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EXHIBIT 4.1
NOBLE DRILLING (XXXX XXXXXX) INC.
$95,412,500 Senior Secured Notes -- Series A
$16,837,500 Senior Secured Notes -- Series B
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NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(Banner Receivables Corporation)
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Dated as of September 24, 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES...................................................................................1
2. SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES...............................................................................2
3. CLOSING..................................................................................................2
4. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING....................................................................................3
4.1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES..................................................................3
4.2. PERFORMANCE; NO DEFAULT.........................................................................3
4.3. TRUST INDENTURE.................................................................................3
4.4. DRILLING RIG....................................................................................3
4.5. NOBLE US AND NOBLE CORP. .......................................................................4
4.6. SHELL CONTRACT AND SDDI.........................................................................5
4.7. CERTAIN DOCUMENTS...............................................................................5
4.8. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES.........................................................................5
4.9. OPINIONS OF COUNSEL.............................................................................6
4.10. PURCHASE PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ETC. .....................................................6
4.11. SALE OF OTHER NOTES.............................................................................6
4.12. PAYMENT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL FEES.................................................................6
4.13. PRIVATE PLACEMENT NUMBER........................................................................7
4.14. NOTES...........................................................................................7
4.15. DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUND; WORKING CAPITAL FUND.................................................7
4.16. MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE.........................................................................7
4.17. CHANGES IN CORPORATE STRUCTURE..................................................................7
4.18. PROCEEDINGS AND DOCUMENTS.......................................................................7
4.19. TRUSTEE.........................................................................................7
4.20. AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS....................................................................8
4.21. FILING OF DOCUMENTS.............................................................................8
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY............................................................8
5.1. ORGANIZATION; POWER AND AUTHORITY...............................................................8
5.2. AUTHORIZATION, ETC. ............................................................................8
5.3. DISCLOSURE......................................................................................9
5.4. ORGANIZATION AND OWNERSHIP OF BORROWER AND NOBLE US.............................................9
5.5. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS............................................................................9
5.6. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, OTHER INSTRUMENTS, ETC. ..................................................9
5.7. GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORIZATIONS, ETC. .............................................................10
5.8. LITIGATION; OBSERVANCE OF STATUTES AND ORDERS..................................................10
5.9. TAXES..........................................................................................10
5.10. TITLE TO PROPERTY..............................................................................11
5.11. LICENSES, PERMITS, ETC. .......................................................................11
5.12. COMPLIANCE WITH ERISA..........................................................................11
5.13. PRIVATE OFFERING BY THE COMPANY................................................................12
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5.14. USE OF PROCEEDS; MARGIN REGULATIONS............................................................12
5.15. DEBT...........................................................................................13
5.16. FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL REGULATIONS, ETC. ......................................................13
5.17. STATUS UNDER CERTAIN STATUTES..................................................................13
5.18. SUBSIDIARIES...................................................................................13
5.19. NATURE OF BUSINESS AND LOCATION OF BUSINESS AND OFFICES........................................13
5.20. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS..........................................................................14
5.21. SHELL CONTRACT.................................................................................15
5.22. NO INDENTURE DEFAULTS..........................................................................15
5.23. RIG CLASSIFICATION.............................................................................15
5.24. INSURANCE......................................................................................15
5.25. SECURITY INTERESTS.............................................................................15
5.26. YEAR 2000......................................................................................16
5.27. SDDI ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT................................................................16
6. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER........................................................................16
6.1. PURCHASE FOR INVESTMENT........................................................................16
6.2. SOURCE OF FUNDS. ..............................................................................16
7. EXPENSES, ETC. .........................................................................................18
7.1. TRANSACTION EXPENSES...........................................................................18
7.2. SURVIVAL.......................................................................................18
8. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES..............................................................18
9. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER....................................................................................19
9.1. REQUIREMENTS...................................................................................19
9.2. SOLICITATION OF HOLDERS OF NOTES...............................................................19
9.3. BINDING EFFECT, ETC. ..........................................................................19
9.4. NOTES HELD BY COMPANY, ETC. ...................................................................20
10. NOTICES.................................................................................................20
11. REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS...............................................................................20
12. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION................................................................................21
13. SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER...............................................................................22
14. MISCELLANEOUS...........................................................................................22
14.1. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.........................................................................22
14.2. PAYMENTS DUE ON NON-BUSINESS DAYS..............................................................22
14.3. SEVERABILITY...................................................................................22
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14.4. CONSTRUCTION...................................................................................22
14.5. COUNTERPARTS...................................................................................23
14.6. GOVERNING LAW..................................................................................23
14.7. FINAL AGREEMENT................................................................................23
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SCHEDULE A -- INFORMATION RELATING TO PURCHASERS
SCHEDULE B -- DEFINED TERMS
SCHEDULE 4.17* -- Changes in Corporate Structure
SCHEDULE 5.3* -- Disclosure Materials
SCHEDULE 5.7* -- Governmental Authorizations
SCHEDULE 5.8* -- Certain Litigation
SCHEDULE 5.11* -- Patents, Permits, etc.
EXHIBIT 1* -- Trust Indenture and Security Agreement
EXHIBIT 2* -- Asset Transfer Agreement
EXHIBIT 3* -- Capital Funding Agreement
EXHIBIT 4* -- Operating Services Agreement
EXHIBIT 5* -- Performance Agreement
EXHIBIT 6* -- First Naval Mortgage
EXHIBIT 7* -- Assignment of Drilling Contract Revenue
EXHIBIT 8* -- Opinion of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.C.
EXHIBIT 9* -- Opinion of Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, P.
EXHIBIT 10* -- Opinion of Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx
EXHIBIT 11* -- Opinion of Xxxx Xxxxxx P.C.
EXHIBIT 12* -- Opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P.
EXHIBIT 13* -- SDDI Acceptance Certificate
EXHIBIT 14* -- SDDI Acknowledgment and Consent
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* Not filed as part of this Exhibit 4.1 or as a separate exhibit to this
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company undertakes to furnish supplementally
a copy of any omitted material to the Commission upon request.
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NOBLE DRILLING (XXXX XXXXXX) INC.
00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Series A Senior Secured Notes
Series B Senior Secured Notes
September 24, 1998
TO THE PURCHASER LISTED IN THE ATTACHED
SCHEDULE A WHICH IS A SIGNATORY HERETO:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Noble Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"COMPANY"), agrees with you as follows:
1. AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES.
The Company will authorize the issue and sale of its promissory notes
described as follows:
(a) $95,412,500 aggregate principal amount of Series A Senior
Secured Notes, payable in installments with final installment
due on the Maturity Date (the "SERIES A NOTES", such term to
include any such notes issued in substitution therefor
pursuant to the Trust Indenture (hereinafter defined)). The
Series A Notes shall have the terms (including interest rate)
and provisions and be substantially in form attached as Annex
A-1 of the Trust Indenture;
(b) $16,837,500 aggregate principal amount of Series B Senior
Secured Notes, payable on the Maturity Date (the "SERIES B
NOTES", such term to include any such notes issued in
substitution therefor pursuant to the Trust Indenture). The
Series B Notes shall have the terms (including interest rate)
and provisions and be substantially in form attached as Annex
A-2 to the Trust Indenture;
(c) All of the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes (all such
Notes are herein collectively called the "NOTES") shall be
issued on the Purchase Date under and pursuant to the Trust
Indenture and be subject to the terms and provisions thereof.
Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined
in Schedule B; references to a "Schedule" or an "Exhibit" are,
unless otherwise specified, to a Schedule or an Exhibit
attached to this Agreement.
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2. SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will
issue and sell to you and you will purchase from the Company, at the Closing
provided for in Section 3, Notes of the Series and in the principal amount
specified opposite your name in Schedule A at the purchase price of 100% of the
principal amount thereof. Contemporaneously with entering into this Agreement,
the Company is entering into separate Note Purchase Agreements (the "OTHER
AGREEMENTS") identical with this Agreement with each of the other purchasers
named in Schedule A (the "OTHER PURCHASERS"), providing for the sale at such
Closing to each of the Other Purchasers of Notes of the Series and in the
principal amount specified opposite its name in Schedule A. Your obligation
hereunder and the obligations of the Other Purchasers under the Other Agreements
are several and not joint obligations and you shall have no obligation under any
Other Agreement and no liability to any Person for the performance or
non-performance by any Other Purchaser thereunder.
