EXHIBIT 10.34
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
LA GRANGE ACQUISITION, L.P.,
as Borrower,
FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
as Administrative Agent,
FLEET SECURITIES, INC. and WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Book Runners,
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication Agent,
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC and BNP PARIBAS,
as Co-Documentation Agents,
BANK OF SCOTLAND,
as Senior Managing Agent,
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and FORTIS CAPITAL CORP.,
as Co-Agents
and CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
as Lenders
$175,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility
$325,000,000 Term Loan Facility
January 20, 2004
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I - Definitions and References........................................................................... 1
Section 1.1. Defined Terms................................................................................ 1
Section 1.2. Exhibits and Schedules; Additional Definitions............................................... 22
Section 1.3. Amendment of Defined Instruments............................................................. 22
Section 1.4. References and Titles........................................................................ 23
Section 1.5. Calculations and Determinations.............................................................. 23
Section 1.6. Joint Preparation; Construction of Indemnities and Releases.................................... 23
ARTICLE II - The Loans........................................................................................... 24
Section 2.1. Commitments to Lend; Notes................................................................... 24
Section 2.2. Requests for New Loans....................................................................... 25
Section 2.3. Continuations and Conversions of Existing Loans.............................................. 26
Section 2.4. Use of Proceeds.............................................................................. 27
Section 2.5. Optional Prepayments of Loans................................................................ 27
Section 2.6. Mandatory Prepayments........................................................................ 28
Section 2.7. Letters of Credit............................................................................ 28
Section 2.8. Requesting Letters of Credit................................................................. 29
Section 2.9. Reimbursement and Participations............................................................. 29
Section 2.10. No Duty to Inquire.......................................................................... 31
Section 2.11. LC Collateral............................................................................... 32
Section 2.12. Interest Rates and Fees; Reduction in Commitment............................................ 33
ARTICLE III - Payments to Lenders................................................................................ 34
Section 3.1. General Procedures........................................................................... 34
Section 3.2. Capital Reimbursement........................................................................ 35
Section 3.3. Increased Cost of Eurodollar Loans or Letters of Credit...................................... 35
Section 3.4. Notice; Change of Applicable Lending Office.................................................. 36
Section 3.5. Availability................................................................................. 36
Section 3.6. Funding Losses............................................................................... 36
Section 3.7. Reimbursable Taxes........................................................................... 37
Section 3.8. Replacement of Lenders....................................................................... 38
ARTICLE IV - Conditions Precedent to Credit...................................................................... 38
Section 4.1. Documents to be Delivered.................................................................... 38
Section 4.2. Contemporaneous Closings..................................................................... 40
Section 4.3. Additional Conditions Precedent.............................................................. 41
ARTICLE V - Representations and Warranties....................................................................... 41
Section 5.1. No Default................................................................................... 42
Section 5.2. Organization and Good Standing............................................................... 42
Section 5.3. Authorization................................................................................ 42
Section 5.4. No Conflicts or Consents..................................................................... 42
Section 5.5. Enforceable Obligations...................................................................... 42
Section 5.6. Initial Financial Statements................................................................. 42
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Section 5.7. Other Obligations and Restrictions........................................................... 43
Section 5.8. Full Disclosure.............................................................................. 43
Section 5.9. Litigation................................................................................... 44
Section 5.10. Labor Disputes and Acts of God.............................................................. 44
Section 5.11. ERISA Plans and Liabilities................................................................. 44
Section 5.12. Compliance with Laws........................................................................ 44
Section 5.13. Environmental Laws.......................................................................... 45
Section 5.14. Names and Places of Business................................................................ 47
Section 5.15. Borrower's Subsidiaries..................................................................... 47
Section 5.16. Title to Properties; Licenses............................................................... 47
Section 5.17. Government Regulation....................................................................... 47
Section 5.18. Insider..................................................................................... 47
Section 5.19. Solvency.................................................................................... 48
Section 5.20. Credit Arrangements......................................................................... 48
Section 5.21. Consummation of Transaction................................................................. 48
ARTICLE VI - Affirmative Covenants............................................................................... 48
Section 6.1. Payment and Performance...................................................................... 48
Section 6.2. Books, Financial Statements and Reports...................................................... 48
Section 6.3. Other Information and Inspections............................................................ 51
Section 6.4. Notice of Material Events and Change of Address.............................................. 52
Section 6.5. Maintenance of Properties.................................................................... 53
Section 6.6. Maintenance of Existence and Qualifications.................................................. 53
Section 6.7. Payment of Trade Liabilities, Taxes, etc..................................................... 53
Section 6.8. Insurance.................................................................................... 54
Section 6.9. Performance on Borrower's Behalf............................................................. 54
Section 6.10. Interest.................................................................................... 54
Section 6.11. Compliance with Agreements and Law.......................................................... 54
Section 6.12. Environmental Matters; Environmental Reviews................................................ 54
Section 6.13. Evidence of Compliance...................................................................... 55
Section 6.14. Agreement to Deliver Security Documents..................................................... 55
Section 6.15. Perfection and Protection of Security Interests and Liens................................... 55
Section 6.16. Bank Accounts; Offset....................................................................... 55
Section 6.17. Guaranties of Subsidiaries.................................................................. 56
Section 6.18. Compliance with Agreements.................................................................. 56
Section 6.19. Rents....................................................................................... 56
Section 6.20. Operating Practices......................................................................... 57
Section 6.21 Regarding the Systems........................................................................ 57
Section 6.22 Maintenance of Separateness.................................................................. 58
ARTICLE VII - Negative Covenants................................................................................. 59
Section 7.1. Indebtedness................................................................................. 59
Section 7.2. Limitation on Liens.......................................................................... 60
Section 7.3. Hedging Contracts............................................................................ 61
Section 7.4. Limitation on Mergers, Issuances of Securities............................................... 62
Section 7.5. Limitation on Sales of Property.............................................................. 63
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Section 7.6. Limitation on Dividends and Redemptions...................................................... 64
Section 7.7. Limitation on Investments and New Businesses................................................. 64
Section 7.8. Limitation on Credit Extensions.............................................................. 65
Section 7.9. Transactions with Affiliates................................................................. 65
Section 7.10. Prohibited Contracts....................................................................... 65
Section 7.11. Open Position; Trading...................................................................... 65
Section 7.12. Deposit Accounts............................................................................ 66
Section 7.13. Commingling of Deposit Accounts and Accounts................................................ 66
Section 7.14. Financial Covenants.......................................................................... 66
ARTICLE VIII - Events of Default and Remedies.................................................................... 66
Section 8.1. Events of Default............................................................................ 67
Section 8.2. Remedies..................................................................................... 70
Section 8.3. Application of Proceeds after Acceleration................................................... 70
ARTICLE IX - Administrative Agent................................................................................ 70
Section 9.1. Appointment and Authority.................................................................... 70
Section 9.2. Exculpation, Administrative Agent's Reliance, Etc............................................ 71
Section 9.3. Credit Decisions............................................................................. 71
Section 9.4. Indemnification.............................................................................. 71
Section 9.5. Rights as Lender............................................................................. 72
Section 9.6. Sharing of Set-Offs and Other Payments....................................................... 72
Section 9.7. Investments.................................................................................. 73
Section 9.8. Benefit of Article IX........................................................................ 73
Section 9.9. Resignation.................................................................................. 73
Section 9.10. Other Agents................................................................................ 74
ARTICLE X - Miscellaneous........................................................................................ 74
Section 10.1. Waivers and Amendments; Acknowledgments..................................................... 74
Section 10.2. Survival of Agreements; Cumulative Nature................................................... 76
Section 10.3. Notices..................................................................................... 76
Section 10.4. Payment of Expenses; Indemnity.............................................................. 77
Section 10.5. Joint and Several Liability; Parties in Interest; Assignments; Replacement Notes............ 78
Section 10.6. Confidentiality............................................................................. 81
Section 10.7. Governing Law; Submission to Process........................................................ 81
Section 10.8. Limitation on Interest...................................................................... 82
Section 10.9. Termination; Limited Survival............................................................... 83
Section 10.10. Severability............................................................................... 83
Section 10.11. Counterparts; Fax.......................................................................... 83
Section 10.12. Waiver of Jury Trial, Punitive Damages, etc................................................ 84
Section 10.13. Restatement.................................................................................. 84
Section 10.14. Special Provisions........................................................................... 84
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Schedules and Exhibits:
Schedule 1 - Lender Schedule
Schedule 2 - Disclosure Schedule
Schedule 3 - Security Schedule
Schedule 4 - Insurance Schedule
Exhibit A-1 - Revolver Promissory Note
Exhibit A-2 - Term Promissory Note
Exhibit B - Borrowing Notice
Exhibit C - Continuation/Conversion Notice
Exhibit D - Assignment and Acceptance Agreement
Exhibit E - Letter of Credit Application and Agreement
Exhibit F - Certificate Accompanying Financial Statements
Exhibit G - Opinion of Counsel for Restricted Persons
Exhibit H - Environmental Compliance Certificate
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is made as of January
20, 2004, by and among LA GRANGE ACQUISITION, L.P. ("Borrower"), a Texas limited
partnership, and FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as administrative agent, FLEET SECURITIES,
INC. and WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, as joint lead arrangers and book
runners, WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as syndication agent, THE ROYAL
BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC and BNP PARIBAS, as co-documentation agents, BANK OF
SCOTLAND, as senior managing agent, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and FORTIS
CAPITAL CORP., as co-agents, and the Lenders referred to below.
W I T N E S S E T H:
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained
herein and in consideration of the loans which may hereafter be made by Lenders
to, and the Letters of Credit that may hereafter be issued by the LC Issuer for
the account of, Borrower, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I - Definitions and References
Section 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, each of the
following terms has the meaning given to such term in this Section 1.1 or in the
sections and subsections referred to below:
"Acquisition Agreement" means that certain Acquisition Agreement dated
November 6, 2003 among La Grange Energy and General Partner.
"Additional Indebtedness" means Indebtedness for borrowed money other
than Indebtedness described in Section 7.1.
"Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA" means, as of any date of determination
for any applicable period, Consolidated EBITDA calculated (x) with respect to
the Consolidated group comprised of General Partner and Master Partnership and
its Subsidiaries (rather than with respect to the Consolidated group comprised
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries), and (y) as if the term "Consolidated Net
Income" were calculated with respect to the Consolidated group comprised of
General Partner and Master Partnership and its Subsidiaries (rather than with
respect to the Consolidated group comprised of Borrower and its Subsidiaries).
"Adjusted Consolidated Funded Indebtedness" means Consolidated Funded
Indebtedness calculated with respect to the Consolidated group comprised of
General Partner and Master Partnership and its Subsidiaries (rather than with
respect to the Consolidated group comprised of Borrower and its Subsidiaries).
"Administrative Agent" means Fleet National Bank, as Administrative
Agent hereunder, and its successors in such capacity.
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"Affiliate" means, as to any Person, each other Person that directly or
indirectly (through one or more intermediaries or otherwise) controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person; provided that a
Person shall not be treated as an Affiliate solely as a result of the ownership
of equity interests in such Person by Natural Gas Partners, if Xxx Xxxxx and
Xxxxx Xxxxxx have no direct or indirect interest in such Person. A Person shall
be deemed to be "controlled by" any other Person if such other Person possesses,
directly or indirectly, power
(a) to vote 20% or more of the securities (on a fully
diluted basis) having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors or managing general partners; or
(b) to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.
"Aggregate Available Cash" means, with respect to any Fiscal Year, the
sum of (i) the Available Cash of Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect to
such Fiscal Year (but not less than zero) plus (ii) the "available cash" (as
defined in the Heritage Note Purchase Agreements as in effect on the date of
this Agreement) of Heritage OLP and its Subsidiaries with respect to such Fiscal
Year (but not less than zero).
"Aggregate Partner Obligations" means, with respect to any Fiscal Year,
the aggregate amount of payment obligations of the Master Partnership,
including, without limitation, the Minimum Quarterly Distribution (as defined in
the Partnership Agreement) on all Units with respect to such Fiscal Year.
"Agreement" means this Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
"Applicable Lending Office" means, with respect to each Lender, such
Lender's Domestic Lending Office in the case of Base Rate Loans and such
Lender's Eurodollar Lending Office in the case of Eurodollar Loans.
"Applicable Leverage Level" means the level set forth below that
corresponds to the applicable Leverage Ratio:
Applicable
Leverage Level Leverage Ratio
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Level I greater than or equal to 3.25 to 1.0
Level II greater than or equal to 2.50 to 1.0
but less than 3.25 to 1.0
Level III greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.0
but less than 2.50 to 1.0
Level IV less than 2.00 to 1.00
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On the date hereof the Applicable Leverage Level shall be Level I. The Leverage
Ratio shall be determined quarterly after the date hereof from time to time by
Administrative Agent within two (2) Business Days after Administrative Agent's
receipt of Borrower's Consolidated financial statements for the immediate
preceding Fiscal Quarter beginning with its receipt of the financial statements
for the Fiscal Quarter ended February 28, 2004. The Applicable Leverage Level
shall become effective upon such determination of the Leverage Ratio by
Administrative Agent and shall remain effective until the next such
determination by Administrative Agent of the Leverage Ratio.
