENT UPON A REDUCTION OF TOTAL
REVOLVING COMMITMENTS
If the result of any reduction or cancellation of the Total Revolving
Commitments under this Agreement would be that the Total Revolving
Commitments after such cancellation would be less than the Swingline
Commitment, such amount of the Swingline Commitment shall be deemed to
be cancelled as shall ensure that the Swingline Commitment is equal to
the Total Revolving Commitments as so reduced or cancelled.
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SECTION 5
COSTS OF UTILISATION
12. INTEREST
12.1 CALCULATION OF INTEREST
The rate of interest on each Revolving Credit Loan for each Interest
Period is the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the
applicable:
(a) Margin; and
(b) LIBOR.
The Margin applicable throughout any Interest Period shall be
determined in accordance with the definition of that term on each day
during the Interest Period in question.
12.2 PAYMENT OF INTEREST
The Borrower shall pay accrued interest on each Loan on the last day of
each Interest Period (and, if the Interest Period is longer than six
Months, on the dates falling at six monthly intervals after the first
day of the Interest Period).
12.3 DEFAULT INTEREST
(a) If a Credit Party fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance
Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount
from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and
after judgment) at a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is 2
per cent higher than the rate which would have been payable if the
overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted a
Loan in the currency of the overdue amount for successive Interest
Periods, each of a duration selected by the Administrative Agent
(acting reasonably). Any interest accruing under this Clause 12.3 shall
be immediately payable by the Credit Party on demand by the
Administrative Agent.
(b) If any overdue amount consists of all or part of a Loan which became
due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating
to that Loan:
(i) the first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a
duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current
Interest Period relating to that Loan; and
(ii) the rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during
that first Interest Period shall be 2 per cent. higher than
the rate which would have applied if the overdue amount had
not become due.
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(c) Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be
compounded with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period
applicable to that overdue amount but will remain immediately due and
payable.
12.4 MANDATORY COSTS; ADDITIONAL INTEREST ON REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS
(a) The Borrower shall pay to each Revolving Lender, so long as such
Revolving Lender shall be required to comply with the requirements of
the Financial Services Authority (or any other authority which replaces
all or any of its functions) or the requirements of the European
Central Bank, additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of
each Revolving Credit Loan of such Revolving Lender, from the effective
date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at an
interest rate per annum equal at all times to the Mandatory Cost for
such Revolving Lender. A certificate indicating the amount of such
additional interest, detailing the calculation of such additional
interest and explaining how and why such additional interest is owing
shall be submitted by such Revolving Lender to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent and shall be prima facie evidence for all
purposes, absent manifest error.
(b) The Borrower shall pay to each Revolving Lender, so long as such
Revolving Lender shall be required under regulations of the Federal
Reserve Board to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or
assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities, additional
interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan
of such Revolving Lender, from the effective date of such Loan until
such principal amount is paid in full, at an interest rate per annum
equal at all times to the remainder obtained by subtracting (A) LIBOR
for the Interest Period for such Loan from (B) the rate obtained by
dividing LIBOR by a percentage equal to 100% minus the Eurodollar Rate
Reserve Percentage of such Revolving Lender for such Interest Period,
payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan. Such
additional interest payable to any Revolving Lender shall be determined
by such Revolving Lender and notified to the Borrower through the
Administrative Agent. A certificate indicating the amount of such
additional interest, detailing the calculation of such additional
interest and explaining how and why such additional interest is owing
shall be submitted by such Revolving Lender to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent and shall be prima facie evidence for all
purposes, absent manifest error.
12.5 NOTIFICATION OF RATES OF INTEREST
The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Revolving Lenders
and the Borrower of the determination of a rate of interest under this
Agreement.
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13. INTEREST PERIODS
13.1 SELECTION OF INTEREST PERIODS
(a) The Borrower shall select the Interest Period for a Loan in the
Utilisation Request for that Loan.
(b) Subject to this Clause 13, the Borrower may select an Interest Period
of 1, 2, 3 or 6 Months or any other period agreed between the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent (acting on the instructions of all the
Revolving Lenders); provided, however, that at the Administrative
Agent's sole discretion, the Borrower may not select any Interest
Period longer than one Month until the satisfactory completion of the
syndication of this Agreement by the Mandated Lead Arrangers.
(c) An Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Revolving
Maturity Date.
(d) The Interest Period for a Revolving Credit Loan shall start on the
Utilisation Date.
(e) A Revolving Credit Loan has one Interest Period only.
13.2 NON-BUSINESS DAYS
If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a
Business Day, that Interest Period will instead end on the next
Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding
Business Day (if there is not).
14. CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
14.1 ABSENCE OF QUOTATIONS
Subject to Clause 14.2 (Market disruption), if LIBOR is to be
determined by reference to the Reference Banks but a Reference Bank
does not supply a quotation by the Specified Time on the Quotation Day,
the applicable LIBOR shall be determined on the basis of the quotations
of the remaining Reference Banks.
14.2 MARKET DISRUPTION
(a) If a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to a Loan for any
Interest Period, then the rate of interest on each Revolving Lender's
share of that Loan for the Interest Period shall be the rate per annum
which is the sum of:
(i) the Margin;
(ii) the rate notified to the Administrative Agent by that
Revolving Lender as soon as practicable and in any event
before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest
Period, to be that which expresses as a percentage
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rate per annum the cost to that Revolving Lender of funding
its participation in that Loan from whatever source it may
reasonably select; and
(iii) the Mandatory Cost, if any, applicable to that Revolving
Lender's participation in the Loan.
(b) In this Agreement "Market Disruption Event" means:
(i) at or about noon on the Quotation Day for the relevant
Interest Period the Screen Rate is not available and none or
only one of the Reference Banks supplies a rate to the
Administrative Agent to determine LIBOR for U.S. Dollars for
the relevant Interest Period; or
(ii) before close of business in London on the Quotation Day for
the relevant Interest Period, the Administrative Agent
receives notifications from Revolving Lenders whose
participations in the relevant Loan equal or exceed 66 2/3%
that the cost to it or them of obtaining matching deposits in
the Relevant Interbank Market would be in excess of LIBOR.
14.3 ALTERNATIVE BASIS OF INTEREST OR FUNDING
(a) If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Administrative Agent or the
Borrower so requires, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall
enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than thirty days)
with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of
interest.
(b) Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall,
with the prior consent of all the Revolving Lenders and the Borrower,
be binding on all Parties.
14.4 BREAK COSTS
(a) The Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand by a Finance
Party, pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or
any part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by the Borrower on a day
other than the last day of an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid
Sum.
(b) Each Revolving Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a
demand by the Administrative Agent, provide a certificate confirming
the amount of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in which they
accrue.
15. FEES
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15.1 COMMITMENT FEE
(a) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent (for the account of
each Revolving Lender) a fee computed at the Commitment Fee Rate on
that Revolving Lender's Available Commitment under the Revolving Credit
Facility for the Availability Period applicable to Revolving Credit
Facility.
(b) The accrued commitment fee is payable quarterly in arrears on the last
Business Day of each March, June, September and December commencing
June 30, 2002 and on the Revolving Maturity Date and, if cancelled in
full, on the cancelled amount of the relevant Revolving Lender's
Commitment at the time the cancellation is effective. For the avoidance
of doubt, it is understood that the commitment fee referred to in this
Clause 15.1 shall be computed with respect to a Revolving Lender's
Available Commitment without giving effect to any temporary reductions
of that Revolving Lender's Available Commitment pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement until such time as such temporary reductions become
permanent and cannot be reinstated in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
15.2 ARRANGEMENT FEE
The Borrower shall pay to the Mandated Lead Arrangers an arrangement
fee in the amount and at the times agreed in the applicable Fee Letter.
15.3 AGENCY FEE
The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent (for its own
account) an agency fee in the amount and at the times agreed in the
applicable Fee Letter.
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SECTION 6
ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS
16. TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
16.1 DEFINITIONS
(a) In this Agreement:
"PROTECTED PARTY" means a Finance Party which is or will be subject to
any liability, or required to make any payment, for or on account of
Tax in relation to a sum received or receivable (or any sum deemed for
the purposes of Tax to be received or receivable) under a Finance
Document.
"TAX CREDIT" means a credit against, relief or remission for, or
repayment of any Tax.
"TAX DEDUCTION" means a deduction or withholding for or on account of
any Tax due with respect to a payment that a Credit Party is required
to make under a Finance Document.
"TAX PAYMENT" means an increased payment made by a Credit Party to a
Finance Party under Clause 16.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment under
Clause 16.3 (Tax indemnity).
(b) Unless a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 16 a reference to
"determines" or "determined" means a determination made in the absolute
discretion of the Person making the determination.
16.2 TAX GROSS-UP
(a) Each Revolving Lender that is not incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or a state thereof agrees that it will deliver
to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date or
upon becoming a Revolving Lender pursuant to Clause 27 (Changes to the
Revolving Lenders) (i) two duly completed copies of United States
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI or successor applicable
form, as the case may be, certifying in each case that such Revolving
Lender is entitled to receive payments under the Finance Documents
without deduction and withholding of any United States federal income
taxes; (ii) if applicable, an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or W-9
or successor applicable form, as the case may be, to establish an
exemption from United States backup withholding tax; and (iii) any
other governmental forms which are necessary or required under an
applicable tax treaty or otherwise by law to reduce
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or eliminate any withholding tax, which have been reasonably requested
by the Borrower.
(b) Each Revolving Lender which delivers to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent a Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI and Form W-8 or W-9
pursuant to paragraph (a) above further undertakes to deliver to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further copies of Form W-8BEN
or W-8ECI and Form W-8 or W-9, or successor applicable forms, or other
manner of certification, as the case may be, on or before the date that
any such form expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of
any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously
delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and such
extensions or renewals thereof as may reasonably be requested by the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent certifying in the case of a Form
W-8BEN or W-8ECI that such Revolving Lender is entitled to receive
payments under the Finance Documents without deduction or withholding
of any United States federal income taxes.
(c) If an event (including without limitation any change in treaty, law or
regulation) has occurred after the date of this Agreement, but prior to
the date on which any delivery required by paragraphs (a) and (b) above
would otherwise be required and the event renders all such forms
inapplicable or which would prevent any Revolving Lender from duly
completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and such
Revolving Lender advises the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that
it is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or
withholding of United States federal income tax, and in the case of a
Form W-8 or W-9, establishing an exemption from United States backup
withholding tax, such Revolving Lender shall not be required to deliver
such forms.
(d) Except as provided in subsections (g) and (h) below, each Credit Party
shall make all payments it is required to make to a Finance Party under
a Finance Document without making any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax
Deduction is required by law.
(e) The Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that a Credit Party
must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or
the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Administrative Agent
accordingly. Similarly, a Revolving Lender shall notify the
Administrative Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment
payable to that Revolving Lender. If the Administrative Agent receives
such notification from a Revolving Lender it shall notify the Borrower
and that Credit Party.
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(f) If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by a Credit Party on
an amount payable to a Finance Party under a Finance Document, the
amount payable shall be increased so that the Finance Party receives an
amount equal to the amount that (after making any Tax Deduction) would
have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.
(g) A Credit Party is not required to make a Tax Payment to a Revolving
Lender under paragraph (f) above for a Tax Deduction in respect of
United States federal income taxes from a payment of interest on a
Loan, if such Tax Deduction is required to be made by reason of a
failure of such Revolving Lender to provide the requisite Internal
Revenue Service forms in accordance with paragraphs (a), (b) or (c)
above.
(h) A Credit Party is not required to make an increased payment to a
Finance Party under Paragraph (f) above with respect to any Tax
assessed on a Finance Party:
(i) under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party
is incorporated, or, if different, the jurisdiction (or
jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated as
resident for tax purposes; or
(ii) under the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance
Party's Facility Office is located in respect of amounts
received or receivable in that jurisdiction
if that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income
received or receivable by that Finance Party. For the avoidance of
doubt, any Tax which is collected by withholding upon the gross amount
of any payment to a Finance Party, without allowance of any deductions
in calculating such Tax, shall not be treated as a Tax which is imposed
on or calculated by reference to the net income received or receivable
by the Finance Party.
(i) If a Credit Party is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Credit
Party shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in
connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the
minimum amount required by law. For the avoidance of doubt, any Tax
which is collected by withholding upon the gross amount of any payment
to a Finance Party, without allowance of any deductions in calculating
such Tax, shall not be treated as a Tax which is imposed on or
calculated by reference to the net income received or receivable by the
Finance Party.
(j) Within thirty days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment
required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Credit Party making
that Tax Deduction
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shall deliver to the Administrative Agent for the Finance Party
entitled to the Tax Payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to that
Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable)
any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.
16.3 TAX INDEMNITY
(a) The Borrower shall (within five Business Days of demand by the
Administrative Agent) pay to a Protected Party an amount equal to the
loss, liability or cost which that Protected Party determines has been
(directly or indirectly) suffered for or on account of Tax by that
Protected Party in respect of a Finance Document. A certificate
indicating the amount of such loss, liability or cost, detailing the
calculation of such loss, liability or cost and explaining how and why
such losses, liabilities or costs have been suffered by such Protected
Party for or on account of a Tax by that Protected Party in respect of
a Finance Document shall be submitted by such Protected Party to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent and shall be prima facie evidence
for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b) Paragraph (a) above shall not apply:
(i) with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party:
(A) under the law of the jurisdiction in which that
Finance Party is incorporated or, if different, the
jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance
Party is treated as resident for tax purposes; or
(B) under the law of the jurisdiction in which that
Finance Party's Facility Office is located in respect
of amounts received or receivable in that
jurisdiction,
if that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the
net income received or receivable by that Finance Party; or
(ii) to the extent a loss, liability or cost:
(A) is compensated for by an increased payment under
Clause 16.2 (Tax gross-up); or
(B) would have been compensated for by an increased
payment under Clause 16.2 (Tax gross-up) but was not
so compensated solely because of the application of
either paragraph (g) or (h) of Clause 16.2 (Tax
gross-up).
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(c) A Protected Party making, or intending to make a claim under paragraph
(a) above shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the event
which will give, or has given, rise to the claim, following which the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower.
(d) A Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from a Credit Party
under this Clause 16, notify the Administrative Agent.
16.4 TAX CREDIT
If, following any Tax Deduction, any Finance Party shall receive or be
granted a Tax Credit, such Finance Party shall, subject to the Borrower
having made a Tax Payment and to the extent that such Finance Party
acting in good faith has the ability to do so without prejudicing the
retention of the amount of such Tax Credit and without prejudice to the
right of such Finance Party to obtain any other relief or allowance
which may be available to it, reimburse the Borrower with such amount
as such Finance Party shall certify to be the proportion of such Tax
Credit as will leave such Finance Party (after such reimbursement) in
no worse position than it would have been in had there been no Tax
Deduction from the payment by the Borrower. Such reimbursement shall be
made forthwith upon such Finance Party certifying that the amount of
such Tax Credit has been received by it. Each Finance Party that has
received a Tax Payment and received the Borrower' receipts,
certificates or other proof evidencing the amounts (if any) paid or
payable in respect of any Tax Deduction for which such Tax Payment has
been made shall take account of such Tax Payment in compiling its
relevant Tax returns.
16.5 STAMP TAXES
The Borrower shall pay and, within five Business Days of demand,
indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability that
such Finance Party incurs in relation to all stamp duty, registration
and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document.
16.6 VALUE ADDED TAX
(a) All consideration expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by
any Party to a Finance Party shall be deemed to be exclusive of any
VAT. If VAT is chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to
any Party in connection with a Finance Document, that Party shall pay
to the Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying the
consideration) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT.
(b) Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse a Finance
Party for any costs or expenses, that Party shall also at the same time
pay and indemnify the
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Finance Party against all VAT incurred by the Finance Party in respect
of the costs or expenses to the extent that the Finance Party
reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment of
the VAT.
17. INCREASED COSTS
17.1 INCREASED COSTS
(a) Subject to Clause 17.3 (Exceptions) the Borrower shall, within five
Business Days of a demand by the Administrative Agent, pay for the
account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Costs incurred
by that Finance Party or its Affiliates as a result of (i) the
introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation,
administration or application of) any law or regulation or (ii)
compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this
Agreement.
(b) In this Agreement "INCREASED COSTS" means:
(i) a reduction in the rate of return from any Facility or Letter
of Credit on a Finance Party's (or its Affiliates') overall
capital;
(ii) an additional or increased cost; or
(iii) a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance
Document,
which is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or its Affiliates to
the extent that it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered
into its Commitment or funding or performing its obligations under any
Finance Document.
17.2 INCREASED COST CLAIMS
(a) A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 17.1
(Increased costs) shall notify the Administrative Agent of the event
giving rise to the claim, following which the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify the Borrower.
(b) Each Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the
Administrative Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of
its Increased Costs. A certificate indicating the amount of such
Increased Costs, detailing the calculation of such Increased Costs and
explaining how and why such Increased Costs have been suffered by such
Finance Party to the extent that they are attributable to that Finance
Party having entered into its Commitment or funding or performing its
obligations under any Finance Document shall be submitted by such
Finance Party to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and shall be
prima facie evidence for all purposes, absent manifest error.
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17.3 EXCEPTIONS
(a) Clause 17.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any
Increased Cost is:
(i) attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by
a Credit Party;
(ii) compensated for by Clause 16.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have
been compensated for under Clause 16.3 (Tax indemnity) but was
not so compensated solely because the exclusion in paragraph
(b) of Clause 16.3 (Tax indemnity) applied);
(iii) compensated for by the payment of the Mandatory Cost;
(iv) compensated for by Clause 12.4 (Additional Interest on
Revolving Credit Loans); or
(v) attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance
Party or its Affiliates of any law or regulation.
(b) In this Clause 17.3, a reference to a "TAX DEDUCTION" has the same
meaning given to the term in Clause 16.1 (Definitions).
18. OTHER INDEMNITIES
18.1 CURRENCY INDEMNITY
(a) If any sum due from a Credit Party under the Finance Documents (a
"SUM"), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a
Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the "FIRST CURRENCY") in
which that Sum is payable into another currency (the "SECOND CURRENCY")
for the purpose of:
(i) making or filing a claim or proof against that Credit Party;
or
(ii) obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation
to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,
that Credit Party shall as an independent obligation, within three
Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party to whom that Sum
is due against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a
result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate
of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the
Second Currency and (B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that
Person at the time of its receipt of that Sum.
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(b) Each Credit Party waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to
pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency
unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.
18.2 OTHER INDEMNITIES
The Borrower shall (or shall procure that a Credit Party will), within
five Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any
cost, loss or liability incurred by that Finance Party as a result of:
(a) the occurrence of any Event of Default;
(b) a failure by a Credit Party to pay any amount due under a
Finance Document on its due date, including without
limitation, any cost, loss or liability arising as a result of
Clause 31 (Sharing among the Finance Parties);
(c) funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in
a Loan requested by the Borrower in a Utilisation Request but
not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the
provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason of default
or negligence by that Finance Party); or
(d) a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance
with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower.
18.3 INDEMNITY TO THE AGENTS
The Borrower shall promptly indemnify the Agents against any cost, loss
or liability incurred by any Agent (acting reasonably) as a result of:
(a) investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a
Default; or
(b) acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which
it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and
appropriately authorised.
19. MITIGATION BY THE REVOLVING LENDERS
19.1 MITIGATION
(a) Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Borrower, take all
reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which
would result in any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or
cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 11.1 (Illegality), Clause 16 (Tax
gross-up and indemnities), Clause 17 (Increased costs) or paragraph 2
of Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formula) including (but not limited to)
transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to
another Affiliate or Facility Office.
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(b) Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any
Credit Party under the Finance Documents.
19.2 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
(a) The Borrower shall indemnify each Finance Party for all out-of-pocket
costs and expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a
result of steps taken by it under Clause 19.1 (Mitigation).
(b) A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 19.1
(Mitigation) if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting
reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it; provided that,
without prejudice to the foregoing, a Finance Party shall not be
obliged to take or continue to endeavour to take any such steps after
the date falling 30 Business Days from the date such Finance Party
notifies the Administrative Agent of the circumstances referred to in
Clause 19.1(a) (Mitigation).
20. COSTS AND EXPENSES
20.1 TRANSACTION EXPENSES
(a) Except as specifically provided in the Fee Letters, the Borrower shall
pay the Agents and the Arrangers the amount of all out-of-pocket costs
and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by any of them
in connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing, execution
and syndication of this Agreement and any other documents referred to
in this Agreement on the Closing Date.
(b) The Borrower shall within five Business Days of demand pay the Agents
and the Arrangers the amount of all out-of-pocket costs and expenses
(including legal fees) reasonably incurred by any of them in connection
with the negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of this
Agreement and any other Finance Documents executed after the date of
this Agreement.
20.2 AMENDMENT COSTS
If (a) a Credit Party requests an amendment, waiver or consent or (b)
an amendment is required pursuant to Clause 32.9 (Change of currency),
the Borrower shall, within five Business Days of demand, reimburse the
Administrative Agent for the amount of all out-of-pockets costs and
expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by the
Administrative Agent in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or
complying with that request or requirement.
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20.3 ENFORCEMENT COSTS
The Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand, pay to each
Finance Party the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal
fees and consultant fees) incurred by that Finance Party in connection
with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any
Finance Document.
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SECTION 7
GUARANTEE
21. GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY
21.1 GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY
Each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally jointly and severally:
(a) guarantees to each Finance Party punctual performance by the
Borrower of all the Borrower's obligations under the Finance
Documents;
(b) undertakes with each Finance Party that whenever the Borrower
does not pay any amount when due under or in connection with
any Finance Document, that Guarantor shall immediately on
demand pay that amount as if it was the principal obligor; and
(c) indemnifies each Finance Party immediately on demand against
any cost, loss or liability suffered by that Finance Party if
any obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable,
invalid or illegal. The amount of the cost, loss or liability
shall be equal to the amount which that Finance Party would
otherwise have been entitled to recover from the Credit
Parties.
21.2 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Additional Guarantor (other than an
Additional Guarantor that is either a Permitted Holding Company or a
Subsidiary of the Borrower) shall be liable under this Agreement with
respect to the Obligations only for an amount equal to (a) the
aggregate Market Value of the Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs
owned by such Additional Guarantor determined as of the date of the
most recent Rig Appraisal Reports divided by (b) the Total Revolving
Commitments multiplied by (c) the Obligations.
21.3 CONTINUING GUARANTEE
This guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the
ultimate balance of sums payable by any Credit Party under the Finance
Documents, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole
or in part.
21.4 REINSTATEMENT
If any payment by a Credit Party or any discharge given by a Finance
Party (whether in respect of the obligations of any Credit Party or any
security for those obligations or otherwise) is avoided or reduced as a
result of insolvency or any similar event:
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(a) the liability of each Credit Party shall continue as if the payment,
discharge, avoidance or reduction had not occurred; and
(b) each Finance Party shall be entitled to recover the value or amount of
that security or payment from each Credit Party, as if the payment,
discharge, avoidance or reduction had not occurred.
21.5 WAIVER OF DEFENCES
The obligations of each Guarantor under this Clause 21 will not be
affected by an act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this
Clause, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under
this Clause 21 (without limitation and whether or not known to it or
any Finance Party) including:
(a) any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Credit
Party or other Person;
(b) the release of any other Credit Party or any other Person under the
terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member
of the Group;
(c) the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or
refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against,
or security over assets of, any Credit Party or other Person or any
non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other
requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the
full value of any security;
(d) any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or
dissolution or change in the members or status of a Credit Party or any
other Person;
(e) any amendment (however fundamental) or replacement of a Finance
Document or any other document or security (provided that the guarantee
under this Clause 21 will apply to such Finance Documents or other
document or security as amended or replaced);
(f) any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any
Person under any Finance Document or any other document or security; or
(g) any insolvency or similar proceedings.
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21.6 IMMEDIATE RECOURSE
Each Guarantor waives any right it may have of first requiring any
Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed
against or enforce any other rights or security or claim payment from
any Person before claiming from that Guarantor under this Clause 21.
This waiver applies irrespective of any law or any provision of a
Finance Document to the contrary.
21.7 APPROPRIATIONS
Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Credit Parties
under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably
paid in full, each Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its
behalf) may:
(a) refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security
or rights held or received by that Finance Party (or any
trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of those amounts,
or apply and enforce the same in such manner and order as it
sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise) and no
Guarantor shall be entitled to the benefit of the same; and
(b) hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys
received from any Guarantor or on account of any Guarantor's
liability under this Clause 21.
21.8 DEFERRAL OF GUARANTORS' RIGHTS
Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Credit Parties
under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably
paid in full and unless the Administrative Agent otherwise directs or
agrees, no Guarantor will exercise any rights which it may have by
reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance
Documents:
(a) to be indemnified by a Credit Party;
(b) to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of any
Credit Party's obligations under the Finance Documents; and/or
(c) to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of
subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties
under the Finance Documents or of any other guarantee or
security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance
Documents by any Finance Party;
provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, a Guarantor may
execute, verify, deliver and file any proofs of claim which may be
necessary in order to
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preserve any statute of limitations with respect to the rights deferred
in this Clause 21.8.
21.9 ADDITIONAL SECURITY
This guarantee is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by
any other guarantee or security now or subsequently held by any Finance
Party.
21.10 NO GUARANTEE OF INDENTURE ISSUER OBLIGATIONS
No provision of this Agreement or any other Finance Document shall
require any Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of the Person that is the
issuer of the existing Debt under the Senior Indenture and the
Subordinated Indenture (on the Closing Date, such Person being the U.S.
Parent) or any successor or assign of such Person with respect to such
Debt to guarantee or otherwise be liable, directly or indirectly, for
any obligation of such Person under any Finance Document.
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SECTION 8
REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT
22. REPRESENTATIONS
Each Credit Party makes the representations and warranties set out in
this Clause 22 to each Finance Party on the date of this Agreement.
22.1 EXISTENCE; SUBSIDIARIES
Each of the Credit Parties is duly formed, validly existing, and in
good standing (to the extent the concept of good standing is applicable
in such jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
formation and in good standing (to the extent the concept of good
standing is applicable in such jurisdiction) and qualified to do
business in each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of Property
or conduct of its business requires such qualification and where a
failure to be qualified could reasonably be expected to cause a
Material Adverse Change.
22.2 POWER AND AUTHORITY
Each of the Credit Parties has the organizational power and authority
to execute and deliver the Finance Documents to which it is a party and
to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery, and
performance by the Credit Parties of this Agreement and the other
Finance Documents to which each is a party and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby (a) have been duly authorized by all
necessary organizational action, (b) do not contravene (i) such Credit
Party's organizational documents, (ii) any material Legal Requirement
binding on or affecting such Credit Party, or (iii) the provisions of
any indenture or material instrument or agreement to which such Credit
Party is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its Property, is
bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder, except, in
the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for which a prior consent, waiver,
authorization or approval has been (or will timely be) obtained, and
(c) will not result in or require the creation or imposition of any
Lien prohibited by this Agreement. At the time of the making of the
Utilisations, the Utilisations and the use of the proceeds of the
Utilisations will (a) be within the Borrower's corporate powers, (b)
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (c) not
contravene (i) the Borrower's certificate of incorporation or bylaws or
(ii) any material Legal Requirement binding on or affecting the
Borrower, except for which a prior consent, waiver, authorization or
approval has been (or will timely be) obtained, and (d) not result in
or require the creation or imposition of any Lien prohibited by this
Agreement.
22.3 AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVALS
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No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with, any Governmental Authority is required on the part of the
Credit Parties for the due execution, delivery and performance by the
Credit Parties of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents to
which each is a party or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby, except actions by, and notices to or filings with,
Governmental Authorities (including, without limitation, the SEC) that
may be required in the ordinary course of business from time to time or
that may be required to comply with the express requirements of the
Finance Documents (including, without limitation, to effect the Merger,
to release existing Liens on the Collateral or to comply with
requirements to perfect, and/or maintain the perfection of, the Liens
created for the benefit of the Finance Parties). At the time of the
making of the Utilisations, no authorization or approval or other action
by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority will be
required on the part of the Credit Parties for the borrowing of the
Utilisations by the Borrower or the use of the proceeds of such
Utilisations, except actions by, and notices to or filings with,
Governmental Authorities (including, without limitation, the SEC) that
may be required in the ordinary course of business from time to time or
that may be required to comply with the express requirements of the
Finance Documents (including, without limitation, to effect the Merger,
to release existing Liens on the Collateral or to comply with
requirements to perfect, and/or maintain the perfection of, Liens
created for the benefit of the Finance Parties).
22.4 ENFORCEABLE OBLIGATIONS
This Agreement and the other Finance Documents to which each of the
Credit Parties is a party have been duly executed and delivered by such
Credit Party. Assuming that each has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the other parties thereto, each Finance Document to which
each Credit Party is a party is the legal, valid, and binding
obligation of such Credit Party and is enforceable against such Credit
Party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may
be limited by any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
fraudulent conveyance, moratorium, or similar law affecting creditors'
rights generally or general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law or under
applicable legal codes).
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22.5 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(a) The Parent Company has delivered to the Administrative Agent the
Financial Statements, and the Financial Statements are accurate and
complete in all material respects and present fairly in all material
respects the consolidated financial condition of the Group as of their
respective dates and for their respective periods in accordance with
GAAP. As of the date of the Financial Statements, there were no
material contingent obligations, liabilities for taxes, unusual forward
or long-term commitments, or unrealized or anticipated losses of the
Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as disclosed therein
and for which adequate reserves for such items have been made in
accordance with GAAP.
(b) Since December 31, 2001, no Material Adverse Change has occurred.
22.6 TRUE AND COMPLETE DISCLOSURE
All factual information (whether delivered before or after the Closing
Date) furnished by or on behalf of the Credit Parties in writing to the
Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders for purposes of or in
connection with this Agreement, any other Finance Document or any
transaction contemplated hereby or thereby is true and accurate in all
material respects as of the date as of which such information is dated
or certified (or, if not dated and certified, as of the date as of
which such information is provided) and not incomplete by omitting to
state any material fact necessary to make such information (taken as a
whole) not misleading as of such time (in light of the circumstances
and facts known at such time).