The interest rate on the Notes will increase by 3 basis points if the
Purchase Date has not occurred and the Closing consummated on or before
September 15, 1998. An additional 3 basis points shall be added to the interest
rate on the 16th day of each calendar month thereafter starting October 16,
1998, if the Purchase Date and the Closing have failed to occur prior thereto,
until March 16, 1999 (the "COMMITMENT TERMINATION DATE"), on which date your
obligation to purchase Notes hereunder shall terminate.
If the Purchase Date has not occurred and the Closing consummated on or
before the Commitment Termination Date, the Company will pay to you on the
Commitment Termination Date a make-whole fee in the amount of the "MAKE-WHOLE
AMOUNT." The "Make-Whole Amount" shall be determined as provided in Section 3.8
of the Trust Indenture; provided that for purposes hereof such determination
shall be made as if the Notes had been issued to you as provided in this
Agreement on the Commitment Termination Date, the full principal balance thereof
repaid on such date (being the "SETTLEMENT DATE" for such determination) and the
words ".32% (WITH RESPECT TO THE SERIES A NOTES ) AND .32% (WITH RESPECT TO THE
SERIES B NOTES ) OVER THE YIELD TO MATURITY" used in the definition of the
"REINVESTMENT YIELD," for purposes of such determination shall be deemed to read
".50% OVER THE YIELD TO MATURITY," "MATURITY" being the maturity that said Notes
would have had they been issued on said Commitment Termination Date.
3. CLOSING.
The sale and purchase of the Notes to be purchased by you and the Other
Purchasers shall occur at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., 35th Floor,
First City Tower, 0000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000, at 9:00 a.m., Central time,
at a closing (the "CLOSING") on the Purchase Date or on such other Business Day
thereafter on or prior to March 16, 1999, as may be agreed upon by the Company
and you and the Other Purchasers. At the Closing the Company will deliver to you
the Notes to be purchased by you in the form of a single Note (or such greater
number of Notes in denominations of at least $500,000 as you may request) dated
the date of the Closing and registered in your name (or in the name of your
nominee), against delivery by you to the Company or its order of immediately
available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of
immediately available funds for the account of the Company as follows:
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Noble Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc.
Houston, TX
Account No. 324159
Southwest Bank of Texas, NA
Houston, TX
ABA 000000000
If at the Closing the Company shall fail to tender such Notes as provided above
in this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not
have been fulfilled to your satisfaction, you shall, at your election, be
relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby
waiving any rights you may have by reason of such failure or such
nonfulfillment.
4. CONDITIONS TO CLOSING.
Your obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to you at
the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to your satisfaction, prior to or at
the Closing, of the following conditions:
4.1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
The representations and warranties of the Company and Noble US in this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be correct in all material
respects when made and at the time of the Closing.
4.2. PERFORMANCE; NO DEFAULT.
The Company and Noble US shall have performed and complied with and
shall continue to be in compliance with all agreements and conditions contained
in this Agreement, the Trust Indenture and the other Credit Documents required
to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Closing and after
giving effect to the issue and sale of the Notes (and the application of the
proceeds thereof as contemplated by Section 5.14) no Indenture Default or
Indenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
4.3. TRUST INDENTURE.
The Company and the Trustee shall have entered into the Trust Indenture
and Security Agreement (the "TRUST INDENTURE"), which shall be to the effect and
substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 hereto, and the Notes shall have been
duly issued and executed by the Company and duly authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee as provided in the Trust Indenture.
4.4. DRILLING RIG.
(a) The Drilling Rig shall have (i) completed its conversion
into a deep water moored semisubmersible drilling unit in compliance
with the EVA-4000 (tm) design specifications and the Shell Contract,
including but not limited to the overhaul and reconditioning of the
Drilling Rig's machinery and systems including all upgrades and
modifications to such machinery and systems, (ii) successfully
completed and passed all
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required regulatory inspections and certifications, (iii) successfully
completed all sea trials and (iv) successfully conducted, completed and
passed acceptance tests on all drilling related machinery, equipment
and systems, and shall have been accepted by SDDI; in each case as
evidenced by the SDDI Acceptance Certificate.
(b) The Drilling Rig shall have been classified in the highest
class available for rigs of its age and type by the American Bureau of
Shipping and you shall have received copies of such classification
certifications.
(c) You shall have received a copy of the Rig Appraisal and
Engineering Report addressed to you or accompanied by a letter
permitting you to rely thereon.
(d) The Company shall have valid legal and beneficial title to
the Drilling Rig free and clear of all Liens and other encumbrances,
except for Excepted Liens in an aggregate amount not in excess of
$5,000,000.
(e) The Drilling Rig shall be duly and validly registered in
the name of the Company under the laws and flag of the Republic of
Panama as a documented marine vessel.
(f) The Company shall provide (at no expense to you) evidence
satisfactory to you that it maintains the insurance called for in
Section 7.3 of the Trust Indenture and Section 2.13 of the First Naval
Mortgage including, without limitation, a report of an independent
insurance consultant reasonably acceptable to you.
4.5. NOBLE US AND NOBLE CORP.
(a) Noble US and (except in the case of the Performance
Agreement) the Company shall have executed and delivered to the
Trustee, with a copy to you, of the following agreements, each of which
shall be in full force and effect:
(i) Asset Transfer Agreement;
(ii) Operating Services Agreement; and
(iii) Performance Agreement.
(b) Noble Corp. shall have executed and delivered to the
Trustee and you a letter (i) certifying that the unaudited consolidated
financial statements of Noble US referred to in Section 5.5 hereof
fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial
position and results of operations of Noble US and its Subsidiaries for
each of the years and at each of the dates set forth therein, (ii)
certifying that since December 31, 1997, there has been no change in
the financial condition, operations, business or properties of Noble US
and its Subsidiaries except changes that individually or in the
aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect and (iii) covenanting to maintain direct or indirect ownership
of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of Noble US
and the Company so long as any Notes are outstanding.
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4.6. SHELL CONTRACT AND SDDI.
(a) The Shell Contract shall be in full force and effect
without amendment, modification or waiver except as would be permitted
by Section 7.3(d) of the Trust Indenture and no defaults or events
which with the lapse of time or the giving of notice will create a
default shall have occurred and be continuing thereunder.
(b) SDDI shall have accepted the Drilling Rig as being in
compliance with the Shell Contract for all intents and purposes and
without waiver of any material conditions thereof as evidenced by the
execution and delivery of the SDDI Acceptance Certificate.
(c) SDDI shall have executed and delivered to the Trustee with
a copy to you the SDDI Acknowledgment and Consent.
(d) SDDI shall be 100% owned directly or indirectly by Royal
Dutch Shell.
(e) The Company shall have received a valid and enforceable
assignment of the Shell Contract pursuant to the Asset Transfer
Agreement.
(f) You shall have received copies of the Shell Contract, and
all amendments thereto, and the Panamanian Xxxx of Sale and Acceptance
of Sale in respect of the Drilling Rig, certified as true, accurate and
complete by the Company and Noble US.
4.7. CERTAIN DOCUMENTS.
The Company shall have executed and delivered to the Trustee, with a
copy to you, of the following:
(i) First Naval Mortgage;
(ii) Assignment of Drilling Contract Revenue;
(iii) appropriate Financing Statements and other filing and
recording documents as necessary to properly perfect the liens
evidenced by the Trust Indenture, the First Naval Mortgage and the
Assignment of Drilling Contract Revenue; and
(iv) all other Credit Documents to which the Company is a
party.
4.8. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES.
(a) The Company shall have delivered to you an Officer's
Certificate dated the date of the Closing, certifying that the
conditions specified in Section 4 have been fulfilled.
(b) Noble US shall have delivered to you an Officer's
Certificate dated the date of the Closing, certifying that the
conditions specified in Section 4 with respect to it have been
fulfilled.
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(c) Each of the Company and Noble US shall have delivered to
you (i) a certified copy of its certificate of incorporation, (ii) a
certificate of its secretary or an assistant secretary certifying (A)
the absence of any amendments to its certificate of incorporation since
the date of such certified copy, (B) its bylaws, (C) the due adoption
or approval by its board of directors of resolutions attached to such
certificate relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and (D)
the incumbency of each of its officers who has executed any of the
Credit Documents, and (iii) a good standing certificate from its state
of incorporation.
