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Exhibit 10.1
$350,000,000
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
May 13, 1994
among
UNION TEXAS PETROLEUM HOLDINGS, INC.
The BANKS Listed Herein
and
NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A.
as Agent
and
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND, HOUSTON AGENCY
as Co-Agents
THE INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 7.06 AND 9.03(B) OF THIS
AGREEMENT INCLUDE INDEMNIFICATION FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE
NEGLIGENCE OF THE PERSONS INDEMNIFIED THEREBY TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH
THEREIN
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.01. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.02. Accounting Terms and
Determinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 1.03. Types of Borrowings . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 1.04. Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 1.05. Unimar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 1.06. Ratings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 2.01. Commitments to Lend . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SECTION 2.02. Notice of Committed Borrowings . . . . . . 29
SECTION 2.03. Money Market Borrowings . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 2.04. Notice to Banks; Funding of Loans . . . . . 35
SECTION 2.05. Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 2.06. Maturity of Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 2.07. Interest Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 2.08. Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 2.09. Optional Termination or Reduction
of Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 2.10. Mandatory Termination or Reduction
of Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 2.11. Optional Prepayments . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 2.12. General Provisions as to Payments . . . . . 42
SECTION 2.13. Funding Losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 2.14. Computation of Interest and Fees . . . . . 44
SECTION 2.15. Chapter 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 2.16. Maximum Interest Rate . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 2.17. Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 2.18. Conversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 3.01. Initial Borrowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 3.02. All Borrowings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES . . . . . 51
SECTION 4.01. Corporate Existence and Power . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 4.02. Corporate and Governmental
Authorization; Contravention . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 4.03. Binding Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 4.04. Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 4.05. Litigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 4.06. Compliance with ERISA . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 4.07. Environmental Matters . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 4.08. Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 4.09. Ownership of Restricted
Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 4.10. Title to Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 4.11. Taxes and Other Obligations . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 4.12. Regulation U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 4.13. Certain Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 4.14. United Kingdom Assets . . . . . . . . . . . 55
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 5.01. Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 5.02. Affirmative Covenants . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 5.03. Primary Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 5.04. Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 5.05. Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 5.06. Restricted Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 5.07. Negative Pledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 5.08. Consolidations and Mergers . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 5.09. Use of Proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 5.10. Parties to Subsidiary Guaranty
Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 5.11. Restrictions on Dividends,
Intercompany Loans, or Investment . . . . . 65
SECTION 5.12. Loans and Advances . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 5.13. Cross-Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 5.14. Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 5.15. Adjusted Equity and Interest
Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 5.16. Excluded Subordinated Debt and
Preferred Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 5.17. Certain Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 5.18. Restrictions on Asset Sales . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 5.19. UTEK Guaranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 5.20. Conversion to Unrestricted
Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 6.02. Notice of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
ARTICLE VII
THE AGENT . . . . . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 7.01. Appointment and Authorization . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 7.02. Agent and Affiliates . . . . . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 7.03. Action by Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 7.04. Consultation with Experts . . . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 7.05. Liability of Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 7.06. Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SECTION 7.07. Credit Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SECTION 7.08. Successor Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SECTION 7.09. Agent's Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
ARTICLE VIII
CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 8.01. Basis for Determining Interest Rate
Inadequate or Unfair . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 8.02. Illegality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SECTION 8.03. Increased Cost and Reduced Return . . . . . 76
SECTION 8.04. Base Rate Loans Substituted for
Affected Fixed Rate Loans . . . . . . . . . 78
SECTION 8.05. Substitution of Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 78
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SECTION 9.01. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SECTION 9.02. No Waivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnification . . . . . . . . . 79
SECTION 9.04. Sharing of Set-Offs, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 9.05. Amendments and Waivers . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 9.06. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . 82
SECTION 9.07. Collateral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SECTION 9.08. Texas Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SECTION 9.09. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION . . . . . . . . . . 84
SECTION 9.10. Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SECTION 9.12. COMPLETE AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
SECTION 9.13. Liability of Co-Agents and
Arranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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Schedule I - Commitment Reduction Schedule
Schedule II - Existing Subsidiaries
Schedule III - Existing Liens
Schedule IV - Existing Restrictions
Schedule V - Joint Venture Debt Agreements
Schedule VI - Outstanding Options
Exhibit A - Note
Exhibit B - Money Market Quote Request
Exhibit C - Invitation for Money Market Quotes
Exhibit D - Money Market Quote
Exhibit E - Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement
Exhibit F - Opinion of General Counsel of the Company
Exhibit G - Opinion of Special Counsel for the Company
Exhibit H - Opinion of Special Counsel for the Agent
Exhibit I - Assignment and Assumption Agreement
Exhibits J-1 and J-2 - Forms of Local Counsel Opinions
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 13, 1994
among Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc., the Banks party hereto, NationsBank
of Texas, N.A., as Agent, and Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association and Union Bank of Switzerland, Houston Agency, as Co-Agents.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
1. The Company, the Agent and the co-agents and lenders named
therein previously entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of August 31, 1992
(as previously amended, the "1992 Credit Agreement") pursuant to which the
Banks committed to make Loans (as such term is defined in the 1992 Credit
Agreement) to the Company on the terms and conditions set forth therein.
2. The Company has requested the Banks, the Agent and the
Co-Agents to further amend the 1992 Credit Agreement and, as so further
amended, to restate it in its entirety and the Banks, the Agent and the
Co-Agents have agreed to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
3. The parties hereto have agreed to restate the 1992 Credit
Agreement in its entirety for clarity only, and this Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement constitutes for all purposes an amendment to the 1992 Credit
Agreement and not a new or substitute agreement and each reference to a Loan
herein or in any other document shall include each Loan made heretofore under
the 1992 Credit Agreement as well as each Loan made hereafter under this
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. The following terms, as used
herein, have the following meanings:
"Absolute Rate Auction" means a solicitation of Money Market
Quotes setting forth Money Market Absolute Rates pursuant to Section 2.03.
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"Acceptable Engineer" means DeGolyer & MacNaughton or such
other independent engineering firm that is mutually acceptable to the Agent and
the Company.
"Additional Margin Increase Condition" exists at all times
during which any senior unsecured long-term debt of the Company is rated below
BBB- by S&P.
"Adjusted Equity" means the consolidated stockholders equity
of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, as determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
adjusted to exclude (i) any cumulative foreign exchange translation
adjustments, (ii) any non-cash write-up or writedown of any assets of the
Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries made after March 31, 1992 in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and (iii) the non-
cash effect of the adoption of any change after March 31, 1992 required by
generally accepted accounting principles.
"Administrative Questionnaire" means, with respect to each
Bank, an administrative questionnaire in the form requested by the Agent
submitted to the Agent (with a copy to the Company) duly completed by such
Bank.
"Affiliate" means (i) any Person holding 5% or more of any
class of capital stock of the Company, and (ii) any Person (other than the
Company, a Subsidiary or a Partnership) directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by or under common control with any Person described in clause (i).
As used in this definition of "Affiliate", the term "control" means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
"Agent" means NationsBank in its capacity as agent for the
Banks hereunder and any successor in such capacity.
"Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of May 13, 1994 among the Company, the Banks, the Agent and the
Co-Agents, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Applicable Lending Office" means, with respect to any Bank,
(i) in the case of its Base Rate Loans, its Domestic Lending Office, (ii) in
the case of its Euro-Dollar Loans, its Euro-Dollar Lending Office and (iii) in
the case of its Money Market Loans, its Money Market Lending Office.
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"Arranger" means NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc.
"Asset Sale" means any sale, lease, transfer or other
disposition of any Restricted Asset by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, whether such sale, lease, transfer or other disposition is direct
or indirect (such as by selling capital stock of the Subsidiary that owns such
Restricted Asset, but excluding sales of capital stock of the Company), other
than (i) farm- outs in the ordinary course of business of properties containing
substantially no proved reserves at the time of the farm-out, (ii) sales in the
ordinary course of business of Hydrocarbons after severance, (iii) sales,
transfers, leases or other dispositions of inventory and obsolete or surplus
equipment in the ordinary course of business, and (iv) sales, transfers, leases
or other dispositions to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary if no Default
then exists or would result therefrom.
"Assignee" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.06(c).
"Assignment" means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement in
substantially the form of Exhibit I hereto.
"Bank" means each bank listed on the signature pages hereof,
each Assignee which becomes a Bank pursuant to Section 9.06(c), and their
respective successors.
"Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the
higher of (i) the Corporate Base Rate for such day and (ii) the sum of 1/2 of
1% plus the Federal Funds Rate for such day.
"Base Rate Loan" means a Committed Loan which bears interest
as provided in Section 2.07(a).
"Benefit Arrangement" means at any time an employee benefit
plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is not a Plan or a
Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained or otherwise contributed to by any
member of the ERISA Group.
"Borrowing" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.
"Cash Interest Expense" means, for any period, the sum of (i)
the aggregate amount accrued during such period by the Company and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries for interest determined on a consolidated basis, but
excluding interest on Non- Recourse Debt and interest on Debt of Unrestricted
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Subsidiaries to the extent such Debt does not constitute Debt of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary plus (ii) the aggregate amount paid during such
period by the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for dividends on
Restricted Preferred Stock, determined on a consolidated basis.
"Co-Agents" means Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association and Union Bank of Switzerland, Houston Agency in their capacities
as Co-Agents hereunder.
"Commitment" means, with respect to each Bank, the amount set
forth opposite the name of such Bank on the signature pages hereof (or, if such
Bank is an Assignee and its name is not set forth on the signature pages
hereof, the amount of its Commitment as set forth in the Assignment pursuant to
which it became a Bank), as such amount may be reduced from time to time
pursuant to Sections 2.09 and 2.10 or reduced or increased from time to time
pursuant to any Assignment to which it is a party.
"Commitment Reduction Date" means each date set forth in
Schedule I (or, if any such date is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, the next
succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar Business Day falls
in another calendar month, in which case such Commitment Reduction Date shall
be the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day).
"Committed Loan" means a loan made by a Bank pursuant to
Section 2.01 and refers to a Base Rate Loan or a Euro-Dollar Loan (each of
which shall be a "Type" of Loan).
"Company" means Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
"Company's 1993 Form 10-K" means the Company's annual report
on Form 10-K for 1993, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
"Consolidated Debt" means, at any date, an amount equal to (a)
the sum (without duplication) of (i) the aggregate amount of Debt (other than
Defeased Debt, Excluded Subordinated Debt not exceeding $100,000,000 and Debt
that would not constitute Debt of the Company or any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries if clause (viii) were not included in the definition herein of
Debt) of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a
consolidated basis as of such date, plus (ii) the Unimar Percentage at such
date of the aggregate Debt (other than Defeased Debt and Debt that
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would not constitute Debt of Unimar or any of the Unimar Restricted
Subsidiaries if clause (viii) were not included in the definition herein of
Debt) of Unimar and the Unimar Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a
consolidated basis as of such date, plus (iii) the Excess Letter of
Credit/Guarantee Amount at such date, minus (b) the sum (without duplication
and only to the extent that any of the following are included in the foregoing
clause (a)) at such date of (1) Debt of Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the extent
such Debt does not constitute Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
plus (2) Non-Restricted Asset Non-Recourse Debt plus (3) Existing Pakistan
Non-Recourse Debt.
"Consolidated Subsidiary" means at any date any Subsidiary or
other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the
Company in its consolidated financial statements as of such date.
"Convert," "Conversion" and "Converted" each refers to (i) the
change of Committed Loans of one Type into Committed Loans of the other Type
pursuant to Section 2.18 or Article VIII, (ii) the continuation of all
Euro-Dollar Loans comprising the same Borrowing as such for an additional
Interest Period pursuant to Section 2.18, and (iii) an election to change,
pursuant to Section 2.18, the Interest Period applicable to all Euro-Dollar
Loans comprising the same Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period
then applicable thereto.
"Corporate Base Rate" means a fluctuating interest rate per
annum as shall be in effect from time to time equal to the rate of interest
publicly announced by NationsBank as its base rate, whether or not the Company
has notice thereof. Such rate is set by NationsBank as a general reference
rate of interest, taking into account such factors as NationsBank may deem
appropriate, it being understood that many of NationsBank's commercial or other
loans are priced in relation to such rate, that it is not necessarily the
lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer and that NationsBank may
make various commercial or other loans at rates of interest having no
relationship to such rate.
"Debt" of any Person means at any date, without duplication,
(i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of
such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
(iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of
property or services, except accrued expenses, trade accounts payable and taxes
payable arising in the ordinary
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course of business, (iv) the present value, determined in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, of the obligations of such Person to
make payments under capital leases, (v) all obligations of such Person which
shall have been outstanding for more than five days owed to a bank or other
Person in respect of amounts theretofore paid under a letter of credit or
similar instrument, (vi) all Debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset
owned by such Person whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person (except
that Joint Venture Debt shall for purposes of this Agreement be deemed to be
Debt of Pertamina and not of the Company or a Subsidiary), (vii) all Restricted
Preferred Stock issued by such Person or as to which such Person is otherwise
liable, (viii) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such Person, to the extent of
such Guarantee, and (ix) all obligations of such Person which have been
outstanding for more than five days to pay any margin call (or similar
requirement) on any Derivative Transaction (excluding, in the case of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, such obligations not exceeding $5,000,000 in the
aggregate); provided that, neither Debt nor Guarantee includes (a) obligations
under leases other than capital leases and under bona fide Derivative
Transactions (except as provided in clause (ix) above) and obligations with
respect to take-or-pay payments theretofore received which remain subject to
cash settlement or make-up; (b) Debt of the Company or a Subsidiary owing to
the Company or a Subsidiary, except for Debt not eliminated in consolidation
pursuant to the proviso in Section 1.02; (c) obligations under the Indonesian
Participating Units; (d) any preferred stock that does not constitute
Restricted Preferred Stock; and (e) the existing agreements relating to Joint
Venture Debt set forth in the contracts described on Schedule V of the parties
thereto as to allocation of responsibility for damages caused by reason of an
act or failure to act by, or otherwise related to, any such party, or any
similar agreement hereafter entered into providing for a similar allocation of
liability in respect of similar actions or failures to act. The amount of Debt
attributable to any Restricted Preferred Stock shall be the maximum
consideration required to be paid upon the purchase, retirement, redemption,
exchange, or conversion of the portion thereof constituting Debt (such
consideration, if other than cash, to be valued at the fair market value
thereof), provided that, in computing such consideration there shall be
excluded (A) any consideration payable solely in common stock of the Company,
(B) dividends to the extent such dividends do not materially exceed the
generally prevailing market rate (at the time of issuance of such Restricted
Preferred Stock) on preferred stock of comparable risk and maturity; and (C)
any premium payable upon any such purchase, retirement,
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redemption, exchange or conversion only as a result of the exercise by the
issuer of a call provision exercisable only at the option of the issuer, if
failure to exercise such option would not have an adverse effect on the Company
or any Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of any such Restricted Preferred Stock
or any documents related thereto.
"Default" means any condition or event which constitutes an
Event of Default or which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both
would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
"Defeased Debt" means any Debt of the Company or any
Subsidiary (i) which has been defeased in accordance with the terms of the
applicable Debt instruments, (ii) which is deemed to be extinguished under
generally accepted accounting principles applicable to the Company or such
Subsidiary, and (iii) with respect to which the Agent has received a
certificate of an officer of the Company or such Subsidiary to the effect that
the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of this definition have been met as to
such Debt and such evidence, if any, in support of such certificate as the
Agent may reasonably request.
"Derivative Transactions" means foreign exchange transactions
and commodity, currency and interest rate swaps, floors, caps, collars, forward
sales, options, other similar transactions and combinations of the foregoing.
"Domestic Business Day" means any day except a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, San Francisco
or Houston are authorized by law to close.
"Domestic Lending Office" means, as to each Bank, its office
located at its address set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (or
identified in its Administrative Questionnaire as its Domestic Lending Office)
or such other office as such Bank may hereafter designate as its Domestic
Lending Office by notice to the Company and the Agent.
"EBITDA" means, for any period, the sum of (i) the
consolidated net income of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for
such period before non-cash non-recurring items, gains or losses on
dispositions of assets and the cumulative effect of changes in accounting
principles plus (ii) to the extent included in the determination of such
income, the consolidated charges for such period for interest,
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depreciation, depletion and amortization plus (or, if there is a benefit from
income taxes, minus) (iii) to the extent included in the determination of such
income, the amount of the provision for or benefit from income taxes; provided
that in determining such consolidated net income, such consolidated charges and
such provision for or benefit from income taxes, there shall be excluded
therefrom (to the extent otherwise included therein) (a) the net income (or
loss) of, charges for interest, depreciation, depletion and amortization of,
and such provision for or benefit from income taxes of, any Person acquired by
the Company or a Subsidiary in a pooling-of-interest transaction for any period
prior to the date of such transaction, and (b) the net income (but not loss)
of, charges for interest, depreciation, depletion and amortization of, and such
provision for (but not benefit from) income taxes of, any Person which is
subject to any contractual restriction which prevents the payment of dividends
or the making of distributions on the capital stock or other ownership
interests of such Person to the extent of such contractual restrictions.
"Engineering Report" means a report of an Acceptable Engineer
providing an estimate of the proved reserves of Hydrocarbons attributable to
the properties of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Environmental Laws" means any and all federal, state, local
and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders,
decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or
other governmental restrictions relating to the environment or to emissions,
discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants, petroleum or petroleum
products, chemicals or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes into
the environment including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water,
ground water, or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of
pollutants, contaminants, petroleum or petroleum products, chemicals or
industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes or the clean-up or other
remediation thereof, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, the Oil Pollution Act, and their state analogs,
in each case as they have been or may be amended.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, or any successor statute.
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"ERISA Group" means the Obligors and all members of a
controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not
incorporated) under common control which, together with any Obligor, are
treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.
"Euro-Dollar Business Day" means any Domestic Business Day on
which commercial banks are open for international business (including dealings
in dollar deposits) in London.
"Euro-Dollar Lending Office" means, as to each Bank, its
office, branch or affiliate located at its address set forth in its
Administrative Questionnaire (or identified in its Administrative Questionnaire
as its Euro-Dollar Lending Office) or such other office, branch or affiliate of
such Bank as it may hereafter designate as its Euro-Dollar Lending Office by
notice to the Company and the Agent.
"Euro-Dollar Loan" means a Committed Loan which bears interest
as provided in Section 2.07(b) or Section 2.07(c).
"Event of Default" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.
"Excess Letter of Credit/Guarantee Amount" means, at any date,
the excess of (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn amount, at such date, of
all letters of credit as to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
(other than Unimar and the Unimar Restricted Subsidiaries) is the account party
or in respect of which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than
Unimar and the Unimar Restricted Subsidiaries) has Guaranteed payment plus the
unpaid drawn portions, at such date, of all such letters of credit to the
extent such drawn portions do not constitute Debt of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary (other than Unimar and the Unimar Restricted
Subsidiaries), plus (ii) the Unimar Percentage of the aggregate undrawn amount,
at such date, of all letters of credit as to which Unimar or any of the Unimar
Restricted Subsidiaries is the account party or in respect of which Unimar or
any of the Unimar Restricted Subsidiaries has Guaranteed payment plus the
unpaid drawn portions, at such date, of such letters of credit to the extent
such drawn portions do not constitute Debt of Unimar or any of the Unimar
Restricted Subsidiaries, plus (iii) Debt that constitutes Debt of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Unimar or any Unimar Restricted
Subsidiary) pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition herein of Debt, plus
(iv) the Unimar Percentage at such date of Debt that constitutes Debt of
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Unimar or any of the Unimar Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to clause (viii)
of the definition herein of Debt, over (b) $50,000,000.