22.7 LITIGATION
There is no pending or, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer,
threatened action or proceeding affecting the Parent Company or any of
its Subsidiaries before any court, Governmental Authority or
arbitrator, that could reasonably be expected to cause a Material
Adverse Change or which purports to affect the legality, validity,
binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Finance
Document. Additionally, there is no pending or, to the knowledge of any
Responsible Officer, threatened action or proceeding instituted against
the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries which seeks to adjudicate
the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries as bankrupt or insolvent,
or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under
any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief
of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the
appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or
for any substantial part of its Property.
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22.8 USE OF PROCEEDS
The proceeds of the Loans will be used by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the purposes described in Clause 25.7 (Use of
Proceeds). The Parent Company and its Subsidiaries are not engaged in
the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U). No proceeds
of any Loan will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock in
violation of Regulation T, U or X.
22.9 INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT
None of the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries is an "investment
company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
22.10 PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT
None of the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a "holding
company", or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company", or an
"affiliate" of a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary company" of a
"holding company", or a "public utility", as such terms are used in the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
22.11 TAXES
All material federal, state, local and foreign tax returns, reports and
statements required to be filed (after giving effect to any extension
granted in the time for filing) by the Parent Company or any member of
the Controlled Group (hereafter collectively called the "Tax Group")
have been filed with the appropriate Governmental Authorities in all
jurisdictions in which such returns, reports and statements are
required to be filed (except where any obligation to so file is being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and after
adequate reserves for such items have been made in accordance with
GAAP), and all taxes (which are material in amount) and other
impositions due and payable have been timely paid prior to the date on
which any fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss may be added
thereto for non-payment thereof except where contested in good faith
and by appropriate proceedings and after providing adequate reserves
therefor. Except as disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent
from time to time, none of the Parent Company or any member of the Tax
Group has given, or been requested to give, a waiver of the statute of
limitations relating to the payment of any federal, state, local or
foreign taxes or other impositions. None of the Property owned by the
Parent Company or any other member of the Tax Group is Property which
the Parent Company or any member of the Tax Group is required to treat
as being owned by any other Person pursuant to the provisions of
Section 168(f)(8) of the
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Code. Proper and accurate amounts have been withheld by the Parent
Company and all other members of the Tax Group from their employees for
all periods to comply in all material respects with the tax, social
security and unemployment withholding provisions of applicable federal,
state, local and foreign law. Timely payment of all material sales and
use taxes required by applicable law have been made by the Parent
Company and all other members of the Tax Group.
22.12 PENSION PLANS
No Termination Event has occurred with respect to any Plan, and each
Plan has complied in all material respects with and been administered
in all material respects in accordance with applicable provisions of
ERISA and the Code. No "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in
Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred and there has been no excise tax
imposed under Section 4971 of the Code. To the extent either any such
action or inaction could reasonably be attributable to the Parent
Company or to the knowledge of a Responsible Officer, no Reportable
Event has occurred with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, and each
Multiemployer Plan has complied in all material respects with and been
administered in all material respects with applicable provisions of
ERISA and the Code. The present value of all benefits vested under each
Plan (based on the assumptions used to fund such Plan) did not, as of
the last annual valuation date applicable thereto, exceed the value of
the assets of such Plan allocable to such vested benefits in any amount
that could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
None of the Parent Company or any member of the Controlled Group has
had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan for
which there is any material withdrawal liability. As of the most recent
valuation date applicable thereto, none of the Parent Company or any
member of the Controlled Group has received notice that any
Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or in reorganization. Based upon GAAP
existing as of the Closing Date and current factual circumstances, the
Parent Company has no reason to believe that the annual cost during the
term of this Agreement to the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries
for post-retirement benefits to be provided to the current and former
employees of the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries under
welfare benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) could, in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse
Change.
22.13 CONDITION OF PROPERTY; CASUALTIES
(a) Except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, including, without
limitation, Clause 22.16 (Environmental Condition) and the requirements
of Clause 11.4(b) or (c), the material Property necessary for the
conduct of business of the Group are in good repair and working
condition, normal wear and tear excepted and (b) no
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member of the Group has knowingly or wilfully permitted the commission
of waste or other injury, or released Hazardous Substances on or about
owned or operated property, in violation of applicable Environmental
Laws.
22.14 INSURANCE
Each of the Group carries the insurance required to be carried under
Clause 25.2 (Maintenance of Insurance) of this Agreement. The amount of
acceptance of first loss in lieu of paying premiums on the Closing Date
is not more than U.S.$10,000,000. As of the Closing Date, all of the
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs have insurance covering War
Risks.
22.15 NO DEFAULTS
None of the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in default or
has received any notice of default under any contract, agreement, lease
or other instrument to which the Parent Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party which is continuing and, if not cured, could
reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
22.16 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION
Except as disclosed on the attached Schedule 22.16:
(a) The Parent Company and its Subsidiaries (i) have obtained all material
Environmental Permits necessary for the ownership and operation of
their respective material Properties and the conduct of their
respective businesses; (ii) have been and are in compliance with all
material terms and conditions of such Environmental Permits and with
all other material requirements of applicable Environmental Laws; (iii)
have not received notice of any material violation or alleged violation
of any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit; and (iv) are not
subject to any material actual or contingent Environmental Claim.
(b) None of the present or previously owned or operated Properties of the
Parent Company or of any of its present or former Subsidiaries,
wherever located, (i) has been placed on or proposed to be placed on
the National Priorities List, CERCLIS, or, to the knowledge of any
Responsible Officer, their state or local analogs, nor has the Parent
Company or any of its Subsidiaries been otherwise notified of the
designation, listing or identification of any Property of the Parent
Company or any of its present or former Subsidiaries as a potential
site for material removal, remediation, cleanup, closure, restoration,
reclamation, or other material response activity under any
Environmental Laws (except as such activities may be required by permit
conditions); (ii) is subject to a material Lien, arising under or in
connection with any Environmental Laws, that attaches to any revenues
or to any
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Property owned or operated by the Parent Company or any of its present
or former Subsidiaries, wherever located; or (iii) has been the site of
any Release of Hazardous Substances or Hazardous Wastes from present or
past operations which has caused at the site or at any third-party site
any condition that has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to
result in the need for Response that could cause a Material Adverse
Change and none of the Parent Company or any of its present or former
Subsidiaries has generated or transported or has caused to be generated
or transported Hazardous Substances to any third party site which could
reasonably be expected to result in the need for Response that could
cause a Material Adverse Change.
(c) Without limiting the foregoing, the present and future liability, if
any, of the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which could
reasonably be expected to arise in connection with requirements under
Environmental Laws could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material
Adverse Change.
22.17 TITLE TO PROPERTY, ETC.
(a) Each of the Group has good and marketable title in all its Property,
except where the failure to have such good and marketable title could
not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change, and none
of such Property is subject to any Lien, except Permitted Liens.
(b) Schedule 22.17 sets forth the Initial Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rigs of the Credit Parties on the Closing Date and identifies
the registered owner, flag, official or patent number, as the case may
be, the home port, class, location and operating status on the Closing
Date after giving effect to the Merger.
22.18 SECURITY INTERESTS
On the Closing Date, all governmental actions and all other filings,
recordings, registrations, third party consents, and other actions
which are necessary to create and perfect the Liens provided for in the
Security Documents will have been made, obtained, and taken in all
relevant jurisdictions, or satisfactory arrangements will have been
made for all governmental actions and all other filings, recordings,
registrations, third party consents, and other actions which are
necessary to create and perfect the Liens provided for in the Security
Documents to be made, obtained, or taken in all relevant jurisdictions.
Upon the filing of the Security Documents referred to in this Clause
22.18, each of the Security Documents creates, as security for the
Obligations purported to be secured thereby, a valid and enforceable
perfected security interest in and Lien on all of the Collateral
subject thereto, to the extent perfection of a security interest or
Lien is governed by Article
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9 of the UCC (as defined in the applicable Security Documents) or the
Ship Mortgage Act (as defined in the Rig Mortgages), and subject to no
other Liens (other than Permitted Liens) in favour of the Collateral
Agent for the ratable benefit of the Finance Parties. Except with
respect to filings or recordings required in order to perfect the
security interests in earnings, no filings or recordings are required
in order to perfect the security interests created under any Security
Document except for filings or recordings required in connection with
any such Security Document which shall have been made upon or prior to
(or are the subject of arrangements, satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent, for filing on or promptly after the date of) the execution and
delivery thereof.
22.19 SUBSIDIARIES; CORPORATE STRUCTURE
The Subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Schedule 22.19 constitute
all of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower on the Closing Date after
giving effect to the Merger. Schedule 22.19 correctly lists the names,
ownership and jurisdictions of incorporation or formation of each of
the Borrower's Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date after giving effect
to the Merger.
22.20 LABOR RELATIONS
None of the Parent Company nor its Subsidiaries is engaged in any
unfair labor practice that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Change. There is (a) no unfair labor practice
complaint pending against the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer, threatened against any
of them, before the National Labor Relations Board (or any successor
United States federal agency that administers the National Labor
Relations Act), and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out
of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so pending against
the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of a
Responsible Officer, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike,
labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending against the Parent Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of a Responsible
Officer, threatened against the Parent Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, and (c) no union representation petition existing with
respect to the employees of the Parent Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and no union organizing activities are taking place,
except with respect to any matter specified in clause (a), (b) or (c)
above, either individually or in the aggregate, such as could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change.
22.21 MERGER
The Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent true, correct,
and complete copies of the Merger Documents as in effect on the Closing
Date.
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22.22 SENIOR DEBT
The Obligations of the Parent Company under Clause 21 (Guarantee and
indemnity) of this Agreement constitute "Senior Indebtedness" as
defined in the Subordinated Indenture.
22.23 GUARANTORS
All of the Borrower's Material Subsidiaries are Guarantors under Clause
21 (Guarantee and indemnity) hereof.
22.24 CITIZENSHIP
Each Credit Party which owns a Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig
is qualified to own and operate such Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig under the laws of the jurisdiction in which any such
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig is flagged, if such
qualification is required.
22.25 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The Parent Company and each of its Subsidiaries has obtained all
material patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights,
licenses and other intellectual property rights, that are necessary for
the operation of their businesses taken as a whole as presently
conducted.
22.26 SOLVENCY
(a) Immediately after the consummation of the transactions to occur on the
Closing Date and after giving effect to the Term Loans to be made on
the Closing Date and the application of the proceeds thereof, (i) the
fair value of the assets of the Group on a consolidated basis, at a
fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, of the Group on a consolidated basis; (ii) the
present fair saleable value of the Property of the Group on a
consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be
required to pay the probable liability of the Group on a consolidated
basis on their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or
otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and
matured; (iii) the Group on a consolidated basis will be able to pay
their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as
such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the
Group on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital
with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such
businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted after the
date hereof.
(b) The Parent Company does not intend to, or to permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, and does not believe that it or any of its
Subsidiaries will, on a consolidated basis, incur debts beyond its
ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the
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timing of and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such
Subsidiary and the timing of the amounts of cash to be payable on or in
respect of its Debt or the Debt of such Subsidiary.
22.27 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
The Parent Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with all
applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and restrictions of any
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the conduct of their
respective businesses or the ownership of their respective Property
except for any failure to comply with any of the foregoing which could
not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change. The
Parent Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material
respects with the International Maritime Organization's International
Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and Pollution
Prevention ("ISM CODE"), to the extent applicable, and have established
and implemented a safety management system and such other procedures as
required by the ISM Code, to the extent applicable.
22.28 REPETITION
Each of the representations and warranties contained in this Clause 22
hereof and in each other Finance Document to be made by each Credit
Party are deemed to be made by each Credit Party by reference to the
facts and circumstances then existing on:
(a) The date of each Utilisation Request; and
(b) In the case of an Additional Guarantor, the day on which the company
becomes (or it is proposed that the company becomes) an Additional
Guarantor.
23. INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
The undertakings in this Clause 23 remain in force from the date of
this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the
Finance Documents, any Letter of Credit is outstanding or any
Commitment is in force.
23.1 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Each Credit Party will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the
Revolving Lenders:
(a) (i) As soon as available and in any event not later than 45 days after
the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year
of the Parent Company, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the
Parent Company, as of the end of such quarter, and the consolidated
statements of income and cash flows of the Parent
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Company, each for the fiscal quarter then ended and for the period
commencing at the end of the previous year and ending with the end of
such fiscal quarter, all in reasonable detail and duly certified with
respect to such statements (subject to year-end audit adjustments) by
an authorized financial officer of the Parent Company as having been
prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for the absence of footnotes
(provided that the requirements of this Clause 23.1(a) with respect to
consolidated financial statements of the Parent Company shall be deemed
satisfied by delivery of the Parent Company's Form 10-Q for such fiscal
quarter) and (ii) as soon as available and in any event not later than
45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of
each fiscal year of the Borrower, the unaudited consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower, as of the end of such quarter, and the
consolidated statements of income of the Borrower, each for the fiscal
quarter then ended and for the period commencing at the end of the
previous year and ending with the end of such fiscal quarter, all in
reasonable detail and duly certified with respect to such statements
(subject to year-end audit adjustments) by an authorized financial
officer of the Parent Company as having been prepared in accordance
with GAAP, except for the absence of footnotes; and
(b) (i) As soon as available and in any event not later than 90 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, copies of the annual audit
report for such year for the Borrower, including therein the
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of the end of such fiscal
year, consolidated statements of income, changes in owners' equity and
cash flows for such fiscal year, and (ii) as soon as available and in
any event not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of
the Parent Company, copies of the annual audit report for such year for
the Parent Company, including therein the consolidated balance sheet of
the Parent Company as of the end of such fiscal year, consolidated
statements of income, changes in owners' equity and cash flows for such
fiscal year, in each case certified by independent certified public
accountants of nationally recognized standing in the United States
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Required
Revolving Lenders (provided that the requirements of this Clause
23.1(b) with respect to consolidated financial statements of the Parent
Company shall be deemed satisfied by delivery of the Parent Company's
Form 10-K for such fiscal year).
23.2 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(a) The Borrower shall supply to the Administrative Agent, with each set of
financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of
Clause 23.1 (Financial statements), a Compliance Certificate setting
out (in reasonable detail) computations as to compliance with Clause 24
(Financial covenants) as of the date at which those financial
statements were drawn up.
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(b) Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by a Responsible Officer of
the Parent Company.
23.3 INFORMATION: MISCELLANEOUS
The Borrower shall supply to the Administrative Agent (in sufficient
copies for all the Revolving Lenders, if the Administrative Agent so
requests):
(a) Promptly upon receipt thereof and following such time as the
appropriate officers of the Parent Company shall have had
reasonable time to respond thereto, a copy of each formal
report or "management letter" submitted to the Parent Company
by its independent accountants in connection with any annual,
interim or special audit made by it of the books of the Parent
Company;
(b) On or before 45 days after the commencement of each fiscal
year of the Parent Company, (i) a consolidated budget of the
Group which includes consolidated income statements, balance
sheets and cash flow statements of the Group for each of the
four fiscal quarters of such fiscal year and (ii) a breakdown
of projected revenues, operating expenses, utilizations and
capital expenditures for each offshore drilling rig owned or
leased by the Group;
(c) On or before 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of
each fiscal year of the Parent Company, a report detailing (i)
the then current location of each of the Mortgaged Revolving
Credit Facility Rigs and each other offshore drilling rigs and
other vessels owned or leased by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, and the then current term of and parties to any
contract of any such vessels and (ii) for the previous fiscal
quarter, the average day rates and utilisation for each such
rig or vessel.
(d) Promptly after the giving or receipt thereof, copies of any
material notices given or received by any Credit Party
pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan agreement, credit
agreement, or similar agreement;
(e) Promptly and in any event within 10 days after the sending or
filing thereof, copies of all proxy material, reports and
other information which the Parent Company or any of its
Subsidiaries sends to any holders of its respective public
securities generally, files with the SEC, or otherwise makes
available to the public or the financial community generally;
(f) As soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after a
Responsible Officer knows or has reason to know that any
Termination Event with
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respect to any Plan has occurred, a statement of a senior
financial officer of the Parent Company or such Subsidiary
describing such Termination Event and the action, if any,
which the Parent Company or such Subsidiary proposes to take
with respect thereto;
(g) Promptly and in any event within 10 days after receipt thereof
by the Parent Company or any member of the Controlled Group
from the PBGC, copies of each notice received by the Parent
Company or any such member of the Controlled Group of the
PBGC's intention to terminate any Plan or to have a trustee
appointed to administer any Plan;
(h) Promptly and in any event within 10 days after receipt thereof
by the Parent Company or any member of the Controlled Group
from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor, a copy of each notice
received by the Parent Company or any member of the Controlled
Group concerning the imposition of withdrawal liability
pursuant to Section 4202 of ERISA in an amount that could
reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change;
(i) Promptly and in any event within 10 days after a Responsible
Officer becomes aware thereof, written notice of any claims,
proceedings, or disputes, or to the knowledge of a Responsible
Officer threatened, or affecting the Parent Company or any of
its Subsidiaries which, if adversely determined, could
reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change;
(j) Prompt written notice of any condition or event of which the
Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries has knowledge, which
condition or event has resulted or could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change;
(k) Promptly upon the receipt thereof by the Parent Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, a copy of any form of notice, summons or
citation received from the EPA, or any other Governmental
Authority or any other third party, concerning (i) material
violations or alleged violations of Environmental Laws, which
seeks to impose liability therefor, (ii) any material action
or omission on the part of the Parent Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in connection with Hazardous Waste or Hazardous
Substances, (iii) any notice of potential responsibility under
CERCLA or any analogous law, or (iv) concerning the filing of
a Lien other than a Permitted Lien upon, against or in
connection with the Parent Company or
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any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their leased or owned
material Property, wherever located;
(l) Promptly upon obtaining knowledge thereof by any Responsible
Officer, notice of:
(i) any Casualty Event if the Casualty Proceeds
with respect thereto could reasonably be
expected to exceed U.S.$5,000,000 (or the
equivalent in any other currency) with
respect to any Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig;
(ii) any Collateral Disposition;
(iii) any occurrence in respect of any Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig that is or is
likely, by the passing of time or otherwise,
to become a Total Loss;
(iv) any material requirement made by any insurer
or classification society or by any
competent authority which is not complied
with within a reasonable time; and
(v) any arrest of any Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig or the exercise or purported
exercise of any Lien on any Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig;
(m) As soon as available and in any event not later than 90 days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Parent Company, a
report prepared by the Parent Company's independent maritime
insurance broker which report (i) lists all Insurance Policies
then in effect with respect to the Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rigs, (ii) specifies for each such Insurance Policy
(A) the amount thereof, (B) the risks insured against thereby,
(C) the name of the insurer and each insured party thereunder
and (D) the policy or other identification number thereof and
(iii) certifies that all such Insurance Policies are (A) in
full force and effect, (B) placed with such insurance
companies, underwriters or associations, in such amounts,
against such risks, and in such form, as are normally issued
against by Persons of similar size and established reputation
engaged in the same or similar businesses and similarly
situated and as are necessary or advisable for the protection
of the Collateral Agent as mortgagee, and (C) conforming to
the requirements of this Agreement;
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(n) Upon request by the Administrative Agent, a copy of the safety
management manual used to describe and implement the Parent
Company's safety management system developed, implemented and
maintained in compliance with the ISM Code, if applicable;
(o) Prompt written notice of any material amendments,
modifications or terminations of the Senior Indenture, the
Subordinated Indenture or any other indenture, note or other
agreement evidencing or governing any Subordinated Debt; and
(p) Such other information respecting the business or Properties,
or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the
Group as the Administrative Agent or any Revolving Lender may
from time-to-time reasonably request.
23.4 NOTIFICATION OF DEFAULT
The Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent, as soon as
possible after the occurrence of a Default known to any Responsible
Officer which is continuing on the date of such statement, a statement
of a Responsible Officer setting forth the details of such Default and
the actions which the Credit Parties have taken and propose to take
with respect thereto.
24. FINANCIAL COVENANTS
The undertakings in this Clause 24 remain in force from the date of
this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the
Finance Documents, any Letter of Credit is outstanding or any
Commitment is in force.
24.1 LEVERAGE RATIO
The Parent Company will not permit its Leverage Ratio at the end of any
fiscal quarter to be greater than the following ratios for the
following fiscal quarters:
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June 30, 2002, September 30, 2002 and 4.75 to 1.00
December 31, 2002
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March 31, 2003, June 30, 2003, September 30, 2003 and 4.00 to 1.00
December 31, 2003
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March 31, 2004, June 30, 2004, September 30, 2004 and 3.50 to 1.00
December 31, 2004
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March 31, 2005 and thereafter 3.00 to 1.00
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24.2 INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO
The Parent Company will not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio as of
the end of any fiscal quarter to be less than the following ratios for
the following fiscal quarters:
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June 30, 2002, September 30, 2002 and 3.00 to 1.00
December 31, 2002
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March 31, 2003, June 30, 2003, September 30, 2003 and 3.25 to 1.00
December 31, 2003
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March 31, 2004, June 30, 2004, September 30, 2004 and 4.00 to 1.00
December 31, 2004
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March 31, 2005 and thereafter 4.50 to 1.00
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24.3 MAXIMUM DEBT TO CAPITALIZATION RATIO
The Parent Company shall not permit the ratio of (a) Consolidated Net
Debt to (b) Total Capitalization as of the end of any fiscal quarter to
be greater than the following ratios for the following fiscal quarters:
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Fiscal Quarters Ending Maximum Ratio
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June 30, 2002, September 30, 2002 and 55%
December 31, 2002
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March 31, 2003, June 30, 2003, September 30, 2003 and 50%
December 31, 2003
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March 31, 2004, June 30, 2004, September 30, 2004 and 45%
December 31, 2004
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March 31, 2005 and thereafter 35%
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24.4 MINIMUM NET WORTH
The Parent Company shall not permit its Consolidated Net Worth as of
the last day of any fiscal quarter to be less than the sum of (a) 80%
of Consolidated Net Worth at the end of the fiscal quarter immediately
preceding the Closing Date plus (b) 50% of Consolidated Net Income (if
positive) earned in each fiscal quarter beginning with the first fiscal
quarter ending after the Closing Date and (c) 100% of the Equity
Issuance Proceeds from any Equity Issuance on or after the Closing
Date.
25. GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
The undertakings in this Clause 25 remain in force from the date of
this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the
Finance Documents, any Letter of Credit is outstanding or any
Commitment is in force.
25.1 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, ETC.
The Parent Company shall procure that each of the Group will comply
with all Legal Requirements except where the failure to so comply could
not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change. Without
limiting the generality and coverage of the foregoing, the Parent
Company shall procure that each of the Group shall comply with all
applicable Environmental Laws, and all laws, regulations, or directives
with respect to equal employment opportunity and employee safety in all
jurisdictions in which the Group does business, including, if
applicable, the ISM Code, except where the failure to so comply could
not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
25.2 MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE
(a) Generally.
(i) Except as otherwise specifically provided below, the Parent
Company shall procure that each of the Group will, at their
own expense, maintain insurance with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies or associations in such amounts
(and with co-insurance and deductibles) as are usually insured
against by Persons of similar size and established reputation
engaged in the same or similar businesses and similarly
situated, including insurance against fire, casualty, business
interruption, injury to Persons or property and other hazards
normally insured against.
(ii) The Parent Company shall procure that each of the Group shall
renew all such insurance, including, without limitation, the
Insurance Policies, as they expire and so as to ensure that
there is no gap in coverage, keep the
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Collateral Agent advised of the progress of such renewals, and
shall provide evidence of such renewal in writing to the
Collateral Agent as and when each such renewal is effected.
(iii) The Parent Company shall procure that each of the Group shall
punctually pay all premiums, calls, contributions or other
sums payable in respect of such insurance, including, without
limitation, the Insurance Policies and produce all relevant
receipts when so required by the Collateral Agent and all
Insurance Policies shall provide that there shall be no
recourse against the Collateral Agent or any other Finance
Party for unpaid premiums or calls.
(iv) The Parent Company shall procure that each of the Group shall,
upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, deliver to
the Collateral Agent true and complete copies of all such
insurance policies, including, without limitation, the
Insurance Policies.
(v) Upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, provided no
such request shall be made more frequently than once per year,
the Parent Company shall deliver to the Collateral Agent
copies of all cover notes, binders and certificates of entry
and all endorsements and riders supplemental thereto in
respect of Insurance Policies maintained pursuant to this
Clause 25.2.
(vi) None of the Credit Parties shall declare or agree with the
underwriters that a Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig is
a Total Loss without the prior written consent of the
Collateral Agent.
(b) Hull and Machinery/Increased Value Insurance. With respect to hull and
machinery/increased value insurance each of the Credit Parties shall
insure or procure that the relevant member of the Group owning the same
insures each Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig, or cause each
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig to be insured, against loss,
damage, fire and such other perils as are customary in the industry,
for an amount which is at least the Market Value of such Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig and when such amount is aggregated with
the amount of such insurance coverage on the other Mortgaged Revolving
Credit Facility Rigs, such aggregate amount shall be at least 200% of
the Total Revolving Commitments (less any deductible). In addition, the
Credit Parties shall, at their own expense, obtain, for and on behalf
of the Collateral Agent, a mortgagee's single interest policy providing
coverage which, when aggregated with the amount of such insurance
coverage on the other Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs, shall
be at least 200% of the Total Revolving
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Commitments. Such insurance shall cover marine perils on hull and
machinery, and shall be maintained in the broadest forms available (on
reasonable commercial terms as the Credit Parties shall see fit and
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) in the American and
British insurance markets or in such other major international markets
acceptable to the Collateral Agent.
(c) Comprehensive Third Party Liability. The Credit Parties shall maintain
insurance (or its equivalent) covering comprehensive third party
liability on the Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs in an
aggregate amount not less than 100% of the Total Revolving Commitments.
The Credit Parties shall arrange for the execution of such guarantees
as may from time to time be required by any protection and indemnity
(or its equivalent) association.
(d) War Risks. The Credit Parties shall at all times maintain insurance (or
its equivalent) covering War Risks on all of the Mortgaged Revolving
Credit Facility Rigs; provided, however, that (i) if the premiums
associated therewith increase by more than 30% above the premiums in
effect on the Closing Date, as certified in writing by the Parent
Company's independent maritime insurance broker, then the Credit
Parties shall only be obligated to maintain insurance (or its
equivalent) covering War Risks on Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rigs, so that the aggregate amount of War Risk coverage is not less
than 150% of the Total Revolving Commitments, and including, in any
event, the Pride South Pacific and each of the Mortgaged Revolving
Credit Facility Rigs that have a Market Value equal to or greater than
$40,000,000 (as set forth in the most recent Rig Appraisal Reports
covering such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig) located outside
of the Gulf of Mexico shall remain at all times covered against War
Risks by insurance (or its equivalent) by the Credit Parties; and (ii)
if from time to time, insurance (or its equivalent) covering War Risks
becomes unavailable in certain geographical areas, as certified in
writing by the Parent Company's independent maritime insurance broker,
then the Credit Parties shall maintain insurance (or its equivalent)
covering War Risks on such other unaffected Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rigs so that the aggregate amount of War Risk coverage is not
less than 150% of the Total Revolving Commitments. Promptly after such
insurance (or its equivalent) covering War Risks becomes available
again, then the Credit Parties shall reinstate the coverage set forth
in clause (i) above. The Credit Parties shall arrange for the execution
of such guarantees as may from time to time be required by any war
risks association.
(e) Mortgagee Right Insurance. If the Parent Company's Index Debt is rated
less than BB- by S&P or Ba3 by Xxxxx'x, the Credit Parties shall
maintain insurance (or its
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equivalent) covering the risks of repossession on the Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rigs operating under charters or in
jurisdiction implying potential repossession risks, as determined by
the Collateral Agent or acting under the instruction of the Required
Revolving Lenders.
(f) United States Operations. At all times during which one or more
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs is operating within the
jurisdiction of the United States of America, the Credit Parties shall
maintain with respect to such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs:
(i) insurance or post bonds or maintain approved evidence of
financial responsibility (including, without limitation,
qualification as a "qualified self-insurer" by the United
States Coast Guard) with respect to such Mortgaged Revolving
Credit Facility Rigs to cover the actual cost of removal of
discharged oil for which such Credit Party or the Collateral
Agent may be held strictly liable (or held liable due to
negligence of such Credit Party or any other Person) under the
Clean Water Act of 1977, as amended, the Oil Pollution Xxx
0000 (33 U.S.C.Section 2701 et seq.), as amended, or the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended, or under any other
Legal Requirement, including, without limitation, any
Environmental Law, of any Governmental Authority that, now or
in the future, may apply to such Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rigs or to the Credit Parties, such Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rigs or their operations; and
(ii) such worker's compensation or longshoremen's and harbor
workers' insurance as shall be required by applicable law,
including endorsements for foreign and Outer Continental Shelf
operations, borrowed servant, voluntary compensation and in
rem claims.
(g) Self Insurance. The Parent Company and its Subsidiaries may maintain
acceptance of first loss in lieu of paying premiums compatible with the
standards set forth herein in an amount which is the lesser of (i)
U.S.$25,000,000 or (ii) 5% of the Market Value of the Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rigs (as set forth in the most recent Rig
Appraisal Reports covering such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rigs) in the aggregate on an annualized basis after deductibles and
self insurance retention.
(h) Collateral Agent as Additional Insured. Other than with respect to
worker's compensation policies, each Insurance Policy in compliance
with this Clause 25.2 shall be endorsed showing the Collateral Agent as
an additional insured, or a loss
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payee, as applicable. All Insurance Policies required by the terms of
this Clause 25.2 shall provide that at least 30 days' (except 48 hours
for War Risk) prior written notice be given to the Collateral Agent by
the underwriters or association of any termination, cancellation,
reduction or other modification of such Insurance Policy or the failure
of the Credit Parties to pay any premium or call which could suspend
coverage under the Insurance Policy or the payment of a claim
thereunder. If such Insurance Policies are not maintained in full force
and effect, then the Collateral Agent, at its option, may procure such
insurance at the Borrower's expense. With respect to any potential
claims under any Insurance Policy, the Collateral Agent may, but shall
not be required to, make proof of loss under, settle and adjust any
claims under, or direct the Borrower to take such actions at the
reasonable direction of the Collateral Agent, and the expenses incurred
by the Collateral Agent in the adjustment and collection of such
proceeds shall be paid by the Borrower, provided that if no Event of
Default exists, the Collateral Agent shall give the applicable Credit
Party written notice and opportunity to perform prior to itself
performing or causing to perform. The Collateral Agent shall not be
liable or responsible for failure to collect or exercise diligence in
the collection of any proceeds, unless directly caused by its gross
negligence or wilful misconduct.