4.9. OPINIONS OF COUNSEL.
You shall have received opinions dated the date of the Closing (a) from
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx P.C., counsel for the Company and Noble US substantially in
the form of Exhibit 8 hereto, (b) from Xxx Xxxxxxxxx P., your special Panamanian
counsel in connection with Drilling Rig and the First Naval Mortgage,
substantially in the form of Exhibit 9 hereto, (c) from Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx, your
special counsel, substantially in the form of Xxxxxxx 00 xxxxxx, (x) from Xxxx
Xxxxxx P.C., counsel to the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit 11
hereto, and (e) from Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P. in the form of Exhibit 12 hereto.
4.10. PURCHASE PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ETC.
On the date of the Closing your purchase of Notes shall (i) be
permitted by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which you are
subject, without recourse to provisions (such as Section 1405(a)(8) of the New
York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance companies
without restriction as to the character of the particular investment, (ii) not
violate any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation,
Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
and (iii) not subject you to any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant to
any applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect on
the date hereof. If requested by you, you shall have received an Officer's
Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as you may reasonably specify
to enable you to determine whether such purchase is so permitted.
4.11. SALE OF OTHER NOTES.
Contemporaneously with the Closing the Company shall sell to the Other
Purchasers and the Other Purchasers shall purchase the Notes to be purchased by
them at the Closing as specified in Schedule A.
4.12. PAYMENT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL FEES.
Without limiting the provisions of Section 7.1, the Company shall have
paid on or before the Closing the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
your special counsel to the extent reflected in a statement of such counsel
rendered to the Company at least one Business Day prior to the Closing.
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4.13. PRIVATE PLACEMENT NUMBER.
A Private Placement number issued by Standard & Poor's CUSIP Service
Bureau (in cooperation with the Securities Valuation Office of the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners) shall have been obtained for each series
of the Series A Notes.
4.14. NOTES - RATING.
The Series A Notes shall have been rated no lower than AA by Duff &
Xxxxxx Credit Rating Co. and the Series B Notes shall have been rated no lower
than A by Duff & Xxxxxx Credit Rating Co.
4.15. DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUND; WORKING CAPITAL FUND.
Each of the Debt Service Reserve Fund and Working Capital Fund shall
have been established with the Trustee and funded pursuant to the Trust
Indenture.
4.16. MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE.
No event or condition shall have occurred which reasonably may be
expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company or Noble
US.
4.17. CHANGES IN CORPORATE STRUCTURE.
Except as specified in Schedule 4.17, neither the Company nor Noble US
shall have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or been a party to any
merger or consolidation nor shall it have succeeded to all or any substantial
part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the date of
the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 5.5.
4.18. PROCEEDINGS AND DOCUMENTS.
All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and all documents and instruments incident to
such transactions shall be reasonably satisfactory to you and your special
counsel, and you and your special counsel shall have received all such
counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as you or
they may reasonably request.
4.19. TRUSTEE.
The Company shall have designated Chase Bank of Texas, National
Association (or other U.S. bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to you)
to act as Trustee pursuant to the Trust Indenture and Chase Bank of Texas,
National Association (or other U.S. bank or trust company reasonably acceptable
to you), shall have accepted such appointment and said Trustee shall have
delivered to you (a) a certificate of its secretary or an assistant secretary
certifying as to its articles of association and bylaws, resolutions or other
authority to act as Trustee and the incumbency of officers, and (b) a good
standing certificate from the Comptroller of the Currency.
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4.20. AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS.
You shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to you,
evidence of the consent of CT Corporation in New York, New York to the
appointment and designation as Agent for service of process for the Company and
Noble US in accordance with the Credit Documents, such evidence in the case of
Noble US to be as of the date hereof, and such evidence in the case of the
Company to be for the period from the Closing through March 16, 2004.
4.21. FILING OF DOCUMENTS.
On or before the Purchase Date, (a) the First Naval Mortgage shall have
been filed in the appropriate office under Panamanian law, and (b) Uniform
Commercial Code financing statements reflecting the Company as debtor and the
Trustee as secured party shall have been filed in the appropriate public
offices.
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
The Company represents and warrants to you that:
5.1. ORGANIZATION; POWER AND AUTHORITY.
Each of the Company and Noble US is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law,
other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in
good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company and Noble US has
the corporate power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it
purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and
proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Other
Agreements, the Notes and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party and
to perform the provisions hereof and thereof.
5.2. AUTHORIZATION, ETC.
This Agreement and the Other Agreements, the Notes and the other Credit
Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of the Company and Noble US, and this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents constitute, and upon execution and delivery thereof each Note will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and/or Noble US
enforceable against the Company and/or Noble US in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
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5.3. DISCLOSURE.
The Company, through its agent, BTM Financial Services, Inc., has
delivered to you and each Other Purchaser a copy of a Confidential Offering
Memorandum, dated April 1998 (the "MEMORANDUM"), relating to the transactions
contemplated hereby. Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.3, this Agreement, the
Memorandum, the documents, certificates or other writings identified in Schedule
5.3 and the financial statements referred to in Section 5.5, and each other
statement by the Company taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they
were made. Except as disclosed in the Memorandum or as expressly described in
Schedule 5.3, or in one of the documents, certificates or other writings
identified therein, or in the financial statements referred to in Section 5.5,
since December 31, 1997, there has been no change in the financial condition,
operations, business or properties of Noble US, Noble Corp., or the Company
except changes that individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.4. ORGANIZATION AND OWNERSHIP OF BORROWER AND NOBLE US.
(a) Noble US is a wholly owned subsidiary of Noble Corp.
(b) The Company is a single purpose wholly owned subsidiary of Noble
US.
5.5. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
(a) The unaudited consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 1993,
1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997 and the unaudited consolidated statements of
operations for each of the years in the five-year period ended December 31, 1997
of Noble US and its Subsidiaries, copies of which are contained in Exhibit F to
the Memorandum, fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
financial position of Noble US and its Subsidiaries as of such dates and the
consolidated results of their operations for such years and have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP (exclusive of footnotes) consistently applied throughout
the periods involved.
(b) The unaudited proforma statements of cash flow of the Company
contained in Exhibit J to the Memorandum have been prepared on a reasonable
basis.
(c) The audited consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 1995,
1996 and 1997 and the audited consolidated statements of operations for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1997 of Noble Corp. and
its Subsidiaries, copies of which have been furnished to you, fairly present in
all material respects the consolidated financial position of Noble Corp. and its
Subsidiaries as of such dates and the consolidated results of their operations
for such years and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the periods involved.
5.6. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, OTHER INSTRUMENTS, ETC.
The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement, the Notes and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party and
by Noble US of the Credit Documents to which
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it is a party will not (i) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a
default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property
of the Company, Noble US or any Subsidiary under, any indenture, mortgage, deed
of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, corporate charter or
by-laws, or any other Material agreement or instrument to which the Company or
Noble US or any Subsidiary thereof is bound or by which the Company or Noble US
or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties may be bound or
affected, (ii) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court,
arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or Noble US or
any Subsidiary thereof or (iii) violate any provision of any statute or other
rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or
Noble US or any Subsidiary thereof.
5.7. GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORIZATIONS, ETC.
Except as specified in Schedule 5.7, no consent, approval or
authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental
Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance
by the Company or Noble US of this Agreement, the Notes or the other Credit
Documents.
5.8. LITIGATION; OBSERVANCE OF STATUTES AND ORDERS.
(a) Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.8, there are no actions, suits or
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or
affecting the Company Noble US or Noble Corp. or any property of the Company,
Noble US or Noble Corp. in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or
before or by any Governmental Authority that, individually or in the aggregate,
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Neither the Company nor Noble US nor Noble Corp. is in default
under any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or
Governmental Authority or is in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule
or regulation (including without limitation Environmental Laws) of any
Governmental Authority, which default or violation, individually or in the
aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.9. TAXES.
Noble Corp. has filed all income tax returns that are required to have
been filed in any jurisdiction, and paid all taxes shown to be due and payable
on such returns and all other taxes and assessments payable by it, to the extent
such taxes and assessments have become due and payable and before they have
become delinquent, except for any taxes and assessments the amount of which is
not individually or in the aggregate Material to Noble Corp. and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and to the extent assessed against Noble US
or the Company, Material to Noble US or the Company or the amount, applicability
or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and with respect to which Noble Corp. and its Subsidiaries, on a
consolidated basis, the Company or Noble US, as the case may be, has established
adequate reserves including but not limited to those required in accordance with
GAAP.
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5.10. TITLE TO PROPERTY.