"Excess Net Sales Proceeds" means
(i) with respect to any Asset Sale involving, directly or
indirectly, a UK Asset (a "UK Asset Sale"),
(a) if, after giving effect to such Asset Sale, the
aggregate Net Sales Proceeds from all UK Asset Sales
since December 31, 1993 would be less than or equal
to $50,000,000 and the aggregate Net Sales Proceeds
from all Asset Sales since such date would be less
than or equal to $100,000,000, zero; or
(b) if, after giving effect to such Asset Sale, the
aggregate Net Sales Proceeds from all UK Asset Sales
since December 31, 1993 ("UK Aggregate Amount") would
be greater than $50,000,000 or the aggregate Net
Sales Proceeds from all Asset Sales since such date
("Total Aggregate Amount") would be greater than
$100,000,000, the lesser of (1) the greater of the
amount by which the UK Aggregate Amount exceeds
$50,000,000 or the amount by which the Total
Aggregate Amount exceeds $100,000,000 or (2) the Net
Sales Proceeds from such Asset Sale; and
(ii) with respect to any Asset Sale not involving, directly or
indirectly, a UK Asset,
(a) if, after giving effect to such Asset Sale, the
aggregate Net Sales Proceeds from all Asset Sales
since December 31, 1993 would be less than or equal
to $100,000,000, zero; or
(b) if, after giving effect to such Asset Sale, the
aggregate Net Sales Proceeds from all Asset Sales
since December 31, 1993 would be greater than
$100,000,000, the lesser of (1) the amount by which
such aggregate Net Sales Proceeds exceeds
$100,000,000 or (2) the Net Sales Proceeds from such
Asset Sale.
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"Excluded Subordinated Debt" means Debt that (i) is
subordinate and junior, on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, to the
Loans in all respects and (ii) has no requirement, absent a default under such
Debt, that any principal thereof be paid, purchased, redeemed, defeased,
acquired, exchanged or converted (other than exchange for or conversion to
common stock of the Company) prior to April 30, 1999.
"Existing Pakistan Non-Recourse Debt" means the Debt, not
exceeding the principal amount of $9,500,000, evidenced by that certain
promissory note dated December 20, 1988, issued by UT Pakistan in the original
principal amount of $21,250,000, the related Finance Agreement between UT
Pakistan and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation ("OPIC") and the
related Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement among Morgan Guaranty Trust Company
of New York as issuing and paying agent, OPIC and UT Pakistan.
"Fair Market Value" means with respect to any asset of the
Company or any Subsidiary at any date the open market cash purchase price that
an informed and willing purchaser would pay for such asset in an arm's length
transaction to a willing and informed owner under no compulsion to sell, all as
reasonably determined in good faith by the Company.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate per annum
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such
day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Domestic
Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that (i) if such day is not a
Domestic Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate
on such transactions on the next preceding Domestic Business Day, as so
published on the next succeeding Domestic Business Day, and (ii) if no such
rate is so published on such next succeeding Domestic Business Day, the Federal
Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to NationsBank on such
day on such transactions as determined by the Agent.
"Financing Documents" means this Agreement, the Notes and the
Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement.
"Fixed Rate Loans" means Euro-Dollar Loans or Money Market
Loans (excluding Money Market LIBOR Loans bearing interest pursuant to Section
8.01(a)) or any combination of the foregoing.
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"Guarantee" by any Person means any obligation, contingent or
otherwise (including, without limitation, any obligation to repay to a payor or
creditor of a payor amounts previously paid to such Person by such payor), of
such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt of any other Person or
otherwise incurred for the purpose of assuring the holder of payment of any
such Debt; provided that (i) the obligations of any Person in respect of Debt
of any Partnership in which such Person is a general partner shall not
constitute a Guarantee of such Debt so long as substantially all assets of such
Person are comprised of its Investment in such Partnership, (ii) the obligation
of a Person to transfer or restore cash to the account of a Partnership,
Subsidiary or Affiliate pursuant to periodic settlements or adjustments under
cash management practices of such Persons shall not constitute a Guarantee,
(iii) the contractual obligation of a Person to assure that a Subsidiary,
Partnership or Affiliate conducts its operations as a prudent operator shall
not constitute a Guarantee of indebtedness of the Subsidiary, Partnership or
Affiliate, (iv) the obligation of a Person to cause net amounts of cash owned
by a Subsidiary, Partnership or Affiliate to be applied to payment of
indebtedness of such Subsidiary, Partnership or Affiliate shall not constitute
a Guarantee of such indebtedness and (v) the reaffirmation to or for the
benefit of a lender of contractual obligations (as, for example, those set
forth in the Production Sharing Contracts) previously entered into in good
faith and not in contemplation of the incurrence of Debt shall not constitute a
Guarantee so long as the other arrangements entered into in connection with
such reaffirmation do not increase the likelihood that additional funds will be
required to meet such obligations (as would be the case, for example, if
revenues otherwise available to meet such obligations were dedicated to such
lender).
"HPG Plant" means the five-twelfths interest in the Geismar,
Louisiana olefins plant owned by UTPC and its subsidiaries, the supply and
distribution assets related to such plant and all other operating assets of
UTPC and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 1993.
"Hydrocarbons" means crude oil, including all kinds of
hydrocarbons and bitumens in solid or liquid form, and natural gas, including
all gaseous hydrocarbons produced from wells, and liquefied natural gas and
liquefied petroleum gases.
"Indonesian Participating Units" means the Indonesian
Participating Units issued by Unimar pursuant to
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the Indenture dated as of September 24, 1984 between Unimar and Irving Trust
Company, Trustee, as amended and in effect on the date hereof, and as hereafter
amended to the extent such subsequent amendments do not change the term
thereof, provide additional security therefor, or increase the payments to be
made to holders thereof.
"Interest Period" means: (1) with respect to each Euro-Dollar
Loan comprising part of the same Borrowing, the period commencing on the date
of such Loan or the date of the Conversion of any Base Rate Loan into such
Euro-Dollar Loan and ending on the last day of the period selected by the
Company pursuant to the provisions below and, thereafter, each subsequent
period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period
(or on any other date selected by the Company pursuant to Section 2.18) and
ending on the last day of the period selected by the Company pursuant to the
provisions below and Section 2.18. The duration of each such Interest Period
shall be 1, 2, 3 or 6 months or (subject to Section 2.02(b)) 9 or 12 months, in
each case as the Company may, upon notice received by the Agent not later than
10:00 a.m. (Houston time) on the third Euro-Dollar Business Day prior to the
first day of such Interest Period, select; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a
day which is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day shall be extended to the
next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar
Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such
Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business
Day;
(b) any Interest Period which begins on the last
Euro-Dollar Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which
there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to clause (c) below, end
on the last Euro-Dollar Business Day of a calendar month;
(c) if any Interest Period includes a date on which a
payment of principal of the Loans is required to be made under Section
2.10(c) but does not end on such date, then (i) the principal amount
(if any) of each Euro-Dollar Loan required to be repaid on such date
shall have an Interest Period ending on such date and (ii) the
remainder (if any)
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of each such Euro-Dollar Loan shall have an Interest Period determined
as set forth above; and
(d) Interest Periods for all Loans comprising the same
Borrowing shall commence on the same date and shall be of the same
duration.
(2) with respect to each Money Market LIBOR Borrowing, the period commencing on
the date of such Borrowing and ending such whole number of months thereafter as
the Company may elect in accordance with Section 2.03; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a
day which is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day shall be extended to the
next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar
Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such
Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business
Day;
(b) any Interest Period which begins on the last
Euro-Dollar Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which
there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to clause (d) below, end
on the last Euro-Dollar Business Day of a calendar month;
(c) no Interest Period for any Money Market Loan shall
end after any Commitment Reduction Date if, after giving effect
thereto, the aggregate principal amount of Loans having Interest
Periods ending after such date would exceed the aggregate amount of
the Commitments after giving effect to any scheduled reduction of the
Commitments on or prior to such date; and
(d) any Interest Period which would otherwise end after
the Termination Date shall end on the Termination Date.
(3) with respect to each Money Market Absolute Rate Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending such number of days
thereafter (but not less than 14 days) as the Company may elect in accordance
with Section 2.03; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a
day which is not a Euro-Dollar Business
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Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day;
(b) no Interest Period for any Money Market Loan shall
end after any Commitment Reduction Date if, after giving effect
thereto, the aggregate principal amount of Loans having Interest
Periods ending after such date would exceed the aggregate amount of
the Commitments after giving effect to any scheduled reduction of the
Commitments on or prior to such date; and
(c) any Interest Period which would otherwise end after
the Termination Date shall end on the Termination Date.
"Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, or any successor statute.
"Investment" means any investment in any Person, whether by
means of share purchase, capital contribution, loan, advance, Guarantee or
otherwise. It is understood that a joint operating agreement or similar
arrangement with respect to Hydrocarbon properties or the HPG Plant does not
constitute a Person and hence that payments in respect of the acquisition or
maintenance of an interest in such Hydrocarbon properties or the HPG Plant do
not constitute an Investment.
"Invitation for Money Market Quotes" has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.03(c).
"Joint Venture Debt" means obligations secured by a Lien on
the interests of the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, arising under
either of the Production Sharing Contracts or any related supply contracts, if
such Lien covers ratably the interests of Pertamina and all production sharing
contractors thereunder.
"LIBOR Auction" means a solicitation of Money Market Quotes
setting forth Money Market Margins based on the London Interbank Offered Rate
pursuant to Section 2.03.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien,
pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
asset (including, without limitation, any production payment, advance payment
or similar arrangement with respect to minerals in place), whether or not
filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law. For the purposes
of this Agreement, the
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Company or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset
which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor
under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention
agreement relating to such asset. The right of set-off, whether by operation
of law or by contract, does not constitute a Lien unless there is a related
obligation to maintain a deposit of cash or other assets in respect of which
such right of set-off may be exercised.
"Loan" means a Committed Loan or a Money Market Loan and
"Loans" means Committed Loans or Money Market Loans or any combination of the
foregoing.
"London Interbank Offered Rate" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.07(b).
"Margin Increase Condition" exists at all times during any
Margin Period if the aggregate outstanding amount of Consolidated Debt on the
last day of the calendar quarter immediately preceding the first day of such
Margin Period exceeded 300% of Operating Cash Flow for the four calendar
quarter period ending on the last day of such calendar quarter.
"Margin Period" means each period commencing on and including
the 61st day of each calendar quarter and ending on and including the 60th day
of the next calendar quarter, with the first such period commencing on May 31,
1994.
"material" means, with respect to any matter so characterized
herein, that such matter would reasonably be expected to be significant to a
Bank in determining whether to enter into this Agreement or to extend credit
hereunder.
"Material Debt" means Debt of the Company and/or any one or
more Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Non-Recourse Debt) in an aggregate
principal amount equal to or greater than $15,000,000, whether incurred under
one or more related or unrelated documents or instruments.
"Material Plan" means at any time a Plan or Plans having
aggregate Unfunded Liabilities in excess of $15,000,000.
"Money Market Absolute Rate" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.03(d).
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"Money Market Absolute Rate Loan" means a loan to be made by a
Bank pursuant to an Absolute Rate Auction.
"Money Market Lending Office" means, as to each Bank, its
Domestic Lending Office or such other office, branch or affiliate of such Bank
as it may hereafter designate as its Money Market Lending Office by notice to
the Company and the Agent; provided that any Bank may from time to time by
notice to the Company and the Agent designate separate Money Market Lending
Offices for its Money Market LIBOR Loans, on the one hand, and its Money Market
Absolute Rate Loans, on the other hand, in which case all references herein to
the Money Market Lending Office of such Bank shall be deemed to refer to either
or both of such offices, as the context may require.
"Money Market LIBOR Loan" means a loan to be made by a Bank
pursuant to a LIBOR Auction (including such a loan bearing interest pursuant to
Section 8.01(a)).
"Money Market Loan" means a Money Market LIBOR Loan or a Money
Market Absolute Rate Loan.
"Money Market Margin" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.03(d).
"Money Market Quote" means an offer by a Bank to make a Money
Market Loan in accordance with Section 2.03.
"Money Market Quote Request" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.03(a).
"Multiemployer Plan" means at any time an employee pension
benefit plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any
member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make
contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made contributions,
including for these purposes any Person which ceased to be a member of the
ERISA Group during such five year period.
"NationsBank" means NationsBank of Texas, N.A., a national
banking association.
"Net Sales Proceeds" means, with respect to any Asset Sale,
the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Asset that is sold, leased, transferred
or otherwise disposed of in such Asset Sale, minus the sum of (i) all
reasonable fees, commissions and expenses incurred by the Company or any
Subsidiary as a result of or in connection with such Asset
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Sale and (ii) all taxes required to be paid by the Company or any Subsidiary as
a result of such Asset Sale.
"1992 Credit Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the
preliminary statements set forth before this Section 1.01.
"Non-Recourse Debt" means, at any date, (a) the aggregate
amount at such date of Debt of the Company or a Subsidiary (other than Unimar
and each Unimar Subsidiary) and (b) the Unimar Percentage of the aggregate
amount at such date of all Debt of each of Unimar and each Unimar Subsidiary,
in respect of which in the case of either (a) or (b) (i) the recourse of the
holder of such Debt, whether direct or indirect and whether contingent or
otherwise, shall be effectively limited to Non-Restricted Assets (or, in the
case of the Existing Pakistan Non-Recourse Debt, the assets described in
Schedule III) and (ii) in the case of any such Debt incurred after the date of
this Agreement, the Company shall have, at or prior to the time of incurrence
thereof, notified the Agent of such incurrence and delivered to the Agent a
certificate of an officer of the Company certifying that such Debt constitutes
Non-Recourse Debt (or that such Debt will be converted into Non-Recourse Debt
at some specified time or upon the occurrence of some specified event),
provided that, if any such Debt is secured by any interest in a license,
concession, production sharing contract or other right and any of the
Restricted Assets consists of an interest in such license, concession,
production sharing contract or other right, then the agreements evidencing such
Debt must provide that default under such Debt will not impair or affect such
license, concession, production sharing contract or other right. In the case
of any Non-Recourse Debt incurred after the date of this Agreement, such
limitation on recourse (i) must be set forth in the instrument evidencing such
Debt, and (ii) must be on terms acceptable to the Agent as evidenced by the
written approval thereof by the Agent (which approval will not be unreasonably
withheld, and in deciding whether to approve such terms the Agent will, if
requested by the Company, take into account what terms are usual and customary
in non-recourse financings) and in any event must provide that the holder of
such Debt waives, to the extent such holder may effectively do so, such
holder's right to elect recourse treatment under 11 U.S.C. Section 1111(b)
unless such holder obtains the prior written consent of the Required Banks.
For avoidance of doubt, (a) if any such Debt is Guaranteed by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary in a limited amount, the excess over such amount (but
only the excess) constitutes Non-Recourse Debt, and (b) Debt shall not be
determined to not be Non-Recourse Debt solely as a result
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of the existence of either of the following: (i) an agreement by a direct or
indirect parent corporation to repay to a subsidiary amounts received by such
parent corporation from such subsidiary in the event such subsidiary has a need
for such amounts in future periods or (ii) an agreement by a direct or indirect
parent corporation to cause a subsidiary to comply with such subsidiary's
contractual obligations so long as the parent corporation is not obligated to
contribute funds to the subsidiary to enable it to comply with such contractual
obligations and has not otherwise Guaranteed such obligations.
"Non-Restricted Asset Non-Recourse Debt" means, at any date,
the aggregate amount at such date of Non-Recourse Debt as to which the recourse
of the holder is limited exclusively to Non-Restricted Assets as contemplated
by clause (i) of the first sentence of the definition of Non-Recourse Debt.
"Non-Restricted Assets" means all assets of the Company and
its Subsidiaries other than Restricted Assets.
"Non-UK Asset" means any Restricted Asset other than a UK
Asset.
"Notes" means promissory notes of the Company, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A hereto, evidencing the obligation of the Company to
repay the Loans made to it, and "Note" means any one of such promissory notes
issued hereunder.
"Notice of Borrowing" means a Notice of Committed Borrowing
(as defined in Section 2.02) or a Notice of Money Market Borrowing (as defined
in Section 2.03(f)).
"Obligors" means the Company and the Required Guarantors, and
"Obligor" means any one of them.
"Operating Cash Flow" means, with respect to any period, an
amount equal to
(i) the "net cash (required) provided by operating activities
before changes in other assets and liabilities" of the Company
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, that should
be reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows of
the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles on substantially the same basis as the consolidated
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statement of cash flows of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 1993 as set forth
in the Company's 1993 Form 10-K, provided that in determining
such "net cash (required) provided by operating activities
before changes in other assets and liabilities" there shall be
excluded therefrom (to the extent otherwise included therein)
(a) the portion of such net cash provided by assets securing
any Non-Recourse Debt other than the Existing Pakistan
Non-Recourse Debt, (b) the net cash provided or required by
operating activities before changes in other assets and
liabilities of any Person acquired by the Company or a
Subsidiary in a pooling-of-interest transaction for any period
prior to the date of such transaction, and (c) the net cash
provided by operating activities before changes in other
assets and liabilities of any Person which is subject to any
contractual restriction which prevents the payment of
dividends or the making of distributions on the capital stock
or other ownership interests of such Person to the extent of
such contractual restrictions,
plus (ii) to the extent included in the determination of the
"net cash (required) provided by operating activities before
changes in other assets and liabilities" for such period in
accordance with the foregoing clause (i), exploration expenses
incurred by the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary during
such period other than (a) exploration expenses incurred in
connection with assets securing any Non-Recourse Debt other
than the Existing Pakistan Non-Recourse Debt, (b) the
exploration expenses of any Person acquired by the Company or
a Subsidiary in a pooling-of-interest transaction for any
period prior to the date of such transaction, and (c) the
exploration expenses of any Person which is subject to any
contractual restriction which prevents the payment of
dividends or the making of distributions on the capital stock
or other ownership interests of such Person to the extent of
such contractual restrictions,
plus (or, if cash is required by equity investee, minus) (iii)
the amount of the "cash (required) provided by equity
investee" of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for
such period, that
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should be reflected in the consolidated statement of cash
flows of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for
such period prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles on substantially the same basis as the
consolidated statement of cash flows of the Company and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 1993
as set forth in the Company's 1993 Form 10-K, excluding the
effect of any cash required by such equity investee for the
payment of the principal of its Debt and any cash provided by
such equity investee from incurrence of its Debt,
minus (iv) dividends on preferred stock paid during such
period by the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary,
determined on a consolidated basis.
"Parent" means, with respect to any Bank, any Person
controlling such Bank.
"Participant" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.06(b).
"Partnership" means any general or limited partnership which
is accounted for on the equity method in the Company's consolidated financial
statements and in which the Company or a Subsidiary is a general partner.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any
entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
"Person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an
association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a
government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
It is understood that a joint operating agreement or similar arrangement with
respect to Hydrocarbon properties or the HPG Plant does not constitute a
Person.
"Plan" means at any time an employee pension benefit plan
(other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or
subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal
Revenue Code and either (i) is maintained, or contributed to, by any member of
the ERISA Group for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (ii) has at
any time within the preceding five years been maintained, or contributed to, by
any Person which was at such
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time a member of the ERISA Group for employees of any Person which was at such
time a member of the ERISA Group.