"Available Cash" means, with respect to any Fiscal Quarter: (1) the
sum, without duplication, of (a) all cash and Cash Equivalents of Borrower and
its Subsidiaries on hand at the end of such Fiscal Quarter (including any
reserves that have been established by Borrower to provide for the payment of
distributions with respect to such Fiscal Quarter) and (b) all additional cash
and Cash Equivalents of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on hand on the date of
determination of Available Cash with respect to such Fiscal Quarter resulting
from borrowings for working capital purposes made subsequent to the end of such
Fiscal Quarter, less (2) the amount of any cash reserves that the General
Partner determines in its reasonable discretion in accordance with the
Partnership Agreement to be necessary or appropriate to (a) provide for the
proper conduct of the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including
reserves for future capital expenditures) subsequent to such Fiscal Quarter, (b)
comply with applicable law or any loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage,
debt instrument or other agreement or obligation to which Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound or its assets are subject and
(c) provide funds from cash and Cash Equivalents of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for distributions to partners of Master Partnership in respect of
any one or more of the next four Fiscal Quarters; provided that disbursements
made by Borrower or a Subsidiary of Borrower of cash reserves established,
increased or reduced after the end of such Fiscal Quarter but on or before the
date of determination of Available Cash with respect to such Fiscal Quarter
shall be deemed to have been made, established, increased or reduced for
purposes of determining Available Cash, within such Fiscal Quarter if General
Partner so determines. In addition, without limiting the foregoing, Available
Cash for any Fiscal Quarter shall reflect reserves equal to the Unused Proceeds
Amount as of the date of determination.
"Base Rate" means the higher of (a) the variable per annum rate of
interest so designated from time to time by Administrative Agent as its "prime
rate," or (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus one-half percent (0.5%) per annum. The
"prime rate" is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest
or best rate being charged to any customer. Changes in the Base Rate resulting
from changes in the "prime rate" shall take place immediately without notice or
demand of any kind.
"Base Rate Loan" means a Loan which does not bear interest at the
Eurodollar Rate.
"Base Rate Margin" means, on any day, the percent per annum set forth
below based on the Applicable Leverage Level in effect on such day.
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Applicable Leverage Level Base Rate Margin
Level I 1.750%
Level II 1.375%
Level III 1.000%
Level IV 0.750%
Changes in the applicable Base Rate Margin will occur automatically without
prior notice as changes in the Applicable Leverage Level occur. Administrative
Agent will give notice promptly to Borrower and Lenders of changes in the Base
Rate Margin.
"Borrower" means La Grange Acquisition, L.P., a Texas limited
partnership.
"Borrower's Percentage of Aggregate Available Cash" means, with respect
to any Fiscal Quarter, the percentage determined by multiplying (a) a fraction
consisting of a numerator equal to Borrower's Available Cash for such Fiscal
Quarter and a denominator equal to the Aggregate Available Cash, by (b) 100.
"Borrowing" means (a) a borrowing of new Loans of a single Type
pursuant to Section 2.2 or (b) a Continuation or Conversion of all or a portion
of an existing Revolver Loan (whether alone or as a combination with a new
Revolver Loan) or all or a portion of an existing Term Loan into a single Type
(and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, with the same Interest Period) pursuant
to Section 2.3.
"Borrowing Notice" means a written or telephonic request, or a written
confirmation, made by Borrower which meets the requirements of Section 2.2.
"Bossier Project" means the construction by Borrower of the
approximately 78 mile natural gas pipeline extension from Limestone County,
Texas that will connect with Borrower's existing infrastructure at the hub in
Katy, Texas.
"Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or day
which shall be in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a legal holiday or day on
which banking institutions are required or authorized to close. Any Business Day
in any way relating to Eurodollar Loans (such as the day on which an Interest
Period begins or ends) must also be a day on which commercial banks settle
payments in London.
"Capital Lease" means a lease with respect to which the lessee is
required concurrently to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the
incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Lease Obligation" means, with respect to any Person and a
Capital Lease, the amount of the obligation of such Person as the lessee under
such Capital Lease which would, in accordance with GAAP, appear as a liability
on a balance sheet of such Person.
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"Cash Equivalents" means Investments in:
(a) marketable obligations, maturing within 12 months after acquisition
thereof, issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or
an instrumentality or agency thereof and entitled to the full faith and credit
of the United States of America;
(b) demand deposits and time deposits (including certificates of
deposit) maturing within 12 months from the date of deposit thereof, (i) with
any office of any Lender or (ii) with a domestic office of any national or state
bank or trust company which is organized under the Laws of the United States of
America or any state therein, which has capital, surplus and undivided profits
of at least $500,000,000, and whose long-term certificates of deposit are rated
BBB+ or Baa1 or better, respectively, by either Rating Agency;
(c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for
underlying securities of the types described in subsection (a) above entered
into with (i) any Lender or (ii) any other commercial bank meeting the
specifications of subsection (b) above;
(d) open market commercial paper, maturing within 270 days after
acquisition thereof, which are rated at least P-1 by Xxxxx'x or A-1 by S&P; and
(e) money market or other mutual funds substantially all of whose
assets comprise securities of the types described in subsections (a) through (d)
above.
"CE/PA Revolver Loans" means Revolver Loans used for (a) capital
expenditures, including the Bossier Project, or (b) Permitted Acquisitions.
"CE/PA Sublimit" means a sublimit for CE/PA Revolver Loans of
$150,000,000.
"CERCLA" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
"CERCLIS" means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Information System List of the Environmental Protection Agency.
"Change of Control" means the existence of any of the following: (i)
General Partner shall be engaged in any business or activities other than those
permitted by the Partnership Agreement, as amended, (ii) General Partner shall
not be the sole legal and beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act) of all of the general partner interests of Master
Partnership, (iii) the Control Group shall not be in Control of General Partner,
(iv) Master Partnership, either directly or indirectly through ownership of the
Intermediate Entities, shall cease to be the sole legal and beneficial owner of
all of the Equity interests of LA GP or the Borrower, (v) LA GP shall cease to
be the sole general partner of Borrower, (vi) any Person or group of Persons
acting in concert as a partnership or other group, other than the Control Group,
shall be the legal or beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the
Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then total
partnership interests (including all securities that are convertible into
partnership interests) of Master Partnership, or (vii) neither Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxxx nor any individual that has replaced either of such
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individuals and has been approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion, shall be members of the executive management team of General
Partner. As used herein "Control" means (i) with respect to a corporation or
limited liability company, the legal and beneficial ownership (as defined above)
of a majority of the securities (on a fully diluted basis) having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors, managers, or managing members of
such entity; (ii) with respect to a limited partnership with a corporation or
limited liability company as a general partner, the Control of such general
partner, (iii) with respect to a limited partnership with a limited partnership
as general partner, the Control of the general partner of the limited
partnership that acts as general partner and the legal and beneficial ownership
(as defined above) of limited partnership securities (on a fully diluted basis)
having the ordinary power sufficient for the removal or selection of the general
partner of such limited partnership or the possession of control over the
removal and selection of the general partner of such limited partnership by
voting agreement or other agreement binding upon the other limited partners of
such limited partnership; and (iv) with respect to a general partnership, the
legal and beneficial ownership (as defined above) of all the partnership
securities. As used herein "Control Group" means a group of Persons that
includes Xxx Xxxxx or Xxxxx Xxxxxx or a limited partnership or other Person
managed by Natural Gas Partners, which group includes only (A) Xxx Xxxxx, (B)
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, (C) Persons owned by or established for the benefit of such
individuals or their respective heirs at law (such as entities or trusts
established for estate planning purposes), or (D) limited partnerships or other
Persons managed by Natural Gas Partners.
"Closing Date" means the date on which all of the conditions precedent
set forth in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 shall have been satisfied or waived.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time, together with all rules and regulations promulgated with respect thereto.
"Collateral" means all property of any kind which is subject to a Lien
in favor of Lenders (or in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of
Lenders) or which, under the terms of any Security Document, is purported to be
subject to such a Lien, in each case granted or created to secure all or part of
the Obligations.
"Commission" means the United States Securities Exchange Commission.
"Commitment Fee Rate" means, on any day, the percent per annum set
forth below based on the Applicable Leverage Level in effect on such day.
Applicable Leverage Level Commitment Fee Rate
Level I 0.500%
Level II, Level III or Level IV 0.375%
Changes in the applicable Commitment Fee Rate will occur automatically without
prior notice as changes in the Applicable Leverage Level occur. Administrative
Agent will give notice promptly to Borrower and Lenders of changes in the
Commitment Fee Rate.
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"Commitment Period" means the period from and including the date hereof
until January 18, 2008 (or, if earlier, the day on which (i) the obligation of
Lenders to make Loans hereunder and the obligation of LC Issuer to issue Letters
of Credit hereunder have terminated or (ii) the Notes first become due and
payable in full, whichever shall first occur).
"Common Units" shall mean common units representing a limited
partnership interest in Master Partnership.
"Compliance Certificate" means Exhibit F hereto.
"Consolidated" refers to the consolidation of any Person, in accordance
with GAAP, with its properly consolidated subsidiaries. References herein to a
Person's Consolidated financial statements, financial position, financial
condition, liabilities, etc. refer to the consolidated financial statements,
financial position, financial condition, liabilities, etc. of such Person and
its properly consolidated subsidiaries.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period, the sum of (1) the
Consolidated Net Income of Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries during
such period, plus (2) all Consolidated Interest Expense which was deducted in
determining such Consolidated Net Income, plus (3) all income taxes (including
any franchise taxes to the extent based upon net income) which were deducted in
determining such Consolidated Net Income, plus (4) all depreciation and
amortization (including amortization of good will and debt issue costs) and any
other non-cash charges which were deducted in determining such Consolidated Net
Income, plus (5) one time costs incurred in connection with the closing of this
Agreement and the Transactions up to the amount of $10,000,000, minus (6) all
non-cash items of income which were included in determining such Consolidated
Net Income. If, since the beginning of the four Fiscal Quarter period ending on
the date for which Consolidated EBITDA is determined, any Restricted Person
shall have made any asset disposition or acquisition, shall have consolidated or
merged with or into Person (other than another Restricted Person), or shall have
made any disposition of a Restricted Person or an acquisition of a Person that
becomes a Restricted Person, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated giving pro
forma effect thereto as if the disposition, acquisition, consolidation or merger
had occurred on the first day of such period. Such pro forma effect shall be
determined (i) in good faith by the chief financial officer, principal
accounting officer or treasurer of Borrower and acceptable to Administrative
Agent, and (ii) without giving effect to any anticipated or proposed change in
operations, revenues, expenses or other items included in the computation of
Consolidated EBITDA, except (A) cost reductions specifically identified at the
time of disposition, acquisition, consolidation or merger that are attributable
to personnel reductions, non-recurring maintenance costs, environmental costs,
and allocated corporate overhead costs to the extent approved by Administrative
Agent and (B) otherwise with the consent of Majority Lenders. Unless or until
the Bossier Project shall have been sold or transferred (other than to another
Restricted Person) or abandoned, with respect to each Fiscal Quarter beginning
prior to the earlier of (i) September 1, 2004 or (ii) the 60th day following the
commencement of commercial operations of the Bossier Project, Consolidated
EBITDA for such Fiscal Quarter shall be increased by the amount of $6,250,000
and shall be decreased by the portion of Consolidated EBITDA, if any, derived
from the operation of the Bossier Project during such Fiscal Quarter
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"Consolidated Funded Indebtedness" means as of any date, the sum of the
following (without duplication): (i) all Indebtedness which is classified as
"long-term indebtedness" on a Consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP and
any current maturities and other principal amount in respect of such
Indebtedness due within one year but which was classified as "long-term
indebtedness" at the creation thereof, (ii) indebtedness for borrowed money of
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries outstanding under a revolving credit
or similar agreement, notwithstanding the fact that any such borrowing is made
within one year of the expiration of such agreement, and (iii) Indebtedness in
respect of Capital Leases of Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, all interest
paid or accrued during such period on, and all fees and related charges in
respect of, Indebtedness (including amortization of original issue discount and
the interest component of any deferred payment obligations and Capital Lease
Obligations) which was deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income during
such period.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, Borrower's and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries' gross revenues for such period, minus Borrower's and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries' expenses and other proper charges against income
(including taxes on income to the extent imposed), determined on a Consolidated
basis after eliminating earnings or losses attributable to outstanding minority
interests and excluding the net earnings or losses of any Person other than a
Subsidiary in which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership
interest. Consolidated Net Income shall not include (i) any gain or loss from
the sale of assets other than in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any
extraordinary gains or losses, or (iii) any non-cash gains or losses resulting
from xxxx to market activity as a result of SFAS 133. Consolidated Net Income
for any period shall include any cash dividends and distributions actually
received during such period from any Person other than a Subsidiary in which
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest.
"Continuation/Conversion Notice" means a written or telephonic request,
or a written confirmation, made by Borrower which meets the requirements of
Section 2.3.
"Continue," "Continuation," and "Continued" shall refer to the
continuation pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof of a Eurodollar Loan as a Eurodollar
Loan from one Interest Period to the next Interest Period.
"Contribution Agreement" means that certain Contribution Agreement of
dated as of November 6, 2003 between La Grange Energy and Master Partnership.
"Convert," "Conversion," and "Converted" shall refer to a conversion
pursuant to Section 2.3 or Article III of one Type of Loan into another Type of
Loan.
"Default" means any Event of Default and any default, event or
condition which would, with the giving of any requisite notices and the passage
of any requisite periods of time, constitute an Event of Default.
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"Default Rate" means, at the time in question, (i) two percent (2%) per
annum plus the applicable Eurodollar Rate Margin plus the Eurodollar Rate then
in effect for any Eurodollar Loan (up to the end of the applicable Interest
Period), (ii) two percent (2%) per annum plus the applicable Base Rate Margin
plus the Base Rate for each Base Rate Loan or Matured LC Obligation, or (iii)
two percent (2%) per annum plus the applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate for
each Letter of Credit; provided, however, the Default Rate shall never exceed
the Highest Lawful Rate
"Default Rate Period" means any period during which an Event of Default
is continuing.
"Disclosure Schedule" means Schedule 2 hereto.
"Dollars" and "$" means the lawful currency of the United States of
America, except where otherwise specified.
"Domestic Lending Office" means, with respect to any Lender, the office
of such Lender specified as its "Domestic Lending Office" in the Lender Schedule
hereto, or such other office as such Lender may from time to time specify to
Borrower and Administrative Agent; with respect to LC Issuer, the office,
branch, or agency through which it issues Letters of Credit; and, with respect
to Administrative Agent, the office, branch, or agency through which it
administers this Agreement.