The Company and Noble US have good and indefeasible title to their
respective Material properties, including all such properties reflected in the
most recent balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5 or purported to have been
acquired by the Company or Noble US after said date (except as sold or otherwise
disposed of in the ordinary course of business) including, without limitation
the Drilling Rig, in each case free and clear of Liens other than Excepted
Liens, which in the case of the Drilling Rig are not in an aggregate amount in
excess of $5,000,000. All Material leases are valid and subsisting and are in
full force and effect in all Material respects.
5.11. LICENSES, PERMITS, ETC.
(a) Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.11, the Company and Noble US own
or possess all licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents,
copyrights, service marks, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto, that
are Material, without known conflict with the rights of others.
(b) The Company owns or possesses all licenses, permits, franchises,
authorizations, patents, copyrights, service marks, trademarks and trade names,
or rights thereto, without any known conflict with the rights of others,
necessary to own and operate the Drilling Rig and perform the Shell Contract as
contemplated therein.
5.12. COMPLIANCE WITH ERISA.
The Company has no Plan and makes no contributions to any Plan. With
respect to any Plan which is or at any time within the past five years has been
sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any ERISA Affiliate:
(a) The Company and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and administered
such Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for such instances of
noncompliance as have not resulted in and could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate
has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or
excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans (as defined
in Section 3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has occurred or
exists that would reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such
liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any
Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or to such penalty
or excise tax provisions or to Section 401(a)(29) or 412 of the Code, other than
such liabilities or Liens as would not be individually or in the aggregate
Material.
(c) The present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each
such Plan (other than Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the end of such
Plan's most recently ended plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions
specified for funding purposes in such Plan's most recent actuarial valuation
report, did not exceed the aggregate current value of the assets of such Plan
allocable to such benefit liabilities by more than $10,000,000 in the case of
any single Plan and by more than $25,000,000 in the aggregate for all Plans. The
term "BENEFIT LIABILITIES" has the meaning specified
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in section 4001 of ERISA and the terms "CURRENT VALUE" and "PRESENT VALUE" have
the meaning specified in section 3 of ERISA.
(d) None of the Company, Noble US or the ERISA Affiliates have incurred
withdrawal liabilities (or are subject to contingent withdrawal liabilities)
under section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA in respect of Multiemployer Plans that
individually or in the aggregate are Material.
(e) The expected postretirement benefit obligation (determined as of
December 31, 1997 in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement No. 106, without regard to liabilities attributable to continuation
coverage mandated by section 4980B of the Code) of the Company and its ERISA
Affiliates is not Material.
(f) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents and the issuance and sale of the Notes hereunder will not involve any
transaction that is subject to the prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA or in
connection with which a tax could be imposed pursuant to section
4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code. The representation by the Company in the first
sentence of this Section 5.12(f) is made in reliance upon and subject to the
accuracy of your representation in Section 6.2 as to the sources of the funds to
be used to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by you.
5.13. PRIVATE OFFERING BY THE COMPANY.
Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the
Notes or any similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any
of the same from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with,
any person other than you, the Other Purchasers and not more than 35 other
Institutional Investors, each of which has been offered the Notes at a private
sale for investment. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has
taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the
Notes to the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act.
5.14. USE OF PROCEEDS; MARGIN REGULATIONS.
The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Notes to (i)
fund the Debt Service Reserve Fund, (ii) fund the Working Capital Fund with at
least $1,950,000, (iii) repay loans owing to Noble US or an Affiliate thereof
incurred as part of the cost of conversion of the Drilling Rig to a Noble
Drilling EVA-4000 (tm) semisubmersible fourth generation drilling rig, and (iv)
provide one or more advances or dividends to Noble US. No part of the proceeds
from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for
the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of
Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR
221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any securities
under such circumstances as to involve the Company or Noble US or any of its
Subsidiaries in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to
involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12
CFR 220). As used in this Section, the terms "MARGIN STOCK" and "PURPOSE OF
BUYING OR CARRYING" shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation
U. The Company does not own and will not acquire any margin stock.
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5.15. DEBT.
(a) The Company has no Debt as of the date hereof other than loans
owing to Noble US or an Affiliate thereof which will be paid in full with
proceeds of the sale of the Notes as provided in Section 5.14 above, and it will
have no Debt (other than Debt represented by the Notes) on the date of Closing.
(b) Since June 30, 1998, there has been no Material change in the
amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities of
the Debt reflected on the financial statements of Noble US as of such date
(copies of which have been delivered to you). Neither Noble US nor any
Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the
payment of any principal or interest on any Debt of Noble US or such Subsidiary.
No event or condition exists with respect to any Debt of Noble US or any
Subsidiary the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds $1,000,000 that
would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit)
one or more Persons to cause such Debt to become due and payable before its
stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment.
5.16. FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL REGULATIONS, ETC.
Neither the sale of the Notes by the Company hereunder nor its use of
the proceeds thereof will violate the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or
any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury
Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling
legislation or executive order relating thereto.
5.17. STATUS UNDER CERTAIN STATUTES.
Neither the Company nor any Affiliate thereof is subject to regulation
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, as amended, the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, or the
Federal Power Act, as amended.
5.18. SUBSIDIARIES.
The Company has no Subsidiaries.
5.19. NATURE OF BUSINESS AND LOCATION OF BUSINESS AND OFFICES.
The Company is organized for the single purpose of owning and operating
the Drilling Rig and does not engage directly or indirectly in any other
business. The Company's principal place of business and chief executive offices
are located at the address stated for the Company at the beginning of this
Agreement.
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5.20. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.
Except (i) as provided in Schedule 5.20 or (ii) as could not have a
Material Adverse Effect (or with respect to (c), (d) and (e) below, where the
failure to take such actions would not have a Material Adverse Effect):
(a) Neither any Property of the Company nor Noble US nor any
Subsidiary nor the operations conducted thereon violate any order or
requirement of any court or Governmental Authority or any Environmental
Laws;
(b) Without limitation of clause (a) above, no Property of the
Company, Noble US or any Subsidiary nor the operations currently
conducted thereon or, to the knowledge of the Company, by any prior
owner or operator of such Property or operation, are in violation of or
subject to any existing, pending or threatened action, suit,
investigation, inquiry or proceeding by or before any court or
Governmental Authority or to any remedial obligations under
Environmental Laws;
(c) All notices, permits, licenses or similar authorizations,
if any, required to be obtained or filed in connection with the
operation or use of any and all Property of the Company, Noble US and
each Subsidiary, including without limitation past or present
treatment, storage, disposal or release of a hazardous substance or
solid waste into the environment, have been duly obtained or filed, and
the Company, Noble US and each Subsidiary are in compliance with the
terms and conditions of all such notices, permits, licenses and similar
authorizations;
(d) All hazardous substances, solid waste, and oil and gas
exploration and production wastes, if any, generated at any and all
Property owned or leased by the Company, Noble US or any Subsidiary
have in the past been transported, treated and disposed of in
accordance with Environmental Laws and so as not to pose an imminent
and substantial endangerment to public health or welfare or the
environment, and, to the knowledge of the Company, all such transport
carriers and treatment and disposal facilities have been and are
operating in compliance with Environmental Laws and so as not to pose
an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health or welfare or
the environment, and are not the subject of any existing, pending or
threatened action, investigation or inquiry by any Governmental
Authority in connection with any Environmental Laws;
(e) The Company and Noble US have taken all steps reasonably
necessary to determine and has determined that no hazardous substances,
solid waste, or oil and gas exploration and production wastes, have
been disposed of or otherwise released and there has been no threatened
release of any hazardous substances on or to any Property of the
Company, Noble US or any Subsidiary except in compliance with
Environmental Laws and so as not to pose an imminent and substantial
endangerment to public health or welfare or the environment;
(f) To the extent applicable, all Property of the Company,
Noble US and each Subsidiary currently satisfies all design, operation,
and equipment requirements imposed by
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the OPA or scheduled as of the date of the Closing to be imposed by OPA
during the term of this Agreement, and the Company does not have any
reason to believe that such Property, to the extent subject to OPA,
will not be able to maintain compliance with the OPA requirements
during the term of this Agreement; and
(g) Neither the Company, Noble US nor any Subsidiary has any
known contingent liability in connection with any release or threatened
release of any oil, hazardous substance or solid waste into the
environment.