"Production Sharing Contracts" means the production sharing
contracts pertaining to certain operations in Indonesia filed as Exhibits
10.102 and 10.103 to the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ending June 30, 1990, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
"Reference Banks" means the principal London offices of
NationsBank, Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association and Union
Bank of Switzerland and such substitute Bank or Banks as may be mutually agreed
to by the Company and the Agent, and "Reference Bank" means any one of such
Reference Banks.
"Regulation G" means Regulation G of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
"Regulation U" means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
"Required Banks" means at any time Banks having at least 51%
of the aggregate amount of the Commitments or, if the Commitments shall have
been terminated, holding Notes evidencing at least 51% of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Loans.
"Required Guarantors" means (a) each of Union Texas Petroleum
Energy Corporation, UTPC, Union Texas East Kalimantan Limited, Union Texas
International Corporation and Unistar, Inc. and (b) any Subsidiary that
acquires a Restricted Asset (other than any Restricted Asset in Pakistan or, if
such Subsidiary's entering into the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement would have a
material adverse tax consequence on the Company, in the United Kingdom
(including the United Kingdom Sector of the North Sea)) after December 31, 1993
or the capital stock of any Required Guarantor after December 31, 1993. Each
Required Guarantor shall continue to be a Required Guarantor unless released
from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement in accordance with
the terms of the Financing Documents.
"Restricted Assets" means (1) all proved reserves of the
Company and the Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1993 in Indonesia, the United
Kingdom (including the United Kingdom
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Sector of the North Sea) and Pakistan, (2) all licenses, concessions,
production sharing contracts and other rights pertaining to any such proved
reserves (excluding the portion thereof that does not pertain to any of such
proved reserves, if such portion can be severed without material adverse
consequences on the portion pertaining to such proved reserves), (3) equipment
used in the production of any such proved reserves or in the transportation of
production from any such proved reserves if such equipment is a fixture or
otherwise attached to realty, constitutes all or a part of any pipeline or
related equipment, is all or part of a production platform or related equipment
or is equipment similar to any of the foregoing or used for a similar purpose,
and (4) the HPG Plant.
"Restricted Payment" means (i) any dividend or other
distribution on any shares of the Company's capital stock (except dividends
payable solely in shares of its common stock), or (ii) any payment on account
of the purchase, redemption, retirement or acquisition of (a) any shares of the
Company's capital stock or (b) any option, warrant or other right to acquire
shares of the Company's capital stock (except any such payment made solely in
shares of its common stock); provided that payments of stock-related and other
employee benefits (including purchases by the Company of its common stock in
connection with the payment of such benefits) in the ordinary course of
business to employees of the Company or a Subsidiary shall not be deemed
Restricted Payments.
"Restricted Preferred Stock" means (i) all preferred stock
which (a) is subject to purchase, retirement, redemption, exchange or
conversion (other than exchange for or conversion to common stock of the
Company), in whole or in part under any circumstance whatsoever (other than
purchase, retirement, redemption, exchange or conversion by the issuer thereof,
at the sole option of such issuer, if failure to exercise such option would not
have an adverse effect on the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to the terms
of any such preferred stock or any documents related thereto) and (b) provides
for dividends materially in excess of the generally prevailing market dividend
rate (at the time of issuance of such preferred stock) for preferred stock of
comparable risk and maturity, and (ii) the portion of all other preferred stock
which is subject to purchase, retirement, redemption, exchange or conversion
(other than exchange for or conversion to common stock of the Company) at any
date or dates on or prior to April 30, 1999 under any circumstance whatsoever
(other than purchase, retirement, redemption, exchange or conversion by the
issuer thereof, at the sole option of such
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issuer, if failure to exercise such option would not have an adverse effect on
the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of any such preferred stock
or any documents related thereto). For avoidance of doubt, to the extent that
any shares of Restricted Preferred Stock are exchanged for or converted to
common stock of the Company and as a consequence such shares of Restricted
Preferred Stock are cancelled, such shares shall no longer constitute
Restricted Preferred Stock.
"Restricted Subsidiaries Recourse Debt" means, at any date,
the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of all Debt (other than (i) Non-Recourse
Debt, (ii) any Guarantee of Debt of the Company (including the Loans) and (iii)
the amount, if any, by which the Guarantees of the Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than Unimar and the Unimar Restricted Subsidiaries) included in the
determination of Excess Letter of Credit/Guarantee Amount exceeds the Excess
Letter of Credit/Guarantee Amount) of each Restricted Subsidiary (other than
Unimar and the Unimar Restricted Subsidiaries), determined on a consolidated
basis as of such date, and (b) the Unimar Percentage of the aggregate amount of
all Debt (other than (i) Non-Recourse Debt, (ii) any Guarantee of Debt of the
Company and (iii) the amount, if any, by which the Unimar Percentage of the
Guarantees of Unimar and the Unimar Restricted Subsidiaries included in the
determination of Excess Letter of Credit/Guarantee Amount exceeds the Excess
Letter of Credit/Guarantee Amount) of Unimar and the Unimar Restricted
Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis as of such date.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means each Person listed in Part B of
Schedule II hereto and each Subsidiary that owns directly or indirectly any
interest in any Restricted Assets or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that a
Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be such at such time as it is converted to
an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.20 or ceases to be a
Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted by Section 5.14.
"Restricted Transfer" means (i) any Investment in an
Affiliate, any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any subsidiary of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, but excluding to the extent otherwise included in the foregoing,
Investments in Unimar and the Unimar Subsidiaries, or (ii) any payment by the
Company or any Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, in respect of Non-Recourse
Debt to the extent such Person is not legally obligated to make such payment by
the terms of such Debt, or solely in the case of Unimar, Unistar, Inc. or any
of the Unimar Subsidiaries, to the extent such Person is not legally
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obligated to fund such payment under the terms of the Unimar Partnership
Agreement.
"Revolving Credit Period" means the period from and including
the date of this Agreement to but not including the Termination Date.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Corporation.
"Short-Term Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement dated
as of the date of this Agreement among the Company, the Agent, the Co-Agents
and the Banks providing a $200,000,000 credit facility to the Company.
"Subsidiary" means (a) Unimar and the Unimar Subsidiaries
(except at such times as the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any
of the ownership interest in Unimar) and (b) any corporation or other entity of
which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar
functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company, it being
understood that the power to elect exactly 50% of the board of directors or
such other persons does not constitute a "majority" as used herein.
"Subsidiary Guarantors" means the Subsidiaries from time to
time parties to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, and their respective
successors.
"Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement" means the Amended and Restated
Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement dated as of May 13, 1994 among the Subsidiary
Guarantors and NationsBank, as Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit E
hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof.
"Termination Date" means April 30, 1998, or, if such day is
not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, the Termination Date shall be the next
preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day.
"Type" has the meaning specified in the definition of
Committed Loan.
"UK Assets" means all Restricted Assets of UTPL as of
December 31, 1993.
"Unfunded Liabilities" means, with respect to any Plan at any
time, the amount (if any) by which (i) the present
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value of all benefits under such Plan as determined by such Plan's actuary
exceeds (ii) the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such
benefits (excluding any accrued but unpaid contributions), all determined as of
the then most recent valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that
such excess represents a potential liability of a member of the ERISA Group to
the PBGC or any other Person under Title IV of ERISA if such Plan terminated as
of such date.
"Unimar" means Unimar Company, a partnership organized and
existing under the laws of Texas.
"Unimar Partnership Agreement" means the Amended and Restated
Agreement of General Partnership of Unimar dated as of September 11, 1990
between Unistar, Inc. and Ultrastar, Inc., as amended from time to time.
"Unimar Percentage" means, at any date, the aggregate
percentage ownership interest in Unimar owned at such date by the Company and
the Subsidiaries.
"Unimar Restricted Subsidiary" means any Unimar Subsidiary
that is also a Restricted Subsidiary at the relevant date.
"Unimar Subsidiary" means any corporation or other entity of
which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar
functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by Unimar, it being
understood that the power to elect exactly 50% of the board of directors or
such other persons does not constitute a majority as used herein.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which is not a
Restricted Subsidiary.
"UT Pakistan" means Union Texas Pakistan, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"UTPC" means Union Texas Products Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
"UTPL" means Union Texas Petroleum Limited, an English company.
SECTION 1.02. Accounting Terms and Determinations. Unless
otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be
interpreted, all accounting determinations
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hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered
hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect from time to time, applied on a basis consistent with
the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries delivered to the Banks (except for changes
concurred in by the Company's independent public accountants); provided that in
any determination of Consolidated Debt if (i) the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary owes any Debt to an Unrestricted Subsidiary which would otherwise be
eliminated in such determination of Consolidated Debt (the "intercompany Debt")
(other than Debt in an amount not exceeding $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any
time and representing advances by the Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary made in the ordinary course of the cash management
practices of the Company and its Subsidiaries) and (ii) such Unrestricted
Subsidiary owes, at the date of determination, any Debt for borrowed money to a
Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary (the "third party Debt") (other
than any such Debt that also constitutes Debt of the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary), then an amount equal to the lesser of (1) such intercompany Debt
and (2) such third party Debt, shall not be eliminated in such determination of
Consolidated Debt.
SECTION 1.03. Types of Borrowings. The term "Borrowing"
denotes the aggregate of Loans of one or more Banks to be made to the Company
pursuant to Article II on a single date and, if such Loans are Committed Loans,
of a single Type, and if such Loans are Fixed Rate Loans, for a single Interest
Period (except as contemplated by paragraph (1)(c) of the definition of
Interest Period). Borrowings are classified for purposes of this Agreement
either by reference to the pricing of Loans comprising such Borrowing (e.g., a
"Euro-Dollar Borrowing" is a Borrowing comprised of Euro-Dollar Loans) or by
reference to the provisions of Article II under which participation therein is
determined (i.e., a "Committed Borrowing" is a Borrowing under Section 2.01 in
which all Banks participate in proportion to their Commitments, while a "Money
Market Borrowing" is a Borrowing under Section 2.03 in which the Bank
participants are determined on the basis of their bids in accordance
therewith).
SECTION 1.04. Miscellaneous. The words "hereof", "herein"
and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall
refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement, and
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Article, Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to Articles and Sections
of and Schedules and Exhibits to this Agreement, unless otherwise specified.
The term "including" as used herein means "including without limitation".
Definitions of terms defined herein shall be applicable to both the singular
and plural forms of the terms defined as appropriate. References to "directly
or indirectly" in respect of ownership of any interest in any assets shall
include, without limitation, direct ownership, indirect ownership through
capital stock or other ownership interest (whether through one or more levels
of subsidiaries, affiliates or other Persons) and any other direct or indirect
ownership arrangement. Interest and fees shall accrue at the rates and
otherwise as provided in (i) the 1992 Credit Agreement to but excluding the
date of this Agreement, and (ii) this Agreement on and after the date of this
Agreement.
SECTION 1.05. Unimar. To the extent this Agreement or any
other Financing Document obligates the Company or a Subsidiary to cause Unimar
and the Unimar Subsidiaries to take any action, such obligation shall be
satisfied if (a) the Company votes (or causes a Subsidiary to vote) the Unimar
Percentage in a manner consistent with the obligations of the Company and the
Subsidiaries under the Financing Documents and (b) any representative of the
Company sitting on any management board or board of directors of Unimar or any
of the Unimar Subsidiaries votes, as a member of such management board or board
of directors, in a manner consistent with the obligations of the Company and
the Subsidiaries under the Financing Documents.
SECTION 1.06. Ratings. A rating, whether public or private,
by S&P shall be deemed to be in effect on the date of announcement or
publication by S&P, as the case may be, of such rating or, in the absence of
such announcement or publication, on the effective date of such rating and will
remain in effect until the effective date of any change in such rating. In the
event the standards for any rating by S&P are revised, or such rating is
designated differently (such as by changing letter designations to numerical
designations), then the references herein to such rating shall be changed to
the revised or redesignated rating for which the standards are closest to, but
not lower than, the standards at the date hereof for the rating which has been
revised or redesignated, all as determined by the Agent in good faith.
Long-term debt supported by a letter of credit, guaranty (other than guaranties
of Subsidiaries) or other similar credit enhancement mechanism shall not be
considered as senior unsecured long-term debt.
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ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
SECTION 2.01. Commitments to Lend. During the Revolving
Credit Period each Bank severally agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement, to make loans to the Company pursuant to this Section from
time to time in amounts such that the aggregate principal amount of Committed
Loans by such Bank at any one time outstanding to the Company shall not exceed
the amount of such Bank's Commitment at such time. Each Borrowing under this
Section shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 or any larger
multiple of $1,000,000 (except that any such Borrowing may be, subject to the
other terms hereof, in the aggregate amount available in accordance with
Section 3.02(b)) and shall be made from the several Banks ratably in proportion
to their respective Commitments. Within the foregoing limits, the Company may
borrow under this Section, repay (whether pursuant to Section 2.10 or
otherwise), or to the extent permitted by Section 2.11, prepay Loans and
reborrow at any time during the Revolving Credit Period under this Section.
SECTION 2.02. Notice of Committed Borrowings. (a) The
Company shall give the Agent notice (a "Notice of Committed Borrowing") not
later than 10:00 A.M. (Houston time) on (x) the date of each Base Rate
Borrowing, and (y) the third Euro-Dollar Business Day before each Euro-Dollar
Borrowing, specifying:
(i) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Domestic
Business Day in the case of a Base Rate Borrowing or a Euro-Dollar
Business Day in the case of a Euro-Dollar Borrowing,
(ii) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing,
(iii) whether the Loans comprising such Borrowing are to
be Base Rate Loans or Euro-Dollar Loans,
(iv) in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, the duration
of the initial Interest Period applicable thereto, subject to the
provisions of the definition of Interest Period, and
(v) if such Interest Period includes (but does not end
on) a Commitment Reduction Date and
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all or part of such Loans are to be repaid on such date to comply with
Section 2.10(c), the aggregate amount then to be repaid.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not more than twelve Euro-Dollar Borrowings
shall be outstanding at any one time, and any Borrowing which would exceed such
limitation shall be made as a Base Rate Borrowing.
(b) If requested to do so by the Company through the
Agent at least ten Euro-Dollar Business Days before the first day of a proposed
Interest Period for Euro-Dollar Loans, each Bank will advise the Agent before
10:00 A.M. (Houston time) on the sixth Euro-Dollar Business Day preceding the
date of such proposed Interest Period as to whether, if the Company selects a
specified duration of nine or twelve months for such Interest Period, such Bank
expects that deposits in dollars with a corresponding term will be available to
it in the relevant market on the first day of such Interest Period in the
amount required to fund its Loan to which such Interest Period would apply.
Unless a Bank responds by such time to the effect that it expects such deposits
will not be available to it, the Company shall be entitled to select such
proposed duration for such Interest Period.
SECTION 2.03. Money Market Borrowings.
(a) The Money Market Option. In addition to Committed
Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.01, the Company may, as set forth in this
Section, request the Banks during the Revolving Credit Period to make offers to
make Money Market Loans to the Company pursuant to a request substantially in
the form of Exhibit B hereto (a "Money Market Quote Request"); provided that
the Company may not make a Money Market Quote Request if (assuming such Money
Market Quote Request results in one or more Money Market Loans being made)
there would be outstanding Money Market Loans resulting from more than five
different Money Market Quote Requests. The Banks may, but shall have no
obligation to, make such offers and the Company may, but shall have no
obligation to, accept any such offers in the manner set forth in this Section.
(b) Money Market Quote Request. When the Company wishes
to request offers to make Money Market Loans under this Section, it shall
transmit to the Agent by telex or facsimile transmission a Money Market Quote
Request so as to be received no later than 9:00 A.M. (Houston time) on (x) the
fifth Euro-Dollar Business Day prior to the date of Borrowing proposed
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therein, in the case of a LIBOR Auction or (y) the Domestic Business Day next
preceding the date of Borrowing proposed therein, in the case of an Absolute
Rate Auction (or, in either case, such other time or date as the Company and
the Agent shall have mutually agreed and shall have notified to the Banks not
later than the date of the Money Market Quote Request for the first LIBOR
Auction or Absolute Rate Auction for which such change is to be effective)
specifying:
(i) the proposed date of Borrowing, which shall be a
Euro-Dollar Business Day in the case of a LIBOR Auction or a Domestic
Business Day in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction,
(ii) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing, which shall
be $10,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000,
(iii) the duration of the Interest Period applicable
thereto, subject to the provisions of the definition of Interest
Period, which Interest Period may not be less than one month in the
case of LIBOR Auction or less than 14 days in the case of an Absolute
Rate Auction, and
(iv) whether the Money Market Quotes requested are to set
forth a Money Market Margin or a Money Market Absolute Rate.
The Company may request offers to make Money Market Loans for more than one but
not more than three Interest Periods in a single Money Market Quote Request.
No Money Market Quote Request shall be given within five Euro-Dollar Business
Days (or such other number of days as the Company and the Agent may agree) of
any other Money Market Quote Request. No Money Market Quote Request shall be
given if the amount of the Borrowing requested therein plus the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Money Market Loans scheduled to be
outstanding on the date of such Borrowing would exceed $200,000,000. On each
date on which the Company makes a Money Market Quote Request it shall pay to
the Agent for its account an administrative fee of $1,000.
(c) Invitation for Money Market Quotes. Promptly upon
receipt of a Money Market Quote Request, the Agent shall send to the Banks by
telex or facsimile transmission an invitation for Money Market Quotes
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto (an "Invitation for Money Market
Quotes"), which shall constitute an invitation by the Company to each
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Bank to submit Money Market Quotes offering to make the Money Market Loans to
which such Money Market Quote Request relates in accordance with this Section;
provided that the Agent shall not be required to send an Invitation for Money
Market Quotes to any Bank that has failed to submit a Money Market Quote after
each of the last three Invitations for Money Market Quotes sent to such Bank
unless the Company or such Bank has given notice to the Agent specifically
referring to such Invitation for Money Market Quotes and requesting that this
proviso not apply to such Invitation for Money Market Quotes.
(d) Submission and Contents of Money Market Quotes. (i)
Each Bank may submit a Money Market Quote containing an offer or offers to make
Money Market Loans in response to any Invitation for Money Market Quotes. Each
Money Market Quote must comply with the requirements of this subsection (d) and
must be submitted to the Agent by telex or facsimile transmission at its
offices specified in or pursuant to Section 9.01 not later than (x) 1:00 P.M.
(Houston time) on the fourth Euro-Dollar Business Day prior to the proposed
date of Borrowing, in the case of a LIBOR Auction or (y) 9:00 A.M. (Houston
time) on the proposed date of Borrowing, in the case of an Absolute Rate
Auction (or, in either case, such other time or date as the Company and the
Agent shall have mutually agreed and shall have notified to the Banks not later
than the date of the Money Market Quote Request for the first LIBOR Auction or
Absolute Rate Auction for which such change is to be effective); provided that
Money Market Quotes submitted by the Agent (or any affiliate of the Agent) in
the capacity of a Bank may be submitted, and may only be submitted, if the
Agent or such affiliate notifies the Company of the terms of the offer or
offers contained therein not later than (x) 12:00 Noon (Houston time) on the
fourth Euro-Dollar Business Day prior to the proposed date of Borrowing, in the
case of a LIBOR Auction or (y) 8:45 A.M. (Houston time) on the proposed date
of Borrowing, in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction. Subject to Articles III
and VI, any Money Market Quote so made shall be irrevocable except with the
written consent of the Agent given on the instructions of the Company.
