Use of Credit Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying Margin Stock, and no part of the proceeds of any extension of credit hereunder will be used to buy or carry any Margin Stock.
The Commitments and Credit Extensions 2.01 The Loans.
Commitments and Credit Extensions 33 Loans ......................................................................................................................33 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans .........................................33
All Credit Extensions The obligation of each Lender and each Issuer to make any Credit Extension shall be subject to the satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent set forth below.
Extension of Credit For the purposes hereof, each drawdown, rollover and conversion shall be deemed to be an extension of credit to the Borrower hereunder.
Conditions to all Credit Extensions The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01.
(b) No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof.
(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof. Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
Initial Credit Extension The Lenders shall not be required to make the initial Credit Extension hereunder unless the Borrower has furnished to the Agent with sufficient copies for the Lenders:
(i) Copies of the articles or certificate of incorporation of the Borrower, together with all amendments, and a certificate of good standing, each certified by the appropriate governmental officer in its jurisdiction of incorporation.
(ii) Copies, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrower, of its by-laws and of its Board of Directors' resolutions and of resolutions or actions of any other body authorizing the execution of the Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party.
(iii) An incumbency certificate, executed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrower, which shall identify by name and title and bear the signatures of the Authorized Officers and any other officers of the Borrower authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party, upon which certificate the Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by the Borrower.
(iv) A certificate, signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, stating that on the initial Credit Extension Date no Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing.
(v) A written opinion of the Borrower's and Guarantor's counsel, addressed to the Lenders in substantially the form of Exhibit A, and such other opinions as may be required by the Agent.
(vi) Written money transfer instructions, in substantially the form of Exhibit D, addressed to the Agent and signed by an Authorized Officer, together with such other related money transfer authorizations as the Agent may have reasonably requested.
(vii) Executed copies of all Guaranties, Collateral Documents and other documents in connection therewith requested by the Agent, together with all organizational documents and resolutions of the Borrower and each Guarantor, all necessary consents and other related documents in connection with the Loan Documents and all UCC, judgment and other lien and encumbrance searches, title searches and insurance, surveys and other documents required by the Agent (other than such documents as may be allowed to be delivered post closing by the Agent).
(viii) The insurance certificate described in Section 5.21.
(ix) Copies of all governmental and nongovernmental consents, approvals, authorizations, declarations, registrations or filings required on the part of the Borrower or any Guarantor in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or as a condition to the legality, validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents, certified as true and correct in full force and effect as of the date of this Agreement by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower.
(x) Payment of all fees owing by the Borrower to the Lenders and the Agent and the Arranger as of the date of this Agreement.
(xi) An Environmental Certificate executed by the Borrower together with all environmental audits and reports reasonably required by the Agent.
(xii) Evidence of the completion of the Zenith Acquisition and all due diligence with respect to the Borrower and, its Subsidiaries, Zenith and its Subsidiaries and the Zenith Acquisition, including but not limited to, the review of all Zenith Acquisition Documents (including without limitation the Escrow Agreement and documents granting the Agent a security interest in the funds on deposit therein), all terms, conditions and provisions of the Zenith Acquisition, all final projections, all pro forma and prospective financial statements, audited year end financial statements for Zenith and the Borrower, all sources and uses statements, pro forma covenant compliance projections and certificates, the organizational structure of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after the Zenith Acquisition, all environmental matters relating to Zenith, all appraisals and customer and supplier checkings acceptable to the Agent, and the form and structure, including without limitation the financial, legal, accounting, tax and all other aspects of the Zenith Acquisition (further including, without limitation, evidence satisfactory to the Agent that the Borrower and Zenith will be merging immediately after the closing of the Zenith Acquisition and making an election satisfactory to the Agent under Section 338(h)(10) of the Code), all of which shall be satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel.
(xiii) Evidence satisfactory to the Agent that no Material Adverse Effect with respect to Zenith or any its Subsidiaries, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Trianon or any of its Subsidiaries since December 31, 1998.