5.21. SHELL CONTRACT.
The copies of the Shell Contract previously delivered by the Company to
you are complete and accurate and have not been amended or modified in any
manner except as permitted by Section 7.3(d) of the Trust Indenture. The Shell
Contract is valid, binding and enforceable against the parties thereto.
5.22. NO INDENTURE DEFAULTS.
No event has occurred and is continuing and no condition exists which,
upon the issuance of the Notes, would constitute an Indenture Default or an
Indenture Event of Default. Neither the Company nor Noble US is in violation in
any respect of any term of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, and
neither the Company nor Noble US is in violation of any material term in any
Material agreement or other Material instrument to which it is a party or by
which it or any of its Property may be bound. Except for the Credit Documents
and the Shell Contract, there are no Material agreements or Material instruments
to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its Property is bound.
5.23. RIG CLASSIFICATION.
As of the Purchase Date, the Drilling Rig will be classified in the
highest class available for rigs of its age and type with the American Bureau of
Shipping, free of any material requirements or recommendations.
5.24. INSURANCE.
As of the Purchase Date, the Drilling Rig is covered by the insurance
required by Section 2.13 of the First Naval Mortgage and such insurance is in
full force and effect and all premiums due in respect of such insurance have
been paid.
5.25. SECURITY INTERESTS.
On the Purchase Date, (a) the Drilling Rig will be duly documented in
the name of the Company under the laws of Panama, and no other filing,
recordation or registration of any other document or instrument will be
necessary in order to establish the Company's good and valid title to the
Drilling Rig, and (b) all filings necessary or desirable to perfect the first
Lien and security interest of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture in the Trust
Estate as against creditors of and
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purchasers from the Company will have been duly made, and the Trust Indenture
will on the Purchase Date create a valid and perfected first priority lien and
security interest in the Trust Estate, effective as against creditors of and
purchasers from the Company, securing all obligations secured thereby, except
that the First Naval Mortgage must, within six months after being particularly
recorded through the Panamanian Consul in Houston, Texas, be permanently
recorded at the Public Registry Office of the Republic of Panama.
5.26. YEAR 2000.
The Company, through its Affiliates, has taken appropriate steps to
assess, quantify, address and resolve its business and financial risks resulting
from the Year 2000 Problem, including those business and economic risks
resulting from the failure of key suppliers, vendors and customers of the
Company to properly assess, quantify, address and resolve the Year 2000 Problem.
Based on that review, the Company does not believe that the Year 2000 Problem or
the costs of implementing a comprehensive program to address the Year 2000
Problem will result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.27. SDDI ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT.
The provisions set forth in the second sentence of the fourth paragraph
of the SDDI Acknowledgment and Consent do not permit the Company and SDDI to
decrease the dayrate specified in the Shell Contract.
6. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER.
6.1. PURCHASE FOR INVESTMENT.
You represent that you are purchasing the Notes for your own account or
for one or more separate accounts maintained by you or for the account of one or
more pension or trust funds and not with a view to the distribution thereof,
provided that the disposition of your or their property shall at all times be
within your or their control. You understand that the Notes have not been
registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if registered
pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from
registration is available and that the Company is not required to register the
Notes.
6.2. SOURCE OF FUNDS.
You represent that at least one of the following statements is an
accurate representation as to each source of funds (a "SOURCE") to be used by
you to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by you hereunder:
(a) if you are an insurance company, the Source does not
include assets allocated to any separate account maintained by you in
which any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) has any
interest, other than a separate account that is maintained solely in
connection with your fixed contractual obligations under which the
amounts payable, or credited, to such plan and to any participant or
beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant) are not affected in
any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or
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(b) if you are an insurance company, to the extent that the
Source constitutes assets allocated to any general account maintained
by you, there is no employee benefit plan with respect to which the
amount, if any, of such general account's reserves and liabilities for
all contracts held by or on behalf of such plan and all other plans
maintained by the same employer or its affiliates or by the same
employee organization exceeds 10% of the total of all reserves and
liabilities of such general account at the date of purchase (all as
determined under Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption ("PTE") 95-60
(issued July 12, 1995)); or
(c) the Source is either (i) an insurance company pooled
separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1 (issued January 29,
1990), or (ii) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of
the PTE 91-38 (issued July 12, 1991) and, except as you have disclosed
to the Company in writing pursuant to this paragraph (c), no employee
benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or
employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets
allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment
fund; or
(d) the Source constitutes assets of an "INVESTMENT FUND"
(within the meaning of Part V of the QPAM Exemption) managed by a
"QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL ASSET MANAGER" or "QPAM" (within the meaning of
Part V of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plan's assets that
are included in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of
all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same
employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Section V(c)(1) of
the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee
organization and managed by such QPAM, exceed 20% of the total client
assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the
QPAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the QPAM nor a person controlling
or controlled by the QPAM (applying the definition of "CONTROL" in
Section V(e) of the QPAM Exemption) owns a 5% or more interest in the
Company and (i) the identity of such QPAM and (ii) the names of all
employee benefit plans whose assets are included in such investment
fund have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this
paragraph (d); or
(e) the Source is a governmental plan; or
(f) the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit
plan, other than a plan exempt from the coverage of ERISA; or
(g) the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a
separate account, general account or trust fund comprised of one or
more employee benefit plans, each of which has been identified to the
Company in writing pursuant to this paragraph (g).
As used in this Section 6.2, the terms "EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN", "GOVERNMENTAL
PLAN", "PARTY IN INTEREST" and "SEPARATE ACCOUNT" shall have the respective
meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of ERISA.
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7. EXPENSES, ETC.
7.1. TRANSACTION EXPENSES.
Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated,
the Company will pay all costs and expenses, including the cost of obtaining the
Private Placement Number, reasonable attorneys' fees of a special external
counsel and, if reasonably required, local or other counsel (provided that to
the extent it is feasible and a conflict of interest does not exist in the
reasonable discretion of the Note holders, the holders of the Series A Notes
shall use the same counsel and the holders of the Series B Notes shall use the
same counsel) incurred by you and each Other Purchaser or holder of a Note in
connection with such transactions and in connection with any amendments, waivers
or consents under or in respect of this Agreement, the Notes and the other
Credit Documents (whether or not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes
effective), including, without limitation: (a) the costs and expenses incurred
in enforcing or defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend)
any rights under this Agreement, the Notes or the other Credit Documents or in
responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative
demand issued in connection with this Agreement, the Notes or the other Credit
Documents, or by reason of being a holder of any Note, and (b) the costs and
expenses, including financial advisors' fees, incurred in connection with the
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company or Noble US or in connection with any
work-out or restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the
Notes and the other Credit Documents. The Company will pay, and will save you
and each other holder of a Note harmless from, all claims in respect of any
fees, costs or expenses of (a) the arranger, BTM Financial Services, Inc., (b)
the structuring agent, BTM Capital Corporation, and (c) any other brokers and
finders (other than those retained by you).
7.2. SURVIVAL.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 7 will survive the
payment or transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement, the Notes or the other Credit Documents, and the
termination of this Agreement.
8. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
All representations and warranties contained herein and in the other
Credit Documents shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Notes and the other Credit Documents, the purchase or transfer by you of any
Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may
be relied upon by any subsequent holder of a Note, regardless of any
investigation made at any time by or on behalf of you or any other holder of a
Note. All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered
by or on behalf of the Company or Noble US pursuant to this Agreement shall be
deemed representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement.
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9. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.
9.1. REQUIREMENTS.
Subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture, this Agreement and
the Notes may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof or of the Notes
may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with (and only with) the
written consent of the Company and the Majority Holders, except that (a) no
amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of Section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 13
hereof, or any defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective as to you
unless consented to by you in writing, and (b) no such amendment or waiver may,
without the written consent of the holder of each Note at the time outstanding
affected thereby, (i) change the amount or time of any prepayment or payment of
principal of, or reduce the rate or change the time of payment or method of
computation of interest or of the Make-Whole Amount on, the Notes, (ii) change
the percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the holders of which are
required to consent to any such amendment or waiver, or (iii) amend either
Section 9 or 12.
9.2. SOLICITATION OF HOLDERS OF NOTES.
(a) Solicitation. The Company will provide each holder of the Notes
(irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it) with sufficient
information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to
enable such holder to make an informed and considered decision, if required,
with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of
the provisions hereof or of the Notes or any other Credit Document. The Company
will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or
consent to each holder of outstanding Notes promptly following the date on which
it is executed and delivered by, or receives the consent or approval, if
required, of, the requisite holders of Notes.