(ii) Each Money Market Quote shall be in substantially the
form of Exhibit D hereto and shall in any case specify:
(A) the proposed date of Borrowing,
(B) the principal amount of the Money Market Loan for
which each such offer is being made, which principal amount (w) may be
greater than, equal to
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or less than the Commitment of the quoting Bank, (x) must be
$5,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000, (y) may not exceed the
principal amount of Money Market Loans for which offers were requested
and (z) may be subject to an aggregate limitation as to the principal
amount of Money Market Loans for which offers being made by such
quoting Bank may be accepted,
(C) in the case of a LIBOR Auction, the margin above or
below the applicable London Interbank Offered Rate (the "Money Market
Margin") offered for each such Money Market Loan, expressed as a
percentage (rounded to the nearest 1/10,000th of 1%) to be added to or
subtracted from such London Interbank Offered Rate,
(D) in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction, the rate of
interest per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/10,000th of 1%) (the
"Money Market Absolute Rate") offered for each such Money Market Loan,
and
(E) the identity of the quoting Bank.
A Money Market Quote may set forth up to five separate offers by the quoting
Bank with respect to each Interest Period specified in the related Invitation
for Money Market Quotes.
(iii) Any Money Market Quote shall be disregarded if it:
(A) is not substantially in conformity with Exhibit D
hereto or does not specify all of the information required by
subsection (d)(ii);
(B) contains qualifying, conditional or similar language;
(C) proposes terms other than or in addition to those set
forth in the applicable Invitation for Money Market Quotes; or
(D) arrives after the appropriate time set forth in
subsection (d)(i).
(e) Notice to Company. The Agent shall promptly notify
the Company of the terms (x) of any Money Market Quote submitted by a Bank that
is in accordance with subsection (d)
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and (y) of any Money Market Quote that amends, modifies or is otherwise
inconsistent with a previous Money Market Quote submitted by such Bank with
respect to the same Money Market Quote Request. Any such subsequent Money
Market Quote shall be disregarded by the Agent unless such subsequent Money
Market Quote is submitted solely to correct a manifest error in such former
Money Market Quote. The Agent's notice to the Company shall specify (A) the
aggregate principal amount of Money Market Loans for which offers have been
received for each Interest Period specified in the related Money Market Quote
Request, (B) the respective principal amounts and Money Market Margins or Money
Market Absolute Rates, as the case may be, so offered and (C) if applicable,
limitations on the aggregate principal amount of Money Market Loans for which
offers in any single Money Market Quote may be accepted.
(f) Acceptance and Notice by Company. Not later than
9:30 A.M. (Houston time) on (x) the third Euro-Dollar Business Day prior to the
proposed date of Borrowing, in the case of a LIBOR Auction or (y) the proposed
date of Borrowing, in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction (or, in either case,
such other time or day as the Company and the Agent shall have mutually agreed
and shall have notified to the Banks not later than the date of the Money
Market Quote Request for the first LIBOR Auction or Absolute Rate Auction for
which such change is to be effective), the Company shall notify the Agent of
its acceptance or nonacceptance of the offers so notified to it pursuant to
subsection (e). In the case of acceptance, such notice (a "Notice of Money
Market Borrowing") shall specify the aggregate principal amount of offers for
each Interest Period that are accepted. The Company may accept any Money
Market Quote in whole or in part; provided that:
(i) the aggregate principal amount of each Money Market
Borrowing may not exceed the applicable amount set forth in the
related Money Market Quote Request,
(ii) the principal amount of each Money Market Borrowing
must be $10,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000,
(iii) acceptance of offers may only be made on the basis of
ascending Money Market Margins or Money Market Absolute Rates, as the
case may be, and
(iv) the Company may not accept any offer that is
described in subsection (d)(iii) or that
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otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of this Agreement.
If the Company shall not have notified the Agent of its acceptance or
non-acceptance of the offers pursuant to this subsection (f), the Company shall
be deemed not to have accepted any offer so notified to it pursuant to
subsection (e).
(g) Allocation by Agent. If offers are made by two or
more Banks with the same Money Market Margins or Money Market Absolute Rates,
as the case may be, for a greater aggregate principal amount than the amount in
respect of which such offers are accepted for the related Interest Period, the
principal amount of Money Market Loans in respect of which such offers are
accepted shall be allocated by the Agent among such Banks as nearly as possible
(in multiples of $1,000,000, as the Agent may deem appropriate) in proportion
to the aggregate principal amounts of such offers. Determinations by the Agent
of the amounts of Money Market Loans shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error.
(h) Information. Within 15 days after receipt of each
Money Market Quote Request, the Agent will deliver to the Company a copy of
each Money Market Quote received by it pursuant to the related Invitation for
Money Market Quotes.
SECTION 2.04. Notice to Banks; Funding of Loans.
(a) Upon receipt of a Notice of Borrowing, the Agent
shall promptly (except in the case of notice to a Bank with respect to an
acceptance of such Bank's Money Market Quote by the Company, by no later than
10:30 A.M. (Houston time) by telephone or facsimile transmission) notify each
Bank of the contents thereof and of such Bank's share (if any) of such
Borrowing and such Notice of Borrowing shall not thereafter be revocable by the
Company.
(b) Not later than 12:00 Noon (Houston time) on the date
of each Borrowing, each Bank participating therein shall (except as provided in
subsection (c) of this Section) make available its share of such Borrowing, in
Federal or other funds immediately available in Houston, to the Agent at its
address specified in or pursuant to Section 9.01. Unless the Agent determines
that any applicable condition specified in Article III has not been satisfied,
the Agent will make the funds so received from the Banks available to the
Company at the Agent's aforesaid address.
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(c) If any Bank makes a new Loan hereunder to the Company
on a day on which the Company is to repay all or any part of an outstanding
Loan from such Bank, such Bank shall apply the proceeds of its new Loan to make
such repayment and only an amount equal to the difference (if any) between the
amount being borrowed by the Company and the amount being repaid shall be made
available by such Bank to the Agent as provided in subsection (b), or remitted
by the Company to the Agent as provided in Section 2.12, as the case may be.
(d) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a
Bank prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Bank will not make available
to the Agent such Bank's share of such Borrowing, the Agent may assume that
such Bank has made such share available to the Agent on the date of such
Borrowing in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 2.04 and
the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Company
on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Bank shall
not have so made such share available to the Agent, such Bank and the Company
severally agree to repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding
amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount
is made available to the Company until the date such amount is repaid to the
Agent, at (i) in the case of the Company, a rate per annum equal to the higher
of the Federal Funds Rate and the interest rate applicable thereto pursuant to
Section 2.07 and (ii) in the case of such Bank, the Federal Funds Rate. If
such Bank shall repay to the Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so
repaid shall constitute such Bank's Loan included in such Borrowing for
purposes of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.05. Notes. (a) The Loans of each Bank to the
Company shall be evidenced by a single Note of the Company payable to the order
of such Bank for the account of its Applicable Lending Office in an amount
equal to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Bank's Loans to the
Company.
(b) Each Bank may, by notice to the Company and the
Agent, request that its Loans of a particular Type payable to such Bank (or
such lending office, agency or branch of such Bank as such Bank may specify in
such request) be evidenced by a separate Note of the Company in an amount equal
to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Loans. Each such Note shall
be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto with appropriate modifications
to reflect the fact that it evidences solely Loans of the relevant Type. Any
Bank that receives multiple Notes pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)
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agrees that: (1) the aggregate principal amount payable by the Company under
such Notes shall never exceed the aggregate principal amount of the Loans owed
to such Bank (including, if applicable, the separate lending offices, agencies
or branches of such Bank) and (2) the payees of the Notes issued at the request
of such Bank shall enjoy no greater rights (voting or otherwise) than such Bank
would enjoy in the absence of such request and such payees (including, if
applicable, the separate lending offices, agencies or branches of such Bank)
shall be considered a single Bank for purposes of this Agreement. Each
reference in this Agreement to the "Note" of such Bank shall be deemed to refer
to and include any or all of such Notes, as the context may require.
(c) Upon receipt of each Bank's Note pursuant to Section
3.01(b), the Agent shall mail or send by private delivery service such Note to
such Bank. Each Bank shall record the date, amount, maturity and, if
applicable, Type of each Loan made by it to the Company and the date and amount
of each payment of principal made with respect thereto, and prior to any
transfer of its Note shall endorse on the schedule forming a part thereof
appropriate notations to evidence the foregoing information with respect to
each such Loan then outstanding; provided that the failure of any Bank to make
any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the obligations of any
Obligor under any of the Financing Documents. Each Bank is hereby irrevocably
authorized by the Company so to endorse any Note and to attach to and make a
part of any Note a continuation of any such schedule as and when required.
SECTION 2.06. Maturity of Loans. Subject to Section 2.10,
each Committed Loan shall mature, and the principal amount thereof shall be due
and payable, on the Termination Date. Each Money Market Loan included in any
Borrowing shall mature, and the principal amount thereof shall be due and
payable, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing.
SECTION 2.07. Interest Rates. The Company shall pay
interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan from the date of such Loan
until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the following rates per
annum:
(a) If such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, for each day that such
Loan is a Base Rate Loan, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the Base
Rate for such day plus (ii) at such times as the Margin Increase Condition
exists and the Additional Margin Increase Condition does not exist, 1/8% plus
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(iii) at such times as the Additional Margin Increase Condition exists, 1/4%
plus (iv) at such times as any Event of Default exists, 1%. Such interest
shall be payable quarterly on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December
31 and on the date such Base Rate Loan is Converted or paid in full. Any
overdue interest on any Base Rate Loan shall bear interest, payable on demand,
for each day until paid at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 1% plus the
otherwise applicable rate for such day.
(b) If such Loan is a Euro-Dollar Loan, at a rate per
annum equal at all times during any Interest Period for such Loan to the sum of
(i) 0.575% plus (ii) the applicable London Interbank Offered Rate plus (iii) at
such times as the Margin Increase Condition exists and the Additional Margin
Increase Condition does not exist, 1/8% plus (iv) at such times as the
Additional Margin Increase Condition exists, 1/4% plus (v) at such times as any
Event of Default exists, 1%; provided that if any Euro-Dollar Loan or any
portion thereof shall, as a result of clause (1)(c)(i) of the definition of
Interest Period, have an Interest Period of less than one month, such portion
shall bear interest during such Interest Period at the rate applicable to Base
Rate Loans during such period. Such interest shall be payable for each
Interest Period on the last day thereof and, if such Interest Period is longer
than three months, at intervals of three months after the first day thereof.
The "London Interbank Offered Rate" applicable to any Interest
Period means the arithmetic average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next
higher 1/16 of 1%) of the respective rates per annum at which deposits in
dollars are offered to each of the Reference Banks in the London interbank
market at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Euro-Dollar Business Days
before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount approximately equal
to the principal amount of the Euro-Dollar Loan of such Reference Bank to which
such Interest Period is to apply and for a period of time comparable to such
Interest Period.
(c) Any overdue principal of or interest on any
Euro-Dollar Loan shall bear interest, payable on demand, for each day from and
including the date payment thereof was due to but excluding the date of actual
payment, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 1% plus the higher of (i) the
sum of 0.575% plus the London Interbank Offered Rate applicable to such Loan
plus at such times as the Margin Increase Condition exists and the Additional
Margin Increase Condition does not exist, 1/8% plus at such times as the
Additional Margin
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Increase Condition exists, 1/4% and (ii) the sum of (1) 0.575% plus (2) the
average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next higher 1/16 of 1%) of the
respective rates per annum at which one day (or, if such amount due remains
unpaid more than three Euro-Dollar Business Days, then for such other period
of time not longer than three months as the Agent may select) deposits in
dollars in an amount approximately equal to such overdue payment due to each of
the Reference Banks are offered to such Reference Bank in the London interbank
market for the applicable period determined as provided above plus (3) at such
times as the Margin Increase Condition exists and the Additional Margin
Increase Condition does not exist, 1/8% plus (4) at such times as the
Additional Margin Increase Condition exists, 1/4% (or, if the circumstances
described in clause (a) or (b) of Section 8.01 shall exist, at a rate per annum
equal to the sum of 1% plus the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans for such
day).
(d) Subject to Section 8.01(a), each Money Market LIBOR
Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for the
Interest Period applicable thereto, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the
London Interbank Offered Rate for such Interest Period (determined in
accordance with Section 2.07(b) as if the related Money Market LIBOR Borrowing
were a Committed Euro-Dollar Borrowing) plus (or minus) the Money Market Margin
quoted by the Bank making such Loan in accordance with Section 2.03 plus, at
such times as any Event of Default exists, 1%. Each Money Market Absolute Rate
Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for the
Interest Period applicable thereto, at a rate per annum equal to the Money
Market Absolute Rate quoted by the Bank making such Loan in accordance with
Section 2.03 plus, at such times as any Event of Default exists, 1%. Such
interest shall be payable for each Interest Period on the last day thereof and,
if such Interest Period is longer than three months, at intervals of three
months after the first day thereof. Any overdue principal of or interest on
any Money Market Loan shall bear interest, payable on demand, for each day
until paid at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 1% plus the Base Rate for
such day.
(e) The Agent shall determine each interest rate
applicable to the Loans hereunder. The Agent shall give prompt notice to the
Company and the participating Banks of each rate of interest so determined, and
its determination thereof shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
Upon request of the Company, the Agent shall furnish to it
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such information as to its determinations hereunder as the Company may
reasonably request.
(f) Each Reference Bank agrees to use its best efforts to
furnish quotations to the Agent as contemplated by this Section. If any
Reference Bank does not furnish a timely quotation, the Agent shall determine
the relevant interest rate on the basis of the quotation or quotations
furnished by the remaining Reference Bank or Banks or, if none of such
quotations is available on a timely basis, the provisions of Section 8.01 shall
apply.
(g) This Section 2.07 and each other provision in any of
the Financing Documents or in any other agreement executed in connection
herewith are specifically made subject to Section 2.16.
SECTION 2.08. Fees.
(a) Commitment Fee. During the period from and including
the date of this Agreement to but excluding the Termination Date, the Company
shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Banks ratably in proportion to
their Commitments a commitment fee at a rate per annum equal to 0.075% on the
daily average amount by which the aggregate amount of the Commitments exceed
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans. Such commitment fee
shall accrue from and including the date of this Agreement to but excluding the
Termination Date.
(b) Facility Fee. The Company shall pay to the Agent for
the account of the Banks ratably a facility fee at a rate per annum equal to
0.175%. Such facility fee shall accrue (i) from and including the date of this
Agreement to but excluding the earlier of the Termination Date or the date the
Commitments are otherwise terminated, on the daily average aggregate amount of
the Commitments (whether used or unused) and (ii) from and including the
earlier of the Termination Date or the date the Commitments are otherwise
terminated to but excluding the date the Loans shall be repaid in their
entirety, on the daily average aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Loans.
(c) Payments. Accrued fees under this Section 2.08
(other than Section 2.08(d)) shall be payable quarterly on each March 31, June
30, September 30 and December 31 and upon the date of termination of the
Commitments in their entirety (and, if later, the date the Loans shall be
repaid in their entirety).
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(d) 1992 Agreement. On the date of this Agreement, the
Company shall pay (i) to the Agent for the account of the Banks and any other
lenders under the 1992 Agreement, the commitment fees and facility fees accrued
thereunder to but excluding the date of this Agreement, and (ii) to the Agent
for the account of each Bank any amendment fee that the Company has previously
agreed to pay to such Bank in connection with this Agreement.
SECTION 2.09. Optional Termination or Reduction of
Commitments. The Company may, upon at least three Domestic Business Days'
notice to the Agent, (i) terminate the Commitments at any time, if no Loans are
outstanding at such time or (ii) ratably reduce from time to time by an
aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any larger multiple of $5,000,000 the
aggregate amount of the Commitments in excess of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Loans.
SECTION 2.10. Mandatory Termination or Reduction of
Commitments. (a) The Commitments shall terminate on the Termination Date and
any Loans then outstanding (together with accrued interest thereon) shall be
due and payable on such date.
(b) The Commitment of each Bank shall be automatically
reduced, on each Commitment Reduction Date, to an amount equal to such Bank's
ratable share of (i) the amount of maximum aggregate Commitments set forth in
Schedule I with respect to such Commitment Reduction Date minus (ii) the
aggregate amount of all reductions of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.09
or Section 2.10(d) applicable to such Commitment Reduction Date pursuant to the
following sentence. Each reduction of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.09
or Section 2.10(d) shall be applied to reduce each amount set forth on Schedule
I for each subsequent Commitment Reduction Date by an amount equal to the
amount of such reduction divided by the number of Commitment Reduction Dates to
occur on or after the date such reduction is effective.
(c) On each Commitment Reduction Date, the Company shall
be obligated to repay such principal amount (together with accrued interest
thereon) of each Bank's outstanding Committed Loans, if any, as may be
necessary so that after such repayment the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of such Bank's Committed Loans does not exceed the amount of such Bank's
Commitment as then reduced. Whenever the Interest Period specified in a Notice
of Committed Borrowing includes (but does not end on) a Commitment Reduction
Date on which a payment of Committed Loans will be required under this
subsection (c), the Company shall consider whether it wishes to repay on such
Commitment Reduction Date all or part of the Borrowing to be made pursuant to
such Notice of Committed
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Borrowing and, if so, shall specify the aggregate amount so to be repaid in
such Notice of Committed Borrowing. If the Company fails so to select the
Committed Borrowing to be repaid on any Commitment Reduction Date, such
Committed Borrowing shall be selected by the Agent.
(d) On the fifth Domestic Business Day following any
Asset Sale that results in positive Excess Net Sales Proceeds, (i) the Company
will deliver to each of the Banks a certificate of the chief financial officer,
the chief accounting officer or the treasurer of the Company certifying the
amount of such Excess Net Sales Proceeds from such Asset Sale, (ii) the
Commitments shall be automatically reduced ratably by an amount equal to 100%
of the amount of such Excess Net Sales Proceeds from such Asset Sale, (iii) the
Company shall be obligated to repay such principal amount (together with
accrued interest thereon) of each Bank's outstanding Committed Loans, if any,
as may be necessary so that after such repayment the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of such Bank's Committed Loans does not exceed the amount of
such Bank's Commitment as then reduced.
SECTION 2.11. Optional Prepayments. (a) The Company may,
upon at least one Domestic Business Day's notice to the Agent, prepay any
Borrowing in whole at any time, or from time to time in part in amounts
aggregating $10,000,000 or any larger multiple of $1,000,000, by paying the
principal amount to be prepaid together with accrued interest thereon to the
date of prepayment, provided that no partial prepayment of a Euro-Dollar
Borrowing or a Money Market Borrowing shall be made if after giving effect
thereto the principal amount of such Borrowing would be less than $10,000,000.
Each such optional prepayment shall be applied to prepay ratably the Loans of
the several Banks included in such Borrowing.
(b) Upon receipt of a notice of prepayment pursuant to
this Section, the Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of the contents thereof
and of such Bank's ratable share (if any) of such prepayment and such notice
shall not thereafter be revocable by the Company.