"Eligible Transferee" means a Person which either (a) is a Lender or an
Affiliate of a Lender, or (b) is consented to as an Eligible Transferee by
Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default or Event of Default is
continuing, by Borrower, which consents in each case will not be unreasonably
withheld (provided that no Person organized outside the United States may be an
Eligible Transferee if Borrower would be required to pay withholding taxes on
interest or principal owed to such Person).
"Environmental Laws" means any and all Laws relating to the environment
or to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of pollutants,
contaminants, chemicals, or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes
into the environment including 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, chemicals, or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes.
"Equity" means shares of capital stock or a partnership, profits,
capital or member interest, or options, warrants or any other right to
substitute for or otherwise acquire the capital stock or a partnership, profits,
capital or member interest of any Person.
"Equity Contribution" means any contribution to the equity capital of
any Person whether or not occurring in connection with the issuance or sale of
Equity by such Person.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, together with all rules and regulations promulgated
with respect thereto.
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"ERISA Affiliate" means each Restricted Person and all members of a
controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not
incorporated) under common control that, together with such Restricted Person,
are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
"ERISA Plan" means any employee pension benefit plan subject to Title
IV of ERISA maintained by any ERISA Affiliate with respect to which any
Restricted Person has a fixed or contingent liability.
"Eurodollar Lending Office" means, with respect to any Lender, the
office of such Lender specified as its "Eurodollar Lending Office" on the Lender
Schedule hereto (or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending
Office), or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to
time specify to Borrower and Administrative Agent.
"Eurodollar Loan" means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based upon
the Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Rate" means, as applicable to any Eurodollar Loan within a
Borrowing and with respect to the related Interest Period therefor, the rate per
annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) as determined
on the basis of offered rates for deposits in U.S. dollars, for a period of time
comparable to such Interest Period which appears on Telerate Page 3750 (or any
successor page) as of 11:00 a.m. London time on the day that is two Business
Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period; provided, however, if the
rate described above does not appear on the Telerate system on any applicable
interest determination date, the Eurodollar Rate shall be the rate (rounded
upwards as described above, if necessary) for deposits in dollars for a period
substantially equal to such Interest Period on the Reuters Page "LIBO" (or such
other page as may replace the LIBO Page on that service for the purpose of
displaying such rates), as of 11:00 a.m. (London time), on the date that is two
Business Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period; provided,
however, if more than one rate is specified on Reuters Screen LIBO Page, the
applicable rate shall be the arithmetic mean of all such rates (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the nearest 1/1000 of 1%). If both the Telerate and Reuters
system are unavailable, then the Eurodollar Rate for that date will be
determined on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in U.S. dollars for a
period of time comparable to such Interest Period which are offered by four
major banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. London
time, on the day that is two Business Days preceding the first day of such
Interest Period as selected by Administrative Agent. The principal London office
of each of the four major London banks will be requested to provide a quotation
of its U.S. dollar deposit offered rate. If at least two such quotations are
provided, the rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations.
If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the rate for that date
will be determined on the basis of the rates quoted for loans in U.S. dollars to
leading European banks for a period of time comparable to such Interest Period
offered by major banks in New York City at approximately 11:00 a.m. New York
City time, on the day that is two Business Days preceding the first day of such
Interest Period. In the event that Administrative Agent is unable to obtain any
such quotation as provided above, it will be deemed that the Eurodollar Rate
pursuant to such Eurodollar Loan cannot be determined. In the event that the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall impose a Reserve
Percentage with respect to
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Eurodollar deposits of any Lender, then for any period during which such Reserve
Percentage shall apply, the Eurodollar Rate shall be equal to the amount
determined above divided by an amount equal to 1 minus the Reserve Percentage.
"Reserve Percentage" means the maximum aggregate reserve requirement (including
all basic, supplemental, marginal, special, emergency and other reserves) which
is imposed on member banks of the Federal Reserve System against "Euro-currency
Liabilities" as defined in Regulation D. Without limiting the effect of the
foregoing, the Reserve Percentage shall reflect any other reserves required to
be maintained by such member banks with respect to (a) any category of
liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the Eurodollar Rate is
to be determined, or (b) any category of extensions of credit or other assets
which include Eurodollar Loans. The Eurodollar Rate for any Eurodollar Loan
shall change whenever the Reserve Percentage changes.
"Eurodollar Rate Margin" means, on any day, the percent per annum set
forth below based on the Applicable Leverage Level in effect on such day.
Applicable Leverage Level Eurodollar Rate Margin
Level I 3.000%
Level II 2.625%
Level III 2.250%
Level IV 2.000%
Changes in the applicable Eurodollar Rate Margin will occur automatically
without prior notice as changes in the Applicable Leverage Level occur.
Administrative Agent will give notice promptly to Borrower and Lenders of
changes in the Eurodollar Rate Margin.
"Event of Default" has the meaning given to such term in Section 8.1.
"Excess Sale Proceeds" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.5(d).
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Existing Credit Agreement" means that certain Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of December 27, 2002 among Borrower, Administrative
Agent and the financial institutions party thereto, as amended or supplemented
to the date hereof.
"Exiting Lender" means any Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit
Agreement) that does not execute and deliver this Agreement, and does not have
any commitments under this Agreement with respect to Revolver Loans, Term Loans
or Letters of Credit.
"Facility Usage" means, at the time in question, the aggregate amount
of outstanding Loans and LC Obligations at such time.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/1000th of one percent) equal to the
weighted average of the rates on
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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 Business Day next succeeding such day, provided
that (i) if the day for which such rate is to be determined is not a Business
Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions
on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding
Business Day, and (ii) if such rate is not so published for any day, the Federal
Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to Administrative Agent
on such day on such transactions as determined by Administrative Agent.
"First Purchase Payables" means the unpaid amount of any payable
obligation related to the purchase of Hydrocarbon Inventory by Borrower which
Administrative Agent determines will be secured by a statutory Lien, including
but not limited to the statutory Liens, if any, created under the laws of Texas,
New Mexico, Oklahoma or any other state.
"Fiscal Quarter" means a three-month period ending on the last day of
November, February, May and August. With respect to any period prior to the
completion of four full Fiscal Quarters after the date of this Agreement (with
respect to which Borrower's fiscal quarters had been on a calendar quarter
basis), all calculations and determinations shall be made as if the actual
fiscal quarter of Borrower during such period had been the three month periods
ended on the last day of November, February, May and August.
"Fiscal Year" means a twelve month period ending on August 31.
"GAAP" means those generally accepted accounting principles and
practices which are recognized as such by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board (or any generally recognized successor) and which, in the case of Borrower
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, are applied for all periods after the date
hereof in a manner consistent with the manner in which such principles and
practices were applied to the Initial Financial Statements. If any change in any
accounting principle or practice is required by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (or any such successor) in order for such principle or practice
to continue as a generally accepted accounting principle or practice, all
reports and financial statements required hereunder with respect to Borrower or
with respect to Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries may be prepared in
accordance with such change, but all calculations and determinations to be made
hereunder may be made in accordance with such change only after notice of such
change is given to each Lender, and Borrower and Majority Lenders agree to such
change insofar as it affects the accounting of Borrower or of Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries.
"General Partner" means U.S. Propane, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership
"Guarantors" means any Person who has guaranteed some or all of the
Obligations and who has been accepted by Administrative Agent as a Guarantor and
any Subsidiary of Borrower, which now or hereafter executes and delivers a
guaranty to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.17.
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"Hazardous Materials" means any substances regulated under any
Environmental Law, whether as pollutants, contaminants, or chemicals, or as
industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes, or otherwise.
"Hedging Contract" means (a) any agreement providing for options,
swaps, floors, caps, collars, forward sales or forward purchases involving
interest rates, commodities or commodity prices, equities, currencies, bonds, or
indexes based on any of the foregoing, (b) any option, futures or forward
contract traded on an exchange, and (c) any other derivative agreement or other
similar agreement or arrangement.
"Heritage Note Purchase Agreements" means collectively, (a) the Note
Purchase Agreement dated as of June 25, 1996, among Heritage OLP and the
purchasers named therein, as amended and supplemented; (b) the Note Purchase
Agreement dated as of November 19, 1997, among Heritage OLP and the purchasers
named therein, as amended and supplemented; and (c) the Note Purchase Agreement
dated as of August 10, 2000 among Heritage OLP and the purchasers named therein,
as amended and supplemented.
"Heritage OLP" means Heritage Operating, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
"Highest Lawful Rate" means, with respect to each Lender Party to whom
Obligations are owed, the maximum nonusurious rate of interest that such Lender
Party is permitted under applicable Law to contract for, take, charge, or
receive with respect to such Obligations. All determinations herein of the
Highest Lawful Rate, or of any interest rate determined by reference to the
Highest Lawful Rate, shall be made separately for each Lender Party as
appropriate to assure that the Loan Documents are not construed to obligate any
Person to pay interest to any Lender Party at a rate in excess of the Highest
Lawful Rate applicable to such Lender Party.
"HHI" means Heritage Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"Hydrocarbon Inventory" means natural gas and all other gaseous
hydrocarbons including the liquid products of processing and any other natural
gas liquids.
"Indebtedness" of any Person means its Liabilities (without
duplication) in any of the following categories:
(a) Liabilities for borrowed money,
(b) Liabilities constituting an obligation to pay the deferred
purchase price of property or services,
(c) Liabilities evidenced by a bond (other than Liabilities in
respect of surety bonds issued in the ordinary cause of business), debenture,
note or similar instrument,
(d) Liabilities (other than reserves for taxes and reserves for
contingent obligations) which (i) would under GAAP be shown on such Person's
balance sheet as a liability and (ii) are payable more than one year from the
date of creation or incurrence thereof,
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(e) Liabilities arising under Hedging Contracts (on a net basis to
the extent netting is provided for in the applicable Hedging Contract),
(f) Liabilities constituting principal under Capital Leases,
(g) Liabilities arising under conditional sales or other title
retention agreements,
(h) Liabilities owing under direct or indirect guaranties of
Liabilities of any other Person or otherwise constituting obligations to
purchase or acquire or to otherwise protect or insure a creditor against loss in
respect of Liabilities of any other Person (such as obligations under working
capital maintenance agreements, agreements to keep-well, or agreements to
purchase Liabilities, assets, goods, securities or services), but excluding
endorsements in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments in the
course of collection,
(i) Liabilities consisting of an obligation to purchase or redeem
securities or other property, if such Liabilities arise out of or in connection
with the sale or issuance of the same or similar securities or property (for
example, repurchase agreements, mandatorily redeemable preferred stock and
sale/leaseback agreements),
(j) Liabilities with respect to letters of credit or applications
or reimbursement agreements therefor,
(k) Liabilities with respect to banker's acceptances, or
(l) Liabilities with respect to obligations to deliver goods or
services in consideration of advance payments therefor;
provided, however, that the "Indebtedness" of any Person shall not include
Liabilities that were incurred in the ordinary course of business by such Person
on ordinary trade terms to vendors, suppliers or other Persons providing goods
and services for use by such Person in the ordinary course of its business,
unless and until (i) such Liabilities are outstanding more than 120 days after
the date the respective goods are delivered or the respective services are
rendered, and (ii) such Person is not in good faith contesting such Liabilities
by appropriate proceedings, if required, or is not maintaining adequate reserves
with respect to such Liabilities on its books in accordance with GAAP.
"Initial Borrower Financial Statements" means (a) the unaudited
quarterly Consolidated financial statements of Borrower as of September 30,
2003, and (b) the audited annual financial statements of Borrower as of August
31, 2003.
"Initial Financial Statements" means (a) the Initial Borrower Financial
Statements, (b) the Initial Master Partnership Financial Statements, and (c) the
Initial Pro Forma Financial Statements.
"Initial Master Partnership Financial Statements" means (a) the
unaudited quarterly Consolidated financial statements of Master Partnership as
of November 30, 2003, and (b) the audited annual financial statements of Master
Partnership as of August 31, 2003.
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"Initial Pro Forma Financial Statements" means (a) the pro forma
balance sheet of Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31,
2003 and the pro forma statements of total earnings and cash flows of Borrower
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the 12 month period ended as of December
31, 2003, giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had been
consummated on such date, and reflecting results of operations on a pro forma
basis satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (b) the pro forma combined
financial statements of Master Partnership and its Subsidiaries, including
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as of August 31, 2003, giving effect to the
Transactions as if the Transactions had been consummated on such date, as
included in the Form S-3 Registration Statement of the Master Partnership as
amended and filed with the Commission as of January 9, 2004.
"Initial Projections" means (a) a business and financial plan for
Borrower and its Subsidiaries (in form reasonably satisfactory to Administrative
Agent), prepared or caused to be prepared by a senior financial officer of
Borrower, setting forth the financial projections and budgets of Borrower for
each of the four annual periods beginning January 1, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007,
and (b) a Consolidated business and financial plan for Master Partnership and
its Subsidiaries (in form reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent),
prepared or caused to be prepared by a senior financial officer of General
Partner, setting forth the financial projections and budgets of Borrower for
each of the four annual periods beginning January 1, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
"Insurance Schedule" means Schedule 4 attached hereto.
"Interest Period" means, with respect to each particular Eurodollar
Loan in a Borrowing, the period specified in the Borrowing Notice or
Continuation/Conversion Notice applicable thereto, beginning on and including
the date specified in such Borrowing Notice or Continuation/Conversion Notice
(which must be a Business Day), and ending one, two, three, six or, if available
to each Lender, twelve months thereafter, as Borrower may elect in such notice;
provided that: (a) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which
is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day
unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such
Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day; (b) any Interest
Period which begins on the last Business Day in 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 end on the last Business Day in a calendar
month; and (c) notwithstanding the foregoing, no Interest Period may be selected
that would end after the last day of the Commitment Period.