(i) Application of Payments under Insurance Policies.
(i) Except as otherwise provided in Clause 25.2(i)(iii) below, all
Insurance Policies shall provide that all insurance payments
in respect of any Casualty Event shall be paid to the
Collateral Agent or, upon the prior written consent of the
Collateral Agent, the underwriter may pay such amounts
directly to the applicable Credit Party or such Person as may
be designated by the Credit Parties for the repair, salvage or
other charges relating to such Casualty Event.
(ii) All Casualty Proceeds or Collateral Disposition Proceeds
received by such Credit Party or the Collateral Agent as a
result of a Casualty Event or Collateral Disposition shall be
applied in accordance with the requirements of Clause 11.4
(Mandatory Prepayment of Revolving Credit Facility) and Clause
25.5 (Maintenance of Property).
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the other Finance
Documents, all insurance payments in respect of any liability
of the Credit Parties to third Persons or damage to Property
of third Persons by any Credit Party shall be paid by the
underwriter of such Insurance Policy directly to the Person to
whom such liability is owed or directly to the applicable
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Party to reimburse it for any loss, damage or expense incurred
by it in connection with the event or condition giving rise to
such liability.
(j) Operation of Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs.
(i) The Credit Parties shall procure that each Mortgaged Revolving
Credit Facility Rig shall not operate in or proceed into any
area then excluded by trading warranties under its marine or
War Risk Insurance Policies (including protection and
indemnity or its equivalent) without satisfying the conditions
of the relevant Insurance Policies, evidence of which shall be
furnished to the Collateral Agent.
(ii) The Credit Parties shall not employ any Mortgaged Revolving
Credit Facility Rig or suffer any Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig to be employed otherwise than in conformity with
the terms of the Insurance Policies relative to the Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig (including any warranties,
express or implied, therein) without first obtaining the
consent to such employment of the insurers and complying with
such requirements as to extra premium or otherwise as the
insurers may prescribe.
(iii) To the extent any of the following could reasonably be
expected to cause a Material Adverse Change, each of the
Credit Parties agrees that it will not commit any act, nor
voluntarily suffer nor permit any act to be done, whereby any
Insurance Policy required hereunder shall or may be suspended,
impaired or defeated and will not suffer nor permit any
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig to engage in any
voyage, nor to engage in any employment not permitted under
the Insurance Policies then in effect, without first covering
any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig with insurance
satisfactory in all respects, including the amount thereof, to
the Collateral Agent for the voyage or the employment.
25.3 PRESERVATION OF EXISTENCE, ETC.
Except as permitted by Clause 25.17 (Mergers or Consolidations; Asset
Sales), each of the Credit Parties shall preserve and maintain its
corporate existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, and qualify and remain qualified as
a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which qualification is
necessary in view of its business and operations or the ownership of
its Properties to the extent the failure to qualify could reasonably be
expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
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25.4 PAYMENT OF TAXES, ETC.
The Parent Company shall procure that each of the Group will pay and
discharge before the same shall become delinquent, (a) all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon
its income or profits or Property that are material in amount, prior to
the date on which penalties attach thereto and (b) all lawful claims
that are material in amount which, if unpaid, might by law become a
Lien upon its Property other than Permitted Liens; provided, however,
that none of the Group shall be required to pay or discharge any such
tax, assessment, charge, levy, or claim which is being contested in
good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and with respect to which
reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided.
25.5 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY
The Parent Company shall procure that each of the Group shall (a)
maintain their material Property necessary for the conduct of its
business in good repair and working condition, except for normal wear
and tear and as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, and (b) not
knowingly or wilfully permit the commission of waste or other injury,
or the release of Hazardous Substances on or about the owned or
operated property in violation of applicable Environmental Laws.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rig is affected by a Casualty Event or a Collateral Disposition, the
Borrower shall, or shall cause the Guarantor who owns such affected
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig, to either make all necessary
repairs and replacements to such affected Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig or apply the Casualty Proceeds or Collateral Disposition
Proceeds therefrom as provided in Clause 10.2(b) or (c), as the case
may be.
25.6 INSPECTION
The Parent Company shall procure that from time-to-time during regular
business hours upon reasonable prior notice (and subject to the
requirements of applicable insurance policies), each member of the
Group shall (a) permit the Administrative Agent (at the request of any
Revolving Lender) to examine and copy their books and records, (b)
permit the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders to visit and
inspect their Properties, and (c) permit the Administrative Agent and
Revolving Lenders to discuss the business operations and Properties of
the Group with their officers and directors.
25.7 USE OF PROCEEDS
The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loans for general corporate
purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including, without
limitation, distributions,
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loans and advances to the Parent Company). The Borrower will not engage
in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U). No proceeds
of any Revolving Loan will be used to purchase or carry any margin
stock in violation of Regulation T, U, or X.
25.8 NATURE OF BUSINESS
The Parent Company shall procure that neither it nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall engage in any business if, as a result, the general
nature of the business of the Group, taken on a consolidated basis,
would then be substantially changed from the general nature of the
business engaged in by the Group on the Closing Date.
25.9 BOOKS AND RECORDS
The Parent Company will keep, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries
to keep, adequate records and books of account in which complete
entries will be made in accordance with GAAP (subject to year-end
adjustments), reflecting all financial transactions of such Person. The
Parent Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained a system of
accounting established and administered in accordance with sound
business practices to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with GAAP, and each of the financial statements described
herein shall be prepared from such system and records.
25.10 RIG APPRAISAL REPORTS
(a) Within 45 days after each anniversary date of the Closing Date, the
Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving
Lenders two written appraisal reports prepared by two independent
Approved Rigbrokers setting forth the Market Value of each of the
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs as of the date appraised (each
a "RIG APPRAISAL REPORT"). The cost of each such Rig Appraisal Report
shall be paid by the Borrower.
(b) If the Market Value of either (i) the Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rigs is less than 205% of the Total Revolving Commitments or
(ii) the Mortgaged Term Loan Facility Rigs is less than 205% of the
outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans, then the Borrower shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders an
additional set of Rig Appraisal Reports no less than 175 days and no
more than 225 days after each anniversary date of the Closing Date
until such time as (A) the Market Value of the Mortgaged Revolving
Credit Facility Rigs is equal to or greater than 205% of the Total
Revolving Commitments and (B) the Market Value of the Mortgaged Term
Loan Facility Rigs is equal to or greater than 205% of the outstanding
principal amount of the
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Term Loans. The cost of each such additional Rig Appraisal Report shall
be paid by the Borrower.
(c) At any time the Administrative Agent may or, at the request of the
Required Revolving Lenders, shall request that the Borrower deliver an
additional Rig Appraisal Report to the Revolving Lenders. Upon receipt
of such request by the Borrower, the Borrower shall deliver such Rig
Appraisal Report to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders
within 30 days after receipt of such request. Unless a Default is in
existence at the time of such request, the Revolving Lenders shall pay
the costs of any subsequent Rig Appraisal Reports requested by the
Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Lenders under this
Clause 25.10(c) during such calendar year.
(d) Within 30 days of the occurrence of any Casualty Event if the Casualty
Proceeds with respect thereto could reasonably be expected to exceed
U.S.$5,000,000 or any Collateral Disposition occurring with respect to
any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig, the Borrower shall deliver
to the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders an additional Rig
Appraisal Report setting forth the Market Values of the Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rigs immediately prior to such Casualty Event
or Collateral Disposition and the Market Values giving effect to such
Casualty Event or Collateral Disposition (an "ADDITIONAL APPRAISAL
REPORT"). The cost of such Rig Appraisal Report shall be paid by the
Borrower.
(e) The Parent Company shall procure that each Rig Appraisal Report
delivered under this Clause 25.10 shall be in form and scope reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
25.11 OPERATION OF MORTGAGED REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY RIGS
Each Subsidiary of the Parent Company that owns or operates a Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig shall:
(a) (i) Comply with and satisfy all Legal Requirements of the jurisdiction
of such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig's home port, now or
hereafter from time to time in effect, in order that such Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig shall continue to be documented pursuant
to the laws of the jurisdiction of its home port with such endorsements
as shall qualify such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs for
participation in the trades and services to which it may be dedicated
from time to time or (ii) not do or allow to be done anything whereby
such documentation is or could reasonably be expected to be forfeited;
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(b) keep such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig in a good and
sufficient state of repair consistent with first-class ship-ownership
and management practice employed by owners of vessels of similar size
and type and so as to (i) maintain the present class of such Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig at its current classification by any
first-class, recognized rating agency, including, without limitation,
the American Bureau of Shipping, free of recommendations affecting
class and qualifications and change of class, save those notified to
the Collateral Agent in writing prior to the date of this Agreement and
(ii) comply with all Legal Requirements from time to time applicable to
such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig and such Credit Party's
operations except where such non-compliance will not be reasonably
expected to cause a material adverse change on the Mortgaged Revolving
Credit Facility Rigs, the applicable Credit Party or the Lien created
by the Rig Mortgage;
(c) with respect to such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig, (i) make
or cause to be made all repairs to or replacement of any damaged, worn
or lost parts or equipment such that the value of such Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig will not be materially impaired, (ii)
except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, not remove any
material part of, or item of equipment owned by the Credit Parties
installed on, such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig except in
the ordinary course of the operation and maintenance of such Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig unless (A) the part or item so removed is
forthwith replaced by a suitable part or item which is in the same
condition as or better condition than the part or item removed, is free
from any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) in favour of any Person
other than the Collateral Agent and becomes, upon installation on such
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig the property of the Credit
Parties and subject to the security constituted by the Rig Mortgage or
the Security Agreement or (B) the removal will not materially diminish
the value of such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig (provided,
however, that this Clause 25.11(c) shall be deemed satisfied in the
event of a Casualty Event if the Credit Parties comply with Section
11.4(c));
(d) submit such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig to such periodical
or other surveys as may be required for classification purposes and
upon the request of the Collateral Agent supply to the Collateral Agent
copies of all survey reports and classification certificates issued in
respect thereof; and
(e) promptly pay and discharge all debts, damages and liabilities
whatsoever which have given or may give rise to maritime or possessory
Liens (other than Permitted Liens) on or claims enforceable against
such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
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Rig and all tolls, dues, taxes, assessments, governmental charges,
fines and penalties that are material in amount and lawfully charged on
or in respect of such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig other
than any of the foregoing being contested in good faith and diligently
by appropriate proceedings, and in the event of arrest of any Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig pursuant to legal process, or in the
event of her detention in exercise or purported exercise of any such
Lien or claim as aforesaid, procure, if possible, the release of such
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig from such arrest or detention
forthwith upon receiving notice thereof by providing bail or otherwise
as the circumstances may require.
(f) If the Person operating such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig is
not the Borrower or a Guarantor, promptly remit all earnings received
by such Person from any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig back to
the appropriate Credit Party. For the avoidance of doubt, "earnings"
does not include operating costs and reasonable management fees as are
customary in the industry and which are set forth and supported by a
budget for such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs which will be
delivered to the Administrative Agent on or before such time as the
subject Rig begins operations for such Person.
25.12 NEW SUBSIDIARIES; PERMITTED HOLDING COMPANY
(a) Within 10 days after (a) the date of the creation of any new Material
Subsidiary of the Borrower, (b) the date that any Subsidiary of the
Borrower that was not a Material Subsidiary becomes a Material
Subsidiary, (c) the purchase by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
of the Capital Stock of any Person, which purchase results in such
Person becoming a Material Subsidiary of the Borrower permitted by this
Agreement, or (d) the transfer of a Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rig to any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Parent Company that is not a
Guarantor, the Borrower shall, in each case, cause such Person to
execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent (with sufficient originals
for each applicable Revolving Lender) an Accession Letter, together
with evidence of corporate authority to enter into and such legal
opinions in relation to such Accession Letter as the Collateral Agent
may reasonably request.
(b) Within 10 days after the date of the creation of any Permitted Holding
Company, the Borrower shall cause such Permitted Holding Company to
execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent (with sufficient originals
for each applicable Revolving Lender) an Accession Letter, together
with evidence of corporate authority to enter into and such legal
opinions in relation to such Accession Letter as the Collateral Agent
may reasonably request.
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25.13 SECURITY MAINTENANCE RATIO
The Borrower shall at all times maintain a Security Maintenance Ratio
of at least 2.0 to 1.0; provided, however, that this Clause 25.13 shall
be deemed satisfied during any period in which this Clause 25.13, but
for a Collateral Disposition or Casualty Event, would have been
satisfied if, during such period, the Credit Parties are in compliance
with Clause 11.4(b) or (c), as the case may be (Mandatory Prepayment of
Revolving Credit Facility Utilisations). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if the Borrower is in compliance with this Clause 25.13, the Collateral
Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, release any Lien granted
to or held by the Collateral Agent on or relating to the Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rigs (other than Liens on or relating to the
Initial Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs) if the Borrower would
be in compliance with this Clause 25.13 after giving effect to such
release of Lien and no Default exists or would be caused thereby.
25.14 FURTHER ASSURANCES IN GENERAL
The Parent Company shall, and shall cause each of the Credit Parties
to, protect and perfect the Liens contemplated by the Security
Documents. The Parent Company at its expense shall, and shall cause
each of the Credit Parties to, promptly execute and deliver all such
other and further documents, agreements and instruments in compliance
with or accomplishment of the covenants and agreements of the Parent
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Finance Documents, including,
without limitation, the accomplishment of any condition precedent that
may have been temporarily waived by the Revolving Lenders prior to the
Closing Date.
25.15 LIENS, ETC.
The Parent Company will procure that neither it nor any of its
Subsidiaries will create, assume, incur or suffer to exist, any Lien on
or in respect of any of its Property whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, or assign any right to receive income therefrom, except that
the Group may create, incur, assume and suffer to exist the following
which are permitted liens ("PERMITTED LIENS"):
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on its
Property if the same shall not at the time be delinquent or thereafter
can be paid without penalty, or are being contested in good faith and
by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in
accordance with GAAP shall have been set aside on its books;
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(b) Liens imposed by law or arising by operation of law, including, without
limitation, carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics' liens, maritime Liens
and other similar Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business
which secure payment of obligations not more than 60 days past due or
which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
for which adequate reserves shall have been set aside on the books of
the applicable Person;
(c) Liens incurred and pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of
business in connection with worker's compensation, unemployment
insurance, old age pensions, or other social security or retirement
benefits, or similar legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;
(d) Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases
(other than Debt), statutory obligations, surety bonds, performance
bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary
course of business not to exceed in the aggregate 25% of Unrestricted
Cash determined at the time such deposits, statutory obligations, bonds
or other obligations are incurred;
(e) zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, covenants, reservations,
restrictions on the use of Property, defects, irregularities and
deficiencies in title to Property and such other encumbrances or
charges against real property as are of a nature generally existing
with respect to Property of a similar character and which, in the
aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any
material way affect the marketability of the same or interfere with the
use thereof in the business of the Parent Company or its Subsidiaries;
(f) Liens existing on the Closing Date that either (i) secure Debt and
other obligations that do not exceed U.S.$25,000,000 in the aggregate
or (ii) are disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent on or
before the Closing Date;
(g) Liens created by Capital Leases provided that the Liens created by any
such Capital Lease attach only to the Property leased pursuant thereto
and proceeds (including, without limitation, proceeds from associated
contracts and insurances) of, and improvements, accessories and
upgrades to, the Property leased pursuant thereto;
(h) Liens to secure Debt, including, without limitation, Project Finance
Debt, incurred for the purpose of financing all or a part of the
purchase price or construction cost of Property (including the cost of
upgrading, refurbishing or renovating drilling rigs, drillships and
other vessels and platforms) if (A) the principal amount of the Debt
secured by such Liens does not exceed the cost of the Property so
acquired,
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constructed, upgraded, refurbished or renovated plus transaction costs
related thereto, (B) such Liens do not encumber any other Property
(other than the proceeds (including, without limitation, proceeds from
associated contracts and insurances) of, and improvements, accessories
and upgrades to, the Property so acquired, constructed, upgraded,
refurbished or renovated and the Capital Stock of Special Purpose
Subsidiaries that own, whether directly or indirectly, only the
Property so acquired, constructed, upgraded, refurbished or renovated)
and (C) such Liens attach no later than 12 months after the later of
(x) commencement of commercial operation of the Property so acquired,
constructed, upgraded, refurbished or renovated, (y) completion of the
construction, acquisition, upgrade, improvement or renovation of such
Property and (z) acquisition of such Property;
(i) Liens created for the benefit of the Term Secured Parties or the
Finance Parties;
(j) Liens on Property of a Person existing at the time such Person is
merged or consolidated with or into, or otherwise acquired by, the
Parent Company or one of its Subsidiaries; provided that, (i) such
Liens are in existence at the time the respective Persons become
Subsidiaries of the Parent Company and were not created or increased in
anticipation thereof and (ii) the Debt secured by such Liens (A) is
permitted under Clause 25.16 (Debts, Guaranties and other Obligations),
(B) secured only by such Property and the proceeds (including, without
limitation, proceeds from associated contracts and insurances) of, and
improvements, accessories and upgrades to, such Property and not by any
other assets of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries, and (C) is not
increased in amount;
(k) Liens on Property existing at the time of the acquisition thereof;
provided that, (i) such Liens are in existence at the time such
Property is acquired and were not created or increased in anticipation
thereof and (ii) the Debt secured by such Liens (A) is permitted under
Clause 25.16 (Debts, Guaranties and other Obligations), (B) does not
exceed the fair market value of such Property, (C) is secured only by
such Property and the proceeds (including, without limitation, proceeds
from associated contracts and insurances) of, and improvements,
accessories and upgrades to, such Property and not by any other assets
of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries, and (D) is not increased in
amount;
(l) judgment, attachment, sequestration, distress and similar Liens
(including bonds related to judgments or litigation) not giving rise to
an Event of Default so long as any appropriate legal proceedings which
may have been initiated for the review of such judgment, attachment,
sequestration, distress or similar action shall not have
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been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may
be initiated shall not have expired;
(m) rights of set-off of banks and other Persons in the ordinary course of
banking and trading arrangements;
(n) Liens securing reimbursement obligations under financial letters of
credit;
(o) Liens securing any MARAD Financing, provided that each such Lien
encumbers only the property financed in connection with the creation of
any such Debt and any other MARAD Collateral;
(p) Liens on Property of any Affiliate of the Group or any other joint
venture in favour of the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(q) Liens securing Debt permitted by subsections (d), (e) or (n) of Clause
25.16 (Debts, Guaranties and Other Obligations);
(r) Liens on Property of any Credit Party in favour of the Parent Company,
the Borrower or any Guarantor that is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the
Parent Company;
(s) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business to secure liabilities
to insurance carriers under insurance or other self-insurance
arrangements in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000; and
(t) Liens to secure any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or
replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings,
refundings or replacements), in whole or in part, of any Debt or other
obligation secured by any Permitted Lien referred to in clauses (a)
through (s) above, provided that the principal amount of the Debt or
other obligation secured thereby is no greater than the greater of (i)
the outstanding principal amount of such Debt or other obligation
immediately before such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or
replacement and (ii) the maximum commitment of such Debt or other
obligation immediately before such extension, renewal, refinancing,
refunding or replacement and that any such Liens are limited to the
Property originally encumbered thereby (and the proceeds (including,
without limitation, proceeds from associated contracts and insurances)
of, and improvements, accessories and upgrades to, such Property).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parent Company shall not, nor shall
it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, assume, incur or suffer
to exist, any Lien on or in respect of (i) any assets relating to or
arising from the Mortgaged Revolving Credit
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Facility Rigs whether now owned or hereafter acquired, including,
without limitation, any accounts receivable, inventory, equipment, and
general intangibles (each as defined in Article 9 of the UCC) other
than Liens in favour of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Finance Parties, (ii) the Pride Oklahoma or (iii) the Capital Stock of
the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries, except in each case,
Permitted Liens under clauses (a) through (d), (l) and, to the extent
relating to any of the foregoing, clause (t) above.
25.16 DEBTS, GUARANTIES AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
The Parent Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, create, assume, suffer to exist or in any manner
become or be liable, in respect of any Debt except:
(a) Debt of the Credit Parties under the Finance Documents;
(b) Debt of the Credit Parties under the Term Loan Agreement;
(c) Debt existing on the date hereof that either (i) does not exceed
U.S.$25,000,000 in the aggregate or (ii) is described in Schedule
25.16;
(d) Intercompany Debt, provided that if such Debt is owing to any Credit
Party that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Parent Company or
any other Person other than a Credit Party, (i) then such Debt shall be
subordinated to the Obligations and the Term Loans on terms reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (ii) and if such
Intercompany Debt is secured, then the Obligations will be secured by
such Liens equally and ratably with such secured Intercompany Debt so
long as such Intercompany Debt shall be so secured;
(e) Debt owing by any Subsidiary of the Parent Company (other than a Credit
Party) to the Parent Company or any of other Subsidiary of the Parent
Company;
(f) Debt in connection with any guarantees in favour of any protection and
indemnity or War Risk associations to the extent such guarantees are
required in connection with any insurance policies;
(g) unsecured Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the aggregate
amount not to exceed U.S.$15,000,000 (or the equivalent in any other
currency) in addition to all other Debt permitted by this Clause 25.16;
(h) unsecured Debt of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries (other than
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), in addition to all other Debt
permitted by this Clause 25.16 other than Debt permitted under Clause
25.16(g), provided, that (i) if
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the maturity of such Debt is after the Term Loan Maturity Date, then
the amortization of such Debt may not exceed the greater of 10% of the
principal amount of such Debt or U.S.$25,000,000 in any fiscal year
prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date or (ii) to the extent that such
Debt is not permitted under subclause (i) above, then such Debt is in
an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of U.S.$200,000,000 (or
the equivalent in any other currency) and 5% of Consolidated Tangible
Net Assets;
(i) Project Finance Debt;
(j) unsecured Debt under the Subordinated Indenture and any other
Subordinated Debt, provided, that either (i) such Subordinated Debt is
on subordination terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent or as contemplated by Clause 25.21(c) (Restricted
Payments) or (ii) the amortization of such Subordinated Debt may not
exceed the greater of 10% of the principal amount of such Subordinated
Debt or U.S.$25,000,000 in any fiscal year prior to the Term Loan
Maturity Date;
(k) Debt of a Subsidiary of the Parent Company that existed at the time
such Person became a Subsidiary of the Parent Company; provided that,
(i) such Debt is in existence at the time the respective Persons become
Subsidiaries of the Parent Company and was not created or increased in
anticipation thereof, (ii) no Event of Default exists or no Default
would be caused thereby and (iii) after giving effect to the
transaction by which such Person became a Subsidiary of the Parent
Company on a pro forma basis, the Parent Company would have been in
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Clause 24
(Financial Covenants) as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter;
(l) Debt of the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries that represents
the assumption by the Parent Company or that Subsidiary of Debt of
another Person (including, without limitation, another Subsidiary of
the Parent Company) in connection with a merger of the Parent Company
or that Subsidiary with such other Person; provided that, (i) such Debt
is in existence at the time the respective Persons are merged with the
Parent Company or that Subsidiary and were not created or increased in
anticipation thereof, (ii) no Event of Default exists or no Default
would be caused thereby and (iii) after giving effect to such
transaction on a pro forma basis, the Parent Company would have been in
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Clause 24
(Financial Covenants) as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter;
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(m) Debt of the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries incurred for the
purpose of financing all or a part of the purchase price or
construction cost of Property (including the cost of upgrading,
refurbishing or renovating drilling rigs, drillships and other vessels
and platforms) if (i) the principal amount of such Debt does not exceed
the cost of the Property so acquired, constructed, upgraded,
refurbished or renovated plus transaction costs related thereto, (ii)
such Debt is incurred no later than 12 months after the latest of (A)
commencement of commercial operation of the Property so acquired,
constructed, upgraded, refurbished or renovated, (B) completion of the
construction, acquisition, upgrade, improvement or renovation of such
Property, and (C) acquisition of such Property; provided, however,
that, if payment of the principal, interest, fees or other costs
payable with respect to such Debt is required before the Term Loan
Maturity Date, then, to the extent that the payment of such principal,
interest, fees or other costs are not offset, in the aggregate, by
payments under a contract dependent on such Property, the remaining
aggregate principal balance (the "UNCOVERED PORTION") shall not be
permitted under this Clause 25.16(m) (but may be permitted under
another clause of this Clause 25.16); and provided further, for the
avoidance of doubt, that if any part of the Uncovered Portion is,
subsequent to incurrence, offset by payments to be made prior to the
Term Loan Maturity Date under a contract that is dependent on such
Property, such part shall no longer be part of the Uncovered Portion
and shall be permitted under this Clause 25.16(m);
(n) Debt of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries (other than the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries), in addition to all other Debt permitted
by this Clause 25.16, provided, that (i) if the maturity of such Debt
is after the Term Loan Maturity Date, then the amortization of such
Debt may not exceed the greater of 10% of the principal amount of such
Debt or U.S.$25,000,000 in any fiscal year prior to the Term Loan
Maturity Date or (ii) to the extent that such Debt is not permitted
under subclause (i) above, then such Debt is in an aggregate amount not
to exceed the greater of U.S.$350,000,000 (or the equivalent in any
other currency) and 10% of Consolidated Tangible Net Assets as of the
end of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Parent Company;
(o) unsecured Debt of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries in addition
to all other Debt permitted by this Clause 25.16, the proceeds of which
are used to refinance Subordinated Debt existing on the Closing Date;
(p) the MARAD Financing; and
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(q) any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement (or
successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings or
replacements), in whole or in part, of any Debt referred to in clauses
(a) through (p) of this Clause 25.16, provided that (i) the principal
amount of such Debt is not thereby increased (other than by the
reasonable fees, expenses and any premium incurred in connection with
the extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement (except
that in connection with any refinancing, refunding or replacement of
the European Facility, the principal amount thereof may be increased
to, but may not exceed, U.S.$125,000,000)) and (ii) with respect to
Subordinated Debt, except as otherwise permitted by Clause 25.16(o),
such Subordinated Debt shall not be extended, renewed, refinanced,
refunded or replaced except on subordination terms at least as
favourable to the Revolving Lenders and no more restrictive on the
Parent Company than the Subordinated Debt being extended, renewed,
refinanced, refunded or replaced.
25.17 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION; ASSET SALES
(a) The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, merge,
dissolve, liquidate or consolidate with or into any other Person or to
transfer all or substantially all of its Property to any other Person,
except that (i) a Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge with or into the
Borrower or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (provided that if
either of such Subsidiaries is a Guarantor, the surviving entity shall
be a Guarantor), and (ii) a Subsidiary of the Borrower may transfer all
or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or
otherwise) to the Borrower or to another wholly-owned Subsidiary of the
Borrower (provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a
Guarantor, then the transferee must either be the Borrower or a
Guarantor), provided in each case that (A) no Event of Default exists
or no Default would be caused thereby, and (B) if any Collateral is
transferred pursuant to this Clause 25.17, the Borrower shall provide
the Collateral Agent with ten Business Days' written notice prior to
such transfer, and the Borrower or such Guarantor, as the case may be,
owning the Collateral after such transfer shall ratify and confirm the
Lien on such Collateral and shall take all action reasonably requested
by the Collateral Agent in respect of the continued priority and
perfection of the Lien over such Collateral.
(b) The Parent Company shall not, in any transaction or series of
transactions, consolidate with or merge into any other Person (other
than a merger of a Subsidiary into the Parent Company in which the
Parent Company is the continuing corporation), or sell, convey, assign,
transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to
any Person unless (i) either (A) the Parent Company shall be
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the continuing Person or (B) the Person (if other than the Parent
Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Parent Company
is merged, or the Person which acquires, by sale, assignment,
conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition, all or substantially
all of the assets of the Parent Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, shall (1) be a Permitted Holding Company and (2) comply with
the provisions of Clause 25.12(b) (New Subsidiaries; Permitted Holding
Company), (ii) no Event of Default exists or no Default would be caused
thereby and (iii) after giving effect to such transaction or series of
transactions on a pro forma basis, the Parent Company would have been
in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Clause 24
(Financial Covenants) as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter.