SECTION 2.12. General Provisions as to Payments. (a) The
Company shall make each payment of principal of, and interest on, the Loans and
of fees hereunder, not later than 12:00 Noon (Houston time) on the date when
due, in Federal or other funds immediately available in Houston, to the Agent
at its address referred to in Section 9.01. The Agent will promptly distribute
to each Bank its ratable share of each such payment received by the Agent for
the account of the Banks. Whenever any payment of principal of, or interest
on, the Base Rate Loans or of fees shall be due on a day which is
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not a Domestic Business Day, the date for payment thereof shall be extended to
the next succeeding Domestic Business Day. Whenever any payment of principal
of, or interest on, the Euro-Dollar Loans shall be due on a day which is not a
Euro-Dollar Business Day, the date for payment thereof shall be extended to the
next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar Business Day
falls in another calendar month, in which case the date for payment thereof
shall be the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day. Whenever any payment of
principal of, or interest on, the Money Market Loans shall be due on a day
which is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, the date for payment thereof shall be
extended to the next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day. If the date for any
payment of principal is extended by operation of law or otherwise, interest
thereon shall be payable for such extended time.
(b) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the
Company prior to the date on which any payment is due from the Company to the
Banks hereunder that the Company will not make such payment in full, the Agent
may assume that the Company has made such payment in full to the Agent on such
date and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be
distributed to each Bank on such due date an amount equal to the amount then
due such Bank. If and to the extent that the Company shall not have so made
such payment, each Bank shall repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such
amount distributed to such Bank together with interest thereon, for each day
from the date such amount is distributed to such Bank until the date such Bank
repays such amount to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.
SECTION 2.13. Funding Losses. If any Obligor makes any
payment of principal with respect to any Fixed Rate Loan (pursuant to Article
II, VI or VIII or otherwise) on any day other than the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, or the end of an applicable period fixed pursuant to
Section 2.07(c), or if the Company fails to borrow any Fixed Rate Loans after
notice has been given to any Bank in accordance with Section 2.04(a), or if any
Conversion of any Euro-Dollar Loan occurs on any day other than the last day of
an Interest Period applicable thereto, the Company shall reimburse each Bank
within 15 days after demand for any resulting loss or expense incurred by it
(or by an existing or prospective Participant in the related Loan), including
(without limitation) any loss incurred in obtaining, liquidating or employing
deposits from third parties, but excluding loss of margin from the period after
any such payment or failure to borrow, provided that such Bank shall have
delivered to the Company a certificate as to the amount of such loss or
expense, which certificate shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error.
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SECTION 2.14. Computation of Interest and Fees. Interest
based on the Base Rate hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of
365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and paid for the actual number of days
elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). All other
interest and fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and paid
for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding
the last day).
SECTION 2.15. Chapter 15. In no event shall the provisions
of Article 5069, Chapter 15 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas (which
regulates certain revolving credit loan accounts and revolving tri-party
accounts) apply to any Loan made hereunder.
SECTION 2.16. Maximum Interest Rate. (a) Nothing contained
in this Agreement or the Notes shall require the Company to pay interest at a
rate exceeding the maximum rate permitted without penalty by applicable law.
Each provision in the Financing Documents and any other agreement executed in
connection herewith is expressly limited so that in no event whatsoever shall
the amount paid thereunder, or otherwise paid, by the Company for the use,
forbearance or detention of the money to be loaned under this Agreement, exceed
that amount of money which would cause the effective rate of interest thereon
to exceed the maximum rate of interest permitted without penalty under
applicable law, and all amounts payable under the Financing Documents or any
other agreement executed in connection herewith, or otherwise payable in
connection therewith, shall be subject to reduction so that such amounts paid
or payable for the use, forbearance or detention of money to be loaned under
this Agreement shall not exceed that amount of money which would cause the
effective rate of interest thereon to exceed the maximum rate of interest
permitted without penalty under applicable law.
(b) If the amount of interest payable for the account of
any Bank on any interest payment date in respect of the immediately preceding
interest computation period, computed pursuant to Section 2.07, would exceed
the maximum amount permitted without penalty by applicable law to be charged by
such Bank, the amount of interest payable for its account on such interest
payment date shall be automatically reduced to such maximum permissible amount.
(c) If the amount of interest payable for the account of
any Bank in respect of any interest computation period is reduced pursuant to
clause (b) of this Section and the amount of interest payable for its account
in respect of any subsequent interest computation period, computed pursuant to
Section 2.07, would be less than the maximum amount permitted without penalty
by applicable law to be charged by
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such Bank, then the amount of interest payable for its account in respect of
such subsequent interest computation period shall be automatically increased to
such maximum permissible amount; provided that at no time shall the aggregate
amount by which interest paid for the account of any Bank has been increased
pursuant to this clause (c) exceed the aggregate amount by which interest paid
for its account has theretofore been reduced pursuant to clause (b) of this
Section.
(d) In the event that maturity of the Loans is
accelerated for any reason, or in the event of any required or permitted
prepayment of the Loans, then such consideration that constitutes interest
payable for the account of any Bank shall never include more than the maximum
amount allowed without penalty by applicable law to be charged by such Bank and
excess interest, if any, payable for the account of such Bank pursuant to its
Note, this Agreement or otherwise shall be cancelled automatically as of the
date of such acceleration or prepayment and, if theretofore paid, shall be
credited on the Loans of such Bank (or, to the extent in excess of such Loans,
refunded by such Bank to the Company).
(e) It is further agreed that, without limitation of the
foregoing, all calculations of the rate of interest contracted for, charged or
received for the account of any Bank under the Note held by it, under this
Agreement, under any other agreement executed in connection herewith or
otherwise in connection with the Loans or the Commitment of such Bank for the
purpose of determining whether such rate exceeds the maximum nonusurious
interest rate applicable to such Bank, shall be made, to the extent permitted
by usury laws applicable to such Bank (now or hereafter enacted), by
amortizing, prorating and spreading in equal parts during the period of the
full stated terms of the Loans evidenced by such Note all interest at any time
contracted for, charged or received by such Bank in connection therewith.
(f) To the extent that any Bank may be subject to Texas
law limiting the amount of interest payable for its account, such Bank shall
utilize the indicated (weekly) rate ceiling from time to time in effect as
provided in Article 5069-1.04 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, as
amended.
SECTION 2.17. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by the Company
hereunder or under the Notes shall be made, in accordance with Section 2.12,
free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future
taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges and withholdings, and all
liabilities with respect thereto, excluding (i) in the case of the Agent, each
Co-Agent and each Bank, United States federal income taxes and, without
duplication, any taxes imposed on its income, and franchise taxes imposed on
it, by the
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jurisdiction under the laws of which the Agent, such Co-Agent or such Bank, as
the case may be, is organized or any political subdivision thereof and (ii) in
the case of each Bank, taxes imposed on its income, and franchise taxes imposed
on it, by the jurisdiction of such Bank's Applicable Lending Office or any
political subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts,
deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to
as "Taxes"). If the Company shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from
or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any Note to any Bank, any
Co-Agent or the Agent, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as may be
necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.17) such Bank, such
Co-Agent or the Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum
it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Company shall
make such deductions and (iii) the Company shall pay the full amount deducted
to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with
applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Company agrees to pay any present or future
stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, assessments,
charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or under
the Notes or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with
respect to, this Agreement, any of the Notes or the Subsidiary Guaranty
Agreement (hereinafter referred to as "Other Taxes").
(c) The Company will indemnify each Bank, each Co-Agent and the
Agent for the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including, without
limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts
payable under this Section 2.17) paid by such Bank, such Co-Agent or the Agent
(as the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and
expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes
or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. Payments under any
indemnification provided for in this Section 2.17(c) shall be made within 30
days from the date such Bank, such Co-Agent or the Agent (as the case may be)
makes written demand therefor.
(d) Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes, the
Company will furnish to the Agent, at its address referred to in Section 9.01,
the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.
Should any Bank, any Co-Agent or the Agent ever receive any refund, credit or
deduction from any taxing authority to which such Bank, such Co-Agent or the
Agent, as the case may be, would not be entitled but for the payment by the
Company of Taxes as
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required by this Section 2.17 (it being understood that the decision as to
whether or not to claim, and if claimed, as to the amount of any such refund,
credit or deduction shall be made by such Bank, such Co-Agent or the Agent, as
the case may be, in its sole discretion), such Bank, such Co-Agent or the
Agent, as the case may be, thereupon shall repay to the Company an amount with
respect to such refund, credit or deduction equal to any net reduction in taxes
actually obtained by such Bank, such Co-Agent or the Agent, as the case may be,
and reasonably determined by such Bank, such Co-Agent or the Agent, as the case
may be, to be attributable to such refund, credit or deduction.
(e) Each Bank represents that it is either (i) a corporation,
association or other entity organized under the laws of the United States or
any state thereof or (ii) entitled to complete exemption from United States
withholding tax imposed on or with respect to any payments, including fees, to
be made to it pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes. Each Bank that is not
organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof (a "Foreign
Bank") agrees to provide to the Company and the Agent, on or prior to the date
of this Agreement in the case of each Foreign Bank signatory hereto, and on the
date of the Assignment pursuant to which it became a Bank in the case of each
other Foreign Bank, two duly completed copies of United States Internal Revenue
Service Form 1001 or 4224, certifying in either case that such Foreign Bank is
entitled to receive payments from the Company under this Agreement and the
Notes without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income
taxes. Each Foreign Bank which so delivers a Form 1001 or 4224 further
undertakes to deliver to each of the Company and the Agent two additional
copies of such form (or a successor form) on or before the date that such form
expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring a
change in the most recent form so delivered by it, and such amendments thereto
or extensions or renewals thereof as may be reasonably requested by the Company
or the Agent, in each case certifying that such Foreign Bank is entitled to
receive payments from the Company under this Agreement and the Notes without
deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, unless an
event (including without limitation any change in treaty, law or regulation)
has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be
required which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such
Foreign Bank from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to
it and such Foreign Bank advises the Company and the Agent that it is not
capable of receiving such payments without any deduction or withholding of
United States federal income tax. Each Bank agrees to indemnify and hold the
Company and the Agent
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harmless from any United States taxes, penalties, interest and other expenses,
costs and losses incurred or payable by them as a result of either (a) such
Bank's failure to submit any form that it is required to provide pursuant to
this Section 2.17(e) or (b) the Agent's and the Company's reliance on any such
form which such Bank has provided to them, or on the representation of such
Bank made to them pursuant to this Section 2.17(e).
(f) If any Taxes are paid by the Company pursuant to this Section
2.17 in respect of the Applicable Lending Office of any Bank, such Bank will,
if requested to do so by the Company, designate a different Applicable Lending
Office if such designation will avoid the need to pay, or reduce the amount of,
such Taxes and will not, in the judgment of such Bank, be otherwise
disadvantageous to such Bank.
SECTION 2.18. Conversions. (a) The Company may on any
Euro-Dollar Business Day, upon notice given to the Agent no later than 10:00
a.m. (Houston time) on the third Euro-Dollar Business Day prior to the date of
the proposed Conversion and subject to the provisions of Section 2.02 and
Article VIII and the other provisions hereof, Convert all Committed Loans
comprising one or more Borrowings; provided, that (i) Loans comprising a
Borrowing may not be Converted if after giving effect to such Conversion, such
Borrowing would be a Euro-Dollar Borrowing and the outstanding principal amount
of such Borrowing would be less than $10,000,000 and (ii) no Conversion (other
than changing Euro-Dollar Loans into Base Rate Loans) may be made if any Event
of Default is then existing. Each such notice of a Conversion shall, within
the restrictions specified above, specify (i) the date of such Conversion, (ii)
the Loans to be Converted, (iii) if after giving effect to such Conversion,
such Borrowing would be a Euro-Dollar Borrowing, the commencement date and
duration of the proposed Interest Period for each Loan comprising such
Borrowing, and (iv) the nature of such Conversion (i.e., whether such
Conversion is a change of Committed Loans of one Type into another Type, a
continuation of Euro-Dollar Loans as such for an additional Interest Period or
an election to change an Interest Period). Each such notice shall be
irrevocable.
(b) If the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
Euro-Dollar Loans comprising any Borrowing shall be reduced by payment or
prepayment or otherwise, to less than $10,000,000, such Loans shall
automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor,
Convert into Base Rate Loans.
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(c) If the Company shall fail to select the duration of
any Interest Period for any Euro-Dollar Loans in accordance with the provisions
contained in the definition of "Interest Period" in Section 1.01, or if there
shall be any Event of Default, such Loans will automatically on the last day of
the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into Base Rate Loans.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS
SECTION 3.01. Initial Borrowing. The obligation of any Bank
to make a Loan on the occasion of the initial Borrowing on or after the date of
this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with
Section 9.05) of each of the following conditions:
(a) receipt by the Agent of counterparts hereof signed by
each of the parties hereto (or, in the case of any party as to which
an executed counterpart shall not have been received, receipt by the
Agent in form satisfactory to it of telegraphic, telex or other
written confirmation from such party of execution of a counterpart
hereof by such party);
(b) receipt by the Agent for the account of each Bank of
a duly executed Note of the Company dated on the date of this
Agreement complying with the provisions of Section 2.05;
(c) receipt by the Agent of the Subsidiary Guaranty
Agreement, duly executed by each of the Required Guarantors;
(d) receipt by the Agent of an opinion of Newton W.
Wilson, III, General Counsel of the Company, substantially in the form
of Exhibit F hereto;
(e) receipt by the Agent of an opinion of Andrews & Kurth
L.L.P., special counsel for the Obligors, substantially in the form of
Exhibit G hereto;
(f) receipt by the Agent of an opinion of Bracewell &
Patterson, special counsel for the Agent, substantially in the form of
Exhibit H hereto;
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(g) receipt by the Agent of opinions of local counsel,
substantially in the forms of Exhibits J-1 and J-2 hereto;
(h) receipt by the Agent of all documents it may
reasonably request relating to the existence of the Obligors, the
corporate authority for and the validity of each of the Financing
Documents, and any other matters relevant thereto, all in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent;
(i) receipt by the Agent of a certificate of an officer
of the Company stating the rating by S&P of all senior unsecured
long-term debt of the Company as in effect on the date of this
Agreement; and
(j) receipt by the Agent of a certificate of the chief
financial officer, the chief accounting officer or the treasurer of
the Company certifying, as of the date of this Agreement, that no
Default exists.
SECTION 3.02. All Borrowings. The obligation of any Bank to
make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing is subject to the satisfaction of
the following conditions (in addition to the conditions set forth in Section
3.01):
(a) receipt by the Agent of a Notice of Borrowing as
required by Section 2.02 or 2.03, as the case may be;
(b) the fact that, immediately after such Borrowing, the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans will not exceed
the aggregate amount of the Commitments;
(c) the fact that immediately prior to and immediately
after such Borrowing, no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; and
(d) the fact that the representations and warranties of
the Company contained in this Agreement (except, in the case of any
Borrowing subsequent to the first Borrowing, the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 4.04(a) or (c)) shall be true and
correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such
Borrowing.
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Each Borrowing hereunder shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by
the Company on the date of such Borrowing as to the facts specified in this
Section.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Company represents and warrants that:
SECTION 4.01. Corporate Existence and Power. Each of the
Obligors is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and has all
corporate powers and all material governmental licenses, authorizations,
consents and approvals required to own its assets and to carry on its business
as now conducted and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation in good
standing in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business or the ownership
or leasing of its properties requires such qualification and where the failure
so to qualify could have a material adverse effect on the business, financial
position, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or
Affiliate is subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Interstate Commerce Act or any
other law or regulation which limits the incurrence by the Company or any
Subsidiary of Debt, including, but not limited to, laws relating to common or
contract carriers or the sale of electricity, gas, steam, water or other public
utility services.
SECTION 4.02. Corporate and Governmental Authorization;
Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor of each
Financing Document to which it is shown as being a party are within such
Obligor's corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, and do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any
provision of applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation,
Regulations G, T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System) or the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other charter documents
of such Obligor or of any instrument or agreement evidencing or governing Debt
or any other material agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other
instrument binding upon such Obligor or result in the creation or imposition of
any material Lien on any asset of the Company or any Subsidiary. All
authorizations, consents and approvals of governmental bodies, agencies or
officials required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance
by each Obligor of the Financing Documents to which it is shown
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as being a party have been obtained and are in full force and effect.
SECTION 4.03. Binding Effect. This Agreement and each of the
Notes have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute
legal, valid and binding agreements of the Company, and the Subsidiary Guaranty
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Required Guarantor and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Required Guarantor.
SECTION 4.04. Information.
(a) The consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1993 and the related consolidated
statements of operations, cash flows and common stock and other shareholders'
equity for the fiscal year then ended, reported on by Price Waterhouse and set
forth in the Company's 1993 Form 10-K, a copy of which has been delivered to
each of the Banks, fairly present, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles, the consolidated financial position of the Company and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and their consolidated results of
operations and cash flows for such fiscal year.
(b) To the best knowledge of the Company, there are no
statements or conclusions in any Engineering Report delivered pursuant hereto
which are based upon or include misleading information or fail to take into
account material information regarding the matters reported therein, it being
understood that such statements and conclusions are necessarily based upon
professional opinions, estimates and forecasts, and the Company does not
warrant that such opinions, estimates and forecasts will ultimately prove to
have been accurate.
(c) The Company's 1993 Form 10-K does not contain any
untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements contained therein not misleading. Except for
matters of general public knowledge with respect to the oil and gas industry,
the Company has disclosed to the Banks in writing any and all facts which
materially and adversely affect or may be reasonably expected so to affect (to
the extent the Company can now reasonably foresee), the business, assets,
operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and
its Subsidiaries or the ability of any Obligor to perform its obligations under
the Financing Documents.
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(d) Since December 31, 1993 there has been no material
adverse change in the business, financial position, results of operations or
prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(e) No Default exists.
SECTION 4.05. Litigation. There is no action, suit or
proceeding pending against, or to the knowledge of the Company threatened
against or affecting, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective properties or interests at law or in admiralty or equity, before any
court or arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or official, foreign or
domestic, in which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse decision
which could materially adversely affect the business, financial position or
results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or
which in any manner draws into question the validity of any Financing Document.
SECTION 4.06. Compliance with ERISA. Each member of the
ERISA Group has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding standards
of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan and is in
compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable provisions of
ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan. No member of
the ERISA Group has (i) sought a waiver of the minimum funding standard under
Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code in respect of any Plan, (ii) failed to
make any contribution or payment to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or in
respect of any Benefit Arrangement, or made any amendment to any Plan or
Benefit Arrangement, which has resulted or could result in the imposition of a
Lien or the posting of a bond or other security under ERISA or the Internal
Revenue Code or (iii) incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA other than
a liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA.
SECTION 4.07. Environmental Matters. In the ordinary course
of its business, the Company conducts an ongoing review of the effect of
existing Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the
Company and the Subsidiaries, in the course of which it attempts to identify
and evaluate associated liabilities and costs (including, without limitation,
any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up or closure of
properties presently or previously owned, any capital or operating expenditures
required to achieve or maintain compliance with environmental protection
standards imposed by law or as a condition of any license, permit or contract,
any related constraints on operating activities, including any periodic or
permanent
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shutdown of any facility or reduction in the level of or change in the nature
of operations conducted thereat and any actual or potential liabilities to
third parties, including employees, and any related costs and expenses). On
the basis of this review, the Company has reasonably concluded that existing
Environmental Laws are unlikely to have a material adverse effect on the
business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.08. Subsidiaries. All Restricted Assets are owned
as of the date of this Agreement by the Company and the Persons listed in Part
B of Schedule II hereto or, in the case of Restricted Assets sold since
December 31, 1993, by Persons other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The list
of entities under the caption "Subsidiary Guarantors" on the signature pages of
the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement constitutes a true, complete and accurate
list of all Required Guarantors as of the date of this Agreement. Part A of
Schedule II hereto contains a true, complete and accurate list of all
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, and Part B of Schedule II hereto contains a true,
complete and accurate list of all Restricted Subsidiaries as of the date of
this Agreement.