"Intermediate Entities" means Heritage ETC, L.P., which is a Delaware
limited partnership, a wholly owned subsidiary of Master Partnership and the
owner of all of the limited partnership interests in Borrower, and Heritage ETC
GP, L.L.C., which is a Delaware limited liability company, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Master Partnership and the owner of all of the general partnership
interests in Heritage ETC, L.P.
"Investment" means any investment made, directly or indirectly in any
Person, whether by acquisition of shares of capital stock, indebtedness or other
obligations or securities or by
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loan, advance, capital contribution or otherwise and whether made in cash, by
the transfer of property or by any other means.
"LA GP" means LA GP LLC, a Texas limited liability company and the
general partner of Borrower.
"La Grange Energy" means La Grange Energy, L.P., a Texas limited
partnership.
"Law" means any statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, treaty,
judgment, order, decree, permit, concession, franchise, license, agreement or
other governmental restriction of the United States or any state or political
subdivision thereof or of any foreign country or any department, state, province
or other political subdivision thereof.
"LC Application" means any application for a Letter of Credit hereafter
made by Borrower to LC Issuer.
"LC Collateral" has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.11(a).
"LC Issuer" means Fleet National Bank, in its capacity as the issuer of
Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity. Administrative
Agent may, with the consent of Borrower and the Lender in question, appoint any
Lender hereunder as an LC Issuer in place of or in addition to Fleet National
Bank.
"LC Obligations" means, at the time in question, the sum of all Matured
LC Obligations plus the maximum amounts which LC Issuer might then or thereafter
be called upon to advance under all Letters of Credit then outstanding.
"Lender Hedging Obligations" means all obligations arising from time to
time under Hedging Contracts entered into from time to time between Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries and a counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a
Lender; provided (a) that if such counterparty ceases to be a Lender hereunder
or an Affiliate of a Lender hereunder, Lender Hedging Obligations shall only
include such obligations to the extent arising from transactions entered into at
the time such counterparty was a Lender hereunder or an Affiliate of a Lender
hereunder, and (b) that for any of the forgoing to be included within "Lender
Hedging Obligations" hereunder, the applicable counterparty and Borrower must
have provided Administrative Agent written notice of the existence thereof
certifying that such transaction is a Lender Hedging Obligation and is not
prohibited under this Agreement.
"Lender Parties" means Administrative Agent, LC Issuer, and all
Lenders.
"Lender Schedule" means Schedule 1 hereto, as it may be revised
pursuant to Section 10.5(c)(iii).
"Lenders" means each signatory hereto (other than Borrower and any
Restricted Person that is a party hereto), including Fleet National Bank, in its
capacity as a Lender hereunder rather than as Administrative Agent and LC
Issuer, and Wachovia Bank, in its capacity as a Lender
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hereunder rather than as Syndication Agent, and the successors and each
permitted assign of each such party as holder of a Note.
"Letter of Credit" means any letter of credit issued by LC Issuer
hereunder.
"Letter of Credit Fee Rate" means, on any day, the percent per annum
set forth below based on the Applicable Leverage Level in effect on such day.
Applicable Leverage Level LC Fee Rate
Level I 3.000%
Level II 2.625%
Level III 2.250%
Level IV 2.000%
Changes in the applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate will occur automatically
without prior notice as changes in the Applicable Leverage Level occur.
Administrative Agent will give notice promptly to Borrower and Lenders of
changes in the Letter of Credit Fee Rate.
"Leverage Ratio" means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of
(a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the four
Fiscal Quarter period most recently ended prior to the date of determination for
which financial statements contemplated by Section 6.2(a) or (b) are available
to Borrower.
"Liabilities" means, as to any Person, all indebtedness, liabilities
and obligations of such Person, whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or
unliquidated, primary or secondary, direct or indirect, absolute, fixed or
contingent, and whether or not required to be considered liabilities pursuant to
GAAP.
"Lien" means, with respect to any property or assets, any right or
interest therein of a creditor to secure Liabilities owed to it or any other
arrangement with such creditor which provides for the payment of such
Liabilities out of such property or assets or which allows such creditor to have
such Liabilities satisfied out of such property or assets prior to the general
creditors of any owner thereof, including any lien, mortgage, security interest,
pledge, deposit, production payment, rights of a vendor under any title
retention or conditional sale agreement or lease substantially equivalent
thereto, tax lien, mechanic's or materialman's lien, or any other charge or
encumbrance for security purposes, whether arising by Law or agreement or
otherwise, but excluding any right of offset which arises without agreement in
the ordinary course of business. "Lien" also means any filed financing
statement, any registration of a pledge (such as with an issuer of
uncertificated securities), or any other arrangement or action which would serve
to perfect a Lien described in the preceding sentence, regardless of whether
such financing statement is filed, such registration is made, or such
arrangement or action is undertaken before or after such Lien exists.
"Loans" means the Revolver Loans and the Term Loans.
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"Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Notes, the Security
Documents, the Letters of Credit, the LC Applications, and all other agreements,
certificates, documents, instruments and writings at any time delivered in
connection herewith or therewith (exclusive of term sheets and commitment
letters).
"Maintenance Capital Expenditures" means, for any period, all amounts
properly classified as capital expenditures under GAAP for maintenance of or
repair or replacement of existing assets during such period or that are incurred
to maintain existing operations, excluding all costs associated with new well
hook-ups.
"Majority Lenders" means any Lenders whose aggregate Percentage Shares
equal or exceed fifty-one percent (51%).
"Master Partnership" means Heritage Propane Partners, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership.
"Material Adverse Change" means a material and adverse change, from the
state of affairs presented in the Initial Borrower Financial Statements or as
represented or warranted in any Loan Document, to (a) Borrower's Consolidated
financial condition, (b) Borrower's Consolidated operations, properties or
prospects, considered as a whole, (c) Borrower's ability to timely pay the
Obligations, or (d) the enforceability of the material terms of any Loan
Document.
"Material Adverse Effect" means (a) with respect to Borrower, (i) a
material adverse effect on the financial condition, operations, properties or
prospects of Borrower and Restricted Persons, taken as a whole, after giving
effect to the Transactions, (ii) a material impairment of the ability of any
Restricted Person to perform any of its obligations under the Loan Documents to
which it is a party, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the enforceability of
any of the Loan Documents, and (b) with respect to any other Person, a material
adverse effect on the financial condition, operations, properties or prospects
of such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
"Matured LC Obligations" means all amounts paid by LC Issuer on drafts
or demands for payment drawn or made under or purported to be under any Letter
of Credit and all other amounts due and owing to LC Issuer under any LC
Application for any Letter of Credit, to the extent the same have not been
repaid to LC Issuer (with the proceeds of Loans or otherwise).
"Maturity Date" means January 18, 2008.
"Maximum Facility Amount" means the sum of $500,000,000.
"Moody's" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or its successor.
"Net Sale Proceeds" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5(d).
"Notes" means all Revolver Notes and all Term Notes.
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"Obligations" means all Liabilities from time to time owing by any
Restricted Person to any Lender Party under or pursuant to any of the Loan
Documents, including all LC Obligations. "Obligation" means any part of the
Obligations.
"Partnership Agreement" means the Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Master Partnership as in effect on the date of this Agreement.
"Percentage Share" means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage
obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the unpaid principal balance of such
Lender's Term Loans at the time in question plus such Lender's Revolver
Commitment (or, if such Lender's Revolver Commitment has been terminated, the
unpaid principal balance of such Lender's Revolver Loans) by (b) the sum of the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Term Loans at such time plus the
Revolver Commitment of all Lenders (or, if the Revolver Commitment of all
Lenders has been terminated, the unpaid principal balance of the Revolver
Loans).
"Permitted Acquisitions" means (A) the acquisition of all of the
capital stock or other equity interest in a Person (exclusive of director
qualifying shares and other equity interests required to be held by an Affiliate
to comply with a requirement of Law) or (B) any other acquisition of all or a
substantial portion of the business, assets or operations of a Person (whether
in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) or (C) a merger or
consolidation of any Person with or into a Restricted Person so long as the
survivor is or becomes a Restricted Person upon consummation thereof (and
Borrower is the survivor, if it is a party); provided, that (i) prior to and
after giving effect to such acquisition no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing; (ii) all representations and warranties
contained in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct as if restated
immediately following the consummation of such acquisition; and (iii)
substantially all of such business, assets and operations so acquired, or of the
Person so acquired, consist of Hydrocarbon Inventory marketing, gathering,
transmission, processing, treating and pipeline operations.
"Permitted HHI Investments" means: (a) a loan in an amount not to
exceed $50,000,000 to HHI for the sole purpose of repaying the Seller Note
delivered pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, such loan to be evidenced by
a promissory note on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
or (b) the Subscription Agreement, described in the Disclosure Schedule, between
HHI and Oasis Pipeline Company as such Subscription Agreement exists on the date
of this Agreement and purchases of shares of HHI required to be made pursuant
thereto.
"Permitted Inventory Liens" means any Lien, and the amount of any
Liability secured thereby, on Hydrocarbon Inventory which would be a Permitted
Lien under Section 7.2(ii)(b) (so long as such Lien is inchoate) or Section
7.2(ii)(d).
"Permitted Investments" means:
(a) Cash Equivalents,
(b) Investments now owned or hereafter acquired in Dorado joint
venture,
(c) Investments by Borrower in any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Borrower,
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(d) Permitted HHI Investments, or
(e) Investment in VanTex Energy Services, Ltd., VanTex Gas Pipeline
Company, LLC and VES Inc. described in the Disclosure Schedule.
"Permitted Lien" has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.2.
"Permitted Reinvestment" has the meaning given to such term in Section
7.5(d)(iii).
"Permitted Subordinated Debt" means unsecured Indebtedness of Borrower
(a) that by its express terms provides that it ranks subordinate or junior in
right of payment to the payment and performance of the Obligations on terms
acceptable to Majority Lenders, (b) incurred solely to finance working capital
and capital expenditures related to Hydrocarbon Inventory gathering,
transmission, processing, treating and pipeline operations, (c) in an aggregate
amount outstanding at any time not to exceed an amount consented to by Majority
Lenders pursuant to a written notification thereof from such Majority Lenders to
Borrower, and (d) otherwise in form, substance and on terms acceptable to
Administrative Agent and Majority Lenders.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, association, joint stock company, trust or trustee thereof,
estate or executor thereof, unincorporated organization or joint venture,
Tribunal, or any other legally recognizable entity.
"Rating Agency" means either S&P or Moody's.
"Regulation D" means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect.
"Release" has the meaning given such term in 42 U.S.C. Section
9601(22).
"Restricted Person" means any of LA GP, Borrower and each Subsidiary of
Borrower.
"Revolver Commitment" means the amount of $175,000,000, as such amount
may be reduced from time to time as provided in Section 2.6 or as such amount
may be reduced by Borrower from time to time as provided in Section 2.12. Each
Lender's Revolver Commitment shall be the amount set forth for such Lender on
the Lender Schedule.
"Revolver Facility Usage" means, at the time in question, the aggregate
amount of outstanding Revolver Loans and LC Obligations at such time.
"Revolver Loan" has the meaning given such term in Section 2.1(a).
"Revolver Note" has the meaning given such term in Section 2.1(a).
"Revolver Percentage" means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage
set forth as such Lender's Revolver Percentage, if any, on the Lender Schedule
hereto.
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"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (a division of McGraw
Hill, Inc.) or its successor.
"Security Documents" means the instruments listed in the Security
Schedule and all other security agreements, deeds of trust, mortgages, chattel
mortgages, pledges, guaranties, financing statements, continuation statements,
extension agreements and other agreements or instruments now, heretofore, or
hereafter delivered by any Restricted Person to Administrative Agent in
connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby to secure
or guarantee the payment of any part of the Obligations or Lender Hedging
Obligations or the performance of any Restricted Person's other duties and
obligations under the Loan Documents.
"Security Schedule" means Schedule 3 hereto.
"Stock Purchase Agreement" means that certain Stock Purchase Agreement
dated November 6, 2003 by and among General Partner, certain Sellers named
therein, and Master Partnership.
"Subordinated Units" shall mean subordinated units representing all of
the limited partnership interest in Master Partnership not represented by Common
Units.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation,
association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or other
business or corporate entity, enterprise or organization which is directly or
indirectly (through one or more intermediaries) controlled or owned more than
fifty percent by such Person.
"Subsidiary GP" means LG PL, LLC, LGM LLC and ETC Oasis GP, LLC, each a
Texas limited liability company and a general partner of a Subsidiary of the
Borrower.
"Syndication Agent" means Wachovia Bank, National Association, as
syndication agent, and its successors in such capacity.
"Systems" means all gathering systems, transmission pipelines, plants,
compressors, storage facilities, injection stations, terminals, trucking
operations, pumps and heaters, and the equipment, fixtures and improvements
located thereon or used in connection therewith, in which any Restricted Person
owns an interest.
"Term Commitment" means $325,000,000. Each Lender's Term Commitment
shall be the amount set forth for such Lender on the Lender Schedule.
"Term Loan" has the meaning given such term in Section 2.1(b).
"Term Note" has the meaning given such term in Section 2.1(b).
"Termination Event" means (a) the occurrence with respect to any ERISA
Plan of (i) a reportable event described in Sections 4043(c)(5) or (6) of ERISA
or (ii) any other reportable event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA other
than a reportable event not subject to the provision for 30-day notice to the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation pursuant to a waiver by
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such corporation under Section 4043(a) of ERISA, or (b) the withdrawal of any
ERISA Affiliate from an ERISA Plan during a plan year in which it was a
"substantial employer" as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, or (c) the
filing of a notice of intent to terminate any ERISA Plan or the treatment of any
ERISA Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, or (d) the
institution of proceedings to terminate any ERISA Plan by the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation under Section 4042 of ERISA, or (e) any other event or
condition which might constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any ERISA Plan.