(xiv) Delivery of such other agreements and documents, and the satisfaction of such other conditions as may be reasonably required by the Agent, including without limitation a solvency certificate of the Borrower, a reliance letter from the auditors and accountants for the Borrower and for Zenith, such funding instructions, sources and uses certificate and other certificates required by the Agent and such evidence of the perfection and priority of all liens and security interests as required by the Agent, all of which shall be satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel.
(xv) The execution and delivery of all Subordinated Debt Documents and any related documents and opinions in connection therewith required by the Agent, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
(xvi) Such other documents and conditions as the Agent or its counsel may have reasonably requested.
Use of Loans and Letters of Credit The proceeds of the Loans and the Letters of Credit shall be used to provide working capital for exploration and production operations, to provide funding for general corporate purposes, including the issuance of letters of credit. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are not engaged principally, or as one of its or their important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the Board). No part of the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit will be used for any purpose which violates the provisions of Regulations T, U or X of the Board.
Revolving Line of Credit (a) The Bank hereby establishes in favor of the Borrower a revolving line of credit (the “Line of Credit”). The Borrower shall be entitled to borrow, repay and reborrow funds under the Line of Credit in accordance with the terms hereof so long as the total principal amount owed to the Bank under the Line of Credit does not exceed $25,000,000.00 (or such lesser amount as is set forth herein) during the Revolving Period. The Bank’s obligation to make advances hereunder shall terminate at the expiration of the Revolving Period.
(b) The Borrower’s indebtedness under the Line of Credit shall be evidenced by a promissory note (as amended, extended or renewed from time to time, the “Line of Credit Note”) of even date herewith executed by the Borrower in favor of the Bank in the original principal amount of $25,000,000.00. The Line of Credit Note shall bear interest at the rate set forth therein and shall be payable as set forth therein.
(c) The Bank shall make each advance under the Line of Credit upon written or telephonic notice from the Borrower to the Bank requesting an advance. The notice shall specify the date for which the advance is requested (which must be a Business Day) and the amount of the advance. The Bank must receive the notice prior to 12:00 noon (Eastern time) on the Business Day of the advance. Alternatively, the Borrower may request advances by drawing checks on a deposit account that is linked to the credit facility hereunder in accordance with disbursement arrangements that are mutually satisfactory to the parties. The Bank will make each requested advance available to the Borrower not later than the close of business on the Business Day of the request by crediting the Borrower’s account maintained with the Bank in the amount of the advance if as of such time: (i) the Bank’s obligation to make advances hereunder has not terminated or expired; (ii) a Default or Event of Default has not occurred; and (iii) all conditions to the advance set forth herein or in any other Loan Documents have been satisfied. The Bank may rely upon any written or telephonic notice given by any person that the Bank in good faith believes is an authorized representative of the Borrower without the necessity of any independent investigation. If any telephonic notice conflicts with a written confirmation, the telephonic notice shall govern if the Bank has acted in reliance thereon.
(d) For purposes hereof, the term “Revolving Period” shall mean a period commencing on the date hereof and terminating on March 18, 2007.
Circumstances Affecting LIBOR Rate Availability In connection with any request for a LIBOR Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof, if for any reason (i) the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Loan, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that reasonable and adequate means do not exist for the ascertaining the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Rate Loan or (iii) the Required Lenders shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the LIBOR Rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining such Loans during such Interest Period, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower. Thereafter, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that such circumstances no longer exist, the obligation of the Lenders to make LIBOR Rate Loans and the right of the Borrower to convert any Loan to or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be suspended, and the Borrower shall either (A) repay in full (or cause to be repaid in full) the then outstanding principal amount of each such LIBOR Rate Loan together with accrued interest thereon (subject to Section 5.1(d)), on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan; or (B) convert the then outstanding principal amount of each such LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan as of the last day of such Interest Period.