SECTION 4.09. Ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries. The
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary is the record and beneficial owner, free and
clear of all Liens (other than those permitted by Section 5.07), of (i) all of
the issued and outstanding capital stock (other than directors' qualifying
shares and shares beneficially owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
and held by nominees of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary solely to
satisfy requirements of local law) and other ownership interests of each
Restricted Subsidiary (except Unimar and the Unimar Restricted Subsidiaries and
any other Restricted Subsidiary the capital stock of which is sold pursuant to
a sale permitted by Section 5.14) and (ii) except during any period during
which Unimar is an Unrestricted Subsidiary or ceases to be a Subsidiary, at
least 50% of the ownership interest in Unimar and the Unimar Restricted
Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed on Schedule VI, there are no outstanding
options, warrants or other rights to acquire any capital stock or other
ownership interest of any Restricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 4.10. Title to Properties. The Company and each of
the Subsidiaries have good title, free and clear of all Liens, claims, burdens
and title defects, to all of the material assets reflected in the Company's or
such Subsidiary's books and records as being owned by them except Liens
permitted by this Agreement and claims, burdens and title defects not
materially adverse in the aggregate.
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SECTION 4.11. Taxes and Other Obligations. Consolidated
United States Federal income tax returns of the Company and the Subsidiaries
have been examined by the Internal Revenue Service, or the statutory period for
such examination has expired, for all years up to and including the year ended
December 31, 1989, and all assessed deficiencies resulting from such
examination have been discharged or reserved against as required by generally
accepted accounting principles. The Company and the Subsidiaries have filed
all United States Federal, state and local income tax returns and all other
material domestic tax returns which are required to be filed by them and have
paid, or provided for the payment before the same became delinquent of, all
taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by
the Company or any Subsidiary, other than those taxes being diligently
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings. The charges, accruals and
reserves on the books of the Company and the Subsidiaries in respect of taxes
are, in the opinion of the Company, adequate. The Company and the Subsidiaries
have set up such reserves as are required by generally accepted accounting
principles for the payment of additional taxes for years which have not been
audited by the respective tax authorities. The Company and the Subsidiaries
have paid all other material obligations when due other than those being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 4.12. Regulation U. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation G) or
margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U). Following the application
of the proceeds of each Loan, not more than 25% of the value of the assets of
the Company, or of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which are subject to any
arrangement with the Agent or any Bank (herein or otherwise) whereby the
Company's or any Subsidiary's right or ability to sell, pledge or otherwise
dispose of assets is in any way restricted will be any such margin stock.
SECTION 4.13. Certain Obligations. Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary has any obligation to make payments on the Joint Venture Debt
other than those permitted by Section 5.17. The only Non-Recourse Debt
existing on the date of this Agreement is the Existing Pakistan Non-Recourse
Debt.
SECTION 4.14. United Kingdom Assets. Substantially all of
the Restricted Assets located in the United Kingdom (including the United
Kingdom Sector of the North Sea) are directly owned by UTPL as of the date of
this Agreement.
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ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
The Company agrees that, so long as any Bank has any
Commitment hereunder or any amount payable under any Note remains unpaid:
SECTION 5.01. Information. The Company will deliver to each
of the Banks:
(a) as soon as available and in any event within 100 days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of
the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of
operations, cash flows and common stock and other shareholders' equity
for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form
the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on in a manner
acceptable to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Price
Waterhouse or other independent public accountants of nationally
recognized standing;
(b) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days
after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year
of the Company, a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and the
related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for such
quarter and for the portion of the Company's fiscal year ended at the
end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form
the figures for the corresponding quarter and the corresponding
portion of the Company's previous fiscal year, all certified (subject
to normal year-end adjustments) as to preparation in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and consistency by the chief
financial officer, the chief accounting officer or the treasurer of
the Company;
(c) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of
financial statements referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, a
certificate of the chief financial officer, the chief accounting
officer or the treasurer of the Company (i) setting forth in
reasonable detail the calculations required to establish whether the
Company was in compliance with the requirements of Sections 5.05 and
5.15 on the date of such financial statements and (ii) stating whether
any Default exists on the date of such certificate and, if any Default
then exists, setting forth the details thereof and the action which
the
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Company and its Subsidiaries are taking or propose to take with
respect thereto;
(d) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days
after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company, a certificate of
the chief financial officer, the chief accounting officer or the
treasurer of the Company certifying (i) whether the Margin Increase
Condition will exist during the Margin Period commencing 61 days
following the end of such fiscal quarter and (whether or not any will
exist) setting forth the computation of each amount referred to in the
definition thereof as of the relevant dates or for the relevant
periods, (ii) whether the Additional Margin Increase Condition exists
as of the date of such certificate, (iii) the Unimar Percentage as of
the end of such quarter and the amounts as of the end of such quarter
of Consolidated Debt, Defeased Debt, Excluded Subordinated Debt, Debt
of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries determined on a
consolidated basis, Debt of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis, Debt of Unimar, Debt
of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, Excess Letter of Credit/Guarantee
Amount, Non-Restricted Asset Non-Recourse Debt, Non-Recourse Debt of
the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and Restricted
Subsidiaries Recourse Debt, and (iv) each Asset Sale that has been
consummated during such quarter, the Fair Market Value of the
Restricted Assets subject thereto, the amount of fees, commissions,
expenses and taxes related thereto, the Net Sales Proceeds therefrom
and the cumulative amount of the Excess Net Sales Proceeds from all
Assets Sales since December 31, 1993;
(e) within five days after the chief financial officer,
the chief accounting officer or treasurer of the Company obtains
knowledge of any Default, if such Default is then continuing, a
certificate of the chief financial officer, the chief accounting
officer or the treasurer of the Company setting forth the details
thereof and the action which the Company and its Subsidiaries are
taking or propose to take with respect thereto;
(f) immediately upon the filing of, or any material
development in, any litigation or the occurrence of any other event or
contingency, if such development, litigation, event or contingency
could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
business, assets, operations, prospects or condition, financial or
otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, a
certificate of the chief financial officer, the chief accounting
officer or
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the treasurer of the Company setting forth the details of such
development, litigation, event or contingency and the action which the
Company and its Subsidiaries are taking or propose to take with
respect thereto;
(g) as soon as available and in any event within 100 days
after the end of each fiscal year of each Restricted Subsidiary (other
than the Unimar Restricted Subsidiaries), a consolidated balance sheet
of such Restricted Subsidiary and its consolidated subsidiaries as of
the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of
operations, cash flows and common stock and other shareholders' equity
for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form
the figures for the previous fiscal year, all certified as to
preparation in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and consistency by the chief financial officer, the chief
accounting officer or the treasurer of such Restricted Subsidiary;
(h) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days
after the end of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of each
Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Unimar Restricted Subsidiaries,
Union Texas Petroleum Energy Corporation and Union Texas International
Corporation), a consolidated balance sheet of such Restricted
Subsidiary and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the end of such
quarter and the related consolidated statements of operations and cash
flows for such quarter and for the portion of such Restricted
Subsidiary's fiscal year ended at the end of such quarter, setting
forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
corresponding quarter and the corresponding portion of such Restricted
Subsidiary's previous fiscal year, all certified (subject to normal
year-end adjustments) as to preparation in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and consistency by the chief financial
officer, the chief accounting officer or the treasurer of such
Restricted Subsidiary;
(i) promptly upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders
of the Company generally, copies of all financial statements, reports
and proxy statements so mailed;
(j) promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all
registration statements (other than the exhibits thereto and any
registration statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent) and reports on
Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K (or
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their equivalents) which the Company shall have filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission;
(k) at least 45 days prior to the closing of each Asset
Sale that will result in aggregate Net Sales Proceeds (for such sale
or, if such sale is one of a series of related sales, for all sales
and contemplated sales in such series) of $50,000,000 or more, notice
of such sale describing the assets to be sold and the estimated Net
Sales Proceeds thereof;
(l) if and when any member of the ERISA Group (i) gives
or is required to give notice to the PBGC of any "reportable event"
(as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) (other than a "reportable event"
not subject to the provisions for 30-day notice to the PBGC under the
regulations issued under Section 4043 of ERISA) with respect to any
Plan which might constitute grounds for a termination of such Plan
under Title IV of ERISA, or knows that the plan administrator of any
Plan has given or is required to give notice of any such reportable
event, a copy of the notice of such reportable event given or required
to be given to the PBGC; (ii) receives notice of complete or partial
withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA or notice that any
Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization, is insolvent or has been
terminated, a copy of such notice; (iii) receives notice from the PBGC
under Title IV of ERISA of an intent to terminate, impose liability
(other than for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect of,
or appoint a trustee to administer, any Plan, a copy of such notice;
(iv) applies for a waiver of the minimum funding standard under
Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, a copy of such application;
(v) gives notice of intent to terminate any Plan under Section 4041(c)
of ERISA, a copy of such notice and other information filed with the
PBGC; (vi) gives notice of withdrawal from any Plan pursuant to
Section 4063 of ERISA, a copy of such notice; or (vii) fails to make
any payment or contribution to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or in
respect of any Benefit Arrangement which has resulted or could result
in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other
security, a certificate of the chief financial officer, the chief
accounting officer or the treasurer of the Company setting forth
details as to such occurrence and action, if any, which the Company or
applicable member of the ERISA Group is required or proposes to take;
(m) within 5 days after the chief financial officer, the
Vice President-Finance, the treasurer or the controller of the Company
has knowledge of any filing
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under Rule 13d of the Securities and Exchange Commission, promulgated
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, a copy thereof;
(n) within 5 days after receipt by the Company of any
written agreement of the type referred to in Section 6.01(k)(iii)(c),
(A) a copy thereof except that (i) if such written agreement has not
been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
otherwise public information, each Bank as a condition to receiving a
copy of such written agreement may be required to sign, prior to
receipt thereof, a confidentiality agreement pursuant to which it
agrees that it will treat such written agreement in a confidential
manner until such written agreement otherwise becomes public, except
for disclosure (a) to counsel for and other advisors, accountants and
auditors of such Bank, (b) as may be required by statute, decision,
order, rule, regulation or other law, (c) to regulatory authorities,
(d) in connection with any litigation involving such written
agreement, such confidentiality agreement or any of the Financing
Documents, and (e) in connection with any assignment, prospective
assignment, sale, prospective sale, participation or prospective
participation or other transfer or prospective transfer of any of such
Bank's interests hereunder provided that any such assignee,
prospective assignee, purchaser, prospective purchaser, participant,
prospective participant, transferee, or prospective transferee shall
have entered into a confidentiality agreement for the benefit of the
Company substantially upon the terms of this Section 5.01(n), and (ii)
if the Company is contractually prohibited from delivering a copy of
such written agreement to the Banks, the Company shall not be required
to deliver such written agreement unless such prohibition has been
waived, but the Company shall use reasonable efforts to obtain such
waiver or if it is a party to such written agreement to prevent any
such prohibition from being included therein, and (B) if the Company
is a party to such written agreement, but is excused pursuant to
clause (A)(ii) of this Section 5.01(n) from delivering a copy thereof
to the Banks, the Company shall notify the Banks of the existence of
such written agreement (but not the content thereof or other parties
thereto), but as a condition to receiving such notice the Banks may be
required to sign, prior to receipt of such notice, a confidentiality
agreement conforming to clause (A)(i) of this Section 5.01(n);
(o) by May 1 of each year, an Engineering Report as of
the last day of the immediately preceding year;
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(p) promptly upon the closing of the sale or other
disposition of any capital stock of UTPC or any option, warrant or
other right to acquire any such capital stock, notice thereof;
(q) promptly after any change in or termination of the
rating of any senior unsecured long-term debt of the Company by S&P,
notice thereof.
(r) from time to time such additional information
regarding the financial position or business of the Company or any
Subsidiary as the Agent, at the request of any Bank, may reasonably
request.
SECTION 5.02. Affirmative Covenants. The Company will
maintain its existence and cause each Restricted Subsidiary to maintain its
existence except in the case of (i) a merger of a Restricted Subsidiary into
the Company in a merger permitted by Section 5.08 hereof, (ii) the merger of a
Restricted Subsidiary into another Restricted Subsidiary, if immediately after
such merger (and giving effect thereto), no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, and (iii) any Asset Sale in the form of the merger of a Restricted
Subsidiary into another Person, if immediately after such merger (and giving
effect thereto), no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
The Company and each Subsidiary shall:
(a) Conduct of Business; Property. Cause all material
property useful and necessary in its business to be maintained in good
working order and condition and to be operated prudently in accordance
with good industry practice; and to the extent consistent with prudent
business practices, defend its right, title and interest in its
material properties against all adverse claims.
(b) Compliance with Laws. Comply with all applicable
laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and reporting, filing and other
requirements of governmental authorities (including, without
limitation, Environmental Laws and ERISA and the rules and regulations
thereunder), except where the necessity of compliance therewith is
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or where the
failure to so comply would not have a material adverse effect on the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(c) Inspection of Property, Books and Records. Keep
proper books of record and account in accordance with sound accounting
practices; and
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permit representatives of any Bank, at such Bank's sole risk and
expense, to visit and inspect any of its properties (subject to
obtaining any required consent of third-party operators), to examine
and make abstracts and copies from any of its books and records and to
discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers and
employees, and use its best efforts to make its independent public
accountants available to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of
the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, all at such reasonable times
and as often as may reasonably be desired.
SECTION 5.03. Primary Business. The exploration for, and
production and marketing of, Hydrocarbons will continue to be the primary
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as whole.
SECTION 5.04. Insurance. The Company will maintain, and will
cause each Subsidiary to maintain (either in the name of the Company or in such
Subsidiary's own name) with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies, insurance on their property in at least such amounts and against at
least such risks as are usually insured against in the same general area by
companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar business; and
will furnish to the Banks, upon written request from the Agent, full
information as to the insurance carried.
SECTION 5.05. Debt. (a) Consolidated Debt will at no time
exceed $750,000,000 minus the aggregate of all Excess Net Sales Proceeds with
respect to all Asset Sales made at or prior to such time.
(b) At no time will Restricted Subsidiaries Recourse Debt exceed
$75,000,000.
(c) Consolidated Debt will not, on the last day of any calendar
quarter, exceed 3.75 times Operating Cash Flow for the four calendar quarters
ending on such day.
(d) Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary will create,
assume or otherwise incur any Debt if at the time of creation, assumption or
incurrence of such Debt or after giving effect to the creation, assumption or
incurrence of such Debt, any Event of Default would exist; provided that the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may renew or extend (but not increase) its
own Debt.
SECTION 5.06. Restricted Payments. Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary shall declare or make any
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Restricted Payment unless, immediately prior thereto and immediately
thereafter, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary shall make any Restricted Transfer unless,
immediately prior thereto and immediately thereafter, no Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, provided that the Company or any Subsidiary
can make Restricted Transfers in the form of Investments in an Affiliate,
Unrestricted Subsidiary or subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary if (i) such
Affiliate, Unrestricted Subsidiary or subsidiary, as the case may be, has no
outstanding Debt at the time of such Investment and does not thereafter create,
assume or otherwise incur any Debt while any Event of Default is continuing and
(ii) the Company notifies the Banks of any such Investment in excess of
$5,000,000 at least ten days prior to such Investment. Nothing in this Section
shall prohibit the payment of any dividend or distribution within 45 days after
the declaration thereof if payment of such dividend or distribution was not
prohibited by this Agreement at the time such declaration was made.
SECTION 5.07. Negative Pledge. Neither the Company nor any
Restricted Subsidiary will create, assume or suffer to exist (i) any Lien on
any capital stock or other ownership interest of any Restricted Subsidiary now
owned or hereafter acquired by it or any Lien on any option, warrant or other
right to acquire any capital stock or other ownership interest of any
Restricted Subsidiary now owned or hereafter acquired by it, other than those
described in Part A of Schedule III or (ii) any Lien on any other asset now
owned or hereafter acquired by it, except for the following Liens on assets not
referred to in the foregoing clause (i) of this Section:
(a) Liens existing on the date of this Agreement,
securing Debt outstanding and other obligations (including contractual
obligations) existing on the date of this Agreement and, except in the
case of inchoate operator's Liens, described in Part B of Schedule III
hereto;
(b) any Lien (i) on any Non-Restricted Asset securing
only Non-Restricted Asset Non-Recourse Debt of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) on any asset of Virginia Indonesia
Company, Virginia International Company or Union Texas East Kalimantan
Limited securing Joint Venture Debt;
(c) mechanics', materialmen's, carriers' and other
statutory Liens, but only if arising, and only so long as continuing,
in the ordinary course of business; or deposits or pledges to obtain
the release of any such
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Lien; or easements, encroachments or other title defects which do not
materially detract from the value of its assets or materially impair
the use thereof in the operation of its business;
(d) Liens arising in the ordinary course of its business
which (i) do not secure Debt, (ii) do not secure any obligation in an
amount exceeding $15,000,000 and (iii) do not in the aggregate
materially detract from the value of its assets or materially impair
the use thereof in the operation of its business;
(e) Liens on any interest in a Partnership arising under
any agreement creating or governing such Partnership (including
Unimar) and securing only obligations of the members of such
Partnership to make Investments in such Partnership;
(f) Liens arising under any customary provision of any
joint operating agreement or similar agreement relating to the
exploration, production, development or transportation of oil and gas;
(g) Liens not otherwise permitted by the foregoing
clauses of this Section on assets (other than any of the Restricted
Assets) securing Debt in an aggregate principal amount at any time
outstanding not to exceed $20,000,000; and
(h) any Lien securing the refinancing, extension, renewal
or refunding of any Debt secured by any Lien permitted by the
foregoing subsection (a) of this Section, provided that such Debt is
not increased from the lesser of the amount of such Debt set forth on
Schedule III hereto or the amount of such Debt outstanding immediately
prior to such refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding, and such
Lien does not cover any property that is not described on Schedule III
hereto as securing such Debt.
SECTION 5.08. Consolidations and Mergers. The Company will
not consolidate or merge with or into any Person, provided that the Company may
merge with another Person if the Company is the surviving corporation and,
immediately after such merger (and giving effect thereto), no Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.
SECTION 5.09. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans
made under this Agreement will be used by the Company for general corporate
purposes; provided that none of such proceeds will be used in any manner or for
any purpose that
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results in any violation of any applicable law or regulation (including,
without limitation, Regulations G, T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System).