"Transactions" means, collectively, the transactions contemplated by
the Transaction Documents.
"Transaction Documents" means, collectively, (a) the Acquisition
Agreement, (b) the Contribution Agreement, and (c) the Stock Purchase Agreement.
"Tribunal" means any government, any arbitration panel, any court or
any governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America or any state, province,
commonwealth, nation, territory, possession, county, parish, town, township,
village or municipality, whether now or hereafter constituted or existing.
"Type" means, with respect to any Loans, the characterization of such
Loans as either Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Loans.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of
New York from time to time.
"Units" shall mean, collectively, the Common Units and the Subordinated
Units.
"Unused Proceeds Amount" has the meaning given in Section 7.5.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of a Person, all of the
issued and outstanding stock, limited liability company membership interests, or
partnership interests of which (including all rights or options to acquire such
stock or interests) are directly or indirectly (through one or more
Subsidiaries) owned by such Person, excluding any general partner interests
owned, directly or indirectly, by General Partner in any such Subsidiary that is
a partnership, in each case such general partner interests not to exceed two
percent (2%) of the aggregate ownership interests of any such partnership and
directors' qualifying shares if applicable.
Section 1.2 Exhibits and Schedules; Additional Definitions. All
Exhibits and Schedules attached to this Agreement are a part hereof for all
purposes. Reference is hereby made to the Security Schedule for the meaning of
certain terms defined therein and used but not defined herein, which definitions
are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 1.3 Amendment of Defined Instruments. Unless the context
otherwise requires or unless otherwise provided herein the terms defined in this
Agreement which refer to a particular agreement, instrument or document also
refer to and include all renewals, extensions,
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modifications, amendments and restatements of such agreement, instrument or
document, provided that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to
authorize any such renewal, extension, modification, amendment or restatement.
Section 1.4 References and Titles. All references in this Agreement to
Exhibits, Schedules, articles, sections, subsections and other subdivisions
refer to the Exhibits, Schedules, articles, sections, subsections and other
subdivisions of this Agreement unless expressly provided otherwise. Exhibits and
Schedules to any Loan Document shall be deemed incorporated by reference in such
Loan Document. References to any document, instrument, or agreement (a) shall
include all exhibits, schedules, and other attachments thereto, and (b) shall
include all documents, instruments, or agreements issued or executed in
replacement thereof. Titles appearing at the beginning of any subdivisions are
for convenience only and do not constitute any part of such subdivisions and
shall be disregarded in construing the language contained in such subdivisions.
The words "this Agreement," "this instrument," "herein," "hereof," "hereby,"
"hereunder" and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular subdivision unless expressly so limited. The phrases "this
section" and "this subsection" and similar phrases refer only to the sections or
subsections hereof in which such phrases occur. The word "or" is not exclusive,
and the word "including" (in its various forms) means "including without
limitation." Pronouns in masculine, feminine and neuter genders shall be
construed to include any other gender, and words in the singular form shall be
construed to include the plural and vice versa, unless the context otherwise
requires. Accounting terms have the meanings assigned to them by GAAP, as
applied to the entity to which such terms refer. References to "days" shall mean
calendar days, unless the term "Business Day" is used. Unless otherwise
specified, references herein to any particular Person also refer to its
successors and permitted assigns.
Section 1.5 Calculations and Determinations. All calculations under the
Loan Documents of interest chargeable with respect to Eurodollar Loans and of
fees shall be made on the basis of actual days elapsed (including the first day
but excluding the last) and a year of 360 days. All calculations under the Loan
Documents of interest chargeable with respect to Base Rate Loans shall be made
on the basis of actual days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the
last) and a year of 365 or 366 days, as appropriate. Each determination by a
Lender Party of amounts to be paid under Article III or any other matters which
are to be determined hereunder by a Lender Party (such as any Eurodollar Rate,
Business Day, Interest Period, or Reserve Percentage) shall, in the absence of
manifest error, be conclusive and binding. Unless otherwise expressly provided
herein or unless Majority Lenders otherwise consent all financial statements and
reports furnished to any Lender Party hereunder shall be prepared and all
financial computations and determinations pursuant hereto shall be made in
accordance with GAAP, subject to the last sentence of the definition of GAAP.
Section 1.6 Joint Preparation; Construction of Indemnities and
Releases. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been reviewed and
negotiated by sophisticated parties with access to legal counsel and no rule of
construction shall apply hereto or thereto which would require or allow any Loan
Document to be construed against any party because of its role in drafting such
Loan Document. All indemnification and release provisions of this
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Agreement shall be construed broadly (and not narrowly) in favor of the Persons
receiving indemnification or being released.
ARTICLE II - The Loans and Letters of Credit
Section 2.1 Commitments to Lend; Notes.
(a) Revolver Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
each Lender agrees to make loans to Borrower (herein called such Lender's
"Revolver Loans") upon Borrower's request from time to time during the
Commitment Period, provided that (i) subject to Sections 3.3, 3.4 and 3.6, all
Lenders are requested to make Loans of the same Type in accordance with their
respective Revolver Percentages and as part of the same Borrowing, (ii) after
giving effect to such Revolver Loans, the Revolver Facility Usage does not
exceed the Revolver Commitment, and (iii) if such Revolver Loans are CE/PA
Revolver Loans, after giving effect to such CE/PA Revolver Loans, the aggregate
amount of all outstanding CE/PA Revolver Loans does not exceed the CE/PA
Sublimit. The aggregate amount of all Revolver Loans in any Borrowing must be
equal to $500,000 or any higher integral multiple of $100,000. Borrower may have
no more than five (5) Borrowings of Eurodollar Loans that are Revolver Loans
outstanding at any time. The obligation of Borrower to repay to each Lender the
aggregate amount of all Revolver Loans made by such Lender, together with
interest accruing in connection therewith, shall be evidenced by a single
promissory note (herein called such Lender's "Revolver Note") made by Borrower
payable to the order of such Lender in the form of Exhibit A-1 with appropriate
insertions. The amount of principal owing on any Lender's Revolver Note at any
given time shall be the aggregate amount of all Revolver Loans theretofore made
by such Lender minus all payments of principal theretofore received by such
Lender on such Revolver Note. Interest on each Revolver Note shall accrue and be
due and payable as provided herein and therein. Each Revolver Note shall be due
and payable as provided herein and therein, and shall be due and payable in full
on the last day of the Commitment Period. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, Borrower may borrow, repay, and reborrow under this Section
2.1(a). Unless otherwise directed by Borrower at the time of repayment, any
repayment of principal of Revolver Loans shall be applied, first, to reduce the
principal amount of CE/PA Revolver Loans, and then to the principal amount of
the Revolver Loans other than CE/PA Revolver Loans.
(b) Term Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof
(including Section 10.14), each Lender agrees to make a single advance to
Borrower (herein called such Lender's "Term Loans") on the Closing Date in the
amount of such Lender's Term Commitment set forth on the Lender Schedule,
provided that the aggregate amount of all Term Loans does not exceed the total
Term Commitment. Term Loans shall consist of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar
Loans, or a combination thereof as Borrower may request in writing as provided
in Section 2.2 or as otherwise provided in Section 2.3; provided that Borrower
may have no more than five (5) Borrowings of Eurodollar Loans that are Term
Loans outstanding at any time. The obligation of Borrower to repay to each
Lender the amount of the Term Loan made by such Lender, together with interest
accruing in connection therewith, shall be evidenced by a single promissory note
(herein called such Lender's "Term Note") made by Borrower payable to the order
of such Lender in the form of Exhibit A-2 with appropriate insertions. The
amount of principal owing on any Lender's Term Note at any given time shall be
the amount of such Lender's Term Loan
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minus all payments of principal theretofore received by such Lender on such Term
Note. Interest on each Term Note shall accrue and be due and payable as provided
herein and therein. Each Term Note shall be due and payable as provided herein
and therein, and shall be due and payable in full on the Maturity Date. No
portion of any Term Loan that has been repaid may be reborrowed.
Section 2.2 Requests for New Loans. Borrower must give to
Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in
writing) of any requested Borrowing of Loans to be funded by Lenders. Each such
notice constitutes a "Borrowing Notice" hereunder and must:
(a) specify (i) the aggregate amount of any such Borrowing of Base
Rate Loans and the date on which such Base Rate Loans are to be advanced, or
(ii) the aggregate amount of any such Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, the date on
which such Eurodollar Loans are to be advanced (which shall be the first day of
the Interest Period which is to apply thereto), and the length of the applicable
Interest Period;
(b) in the case of the Loans on the Closing Date, specify whether
the Loans are Revolver Loans or Term Loans; and
(c) if applicable, designate Revolver Loans as CE/PA Revolver
Loans; and
(d) be received by Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m.,
Boston, Massachusetts time, on (i) the day on which any such Base Rate Loans are
to be made, or (ii) the third Business Day preceding the day on which any such
Eurodollar Loans are to be made.
Each such written request or confirmation must be made in the form and substance
of the "Borrowing Notice" attached hereto as Exhibit B, duly completed. Each
such telephonic request shall be deemed a representation, warranty,
acknowledgment and agreement by Borrower as to the matters which are required to
be set out in such written confirmation. Upon receipt of any such Borrowing
Notice, Administrative Agent shall give each Lender prompt notice of the terms
thereof. If all conditions precedent to such new Loans have been met, each
Lender will on the date requested promptly remit to Administrative Agent at
Administrative Agent's office in Boston, Massachusetts the amount of such
Lender's Loan in immediately available funds, and upon receipt of such funds,
unless to its actual knowledge any conditions precedent to such Loans have been
neither met nor waived as provided herein, Administrative Agent shall promptly
make such Loans available to Borrower. Unless Administrative Agent shall have
received prompt notice from a Lender that such Lender will not make available to
Administrative Agent such Lender's new Loan, Administrative Agent may in its
discretion assume that such Lender has made such Loan available to
Administrative Agent in accordance with this section and Administrative Agent
may if it chooses, in reliance upon such assumption, make such Loan available to
Borrower. If and to the extent such Lender shall not so make its new Loan
available to Administrative Agent, such Lender and Borrower severally agree to
pay or repay to Administrative Agent within three days after demand the amount
of such Loan together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such
amount was made available to Borrower until the date such amount is paid or
repaid to Administrative Agent, with interest at (i) the Federal
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Funds Rate, if such Lender is making such payment and (ii) the interest rate
applicable at the time to the other new Loans made on such date, if Borrower is
making such repayment. If neither such Lender nor Borrower pays or repays to
Administrative Agent such amount within such three-day period, Administrative
Agent shall be entitled to recover from Borrower, on demand, in lieu of the
interest provided for in the preceding sentence, interest thereon at the Default
Rate, calculated from the date such amount was made available to Borrower. The
failure of any Lender to make any new Loan to be made by it hereunder shall not
relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder, if any, to make its new
Loan, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to
make any new Loan to be made by such other Lender.
Section 2.3 Continuations and Conversions of Existing Loans. Borrower
may make the following elections with respect to Term Loans or Revolver Loans
already outstanding: to Convert, in whole or in part, Base Rate Loans to
Eurodollar Loans, to Convert, in whole or in part, Eurodollar Loans to Base Rate
Loans on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, and to
Continue, in whole or in part, Eurodollar Loans beyond the expiration of such
Interest Period by designating a new Interest Period to take effect at the time
of such expiration. In making such elections, Borrower may combine existing
Loans made pursuant to separate Borrowings into one new Borrowing or divide
existing Loans made pursuant to one Borrowing into separate new Borrowings,
provided that (i) Borrower may have no more than five (5) Borrowings of
Eurodollar Loans that are Revolver Loans or five (5) Borrowings of Eurodollar
Loans that are Term Loans outstanding at any time and (ii) no combinations may
be made between Borrowings constituting Revolver Loans on the one hand and
Borrowings constituting Term Loans on the other hand. To make any such election,
Borrower must give to Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice
promptly confirmed in writing) of any such Conversion or Continuation of
existing Loans, with a separate notice given for each new Borrowing. Each such
notice constitutes a "Continuation/Conversion Notice" hereunder and must:
(a) specify the existing Loans which are to be Continued or
Converted;
(b) specify (i) the aggregate amount of any Borrowing of Base Rate
Loans into which such existing Loans are to be Continued or Converted and the
date on which such Continuation or Conversion is to occur, or (ii) the aggregate
amount of any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans into which such existing Loans are
to be Continued or Converted, the date on which such Continuation or Conversion
is to occur (which shall be the first day of the Interest Period which is to
apply to such Eurodollar Loans), and the length of the applicable Interest
Period; and
(c) be received by Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m.,
Boston, Massachusetts time, on (i) the day on which any such Continuation or
Conversion to Base Rate Loans is to occur, or (ii) the third Business Day
preceding the day on which any such Continuation or Conversion to Eurodollar
Loans is to occur.
Each such written request or confirmation must be made in the form and substance
of the "Continuation/Conversion Notice" attached hereto as Exhibit C, duly
completed. Each such telephonic request shall be deemed a representation,
warranty, acknowledgment and agreement
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by Borrower as to the matters which are required to be set out in such written
confirmation. Upon receipt of any such Continuation/Conversion Notice,
Administrative Agent shall give each Lender prompt notice of the terms thereof.
Each Continuation/Conversion Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on
Borrower. During the continuance of any Default, Borrower may not make any
election to Convert existing Loans into Eurodollar Loans or Continue existing
Loans as Eurodollar Loans beyond the expiration of their respective and
corresponding Interest Period then in effect. If (due to the existence of a
Default or for any other reason) Borrower fails to timely and properly give any
Continuation/Conversion Notice with respect to a Borrowing of existing
Eurodollar Loans at least three days prior to the end of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, such Eurodollar Loans, to the extent not prepaid at the end
of such Interest Period, shall automatically be Converted into Base Rate Loans
at the end of such Interest Period. No new funds shall be repaid by Borrower or
advanced by any Lender in connection with any Continuation or Conversion of
existing Loans pursuant to this section, and no such Continuation or Conversion
shall be deemed to be a new advance of funds for any purpose; such Continuations
and Conversions merely constitute a change in the interest rate, Interest Period
or Type applicable to already outstanding Loans.