(c) The Parent Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of its
Property to any other Person, except:
(i) Sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of
business;
(iii) Dispositions of equipment to the extent that (A) such property
is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar
replacement property, (B) the proceeds of such disposition are
reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such
replacement property or (C) with respect to equipment relating
to Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs, such dispositions
are in compliance with Clause 25.11(c) (Operation of Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rigs);
(iv) to the extent not otherwise permitted by this Clause 25.17
(Merger or Consolidation; Asset Sales), so long as no Event of
Default exists and after giving effect to such transaction on
a pro forma basis, no Default would be caused thereby, sales,
transfers, assignments or other dispositions of Property to a
Person other than the Parent Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (an "ASSET SALE") that, together with all other
Asset Sales (other than sales, transfers, assignments or other
dispositions permitted by subsections (i), (ii) and (iii)
above) as permitted by this Section during the twelve-month
period ending with the month in which any such Asset Sale
occurs, does not exceed U.S.$100,000,000 (or the equivalent in
any other currency) for the Parent Company and its
Subsidiaries of which no more than U.S.$10,000,000 (or the
equivalent in any other currency) may be attributable to the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that
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the requirements set forth in this Clause 25.17(c)(iv) shall
not apply if the Net Cash Proceeds from each Asset Sale are
used to acquire one or more replacement assets or to
repurchase or repay existing Debt (with a permanent reduction
of availability in the case of revolving credit borrowings)
within 180 days after the consummation of such Asset Sale;
(v) sales, transfers, assignments or other dispositions of any
Property, other than Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs
or Mortgaged Term Loan Facility Rigs, to the Parent Company or
any of its Subsidiaries;
(vi) sales, transfers, assignments or other dispositions of any
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig or Mortgaged Term Loan
Facility Rig to the Borrower or any other Guarantor; provided,
that (A) with respect to sales, transfers, assignments or
other dispositions of any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rig, the Borrower or such Guarantor shall ratify, grant and
confirm the Liens on such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rig (and other related Collateral) pursuant to such Security
Documents and deliver such legal opinions in relation thereto
as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent and (B)
such sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition of any
Mortgaged Term Loan Facility Rig is made in accordance with
the Term Loan Agreement;
(vii) sales, transfers, assignments or other dispositions of any
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig or Mortgaged Term Loan
Facility Rig to the Parent Company or any of its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries; provided, that (A) with respect to sales,
transfers, assignments or other dispositions of any Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig, (1) such Subsidiary shall (x)
comply with the terms of Clause 25.12 (New Subsidiaries;
Permitted Holding Company), (y) execute and deliver a Security
Agreement, and (z) ratify, grant and confirm the Liens on such
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig (and other related
Collateral) pursuant to such Security Documents and deliver
such legal opinions in relation thereto as may be reasonably
requested by the Collateral Agent, and (2) at all times, at
least 50% of the Market Value of the Mortgaged Revolving
Credit Facility Rigs must be owned by either the Borrower or a
Guarantor that is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower
and (B) such sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition
of any Mortgaged Term Loan Facility Rig is made in accordance
with the Term Loan Agreement; and
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(viii) any Collateral Disposition; provided that (A) both before and
immediately after giving effect to such proposed Collateral
Disposition, the Borrower is in compliance with Clause 25.13
(Security Maintenance Ratio) and (B) the Borrower complies
with the prepayment provisions of Clause 11.4(b) (Mandatory
Prepayment of Revolving Credit Facility Utilisations).
25.18 INVESTMENTS
The Parent Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, make
or suffer to exist any Investments, or commitments therefor, except:
(a) Cash Equivalents;
(b) Existing Investments in Subsidiaries and other Investments in
existence on the date hereof and disclosed in writing to the
Administrative Agent on or before the Closing Date;
(c) Debt to the extent permitted by subsections (d) and (e) of
Clause 25.16 (Debts, Guaranties and other Obligations);
(d) Investments, the consideration for which is Capital Stock of
the Parent Company or any of its Subsidiaries or cash funded
by the issuance of Capital Stock of the Parent Company or any
of its Subsidiaries; provided that (i) no Event of Default
exists or no Default would be caused thereby and (ii) after
giving effect to such Investment on a pro forma basis, the
Parent Company would have been in compliance with the
financial covenants set forth in Clause 24 (Financial
Covenants) as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter;
(e) Investments made by the Parent Company or by any of its
Subsidiaries in a Subsidiary of the Parent Company (or in any
Person that will become a Subsidiary as a result of such
Investment); and
(f) Investments not otherwise permitted by this Clause 25.18 in an
aggregate amount not to exceed 10% of the Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth as of the date of the most recent financial
statement delivered pursuant to Clause 23.1 (Financial
Statements).
25.19 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
The Parent Company shall procure that neither it nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to
exist any transaction or series of transactions (including, but not
limited to, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property, the
making of any investment, the giving of any guaranty or the
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rendering of any service) with any of their Affiliates other than the
Parent Company or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Parent Company
unless such transaction or series of transactions is on terms no less
favourable to the Parent Company or such Subsidiary than those that
could be obtained in a comparable arm's length transaction with a
Person that is not such an affiliate; provided that this Clause 25.19
shall not apply to reasonable compensation (including amounts paid
pursuant to Plans) and indemnification paid or made available to an
officer, director or employee of the Parent Company or any of its
Subsidiaries for services rendered in that Person's capacity as an
officer, director or employee or the making of any Restricted Payment
or Investment otherwise permitted by this Agreement.
25.20 COMPLIANCE WITH ERISA
The Parent Company shall procure that neither it nor any of its
Subsidiaries will (a) terminate, or permit any Subsidiary to terminate,
any Plan so as to result in any material (in the opinion of the
Required Revolving Lenders) liability of the Parent Company or such
Subsidiary or (b) permit to exist any occurrence of any Reportable
Event (as defined in Title IV of ERISA), or any other event or
condition, which presents a material (in the reasonable opinion of the
Required Revolving Lenders) risk of such a termination by the PBGC of
any Plan.
25.21 RESTRICTED PAYMENTS
The Parent Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, make
any Restricted Payment except that:
(a) any Subsidiary of the Parent Company may declare and pay
dividends or make distributions to the Parent Company or to a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Parent Company (and, in the
case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly-owned Subsidiary,
to the Parent Company and any Subsidiary and to each other
owner of capital stock or other equity interests of such
Subsidiary in an amount not greater than their applicable
ownership interests or based on any relevant joint venture,
shareholders' or similar agreement);
(b) so long as no Event of Default exists and after giving effect
to such transaction on a pro forma basis, no Default would be
caused thereby, the Parent Company or any Subsidiary may
repurchase up to U.S.$100,000,000 of its Capital Stock or
Subordinated Debt (in the aggregate in the period prior to the
Term Loan Maturity Date) if, immediately after giving effect
to such repurchase, the aggregate amount
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of Unrestricted Cash, the Available Facility and any unused
availability under the European Facility shall exceed
U.S.$150,000,000;
(c) so long as no Event of Default exists and after giving effect
to such transaction on a pro forma basis, no Default would be
caused thereby, the Parent Company or any Subsidiary may
repurchase or redeem Subordinated Debt in exchange for or out
of the net cash proceeds from the substantially concurrent
issuance or sale of new Subordinated Debt so long as the new
Subordinated Debt is subordinated in right of payment to the
Obligations to the same extent as the Subordinated Debt being
repurchased or redeemed;
(d) so long as no Event of Default exists and after giving effect
to such transaction, no Default would be caused thereby, the
Parent Company or any Subsidiary may repurchase or redeem
Subordinated Debt in exchange for or out of the net cash
proceeds from the substantially concurrent issuance or sale of
Capital Stock; and
(e) the Parent Company may make any scheduled payment on
Subordinated Debt and may make any payment (scheduled or
otherwise) in respect of, and may repurchase, Subordinated
Debt issued pursuant to the Subordinated Indenture.
25.22 MAINTENANCE OF OWNERSHIP OF SUBSIDIARIES
Except as permitted by Clause 25.17 (Merger or Consolidation; Asset
Sales), the Parent Company will not sell or otherwise dispose of any
shares of Capital Stock of the Borrower, the Borrower will not sell or
otherwise dispose of any shares of Capital Stock of any of its Material
Subsidiaries, and neither the Borrower nor any of its Material
Subsidiaries shall issue, sell or otherwise dispose of (other than to
the Borrower or the Parent Company) any shares of its Capital Stock.
Upon the sale or disposition of any Guarantor pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement to any Person other than the Borrower or any other
Guarantor, provided that such Guarantor does not own a Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig or receive any earnings from any
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig, the Collateral Agent will, at
the Borrower's expense, execute and deliver to such Guarantor such
documents as such Guarantor shall reasonably require and take any other
actions reasonably required to evidence or effect the release of such
Guarantor from this Agreement and the other Finance Documents.
25.23 AGREEMENTS RESTRICTING LIENS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
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The Parent Company will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist any prohibition,
encumbrance or restriction which prohibits or otherwise restricts (a)
the ability of any Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make other
distributions or pay any Debt owed to the Parent Company or any
Subsidiary of the Parent Company, (ii) make loans or advances to the
Parent Company or any Subsidiary of the Parent Company, or (iii)
transfer any of its Properties to the Parent Company or any Subsidiary
of the Parent Company or (b) the ability of the Parent Company or any
Subsidiary of the Parent Company to create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Lien upon its Property to secure the Obligations or to become
a guarantor of the Obligations, other than prohibitions or restrictions
existing under or by reason of: (i) this Agreement and the other
Finance Documents, (ii) the Term Loan Agreement and the other Credit
Documents; (iii) the Senior Indenture; (iv) applicable Legal
Requirements; (v) customary non-assignment provisions entered into in
the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
(vi) any restriction or encumbrance with respect to a Subsidiary of the
Borrower imposed pursuant to an agreement which has been entered into
for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital
Stock or assets of such Subsidiary, so long as such sale or disposition
is permitted under this Agreement; (vii) Liens, prohibitions or
restrictions permitted by Clause 25.15 (Liens, etc.) and any documents
or instruments governing the terms of any Debt or other obligations
secured by any such Liens, provided that such prohibitions or
restrictions apply only to the Property subject to such Liens, (viii)
European Facility, (ix) Project Finance Debt and (x) MARAD Financing.
25.24 OTHER DEBT
(a) The Parent Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to,
make any amendment or modification to the subordination provisions of
the Subordinated Indenture or any other indenture, note or other
agreement evidencing or governing any Subordinated Debt if such
subordination provisions are required to be approved by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Clause 25.16(j)(i) (Debts, Guaranties
and other Obligations) unless such approval has been obtained.
(b) If any Intercompany Debt is required to be subordinated pursuant to
Clause 25.16 (Debts, Guaranties and Other Obligations) and is not
evidenced by a promissory note, then the Parent Company shall procure
that each Credit Party will enter into a written subordination
agreement on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
25.25 FINANCIAL CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS
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The Parent Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, enter into any Financial Contract Obligations unless
(a) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the
ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating
risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or
property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in
the value of securities issued by such Person, and not for purposes of
speculation or taking a "market view;" and (b) such Financial Contract
Obligation does not contain any provision exonerating the
non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on
outstanding transactions to the defaulting party.
25.26 CHARTER AND LEASES
The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any obligation for payments under
Operating Leases (including, without limitation, rental payments and
payments of taxes thereunder) with respect to any Property, except that
the following shall be permitted: (a) obligations with respect to
Operating Leases of offshore drilling rigs or other equipment having
terms of twelve months or less (including options); (b) obligations
disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent, and amendments,
renewals or extensions thereof on terms that are not materially less
favourable, but in no event for a period longer, than those obligations
disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent on or before the
Closing Date; (c) Operating Leases having in the aggregate rental
payment obligations for any 12 month period prior to the Term Loan
Maturity Date of less than U.S.$50,000,000 (or the equivalent in any
other currency) for the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries of which no
more than U.S.$2,000,000 (or the equivalent in any other currency) may
be attributable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case
exclusive of any Synthetic Lease Obligations; (d) obligations with
respect to operating charters or leases between Subsidiaries of the
Parent Company; or (e) obligations as have been approved in writing by
the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Revolving
Lenders.
25.27 MAINTENANCE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
The Parent Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to,
expend, or be committed to expend, in excess of 5% of Consolidated
Tangible Net Assets for Maintenance Capital Expenditures during any one
fiscal year on a non-cumulative basis in the aggregate for the Parent
Company and its Subsidiaries.
25.28 LIMITATION ON CHANGES IN FISCAL PERIODS
The Parent Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, permit the fiscal year of the Parent Company or any
other member of the Group to end on
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a day other than December 31 or change the Parent Company's method of
determining fiscal quarters.
25.29 MORTGAGED REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY RIGS
The Parent Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to,
(a) without the previous consent in writing of the Collateral
Agent, make any modification to any Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig which would materially and adversely alter the
structure, type or performance characteristics of such
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig or which would
materially reduce the value of such Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig;
(b) employ any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig or allow
her employment in any trade or business which is unlawful
under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction in which it is
located or subject or in carrying illicit or prohibited goods
or in any manner whatsoever which can reasonably be expected
to render her liable to destruction, seizure or confiscation;
and in the event of hostilities in any part of the world
(whether war be declared or not) not employ any Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig or suffer her employment in
carrying any contraband goods or to enter or trade to any zone
which is declared a war zone by any Government Authority or by
the War Risks insurers of such Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig unless there shall have been effected by the
Credit Parties (at their expense) such special, additional or
modified insurance cover as the Collateral Agent may
reasonably require;
(c) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, not
without the previous consent of the Collateral Agent (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), undertake
or commence upgrades or improvements on any Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rig in an amount exceeding or likely
to exceed U.S.$5,000,000 (or the equivalent in any other
currency) in the aggregate unless the Person to provide such
upgrades or improvements shall first have given to the
Collateral Agent a written waiver or subordination of its
Liens or its equivalent, such waiver or subordination to be in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent;
(d) charter any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig to, or
permit the Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig to serve
under any contract with, a Person included within the
definition of (i) "national" of a "designated
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foreign country," or "specially designated national" of a
"designated foreign country," in the Foreign Assets Control
Regulations or the Cuban Assets Control Regulations of the
United States Treasury Department, 31 C.F.R. Parts 500 and
515, in each case as amended, (ii) "Government of Libya",
"entity of the Government of Libya" or "Libyan entity" in the
Libyan Sanctions Regulations of the United States Treasury
Department, 31 C.F.R. Part 550, as amended, or (iii)
"Government of Iraq", "entity of the Government of Iraq" or
"Iraqi Government entity" in the Iraqi Sanctions Regulations,
56 Fed. Reg. 2112 (1991) to be codified at 31 C.F.R. Part 575,
as amended, all within the meaning of said Regulations or of
any regulations, interpretations or rulings issued thereunder,
or engage in any transaction that violates any provision of
said Regulations or that violates any provision of the Iranian
Transactions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 560, as amended, the
Foreign Funds Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 520, as
amended, the Transaction Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part
505, as amended, the Haitian Transaction Regulations, 31
C.F.R. Part 580, as amended, the Foreign Assets Control
Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 500, as amended, or Executive
Orders 12810 and 12831 if such transaction or violation would
(A) expose the Collateral Agent or any Finance Party to any
penalty, sanction or investigation or (B) jeopardize the Lien
created by the Rig Mortgages or (C) might reasonably be
expected to cause a material adverse effect on the Credit
Parties or the operation of the Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rigs, or call at a Cuban port to load or discharge
cargo or to effect repairs on the Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rigs;
(e) cause or permit any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig to
be operated in any manner contrary to law (except where the
failure to operate in compliance with any law would not cause
a material adverse effect on the Credit Parties, such
Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig or the Lien created by
the applicable Rig Mortgage);
(f) abandon any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig in a port
outside of the United States of America;
(g) engage in any unlawful trade or violate any law or carry any
cargo that shall expose any Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig to forfeiture or capture;
(h) operate any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig in any
jurisdiction or in any manner which could cause the Lien
created by the applicable Rig
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Mortgage to be rendered unenforceable or the Collateral
Agent's foreclosure or enforcement rights to be materially
impaired or hindered; or
(i) without giving prior written notice thereof to the Collateral
Agent, change the registered owner, name, flag, official or
patent number, as the case may be, the home port or class of
any Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig.
26. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Each of the events or circumstances set out in Clause 26 is an Event of
Default.
26.1 NON-PAYMENT
The Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan (including,
without limitation, any mandatory prepayment required by Clause 11.4
(Mandatory Payment of Revolving Credit Facility Utilisations)) or make
any payment pursuant to any Reimbursement Obligation when the same
becomes due and payable, or any interest on the Loans or any fee,
commission or other amount payable hereunder or under any other Finance
Document within five Business Days after the same becomes due and
payable
26.2 FINANCIAL COVENANTS
Any requirement of Clause 24 (Financial covenants) is not satisfied.
26.3 OTHER OBLIGATIONS
The Borrower or any other Credit Party shall (a) fail to perform or
observe any covenant contained in Clause 25.2 (Maintenance of
Insurance), Clause 25.15 (Liens, Etc.), Clause 25.16 (Debts, Guaranties
and other Obligations), Clause 25.17 (Merger or Consolidation; Asset
Sales), Clause 25.18 (Investments), Clause 25.19 (Transactions with
Affiliates), Clause 25.20 (Compliance with ERISA), Clause 25.21
(Restricted Payments), Clause 25.22 (Maintenance of Ownership of
Subsidiaries), Clause 25.23 (Agreements Restricting Liens and
Distributions), Clause 25.24 (Other Debt), Clause 25.25 (Financial
Contract Obligations), Clause 25.26 (Charter and Leases), Clause 25.27
(Maintenance Capital Expenditures), Clause 25.28 (Limitation on Changes
in Fiscal Periods) or Clause 25.29 (Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility
Rigs) or (b) fail to perform or observe any other term or covenant set
forth in this Agreement or in any other Finance Document (other than
those referred to in Clause 26.1 (Non-payment) and Clause 26.2
(Financial covenants)) such failure shall remain unremedied for 30 days
after the earlier of (A) written notice of such default shall have been
given to the
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Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Revolving Lender or (B) any
actual knowledge of such default by a Responsible Officer.
26.4 MISREPRESENTATION
Any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made by the
Borrower or any other Credit Party (or any of their respective
officers) in this Agreement, in any other Finance Document, or in any
certificate delivered in connection with this Agreement or any other
Finance Document shall prove to have been incorrect in any material
respect when made or deemed to be made.
26.5 CROSS DEFAULT
(a) Any Credit Party shall fail to pay any principal of or premium or
interest on its Debt which is outstanding in a principal amount of at
least U.S.$30,000,000.00 (or the equivalent in any other currency) when
aggregated with all such Debt of the Person so in default (but
excluding the Loans hereunder) when the same becomes due and payable
(whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration,
demand or otherwise);
(b) any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any
agreement or instrument relating to Debt which is outstanding in a
principal amount of at least U.S.$30,000,000.00 (or the equivalent in
any other currency) when aggregated with all such Debt of the Person so
in default (but excluding the Loans hereunder), and shall continue
after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement
or instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to
accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such
Debt; or
(c) any such Debt shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to
be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment),
prior to the stated maturity thereof.
26.6 INSOLVENCY
Any Credit Party shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become
due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors
with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness which it would not
otherwise be able to pay as it falls due or shall make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be
instituted by or against any Credit Party seeking to adjudicate it as a
bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or
composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry
of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee or
other
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similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property
and, in the case of any such proceeding instituted against any Credit
Party, either such proceeding shall remain undismissed for a period of
60 days or any of the actions sought in such proceeding shall occur; or
any Credit Party shall take any corporate action to authorize any of
the actions set forth above in this Clause 26.6 or any analogous
procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction.
26.7 JUDGMENTS
Any judgment, decree or order for the payment of money shall be
rendered against any Credit Party in an amount in excess of
U.S.$20,000,000.00 (or the equivalent in any other currency) (to the
extent not paid or fully covered by insurance less any deductible) if
rendered solely against any Credit Party, or for which any Credit
Party's allocated portion of which exceeds U.S.$20,000,000.00 (or the
equivalent in any other currency) (to the extent not paid or fully
covered by insurance less any deductible) and either (i) such judgment,
decree or order remains unsatisfied and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days or more without being vacated, discharged, satisfied
or stayed or bonded pending appeal or (ii) enforcement proceedings
shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment, decree or
order.
26.8 TERMINATION EVENTS
Any Termination Event with respect to a Plan shall have occurred, and,
30 days after notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by
the Administrative Agent, (i) such Termination Event shall not have
been corrected and (ii) the then present value of such Plan's vested
benefits exceeds the then current value of assets accumulated in such
Plan by an amount that would reasonably be expected to cause or to have
a Material Adverse Change (or in the case of a Termination Event
involving the withdrawal of a "substantial employer" (as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), the withdrawing employer's proportionate
share of such excess shall exceed such amount).
26.9 PLAN WITHDRAWALS
The Parent Company or any member of the Controlled Group as employer
under a Multiemployer Plan shall have made a complete or partial
withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan and the plan sponsor of such
Multiemployer Plan shall have notified such withdrawing employer that
such employer has incurred a withdrawal liability in an annual amount
that could reasonably be expected to cause or to have a Material
Adverse Change.
26.10 FINANCE DOCUMENTS
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Any material provision of the Finance Documents, including, without
limitation, the provisions in Clause 21 (Guarantee and indemnity), shall
for any reason cease to be valid and binding on the Credit Parties or
any of the Credit Parties shall so state in writing.
26.11 SECURITY DOCUMENTS
The Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders shall fail to have
an Acceptable Security Interest in the Collateral or any material
provision of any Security Document shall for any reason cease to be
valid and binding on the Borrower or other Credit Parties executing
such Security Document, or any such Person shall so state in writing.
26.12 CHANGE IN CONTROL
A Change of Control shall occur.
26.13 QUALIFIED OPERATOR
Any owner of a Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig shall cease to
be qualified to own and operate such Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rig under the laws of the United States or the jurisdiction in
which such Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rig is flagged.
26.14 CREDITORS' PROCESS
Any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution
affects any asset or assets of a member of the Group having an
aggregate value (to the extent not paid or fully covered by insurance
less any deductible) of the greater of U.S.$200,000,000 (or the
equivalent in one or more currencies) or 5% of Consolidated Tangible
Net Assets as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter of the
Parent Company and such expropriation, attachment, sequestration,
distress or execution remains in effect for a period of 30 consecutive
Business Days or more without being vacated, discharged, satisfied or
stayed or bonded.
26.15 ACCELERATION
On and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is
continuing the Administrative Agent may, and shall if so directed by the
Required Revolving Lenders, by notice to the Borrower:
(a) cancel the Total Revolving Commitments whereupon they shall immediately
be cancelled;
(b) declare that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest,
and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance
Documents be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become
immediately due and payable;
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(c) declare that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand, whereupon
they shall immediately become payable on demand by the Administrative
Agent on the instructions of the Required Revolving Lenders; and/or
(d) declare that full cash cover in respect of each Letter of Credit is
immediately due and payable whereupon it shall become immediately due
and payable.
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SECTION 9
CHANGES TO PARTIES
27. CHANGES TO THE REVOLVING LENDERS
27.1 ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS BY THE REVOLVING LENDERS
Subject to this Clause 27, Clause 7.2 (Assignments and Transfers) and Clause 9.8
(Conditions of Assignment or Transfer), a Revolving Lender (the "EXISTING
REVOLVING LENDER") may:
(a) assign any of its rights; or
(b) transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations,
to an Eligible Assignee (the "NEW REVOLVING LENDER"); provided that, in
the case of the Swingline Lender, it may only assign its rights or
transfer its rights and obligations in respect of the Swingline
Facility if it assigns or transfers its Swingline Commitment and all
its rights or, rights and obligations, relating thereto (including any
outstanding Swingline Loans) in their entirety to a single existing
Revolving Lender or, as the case may be, a single New Revolving Lender
to which all or any of the Revolving Commitments and the rights, or
rights and obligations, relating thereto are or will be assigned or
transferred pursuant to this Clause 27.
27.2 CONDITIONS OF ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER
(a) The consent of the Administrative Agent, and so long as no Default is
continuing, the consent of the Borrower is required for an assignment
or transfer by a Revolving Lender, unless the assignment or transfer is
(i) by Credit Industriel et Commercial, Banque de l'Economie, du
Commerce et de la Monetique, Natexis Banques Populaires, Credit
Lyonnais New York Branch, Nordea or Nedship Bank in connection with the
syndication of the Facilities, or (ii) to another Revolving Lender or
an Affiliate of a Revolving Lender.
(b) The consent of the Borrower to an assignment or transfer, where
required, must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Borrower
will be deemed to have given its consent five Business Days after the
Revolving Lender has requested it unless consent is expressly refused
by the Borrower within that time.
(c) The consent of the Borrower to an assignment or transfer may be
withheld solely because the assignment or transfer will result in an
increase to the Mandatory Cost, whether on the effective date of such
assignment or transfer or thereafter.
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(d) An assignment will only be effective on receipt by the Administrative
Agent of written confirmation from the New Revolving Lender (in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) that the New
Revolving Lender will assume the same obligations to the other Finance
Parties as it would have been under if it was an Original Revolving
Lender.
(e) A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause
27.5 (Procedure for transfer) is complied with.
(f) If:
(i) a Revolving Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or
obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its
Facility Office; and
(ii) as a result of circumstances existing at the date the
assignment, transfer or change occurs, a Credit Party would be
obliged to make a payment to the New Revolving Lender or
Revolving Lender acting through its new Facility Office under
Clause 16 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 17
(Increased Costs),
then the New Revolving Lender or Revolving Lender acting through its
new Facility Office is only entitled to receive payment under those
Clauses to the same extent as the Existing Revolving Lender or
Revolving Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would have
been if the assignment, transfer or change had not occurred.
(g) Unless such assignment is to another Revolving Lender or an Affiliate
of a Revolving Lender, such assignment shall be in a minimum amount of
(i) U.S.$5,000,000.00 or (ii) all of such Revolving Lender's Revolving
Commitment, provided that, after giving effect thereto, the Existing
Revolving Lender, if continuing to be a Revolving Lender hereunder, and
the New Revolving Lender shall each have a Revolving Commitment of at
least U.S.$5,000,000 unless otherwise agreed to by the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
27.3 ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER FEE
Except in connection with the syndication of the Facilities, the New
Revolving Lender shall, on the date upon which an assignment or
transfer takes effect, pay to the Administrative Agent (for its own
account) a fee of U.S.$3500.
27.4 LIMITATION OF RESPONSIBILITY OF EXISTING REVOLVING LENDERS
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(a) Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Revolving Lender
makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a
New Revolving Lender for:
(i) the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or
enforceability of the Finance Documents or any other
documents;
(ii) the financial condition of any Credit Party;
(iii) the performance and observance by any Credit Party of its
obligations under the Finance Documents or any other
documents; or
(iv) the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made
in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other
document,
and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.
(b) Each New Revolving Lender shall confirm to the Existing Revolving
Lender and the other Finance Parties that it:
(i) has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent
investigation and assessment of the financial condition and
affairs of each Credit Party and its related entities in
connection with its participation in this Agreement and has
not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by
the Existing Revolving Lender in connection with any Finance
Document; and
(ii) will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the
creditworthiness of each Credit Party and its related entities
whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance
Documents or any Commitment is in force.
(c) Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Revolving Lender
to:
(i) accept a re-transfer from a New Revolving Lender of any of the
rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this
Clause 27; or
(ii) support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New
Revolving Lender by reason of the non-performance by any
Credit Party of its obligations under the Finance Documents or
otherwise.
27.5 PROCEDURE FOR TRANSFER
(a) Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 27.2 (Conditions of
assignment or transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with
paragraph (b) below when the Administrative Agent executes an otherwise
duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing
Revolving Lender and the New Revolving Lender.
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The Administrative Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after
receipt by it of a duly completed Transfer Certificate appearing on its
face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Transfer
Certificate.
(b) On the Transfer Date:
(i) to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing
Revolving Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and
obligations under the Finance Documents each of the Credit
Parties and the Existing Revolving Lender shall be released
from further obligations towards one another under the Finance
Documents and their respective rights against one another
shall be cancelled (being the "DISCHARGED RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS");
(ii) each of the Credit Parties and the New Revolving Lender shall
assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights
against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights
and Obligations only insofar as that Credit Party and the New
Revolving Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in
place of that Credit Party and the Existing Revolving Lender;
(iii) the Agents, the Issuing Banks, the Arrangers, the New
Revolving Lender and other Revolving Lenders shall acquire the
same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves
as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Revolving
Lender been an Original Revolving Lender with the rights
and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of
the transfer and to that extent the Agents, the Issuing Banks,
the Arrangers and the Existing Revolving Lender shall each be
released from further obligations to each other under this
Agreement; and
(iv) the New Revolving Lender shall become a Party as a "Revolving
Lender".
27.6 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
Each of the Finance Parties agrees to maintain the confidentiality of
the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be
disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates' directors, officers, employees
and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it
being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will
be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and
instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent
requested by any regulatory authority; (c) to the extent required by
applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal
process; (d) to any other Party to this Agreement; (e) to the extent
required, in connection with the exercise of any
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remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder; (f) subject to an
agreement for the benefit of the Credit Parties containing provisions
substantially the same as those of this Clause 27.6 or any other
confidentiality obligation referred to herein, to (i) any New Revolving
Lender of or participant in, or any prospective New Revolving Lender of
or participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement or (ii) any direct or indirect contractual counterparty or
prospective counterparty (or such contractual counterparty's or
prospective counterparty's professional advisor) to any credit
derivative transaction relating to obligations of the Group; (g) with
the prior written consent of the Parent Company or the Borrower; (h) to
the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than
as a result of a breach of this Clause 27.6 or (ii) becomes available
to any Finance Party on a nonconfidential basis from a source other
than any member of the Group; or (i) to the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization. In addition,
any Finance Party may disclose the existence of this Agreement and
information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar
service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the
Finance Parties in connection with the administration and management of
this Agreement, the other Finance Documents, the Commitments, and the
Utilisations. For the purposes of this Clause, "Information" means all
information received from, or on behalf of, any member of the Group
relating to the Group or its business, other than any such information
that is available to any Finance Party on a nonconfidential basis prior
to disclosure by any member of the Group; provided that, in the case of
information received from a member of the Group after the date hereof,
such information is clearly identified in writing at the time of
delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the
confidentiality of Information as provided in this Clause shall be
considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person
has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality
of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential
information.
27.7 PERMITTED PARTICIPANTS
(a) Any Revolving Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in
accordance with applicable law, at any time sell or grant to one or
more Affiliates, banks or other Persons ("PARTICIPANTS") participating
interests in any Loans owing to such Revolving Lender, any Commitment
of such Revolving Lender, if any, or any other interest of such
Revolving Lender under the Finance Documents. In the event of any such
sale or grant by a Revolving Lender of participating interests to a
Participant, such Revolving Lender's obligations under the Finance
Documents
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shall remain unchanged, such Revolving Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such
obligations, all amounts payable by the Credit Parties under this
Agreement shall be determined as if such Revolving Lender had not sold
or granted such participating interests, and the Credit Parties and the
Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with
such Revolving Lender in connection with such Revolving Lender's rights
and obligations under the Finance Documents.
(b) Each Revolving Lender shall retain the sole right to approve, without
the consent of any Participant, any amendment, modification, or waiver
of any provision of the Finance Documents other than any amendment,
modification, or waiver which affects any of the amendments,
modifications or waivers referenced in Clause 38.2(a) (Exceptions).