SECTION 5.10. Parties to Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement. The
Company shall cause each Person that shall at any time after the date of this
Agreement become a Required Guarantor to enter into the Subsidiary Guaranty
Agreement and deliver, not later than 30 days after the date on which such
Person shall have become a Required Guarantor, to the Agent, in addition to a
duly executed counterpart of the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, duly executed
documents, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, of the type
referred to in Section 3.01(c), (d), (e), (g) and (h) pertaining to such
Required Guarantor and the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement executed by it. Upon
any sale or other disposition of all of the capital stock of a Required
Guarantor in an Asset Sale permitted by Section 5.14, so long as no Default
exists, such Required Guarantor shall be released from its obligations under
the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, and the Agent shall execute such releases
and other documents as such Subsidiary or the Company may reasonably request to
further evidence such release.
SECTION 5.11. Restrictions on Dividends, Intercompany Loans,
or Investments. The Company will not create or otherwise cause or permit to
exist or become effective, or permit any Subsidiary to create or otherwise
cause or permit to exist or become effective, any consensual encumbrance or
restriction (other than the Financing Documents) on the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on
its capital stock or other ownership interests or pay any Debt or other
obligation owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or (ii) make any
loans or advances to or other Investments in the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, except any encumbrance or restriction in effect on the date of this
Agreement and described on Schedule IV hereto.
SECTION 5.12. Loans and Advances. The Company will not make
or permit to remain outstanding any cash loan or advance to any Person, or
permit any Restricted Subsidiary to make or permit to remain outstanding any
cash loan or advance to any Person, except (i) loans and advances to
Subsidiaries or joint ventures, partnerships or other business ventures in
which the Company or any Subsidiary has or is contemporaneously acquiring an
interest or participation; and (ii) other loans and advances not exceeding
$10,000,000 at any time outstanding.
SECTION 5.13. Cross-Default. The Company will not create,
assume, otherwise incur or suffer to exist, or permit
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any Restricted Subsidiary to create, assume, otherwise incur or suffer to
exist, any Debt if the maturity of such Debt is or may be accelerated (assuming
the giving of notice or lapse of time or both), in whole or in part, as a
result of any default under, or acceleration of (i) any Non-Recourse Debt of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) any Debt of any Unrestricted
Subsidiary, unless the Required Banks shall have given their prior written
consent to such Debt of the Company or Restricted Subsidiary to be so created,
assumed or otherwise incurred, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld;
provided that this Section 5.13 shall not prohibit a provision in a Guarantee
of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary Guaranteeing Debt of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary that provides that the payment obligation under such Guarantee may
be accelerated upon default under or acceleration of such Debt.
SECTION 5.14. Subsidiaries. The Company will at all times
own, either directly or through one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, free and
clear of all Liens (other than those permitted by Section 5.07), 100% of all
issued and outstanding capital stock (other than directors' qualifying shares
and shares beneficially owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and
held by nominees of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary solely to satisfy
requirements of local law) and other ownership interests of each Restricted
Subsidiary and all options, warrants and other rights to acquire any such
capital stock or any such ownership interest, except for (i) Unimar and the
Unimar Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary sold or
otherwise disposed of pursuant to an Asset Sale, if after giving effect to such
Asset Sale, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any interest in
such Restricted Subsidiary, and (iii) those options described on Schedule VI.
The Company will at all times own, either directly or through one or more
Restricted Subsidiaries, free and clear of all Liens (other than those
permitted by Section 5.07), 50% or more of the ownership interest in Unimar and
the Unimar Restricted Subsidiaries and all options, warrants and other rights
to acquire any such ownership interest (other than those described on Schedule
VI); provided that the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell all of
their ownership interest in Unimar and the Unimar Restricted Subsidiaries and
such options, warrants and other rights if, after giving effect to such sale,
the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any interest in Unimar, the
Unimar Restricted Subsidiaries or any such option, warrant or other right. The
Company will not at any time permit any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Unimar Restricted Subsidiary to become a Unimar Restricted Subsidiary. The
Company will not permit any Restricted Asset
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to be sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of to any Person that was
an Unrestricted Subsidiary immediately prior thereto if any Default then exists
or would result. The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to
issue any preferred stock unless such preferred stock at all times is owned
only by the Company. The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to
own, directly, both (a) any UK Asset and (b) any Non-UK Asset.
SECTION 5.15. Adjusted Equity and Interest Coverage. The
Company will at all times maintain Adjusted Equity of $300,000,000 or more.
The Company will cause EBITDA for each period of four consecutive calendar
quarters to exceed 4.00 times Cash Interest Expense for such period.
SECTION 5.16. Excluded Subordinated Debt and Preferred Stock.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary will pay, prepay, purchase, redeem,
defease, acquire, exchange or convert any preferred stock (other than
Restricted Preferred Stock) or any Excluded Subordinated Debt, except (a)
exchanges for or conversions to common stock of the Company, (b) payments of
interest when due required by the terms of any such Excluded Subordinated Debt
as such terms are in effect on the date such Excluded Subordinated Debt is
incurred and (c) if no Event of Default exists, payments of ordinary periodic
dividends (excluding liquidating dividends) on such preferred stock in
accordance with the terms thereof as such terms are in effect on the date such
preferred stock is issued.
SECTION 5.17. Certain Obligations. Neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary will create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any obligation on
its part to make any payment on the Joint Venture Debt other than (a) the
obligations set forth in the agreements listed on Schedule V hereto with
respect to Joint Venture Debt in existence on the date of this Agreement and
(b) obligations substantially similar to those referred to in clause (a) with
respect to Joint Venture Debt created, incurred, assumed or arising after the
date of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.18. Restrictions on Asset Sales. (a) The Company
will not and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into
any Asset Sale if after giving effect thereto any Event of Default would exist.
(b) The Company will not permit to occur any Asset Sale involving,
directly or indirectly, any UK Assets if the aggregate Net Sales Proceeds of
all Asset Sales involving,
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directly or indirectly, UK Assets since December 31, 1993 would exceed
$250,000,000.
SECTION 5.19. UTEK Guaranty. The Company will cause Union
Texas East Kalimantan Limited to report, as promptly as reasonably practicable,
the execution and delivery of the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement to the
Indonesian Foreign Commercial Loan Team ("Team") established pursuant to
Indonesian Presidential Decree No. 39 of 1991 and to deliver, as promptly as
reasonably practicable, to the Team and to Bank Indonesia copies of this
Agreement and the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement.
SECTION 5.20. Conversion to Unrestricted Subsidiary. The
Company may convert a Restricted Subsidiary into an Unrestricted Subsidiary by
giving the Agent notice of such conversion at least 5 Domestic Business Days
prior to such conversion, provided that (i) no Restricted Subsidiary shall be
so converted so long as it owns directly or indirectly any interest in any
Restricted Asset and (ii) no such conversion shall be made if at the time of
such notice or after giving effect to such conversion, any Default would exist.
Upon any such conversion of a Required Guarantor to an Unrestricted Subsidiary
such Subsidiary shall be released from its obligations under the Subsidiary
Guaranty Agreement, and the Agent shall execute such releases and other
documents as such Subsidiary or the Company may reasonably request to further
evidence such release.
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. If one or more of the
following events ("Events of Default") shall have occurred and be continuing:
(a) the Company shall fail to pay when due any principal
of any Loan, or shall fail to pay within five days of the due date
thereof any interest on any Loan, any fees or any other amount payable
hereunder;
(b) the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail to observe
or perform any covenant contained in Sections 5.05 to 5.18, inclusive;
(c) the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail to observe
or perform any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement
(other than those covered by clause (a) or (b) above) or in the
Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement for 30
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days after written notice thereof has been given to the Company by the
Agent at the request of any Bank;
(d) any representation, warranty, certification or
statement made by the Company or any Subsidiary in this Agreement or
in the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement or made in any certificate,
financial statement or other document delivered pursuant to this
Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect
when made (or deemed made);
(e) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall fail
to make any payment in respect of any Material Debt (other than the
Notes) when due or within any applicable grace period;
(f) any event or condition shall occur which results in
the acceleration of the maturity of any Material Debt of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Notes) or enables (or,
with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would enable) the
holder of such Material Debt or any Person acting on such holder's
behalf to accelerate the maturity thereof;
(g) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall
commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation,
reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts
under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any
substantial part of its property, or shall consent to any such relief
or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in
an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall
make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail
generally to pay its debts as they become due, or shall take any
corporate action to authorize any of the foregoing;
(h) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be
commenced against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary seeking
liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to it or its
debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any
substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other
proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of 60
days;
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or an order for relief shall be entered against the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary under the federal bankruptcy laws as now or
hereafter in effect;
(i) any member of the ERISA Group shall fail to pay when
due an amount or amounts aggregating in excess of $5,000,000 which it
shall have become liable to pay under Title IV of ERISA; or notice of
intent to terminate a Material Plan shall be filed under Title IV of
ERISA by any member of the ERISA Group, any plan administrator or any
combination of the foregoing; or the PBGC shall institute proceedings
under Title IV of ERISA to terminate, to impose liability (other than
for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect of, or to cause a
trustee to be appointed to administer any Material Plan; or a
condition shall exist by reason of which the PBGC would be entitled to
obtain a decree adjudicating that any Material Plan must be
terminated; or there shall occur a complete or partial withdrawal
from, or a default, within the meaning of Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA,
with respect to, one or more Multiemployer Plans which could cause one
or more members of the ERISA Group to incur a current payment
obligation in excess of $5,000,000;
(j) a judgment or order for the payment of money in
excess of $15,000,000 (net of applicable insurance coverage which is
acknowledged by the insurer) shall be rendered against the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary and such judgment or order shall continue
unsatisfied and unstayed for a period of 30 days;
(k) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert,
together with any affiliates thereof, (i) shall have acquired
beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, (a) within any 12 month
period, of (1) more than 25% of the Company's common stock or (2)
securities representing more than 25% of the combined voting power of
all securities of the Company entitled to vote in the election of
directors (other than securities having such power only by reason of
the happening of a contingency) ("Voting Securities"), or (b) within
any 24 month period, of (1) more than 40% of the Company's common
stock or (2) more than 40% of the Company's Voting Securities, (ii)
owns a higher percentage of the Company's common stock or Voting
Securities than the percentage owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
and/or non-operating investment entities it controls, and (iii) either
(a) owns 50% or more of the Company's common stock or Voting
Securities, (b) directly or indirectly elects or causes the election
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of Persons constituting in the aggregate a majority of the Board of
Directors of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or (c)
exercises, directly or indirectly, by written agreement, control over
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that no Default or
Event of Default shall occur under this subsection (k) until the
Agent, following request by the Required Banks, gives notice to the
Company that such an Event of Default is declared, and such notice may
not be given after the date which is 45 days after the Banks actually
receive notice from the Company to the effect that the matters set
forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) have occurred (for purposes of
this provision, "beneficial ownership" shall mean beneficial ownership
within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange
Commission promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the number and percentage of securities beneficially
owned by any Person or Persons shall be calculated in accordance with
such Rule); or
(l) any "Event of Default", as defined in the Short-Term
Credit Agreement, shall occur;
then, and in every such event, the Agent shall (i) if requested by Banks having
at least 51% in the aggregate amount of the Commitments, by notice to the
Company terminate the Commitments and, upon the giving of such notice by the
Agent, they shall thereupon terminate, and (ii) if requested by Banks holding
Notes evidencing at least 51% in aggregate principal amount of the Loans, by
notice to the Company declare the Notes (together with accrued interest
thereon) to be, and, upon the giving of such notice by the Agent, the Notes
shall thereupon become, immediately due and payable without notice of intent to
accelerate, notice of acceleration, presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Company; provided
that in the case of any of the Events of Default specified in clause (g) or (h)
above, without any notice to the Company or any other act by the Agent or the
Banks, the Commitments shall thereupon terminate and the Notes (together with
accrued interest thereon) shall become immediately due and payable without
notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, presentment, demand,
protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the
Company.
SECTION 6.02. Notice of Default. The Agent shall give notice
to the Company under Section 6.01(c) promptly upon being requested to do so by
any Bank and shall thereupon notify all the Banks thereof.
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ARTICLE VII
THE AGENT
SECTION 7.01. Appointment and Authorization. Each Bank
irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on
its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Financing Documents as are
delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with all such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Bank hereby consents and
agrees to the terms of, and authorizes and directs the Agent to enter into, the
Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement.
SECTION 7.02. Agent and Affiliates. NationsBank shall have
the same rights and powers under the Financing Documents as any other Bank and
may exercise or refrain from exercising the same as though it were not the
Agent, and NationsBank and its affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money
to, and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any
Subsidiary or other affiliate of the Company as if it were not the Agent
hereunder.
SECTION 7.03. Action by Agent. The obligations of the Agent
under the Financing Documents are only those expressly set forth herein.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent shall not be
required to take any action with respect to any Default, except as expressly
provided in Article VI.
SECTION 7.04. Consultation with Experts. The Agent may
consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company or any
Subsidiary), independent public accountants, independent petroleum engineers
and other experts selected by it and the Agent shall not be liable for any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
advice of such counsel, accountants, engineers or experts.
SECTION 7.05. Liability of Agent. Neither the Agent nor any
of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action
taken or not taken by it in connection herewith (i) with the consent or at the
request of the Required Banks or (ii) in the absence of its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the Agent nor any of its directors,
officers, agents or employees shall be responsible for or have any duty to
ascertain, inquire into or verify (i) any statement, warranty or representation
made in connection with this Agreement or any borrowing hereunder; (ii) the
performance or observance of any of the covenants or agreements of the Company
or any Subsidiary; (iii) the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article
III, except
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receipt of items required to be delivered to the Agent; (iv) the validity,
effectiveness or genuineness of the Financing Documents or any other instrument
or writing furnished in connection herewith; or (v) the accuracy of any
Engineering Report. The Agent shall not incur any liability by acting in
reliance upon any notice, consent, certificate, statement, or other writing
(which may be a bank wire, telex or similar writing) believed by it to be
genuine or to be signed by the proper party or parties.
SECTION 7.06. Indemnification. Each Bank shall, ratably in
accordance with its Commitment, indemnify the Agent (to the extent not
reimbursed by the Company) against any cost, expense (including counsel fees
and disbursements), claim, demand, action, loss or liability (except such as
result from the Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct) that the Agent
may suffer or incur in connection with the Financing Documents or any action
taken or omitted by the Agent hereunder (IT BEING EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD AND
AGREED THAT, EXCEPT FOR SUCH NEGLIGENCE AS IS SO DETERMINED TO CONSTITUTE GROSS
NEGLIGENCE, SUCH INDEMNIFICATION DOES EXTEND TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE
ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER SOLE OR CONTRIBUTORY, OF THE AGENT).
SECTION 7.07. Credit Decision. Each Bank acknowledges that
it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Bank,
and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made
its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Bank
also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Agent or any other Bank, and based on such documents and information as it
shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions
in taking or not taking any action under this Agreement.
SECTION 7.08. Successor Agent. The Agent may resign at any
time by giving written notice thereof to the Banks and the Company and may be
removed at any time with or without cause by the Required Banks. Upon any such
resignation or removal, the Company shall have the right, with the consent of
the Required Banks, to appoint a successor Agent. If no successor Agent shall
have been so appointed with the consent of the Required Banks, and shall have
accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Agent's giving of
notice of resignation or the Required Banks' removal of the retiring Agent,
then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Banks, appoint a successor Agent,
which shall be a commercial bank organized or licensed under the laws of the
United States of America or of any State thereof and having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000. Upon
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the acceptance of its appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such
successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the
rights and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations under the Financing Documents.
After any retiring Agent's resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the
provisions of this Article VII shall inure to its benefit as to any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent.
SECTION 7.09. Agent's Fees. The Company shall pay to the
Agent for its own account fees in the amounts and at the times previously
agreed upon between the Company and the Agent.
ARTICLE VIII
CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES
SECTION 8.01. Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate
or Unfair. If on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period:
(a) the Agent is advised by the Reference Banks that
deposits in dollars (in the applicable amounts) are not being offered
to the Reference Banks in the relevant market for such Interest
Period, or
(b) in the case of a Committed Borrowing, Banks having
50% or more of the aggregate amount of the Commitments advise the
Agent that the London Interbank Offered Rate as determined by the
Agent will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Banks of
funding their Euro-Dollar Loans for such Interest Period,
the Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Company and the Banks,
whereupon until the Agent notifies the Company that the circumstances giving
rise to such suspension no longer exist, (1) the obligations of the Banks to
make Euro-Dollar Loans, or make any Conversion (other than changing Euro-Dollar
Loans into Base Rate Loans), shall be suspended, and (2) unless the Company
notifies the Agent at least two Domestic Business Days before the date of any
Fixed Rate Borrowing for which a Notice of Borrowing has previously been given
that it elects not to borrow on such date, (i) if such Fixed Rate Borrowing is
a Committed Borrowing, such Borrowing shall instead be made as a Base Rate
Borrowing and (ii) if such Fixed Rate Borrowing is a Money Market LIBOR
Borrowing,
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the Money Market LIBOR Loans comprising such Borrowing shall bear interest for
each day from and including the first day to but excluding the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto at the sum of the Base Rate for such day
plus at such times as the Margin Increase Condition exists and the Additional
Margin Increase Condition does not exist, 1/8% plus at such times as the
Additional Margin Increase Condition exists, 1/4% plus at such times as any
Event of Default exists, 1%.
SECTION 8.02. Illegality. If, after (x) the date of this
Agreement, in the case of any Euro-Dollar Loan or (y) the date of the related
Money Market Quote, in the case of any Money Market LIBOR Loan, the adoption of
any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change therein, or any change in
the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority,
central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof, or compliance by any Bank (or its Euro- Dollar Lending
Office) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency shall make it unlawful
or impossible for any Bank (or its Euro-Dollar Lending Office) to make,
maintain or fund its Euro-Dollar Loans or Money Market LIBOR Loans, as the case
may be, or make any Conversion (other than changing Euro-Dollar Loans into Base
Rate Loans), and such Bank shall so notify the Agent, the Agent shall forthwith
give notice thereof to the other Banks and the Company, whereupon until such
Bank notifies the Company and the Agent that the circumstances giving rise to
such suspension no longer exist, the obligation of such Bank to make
Euro-Dollar Loans, or make any Conversion (other than changing Euro-Dollar
Loans into Base Rate Loans), or make Money Market LIBOR Loans, as the case may
be, shall be suspended. Before giving any notice to the Agent pursuant to this
Section, such Bank shall designate a different Euro-Dollar Lending Office if
such designation will avoid the need for giving such notice and will not, in
the judgment of such Bank, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Bank. If such
Bank shall determine that it may not lawfully continue to maintain and fund any
of its outstanding Euro-Dollar Loans or Money Market LIBOR Loans, as the case
may be, to maturity and shall so specify in such notice, the Company shall
immediately prepay in full the then outstanding principal amount of each such
Euro-Dollar Loan or Money Market LIBOR Loan as the case may be, together with
accrued interest thereon. Concurrently with prepaying each such Euro-Dollar
Loan, the Company shall borrow a Base Rate Loan in an equal principal amount
from such Bank (on which interest and principal shall be payable
contemporaneously with the related Euro-Dollar Loans of the other Banks), and
such Bank shall make such a Base Rate Loan.