Section 2.4 Use of Proceeds. Borrower shall use all proceeds of the
Term Loans (i) to refinance the term loans and the revolving loans under the
Existing Credit Agreement and (ii) to pay in the ordinary course, on or after
the Closing Date, the current liabilities of Borrower existing on the Closing
Date, (iii) to finance a portion of the Transactions, (iv) to provide working
capital after giving effect to the Transactions, and (v) to pay the
out-of-pocket expenses incurred and fees payable in respect of the Transactions
and this Agreement. Borrower shall use the proceeds of all Revolver Loans (i) to
pay the out-of-pocket expenses incurred and fees payable in respect of the
Transactions and this Agreement, (ii) to the extent of Revolver Loans designated
as CE/PA Revolver Loans, for capital expenditures, including the Bossier
Project, and Permitted Acquisitions, (iii) for working capital purposes, and
(iv) for general business purposes not specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)
of this sentence. Borrower may use the proceeds of the Term Loans or the
Revolver Loans to fund a loan to HHI pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of
Permitted HHI Investments. Borrower shall use all Letters of Credit solely for
the purposes specified in Section 2.7(e). In no event shall any Loan or any
Letter of Credit be used (i) directly or indirectly by any Person for personal,
family, household or agricultural purposes, (ii) for the purpose, whether
immediate, incidental or ultimate, of purchasing, acquiring or carrying any
"margin stock" (as such term is defined in Regulation U promulgated by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or (iii) to extend credit to others
directly or indirectly for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin
stock. Borrower represents and warrants that Borrower is not engaged
principally, or as one of Borrower's important activities, in the business of
extending credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying such margin
stock.
Section 2.5 Optional Prepayments of Loans. Borrower may, upon three
Business Days' notice to Administrative Agent (which notice shall be
irrevocable, and Administrative Agent will promptly give notice to the other
Lenders), from time to time and without premium or penalty (other than
Eurodollar Loan breakage costs, if any) prepay the Loans, in whole or in part,
so long as the aggregate amounts of all partial prepayments of principal on the
Loans equals $200,000 or any higher integral multiple of $100,000. Each
prepayment of principal under this
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section shall be accompanied by all interest then accrued and unpaid on the
principal so prepaid. Any principal or interest prepaid pursuant to this section
shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, all payments otherwise required to
be paid under the Loan Documents at the time of such prepayment.
Section 2.6 Mandatory Prepayments.
(a) Upon receipt of Net Sale Proceeds that are Excess Sale
Proceeds, Borrower will immediately apply such Excess Sale Proceeds (i) first,
prepay a principal amount of the outstanding Term Loans equal to the Excess Sale
Proceeds and (ii) next, to the extent such Excess Sale Proceeds exceed the
principal amount of the Term Loans, repay the Revolver Loans.
(b) If at any time any Restricted Person shall incur any
Additional Indebtedness, Borrower will (i) first, prepay a principal amount of
the outstanding Term Loans equal to the net cash proceeds (net of underwriters',
purchasers' or arrangers' discounts, commissions and fees, legal, accountancy,
registration, or printing fees and expenses and other fees and expenses incurred
in connection with such offering to be paid or reimbursed by the issuer and net
of any taxes, if any, paid or payable as a result thereof) of such Additional
Indebtedness and (ii) next, to the extent such net cash proceeds exceed the
principal amount of the Term Loans, repay the Revolver Loans. The foregoing
shall not be construed to permit the incurrence of Indebtedness not otherwise
permitted by Section 7.1.
(c) If at any time any Restricted Person shall receive any cash
Equity Contribution (other than contributions from Borrower or a Subsidiary of
Borrower), Borrower will (i) first, prepay a principal amount of the outstanding
Term Loans equal to fifty percent (50%) of the net cash proceeds thereof (net of
underwriters' or purchasers' discounts and commissions, legal, accountancy,
registration, or printing fees and expenses and other fees and expenses incurred
in connection with an offering of Equity to be paid or reimbursed by the issuer
and net of any taxes, if any, paid or payable as a result thereof) and (ii)
next, to the extent that such fifty percent (50%) of net cash proceeds exceeds
the principal amount of the Term Loans, repay the Revolver Loans.
Section 2.7 Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, during the Commitment Period Borrower may request LC Issuer to issue,
amend, or extend the expiration date of, one or more Letters of Credit, provided
that:
(a) after taking such Letter of Credit into account, the aggregate
amount of all outstanding LC Obligations does not exceed $40,000,000;
(b) after taking such Letter of Credit into account, the Revolver
Facility Usage does not exceed the Revolver Commitment at such time;
(c) the expiration date of such Letter of Credit is prior to the
earlier of (i) (A) 75 days after the issuance thereof if issued for the purposes
set forth in clause (e)(i) of this Section, or (B) 365 days after the issuance
thereof if issued for the purposes set forth in clause (e)(ii) of this Section,
and (ii) 30 days prior to the end of the Commitment Period;
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(d) the issuance of such Letter of Credit will be in compliance
with all applicable governmental restrictions, policies, and guidelines and will
not subject LC Issuer to any cost which is not reimbursable under Article III;
(e) such Letter of Credit is (i) related to the purchase or
exchange by Borrower of Hydrocarbon Inventory or (ii) used to satisfy or secure
bonding requirements arising in the ordinary course of business (all such
Letters of Credit for the purposes set forth in this clause (e)(ii) shall not
exceed an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding of $5,000,000) and, in
either case, is in form and upon terms as shall be acceptable to LC Issuer in
its sole and absolute discretion;
(f) all other conditions in this Agreement to the issuance of such
Letter of Credit have been satisfied.
LC Issuer will honor any such request if the foregoing conditions (a) through
(f) (in the following Section 2.8 called the "LC Conditions") have been met as
of the date of issuance, amendment, or extension of such Letter of Credit.
Section 2.8 Requesting Letters of Credit. Borrower must make written
application for any Letter of Credit at least two Business Days before the date
on which Borrower desires for LC Issuer to issue such Letter of Credit. By
making any such written application, unless otherwise expressly stated therein,
Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that the LC
Conditions described in Section 2.7 will be met as of the date of issuance of
such Letter of Credit. Each such written application for a Letter of Credit must
be made in writing in the form and substance of Exhibit E, the terms and
provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference (or in such
other form as may mutually be agreed upon by LC Issuer and Borrower). If all LC
Conditions for a Letter of Credit have been met as described in Section 2.7 on
any Business Day before 1:00 p.m., Boston, Massachusetts time, LC Issuer will
issue such Letter of Credit on the same Business Day at LC Issuer's Domestic
Lending Office. If the LC Conditions are met as described in Section 2.7 on any
Business Day on or after 1:00 p.m., Boston, Massachusetts time, LC Issuer will
issue such Letter of Credit on the next succeeding Business Day at LC Issuer's
Domestic Lending Office. If any provisions of any LC Application conflict with
any provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern
and control.
Section 2.9 Reimbursement and Participations.
(a) Reimbursement. Each Matured LC Obligation shall constitute a
loan by LC Issuer to Borrower. Borrower promises to pay to LC Issuer, or to LC
Issuer's order, on demand, the full amount of each Matured LC Obligation
together with interest thereon (i) at the Base Rate plus the Base Rate Margin to
and including the second Business Day after the Matured LC Obligation is
incurred and (ii) at the Default Rate applicable to Base Rate Loans on each day
thereafter.
(b) Letter of Credit Advances. If the beneficiary of any Letter of
Credit makes a draft or other demand for payment thereunder then Borrower may,
during the interval between the
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making thereof and the honoring thereof by LC Issuer, request Lenders to make
Revolver Loans to Borrower in the amount of such draft or demand, which Revolver
Loans shall be made concurrently with LC Issuer's payment of such draft or
demand and shall be immediately used by LC Issuer to repay the amount of the
resulting Matured LC Obligation. Such a request by Borrower shall be made in
compliance with all of the provisions hereof, provided that for the purposes of
the first sentence of Section 2.1, the amount of such Revolver Loans shall be
considered, but the amount of the Matured LC Obligation to be concurrently paid
by such Revolver Loans shall not be considered.
(c) Participation by Lenders. LC Issuer irrevocably agrees to
grant and hereby grants to each Lender, and - to induce LC Issuer to issue
Letters of Credit hereunder - each Lender irrevocably agrees to accept and
purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from LC Issuer, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter stated and for such Lender's own account and risk an
undivided interest equal to such Lender's Revolver Percentage of LC Issuer's
obligations and rights under each Letter of Credit issued hereunder and the
amount of each Matured LC Obligation paid by LC Issuer thereunder. Each Lender
unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with LC Issuer that, if a Matured LC
Obligation is paid under any Letter of Credit for which LC Issuer is not
reimbursed in full by Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
and the related LC Application (including any reimbursement by means of
concurrent Revolver Loans or by the application of LC Collateral), such Lender
shall (in all circumstances and without set-off or counterclaim) pay to LC
Issuer on demand, in immediately available funds at LC Issuer's address for
notices hereunder, such Lender's Revolver Percentage of such Matured LC
Obligation (or any portion thereof which has not been reimbursed by Borrower).
Each Lender's obligation to pay LC Issuer pursuant to the terms of this
subsection is irrevocable and unconditional. If any amount required to be paid
by any Lender to LC Issuer pursuant to this subsection is paid by such Lender to
LC Issuer within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, LC
Issuer shall in addition to such amount be entitled to recover from such Lender,
on demand, interest thereon calculated from such due date at the Federal Funds
Rate. If any amount required to be paid by any Lender to LC Issuer pursuant to
this subsection is not paid by such Lender to LC Issuer within three Business
Days after the date such payment is due, LC Issuer shall in addition to such
amount be entitled to recover from such Lender, on demand, interest thereon
calculated from such due date at the Base Rate plus the Base Rate Margin.
(d) Distributions to Participants. Whenever LC Issuer has in
accordance with this section received from any Lender payment of such Lender's
Revolver Percentage of any Matured LC Obligation, if LC Issuer thereafter
receives any payment of such Matured LC Obligation or any payment of interest
thereon (whether directly from Borrower or by application of LC Collateral or
otherwise, and excluding only interest for any period prior to LC Issuer's
demand that such Lender make such payment of its Revolver Percentage), LC Issuer
will distribute to such Lender its Revolver Percentage of the amounts so
received by LC Issuer; provided, however, that if any such payment received by
LC Issuer must thereafter be returned by LC Issuer, such Lender shall return to
LC Issuer the portion thereof which LC Issuer has previously distributed to it.
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(e) Calculations. A written advice setting forth in reasonable
detail the amounts owing under this section, submitted by LC Issuer to Borrower
or any Lender from time to time, shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, as
to the amounts thereof.
Section 2.10 No Duty to Inquire.
(a) Drafts and Demands. LC Issuer is authorized and instructed to
accept and pay drafts and demands for payment under any Letter of Credit without
requiring, and without responsibility for, any determination as to the existence
of any event giving rise to said draft, either at the time of acceptance or
payment or thereafter. LC Issuer is under no duty to determine the proper
identity of anyone presenting such a draft or making such a demand (whether by
tested telex or otherwise) as the officer, representative or agent of any
beneficiary under any Letter of Credit, and payment by LC Issuer to any such
beneficiary when requested by any such purported officer, representative or
agent is hereby authorized and approved. Borrower releases each Lender Party
from, and agrees to hold each Lender Party harmless and indemnified against, any
liability or claim in connection with or arising out of the subject matter of
this section, WHICH INDEMNITY SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT ANY SUCH LIABILITY OR
CLAIM IS IN ANY WAY OR TO ANY EXTENT CAUSED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY ANY
NEGLIGENT ACT OR OMISSION OF ANY KIND BY ANY LENDER PARTY, provided only that no
Lender Party shall be entitled to indemnification for that portion, if any, of
any liability or claim which is proximately caused by its own individual gross
negligence or willful misconduct, as determined in a final judgment.
(b) Extension of Maturity. If the maturity of any Letter of Credit
is extended by its terms or by Law or governmental action, if any extension of
the maturity or time for presentation of drafts or any other modification of the
terms of any Letter of Credit is made at the request of Borrower, or if the
amount of any Letter of Credit is increased at the request of Borrower, this
Agreement shall be binding upon all Restricted Persons with respect to such
Letter of Credit as so extended, increased or otherwise modified, with respect
to drafts and property covered thereby, and with respect to any action taken by
LC Issuer, LC Issuer's correspondents, or any Lender Party in accordance with
such extension, increase or other modification.
(c) Transferees of Letters of Credit. If any Letter of Credit
provides that it is transferable, LC Issuer shall have no duty to determine the
proper identity of anyone appearing as transferee of such Letter of Credit, nor
shall LC Issuer be charged with responsibility of any nature or character for
the validity or correctness of any transfer or successive transfers, and payment
by LC Issuer to any purported transferee or transferees as determined by LC
Issuer is hereby authorized and approved, and Borrower releases each Lender
Party from, and agrees to hold each Lender Party harmless and indemnified
against, any liability or claim in connection with or arising out of the
foregoing, WHICH INDEMNITY SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT ANY SUCH LIABILITY OR
CLAIM IS IN ANY WAY OR TO ANY EXTENT CAUSED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY ANY
NEGLIGENT ACT OR OMISSION OF ANY KIND BY ANY LENDER PARTY, provided only that no
Lender Party shall be entitled to
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indemnification for that portion, if any, of any liability or claim which is
proximately caused by its own individual gross negligence or willful misconduct,
as determined in a final judgment.