(c) The Borrower agree that each Participant shall be deemed to have the
right of setoff provided in Clause 33 (Set-Off) in respect of its
participating interest in amounts owing under the Finance Documents to
the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were
owing directly to it as a Revolving Lender under the Finance Documents;
provided, that each Revolving Lender shall retain the right of setoff
provided in Clause 33 (Set-Off) with respect to the amount of
participating interests sold or granted to each Participant; and
provided further that such right of setoff shall not be exercisable
until five Business Days after the date upon which the Borrower
receives written notice of the fact that such Participant is a
Participant (it being understood that neither the Administrative Agent,
the Revolving Lender granting such participation nor the Participant
shall be obligated to give such notice).
(d) Any Participant may rely on this Clause 27 subject to Clause 1.3 (Third
Party Rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act.
27.8 PLEDGE TO ANY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
Any Revolving Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security
interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement in
favour of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of
the Federal Reserve Board, and this Clause 27 shall not apply to any
such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such
pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Revolving
Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such
pledgee or assignee for such Revolving Lender as a party hereto.
28. CHANGES TO THE CREDIT PARTIES
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28.1 ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFER BY CREDIT PARTIES
No Credit Party may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its
rights or obligations under the Finance Documents.
28.2 REPETITION OF REPRESENTATIONS
Delivery of an Accession Letter constitutes confirmation by the
relevant Subsidiary that each of the representations and warranties
contained in Clause 22 hereof and in each other Finance Document to be
made by such Subsidiary are true and correct in all material respects
in relation to it as at the date of delivery as if made by reference to
the facts and circumstances then existing.
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SECTION 10
THE FINANCE PARTIES
29. ROLE OF THE AGENTS AND THE ARRANGERS
29.1 APPOINTMENT OF THE AGENTS
(a) Each other Finance Party appoints Credit Lyonnais New York Branch as the
Administrative Agent to act as its agent under and in connection with the
Finance Documents and as the Collateral Agent to act as its security
trustee under each of the Security Documents.
(b) Each other Finance Party authorises the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and
discretions specifically given to the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent under or in connection with the Finance Documents
together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and
discretions.
29.2 DUTIES OF THE AGENTS
(a) The Agents shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any
document which is delivered to such Agent for that Party by any other
Party.
(b) Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, an Agent
is not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness
of any document it forwards to another Party.
(c) If the Administrative Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this
Agreement, describing a Default and stating that the circumstance
described is a Default, it shall promptly notify the Finance Parties.
(d) If the Administrative Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal,
interest, commitment fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party (other
than the Administrative Agent or the Arrangers) under this Agreement it
shall promptly notify the other Parties.
(e) The Agents' duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and
administrative in nature.
29.3 ROLE OF THE ARRANGERS AND OTHER AGENTS
None of the Arrangers, Bookrunners or the Co-Underwriter has any
obligation of any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any
Finance Document.
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29.4 NO FIDUCIARY DUTIES
(a) Except as expressly provided in Clause 29.17, nothing in this Agreement
constitutes any Agent, Arranger, Bookrunner or Co-Underwriter as a trustee
or fiduciary of any other Person.
(b) None of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Bookrunners or the Co-Underwriter
shall be bound to account to any Revolving Lender for any sum or the
profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.
29.5 BUSINESS WITH THE GROUP
Any of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Bookrunners or the Co-Underwriter
may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind
of banking or other business with any member of the Group.
29.6 RIGHTS AND DISCRETIONS OF THE AGENTS
(a) Any Agent may rely on:
(i) any representation, notice or document believed by it to be genuine,
correct and appropriately authorised; and
(ii) any statement made by a director, authorised signatory or employee
of any Person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed
to be within his knowledge or within his power to verify.
(b) Any Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its
capacity as agent or security trustee for the Revolving Lenders) that:
(i) no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default
arising under Clause 26.1 (Non-payment));
(ii) any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the
Required Revolving Lenders has not been exercised; and
(iii) any notice or request made by the Borrower (other than a Utilisation
Request or Renewal Request) is made on behalf of and with the
consent and knowledge of all the Credit Parties.
(c) Any Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any
lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts.
(d) Any Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its
personnel and agents.
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(e) Any Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably
believes it has received as agent under this Agreement.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the
contrary, none of the Agents is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it
would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or
a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality.
29.7 REQUIRED REVOLVING LENDERS' INSTRUCTIONS
(a) Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, each Agent
shall (i) exercise any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it
as Agent in accordance with any instructions given to it by the Required
Revolving Lenders (or, if so instructed by the Required Revolving Lenders,
refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested
in it as Agent) and (ii) not be liable for any act (or omission) if it
acts (or refrains from taking any action) in accordance with an
instruction of the Required Revolving Lenders.
(b) Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any
instructions given by the Required Revolving Lenders will be binding on
all the Finance Parties.
(c) Each Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of
the Required Revolving Lenders (or, if appropriate, the Revolving Lenders)
until it has received such security as it may require for any cost, loss
or liability (together with any associated VAT) which it may incur in
complying with the instructions.
(d) In the absence of instructions from the Required Revolving Lenders, (or,
if appropriate, the Revolving Lenders) each Agent may act (or refrain from
taking action) as it considers to be in the best interest of the Revolving
Lenders.
(e) No Agent is authorised to act on behalf of a Revolving Lender (without
first obtaining that Revolving Lender's consent) in any legal or
arbitration proceedings relating to any Finance Document.
29.8 RESPONSIBILITY FOR DOCUMENTATION
None of the Agents, the Arrangers, the Bookrunners or the Co-Underwriter:
(a) is responsible for the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any
information (whether oral or written) supplied by any Agent, any Arranger,
any Bookrunner, the Co-Underwriter, a Credit Party or any other Person
given in or in connection with any Finance Document or the Confidential
Information Memorandum; or
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(b) is responsible for the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or
enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement
or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of or in
connection with any Finance Document.
29.9 EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
(a) Without limiting paragraph (b) below, each Agent will not be liable for
any action taken by it under or in connection with any Finance Document,
unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
(b) No Party (other than the Agents) may take any proceedings against any
officer, employee or agent of such Agent in respect of any claim it might
have against the such Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any
kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance
Document and any officer, employee or agent of such Agent may rely on this
Clause subject to Clause 1.3 (Third Party Rights) and the provisions of
the Third Parties Act.
(c) No Agent will be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in
crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents
to be paid by such Agent if such Agent has taken all necessary steps as
soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating
procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by such
Agent for that purpose.
29.10 REVOLVING LENDERS' INDEMNITY TO THE AGENTS
Each Revolving Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total
Revolving Commitments or, if the Total Commitments are then zero, to its
share of the Total Commitments immediately prior to their reduction to
zero) indemnify the Agents, within three Business Days of demand, against
any cost, loss or liability incurred by such Agent (otherwise than by
reason of such Agent's gross negligence or wilful misconduct) in acting as
Agent under the Finance Documents (unless such Agent has been reimbursed
by a Credit Party pursuant to a Finance Document).
29.11 RESIGNATION OF THE AGENTS
(a) Any Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates organized under the
laws of the United States or any state thereof as successor by giving
notice to the other Finance Parties and the Borrower.
(b) Alternatively any Agent may resign by giving notice to the other Finance
Parties and the Borrower, in which case the Required Revolving Lenders
(after consultation with the Borrower) may appoint a successor Agent.
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(c) If the Required Revolving Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent in
accordance with paragraph (b) above within 30 days after notice of
resignation was given, such Agent (after consultation with the Borrower)
may appoint a successor Agent.
(d) The retiring Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor
Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the
successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its
functions as Agent under the Finance Documents.
(e) The Agent's resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment
of a successor.
(f) Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be
discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents
but shall remain entitled to the benefit of this Clause 29. Its successor
and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations
amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an
original Party.
(g) After consultation with the Borrower, the Required Revolving Lenders may,
by notice to any Agent, require it to resign in accordance with paragraph
(b) above. In this event, such Agent shall resign in accordance with
paragraph (b) above.
29.12 CONFIDENTIALITY
(a) In acting as agent or security trustee for the Finance Parties, each Agent
shall be regarded as acting through its agency division which shall be
treated as a separate entity from any other of its divisions or
departments.
(b) If information is received by another division or department of any Agent,
it may be treated as confidential to that division or department and such
Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of it.
29.13 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REVOLVING LENDERS
(a) Each Agent may treat each Revolving Lender as a Revolving Lender, entitled
to payments under this Agreement and acting through its Facility Office
unless it has received not less than five Business Days prior notice from
that Revolving Lender to the contrary in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
(b) Each Revolving Lender shall supply the Administrative Agent with any
information required by the Administrative Agent in order to calculate the
Mandatory Cost in accordance with Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost formula).
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29.14 CREDIT APPRAISAL BY THE REVOLVING LENDERS
Without affecting the responsibility of any Credit Party for information
supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document,
each Revolving Lender confirms to the Agents, the Arrangers, the
Bookrunners and the Co-Underwriter that it has been, and will continue to
be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and
investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance
Document including but not limited to:
(a) the financial condition, status and nature of each member of the Group;
(b) the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any
Finance Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered
into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any
Finance Document;
(c) whether that Revolving Lender has recourse, and the nature and extent of
that recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or
in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by
the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document
entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection
with any Finance Document; and
(d) the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of the Confidential Information
Memorandum and any other information provided by the Administrative Agent,
any Party or by any other Person under or in connection with any Finance
Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any
other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in
anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document.
29.15 REFERENCE BANKS
If a Reference Bank (or, if a Reference Bank is not a Revolving Lender,
the Revolving Lender of which it is an Affiliate) ceases to be a Revolving
Lender, the Administrative Agent shall (in consultation with the Borrower)
appoint another Revolving Lender or an Affiliate of a Revolving Lender to
replace that Reference Bank.
29.16 DEDUCTION FROM AMOUNTS PAYABLE BY THE AGENTS
If any Party owes an amount to any Agent under the Finance Documents such
Agent may, after giving notice to that Party, deduct an amount not
exceeding that amount from any payment to that Party which such Agent
would otherwise be obliged to make under the Finance Documents and apply
the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the amount owed. For the
purposes of the Finance
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Documents that Party shall be regarded as having received any amount so
deducted.
29.17 COLLATERAL MATTERS.
(a) The Collateral Agent is authorized on behalf of the Finance Parties,
without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from the Finance
Parties, from time to time, to take any actions with respect to any
Collateral or Security Documents which may be necessary to perfect and
maintain Acceptable Security Interests in and Liens upon the Collateral
granted pursuant to the Security Documents. The Collateral Agent is
further authorized on behalf of the Finance Parties, without the necessity
of any notice to or further consent from the Finance Parties, from time to
time, to take any action in exigent circumstances as may be reasonably
necessary to preserve any rights or privileges of the Finance Parties
under the Finance Documents or applicable Legal Requirements.
(b) Each of the Finance Parties irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to
release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any
Collateral (i) upon termination of the Total Revolving Commitments and
Swingline Commitment and irrevocable payment in full of all outstanding
Utilisations and all other Obligations payable under this Agreement and
under any other Finance Document; (ii) constituting Property sold or to be
sold or disposed of as part of or in connection with any disposition
permitted under this Agreement or the other Finance Documents; (iii)
constituting Property in which any Credit Party owned no interest at the
time the Lien was granted or at any time thereafter; (iv) constituting
Property leased to any Credit Party under a lease which has expired or has
been terminated in a transaction permitted under this Agreement or is
about to expire and which has not been, and is not intended by such Credit
Party to be, renewed or extended; (v) if approved, authorized or ratified
in writing by the Required Revolving Lenders or all the Revolving Lenders,
as the case may be, as required by Clause 38 (Amendments and Waivers); or
(vi) as otherwise permitted by this Agreement. Upon the request of the
Collateral Agent at any time, the Revolving Lenders will confirm in
writing the Collateral Agent's authority to release particular types or
items of Lien pursuant to this Clause 29.17.
(c) In the event that any claim or Lien is asserted against any Mortgaged
Revolving Loan Facility Rig for loss, damage or expense which is covered
by an Insurance Policy, and it is necessary for any Credit Party to obtain
a bond or supply other security to prevent the arrest of such Mortgaged
Revolving Loan Facility Rig or to release the Mortgaged Revolving Loan
Facility Rig from arrest on account of such claim or Lien, the Collateral
Agent may, in the sole discretion of the Collateral
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Agent, and upon notice to the applicable Credit Party, assign to any
Person executing a surety or guaranty bond or other agreement to save or
release any such Mortgaged Revolving Loan Facility Rig from such arrest,
all right, title and interest of the Collateral Agent and the other
Finance Parties in and to the applicable Insurance Policies covering said
loss, damage or expense, as collateral security to indemnify against
liability under said bond or other agreement.
(d) Each Credit Party hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as such
Credit Party's attorney-in-fact, with full authority to, after the
occurrence of a Default, act for such Credit Party and in the name of such
Credit Party to, in the Collateral Agent's discretion upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of Default, file one or more financing or
continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relative to all or any
part of the Collateral (or Liens relating thereto) without the signature
of such Credit Party where permitted by law, to receive, endorse, and
collect any drafts or other instruments, documents, and chattel paper
which are part of the Collateral (or Liens relating thereto), and to ask,
demand, collect, xxx for, recover, compromise, receive, and give
acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in
respect of any of the Collateral (or Liens relating thereto) and to file
any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which the
Collateral Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable for the
collection of any of the Collateral or otherwise to enforce the rights of
the Collateral Agent with respect to any of the Collateral (or Liens
relating thereto). The power of attorney granted hereby is coupled with an
interest and is irrevocable.
(e) If any Credit Party fails to perform any covenant contained in this
Agreement or the other Security Documents, the Collateral Agent may itself
perform, or cause performance of, such covenant, and such Credit Party
shall pay for the expenses of the Collateral Agent incurred in connection
therewith in accordance with Clause 20 (Costs and Expenses).
(f) The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the
other Security Documents are solely to protect its interest and the
interest of the Finance Parties in the Collateral (and Liens relating
thereto) and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such
powers. Except for the reasonable care of any Collateral in its possession
and the accounting for monies or other property actually received by it
hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral or
as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior
parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral. The Collateral
Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care as to the custody
and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is
accorded treatment substantially
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equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property,
provided that the Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility for taking
any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties with respect to
any Collateral.
(g) The Collateral Agent in its capacity as trustee or otherwise shall not be
liable (other than by reason of its gross negligence or wilful misconduct)
for any failure, omission, or defect in perfecting the Liens constituted
or created by any of the Finance Documents including, without limitation,
any failure to:
(i) register the same in accordance with the provisions of any of the
documents of title of any member of the Group to any of the assets
thereby charged; or
(ii) effect or procure registration of or otherwise protect the security
created by the Security Documents or any other security granted
pursuant to this Agreement under any registration laws in any
jurisdiction.
(h) The Collateral Agent in its capacity as trustee or otherwise may accept
without enquiry such title and interest as the members of the Group may
have to their assets.
(i) Save where the Collateral Agent holds a legal mortgage over, or over an
interest in, real property or shares, the Collateral Agent in its capacity
as trustee or otherwise shall not be under any obligation to hold any
title deed, share certificates, Finance Document or any other documents in
connection with the Finance Documents or any other documents in connection
with the property charged by any Finance Document or any other such
security in its own possession or to take any steps to protect or preserve
the same. Save as provided for in this paragraph (i), the Collateral Agent
may permit any member of the Group to retain all such title deeds, share
certificates, Finance Documents and other documents in its possession.
(j) Save as otherwise provided in the Finance Documents, all moneys which
under the trusts therein contained are received by the Collateral Agent in
its capacity as trustee or otherwise may be invested in the name of or
under the control of the Collateral Agent in any investment for the time
being authorised by any applicable laws for the investment by trustees of
trust money or in any other investments which may be selected by the
Collateral Agent. Additionally, the same may be placed on deposit in the
name of or under control of the Collateral Agent at such bank or
institution and upon such terms as the Collateral Agent may think fit.
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(k) The Collateral Agent is trustee for itself and for the other Finance
Parties in relation to the Security Documents.
(l) The resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent in its capacity as
trustee will not be effective until the Administrative Agent has confirmed
that it is satisfied that everything which is required to be done to
create in favour of the replacement Collateral Agent (in the capacity of
trustee) effective and perfected security has been done.
(m) The Collateral Agent in its capacity as trustee may indemnify itself and
each attorney, agent or other Person appointed by it under any Security
Document out of the Collateral over which security is granted pursuant to
the Security Documents against all claims, liabilities, costs, fees,
charges, losses and expenses incurred by it or them (other than by reason
of such Person's gross negligence or wilful misconduct) as a result of
taking or holding the Collateral and/or Liens relating thereto comprised
in the Security Documents, the exercise of rights, powers or discretions
under the Security Documents or any other act (or omission) done (or not
done) in connection with the Security Documents.
(n) Each of the Finance Party confirms its approval of the Security Documents
and any security created or to be created pursuant to them and authorises
and directs the Collateral Agent (in its capacity as trustee acting by
itself or by such Person(s) as it may nominate) to execute and enforce
them as trustee or as otherwise provided therein (and whether or not
expressly in the names of the Finance Parties) on its behalf.
(o) The Collateral Agent in its capacity as trustee may appoint any Person to
act as a separate trustee or as a co-trustee jointly with it (a) if it
considers such appointment to be in the interests of the Finance Parties
or (b) for the purposes of conforming to any legal requirements,
restrictions or conditions of any jurisdiction which the Collateral Agent
in its capacity as trustee considers relevant.
(p) The Collateral Agent in its capacity as trustee will give prior notice to
the Borrower of any appointment pursuant to paragraph (o).
(q) Any Person so appointed will have such powers, authorities and discretions
and such duties and obligations as are conferred or imposed on it by the
instrument of appointment and will have the same benefits under this
Clause 29.17 as the Collateral Agent in its capacity as trustee and may
rely on this Clause 29.17(q) subject to Clause 1.3 (Third Party Rights)
and the provisions of the Third Parties
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Act. The Collateral Agent in its capacity as trustee will have power to
remove any Person so appointed.
(r) The Collateral Agent in its capacity as trustee may set the level of and
pay remuneration to any Person so appointed, and any costs, charges and
those sums, together with the expenses incurred by such Person in
performing its functions pursuant to such appointment, will be treated as
costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in performing
its function as trustee under the Security Documents.
(s) The perpetuity period for any and all security trusts established in
relation to the Security Documents shall be eighty years from the date of
this Agreement.
(t) The Collateral Agent in its capacity as trustee shall hold the Recoveries
on trust for distribution to the Finance Parties in accordance with the
provisions of this Clause 29.17 and shall hold the Collateral constituted
by the Security Documents on trust for the Finance Parties to give effect
to this Agreement and shall exercise its rights powers and duties under
the Security Documents and/or this Agreement for the benefit of all
Finance Parties.
(u) Subject to the terms of the Security Documents and to the repayment of any
claims having priority in law, the Recoveries shall be distributed between
the Finance Parties in the order of priority set out Clause 32.5 (Partial
payments).
(v) Section 1 of the Trustee Act 2000 shall not apply to any function of the
Collateral Agent, provided that nothing in this Agreement shall, in any
case in which the Security Trustee has failed to show the degree of care
and diligence required of it as trustee (having regard to the provisions
of this Agreement or any Security Document conferring any powers,
authorities or discretions on it) exempt the Collateral Agent from or
indemnify it against any liability for that breach of trust.
(w) In this Clause 29.17, "RECOVERIES" means the amounts received by the
Collateral Agent in its capacity as trustee under the Security Documents
in respect of the indebtedness and liabilities of the Credit Parties to
the Finance Parties after the date on which the Collateral Agent in its
capacity as trustee shall first enforce any part of any Security Document.
30. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES
No provision of this Agreement will:
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(a) interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax
or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit;
(b) oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief,
remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of
any claim; or
(c) except with respect to matters addressed by Clause 16 (Tax Gross Up and
Indemnities) oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating
to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax.
31. SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES
31.1 PAYMENTS TO FINANCE PARTIES
If a Finance Party (a "RECOVERING FINANCE PARTY") receives or recovers any
amount from a Credit Party other than in accordance with Clause 32 (Payment
mechanics) and applies that amount to a payment due under the Finance Documents
then:
(a) the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days, notify
details of the receipt or recovery, to the Administrative Agent;
(b) the Administrative Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery
is in excess of the amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been
paid had the receipt or recovery been received or made by the
Administrative Agent and distributed in accordance with Clause 32 (Payment
mechanics), without taking account of any Tax which would be imposed on
the Administrative Agent in relation to the receipt, recovery or
distribution; and
(c) the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days of demand
by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent an amount
(the "SHARING PAYMENT") equal to such receipt or recovery less any amount
which the Administrative Agent determines may be retained by the
Recovering Finance Party as its share of any payment to be made, in
accordance with Clause 32.5 (Partial payments).
31.2 REDISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS
The Administrative Agent shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been
paid by the relevant Credit Party and distribute it between the Finance
Parties (other than the Recovering Finance Party) in accordance with
Clause 32.5 (Partial payments).
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31.3 RECOVERING FINANCE PARTY'S RIGHTS
(a) On a distribution by the Administrative Agent under Clause 31.2
(Redistribution of payments), the Recovering Finance Party will be
subrogated to the rights of the Finance Parties which have shared in the
redistribution.
(b) If and to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party is not able to rely
on its rights under paragraph (a) above, the relevant Credit Party shall
be liable to the Recovering Finance Party for a debt equal to the Sharing
Payment which is immediately due and payable.
31.4 REVERSAL OF REDISTRIBUTION
If any part of the Sharing Payment received or recovered by a Recovering Finance
Party becomes repayable and is repaid by that Recovering Finance Party, then:
(a) each Finance Party which has received a share of the relevant Sharing
Payment pursuant to Clause 31.2 (Redistribution of payments) shall, upon
request of the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent for
account of that Recovering Finance Party an amount equal to the
appropriate part of its share of the Sharing Payment (together with an
amount as is necessary to reimburse that Recovering Finance Party for its
proportion of any interest on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering
Finance Party is required to pay); and
(b) that Recovering Finance Party's rights of subrogation in respect of any
reimbursement shall be cancelled and the relevant Credit Party will be
liable to the reimbursing Finance Party for the amount so reimbursed.
31.5 EXCEPTIONS
(a) This Clause 31 shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance
Party would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a
valid and enforceable claim against the relevant Credit Party.
(b) A Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other
Revolving Lender any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has
received or recovered as a result of taking legal or arbitration
proceedings, if:
(i) it notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration
proceedings; and
(ii) the other Revolving Lender had an opportunity to participate in
those legal or arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as
reasonably practicable having received notice and did not take
separate legal or arbitration proceedings.
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00. PAYMENT MECHANICS
32.1 PAYMENTS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
(a) On each date on which a Credit Party or a Revolving Lender is required to
make a payment under a Finance Document, that Credit Party or Revolving
Lender shall make the same available to the Administrative Agent (unless a
contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for value on the due
date at the time and in such funds specified by the Administrative Agent
as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the
relevant currency in the place of payment.
(b) Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of
the country of that currency with such bank as the Administrative Agent
specifies.
32.2 DISTRIBUTIONS BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Each payment received by the Administrative Agent, or, as the case may be,
the Collateral Agent, under the Finance Documents for another Party shall,
subject to Clause 32.3 (Distributions to a Credit Party) and Clause 32.4
(Clawback) be made available by the Administrative Agent or, as the case
may be, the Collateral Agent, as soon as practicable after receipt to the
Party entitled to receive payment in accordance with this Agreement (in
the case of a Revolving Lender, for the account of its Facility Office),
to such account as that Party may notify to the Administrative Agent or,
as the case may be, the Collateral Agent, by not less than five Business
Days' notice with a bank in the principal financial centre of the country
of that currency.
32.3 DISTRIBUTIONS TO A CREDIT PARTY
The Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, the Collateral Agent, may
(with the consent of the Credit Party or in accordance with Clause 33
(Set-off) apply any amount received by it for that Credit Party in or
towards payment (on the date and in the currency and funds of receipt) of
any amount due from that Credit Party under the Finance Documents or in or
towards purchase of any amount of any currency to be so applied.
32.4 CLAWBACK
(a) Where a sum is to be paid to the Administrative Agent or, as the case
may be, the Collateral Agent, under the Finance Documents for another
Party, the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, the Collateral
Agent, is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or to enter
into or perform any related exchange
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contract) until it has been able to establish to its satisfaction that it
has actually received that sum.
(b) If the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, the Collateral Agent,
pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case that the
Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, the Collateral Agent, had not
actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount (or the
proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid by the Administrative
Agent or, as the case may be, the Collateral Agent, shall on demand refund
the same to the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, the
Collateral Agent, together with interest on that amount from the date of
payment to the date of receipt by the Administrative Agent, or, as the
case may be, the Collateral Agent, calculated by such Agent to reflect its
cost of funds.
32.5 PARTIAL PAYMENTS
(a) If the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent receives a payment that is
insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by a Credit
Party under the Finance Documents, the Administrative Agent or Collateral
Agent shall apply that payment towards the obligations of that Credit
Party then due and owing under the Finance Documents in the following
order:
(i) first, in or towards payment pro rata of the reasonable expenses,
liabilities, losses, costs, duties, fees, charges or other moneys
whatsoever (together with interest payable thereon) as may have been
paid or incurred in, about or incidental to any sale or other
realization of Collateral, including reasonable compensation to the
Collateral Agent and its agents and counsel, and to the ratable
payment of any other unreimbursed reasonable expenses for which the
Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any
Finance Party is to be reimbursed pursuant to this Agreement or any
other Finance Document, in each case, that are then due and payable;
(ii) second, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued but unpaid
interest then due and payable under this Agreement;
(iii) third, in or towards payment pro rata of accrued but unpaid Agent's
fees, commitment fees, letter of credit fees and fronting fees then
due and payable to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and
the Revolving Lenders under this Agreement;
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(iv) fourth, in or towards payment of any principal due and payable but
unpaid under this Agreement with respect to the Swingline Loans;
(v) fifth, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due and
payable but unpaid under this Agreement with respect to the
Revolving Loans and any amount due and payable but unpaid under
Clauses 7.4 (Claims under a Letter of Credit) and 7.5 (Indemnities);
(vi) sixth, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due and
payable but unpaid under the Finance Documents;
(vii) seventh, any excess after payment of the foregoing amounts shall be
paid to the Borrower or any Credit Party as appropriate or to such
other Person who may be lawfully entitled to receive such excess.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall, if so directed by the Required Revolving
Lenders, vary the order set out in paragraphs (a)(ii) to (iv) above.
(c) Paragraphs (a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by a
Credit Party.
32.6 NO SET-OFF BY CREDIT PARTIES
All payments to be made by a Credit Party under the Finance Documents
shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any
deduction for) set-off or counterclaim.
32.7 BUSINESS DAYS
(a) Any payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day
shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if
there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).
(b) During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or
Unpaid Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or
Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date.
32.8 CURRENCY OF ACCOUNT
(a) Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, U.S. Dollars is the currency of
account and payment for any sum due from a Credit Party under any Finance
Document.
(b) Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the
currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.
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(c) Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than U.S. Dollars
shall be paid in that other currency.
32.9 CHANGE OF CURRENCY
(a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency
unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as
the lawful currency of that country, then:
(i) any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations
arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country
shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit
of that country designated by the Administrative Agent (after
consultation with the Borrower); and
(ii) any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall
be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank
for the conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other,
rounded up or down by the Administrative Agent (acting reasonably).
(b) If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to
the extent the Administrative Agent (acting reasonably and after
consultation with the Borrower) specifies to be necessary, be amended to
comply with any generally accepted conventions and market practice in the
Relevant Interbank Market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency.
33. SET-OFF
A Finance Party may set off any matured obligation due from a Credit Party under
the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party)
against any matured obligation owed by that Finance Party to that Credit Party,
regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either
obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance Party
may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course
of business for the purpose of the set-off.
34. NOTICES
34.1 COMMUNICATIONS IN WRITING
Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance
Documents shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be
made by fax, letter or telex.
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34.2 ADDRESSES
The address, fax number and telex number (and the department or officer,
if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party
for any communication or document to be made or delivered under or in
connection with the Finance Documents is:
(a) in the case of the Borrower, that identified with its name below;
(b) in the case of each Revolving Lender or any other Original Credit Party,
that notified in writing to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the
date on which it becomes a Party; and
(c) in the case of the Agents, that identified with its name below,
or any substitute address, fax number, telex number or department or officer as
the Party may notify to the Administrative Agent (or the Agents may notify to
the other Parties, if a change is made by an Agent) by not less than five
Business Days' notice.
Borrower
Address: 0000 Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Fax Number: 000-000-0000
Telephone Number: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxx XxXxxx, Treasurer
With a copy to:
Address: 00 xxx, xxx Xxxxxx Dame Rose, X.X. Xxx 000, 00000
Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxx
Fax Number: 000-00-0-00-00-0000
Telephone Number: 000-00-0-00-00-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Director of International Finance
Administrative Agent
Address: 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 00xx Xxxxx - Xxxxxxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax Number: 000-000-0000
Telephone number: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx
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Collateral Agent
Address: 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 00xx Xxxxx - Xxxxxxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax Number: 000-000-0000
Telephone number: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx
34.3 DELIVERY
(a) Any communication or document made or delivered by one Person to another
under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective:
(i) if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or
(ii) if by way of letter, upon receipt; or
(iii) if by way of telex, when despatched, but only if, at the time of
transmission, the correct answerback appears at the start and at the
end of the sender's copy of the notice;
and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its
address details provided under Clause 34.2 (Addresses), if addressed to
that department or officer.
(b) Any communication or document to be made or delivered to an Agent will be
effective only when actually received by such Agent and then only if it is
expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer identified
with such Agent's signature below (or any substitute department or officer
as such Agent shall specify for this purpose).
(c) All notices from or to a Credit Party shall be sent through the
Administrative Agent.
(d) Any communication or document made or delivered to the Borrower in
accordance with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered
to each of the Credit Parties.
34.4 NOTIFICATION OF ADDRESS, FAX NUMBER AND TELEX NUMBER
Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address, fax number and telex
number or change of address, fax number or telex number pursuant to Clause
34.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address, fax number or telex number,
the Administrative Agent shall notify the other Parties.
