EXHIBIT 10.10
THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
"Amendment"), dated as of March 15, 2005, is among SESI, L.L.C., as Borrower,
SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC., as Parent, BANK ONE, NA, as Agent (the "Agent"),
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Syndication Agent, WHITNEY NATIONAL BANK, as
Documentation Agent, and the Lenders party hereto, who agree as follows:
RECITALS
A. The Borrower, Agent and Lenders have heretofore executed an Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 14, 2003 (as amended, the "Credit
Agreement").
B. The Borrower has requested that the Lenders permit the Borrower to
incur additional working capital indebtedness up to the aggregate amount of
$5,000,000.
C. The Agent and Lenders are willing to accept the Borrower's request on
the terms and conditions set forth below.
D. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, shall
have the meanings defined in the Credit Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and undertakings,
the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
AMENDMENTS TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT
1.1 Sections 6.11 (Indebtedness) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
to add a new Clause (xix) and to amend existing Clause (xix) to read as follows:
(xix) Other secured Indebtedness not exceeding $5,000,000 in the aggregate
principal amount outstanding at any one time.
(xx) The refinancing of any Indebtedness described in the foregoing
Section 6.11(i) through (xix).
1.2 Section 6.15(a)(iv) of the Credit Agreement (Liens) is hereby amended
to read as follows:
(ix) Other Liens that secure not more than $5,000,000 of Indebtedness,
provided that such Liens do not encumber real estate, vessels or
accounts.
1.3 Except as specifically amended hereby, all of the remaining terms and
conditions of the Credit Agreement remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE 2
WAIVER
2.1 At the Borrower's request, the undersigned Lenders hereby
retroactively grant to May 1, 2004 a one-time waiver of the provisions of
Sections 6.11 and 6.15 through the date hereof, to permit the Borrower to incur
other secured Indebtedness not exceeding $5,000,000 in the aggregate principal
amount outstanding at any one time.
ARTICLE 3
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COLLATERAL
3.1 Borrower hereby specifically reaffirms all of the Collateral
Documents.
ARTICLE 4
MISCELLANEOUS
4.1 This Amendment may be executed in any number of separate counterparts,
and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one in
the same instrument. This Amendment shall be effective as of the date first
written above upon execution by the Borrower, Parent and the Required Lenders.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders have executed
this Agreement as of the date first above written.
BORROWER: SESI, L.L.C.
By: Superior Energy Services, Inc.
Member Manager
By: /s/ Robert S. Taylor
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Name: Robert S. Taylor
Title: Chief Financial Officer
PARENT: SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Robert S. Taylor
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Name: Robert S. Taylor
Title: Chief Financial Officer
AGENT AND LENDER: BANK ONE, NA
(Main Office Chicago)
By: /s/ Steven D. Nance
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Name: Steven D. Nance
Title: Vice President
SYNDICATION AGENT AND LENDER: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
By: /s/ Philip C. Lauinger III
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Name: Philip C. Lauinger III
Title: Vice President
DOCUMENTATION AGENT AND LENDER: WHITNEY NATIONAL BANK
By: /s/ Hollie L. Ercksen
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Name: Hollie L. Ericksen
Title: Vice President
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LENDERS: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Vickie Leon
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Name: Vickie Leon
Title: Assistant Vice President
NATEXIS BANQUES POPULAIRES
By: /s/ Renaud d'Herbes
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Name: Renaud d'Herbes
Title: Vice President/Regional
Manager
By: /s/ Daniel Payer
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Name: Daniel Payer
Title: Vice President
HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK
By: /s/ Stephen Birnbaum
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Name: Stephen Birnbaum
Title: Vice President
BANK OF SCOTLAND
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
AMEGY BANK NA
By: /s/ C. Ross Bartley
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Name: C. Ross Bartley
Title: Vice President
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