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SECTION 8.03. Increased Cost and Reduced Return. (a) If
after (x) the date hereof, in the case of any Committed Loan or any obligation
to make Committed Loans or (y) the date of the related Money Market Quote, in
the case of any Money Market Loan, the adoption of any applicable law, rule or
regulation, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or
comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or
compliance by any Bank (or its Applicable Lending Office) with any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority,
central bank or comparable agency:
(i) shall subject any Bank (or its Applicable Lending
Office) to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to its Fixed
Rate Loans, its Note or its obligation to make Fixed Rate Loans, or
shall change the basis of taxation of payments to any Bank (or its
Applicable Lending Office) of the principal of or interest on its
Fixed Rate Loans or any other amounts due under this Agreement in
respect of its Fixed Rate Loans or its obligation to make Fixed Rate
Loans (except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income
of such Bank or its Applicable Lending Office imposed by the
jurisdiction in which such Bank's principal executive office or
Applicable Lending Office is located); or
(ii) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve,
special deposit or similar requirement (including, without limitation,
any such requirement imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System against assets of, deposits with or for the account of,
or credit extended by, any Bank (or its Applicable Lending Office) or
on the United States market for certificates of deposit or the London
interbank market any other condition affecting its Fixed Rate Loans,
its Note or its obligation to make Fixed Rate Loans;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Bank (or
its Applicable Lending Office) of making or maintaining any Fixed Rate Loan or
making any Conversion (other than changing Euro-Dollar Loans into Base Rate
Loans), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Bank
(or its Applicable Lending Office) under this Agreement or under its Note with
respect thereto, by an amount deemed by such Bank to be material, then, within
15 days after
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demand by such Bank (with a copy to the Agent), the Company shall pay to such
Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Bank for such
increased cost or reduction; provided that the Company shall not be obligated
to compensate any Bank for any such reduction attributable to a period (i) more
than 90 days prior to the giving of notice by such Bank to the Company of its
intention to seek compensation under this subsection (a) or (ii) more than six
months prior to the making of demand by such Bank for payment thereof in
accordance herewith.
(b) If any Bank shall have determined that the adoption
of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, or any
change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof
by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with
the interpretation or administration thereof, or any request or directive
regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such
authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of
reducing the rate of return on capital of such Bank (or its Parent) as a
consequence of such Bank's obligations hereunder to a level below that which
such Bank (or its Parent) could have achieved but for such adoption, change,
request or directive (taking into consideration its policies with respect to
capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Bank to be material, then from
time to time, within 15 days after demand by such Bank (with a copy to the
Agent), the Company shall pay to such Bank such additional amount or amounts as
will compensate such Bank (or its Parent) for such reduction; provided that the
Company shall not be obligated to compensate any Bank for any such reduction
attributable to a period (i) more than 90 days prior to the giving of notice by
such Bank to the Company of its intention to seek compensation under this
subsection (b) or (ii) more than six months prior to the making of demand by
such Bank for payment thereof in accordance therewith.
(c) Each Bank will promptly notify the Company and the
Agent of any event of which it has knowledge, occurring after the date hereof,
which will entitle such Bank to compensation pursuant to this Section and will
designate a different Applicable Lending Office if such designation will avoid
the need for, or reduce the amount of, such compensation and will not, in the
judgment of such Bank, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Bank. A
certificate of any Bank claiming compensation under this Section and setting
forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, such
Bank may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
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SECTION 8.04. Base Rate Loans Substituted for Affected Fixed
Rate Loans. If (i) the obligation of any Bank to make Euro-Dollar Loans to the
Company has been suspended pursuant to Section 8.02 or (ii) any Bank has
demanded compensation under Section 8.03(a) and the Company shall, by at least
five Euro-Dollar Business Days' prior notice to such Bank through the Agent,
have elected that the provisions of this Section shall apply to such Bank,
then, unless and until such Bank notifies the Company that the circumstances
giving rise to such suspension or demand for compensation no longer apply:
(a) all Loans to the Company which would otherwise be
made by such Bank as, or be Converted by such Bank as or into,
Euro-Dollar Loans shall instead be made as, or Converted into, Base
Rate Loans (on which interest and principal shall be payable
contemporaneously with the related Fixed Rate Loans of the other
Banks), and
(b) after each of its Euro-Dollar Loans to the Company
has been repaid, all payments of principal which would otherwise be
applied to repay such Fixed Rate Loans shall be applied to repay its
Base Rate Loans instead.
SECTION 8.05. Substitution of Bank. If (i) the obligation of
any Bank to make Euro-Dollar Loans has been suspended pursuant to Section 8.02,
(ii) any Bank has demanded compensation under Section 8.03 or payment of Taxes
or Other Taxes under Section 2.17, or (iii) after satisfaction of all
applicable conditions precedent, any Bank fails to fund when due any Committed
Loan it is obligated to fund under this Agreement, the Company shall have the
right, with the assistance of the Agent, to seek a mutually satisfactory
substitute bank or banks (which may be one or more of the Banks) to purchase
the Notes and assume the Commitment of such Bank (any such Bank is herein
called an "Affected Bank"). Each Affected Bank agrees to sell, without
recourse, all of its Commitment, its interest in this Agreement and its Note to
any such bank for an amount equal to the sum of the outstanding unpaid
principal of and accrued interest on the Loans of such Affected Bank and all
commitment fees and other fees and amounts due such Affected Bank hereunder,
calculated, in each case, to the date such Commitment, interest in this
Agreement and Note are purchased.
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.01. Notices. All notices, requests and other
communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including bank wire,
telex, facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to such
party: (x) in the case of the Company or the Agent, at its address or telex
number set forth on the signature pages hereof, (y) in the case of any Bank, at
its address or telex number set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire or
(z) in the case of any party, such other address or telex number as such party
may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the Agent and the Company.
Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if
given by telex, when such telex is transmitted to the telex number specified in
this Section and the appropriate answer-back is received, (ii) if given by
mail, 72 hours after such communication is deposited in the mails with first
class postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid, (iii) if given by facsimile
transmission, when such facsimile is transmitted and accompanied by a telephone
call to the party receiving such transmission or (iv) if given by any other
means, when delivered at the address specified in this Section; provided that
notices to the Agent shall not be effective until received.
SECTION 9.02. No Waivers. No failure or delay by the Agent
or any Bank in exercising any right, power or privilege under any Financing
Document shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial
exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies provided in
the Financing Documents shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or
remedies provided by law.
SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnification. (a) The Company
shall pay (i) all reasonable documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the
Agent and the Arranger incurred in connection with the syndication of this
Agreement or the preparation of the Financing Documents, any waiver or consent
thereunder or any amendment thereof or any Default or alleged Default hereunder
and (ii) if an Event of Default occurs, all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses incurred by the Agent or incurred by any Bank, including fees and
disbursements of counsel, in connection with such Event of Default and
collection and other enforcement proceedings resulting therefrom.
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(b) The Company agrees to indemnify the Agent, each
Co-Agent, the Arranger and each Bank and hold the Agent, each Co-Agent, the
Arranger and each Bank harmless from and against any and all liabilities,
losses, damages, costs and expenses of any kind (including, without limitation,
the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agent, any Co-Agent,
the Arranger or any Bank in connection with any investigative, administrative
or judicial proceedings, whether or not the Agent, such Co-Agent, the Arranger
or such Bank, as the case may be, shall be designated a party thereto) which
may be incurred by the Agent, any Co- Agent, the Arranger or any Bank, relating
to or arising out of this Agreement or any actual or proposed use of proceeds
of Loans hereunder, including specifically, without limitation, all
liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses arising out of a violation of
any Environmental Law; provided, that neither the Agent nor any Co-Agent nor
the Arranger nor any Bank shall have the right to be indemnified hereunder for
its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction (IT BEING EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT, EXCEPT
FOR SUCH NEGLIGENCE AS IS SO DETERMINED TO CONSTITUTE GROSS NEGLIGENCE, SUCH
INDEMNIFICATION DOES EXTEND TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE,
WHETHER SOLE OR CONTRIBUTORY, OF THE INDEMNITEE).
(c) Within a reasonable period of time after any Person
entitled to indemnification under Section 9.03(b) (an "Indemnified Person")
receives actual notice of the assertion of any claim or the commencement of any
action, or any threatened claim or action, covered by Section 9.03(b), such
Indemnified Person shall, if indemnification with respect thereof is to be
sought from the Company under Section 9.03(b), notify the Company in writing of
such claim or action; provided that the failure to so notify the Company shall
not relieve the Company from any liability which the Company may have to the
Indemnified Person under Section 9.03(b) unless the obligations of the Company
under Section 9.03(b) have been significantly increased as a result of such
failure. The Company and such Indemnified Person shall cooperate in the
defense of any such claim or action and shall take those actions reasonably
within their power to take which are necessary to preserve any legal defenses
to such matters. If any such claim or action shall be brought or threatened
against an Indemnified Person, so long as no Event of Default exists, the
Company shall be entitled to participate in the defense thereof, and, with the
consent of such Indemnified Person, to assume the defense thereof with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person. Notwithstanding any
provision hereof to the contrary, no consent order or settlement shall be
entered into in any such claim or action
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unless both the Company and such Indemnified Person have given their prior
written consent thereto, provided that such consent of the Company shall not be
required if any Event of Default exists.
(d) All obligations of the Company to indemnify or
otherwise to make payments to the Agent, any Co-Agent, the Arranger or any Bank
provided in this Agreement shall survive any termination of the Commitments and
the repayment of the Loans.
SECTION 9.04. Sharing of Set-Offs, Etc. Each Bank agrees
that if it shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or
otherwise, receive payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal
and interest due with respect to any Note held by it which is greater than the
proportion received by any other Bank in respect of the aggregate amount of
principal and interest due with respect to any Note held by such other Bank,
the Bank receiving such proportionately greater payment shall purchase such
participations in the Notes held by the other Banks, and such other adjustments
shall be made, as may be required so that all such payments of principal and
interest with respect to the Notes held by the Banks shall be shared by the
Banks pro rata; provided that nothing in this Section shall impair the right of
any Bank to exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim it may have and to
apply the amount subject to such exercise to the payment of indebtedness of the
Company other than its indebtedness under the Notes. The Company agrees, to
the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any
holder of a participation in a Note, whether or not acquired pursuant to the
foregoing arrangements, may exercise rights of set-off or counterclaim and
other rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such holder of a
participation were a direct creditor of the Company in the amount of such
participation.
SECTION 9.05. Amendments and Waivers. Any provision of this
Agreement or the Notes may be amended or waived, if, but only if, such
amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed by the Company and the Required
Banks (and, if the rights or duties of the Agent are affected thereby, by the
Agent); provided that no such amendment or waiver shall, unless signed by all
the Banks, (i) increase or decrease the Commitment of any Bank or subject any
Bank to any additional obligation, (ii) reduce the principal of or rate of
interest on any Loan or any fees hereunder, (iii) postpone the date fixed for
any payment of principal of or interest on any Loan or any fees hereunder or
for any reduction or termination of any Commitment, or (iv) change the
percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
the Notes, or the number of Banks, which shall be required for the
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Banks or any of them to take any action under this Section or any other
provision of this Agreement; provided further that no such amendment or waiver
shall amend or waive Section 5.05(a) or any of the definitions relevant to
Section 5.05(a) unless signed by Banks having at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate
amount of the Commitments or, if the Commitments shall have been terminated,
holding Notes evidencing at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Loans.
SECTION 9.06. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of
this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Company may
not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights under this Agreement without
the prior written consent of all Banks.
(b) Any Bank may at any time and from time to time grant
to one or more banks or other institutions (each a "Participant") participating
interests in its Commitment or any or all of its Loans. In the event of any
such grant by a Bank of a participating interest to a Participant, whether or
not upon notice to the Company and the Agent, such Bank shall remain
responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder, and the Company
and the Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Bank in
connection with such Bank's rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any
agreement pursuant to which any Bank may grant such a participating interest
shall provide that such Bank shall retain the sole right and responsibility to
enforce the obligations of the Company hereunder including, without limitation,
the right to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of
this Agreement; provided that such participation agreement may provide that
such Bank will not agree to any modification, amendment or waiver of this
Agreement described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 9.05 without the
consent of the Participant. The Company agrees that each Participant shall, to
the extent provided in its participation agreement, be entitled to the benefits
of Article VIII with respect to its participating interest. An assignment or
other transfer which is not permitted by subsection (c) or (d) below shall be
given effect for purposes of this Agreement only to the extent of a
participating interest granted in accordance with this subsection (b).
(c) Any Bank may at any time assign to one or more banks
or other institutions (each an "Assignee") a proportionate part of all of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Notes in an amount which,
when added to the amount of the rights and obligations under the Short-Term
Credit Agreement contemporaneously assigned by such transferor Bank to such
Assignee pursuant to the second proviso to the first sentence of Section
9.06(c) of the Short-Term Credit
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Agreement, equals $10,000,000 or more, and such Assignee shall assume such
rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Notes, pursuant to an
Assignment executed by such Assignee and such transferor Bank, with (and
subject to) the subscribed consent of the Company and the Agent (which such
consents shall not be unreasonably withheld); provided that if an Assignee is
an affiliate of such transferor Bank or is another Bank, no such consent of the
Company shall be required; provided further that each such assignment shall be
of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and obligations
under this Agreement and the Notes, and the same constant percentage of all
rights and obligations of such transferor Bank under the Short-Term Credit
Agreement and the notes thereunder shall be contemporaneously assigned by such
transferor Bank to such Assignee pursuant to Section 9.06(c) of the Short-Term
Credit Agreement. Upon execution and delivery of such instrument (and delivery
to the Agent of an Administrative Questionnaire with respect to such Assignee,
if such Assignee has not already done so) and payment by such Assignee to such
transferor Bank of an amount equal to the purchase price agreed between such
transferor Bank and such Assignee, such Assignee shall be a Bank party to this
Agreement and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Bank with a
Commitment as set forth in such instrument of assumption, and the transferor
Bank shall be released from its obligations hereunder to a corresponding
extent, and no further consent or action by any party shall be required. Upon
the consummation of any assignment pursuant to this subsection (c), the
transferor Bank, the Agent and the Company shall make appropriate arrangements
so that, if required, a new Note is issued to the Assignee. In connection with
any such assignment, the transferor Bank shall pay to the Agent for its account
an administrative fee in the amount of $2,500 for processing such assignment.
If the Assignee is not incorporated under the laws of the United States of
America or a state thereof, it shall, prior to the first date on which interest
or fees are payable hereunder for its account, deliver to the Company and the
Agent certification as to exemption from deduction or withholding of any United
States federal income taxes in accordance with Section 2.17. Notwithstanding
the first sentence of this subsection (c), a Bank may not make an assignment
pursuant to this subsection (c) if after giving effect thereto such Bank would
hold less than 1.5% (or until May 1, 1996, 3% in the case of NationsBank, Bank
of America National Trust and Savings Association and Union Bank of
Switzerland, Houston Agency) of the Commitments (for this purpose such Bank
shall be deemed to hold any participating interests granted by such Bank
pursuant to subsection (b) above and any rights assigned pursuant to subsection
(d) below).
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(d) Any Bank may at any time assign all or any portion of
its rights under this Agreement and its Note to a Federal Reserve Bank. No
such assignment shall release the transferor Bank from its obligations
hereunder.
(e) No Assignee, Participant or other transferee of any
Bank's rights shall be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section
8.03 than such Bank would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
rights transferred, unless such transfer is made with the Company's prior
written consent or by reason of the provisions of Section 8.02 or 8.03
requiring such Bank to designate a different Applicable Lending Office under
certain circumstances or at a time when the circumstances giving rise to such
greater payment did not exist.
SECTION 9.07. Collateral. Each of the Banks represents to
each Agent and each of the other Banks that it in good faith is not relying
upon any margin stock (as defined in Regulation G) or any margin stock (as
defined in Regulation U) as collateral in the extension or maintenance of the
credit provided for in this Agreement.
SECTION 9.08. Texas Law. This Agreement and each Note
shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of
Texas.
SECTION 9.09. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. THE COMPANY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE
STATE OF TEXAS AND OF ANY FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN SUCH STATE OVER IT IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY
FINANCING DOCUMENT AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FURTHER AGREES
(AND SHALL NOT CONTEST) THAT THE PROPER VENUE FOR FILING AND MAINTAINING ANY
SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. IN ANY SUCH ACTION
OR PROCEEDING, THE COMPANY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR
OTHER PROCESS OR NOTICE AND AGREES THAT SERVICE BY FIRST CLASS MAIL, RETURN
RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE COMPANY AT ITS ADDRESS FOR NOTICES HEREUNDER, OR ANY
FORM OF SERVICE PROVIDED FOR IN THE TEXAS CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE THEN
IN EFFECT SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE UPON THE COMPANY.
SECTION 9.10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in
any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same
effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE COMPANY, THE AGENT,
THE CO-AGENTS AND THE BANKS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL
BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
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PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 9.12. COMPLETE AGREEMENT. THIS WRITTEN CREDIT
AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG
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 AMONG THE PARTIES.
SECTION 9.13. Liability of Co-Agents and Arranger. Neither
the Arranger nor either Co-Agent, in its capacity as Co-Agent hereunder, shall
have any duty or responsibility hereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the
day and year first above written.
UNION TEXAS PETROLEUM
HOLDINGS, INC.
By _______________________________
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
1330 Post Oak Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77056
Telex number: 762255
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Commitments
$28,636,363.63 NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A.
By _____________________________
Paul A. Squires
Senior Vice President
$22,272,727.27 BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST
AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$22,272,727.27 UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND,
HOUSTON AGENCY
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$19,090,909.09 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$19,090,909.09 CREDIT LYONNAIS CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
By _____________________________
Authorized Officer
$19,090,909.09 MELLON BANK, N.A.
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
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Commitments
$19,090,909.09 THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$19,090,909.09 CHEMICAL BANK
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$15,909,090.91 LTCB TRUST COMPANY
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$15,909,090.91 SOCIETE GENERALE, SOUTHWEST AGENCY
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$15,909,090.91 BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS, HOUSTON
AGENCY
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$6,363,636.36 FIRST INTERSTATE BANK OF TEXAS, N.A.
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
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Commitments
$11,136,363.64 THE MITSUBISHI TRUST & BANKING
CORPORATION
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$19,090,909.09 MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$11,136,363.64 BANQUE PARIBAS, HOUSTON AGENCY
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$11,136,363.64 THE YASUDA TRUST AND BANKING
COMPANY, LIMITED, NEW YORK
BRANCH
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$11,136,363.64 CITIBANK, N.A.
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
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Commitments
$11,136,363.64 NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$11,136,363.64 DRESDNER BANK AG, NEW YORK
AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$6,363,636.36 DEN NORSKE BANK AS
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$6,363,636.36 BANK OF TAIWAN
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$11,136,363.64 BANK OF TOKYO, LTD., DALLAS AGENCY
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
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Commitments
$11,136,363.64 CHRISTIANIA BANK
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
$6,363,636.36 BANQUE FRANCAISE DU COMMERCE EXTERIEUR
By ____________________________
Authorized Officer
Total Commitments: $350,000,000
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NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A.,
as Agent
By _______________________________
Paul A. Squires
Senior Vice President
700 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Telex Number: 163244
Answerback: NCNBTEXDAL
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND
SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as Co-Agent
By _______________________________
Authorized Officer
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UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND,
HOUSTON AGENCY, as Co-Agent
By _______________________________
Authorized Officer
By _______________________________
Authorized Officer
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SCHEDULE I
COMMITMENT REDUCTION SCHEDULE
Date Maximum Aggregate Commitments
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July 31, 1997 $325,000,000
October 31, 1997 300,000,000
January 31, 1998 275,000,000
April 30, 1998 -0-
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