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34.5 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION
(a) Any communication to be made between the Administrative Agent and a
Revolving Lender under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be
made by electronic mail or other electronic means, if the Administrative
Agent and the relevant Revolving Lender:
(a) agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an
accepted form of communication;
(b) notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any
other information required to enable the sending and receipt of
information by that means; and
(c) notify each other of any change to their address or any other such
information supplied by them.
(b) Any electronic communication made between the Administrative Agent and a
Revolving Lender will be effective only when actually received in readable
form and in the case of any electronic communication made by a Revolving
Lender to the Administrative Agent only if it is addressed in such a
manner as the Administrative Agent shall specify for this purpose.
34.6 ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(a) Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be
in English.
(b) All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance
Document must be:
(i) in English; or
(ii) if not in English, and if so required by the Administrative Agent,
accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case,
the English translation will prevail unless the document is a
constitutional, statutory or other official document.
35. CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
35.1 ACCOUNTS
In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in
connection with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts
maintained by a Finance Party are prima facie evidence of the matters to
which they relate.
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35.2 CERTIFICATES AND DETERMINATIONS
Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount
under any Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest error,
conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.
35.3 DAY COUNT CONVENTION
Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will
accrue day to day. All computations of interest based on the Prime Rate or
the Federal Funds Rate shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the
basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and all
computations of interest based on LIBOR and of commissions and fees shall
be made by the Administrative Agent, on the basis of a year of 360 days,
in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day, but
excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest,
commission or fees are payable.
36. PARTIAL INVALIDITY
If, at any time, any provision of the Finance Documents is or becomes
illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any
jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the
remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such
provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be
affected or impaired.
37. REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any
Finance Party, any right or remedy under the Finance Documents shall
operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right
or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any
other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement
are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by
law.
38. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
38.1 REQUIRED CONSENTS
(a) Subject to Clause 38.2 (Exceptions) and as may otherwise be provided for
herein, any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived only
with the consent of the Required Revolving Lenders and the Credit Parties
and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties.
(b) The Administrative Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any
amendment or waiver permitted by this Clause.
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38.2 EXCEPTIONS
(a) An amendment or waiver that has the effect of changing or which relates
to:
(i) the definition of "Required Revolving Lenders" in Clause 1.1
(Definitions);
(ii) an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance
Documents;
(iii) a reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any
payment of principal, interest, fees or commission payable;
(iv) an increase in or, except as otherwise permitted by Clause 10.3
(Extensions of Revolving Maturity Date) an extension of any
Commitment;
(v) a change to the Borrower or Guarantors other than in accordance with
Clause 28 (Changes to the Credit Parties) or as otherwise permitted
by this Agreement;
(vi) any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the
Revolving Lenders;
(vii) Clause 2.2 (Revolving Lenders' rights and obligations), Clause 27
(Changes to the Revolving Lenders) or this Clause 38;
(viii) a release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Clause
21.1 (Guarantee and indemnity) except as otherwise expressly
permitted herein; or
(ix) save as expressly provided in Clause 29.17(b) (Collateral Matters),
a release of all or any portion of the Collateral and/or any Liens
relating thereto,
shall not be made without the prior consent of all the Revolving Lenders.
(b) An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of any
Agent, any Arranger or any Issuing Bank may not be effected without the
consent of such Agent, Arranger or Issuing Bank.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower will not amend, alter, vary,
supplement, terminate, revise, waive or otherwise modify any of the terms
or provisions of, or add any new or additional terms or provisions to,
this Agreement or any other Finance Document without the prior written
consent of the Required Term Lenders; provided, however, that the Borrower
may, without the prior
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written consent of the Required Term Lenders, (i) amend, alter, vary,
supplement, revise or waive any of the terms or provisions of, or add any
new or additional terms or provisions to (A) any of the Security Documents
or (B) Clauses 4.2, 6.6(b), 8.4(b), 10.2 or 11.4 of this Agreement, (ii)
release all or any portion of the Collateral or any Guarantor or (iii)
make any amendment, supplement, consent or waiver which is administrative,
immaterial or nonsubstantive in nature, not adverse to the Term Lenders
and has been consented to by the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the consent of the Required Term Lenders is not required for
the Revolving Lenders to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the
maturity of the Loans or to exercise any rights and remedies available
under the Security Documents, the guaranties provided by the Guarantors or
applicable law.
(d) Any Term Lender may rely on Clause 38(c) subject to Clause 1.3 (Third
Party Rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act.
39. COUNTERPARTS
Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and
this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on
a single copy of the Finance Document.
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SECTION 12
GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
40. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement is governed by English law.
41. ENFORCEMENT
41.1 JURISDICTION OF ENGLISH COURTS
(a) The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute
regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement) (a
"DISPUTE").
(b) The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and
convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue
to the contrary.
(c) This Clause 41.1 is for the benefit of the Finance Parties only. As a
result, no Finance Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings
relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent
allowed by law, the Finance Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any
number of jurisdictions.
41.2 SERVICE OF PROCESS
Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant
law, each Credit Party (other than a Credit Party incorporated in England
and Wales):
(a) irrevocably appoints Ince & Co. as its agent for service of process
in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in
connection with any Finance Document; and
(b) agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant Credit
Party of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.
Each Credit Party expressly agrees and consents to the provisions of this
Clause 41.
41.3 WAIVER OF JURY
Each Credit Party, Revolving Lender and each Agent hereby irrevocably
waives any and all right to trial by jury in respect of any legal
proceeding, directly or indirectly, (whether sounding in tort, contract or
otherwise) arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any other Finance
Document, any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or the relationship
established hereunder.
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This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this
Agreement.
PRIDE OFFSHORE, INC.
By: /s/ XXXX X. XxXXXX
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Xxxx X. XxXxxx
Treasurer
PRIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: /s/ XXXX X. XxXXXX
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Xxxx X. XxXxxx
Chief Financial Officer
MEXICO DRILLING LIMITED LLC
By: /s/ XXXX X. XxXXXX
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Xxxx X. XxXxxx
Treasurer
PRIDE CENTRAL AMERICA, LLC
By: /s/ XXXX X. XxXXXX
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Xxxx X. XxXxxx
Treasurer
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PRIDE DRILLING, LLC
By: /s/ XXXX X. XxXXXX
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Xxxx X. XxXxxx
Treasurer
PRIDE NORTH AMERICA LLC
By: /s/ XXXX X. XxXXXX
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Xxxx X. XxXxxx
Treasurer
PRIDE OFFSHORE INTERNATIONAL LLC
By: /s/ XXXX X. XxXXXX
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Xxxx X. XxXxxx
Treasurer
PRIDE SOUTH PACIFIC LLC
By: /s/ XXXX X. XxXXXX
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Xxxx X. XxXxxx
Treasurer
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CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH, as
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent,
Issuing Bank, Swingline Lender and
Revolving Lender
By: /s/ XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President
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CREDIT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL, as
Mandated Lead Arranger, Bookrunner,
Issuing Bank and Revolving Lender
By: /s/ XXXXX XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Managing Director
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By: /s/ XXXX-XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxx-Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Deputy Managing Director
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BANQUE DE L'ECONOMIE, DU COMMERCE ET DE
LA MONETIQUE, as Mandated Lead Arranger,
Bookrunner and Revolving Lender
By: /s/ XXXXX XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Managing Director
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NATEXIS BANQUES POPULAIRES, as Mandated
Lead Arranger, Bookrunner, Issuing Bank
and Revolving Lender
By: /s/ ANTOINE DARGNIES
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Name: Antoine Dargnies
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Title: Executive Vice President,
Head of Structured Finance
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By: /s/ ALAIN SERRUQUES
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Name: Alain Serruques
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Title: Deputy Head of Corporate Banking
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NORDEA (acting through Nordea Bank
Finland plc, New York Branch), as Lead
Arranger, Bookrunner, Issuing Bank and
Revolving Lender
By: /s/ HANS CHR. KJELSRUD
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Name: Hans Chr. Kjelsrud
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Title: Senior Vice President
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By: /s/ XXXXX BJORNADAL
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Name: Xxxxx Bjornadal
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Title: Vice President
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NEDSHIP BANK, as Co-Underwriter and
Revolving Lender
By: /s/ XX XXXXXXXXXXX
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Name: XX Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: Deputy Managing Director
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SCHEDULE 1
THE ORIGINAL PARTIES
Part I
The Original Credit Parties
Name of Original Borrower Registration number (or equivalent, if any)
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Pride Offshore, Inc. 00-0000000
Name of Original Guarantor Registration number (or equivalent, if any)
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Pride International, Inc. 00-0000000
Mexico Drilling Limited LLC 00-0000000
Pride Central America, LLC 00-0000000
Pride Drilling, LLC 00-0000000
Pride North America LLC 00-0000000
Pride Offshore International LLC 00-0000000
Pride South Pacific LLC 00-0000000
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Part II
The Original Revolving Lenders
Name of Original Revolving
Revolving Lender Facility Office Commitment
---------------- --------------- ----------
Credit Lyonnais New York Branch 1301 Avenue of the Americas U.S.$25,000,000
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Credit Industriel et Commercial 4, rue Gaillon U.S.$36,000,000
75 017 Paris Cedex 02
France
Banque de l'Economie, du 00, xxx xx Xxxxxx X.X.x00,000,000
Commerce et de la Monetique 67 000 Strasbourg
Natexis Banques Populaires 00 xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx X.X.x00,000,000
00000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Nordea Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxx, X.X.x00,000,000
New York Branch
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Nedship Bank 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx X.X.x00,000,000
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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SCHEDULE 2
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO INITIAL UTILISATION
1. DOCUMENTATION
(a) this Agreement executed by the Borrower, the Original Guarantors, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender, the
Revolving Lenders, the Issuing Banks, the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the
Bookrunners, the Lead Arranger and the Co-Underwriter, and all attached
Schedules;
(b) the Security Agreements executed by each Credit Party that owns or
operates one or more vessels granting to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Finance Parties a Lien in earnings from the Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rigs and the Insurance Policies with respect to
the Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs to secure the Obligations, in
each case together with UCC-1 financing statements and any other
documents, agreements or instruments necessary to create an Acceptable
Security Interest in such collateral;
(c) the Rig Mortgages executed by each Credit Party that owns one or more
vessels granting a Lien to the Collateral Agent in the Initial Mortgaged
Revolving Credit Facility Rigs to secure the Obligations, together with
any other documents, agreements or instruments necessary to create an
Acceptable Security Interest in such Initial Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rigs and the revenues therefrom;
(d) certificates from the appropriate Governmental Authority certifying as to
the good standing, existence and authority of each of the Credit Parties
in all jurisdictions where required by the Administrative Agent;
(e) certificates from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating that (A)
all representations and warranties of such Person set forth in this
Agreement and in the other Finance Documents to which it is a party are
true and correct in all material respects; (B) no Default has occurred and
is continuing; and (C) the conditions in this Schedule 2 have been met;
(f) copies, certified as of the Closing Date by a Secretary or Assistant
Secretary of each Credit Party of (A) the resolutions of the Board of
Directors of that Credit Party approving the Finance Documents to which it
is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby, and (B) all other
documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental
approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and the other Finance
Documents;
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(g) certificates of a Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each of the Credit
Parties certifying the names and true signatures of officers of the Credit
Parties authorized to sign this Agreement, Utilisation Requests, Renewal
Requests, all other notices to be issued pursuant to the Finance Documents
and the other Finance Documents to which such Credit Parties are a party;
(h) a detailed report from the Parent Company's independent maritime insurance
broker with respect to all Insurance Policies in effect with respect to
the Initial Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs, specifying for each
such Insurance Policy the amount thereof, the risks insured against
thereby, the name of the insurer and each insured party thereunder and the
policy or other identification number thereof, together with a certificate
from such broker certifying that all such Insurance Policies are (A) in
full force and effect, (B) are placed with such insurance companies,
underwriters or associations, in such amounts, against such risks, and in
such form, as are normally issued against by Persons of similar size and
established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses and
similarly situated and as are necessary or advisable for the protection of
the Collateral Agent as mortgagee and (C) conform with the requirements of
this Agreement;
(i) a favourable opinion of Xxxxx Xxxxx L.L.P., counsel to the Borrower,
substantially in the form of the attached Schedule 12;
(j) a favourable opinion of the general counsel of the Parent Company
substantially in the form of the attached Schedule 13;
(k) a favourable opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, English law counsel for the
Arrangers substantially in the form of Schedule 14;
(l) favourable opinions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
covering the items in the attached Schedule 15 from local counsel located
in Panama and Vanuatu;
(m) a certificate from the chief financial officer of the Parent Company
addressed to the Administrative Agent and each of the Revolving Lenders,
which shall be in form and in substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, regarding the matters set forth in Clause 22.26
(Solvency);
(n) a certificate from the chief financial officer of the Parent Company
addressed to the Administrative Agent and each of the Revolving Lenders,
which shall be in form and in substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and shall reaffirm that as of the Closing Date the
projections prepared by the Borrower and included in the Confidential
Information Memorandum are true and correct in
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all material respects based upon the assumptions stated therein and the
best information reasonably available to such officer at the time such
projections were made and shall describe any changes therein and state
that such changes shall not, individually or in the aggregate, cause a
Material Adverse Change to occur;
(o) copies of each of the Merger Documents certified by the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of the Borrower (A) as being true and correct copies
of such documents as of the Closing Date, and (B) as being in full force
and effect and no material term or condition thereof shall have been
amended, modified or waived after the execution thereof without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent;
(p) copies of each promissory note evidencing Intercompany Debt, if any;
(q) a copy of the formal report or "management letter" submitted to the Parent
Company by its independent accountants in connection with the annual audit
made by it of the books of the Parent Company for the fiscal year ending
2001; and
(r) acknowledgment from Ince & Co. with respect to its irrevocable appointment
by each Credit Party pursuant to Clause 41.2 (Service of process).
2. MERGER. The Merger shall have been consummated by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, and all other conditions to the Merger shall have been
satisfied in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
All legal, financial, accounting, governmental, tax and regulatory
matters, and fiduciary aspects of the Merger and the terms, conditions and
structure of the proposed financing must be reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.
3. RATING. The Administrative Agent shall have received a letter from S&P or
Xxxxx'x confirming its rating of Index Debt as BB+ or higher or Ba2 or
higher, as applicable.
4. DUE DILIGENCE. The Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders shall
have completed satisfactory due diligence review of the assets,
liabilities, business, operations and condition (financial or otherwise)
of the Group, including, but not limited, to a review of their Contingent
Obligations, product liabilities, intellectual property, and all legal,
financial, accounting, governmental, tax and regulatory matters, and
fiduciary aspects of the proposed financing.
5. PAYMENT OF FEES. On the Closing Date, the Borrower shall have paid the
fees required to be paid to the Agents, the Arrangers, and the Revolving
Lenders and all costs and expenses which have been invoiced and are
payable pursuant to Clause 15 (Fees) and Clause 20 (Costs and expenses).
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6. OTHER INDEBTEDNESS. The Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied
that the terms, conditions and amounts of any other Debt of the Group
complies with this Agreement. All Intercompany Debt required to be
subordinated pursuant to Clause 25.16(d) (Debts, Guaranties and other
Obligations) shall have been subordinated to the Obligations on terms and
conditions satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent.
7. TERMINATION OF EXISTING BANK FACILITY. The Finance Parties shall have
received sufficient evidence indicating that simultaneously with the
making of the initial Loans hereunder, the obligations of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries under the Existing Bank Facility will be repaid with the
proceeds of the loans under the Term Loan Agreement and all obligations of
the Borrower and its lenders under the Existing Bank Facility shall be
terminated (including, without limitation, any obligations of any
Subsidiary of the Borrower in respect of guaranties and security
agreements executed in connection with such Existing Bank Facility but
excluding any obligations which expressly survive the repayment of the
amounts owing under the Existing Bank Facility) such that the Liens
existing in respect of the Existing Bank Facility shall be terminated and
replaced with the Liens for the benefit of the Term Secured Parities or
the Finance Parties (as applicable) and encumbering the same Property.
8. BUSINESS PLAN; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The Finance Parties shall have
received true and correct copies of the Credit Parties and their
Affiliates' business and financial plan for the years 2002 through 2007,
together with a written analysis of such business and financial plan, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Finance
Parties shall have received true and correct copies of the Original
Financial Statements and such other financial information as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request. The actual results of
operations for such periods shall not, individually or in the aggregate,
differ from the results of operations projected for such period in the
financial projections previously supplied to the Administrative Agent or
included in the Confidential Information Memorandum in any respect that
would cause a Material Adverse Change to occur.
9. INITIAL RIG APPRAISAL REPORTS. The Administrative Agent shall have
received two satisfactory appraisals (on a fair market value basis) of the
Initial Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs dated no more than 90
days prior to the Closing Date (the "Initial Rig Appraisal Reports"). Such
appraisals shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and shall be
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prepared by Approved Rigbrokers. Such appraisals shall affirm that the
Security Maintenance Ratio is greater than or equal to 2.0 to 1.0 on the
Closing Date.
10. SECURITY DOCUMENTS. The Collateral Agent shall have received all
appropriate evidence required by the Collateral Agent in its sole
discretion necessary to determine that arrangements have been made for the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of Finance Parties to have an Acceptable
Security Interest in the Collateral, including, without limitation, (i)
the delivery to the Collateral Agent of such financing statements under
the Uniform Commercial Code for filing in such jurisdictions as the
Collateral Agent may require, (ii) the delivery to the Collateral Agent of
the Rig Mortgages for filing in such jurisdictions as the Collateral Agent
may require, (iii) lien, tax and judgment searches conducted on the Credit
Parties reflecting no Liens other than Permitted Liens against any of the
Collateral as to which perfection of a Lien is accomplished by the filing
of a financing statement and (iv) lien releases with respect to any
Collateral currently subject to a Lien other than Permitted Liens.
11. NO DEFAULT. No Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would
result from any Utilisation or from the application of the proceeds
therefrom.
12. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The representations and warranties
contained in Clause 22 (Representations) hereof and in each other Finance
Document shall be true and correct before and after giving effect to the
Utilisations and to the application of the proceeds from such Utilisations
from the date of such Utilisations, as though made on and as of such date.
13. NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE. No event or events which, individually or in
the aggregate, has had or is reasonably likely to cause a Material Adverse
Change shall have occurred.
14. NO PROCEEDING OR LITIGATION; NO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. No action, suit,
investigation or other proceeding (including, without limitation, the
enactment or promulgation of a statute or rule) by or before any
arbitrator or any Governmental Authority shall be threatened or pending
and no preliminary or permanent injunction or order by a state or federal
court shall have been entered (i) in connection with this Agreement or any
transaction contemplated hereby or (ii) which, in any case, in the
reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, could reasonably be
expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
15. CONSENTS, LICENSES, APPROVALS, ETC. The Administrative Agent shall have
received true copies (certified to be such by the Borrower or other
appropriate
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party) of all consents, licenses and approvals required in accordance with
applicable law in connection with the execution, delivery, performance,
validity and enforceability of the Merger, this Agreement and the other
Finance Documents. In addition, the Parent Company and Subsidiaries shall
have all such material consents, licenses and approvals required in
connection with the continued operation of the Group, and such approvals
shall be in full force and effect, and all applicable waiting periods
shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any
competent authority which would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose
adverse conditions on this Agreement and the actions contemplated hereby.
16. ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATES. The Administrative Agent shall have received
copies of Certificates of Inspection, Certificates of Compliance, Vessel
Certificates of Financial Responsibility (Water Pollution) or
International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate, each issued by the
United States Coast Guard (or the substantial equivalent in the case of
foreign assets) for each of the Initial Mortgaged Revolving Credit
Facility Rigs and shall be reasonably satisfied with the contents thereof.
17. REVOLVING COMMITMENT AVAILABILITY. On the Closing Date and immediately
after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, the
Administrative Agent shall be satisfied with the sufficiency of the unused
availability under the Total Revolving Commitments to meet the ongoing
working capital needs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after the
Closing Date.
18. TERM LOAN AGREEMENT. The conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the
Term Loan Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent prior to or
contemporaneously with the Closing Date.
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SCHEDULE 3
REQUESTS
Part A
Utilisation Request
Revolving Credit Loan
From: Pride Offshore, Inc.
To: Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, as Administrative Agent
Dated:
Dear Sirs
Pride Offshore, Inc. - Revolving Facility Agreement
dated June 20, 2002 (the "Agreement")
1. We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in
the Agreement have the same meanings in this Utilisation Request.
2. We wish to borrow a Revolving Credit Loan on the following terms:
Proposed Utilisation Date: [ ] (or, if that is not a Business
Day, the next Business Day)
Facility to be utilised: Revolving Credit Facility
Amount: [ ] or, if less, the Available Facility
Interest Period: [ ]
3. We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.2 (Further conditions
precedent) is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request.
4. The proceeds of this Revolving Credit Loan should be credited to
[account].
5. This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.
Yours faithfully
.......................................
authorised signatory for
PRIDE OFFSHORE, INC.
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Part B
Utilisation Request
Letters Of Credit
From: Pride Offshore, Inc.
To: Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, as Administrative Agent
Dated:
Dear Sirs
Pride Offshore, Inc. - Revolving Facility Agreement
dated June 20, 2002 (the "Agreement")
1. We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in
the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request. We wish
to arrange for a Letter of Credit to be issued by [Issuing Bank]*, as the
Issuing Bank, on the following terms:
Proposed Utilisation Date: [ ] (or, if that is not a Business
Day, the next Business Day)
Amount: [ ] or, if less, the Available
Facility (for the Revolving Credit Facility)
Term: [ ]
2. We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 6.6 (Issue of Letters
of Credit) is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request.
3. We attach a copy of the proposed Letter of Credit.
4. This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.
5. [Delivery instructions to be specified]
Yours faithfully
......................................
authorised signatory for Pride Offshore, Inc.
* Relevant Issuing Bank to be selected by the Borrower.
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Part C
Utilisation Request
Swingline Loan
From: Pride Offshore, Inc.
To: Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, as Administrative Agent
Dated:
Dear Sirs
Pride Offshore, Inc. - Revolving Facility Agreement
dated June 20, 2002 (the "Agreement")
1. We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in
the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request. We wish
to borrow a Swingline Loan on the following terms:
Proposed Utilisation Date: [ ] (or, if that is not a New
York Business Day, the next New York
Business Day)
Facility to be utilised: Swingline Facility
Amount: U.S.$[ ] or, if less, the
Available Facility (for the Swingline
Facility)
Interest Period: [ ]
2. We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 8.4 (Swingline Lender's
Swingline Loans) is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request.
3. The proceeds of this Swingline Loan should be credited to [account].
4. This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.
Yours faithfully
.........................................................
authorised signatory for
Pride Offshore, Inc.
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Part D
Renewal Request
Letters Of Credit
From: Pride Offshore, Inc.
To: Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, as Administrative Agent
Dated:
Dear Sirs
Pride Offshore, Inc. - Revolving Facility Agreement
dated June 20, 2002 (the "Agreement")
1. We refer to the Agreement. This is a Renewal Request. Terms defined in the
Agreement have the same meaning in this Renewal Request. We wish to
arrange for Letter of Credit No. __________ to be renewed by [Issuing
Bank]* on the following terms:
Proposed new Expiry Date: [ ] (or, if that is not a Business
Day, the next Business Day)
Amount: {[Same amount as the amount of Letter of Credit No.
__________]/[___________]**} or, if less, the
Available Facility (for the Revolving Credit Facility)
2. We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 6.7 (Renewal of a
Letter of Credit) is satisfied on the date of this Renewal Request.
3. This Renewal Request is irrevocable.
4. [Delivery instructions to be specified]
Yours faithfully
......................................
authorised signatory for Pride Offshore, Inc.
* Relevant Issuing Bank that issued the Letter of Credit being renewed to be
inserted by the Borrower.
** Specify amount is less than the amount of the current Letter of Credit.
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SCHEDULE 4
MANDATORY COST FORMULA
1. The Mandatory Cost relates solely to extensions of credit in U.S. Dollars
and is an addition to the interest rate to compensate the Revolving
Lenders for the cost of compliance with (a) the requirements of the
Financial Services Authority (or any other authority which replaces all or
any of its functions) or (b) the requirements of the European Central
Bank.
2. Except as provided in paragraph 3 below, the Mandatory Cost for any
Revolving Lender lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member
State will be the percentage notified by that Revolving Lender to the
Administrative Agent on the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon
as possible thereafter). The Mandatory Cost (expressed as a percentage of
that Revolving Lender's participation in all Loans made from that Facility
Office) for any Revolving Lender will be certified by that Revolving
Lender in accordance with Clause 12.4 (Mandatory Costs; Additional
Interest on Revolving Credit Loans).
3. The Mandatory Cost for any Revolving Lender lending from a Facility Office
in the United Kingdom will be calculated by the Administrative Agent on
the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter)
as follows:
E x 0.01
-------- per cent. per annum.
300
Where:
E is designed to compensate such Revolving Lender for amounts payable
under the Fees Rules and the most recent rate of charge supplied by
the such Revolving Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
paragraph 2 above or paragraph 5 below and expressed in pounds per
L1,000,000.
4. For the purposes of this Schedule:
(a) "FEES RULES" means the rules on periodic fees in the FSA Supervision
Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time
to time in respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance of
deposits;
(b) "FEE TARIFFS" means the fee tariffs specified in the Fee Rules under
the activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee
or zero rated fee required pursuant to the Fee Rules but taking into
account any applicable discount rate); and
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(c) "TARIFF BASE" has the meaning given to it, and will be calculated in
accordance with, the Fees Rules.
5. If requested by the Administrative Agent, each Revolving Lender shall, as
soon as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority,
supply to the Administrative Agent, the rate of charge payable by that
Revolving Lender to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the Fees
Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services
Authority (calculated for this purpose by that Revolving Lender as being
the average of the Fee Tariffs applicable to that Revolving Lender for
that financial year) and expressed in pounds per L1,000,000 of the Tariff
Base of that Revolving Lender.
6. Each Revolving Lender shall supply any information required by the
Administrative Agent for the purpose of calculating its Mandatory Cost. In
particular, but without limitation, each Revolving Lender shall supply the
following information in writing on or prior to the date on which it
becomes a Revolving Lender:
(a) its jurisdiction of incorporation and the jurisdiction of its
Facility Office; and
(b) any other information that the Administrative Agent may reasonably
require for such purpose.
Each Revolving Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in
writing of any change to the information provided by it pursuant to this
paragraph.
7. The rates of charge for any Revolving Lender for the purpose of E above
shall be determined by the Administrative Agent based upon the information
supplied to it pursuant to paragraphs 2, 5 and 6 above.
8. The Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any Person if such
determination results in a Mandatory Cost which over or under compensates
any Revolving Lender and shall be entitled to assume that the information
provided by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraphs 2, 5 and 6 above
is true and correct in all respects.
9. Any determination by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Schedule in
relation to a formula, the Mandatory Cost, or any amount payable to a
Revolving Lender shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive
and binding on all Parties.
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10. The Administrative Agent may from time to time, after consultation with
the Borrower and the Revolving Lenders, determine and notify to all
Parties any amendments which are required to be made to this Schedule in
order to comply with any change in law, regulation or any requirements
from time to time imposed by the Financial Services Authority or the
European Central Bank (or, in any case, any other authority which replaces
all or any of its functions) and any such determination shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all Parties.
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SCHEDULE 5
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
To: Credit Lyonnais, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent
From: [The Existing Revolving Lender] (the "Existing Revolving Lender") and [The
New Revolving Lender] (the "New Revolving Lender")
Dated:
Pride Offshore, Inc. - Revolving Facility Agreement
dated June 20, 2002 (the "Agreement")
1. We refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. Terms defined
in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless
given a different meaning in this Transfer Certificate.
2. We refer to Clause 27.5 (Procedure for transfer):
(a) The Existing Revolving Lender and the New Revolving Lender agree to
the Existing Revolving Lender transferring to the New Revolving
Lender by novation all or part of the Existing Revolving Lender's
Commitment, [all of the Existing Revolving Lender's Swingline
Commitment,] rights and obligations referred to in the Schedule in
accordance with Clause 27.5 (Procedure for transfer).
(b) The proposed Transfer Date is [ ].
(c) The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details
for notices of the New Revolving Lender for the purposes of Clause
34.2 (Addresses) are set out in the Schedule.
3. The New Revolving Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the
Existing Revolving Lender's obligations set out in paragraph (c) of Clause
27.4 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Revolving Lenders).
[4.] The New Revolving Lender confirms that the Person beneficially entitled to
interest payable to that Revolving Lender in respect of an advance under a
Finance Document is entitled to receive payments under the Agreement
without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income
taxes.
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[4/5] This Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts
and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were
on a single copy of this Transfer Certificate.
[5/6] This Transfer Certificate is governed by English law.
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THE SCHEDULE
Commitment/rights* and obligations to be transferred
[insert relevant details]
[Facility Office address, fax number and attention details for notices and
account details for payments,]
[Existing Revolving Lender] [New Revolving Lender]
By: By:
This Transfer Certificate is accepted by the Administrative Agent and the
Transfer Date is confirmed as [ ].
[Administrative Agent]
By:
* Include details of participations in the Letters of Credit to be
transferred.
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SCHEDULE 6
FORM OF ACCESSION LETTER
To: Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, as Administrative Agent
From: [Subsidiary][Permitted Holding Company] and Pride Offshore, Inc.
Dated:
Dear Sirs
Pride Offshore, Inc. - Revolving Facility Agreement
dated June 20, 2002 (the "Agreement")
1. We refer to the Agreement. This is an Accession Letter. Terms defined in
the Agreement have the same meaning in this Accession Letter.
2. [Subsidiary][Permitted Holding Company] agrees to become an Additional
Guarantor pursuant to the terms of Clause 21 of the Agreement [and accede
to the Agreement as the Parent Company]* and to be bound by the terms of
the Agreement as an Additional Guarantor [and Parent Company] pursuant to
Clause 25.12 (New Subsidiaries; Permitted Holding Company) of the
Agreement. [Subsidiary][Permitted Holding Company] is a company duly
incorporated under the laws of [name of relevant jurisdiction].
3. Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant
law, [Subsidiary][Permitted Holding Company] irrevocably appoints Ince &
Co. as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings
before the English courts in connection with any Finance Document; and
agrees that failure by a process agent to notify [Subsidiary][Permitted
Holding Company] of the process will not invalidate the proceedings
concerned.