Section 2.11 LC Collateral.
(a) Acceleration of LC Obligations. If the Obligations or any part
thereof become immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 8.1 then, unless
the Administrative Agent, acting on the instruction of Majority Lenders, shall
otherwise specifically elect to the contrary (which election may thereafter be
retracted by the Administrative Agent, acting on the instruction of Majority
Lenders, at any time), all LC Obligations shall become immediately due and
payable without regard to whether or not actual drawings or payments on the
Letters of Credit have occurred, and Borrower shall be obligated to pay to LC
Issuer immediately an amount equal to the aggregate LC Obligations which are
then outstanding to be held as LC Collateral. Nothing in this subsection shall,
however, limit or impair any rights which LC Issuer may have under any other
document or agreement relating to any Letter of Credit, LC Collateral or LC
Obligation, including any LC Application, or any rights which any Lender Party
may have to otherwise apply any payments by Borrower and any LC Collateral under
Section 3.1.
(b) Investment of LC Collateral. Pending application thereof, all
LC Collateral shall be invested by LC Issuer in such Cash Equivalents as LC
Issuer may choose in its sole discretion. All interest on (and other proceeds
of) such Investments shall be reinvested or applied to Matured LC Obligations or
other Obligations which are due and payable. When all Obligations have been
satisfied in full, including all LC Obligations, all Letters of Credit have
expired or been terminated, and all of Borrower's reimbursement obligations in
connection therewith have been satisfied in full, LC Issuer shall release any
remaining LC Collateral. Borrower hereby assigns and grants to LC Issuer for the
benefit of Lenders a continuing security interest in all LC Collateral paid by
it to LC Issuer, all Investments purchased with such LC Collateral, and all
proceeds thereof to secure its Matured LC Obligations and its Obligations under
this Agreement, each Note, and the other Loan Documents, and Borrower agrees
that such LC Collateral, Investments and proceeds shall be subject to all of the
terms and conditions of the Security Documents. Borrower further agrees that LC
Issuer shall have all of the rights and remedies of a secured party under the
UCC with respect to such security interest and that an Event of Default under
this Agreement shall constitute a default for purposes of such security
interest.
(c) Payment of LC Collateral. If Borrower is required to provide
LC Collateral for any reason but fails to do so as required, LC Issuer or
Administrative Agent may without prior notice to Borrower or any other
Restricted Person provide such LC Collateral (whether by application of proceeds
of other Collateral, by transfers from other accounts maintained with LC Issuer,
or otherwise) using any available funds of Borrower or any other Person also
liable to make such payments, and LC Issuer or Administrative Agent will give
notice thereof to Borrower promptly after such application or transfer. Any such
amounts which are required to be provided as LC Collateral and which are not
provided on the date required shall, for purposes of each Security Document, be
considered past due Obligations owing hereunder, and LC Issuer is hereby
authorized to exercise its respective rights under each Security Document to
obtain such amounts.
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Section 2.12 Interest Rates and Fees; Reduction in Commitment.
(a) Interest Rates. Unless the Default Rate shall apply, (i) each
Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on each day outstanding at the Base Rate plus
the Base Rate Margin in effect on such day and (ii) each Eurodollar Loan shall
bear interest on each day during the related Interest Period at the related
Eurodollar Rate plus the Eurodollar Rate Margin in effect on such day. During a
Default Rate Period, all Loans shall bear interest on each day outstanding at
the applicable Default Rate. The interest rate shall change whenever the
applicable Base Rate, the Base Rate Margin, the Eurodollar Rate or the
Eurodollar Rate Margin changes. In no event shall the interest rate on any Loan
exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.
(b) Commitment Fees. In consideration of each Lender's commitment
to make Revolver Loans, Borrower will pay to Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender a commitment fee determined on a daily basis equal to the
Commitment Fee Rate in effect on such day times such Lender's Revolver
Percentage of the unused portion of the Revolver Commitment on each day during
the Commitment Period, determined for each such day by deducting from the amount
of the Revolver Commitment at the end of such day the Revolver Facility Usage.
This commitment fee shall be due and payable in arrears on the last day of each
Fiscal Quarter and at the end of the Commitment Period.
(c) Reduction in Revolver Commitment. Borrower shall have the
right from time to time to permanently reduce the Revolver Commitment, provided
that (i) notice of such reduction is given not less than two Business Days prior
to such reduction, (ii) the resulting Revolver Commitment is not less than the
Revolver Facility Usage, and (iii) each partial reduction shall be in an amount
at least equal to $1,000,000 and in multiples of $500,000 in excess thereof.
(d) Letter of Credit Fees. In consideration of LC Issuer's
issuance of any Letter of Credit, Borrower agrees to pay to Administrative
Agent, for the account of all Lenders in accordance with their respective
Revolver Percentages, a letter of credit fee equal to the Letter of Credit Fee
Rate (or the Default Rate during the Default Rate Period) applicable each day
times the face amount of such Letter of Credit. Such fee will be calculated on
the face amount of each Letter of Credit outstanding on each day at the above
applicable rates and will be payable in arrears on the last day of each Fiscal
Quarter. In addition, Borrower will pay to LC Issuer a minimum administrative
issuance fee equal to the greater of $150 or one-eighth percent (0.125%) per
annum of the face amount of each letter of credit and such other fees and
charges customarily charged by the LC Issuer in respect of any issuance,
amendment or negotiation of any Letter of Credit in accordance with the LC
Issuer's published schedule of such charges effective as of the date of such
amendment or negotiation.
(e) Administrative Agent's Fees. In addition to all other amounts
due to Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, Borrower will pay fees to
Administrative Agent as described in a letter agreement of even date herewith
between Administrative Agent and Borrower.
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ARTICLE III - Payments to Lenders
Section 3.1 General Procedures. Borrower will make each payment which
it owes under the Loan Documents to Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lender Party to whom such payment is owed in lawful money of the United States
of America, (unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement), without
set-off, deduction or counterclaim, and in immediately available funds. Each
such payment must be received by Administrative Agent not later than noon,
Boston, Massachusetts time, on the date such payment becomes due and payable.
Any payment received by Administrative Agent after such time will be deemed to
have been made on the next following Business Day. Should any such payment
become due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity of such
payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case
of a payment of principal or past due interest, interest shall accrue and be
payable thereon for the period of such extension as provided in the Loan
Document under which such payment is due. Each payment under a Loan Document
shall be due and payable at the place provided therein and, if no specific place
of payment is provided, shall be due and payable at the place of payment of
Administrative Agent's Note. When Administrative Agent collects or receives
money on account of the Obligations, Administrative Agent shall promptly
distribute all money so collected or received, and each Lender Party shall apply
all such money so distributed, as follows:
(a) first, for the payment of all Obligations which are then due
(and if such money is insufficient to pay all such Obligations, first to any
reimbursements due Administrative Agent under Section 6.9 or 10.4 and then to
the partial payment of all other Obligations then due in proportion to the
amounts thereof, or as Lender Parties shall otherwise agree);
(b) then for the prepayment of amounts owing under the Loan
Documents (other than principal on the Notes) if so specified by Borrower;
(c) then for the prepayment of principal on the Notes, together
with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal so prepaid, and then held as
LC Collateral pursuant to Section 2.11(c); and
(d) last, for the payment or prepayment of any other Obligations.
All payments applied to principal or interest on any Note shall be applied first
to any interest then due and payable, then to principal then due and payable,
and last to any prepayment of principal and accrued interest thereon in
compliance with Sections 2.5 and 2.6, as applicable. All distributions of
amounts described in any of subsections (b), (c) or (d) above shall be made by
Administrative Agent pro rata to each Lender Party then owed Obligations
described in such subsection in proportion to all amounts owed to all Lender
Parties which are described in such subsection; provided that if any Lender then
owes payments to LC Issuer for the purchase of a participation under Section
2.9(c) or to Administrative Agent under Section 9.4, any amounts otherwise
distributable under this section to such Lender shall be deemed to belong to LC
Issuer or Administrative Agent, respectively, to the extent of such unpaid
payments, and Administrative Agent shall apply such amounts to make such unpaid
payments rather than distribute such
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amounts to such Lender. Administrative Agent shall be required to make payments
to each Lender by wire transfer to such Lender's Applicable Lending Office.
Section 3.2 Capital Reimbursement. If either (a) the introduction or
implementation of or the compliance with or any change in or in the
interpretation of any Law, or (b) the introduction or implementation of or the
compliance with any request, directive or guideline from any central bank or
other governmental authority (whether or not having the force of Law) affects or
would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by any
Lender Party or any corporation controlling any Lender Party, then, within five
Business Days after demand by such Lender Party, Borrower will pay to
Administrative Agent for the benefit of such Lender Party, from time to time as
specified by such Lender Party, such additional amount or amounts which such
Lender Party shall determine to be appropriate to compensate such Lender Party
or any corporation controlling such Lender Party in light of such circumstances,
to the extent that such Lender Party reasonably determines that the amount of
any such capital would be increased or the rate of return on any such capital
would be reduced by or in whole or in part based on the existence of the face
amount of such Lender Party's Loans, Letters of Credit, participations in
Letters of Credit or commitments under this Agreement.
Section 3.3 Increased Cost of Eurodollar Loans or Letters of Credit. If
any applicable Law (whether now in effect or hereinafter enacted or promulgated,
including Regulation D) or any interpretation or administration thereof by any
governmental authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof
(whether or not having the force of Law):
(a) shall change the basis of taxation of payments to any Lender
Party of any principal, interest, or other amounts attributable to any
Eurodollar Loan or Letter of Credit or otherwise due under this Agreement in
respect of any Eurodollar Loan or Letter of Credit (other than taxes imposed on,
or measured by, the overall net income of such Lender Party or any Applicable
Lending Office of such Lender Party by any jurisdiction in which such Lender
Party or any such Applicable Lending Office is located); or
(b) shall change, impose, modify, apply or deem applicable any
reserve, special deposit or similar requirements in respect of any Eurodollar
Loan or any Letter of Credit (excluding those for which such Lender Party is
fully compensated pursuant to adjustments made in the definition of Eurodollar
Rate) or against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit
extended by, such Lender Party; or
(c) shall impose on any Lender Party or the interbank eurocurrency
deposit market any other condition affecting any Eurodollar Loan or Letter of
Credit, the result of which is to increase the cost to any Lender Party of
funding or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan or of issuing any Letter of Credit or
to reduce the amount of any sum receivable by any Lender Party in respect of any
Eurodollar Loan or Letter of Credit by an amount deemed by such Lender Party to
be material,
then such Lender Party shall promptly notify Administrative Agent and Borrower
in writing of the happening of such event and of the amount required to
compensate such Lender Party for such event (on an after-tax basis, taking into
account any taxes on such compensation),
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whereupon (i) Borrower shall, within five Business Days after demand therefor by
such Lender Party, pay such amount to Administrative Agent for the account of
such Lender Party and (ii) Borrower may elect, by giving to Administrative Agent
and such Lender Party not less than three Business Days' notice, to Convert all
(but not less than all) of any such Eurodollar Loans into Base Rate Loans.
Section 3.4 Notice; Change of Applicable Lending Office. A Lender Party
shall notify Borrower of any event occurring after the date of this Agreement
that will entitle such Lender Party to compensation under Section 3.2, 3.3 or
3.5 hereof as promptly as practicable, but in any event within 90 days, after
such Lender Party obtains actual knowledge thereof; provided, that (i) if such
Lender Party fails to give such notice within 90 days after it obtains actual
knowledge of such an event, such Lender Party shall, with respect to
compensation payable pursuant to Section 3.2, 3.3 or 3.5 in respect of any costs
resulting from such event, only be entitled to payment under Section 3.2, 3.3 or
3.5 hereof for costs incurred from and after the date 90 days prior to the date
that such Lender Party does give such notice and (ii) such Lender Party will
designate a different Applicable Lending Office for the Loans affected by such
event if such designation will avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, such
compensation and will not, in the sole opinion of such Lender Party, be
disadvantageous to such Lender Party, except that such Lender Party shall have
no obligation to designate an Applicable Lending Office located in the United
States of America. Each Lender Party will furnish to Borrower a certificate
setting forth the basis and amount of each request by such Lender Party for
compensation under Section 3.2, 3.3 or 3.5 hereof.
Section 3.5 Availability. If (a) any change in applicable Laws, or in
the interpretation or administration thereof of or in any jurisdiction
whatsoever, domestic or foreign, shall make it unlawful or impracticable for any
Lender Party to fund or maintain Eurodollar Loans or to issue or participate in
Letters of Credit, or shall materially restrict the authority of any Lender
Party to purchase or take offshore deposits of dollars (i.e., "eurodollars"), or
(b) any Lender Party determines that matching deposits appropriate to fund or
maintain any Eurodollar Loan are not available to it, or (c) any Lender Party
determines that the formula for calculating the Eurodollar Rate does not fairly
reflect the cost to such Lender Party of making or maintaining loans based on
such rate, then, upon notice by such Lender Party to Borrower and Administrative
Agent, Borrower's right to elect Eurodollar Loans from such Lender Party (or, if
applicable, to obtain Letters of Credit) shall be suspended to the extent and
for the duration of such illegality, impracticability or restriction and all
Eurodollar Loans of such Lender Party which are then outstanding or are then the
subject of any Borrowing Notice and which cannot lawfully or practicably be
maintained or funded shall immediately become or remain, or shall be funded as,
Base Rate Loans of such Lender Party. Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender
Party and hold it harmless against all costs, expenses, claims, penalties,
liabilities and damages which may result from any such change in Law,
interpretation or administration. Such indemnification shall be on an after-tax
basis, taking into account any taxes imposed on the amounts paid as indemnity.