(b) Payment. The Company will not directly or indirectly pay or cause
to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional
interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security, to any holder of Notes as
consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by any holder of
Notes of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions hereof
unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently
granted, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of Notes then outstanding
even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment.
9.3. BINDING EFFECT, ETC.
Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 9 or
effected pursuant to Article 10 of the Trust Indenture applies equally to all
holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future holder of any
Note and upon the Company without regard to whether such Note has been marked to
indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver will extend to or
affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Indenture Default or Indenture Event
of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent
thereon. No course of dealing between the Company and the holder of any Note nor
any delay in exercising any rights hereunder, under any Note or any other Credit
Document shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such
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Note. As used herein, the term "THIS AGREEMENT" and references thereto shall
mean this agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented.
9.4. NOTES HELD BY COMPANY, ETC.
Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the
requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding
approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this
Agreement, the Notes or any other Credit Document, or have directed the taking
of any action provided herein or in the Notes or in any other Credit Document to
be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the
aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, Notes directly or
indirectly owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to
be outstanding.
10. NOTICES.
All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in
writing and sent (a) by facsimile (with a copy sent by registered or certified
mail on the same date), or (b) by registered or certified mail with return
receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by a recognized overnight delivery
service (with charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent:
(i) if to you or your nominee, to you or it at the address
specified for such communications in Schedule A, or at such other
address as you or it shall have specified to the Company in writing,
(ii) if to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at
such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Company
in writing, or
(iii) if to the Company, to the Company at its address set
forth at the beginning hereof to the attention of President, or at such
other address as the Company shall have specified to the holder of each
Note in writing.
Notices under this Section 10 will be deemed given only when actually received.
11. REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS.
This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without
limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be
executed, (b) documents received by you at the Closing (except the Notes
themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information
previously or hereafter furnished to you, may be reproduced by you by any
photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other
similar process and you may destroy any original document so reproduced. The
Company agrees and stipulates that, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in
any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in
existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by you in the regular
course of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of
such reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence. This Section 11
shall not prohibit the Company or any other holder of Notes from
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contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the
original, or from introducing evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such
reproduction.
12. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
For the purposes of this Section 12, "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" means
written information delivered to you by or on behalf of the Company or Noble US
in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to
this Agreement that is proprietary in nature and that was clearly marked or
labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received by you as being
confidential information of the Company or Noble US, provided that such term
does not include information that (a) was publicly known or otherwise known to
you prior to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly
known through no act or omission by you or any person acting on your behalf, (c)
otherwise becomes known to you other than through disclosure by the Company or
Noble US or (d) constitutes financial statements delivered to you under the
provisions of this Agreement or the Trust Indenture that are otherwise publicly
available. You will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential
Information in accordance with procedures adopted by you in good faith and
pursuant to prudent business practices to protect confidential information of
third parties delivered to you, provided that you may deliver or disclose
Confidential Information to (i) your directors, officers, employees, agents,
attorneys and Affiliates (to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to
the administration of the investment represented by your Notes), (ii) your
financial advisors and other professional advisors who agree to hold
confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance with the
terms of this Section 12, (iii) any other holder of any Note, (iv) any
Institutional Investor to which you sell or offer to sell such Note or any part
thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior
to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of
this Section 12), (v) any Person from which you offer to purchase any security
of the Company (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of
such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 12),
(vi) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over you,
(vii) the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar
organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to
information about your investment portfolio, (viii) any Credit Support Party or
(ix) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or
appropriate (w) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order
applicable to you, (x) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (y)
in connection with any litigation to which you are a party or (z) if an
Indenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent you may
reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate
in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies under your
Notes, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. Each holder of a Note, by
its acceptance of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be
entitled to the benefits of this Section 12 as though it were a party to this
Agreement. On reasonable written request by the Company, in connection with the
delivery to any holder of a Note of information required to be delivered to such
holder under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder
that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will enter into
an agreement with the Company embodying the provisions of this Section 12.
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13. SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER.
You shall have the right to substitute any one of your Affiliates as
the purchaser of the Notes that you have agreed to purchase hereunder, by
written notice to the Company, which notice shall be signed by both you and such
Affiliate, shall contain such Affiliate's agreement to be bound by this
Agreement expressly including Section 12 hereof and shall contain a confirmation
by such Affiliate of the accuracy with respect to it of the representations set
forth in Section 6. Upon receipt of such notice, wherever the word "YOU" is used
in this Agreement (other than in this Section 13), such word shall be deemed to
refer to such Affiliate in lieu of you. In the event that such Affiliate is so
substituted as a purchaser hereunder and such Affiliate thereafter transfers to
you all of the Notes then held by such Affiliate, upon receipt by the Company of
notice of such transfer, wherever the word "you" is used in this Agreement
(other than in this Section 13), such word shall no longer be deemed to refer to
such Affiliate, but shall refer to you, and you shall have all the rights of an
original holder of the Notes under this Agreement.
14. MISCELLANEOUS.
14.1. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
Whenever any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall
be deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party; and all the
covenants, promises and agreements in this Agreement contained by or on behalf
of the Company or by or on behalf of you, shall bind and inure to the benefit of
the respective successors and assigns of such parties whether so expressed or
not; provided; however, that the Company shall not assign or transfer any of its
rights or delegate any of its duties or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of all of the holders of the Notes.
14.2. PAYMENTS DUE ON NON-BUSINESS DAYS.
Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary
notwithstanding, any payment of principal of or Make-Whole Amount or interest on
any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the
next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in
the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day
(interest for such additional days to accrue and be payable on the next
regularly scheduled payment date).
14.3. SEVERABILITY.
Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
14.4. CONSTRUCTION.
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Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express
provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained
herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an
express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other
covenant. Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person,
or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be
applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.
14.5. COUNTERPARTS.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one
instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each
signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto.
14.6. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS AGREEMENT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE VALIDITY AND
ENFORCEABILITY HEREOF) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OTHER THAN CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES THEREOF
THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN SUCH
STATE.
14.7. FINAL AGREEMENT.
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS EMBODY THE ENTIRE
AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND SUPERSEDE ALL OTHER
AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS BETWEEN SUCH PARTIES RELATING TO THE SUBJECT
MATTER HEREOF AND THEREOF. THE CREDIT DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR,
CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO
UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
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If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of
agreement on the accompanying counterpart of this Agreement and return it to the
Company, whereupon the foregoing shall become a binding agreement between you
and the Company.
Very truly yours,
NOBLE DRILLING (XXXX XXXXXX) INC.
By: /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Senior Vice President
The foregoing is hereby
agreed to as of the date
thereof.
BANNER RECEIVABLES CORPORATION
By: /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Vice President
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SCHEDULE A
NAME AND ADDRESS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF PURCHASER OF SERIES A NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
NATIONWIDE LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY $5,000,000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx (0-00-00)
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Corporate Fixed-Income Securities
Payments
All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of
Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as "Noble
Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc., Senior Secured Notes, Series A, PPN 65504# AA 8,
interest rate, maturity date, principal, premium or interest") to:
The Bank of New York
ABA #000-000-000
BNF: IOC566
F/A/O Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company
Attention: P&I Department
Notices
All notices of payment on or in respect of the Notes and written confirmation of
each such payment to:
Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company
x/x Xxx Xxxx xx Xxx Xxxx
P. O. Xxx 00000
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: P&I Department
With a copy to:
Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx (0-00-00)
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Investment Accounting
All notices and communications other than those in respect to payments to be
addressed as first provided above.
Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None
Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000
Schedule A
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NAME AND ADDRESS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF PURCHASER OF SERIES A NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
LINCOLN NATIONAL HEALTH & CASUALTY $1,912,500
INSURANCE COMPANY
c/o Lincoln Investment Management, Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Investments/Private Placements
Fax: (000) 000-0000 Private Placements
Payments
All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of
Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as "Noble
Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc., Senior Secured Notes, Series A, PPN 65504# AA 8,
interest rate, maturity date, principal, premium or interest") to:
Chase Manhattan Bank
New York, New York
ABA #000000000
CHASE NYC/CTR/BNF
A/C #000-0-000000
Further Credit: Lincoln National Health & Casualty Insurance Company
Custody Account Number: G06323
Notices
All notices and communications, including notices with respect to payments and
written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed as first provided
above with duplicate notices with respect to payments to:
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
Private Placement Servicing
P. O. Box 0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000 Private Placements
Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None
Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000
Schedule A
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NAME AND ADDRESS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF PURCHASER OF SERIES A NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY $20,000,000
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Payments
All payments on or in respect of the Note shall be made in immediately available
funds at the opening of business on each due date by electronic funds transfer
(identifying each payment as "Noble Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc., Senior Secured
Notes, Series A, PPN 65504# AA 8, interest rate, maturity date, principal,
premium or interest") through the Automated Clearing House System to:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
ABA #000-000-000
New York, New York
Account of: TIAA Personal Annuity Private Placements
Account Number: 000-0-000000
for further credit to TIA A account #G07320
Reference: PPN#/Issuer/Xxx.Xxxx/coupon/P&I Breakdown
Notices
Contemporaneous with the above, electronic funds transfer, advise setting forth
(1) the full name, private placement number and coupon of the Note, (2)
allocation of payment between principal, interest, premium and any special
payment, and (3) name and address of Bank (or Trustee) from which wire transfer
was sent, shall be delivered, mailed or faxed to:
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Securities Accounting Division
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Schedule A
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All other communications shall be delivered or mailed to:
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Securities Division
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 (Xxxxxx XxXxxxx) or
(000) 000-0000 (General Number)
Fax: (000) 000-0000 (Team Fax Number)
Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None
Taxpayer I.D. Number: 13-1624203N
Schedule A
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NAME AND ADDRESS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF PURCHASER OF SERIES A NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY $15,000,000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Investment Department - Securities
Telefacsimile: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation: (000) 000-0000
Payments
All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of
Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as "Noble
Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc., Senior Secured Notes, Series A, PPN 65504# AA 8,
interest rate, maturity date, principal, premium or interest") to:
Norwest Bank Iowa, N.A.
0xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
ABA #000000000
For credit to Principal Life Insurance Company
Account No.: 0000014752
OBI: PFGSE(S) B00 61625( ) Principal $________ Interest $________
Notices
All notices with respect to payments to:
Principal Life Insurance Company
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Investment Accounting - Securities
Telefacsimile: (000) 000-0000
Confirmation: (000) 000-0000
All other notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above.
Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None
Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000
Schedule A
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NAME AND ADDRESS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF PURCHASER OF SERIES A NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
FIRST PENN-PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY $4,000,000
c/o Lincoln Investment Management, Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Investments/Private Placements
Fax: (000) 000-0000 Private Placements
Payments
All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of
Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as "Noble
Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc., Senior Secured Notes, Series A, PPN 65504# AA 8,
interest rate, maturity date, principal, premium or interest") to:
Chase Manhattan Bank
New York, New York
ABA #000000000
A/C #000-0-000000
Further credit to: G-05996 First Penn-Pacific Life Insurance Company
Notices
All notices and communications, including notices with respect to payments and
written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed as first provided
above with duplicate notices with respect to payments to:
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
Private Placement Servicing
P. O. Box 0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000 Private Placements
Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: XXXX & CO
Taxpayer I.D. Number for First Penn-Pacific: 00-0000000
Schedule A
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NAME AND ADDRESS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF PURCHASER OF SERIES A NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
LINCOLN LIFE & ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK $500,000
c/o Lincoln Investment Management, Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Investments/Private Placements
Fax: (000) 000-0000 Private Placements
Payments
All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of
Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as "Noble
Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc., Senior Secured Notes, Series A, PPN 65504# AA 8,
interest rate, maturity date, principal, premium or interest") to:
Bankers Trust Company
New York, New York
ABA #000000000
Private Placement Processing
Account Number 00-000-000
for the account of: Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York
Custody Account Number: 98722
Notices
All notices and communications, including notices with respect to payments and
written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed as first provided
above with duplicate notices with respect to payments to:
Bankers Trust Company
Attention: Private Placement Unit
P. O. Box 000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000 Private Placements
Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None
Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000
Schedule A
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NAME AND ADDRESS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF PURCHASER OF SERIES A NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY $10,000,000
c/o Lincoln Investment Management, Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Investments/Private Placements
Fax: (000) 000-0000 Private Placements
Payments
All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of
Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as "Noble
Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc., Senior Secured Notes, Series A, PPN 65504# AA 8,
interest rate, maturity date, principal, premium or interest") to:
Chase Manhattan Bank
New York, New York
ABA #000000000
CHASE NYC/CTR/BNF
A/C #000-0-000000
Further Credit: G07176 The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
(IACC)
Notices
All notices and communications, including notices with respect to payments and
written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed as first provided
above with duplicate notices with respect to payments to:
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
Private Placement Servicing
P. O. Box 0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000 Private Placements
Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None
Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000
Schedule A
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NAME AND ADDRESS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF PURCHASER OF SERIES A NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY $5,000,000 (LFP)
c/o Lincoln Investment Management, Inc. $5,000,000 (ILG)
000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx $4,000,000 (IDP)
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Investments/Private Placements
Fax: (000) 000-0000 Private Placements
Payments
All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of
Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as "Noble
Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc., Senior Secured Notes, Series A, PPN 65504# AA 8,
interest rate, maturity date, principal, premium or interest") to:
Bankers Trust Company
New York, New York
ABA #000000000
Private Placement Processing
A/C #00-000-000
for the account of: The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (LFP)
Custody Account Number 98185
for the account of: The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (ILG)
Custody Account Number 98184
for the account of: The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company (IDP)
Custody Account Number 98131
Notices
All notices and communications, including notices with respect to payments and
written confirmation of each such payment, to be addressed as first provided
above with duplicate notices with respect to payments to:
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Bankers Trust Company
Attn: Private Placement Unit
P. O. Box 000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Private Placements
Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None
Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000
Schedule A
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NAME AND ADDRESS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF PURCHASER OF SERIES A NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY $10,000,000
SEPARATE ACCOUNT NPPVA
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx (0-00-00)
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Corporate Fixed-Income Securities
Payments
All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of
Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as "Noble
Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc., Senior Secured Notes, Series A, PPN 65504# AA 8,
interest rate, maturity date, principal, premium or interest") to:
The Bank of New York
ABA #000-000-000
BNF: IOC566
F/A/O Nationwide Life Insurance Company Separate Account NPPVA
Attention: P&I Department
Notices
All notices of payment on or in respect of the Notes and written confirmation of
each such payment to:
Nationwide Life Insurance Company Separate Account NPPVA
x/x Xxx Xxxx xx Xxx Xxxx
P. O. Xxx 00000
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: P&I Department
With a copy to:
Nationwide Life Insurance Company Separate Account NPPVA
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx (0-00-00)
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Investment Accounting
All notices and communications other than those in respect to payments to be
addressed as first provided above.
Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None
Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000
Schedule A
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NAME AND ADDRESS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF PURCHASER OF SERIES A NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
PROVIDENT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE $3,000,000
COMPANY
P. O. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Securities Investment Department
Telefacsimile: (000) 000-0000
Payments
All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of
Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as "Noble
Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc., Senior Secured Notes, Series A, PPN 65504# AA 8,
interest rate, maturity date, principal, premium or interest") to:
PNC Bank
Broad and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
ABA #000-000-000
for credit to
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Account No.: 000-0000-0000
Notices
All notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above, except
notice with respect to payment and written confirmation of each such payment, to
be addressed Attention: Treasurer. In the event that notices/communications are
sent by courier (e.g., Federal Express) rather than by regular U.S. Postal
Service, the address should be changed to: 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Treasurer.
Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None
Taxpayer I.D. Number: 23-099-045-0
Schedule A
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NAME AND ADDRESS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF PURCHASER OF SERIES A NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
SUNAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY $10,000,000
000 Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Payments
All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of
Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as "Noble
Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc., Senior Secured Notes, Series A, PPN 65504# AA 8,
interest rate, maturity date, principal, premium or interest") to:
Bankers Trust Company
ABA #000000000
Account Number: 00-000-000
For further credit to account number: 099530
Reference: Allied Capital Corporation
PPN No.: 01903# A A O
Notices
SunAmerica Corporate Finance
000 Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Investment Accounting, Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: OKGBD & Co.
Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000
Schedule A
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NAME AND ADDRESS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF PURCHASER OF SERIES B NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
BANNER RECEIVABLES CORPORATION $16,837,500
c/o The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Payments
All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of
Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as "Noble
Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc., Senior Secured Notes, Series B, interest rate,
maturity date, principal, premium or interest") to:
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust Company
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
ABA # 000000000
For credit to Banner Receivables Corporation
Account No.: 210010495
Attention: Securitization Group/Asset Management
Notices
All notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above.
Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None
Taxpayer I.D. Number: 00-0000000
Schedule A
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NAME AND ADDRESS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF PURCHASER OF SERIES A NOTES
TO BE PURCHASED
PROVIDENTMUTUAL LIFE AND ANNUITY $2,000,000
COMPANY OF AMERICA
P. O. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Securities Investment Department
Telefacsimile: (000) 000-0000
Payments
All payments on or in respect of the Notes to be by bank wire transfer of
Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as "Noble
Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc., Senior Secured Notes, Series A, PPN 65504# AA 8,
interest rate, maturity date, principal, premium or interest") to:
PNC Bank
Broad and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
ABA #000-000-000
for credit to
Providentmutual Life and Annuity Company of America
Account No.: 000-0000-0000
Notices
All notices and communications to be addressed as first provided above, except
notice with respect to payment and written confirmation of each such payment, to
be addressed Attention: Treasurer. In the event that notices/communications are
sent by courier (e.g., Federal Express) rather than by regular U.S. Postal
Service, the address should be changed to: 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Treasurer.
Name of Nominee in which Notes are to be issued: None
Taxpayer I.D. Number: 23-161-908-2
Schedule A
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SCHEDULE B
DEFINED TERMS
As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set
forth below or set forth in the Section hereof following such term:
"AFFILIATE" shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust Indenture.
"AGREEMENT" is defined in Section 9.3.
"ASSET TRANSFER AGREEMENT" means the agreement, substantially in the
form of Exhibit 2 to this Agreement, to be dated on or before the Purchase Date,
between Noble US and the Company, pursuant to which Noble US assigns to the
Company, among other things, valid legal and beneficial title to the Drilling
Rig and its interests in and to the Shell Contract.
"ASSIGNMENT OF DRILLING CONTRACT REVENUE" means the agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit 7 to this Agreement.
"BASIS POINT" means one-hundredth of one percent per annum.
"BUSINESS DAY" shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust Indenture.
"CAPITAL FUNDING AGREEMENT" means an agreement, substantially in the
form of Exhibit 3 to this Agreement that may be entered into subsequent to
Closing between Noble US and the Company, which agreement shall be assigned to
the Trustee.
"CAPITAL LEASE" means, at any time, a lease with respect to which the
lessee is required concurrently to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the
incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP.
"CLOSING" is defined in Section 3.
"CODE" shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust Indenture.
"COMPANY" means Noble Drilling (Xxxx Xxxxxx) Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"COMMITMENT TERMINATION DATE" is defined in Section 2.
"CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" is defined in Section 12.
"CREDIT DOCUMENTS" shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust
Indenture.
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"CREDIT SUPPORT PARTY" shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust
Indenture.
"DEBT" shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust Indenture.
"DEBT SERVICE RESERVE FUND" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Trust Indenture.
"DRILLING ORDER" means the Marine Drilling Order of Noble US dated July
22, 1997 and accepted and approved by SDDI on August 14, 1997 as amended by that
certain letter dated May 20, 1997 from Noble Drilling Services Inc. to Shell
Offshore Inc.
"DRILLING RIG" shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust Indenture.
"DEFAULT RATE" shall have the meaning set out in the Trust Indenture.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" shall have the meaning set out in the Trust
Indenture.
"ERISA" shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust Indenture.
"ERISA AFFILIATE" means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that is treated as a single employer together with the Company
under section 414 of the Code.
"EXCEPTED LIENS" shall have the meaning set out in the Trust Indenture.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time.
"FIRST NAVAL MORTGAGE" means the mortgage of the Drilling Rig,
substantially in the form of Exhibit 6 to this Agreement, to be dated on or
before the Purchase Date, from the Company to the Trustee.
"GAAP" shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust Indenture.
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust
Indenture.
"INDENTURE DEFAULT" shall have the meaning set out in the Trust
Indenture.
"INDENTURE EVENT OF DEFAULT" shall have the meaning set out in the
Trust Indenture.
"INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR" means (a) any original purchaser of a Note,
(b) any holder of a Note holding more than 5% of the aggregate principal amount
of either Series of the Notes then outstanding, (c) any Credit Support Party and
(d) any bank, trust company, savings and loan association or other financial
institution, any pension plan, any investment company, any insurance company,
any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity,
regardless of legal form.
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"LIEN" shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust Indenture.
"MAJORITY HOLDERS" shall have the meaning set forth in the Trust
Indenture.
"MATERIAL" means material in relation to the business, operations,
affairs, financial condition, assets, or properties of the Company or of Noble
US and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (or in the case of Section 5.9, Noble
Corp. and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole).
"MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means a material adverse effect on (a) the
business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the
Company or of Noble US and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (or in the case of
Sections 5.3 or 5.8, Noble Corp. and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole), or (b)
the ability of the Company or of Noble US to perform its respective obligations
under this Agreement, the Notes or any other Credit Documents, or (c) the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the Notes or any other Credit
Documents.
"MATURITY DATE" means the date which is five (5) years from the
Purchase Date.
"MEMORANDUM" is defined in Section 5.3.
"MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means any Plan that is a "multiemployer plan" (as
such term is defined in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
"NOBLE CORP." means Noble Drilling Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
"NOBLE US" means Noble Drilling (U.S.) Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"NOTES" is defined in Section 1.
"OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means a certificate of a Senior Financial
Officer or of any other officer of the Company whose responsibilities extend to
the subject matter of such certificate.
"OPERATING SERVICES AGREEMENT" means the agreement, substantially in
the form of Exhibit 4 to this Agreement, to be dated on or before the Purchase
Date, between Noble US and the Company.
"OTHER AGREEMENTS" is defined in Section 2.
"OTHER PURCHASERS" is defined in Section 2.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and
defined in ERISA or any successor thereto.
"PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT" means the agreement, substantially in the form
of Exhibit 5 to this Agreement, to be dated on or before the Purchase Date.
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"PERSON" has the meaning set forth in the Trust Indenture.
"PLANS" has the meaning set forth in the Trust Indenture.
"PROPERTY" or "property" has the meaning set forth in the Trust
Indenture.
"PURCHASE DATE" means the date on which the conditions to Closing under
Section 4 hereof have been satisfied or such other date thereafter agreed to
pursuant to Section 3 hereof.
"QPAM EXEMPTION" means Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14
issued by the United States Department of Labor.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" means any Senior Financial Officer and any other
officer of the Company with responsibility for the administration of the
relevant portion of this agreement.
"RIG APPRAISAL AND ENGINEERING REPORT" means Exhibit D to the
Memorandum.
"ROYAL DUTCH SHELL" means, collectively, Royal Dutch Petroleum Company,
a company incorporated in The Netherlands, and The "Shell" Transport and Trading
Company, plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales.
"SDDI" means Shell Deepwater Development Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"SDDI ACCEPTANCE CERTIFICATE" means a written certificate,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 13, executed and delivered
by SDDI to the Trustee on or before the Purchase Date.
"SDDI ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT" means a written acknowledgment and
consent, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 14, executed and
delivered by SDDI to the Trustee on or before the Purchase Date, pursuant to
which SDDI agrees to make all payments due under the Shell Contract to the
Trustee so long as any Notes are outstanding.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time
to time.
"SENIOR FINANCIAL OFFICER" means the chief financial officer, principal
accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Company.
"SERIES A NOTES" is defined in Section 1.
"SERIES B NOTES" is defined in Section 1.
"SHELL CONTRACT" means the Master Drilling Agreement, dated as of June
1, 1997, between SDDI and Noble US, together with the Drilling Order.
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"SUBSIDIARY" means, as to any Person, any corporation, association or
other business entity in which such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or
such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or voting
interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of
contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing
similar functions) of such entity, and any partnership or joint venture if more
than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such Person or
one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries (unless such partnership can and does ordinarily take major
business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its
Subsidiaries). Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a
"Subsidiary" is a reference to a Subsidiary of Noble US.
"TRUST ESTATE" shall have the meaning set out in the Trust Indenture.
"TRUST INDENTURE" is defined in Section 4.3.
"TRUSTEE" shall have the meaning set out in the Trust Indenture.
"WORKING CAPITAL FUND" shall have the meaning set out in the Trust
Indenture.
"YEAR 2000 PROBLEM" shall have the meaning set out in the Trust
Indenture.
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