4. [Subsidiary's][Permitted Holding Company's] administrative details are as
follows:
Address:
Fax No:
Attention:
5. This Accession Letter is governed by English law.
* Include if Person delivering Accession Letter is a Permitted Holding
Company.
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[This Accession Letter is entered into by deed.]
Pride Offshore, Inc. [Subsidiary]
[Permitted Holding Company]
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SCHEDULE 7
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
To: Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, as Administrative Agent
From: Pride Offshore, Inc.
Dated:
Dear Sirs
Pride Offshore, Inc. - Revolving Facility Agreement
dated June 20, 2002 (the "Agreement")
1. We refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms
defined in the Agreement have the same meaning when used in this
Compliance Certificate unless given a different meaning in this
Compliance Certificate.
2. We confirm that: [Insert details of covenants to be certified and
computations relating thereto]
3. [We confirm that no Default is continuing.]*
Signed: ................................................
Name:
[Responsible Office of Parent
Company]
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* If this statement cannot be made, the certificate should identify any Default
that is continuing and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it.
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SCHEDULE 8
TIMETABLES
Part I - Loans
Delivery of a duly completed 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the
Utilisation Request (Clause 5.1 date falling four Business Days
(Delivery of a Utilisation Request)) before the proposed Utilisation Date.
Administrative Agent notifies the 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the
Revolving Lenders of the Loan in date falling four Business Days
accordance with Clause 5.4 (Revolving before the proposed Utilisation Date.
Lenders' participation)
LIBOR is fixed Quotation Day as of 11:00 a.m.
London time
Part II - Letters Of Credit
Delivery of a duly completed 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date
Utilisation Request (Clause 6.3 falling five Business Days before the
(Delivery of a Utilisation Request for proposed Utilisation Date.
Letters of Credit))
Administrative Agent notifies the 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date
applicable Issuing Bank and the falling five Business Days before the
Revolving Lenders of the Letter of proposed Utilisation Date.
Credit in accordance with Clause 6.6
(Issue of Letters of Credit)
Delivery of a duly completed Renewal 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date
Request (Clause 6.7 (Renewal of a falling four Business Days before the
Letter of Credit) last day of the Term of the existing
Letter of Credit
Administrative Agent notifies the 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date
applicable
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Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders falling four Business Days before the
of the Letter of Credit subject to last day of the Term of the existing
a Renewal Request in accordance with Letter of Credit
Clause 6.6 (Issue of Letters of Credit)
Part III - Swingline Loans
Delivery of a duly completed 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the
Utilisation Request (Clause 8.2 proposed Utilisation Date which day
(Delivery of a Utilisation Request for must be a New York Business Day.
Swingline Loans))
Administrative Agent notifies the 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the
Swingline Lender of the amount of the proposed Utilisation Date which day
Swingline Loan under Clause 8.4 must be a New York Business Day.
(Swingline Lender's Swingline Loan)
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SCHEDULE 9
FORM OF LETTER OF CREDIT
To: [Beneficiary] (the "Beneficiary")
[Date]
Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit no.[ ]
At the request of [ ], [Issuing bank] (the "Issuing Bank") issues
this irrevocable standby letter of credit ("Letter of Credit") in your favour on
the following terms and conditions:
1. Definitions
In this Letter of Credit:
"Business Day" means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which
banks are open for general business in [London].
"Demand" means a demand for a payment under this Letter of Credit in the
form of the schedule to this Letter of Credit.
"Expiry Date" means [ ].
"Total L/C Amount" means [ ].
2. Issuing Bank's agreement
(a) The Beneficiary may request a drawing or drawings under this Letter of
Credit by giving to the Issuing Bank a duly completed Demand. A Demand
must be received by the Issuing Bank by [ ] p.m. ([London] time) on the
Expiry Date.
(b) Subject to the terms of this Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank
unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to the Beneficiary that, within
[ten] Business Days of receipt by it of a Demand, it must pay to the
Beneficiary the amount demanded in that Demand.
(c) The Issuing Bank will not be obliged to make a payment under this Letter
of Credit if as a result the aggregate of all payments made by it under
this Letter of Credit would exceed the Total L/C Amount.
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3. Expiry
(a) The Issuing Bank will be released from its obligations under this Letter
of Credit on the date (if any) notified by the Beneficiary to the Issuing
Bank as the date upon which the obligations of the Issuing Bank under this
Letter of Credit are released.
(b) Unless previously released under paragraph (a) above, on [ ] p.m.
([London] time) on the Expiry Date the obligations of the Issuing Bank
under this Letter of Credit will cease with no further liability on the
part of the Issuing Bank except for any Demand validly presented under the
Letter of Credit that remains unpaid.
(c) When the Issuing Bank is no longer under any further obligations under
this Letter of Credit, the Beneficiary must return the original of this
Letter of Credit to the Issuing Bank.
4. Payments
All payments under this Letter of Credit shall be made in [ ] and for
value on the due date to the account of the Beneficiary specified in the
Demand.
5. Delivery of Demand
Each Demand shall be in writing, and, unless otherwise stated, may be made
by letter, fax or telex and must be received in legible form by the
Issuing Bank at its address and by the particular department or officer
(if any) as follows:
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6. Assignment
The Beneficiary's rights under this Letter of Credit may not be assigned
or transferred.
7. UCP
Except to the extent it is inconsistent with the express terms of this
Letter of Credit, this Letter of Credit is subject to the Uniform Customs
and Practice for Documentary Credits (1993 Revision), International
Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 500.
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8. Governing Law
This Letter of Credit is governed by English law.
9. Jurisdiction
The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute
arising out of or in connection with this Letter of Credit.
Yours faithfully,
[Issuing Bank]
By:
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SCHEDULE
FORM OF DEMAND
To: [Issuing Bank]
[Date]
Dear Sirs
Standby Letter of Credit no. [ ]
issued in favour of [Beneficiary] (the "Letter of Credit")
We refer to the Letter of Credit. Terms defined in the Letter of Credit have the
same meaning when used in this Demand.
1. We certify that the sum of [ ] is due [and has remained
unpaid for at least [ ] Business Days] [under [set out
underlying contract or agreement]]. We therefore demand payment of
the sum of [ ].
2. Payment should be made to the following account:
Name:____________________________________________________________________
Account Number:__________________________________________________________
Bank:____________________________________________________________________
3. The date of this Demand is not later than the Expiry Date.
Yours faithfully
__________________________________ ________________________________
(Authorised Signatory) (Authorised Signatory)
For [Beneficiary]
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SCHEDULE 10
FORM OF
RIG MORTGAGE
UNITED STATES
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FIRST PREFERRED FLEET MORTGAGE
[OWNER]
and
CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Collateral Agent
For the Finance Parties
Named Herein
Dated June 20, 2002
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INDEX
Section Matter Page
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION....................... 3
ARTICLE II THE MORTGAGE......................................... 4
ARTICLE III PAYMENT COVENANTS.................................... 5
ARTICLE IV PRESERVATION OF SECURITY............................. 6
ARTICLE V COVENANTS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES............ 8
ARTICLE VI PROTECTION OF SECURITY............................... 9
ARTICLE VII ENFORCEABILITY AND MORTGAGEE'S POWERS................ 10
ARTICLE VIII FURTHER ASSURANCES................................... 12
ARTICLE IX POWER OF ATTORNEY.................................... 12
ARTICLE X EXPENSES AND INDEMNITIES............................. 13
ARTICLE XI COMMUNICATIONS....................................... 14
ARTICLE XII ASSIGNMENTS.......................................... 15
ARTICLE XIII WAIVER; AMENDMENT.................................... 15
ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS........................................ 15
ARTICLE XV JURISDICTION......................................... 16
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FIRST PREFERRED FLEET MORTGAGE
This FIRST PREFERRED FLEET MORTGAGE (this "Mortgage") dated as
of June 20, 2002 is by [OWNER, a _____________________] having its
principal offices at 0000 Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
00000 (the "Owner"), in favor of CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH, a
French banking association having offices at 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, as Collateral Agent and
mortgagee (in such capacity, the "Mortgagee") for the benefit of the
Finance Parties (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement
referred to below).
RECITALS
A. The Owner is the sole owner of the whole (100%) of the vessels
described on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof.
B. Pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
June 20, 2002 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the
"Revolving Credit Agreement") and made by and among [the Owner][Pride Offshore,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower")], Credit Lyonnais New York Branch,
as Administrative Agent and the lenders identified in Exhibit B attached hereto
and who hereafter may become a party thereto ("Revolving Lenders"), the
Revolving Lenders agree to make available to the [Owner][Borrower] a Revolving
Credit Agreement in the maximum principal amount at any one time outstanding of
Two Hundred and Fifty Million United States Dollars (US$250,000,000) (the
"Revolving Credit Facility") in the form of Loans and Letters of Credit (each as
defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement). The Revolving Credit Agreement, and
interest, fees and commissions thereon, are to be paid and repaid, as the case
may be, as provided in the Revolving Credit Agreement. The Revolving Credit
Agreement is evidenced by the Revolving Credit Agreement and the other Finance
Documents (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement).
[C. The Owner has guaranteed the Borrower's obligations owing to the
Revolving Lenders under the Finance Documents pursuant to Clause 21 of the
Revolving Credit Agreement the "Guaranty").]
D. It is required under the terms of the Revolving Credit Agreement that
the Owner shall grant and execute this Mortgage as security for its obligations
under the [Guaranty and the Borrower's obligations under the] Revolving Credit
Agreement.
E. Therefore, the Owner, in order to secure its obligations under the
[Guaranty and the Borrower's obligations under the] Revolving Credit Agreements
and the Finance Documents, and the performance and observance of and compliance
with all of the covenants, terms and conditions contained in this Mortgage, has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Mortgage under and pursuant
to 46 U.S.C. Section 31301 et seq., as amended (the "Ship Mortgage Act"), which
is entered into by the Owner in consideration of the Revolving Lenders agreeing,
at the request of the Owner [and the Borrower], to make the Revolving Credit
Agreement available to the [Owner][Borrower] and as a condition thereto and for
other good and valuable consideration provided by the Revolving Lenders (the
sufficiency of which the Owner hereby acknowledges).
NOW, THEREFORE, the Owner and the Mortgagee agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1 In this Mortgage unless the context otherwise requires, the
following expressions shall have the following meanings:
["Borrower" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.]
"Commitment" has the meaning set forth in the Revolving Credit
Agreement.
"Credit Party" has the meaning set forth in the Revolving
Credit Agreement.
"Effective Date" means the date of this Mortgage.
"Excepted Liens" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(b)
hereof.
"Finance Documents" has the meaning set forth in the Revolving
Credit Agreement.
"Finance Party" has the meaning set forth in the Revolving
Credit Agreement.
["Guaranty" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.]
"Hazardous Materials" shall mean, collectively, "Hazardous
Substance" and "Hazardous Waste" as those terms are defined in the
Revolving Credit Agreement.
"Lien" has the meaning set forth in the Revolving Credit
Agreement.
"Mortgage" has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph
hereof.
"Mortgagee" has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph
hereof.
"Owner" has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph
hereof.
"Revolving Credit Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals hereof.
"Revolving Credit Facility" has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals hereof.
"Revolving Credit Facility Period" means the period commencing
on the Effective Date and ending on the date upon which all amounts
owing under the Revolving Credit Facility and all other amounts due
to the Finance Parties pursuant to the Revolving Credit Agreement
and the other Finance Documents have been repaid in full and the
Revolving Credit Agreement has terminated.
"Rigs" means the whole of each of the offshore drilling rigs
described on Exhibit A hereto, and includes any share or interest
therein, and their engines, generators, drilling machinery and
equipment, anchors, chains, pumps and pumping equipment, furniture
and fittings, boats, tackle, outfit, spare gear, fuel, consumable or
other stores, belongings and
appurtenances whether on board or ashore and whether now owned or hereafter
acquired and all additions, improvements and replacements hereafter made in or
to said rigs or any part thereof and all of their freight, hires and earnings.
"Secured Indebtedness" means all obligations and liabilities of the Owner
and the other Credit Parties except for the U.S. Parent (whether for principal,
interest, fees, reimbursement obligations, expenses or any other charges
whatsoever), now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of or in
connection with any Finance Document to which it is a party [including, without
limitation, in the case of the Owner, the Guaranty], and the due performance and
compliance by the Owner and the other Credit Parties except for the U.S. Parent
with the terms of each such Finance Document.
"Ship Mortgage Act" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.
"United States Dollars" and "US$" means the lawful currency of the United
States of America.
Section 1.2 Except where otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires, words and expressions defined in the Revolving
Credit Agreement shall bear the same meanings when used but not otherwise
defined in this Mortgage.
Section 1.3 In this Mortgage:
(a) section headings are inserted for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction of this Mortgage and, unless otherwise specified, all
references to Sections are to sections of this Mortgage;
(b) unless the context otherwise requires, words denoting the
singular number shall include the plural and vice versa;
(c) references to Persons include bodies corporate and
unincorporated;
(d) references to assets include property, rights and assets of
every description;
(e) references to any document are to be construed as references to
such document as amended or supplemented from time to time; and
(f) references to any enactment include re-enactments, amendments
and extensions thereof.
ARTICLE II
THE MORTGAGE
Section 2.1 Granting Clause. In order to secure the payment of the Secured
Indebtedness and to secure the performance and observance of and compliance with
the covenants, terms and conditions contained in this Mortgage and the other
Finance Documents to which it is a party, the Owner has GRANTED, CONVEYED and
MORTGAGED and does by
these presents GRANT, CONVEY and MORTGAGE unto the Mortgagee for the benefit of
the Finance Parties and their respective successors and assigns, the whole
(100%) of each Rig; TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto the Mortgagee for the
benefit of the Finance Parties and their respective successors and assigns
forever, upon the terms herein set forth.
Section 2.2 Termination. If (a) the Owner[, the Borrower] or [its][their]
respective successors and assigns shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagee
and the other Finance Parties and their respective successors or assigns the
Secured Indebtedness in full as and when the same shall become due and payable
in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Credit Agreement, [the Guaranty,]
this Mortgage and the other Finance Documents; and (b) the Commitments have been
terminated, then these presents and the rights hereunder shall cease, determine
and be void and, in such event, the Mortgagee agrees by accepting this Mortgage
to furnish, execute and record, at the expense of the Owner, all such documents
as the Owner may reasonably require to discharge this Mortgage, otherwise to be
and remain in full force and effect.
Section 2.3 Partial Release; No Waiver. If any Rig is sold, transferred,
conveyed or otherwise disposed in accordance with the Revolving Credit
Agreement, such Rig shall be released in writing by the Mortgagee from the lien
of this Mortgage and such release shall not affect the Mortgagee's lien on the
remaining Rigs. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, it is not
intended that any provision of this Mortgage shall waive the preferred status of
this Mortgage and that if any provision or part thereof herein shall be
construed as waiving the preferred status of this Mortgage then such provision
shall to such extent be void and of no effect.
Section 2.4 Owner Liable. The Owner shall remain liable to perform all the
obligations assumed by it in relation to each Rig; and until such time as the
Mortgagee or any Finance Party shall become the owner thereof following
foreclosure, neither the Mortgagee nor any other Finance Party shall be under
any obligation of any kind whatsoever in respect thereof or be under any
liability whatsoever in event of any failure by the Owner to perform its
obligations in respect thereof.
Section 2.5 Recordation under the Ship Mortgage Act. For the purpose of
this Mortgage and its filing and recordation as required by the Ship Mortgage
Act, (i) the total amount of the Secured Indebtedness is $250,000,000.00 of
principal, plus interest, expenses and fees thereon plus the performance of
mortgage covenants; (ii) the interest of the Owner (mortgagor) in the Rigs is
100% and the interest mortgaged to the Mortgagee is 100%; (iii) the respective
addresses of the Owner (mortgagor) and Mortgagee are as set forth on the first
page of this Mortgage; and (iv) subject to the partial release provisions in
Section 2.3 above, the discharge amount of the Mortgage is the same as the total
amount, and upon receipt thereof, the Mortgagee shall release the Rigs from the
lien of this Mortgage. The Mortgagee expressly does not waive the preferred
status of this Mortgage.
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT COVENANTS
Section 3.1 Payment Obligations. The Owner hereby covenants with the
Mortgagee and the other Finance Parties:
(a) to pay and indemnify the Mortgagee and the other Finance Parties
for all such reasonable expenses, claims, liabilities, losses, costs, duties,
fees, charges, or other moneys as are stated in this Mortgage to be payable by
the Owner to or recoverable from the Owner by the Mortgagee and the other
Finance Parties (or in respect of which the Owner agrees in this Mortgage to
indemnify the Mortgagee and the other Finance Parties) at the times and in the
manner specified in this Mortgage;
(b) to pay interest on any such reasonable expenses, claims,
liabilities, losses, costs, duties, fees, charges or other moneys referred to in
Section 3.1(a) from the date on which demand by the Mortgagee or any other
Finance Party is first made to the Owner to reimburse such expenses, claims,
liabilities, losses, costs, duties, fees, charges or other moneys (both before
and after any relevant judgment), at a rate per annum equal at all times to the
Prime Rate (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) plus 2%; and
(c) to pay and perform its obligations which may be or become due or
owing to the Mortgagee or any other Finance Party, as the case may be, under
this Mortgage and the other Finance Documents to which the Owner is or is to be
a party at the times and in the manner specified herein or therein.
ARTICLE IV
PRESERVATION OF SECURITY
Section 4.1 Owner's Covenants Concerning the Security. It is declared and
agreed that:
(a) the security created by this Mortgage shall be held by the
Mortgagee as a continuing security for the payment of the Secured Indebtedness
and that the security so created shall not be satisfied by any intermediate
payment or satisfaction of any part of the Secured Indebtedness;
(b) the security so created shall be in addition to and shall not in
any way be prejudiced or affected by any of the other Finance Documents;
(c) the Mortgagee shall not have to wait for any Finance Party to
enforce any of the other Finance Documents, to the extent it may do so pursuant
to the terms thereof, before enforcing the security created by this Mortgage;
(d) no failure or delay on the part of the Mortgagee in exercising
any right, power or privilege hereunder and no course of dealing between the
Owner and the Mortgagee or any other Finance Party shall operate as a waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or
privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, power or privilege hereunder. The rights and
remedies herein
expressly provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies
which the Mortgagee or any other Finance Party would otherwise have. No notice
to or demand on the Owner in any case shall entitle the Owner to any other or
further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a
waiver of the rights of the Mortgagee or the Finance Parties to any other or
further action in any circumstances without notice or demand; and
(e) any waiver by the Mortgagee of any terms of this Mortgage or any
consent given by the Mortgagee under this Mortgage shall only be effective if
given in writing and then only for the purpose and upon the terms for which it
is given.
Section 4.2 Settlements; No Waiver. Any settlement or discharge under this
Mortgage between the Mortgagee and the Owner shall be conditional upon no
security or payment to the Mortgagee or the Finance Parties or any of them by
the Owner, any Credit Party, or any other Person being avoided or set-aside or
ordered to be refunded or reduced by virtue of any provision or enactment
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, administration or liquidation for the time
being in force and, if such condition is not satisfied, the Mortgagee shall be
entitled to recover from the Owner on demand the value of such security or the
amount of any such payment as if such settlement or discharge had not occurred.
Section 4.3 Mortgagee's Rights Not Affected. The rights of the Mortgagee
under this Mortgage and the security hereby constituted shall not be affected by
any act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this provision, might operate
to impair, affect or discharge such rights and security, in whole or in part,
including without limitation, and whether or not known to or discoverable by the
Owner, any Credit Party, the Mortgagee, any Finance Party or any other Person:
(a) any waiver granted to or composition with the Owner, any Credit
Party, or any other Person; or
(b) the taking, variation, compromise, renewal or release of or
refusal or neglect to perfect or enforce any rights, remedies or securities
against any of the Owner, any Credit Party, or any other Person; or
(c) any legal limitation, disability, incapacity or other
circumstances relating to the Owner, any Credit Party, or any other Person; or
(d) any amendment or supplement to the Revolving Credit Agreement,
any of the other Finance Documents or any other document or security (except
that the Secured Indebtedness shall be defined by reference to the Revolving
Credit Agreement, other Finance Document or other document or security as
amended or supplemented); or
(e) the dissolution, liquidation, amalgamation, reconstruction or
reorganization of any of the Owner, any Credit Party, or any other Person; or
(f) the unenforceability, invalidity or frustration of any
obligations of any of the Owner, any Credit Party, or any other Person under the
Revolving Credit Agreement, any of the other Finance Documents, or any other
document or security.
Section 4.4 Moneys Received by Mortgagee. Until the Secured Indebtedness
has been unconditionally and irrevocably paid in full to the satisfaction of the
Mortgagee and the Commitments have been terminated, any moneys received,
recovered or realized under Article VII relating in whole or in part to the
Secured Indebtedness shall be held in a cash collateral account as security for
the Secured Indebtedness and applied to the Secured Indebtedness in accordance
with Section 32.5 of the Revolving Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 5.1 Owner's Covenants Concerning the Rigs and Other Matters. The
Owner covenants with the Mortgagee and the other Finance Parties that throughout
the Revolving Credit Facility Period the Owner will:
(a) comply with and satisfy all the requirements and formalities
established by the Ship Mortgage Act and any other pertinent legislation of the
United States to perfect this Mortgage as a legal, valid and enforceable first
(subject only to Permitted Liens) and preferred Lien upon the Rigs and promptly
to furnish to the Mortgagee from time to time such proofs as the Mortgagee may
request for its satisfaction with respect to the compliance by the Owner with
the provisions of this subsection (a);
(b) place, and use due diligence to retain, a properly certified
copy of this Mortgage on board each Rig with her papers and cause such certified
copy of this Mortgage to be exhibited to any and all Persons (and to any
representative of the Mortgagee on demand) having business with such Rig which
might give rise to any Lien thereon other than the Lien of this Mortgage,
Permitted Liens, Liens for wages of the crew (including the master of the Rig),
Liens for general average or salvage, Liens for wages of stevedores when
employed directly by a person listed in Section 31341 of the Ship Mortgage Act
and other maritime Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business provided
such other maritime liens are inferior to the Liens created by this Mortgage
(all such Liens herein collectively called "Excepted Liens"); and to place and
keep prominently displayed in the chart room and in the master's cabin of each
Rig a framed printed notice in plain type in English of such size that the
paragraph of reading matter shall cover a space not less than 6 inches wide and
9 inches high reading as follows:
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE
This Rig is covered by a First Preferred Fleet Mortgage
to Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, as Collateral Agent
and Mortgagee for the benefit of the Finance Parties
referred to in the said Mortgage under authority of the
United States Ship Mortgage Act, as amended and
recodified as 46 U.S.C. Section 31301 et seq. Under the
terms of the said Mortgage neither the Owner nor any
charterer nor the master of this Rig nor any other
Person has any right, power or authority to create,
incur or permit to be imposed upon this Rig any lien
whatsoever other than for crew's wages and salvage and
other Excepted Liens (as that term is defined in said
Mortgage);
(c) at its sole cost and expense and at no cost to the Mortgagee,
cause this Mortgage to be duly filed with the U.S. Coast Guard National Vessel
Documentation Center in accordance with the provisions of 46 U.S.C.Section31321,
on the date hereof and subsequently duly recorded, and will otherwise comply
with and satisfy all the applicable provisions of the U.S. Code, Title 46, Ch.
301 and Ch. 313, as amended, in order to establish, record and maintain this
Mortgage as a first preferred mortgage thereunder upon the Rigs; and
(d) do all such other acts and execute all such instruments, deeds,
conveyances, mortgages and assurances as the Mortgagee shall reasonably require
in order to subject the Rigs to the lien of this Mortgage as aforesaid.
Section 5.2 Representations and Warranties. The Owner hereby represents
and warrants to the Mortgagee and covenants with the Mortgagee that:
(a) The Owner is a "citizen" of the United States of America as
defined in 46 U.S.C. Section 802, as amended, duly qualified to engage in the
United States coastwise trade and foreign commerce of the United States, and
shall remain such a citizen during the life of this Mortgage.
(b) The Owner lawfully owns and is lawfully possessed of the whole
(100%) of each of the Rigs free from any Lien whatsoever other than the lien of
this Mortgage and Excepted Liens, and the Owner will warrant and defend the
title to, and possession of, each of the Rigs and every part thereof for the
benefit of the Mortgagee, against the claims and demands of all persons
whomsoever.
(c) Except for Excepted Liens, prior to and as of the date of this
Mortgage, the Owner is not aware of any maritime Liens, prior mortgages or other
obligations or liability on the Rig. The Mortgagee acknowledges that is has
received written notice complying with the disclosure requirements of Section
31323 of the Ship Mortgage Act.
ARTICLE VI
PROTECTION OF SECURITY
Section 6.1 Mortgagee's Rights. The Mortgagee shall without prejudice to
its other rights and powers under this Mortgage and the other Finance Documents
be entitled (but not bound) at any time and as often as may be reasonably
necessary to take any such action as it may in the reasonable exercise of its
discretion think fit for the purpose of protecting or maintaining the security
created by this Mortgage and the other Finance Documents (including, without
limitation, any actions entitled under the Revolving Credit Agreement) and all
reasonable expenses, liabilities, or losses (including, without limitation,
reasonable legal fees) so incurred by the Mortgagee and the other Secured
Parties in or about the protection or maintenance of the said security together
with interest payable thereon according to Section 3.1(b) shall be repayable to
it by the Owner on demand; provided that if no Event of Default exists, the
Mortgagee shall give the Owner written notice and opportunity to take such
action on the Mortgagee's behalf prior to taking any such action; provided
further, however, to the extent this Mortgage states that the Mortgagee may take
any action during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default
(including, without limitation, under Article VII hereof), the Mortgagee shall
not be entitled to take such action unless an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing.
ARTICLE VII
ENFORCEABILITY AND MORTGAGEE'S POWERS
Section 7.1 Events of Default. During the continuance of any of the Events
of Default specified in the Revolving Credit Agreement but without the necessity
for any court order or declaration in any jurisdiction to the effect that an
Event of Default has occurred, the security constituted by this Mortgage shall
become immediately enforceable and the Mortgagee shall be entitled, as and when
it may see fit, to put into force and exercise all or any of the powers
possessed by it as mortgagee of the Rigs or otherwise and in particular:
(a) to exercise all the rights and remedies in foreclosure and
otherwise given to mortgagees by applicable law including the provisions of the
Ship Mortgage Act or any other applicable law including the laws of any other
applicable jurisdiction;
(b) to take possession of the Rigs or any of them whether actually
or constructively and/or otherwise to take control of such Rigs wherever located
and cause the Owner or any other Person in possession of the Rigs forthwith upon
demand to surrender the same to the Mortgagee without legal process and without
liability of the Mortgagee for any losses or damages incurred thereby and
without having to render accounts to the Owner in connection therewith;
(c) to require that all policies, contracts, certificates of entry
and other records relating to the Insurance Policies (including details of and
correspondence concerning outstanding claims) be forthwith delivered to or to
the order of the Mortgagee;
(d) to collect, recover, compromise and give a good discharge for
any and all moneys or claims for moneys then outstanding or thereafter arising
under the Insurance Policies or any Requisition Compensation and to permit any
brokers through whom collection or recovery is effected to charge the usual
brokerage therefor;
(e) to take over or institute (if necessary using the name of the
Owner) all such proceedings in connection with any Rig, the Insurance Policies,
or any Requisition Compensation as the Mortgagee thinks reasonably necessary and
to discharge, compound, release or compromise claims against the Owner in
respect of any Rig which have given or may give rise to any charge or Lien on
such Rig or which are or may be enforceable by proceedings against such Rig;
(f) following acceleration of the Revolving Credit Agreement, to
sell any Rig or any share therein, upon advance notice of ten (10) consecutive
days published in any newspaper authorized to publish legal notices of that kind
in the hailing port and the places of sale of the Rigs and by sending notice of
such sale at least fourteen (14) days prior to the date fixed for such sale to
the Owner, and each other Person entitled to notice under applicable Legal
Requirements, free from any claim of or by the Owner of any nature whatsoever,
and with or (subject to the rights of third parties under applicable law)
without the benefit of any charter party or other contract for her employment,
by public auction or private contract at such place
and upon such commercially reasonable terms (including, without limitation, on
terms such that payment of some or all of the purchase price be deferred) as the
Mortgagee in its absolute discretion may determine with power to postpone any
such sale, without being answerable for any loss occasioned by such sale or
resulting from postponement thereof, except in the case of gross negligence or
willful misconduct, and/or itself to purchase such Rig at any such public
auction and to set off the purchase price against all or any part of the Secured
Indebtedness in the manner specified in Clause 32.5 of the Revolving Credit
Agreement; provided, however that in the event any such Rig shall be offered for
sale by private sale, no newspaper publication of notice shall be required, nor
notice of adjournment of sale;
(g) subject to the rights of any charter, to manage, insure,
maintain and repair any Rig and to charter, employ, sail or lay up any Rig in
such manner, upon such terms and for such period as the Mortgagee deems
reasonably expedient; and for the purposes aforesaid the Mortgagee shall be
entitled to do all acts and things reasonably incidental or conducive thereto
and in particular to enter into such arrangements respecting such Rig, and the
insurance, management, maintenance, repair, classification, chartering and
employment of such Rig, in all respects as if the Mortgagee were the owner of
such Rig and without being responsible for any loss thereby incurred;
(h) to recover from the Owner on demand any liabilities, losses and
reasonable expenses as may be incurred by the Mortgagee in or about the exercise
of the power vested in the Mortgagee under Section 7.1(g);
(i) generally and in addition, but not in lieu of any of the above
rights, to recover from the Owner on demand any liabilities, losses and
reasonable expenses incurred by the Mortgagee in or about or incidental to the
exercise by it of any of the powers aforesaid; and
(j) generally, take any other action or exercise any other right
permitted by applicable law.
Section 7.2 Sufficiency of Payments Received. The Mortgagee shall not be
obliged to make any enquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment
received by it under this Mortgage or to make any claim, take any action or
enforce any rights and benefits assigned to the Mortgagee by this Mortgage or to
which the Mortgagee may at any time be entitled hereunder.
Section 7.3 Mortgagee, Secured Parties Not Liable. Neither the Mortgagee,
the Finance Parties, nor any of their agents, managers, officers, employees,
delegates and advisers shall be liable for any expense, claim, liability, loss,
cost, damage or expense incurred or arising in connection with the exercise or
purported exercise of any rights, powers and discretions under this Mortgage in
the absence of its, his, or her gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
Section 7.4 No Mortgagee-in-Possession. To the fullest extent permitted by
law, the Mortgagee shall not by reason of the taking possession of any Rig be
liable to account as mortgagee-in-possession or for anything except actual
receipts or be liable for any loss upon realization or for any default or
omission for which a mortgagee-in-possession might be liable.
Section 7.5 Purchaser's Rights on Sale. Upon any sale of any Rig or any
share therein by the Mortgagee, the purchaser shall not be bound to see or
inquire whether the Mortgagee's
power of sale has arisen in the manner provided in this Mortgage and the sale
shall be deemed to be within the power of the Mortgagee and the receipt of the
Mortgagee for the purchase money shall effectively discharge the purchaser who
shall not be concerned with the manner of application of the proceeds of sale or
be in any way answerable therefor.
Section 7.6 Divestiture of Owner's Rights. A sale of any Rig made in
pursuance of this Mortgage, whether under the power of sale hereby granted or
any judicial proceedings, shall operate to divest all right, title and interest
of any nature whatsoever of the Owner therein and thereto, and shall bar the
Owner, its successors and assigns, and all Persons claiming by, through or under
them. No purchaser shall be bound to inquire whether notice has been given or
whether any default has occurred, or as to the propriety of the sale, or as to
application of the proceeds thereof.
ARTICLE VIII
FURTHER ASSURANCES
Section 8.1 Perfection and Preservation of the Collateral. The Owner shall
execute and do all such assurances, acts and things as the Mortgagee may
reasonably require for:
(a) perfecting or protecting the security created (or intended to be
created) by this Mortgage; or
(b) preserving or protecting any of the rights of the Mortgagee and
the other Finance Parties under this Mortgage; or
(c) ensuring that the security constituted by this Mortgage and the
covenants and obligations of the Owner under this Mortgage shall inure to the
benefit of any transferee, successor or assignee of the Mortgagee as is referred
to in Section 12.1; or
(d) enforcing the security constituted by this Mortgage on or at any
time after the same shall have become enforceable; or
(e) the exercise of any power, authority or discretion vested in the
Mortgagee under this Mortgage,
in any such case, forthwith upon demand by the Mortgagee and at the expense of
the Owner; provided, however, that, to the extent this Mortgage states that the
Mortgagee may direct the Owner to take an action during the occurrence and
continuance of an Event of Default (including, without limitation, under Section
7 hereof), the Mortgagee shall not be entitled to request the Owner to take such
action unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
ARTICLE IX
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Section 9.1 Owner's Attorney. The Owner, by way of security and in order
to more fully secure the performance of the Owner's obligations under this
Mortgage, hereby irrevocably
appoints the Mortgagee as its attorney for the duration of the Revolving Credit
Facility Period for the purposes of:
(a) doing in its name all acts and executing, signing and (if
required) registering in its name all documents which the Owner itself could do,
execute, sign or register in relation to any Rig (including without limitation,
transferring title to such Rig to a third party);
(b) executing, signing, perfecting, doing and (if required)
registering every such further assurance document, act, or thing as is referred
to in Section 8.1; and
(c) demanding, collecting, receiving, compromising, and suing for
all freights, hires, earnings, issues, revenues and income of any Rig; provided,
however, that such powers shall not be exercisable by or on behalf of the
Mortgagee unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (and,
in the case exercised with respect to an action contemplated by Section 7.1(f),
unless the Loans shall have been accelerated).
Section 9.2 Third Parties. The exercise of such power as is referred to in
Section 9.1(a) by or on behalf of the Mortgagee shall not put any Person dealing
with the Mortgagee upon any enquiry as to whether this Mortgage has become
enforceable nor shall such Person be in any way affected by notice that this
Mortgage has not become enforceable and, in relation to Sections 9.1(a), 9.1(b)
and 9.1(c), the exercise by the Mortgagee of such power shall be conclusive
evidence as against third parties of its right to exercise the same.
ARTICLE X
EXPENSES AND INDEMNITIES
Section 10.1 Mortgage Preparation. The Owner agrees to pay all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Mortgagee in connection with the
negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Mortgage and any
amendment, waiver, release or consent relating thereto (including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and any valuation
fees) and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, each of the Mortgagee and the Finance Parties in connection with the
enforcement of this Mortgage (including, without limitation, the actual
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Mortgagee and the Finance
Parties).
Section 10.2 Owner's Indemnity. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING SECTION
10.1, THE OWNER HEREBY FURTHER INDEMNIFIES THE MORTGAGEE, EACH OTHER FINANCE
PARTY, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND
AGENTS FROM AND HOLDS HARMLESS AND AGREES TO DEFEND EACH OF THEM AGAINST ANY AND
ALL LOSSES, LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, OR REASONABLE EXPENSES
INCURRED BY ANY OF THEM, AS A RESULT OF, OR ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY
RELATED TO, OR BY REASON OF, (A) ANY INVESTIGATION, LITIGATION OR OTHER
PROCEEDING (WHETHER OR NOT THE MORTGAGEE IS A PARTY THERETO) RELATED TO THE
ENTERING INTO AND/OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS MORTGAGE HEREUNDER OR THE CONSUMMATION
OF ANY TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, WHETHER INITIATED BY THE OWNER OR ANY
OTHER PERSON, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ACTUAL REASONABLE FEES AND
DISBURSEMENTS OF COUNSEL INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH INVESTIGATION,
LITIGATION OR OTHER PROCEEDING OR (B) ANY PERSONAL INJURY TO OR DEATH OF OR ANY
LOSS OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OF ANY PERSON OR (C) THE ACTUAL OR ALLEGED PRESENCE
OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN THE AIR, SURFACE WATER, GROUNDWATER, SURFACE OR
SUBSURFACE OF ANY RIG, FACILITY OR LOCATION AT ANY TIME OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE
OWNER OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, THE GENERATION, STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION OR
DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AT ANY RIG, FACILITY OR LOCATION AT ANY TIME
OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE OWNER OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, THE NON-COMPLIANCE OF
ANY RIG, FACILITY OR LOCATION AT ANY TIME OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE OWNER OR ANY
OF ITS AFFILIATES WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND
ORDINANCES (INCLUDING APPLICABLE PERMITS THEREUNDER) APPLICABLE TO ANY SUCH RIG,
FACILITY OR LOCATION, OR ANY VIOLATION OR ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ANY ENVIRONMENTAL
LAWS ASSERTED AGAINST THE OWNER, ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY RIG, FACILITY OR
LOCATION AT ANY TIME OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE OWNER OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES,
INCLUDING, IN EACH CASE, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ACTUAL REASONABLE FEES AND
DISBURSEMENTS OF COUNSEL AND OTHER CONSULTANTS INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY
SUCH INVESTIGATION, LITIGATION OR OTHER PROCEEDING. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
UNDERTAKING TO INDEMNIFY, PAY OR HOLD HARMLESS AND DEFEND THE MORTGAGEE SET
FORTH IN THIS SECTION 10.2 MAY BE UNENFORCEABLE BECAUSE IT IS VIOLATIVE OF ANY
LAW OR PUBLIC POLICY, THE OWNER SHALL MAKE THE MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION TO THE
PAYMENT AND SATISFACTION OF EACH OF THE INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES WHICH IS
PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. SUCH OBLIGATION TO INDEMNIFY, HOLD HARMLESS
AND DEFEND THE MORTGAGEE AND OTHER PERSONS SET OUT ABOVE SHALL APPLY
IRRESPECTIVE OF THE NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY OF THE MORTGAGEE OR ANY OTHER
INDEMNIFIED PERSON, UNLESS SUCH LOSS OR INJURY ARISES DIRECTLY OUT OF THE GROSS
NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF MORTGAGEE OR SUCH OTHER INDEMNIFIED PERSON.
Section 10.3 Payment Currency. If, under any applicable law or regulation,
and whether pursuant to a judgment being made or registered against the Owner or
the liquidation of the Owner or for any other reason, any payment under or in
connection with this Mortgage is made in a currency (the "Payment Currency")
other than the currency in which such payment is due under or in connection with
this Mortgage (the "Contractual Currency"), then to the extent that the amount
of such payment actually received by the Mortgagee, when converted into the
Contractual Currency at the rate of exchange, (a) falls short of the amount due
under or in connection with this Mortgage, the Owner, as a separate and
independent obligation, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Mortgagee against
the amount of such shortfall or (b) exceeds the amount due under or in
connection with this Mortgage, the Mortgagee shall reimburse the Owner the
excess. For the purposes of this Section 10.3, "rate of exchange" means the rate
at which the Mortgagee is able on the date of such payment (or, if it is not
practicable for the Mortgagee to purchase the contractual currency with the
Payment Currency on the date of such payment, at the rate of exchange as soon
afterwards as is practicable for the Mortgagee to do so) to purchase the
Contractual Currency with the Payment Currency and shall take into account any
premium and other costs of exchange with respect thereto.
ARTICLE XI
COMMUNICATIONS
Section 11.1 Notices. All notices required to be given to the Mortgagee
shall be made to the following address:
Credit Lyonnais New York Branch
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx - Syndications
Telecopier: 000-000-0000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
All other notices shall be made to the addresses given in Clause 34 of the
Revolving Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE XII
ASSIGNMENTS
Section 12.1 Assignees. This Mortgage shall be binding upon and shall
inure to the benefit of the Owner, the Mortgagee and the Finance Parties and
their respective transferees, successors and permitted assigns, and references
in this Mortgage to any of them shall be construed accordingly.
Section 12.2 No Assignment by Owner. Except as permitted by the Revolving
Credit Agreement, the Owner may not assign or transfer any of the Rigs or its
rights and/or obligations under this Mortgage.
ARTICLE XIII
WAIVER; AMENDMENT
Section 13.1 No Waiver. None of the terms and conditions of this Mortgage
may be changed, waived, modified or varied in any manner whatsoever unless in
writing duly signed by the Owner and the Mortgagee (with the consent of either
the Required Revolving Lenders or, to the extent required by Clause 38 of the
Revolving Credit Agreement, all of the Revolving Lenders).
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.1 Governing Law. This Mortgage shall be governed by the federal
maritime laws of the United States of America and to the extent necessary by the
laws of the State of New York.
Section 14.2 No Invalidity, Etc. If at any time any one or more of the
provisions in this Mortgage is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any respect under any law or
regulation, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Mortgage shall not be in any way affected or impaired
thereby.
Section 14.3 Delegation of Powers. The Mortgagee, at any time and from
time to time, may delegate by power of attorney or in any other manner to any
Person or Persons all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions which
are for the time being exercisable by the Mortgagee under this Mortgage in
relation to the Rigs. Any such delegation may be made upon such terms and
subject to such regulations as the Mortgagee may think fit. The Mortgagee shall
not be in any way liable or responsible to the Owner for any loss or damage
arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct on the part of any such
delegate (other than gross negligence or willful misconduct); provided such
delegation has been made in good faith.
Section 14.4 Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number
of counterparts, and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed
to be an original.
Section 14.5 Mortgagee. For purposes of the Ship Mortgage Act, the
"mortgagee" under this Mortgage is Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, in its
capacity as Collateral Agent.
ARTICLE XV
JURISDICTION
Section 15.1 New York. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this
Mortgage may be brought in the courts of the United States or State of New York
sitting in New York City in the Borough of Manhattan and the Owner hereby
accepts for itself and its property, generally and unconditionally, the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of such court. The Owner further irrevocably consents
to the service of process out of such court in any such action or proceeding in
the manner provided for in the Revolving Credit Agreement. Nothing herein shall
affect the right of the Mortgagee to serve process in any other manner permitted
by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Owner
in any other jurisdiction.
Section 15.2 Power to Seize Rig or Take Action. Without prejudice to the
generality of Section 15.1, the Mortgagee shall have the right to arrest and
take action against any Rig or the Owner at whatever place such Rig or the Owner
shall be found and for the purpose of any action which the Mortgagee may bring
before the courts of such jurisdiction or other judicial authority and for the
purpose of any action which the Mortgagee may bring against such Rig, any writ,
notice, judgment or other legal process or documents may (without prejudice to
any other method of service under applicable law) be served upon the master of
such Rig (or upon anyone acting as the master) and such service shall be deemed
good service on the Owner for all purposes.
IN WITNESS whereof the Owner has caused this Mortgage to be executed the
day and year first before written.
[OWNER]
By:__________________________________
Name:________________________________
Title:_______________________________
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MORTGAGE
STATE OF TEXAS }
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COUNTY OF XXXXXX }
On this 20th day of June, 2002 before me personally appeared
______________________________ to me known who being by me duly sworn did depose
and say that he is the ______________________________, of [Owner], the company
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; and that he signed his
name thereto pursuant to authority granted to him by the __________________ of
said company; and that said instrument is the act and deed of the company.
And the said ___________________________ did further produce to me
sufficient proof that he is the __________________________ of said company and
that he was duly authorized by the said company to execute the foregoing
mortgage, and I the notary hereby certify that the signature of the said
______________________ on the foregoing mortgage is authentic.
_____________________________________
Notary Public
EXHIBIT A
Official
Rig Name Owner Flag Number
-------- ----- ---- ------
EXHIBIT B
List of Revolving Lenders
Credit Lyonnais New York Branch
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Credit Industriel et Commercial
0, xxx Xxxxxxx
00 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx 00
Xxxxxx
Banque de l'Economie, du Commerce et de la Monetique
00, xxx xx Xxxxxx
00 000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Natexis Banques Populaires
00 xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
00000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Nordea Bank Finland Plc, New York Branch
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
DVB Group, DVB NedshipBank
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 - 1021
SCHEDULE 11
FORM OF SECURITY AGREEMENT
This Security Agreement dated as of June 20, 2002 ("Security
Agreement") is between _______________________________, a __________________
(the "Debtor"), and Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, as collateral agent
("Collateral Agent") for the Finance Parties (as defined below).
INTRODUCTION
A. Pride Offshore, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"),
has entered into a Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June 20, 2002 (as
amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the "Revolving
Credit Agreement", the defined terms of which are used in this Security
Agreement unless otherwise defined herein) together with the lenders party
thereto (the "Revolving Lenders"), and Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, as
administrative agent ("Administrative Agent") for the Revolving Lenders,
providing for the making of Loans by the Revolving Lenders and the Swingline
Lender, and the issuance of Letters of Credit by the Issuing Banks.
B. The Debtor has guaranteed the Borrower's obligations owing to
the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents pursuant to Clause 21 of the
Revolving Credit Agreement (the "Guaranty").](1)
C. Under the Credit Agreement, it is required that the Debtor
shall secure its obligations under the [Finance Documents][Guaranty] by entering
into this Security Agreement.
Therefore, the Debtor hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent for its
benefit and the benefit of the other Finance Parties as follows:
Section 1. Definitions.
Any terms used in this Security Agreement that are defined in the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of New York
("UCC") shall have the meanings assigned to those terms by the UCC as of the
date of this Security Agreement, unless otherwise defined in this Security
Agreement.
Section 2. Security Interest.
2.1 Grant of Security Interest. The Debtor hereby grants to the
Collateral Agent for its benefit and the ratable benefit of the Finance Parties
a security interest in the Collateral (as defined in Section 2.2 below) to
secure the performance and payment of (a) the Obligations of the Debtor now and
hereafter existing under the Revolving Credit Agreement, and any other
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(1) To be inserted in Security Agreements executed by Material Subsidiaries
of the Borrower.
Finance Documents, whether for principal, Reimbursement Obligations, interest,
fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise (all such obligations being the
"Secured Obligations").
2.2 Collateral. "Collateral" shall mean all of Debtor's right,
title, and interest in the following, whether now owned or hereafter created or
acquired or arising:
(a) Earnings. (i) (A) All rent, charterhire, day rates and
fees and other moneys and rights and claims to moneys payable to the Debtor
arising from, the Mortgaged Revolving Credit Facility Rigs listed on Schedule
2.2 attached hereto (the "Debtor Rigs"); (B) all rights of the Debtor to payment
under, and any moneys whatsoever payable to the Debtor under, any bareboat or
time charter, drilling contract, or other contract for the use or employment of
the Debtor Rigs, and all other rights and benefits whatsoever accruing to the
Debtor thereunder, including (but without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing) all claims for damages for any breach by any charterer or other party
thereto of such bareboat or time charter, drilling contract, or other contract
for the use or employment of the Debtor Rigs; and (C) all freights, passage
moneys, hire moneys, compensation payable to the Debtor in the event of the
requisition of any Debtor Rig for hire, remuneration for salvage and towage
services, demurrage and detention moneys, and any other earnings whatsoever due
or to become due to the Debtor and all insurance proceeds payable to the Debtor
with respect to any third party liability for any loss of or damage to all or
any part of any Debtor Rig and (ii) all moneys or other compensation payable by
reason of requisition of title or for hire or other compulsory acquisition of
any Debtor Rig or its capture, seizure, arrest, detention or confiscation by any
Governmental Authority or Persons acting on behalf of any Governmental Authority
("Earnings");
(b) Insurance Policies. (i) All insurances (including, without
limitation, all certificates of entry in protection and indemnity and war risks
associations or clubs) in respect of the Debtor Rigs and all renewals of and
replacements for the same, (ii) all claims, returns of premium and other moneys
due and to become due under or in respect of said insurances and (iii) all other
rights of the Debtor under or in respect of said insurances; and
(c) Proceeds. Any proceeds of any of the foregoing Collateral,
2.3 Debtor Remains Liable. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding: (a) the Debtor shall remain liable under any contracts and
agreements included in the Collateral to the extent set forth therein to perform
its obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been
executed; (b) as between the Debtor and the Collateral Agent, the exercise by
the Collateral Agent of any rights hereunder shall not release the Debtor from
any obligations under any contracts and agreement included in the Collateral;
and (c) Collateral Agent shall not have any obligation under any contracts and
agreements included in the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall
Collateral Agent be obligated to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of
the Debtor thereunder, including any obligation to make any inquiry as to the
nature or sufficiency of any payment the Debtor may be entitled to receive
thereunder, to present or file any claim, or to take any action to collect or
enforce any claim for payment thereunder.
Section 3. Representations and Warranties. The Debtor hereby represents and
warrants the following to the Collateral Agent and the Finance Parties:
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3.1 Debtor's Name. The true and correct name of the Debtor, is the
name of the Debtor as listed on the signature pages to this Security Agreement
or as most recently notified to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 4.5
hereof.
3.2 Lien Priority and Perfection. The security interest in the
Collateral created pursuant to this Security Agreement creates a valid and
binding security interest in the Collateral, securing the performance and
payment of the Secured Obligations, and such security interests will be
perfected first priority security interests upon the filing of appropriate
financing statements naming the Debtor as debtor and Collateral Agent as
collateral agent in the jurisdictions set forth on the attached Schedule 3.2, or
as otherwise notified to the Collateral Agent, to the extent such interest may
be perfected under the UCC.
Section 4. Debtors' Covenants.
4.1 Further Assurances. The Debtor agrees that at any time, at the
Debtor's expense, the Debtor shall promptly execute and deliver all further
instruments and documents and take all further action that may be necessary and
that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to perfect and protect
any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the
Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with
respect to any Collateral, provided, however, that, to the extent this Agreement
states that the Collateral Agent may direct the Debtor to take an action during
the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default (including, without
limitation, under Section 5 hereof), the Collateral Agent shall not be entitled
to request the Debtor to take such action unless an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
each Debtor will at the Collateral Agent's request (a) deliver and pledge to the
Collateral Agent duly indorsed or accompanied by duly executed instruments of
transfer or assignment, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent any instrument, document or chattel paper representing any
Earnings or right to receive Earnings or arising as a result of the disposition
of any Collateral, and (b) execute and file such financing or continuation
statements, or amendments thereto, and such other instruments or notices as may
be reasonably necessary, and as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in
order to perfect and preserve the security interests granted or purported to be
granted hereby. The Debtor shall furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to
time any statements and schedules further identifying and describing the
Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request.
4.2 Insurance. Upon the request of the Collateral Agent, after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Debtor shall
execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent any additional assignments and other
documents as may be necessary or desirable to enable the Collateral Agent to
directly collect any insurance proceeds.
4.3 Transfer of Collateral; Release of Security Interest. The
Debtor shall not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise), or otherwise
dispose of any of the Collateral, except as permitted by the Revolving Credit
Agreement (including, without limitation but for the avoidance of doubt, by
merger permitted under the Term Loan Agreement). The Collateral Agent shall
promptly, at the Debtor's expense, execute and deliver all further instruments
and documents, and take all further action that the Debtor may reasonably
request in order to release
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(for itself and on behalf of the other Term Secured Lenders) its security
interest in (a) any Collateral which is disposed of in accordance with the terms
of the Revolving Credit Agreement or (b) any Collateral the release of which is
contemplated by the Term Loan Agreement or this Security Agreement (including,
without limitation, in the case of termination of this Security Agreement
according to Section 7.4 hereof).
4.4 Change of Name, State of Incorporation. The Debtor will notify
the Collateral Agent in writing 15 days prior to any change in
the Debtor's name or jurisdiction of formation.
Section 5. Remedies. If any Event of Default shall have occurred and remain
uncured:
5.1 UCC Remedies. To the extent permitted by law, the Collateral
Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and
remedies provided for in this Security Agreement or otherwise available to it,
all the rights and remedies of a collateral agent under the UCC (whether or not
the UCC applies to the affected Collateral).
5.2 Assembly of Collateral. The Collateral Agent may require the
Debtor to, at the Debtor's expense, promptly assemble all or part of the
Collateral and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place to be
designated by the Collateral Agent which is reasonably convenient to all
parties. The Collateral Agent may occupy any premises owned or leased by the
Debtor where the Collateral or any part thereof is assembled for a reasonable
period in order to effectuate its rights and remedies hereunder or under law,
without obligation to the Debtor in respect of such occupation. The Collateral
Agent shall have no obligation to take any action to assemble or otherwise take
control of the Collateral, whether for the purposes of sale or otherwise.
5.3 Sale of Collateral. Upon at least ten Business Days prior
written notice to the Debtor of the time and place of any proposed sale or other
disposition, the Collateral Agent may sell all or part of the Collateral at a
public or private sale, at any of the Collateral Agent's offices or elsewhere,
for cash, on credit, or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as the
Collateral Agent deems commercially reasonable. The Collateral Agent shall not
be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having
been given. The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from
time-to-time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale
may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so
adjourned in such announcement.
5.4 Earnings. The Collateral Agent may, or may direct any Debtor
to, take any action the Collateral Agent deems necessary or advisable to enforce
collection of the Earnings including, without limitation, notifying the
corresponding account debtors or obligors of the assignment of such Earnings to
the Collateral Agent and directing such account debtors or obligors to make
payment of all amounts due or to become due directly to the Collateral Agent.
Upon such notification and direction, and at the expense of the Debtor, the
Collateral Agent may enforce collection of any such Earnings, and adjust,
settle, or compromise the amount or payment thereof in the same manner and to
the same extent as the Debtor might have done. After receipt by the Debtor of
notice that the Collateral Agent has so notified and directed an account debtor
or obligor all amounts and proceeds (including instruments) received by the
Debtor in respect of the corresponding Earnings shall be received in trust for
the benefit of the
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Collateral Agent hereunder, shall be segregated from other funds of the Debtor,
and shall promptly be paid over to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so
received (with any necessary endorsement) to be held as Collateral. The Debtor
shall not adjust, settle, or compromise the amount or payment of any receivable,
or release wholly or partly any account debtor or obligor thereof, or allow any
credit or discount thereon.
5.5 Application of Collateral. The proceeds of any sale, or other
realization upon all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied by the
Collateral Agent in order set forth in Clause 32.5 of the Revolving Credit
Agreement.
Section 6. Collateral Agent as Attorney-in-Fact for Debtor.
6.1 Attorney-In-Fact. The Debtor hereby irrevocably appoints the
Collateral Agent as the Debtor's attorney-in-fact, with full authority to, if an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (a) act for the Debtor
and in the name of the Debtor to, in the Collateral Agent's discretion if an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, file one or more
financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relative to all or
any part of the Collateral without the signature of the Debtor where permitted
by law, (b) receive, endorse, and collect any drafts or other instruments,
documents, and chattel paper which are part of the Collateral, and (c) ask,
demand, collect, xxx for, recover, compromise, receive, and give acquittance and
receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect of any of the
Collateral and (d) file any claims or take any action or institute any
proceedings which the Collateral Agent may reasonably deem necessary or
desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral or otherwise to enforce
the rights of the Collateral Agent with respect to any of the Collateral.
The power of attorney granted hereby is coupled with an interest and is
irrevocable.
6.2 Collateral Agent Performance. If the Debtor fails to perform
any covenant contained herein, the Collateral Agent may itself perform, or cause
performance of, such covenant, and the Debtor shall pay for the expenses of the
Collateral Agent incurred in connection therewith in accordance with Section
7.1, provided that if no Event of Default exists, the Collateral Agent shall
give the Debtor written notice and opportunity to perform prior to itself
performing or causing to perform.
6.3 Collateral Agent's Duties. The powers conferred on the
Collateral Agent under this Security Agreement are solely to protect its
interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any
such powers. Except for the reasonable care of any Collateral in its possession
and the accounting for monies or other property actually received by it
hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral or as to
the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or
any other rights pertaining to any Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall be
deemed to have exercised reasonable care as to the custody and preservation of
the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment
substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property,
provided that the Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility for taking any
necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties with respect to any
Collateral.
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Section 7. Miscellaneous.
7.1 Expenses. The Debtor shall upon demand pay to the Collateral
Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the other Finance Parties the amount
without duplication of any reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees
and disbursements of its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the
Collateral Agent and the other Finance Parties may incur in connection with (a)
the custody, preservation, use, or operation of, or the sale, collection, or
other realization of, any of the Collateral, (b) the exercise or enforcement of
any of the rights of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party hereunder, and
(c) the failure by the Debtor to perform or observe any of the provisions
hereof.
7.2 Amendments; Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of
this Security Agreement nor consent to any departure by the Debtor from the
terms of this Security Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in
writing and authenticated by the Debtor, the Collateral Agent, and either, as
required by the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Required Revolving Lenders or
all the Revolving Lenders, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
7.3 Addresses for Notices. All notices and other communications
provided for hereunder shall be made as provided in the Revolving Credit
Agreement. All such notices and other communications shall be effective as
provided in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
7.4 Continuing Security Interest; Transfer of Interest. Unless
earlier terminated according to Section 4.3 hereof, this Security Agreement
shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (a)
remain in full force and effect until indefeasible payment in full and
termination of the Secured Obligations, (b) be binding upon the Debtor, the
Collateral Agent, the Finance Parties and their respective successors, and
assigns, and (c) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Collateral
Agent hereunder, to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Collateral Agent,
the Finance Parties, and their respective successors, transferees, and assigns.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause, when any Secured Party
assigns or otherwise transfers any interest held by it under the Revolving
Credit Agreement or other Credit Document to any other Person pursuant to the
terms of the Revolving Credit Agreement or other Credit Document, that other
Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits held by such Secured
Party under this Security Agreement. Upon the indefeasible payment in full and
termination of the Secured Obligations, the security interest granted hereby
shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Debtor to
the extent such Collateral shall not have been sold or otherwise applied
pursuant to the terms hereof.
7.5 Choice of Law. This Security Agreement shall be governed by
and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
except to the extent that the validity or perfection of the security interests
hereunder, or remedies hereunder, in respect of any particular Collateral are
governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York.
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The parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
DEBTOR:
[DEBTOR]
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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COLLATERAL AGENT:
CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Collateral Agent
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SCHEDULE 2.2
Debtor Rigs
SCHEDULE 3.2
List of UCC Filing Jurisdictions
SCHEDULE 22.17
INITIAL MORTGAGED REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY RIGS
RIG REGISTERED OWNER FLAG OFFICIAL OR PATENT HOME PORT CLASS LOCATION OPERATING
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NUMBER STATUS
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Pride Alabama Pride Offshore, Inc. US 648034 Houma yes GOM stacked
Pride Alaska Pride Offshore, Inc. US 649720 Houma yes GOM stacked
Pride Arkansas Pride Offshore, Inc. US 626102 Houma yes GOM stacked
Pride California Pride Offshore, Inc. Xxxxxx 00000-XXXX-0 Xxxxxx City yes GOM stacked
Pride Colorado Pride Offshore, Inc. US 646539 Houma yes GOM stacked
Pride Kansas Pride Offshore, Inc. Xxxxxx 00000-XXXX-0 Xxxxxx City yes GOM operating
Pride Louisiana Mexico Drilling Limited Panama 9920-PEXT-6 Panama City yes GOM (Mexico) operating
LLC
Pride Mississippi Pride Offshore, Inc. US 636406 Houma yes GOM stacked
Pride Nevada Mexico Drilling Limited Vanuatu 921 Port Vila yes GOM (Mexico) operating
LLC
Pride New Mexico Pride Offshore, Inc. US 643364 Houma yes GOM operating
Pride North Dakota Pride Offshore US 636379 Houston yes GOM operating
International LLC
Pride Rotterdam Pride Offshore Vanuatu 1127 Port Vila yes N. Sea operating
International LLC
Pride South Carolina Mexico Drilling Limited Vanuatu 1225 Port Vila yes GOM (Mexico) operating
LLC
Pride South Pacific Pride South Pacific LLC Panama 6346-PEXT-11 Panama City yes W. Africa stacked
Pride Tennessee Pride Offshore US 640126 Houston yes GOM stacked
International LLC
Pride Texas Pride Offshore, Inc. Xxxxxx 00000-XXXX-0 Xxxxxx City yes GOM operating
Pride Utah Pride Offshore, Inc. Xxxxxx 00000-XXXX-0 Xxxxxx City yes GOM stacked
Pride West Virginia Pride Offshore US 651994 Houston yes GOM operating
International LLC
Pride Wyoming Pride Offshore, Inc. Xxxxxx 00000-XXXX-0 Xxxxxx City yes GOM stacked