Section 3.6 Funding Losses. In addition to its other obligations
hereunder, Borrower will indemnify each Lender Party against, and reimburse each
Lender Party on demand for, any loss or expense incurred or sustained by such
Lender Party (including any loss or expense
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incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds
acquired by a Lender Party to fund or maintain Eurodollar Loans), as a result of
(a) any payment or prepayment (whether or not authorized or required hereunder)
of all or a portion of a Eurodollar Loan on a day other than the day on which
the applicable Interest Period ends, (b) any payment or prepayment, whether or
not required hereunder, of a Loan made after the delivery, but before the
effective date, of a Continuation/Conversion Notice, if such payment or
prepayment prevents such Continuation/Conversion Notice from becoming fully
effective, (c) the failure of any Loan to be made or of any
Continuation/Conversion Notice to become effective due to any condition
precedent not being satisfied or due to any other action or inaction of any
Restricted Person, or (d) any Conversion (whether or not authorized or required
hereunder) of all or any portion of any Eurodollar Loan into a Base Rate Loan or
into a different Eurodollar Loan on a day other than the day on which the
applicable Interest Period ends. Such indemnification shall be on an after-tax
basis, taking into account any taxes imposed on the amounts paid as indemnity.
Section 3.7 Reimbursable Taxes. Borrower covenants and agrees that:
(a) Borrower will indemnify each Lender Party against and
reimburse each Lender Party for all present and future stamp and other taxes,
duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, costs, and withholdings whatsoever
imposed, assessed, levied or collected on or in respect of this Agreement or any
Eurodollar Loans or Letters of Credit (whether or not legally or correctly
imposed, assessed, levied or collected), excluding, however, any taxes imposed
on or measured by the overall net income of Administrative Agent or such Lender
Party or any Applicable Lending Office of such Lender Party (or franchise or
equivalent taxes) by any jurisdiction in which such Lender Party or any such
Applicable Lending Office is located (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, costs
and charges being collectively called "Reimbursable Taxes" in this section).
Such indemnification shall be on an after-tax basis, taking into account any
taxes imposed on the amounts paid as indemnity.
(b) All payments on account of the principal of, and interest on,
each Lender Party's Loans and Note, and all other amounts payable by Borrower to
any Lender Party hereunder, shall be made in full without set-off or
counterclaim and shall be made free and clear of and without deductions or
withholdings of any nature by reason of any Reimbursable Taxes, all of which
will be for the account of Borrower. In the event of Borrower being compelled by
Law to make any such deduction or withholding from any payment to any Lender
Party, Borrower shall pay on the due date of such payment, by way of additional
interest, such additional amounts as are needed to cause the amount receivable
by such Lender Party after such deduction or withholding to equal the amount
which would have been receivable in the absence of such deduction or
withholding. If Borrower should make any deduction or withholding as aforesaid,
Borrower shall within 60 days thereafter forward to such Lender Party an
official receipt or other official document evidencing payment of such deduction
or withholding.
(c) If Borrower is ever required to pay any Reimbursable Tax with
respect to any Eurodollar Loan, Borrower may elect, by giving to Administrative
Agent and such Lender Party not less than three Business Days' notice, to
Convert all (but not less than all) of any such Eurodollar Loan into a Base Rate
Loan, but such election shall not diminish Borrower's obligation to pay all
Reimbursable Taxes.
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(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section,
Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so by Law, to
deduct or withhold (and not to make any indemnification or reimbursement for)
income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States of America (other
than any portion thereof attributable to a change in federal income tax Laws
effected after the date hereof) from interest, fees or other amounts payable
hereunder for the account of any Lender Party, other than a Lender Party (i) who
is a U.S. person for Federal income tax purposes or (ii) who has the Prescribed
Forms on file with Administrative Agent (with copies provided to Borrower) for
the applicable year to the extent deduction or withholding of such taxes is not
required as a result of the filing of such Prescribed Forms, provided that if
Borrower shall so deduct or withhold any such taxes, it shall provide a
statement to Administrative Agent and such Lender Party, setting forth the
amount of such taxes so deducted or withheld, the applicable rate and any other
information or documentation which such Lender Party may reasonably request for
assisting such Lender Party to obtain any allowable credits or deductions for
the taxes so deducted or withheld in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which
such Lender Party is subject to tax. As used in this section, "Prescribed Forms"
means such duly executed forms or statements, and in such number of copies,
which may, from time to time, be prescribed by Law and which, pursuant to
applicable provisions of (x) an income tax treaty between the United States and
the country of residence of the Lender Party providing the forms or statements,
(y) the Code, or (z) any applicable rules or regulations thereunder, permit
Borrower to make payments hereunder for the account of such Lender Party free of
such deduction or withholding of income or similar taxes.
Section 3.8 Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender Party seeks
reimbursement for increased costs under Sections 3.2 through 3.7, then within
ninety days thereafter - provided no Event of Default then exists - Borrower
shall have the right (unless such Lender Party withdraws its request for
additional compensation) to replace such Lender Party by requiring such Lender
Party to assign its Loans and Notes and its commitments hereunder to an Eligible
Transferee reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and Borrower, provided
that: (i) all Obligations of Borrower owing to such Lender Party being replaced
(including such increased costs and any breakage costs with respect to any
outstanding Eurodollar Loans), but excluding principal and accrued interest on
the Notes being assigned) shall be paid in full to such Lender Party
concurrently with such assignment, and (ii) the replacement Eligible Transferee
shall purchase the Note being assigned by paying to such Lender Party a price
equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and
accrued and unpaid commitment fees thereon. In connection with any such
assignment Borrower, Administrative Agent, such Lender Party and the replacement
Eligible Transferee shall otherwise comply with Section 10.5. Notwithstanding
the foregoing rights of Borrower under this section, however, Borrower may not
replace any Lender Party which seeks reimbursement for increased costs under
Section 3.2 through 3.7 unless Borrower is at the same time replacing all Lender
Parties which are then seeking such compensation.
ARTICLE IV - Conditions Precedent to Credit
Section 4.1 Documents to be Delivered. No Lender has any obligation to
make its first Loan, and LC Issuer has no obligation to issue the first Letter
of Credit unless Administrative Agent shall have received all of the following,
at Administrative Agent's office in
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Boston, Massachusetts, duly executed and delivered and in form, substance and
date satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Syndication Agent:
(a) This Agreement and any other documents that Lenders are to
execute in connection herewith.
(b) Each Note.
(c) Each Security Document listed in the Security Schedule.
(d) Certain certificates including:
(i) An "Omnibus Certificate" of the secretary and of the
president of LA GP, which shall contain the names and signatures of the
officers of LA GP authorized to execute Loan Documents and which shall
certify to the truth, correctness and completeness of the following
exhibits attached thereto: (1) a copy of resolutions duly adopted by
the Board of Directors of LA GP and in full force and effect at the
time this Agreement is entered into, authorizing the execution of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents delivered or to be delivered in
connection herewith and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein and therein, (2) a copy of the charter documents of
each Restricted Person and all amendments thereto, certified by the
appropriate official of such Restricted Person's jurisdiction of
organization, and (3) a copy of any bylaws, agreement of limited
partnership or operating agreement of each Restricted Person; and
(ii) A certificate of the president and of the chief financial
officer of LA GP, regarding satisfaction of Section 4.3(a) through (d).
(e) A certificate (or certificates) of the due formation, valid
existence and good standing of each Restricted Person in its respective
jurisdiction of organization, issued by the appropriate authorities of such
jurisdiction, and certificates of each Restricted Person's good standing and due
qualification to do business, issued by appropriate officials in any
jurisdictions in which such Restricted Person owns property subject to Security
Documents.
(f) Documents similar to those specified in subsections (d)(i) and
(e) of this section with respect to each Guarantor and the execution by it of
its guaranty of Borrower's Obligations.
(g) A favorable opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., counsel to
Restricted Persons, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit G, and a
favorable opinion of local counsel to Administrative Agent for the state of
Oklahoma satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
(h) The Initial Financial Statements and Initial Projections.
(i) Certificates or binders evidencing Restricted Persons'
insurance in effect on the date hereof accompanied by a certificate of an
appropriate officer confirming that the insurance is in effect as of such date.
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(j) Copies of such permits and approvals regarding the property
and business of Restricted Persons as Administrative Agent may request.
(k) Payment of all commitment, facility, agency and other fees
required to be paid to any Lender pursuant to any Loan Documents or any
commitment or fee agreement heretofore entered into.
(l) A certificate of the chief financial officer of LA GP (i)
certifying the Initial Pro Forma Financial Statements of Borrower delivered
pursuant to clause (h) above and reflecting pro forma compliance with each event
specified in Section 7.14, and (ii) certifying that Borrower's Consolidated
EBITDA for the twelve month period ended September 30, 2003 was not less than
$90,000,000.
(m) A certificate of the chief financial officer of General
Partner certifying the Initial Pro Forma Financial Statements of Master
Partnership delivered pursuant to clause (h) above and reflecting pro forma
compliance with each event specified in Section 7.14.
(n) Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent copies
of all charter or other formation documents of Master Partnership and the
Intermediate Entities.
Section 4.2 Contemporaneous Closings. No Lender has any obligation to
make its first Loan, and LC Issuer has no obligation to issue its first Letter
of Credit, unless contemporaneously with the first Loan or Letter of Credit
hereunder the following conditions have been met in form and substance
satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Syndication Agent:
(a) All Transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents
shall have been consummated in compliance with each of the terms and conditions
thereof. No amendment, modification or waiver shall have been made to any of the
Transaction Documents except as shall have been approved by Administrative Agent
and Syndication Agent.
(b) After giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions,
all representations and warranties made in any Loan Document shall be true on
and as of such date.
(c) Master Partnership shall have received proceeds of an issuance
of Common Units on or after December 31, 2003 in an amount of not less than
$200,000,000 (prior to the payment of applicable discounts, fees, expenses and
commissions).
(d) Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of
General Partner confirming compliance with the requirements of Section 4.2 (a),
(b) and (c), with attached copies of the Transaction Documents, each certified
as being true, correct and complete.
(e) All obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have
been paid in full, except to the extent they are continued under this Agreement
with respect to any Lender.
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Section 4.3 Additional Conditions Precedent. No Lender has any
obligation to make any Loan (including its first), and LC Issuer has no
obligation to issue any Letter of Credit (including its first), unless the
following conditions precedent have been satisfied:
(a) All representations and warranties made by any Restricted
Person in any Loan Document shall be true on and as of the date of such Loan or
the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit as if such representations and
warranties had been made as of the date of such Loan or the date of issuance of
such Letter of Credit except to the extent that such representation or warranty
was made as of a specific date or updated, modified or supplemented as of a
subsequent date with the consent of Majority Lenders.
(b) No Default shall exist at the date of such Loan or the date of
issuance of such Letter of Credit.
(c) (i) No Material Adverse Change shall have occurred, (ii) no
event or circumstance shall have occurred that would reasonably be expected to
cause a Material Adverse Change, (iii) no material adverse change shall have
occurred in the consolidated financial condition, business, operations, assets
or prospects of the Master Partnership and (iv) no event or circumstance shall
have occurred that would reasonably be expected to cause a material adverse
change in the consolidated financial condition, business, operations, assets or
prospects of the Master Partnership, other than, in the case of clauses (iii)
and (iv), changes resulting solely from general, regional, industry-wide, or
economy-wide developments.
(d) Each Restricted Person shall have performed and complied with
all agreements and conditions required in the Loan Documents to be performed or
complied with by it on or prior to the date of such Loan or the date of issuance
of such Letter of Credit.
(e) The making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of
Credit shall not be prohibited by any Law and shall not subject any Lender or
any LC Issuer to any penalty or other onerous condition under or pursuant to any
such Law.
(f) Administrative Agent shall have received all documents and
instruments which Administrative Agent has then reasonably requested, in
addition to those described in Section 4.1 (including opinions of legal counsel
for Restricted Persons and Administrative Agent; corporate documents and
records; documents evidencing governmental authorizations, consents, approvals,
licenses and exemptions; and certificates of public officials and of officers
and representatives of Borrower and other Persons), as to (i) the accuracy and
validity of or compliance with all representations, warranties and covenants
made by any Restricted Person in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
(ii) the satisfaction of all conditions contained herein or therein, and (iii)
all other matters pertaining hereto and thereto. All such additional documents
and instruments shall be satisfactory to Administrative Agent in form, substance
and date.
ARTICLE V - Representations and Warranties
To confirm each Lender's understanding concerning Restricted Persons
and Restricted Persons' businesses, properties and obligations and to induce
each Lender to enter into this
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Agreement and to extend credit hereunder, Borrower represents and warrants to
each Lender that:
Section 5.1 No Default. No Restricted Person is in default in the
performance of any of the covenants and agreements contained in any Loan
Document. No event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes a Default.
Section 5.2 Organization and Good Standing. Each Restricted Person is
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its
jurisdiction of organization, having all powers required to carry on its
business and enter into and carry out the transactions contemplated hereby. Each
Restricted Person is duly qualified, in good standing, and authorized to do
business in all other jurisdictions wherein the character of the properties
owned or held by it or the nature of the business transacted by it makes such
qualification necessary except where the failure to so qualify has not had, and
could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.3 Authorization. Each Restricted Person has duly taken all
action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of the Loan
Documents to which it is a party and to authorize the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby and the performance of its obligations
thereunder. Borrower is duly authorized to borrow funds hereunder.
Section 5.4 No Conflicts or Consents. The execution and delivery by the
various Restricted Persons of the Loan Documents to which each is a party, the
performance by each of its obligations under such Loan Documents, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the various Loan Documents, do
not and will not (i) conflict with any provision of (1) any Law, (2) the
organizational documents of any Restricted Person or any of its Affiliates, or
(3) any agreement, judgment, license, order or permit applicable to or binding
upon any Restricted Person or any of its Affiliates, (ii) result in the
acceleration of any Indebtedness owed by any Restricted Person or any of its
Affiliates, or (iii) result in or require the creation of any Lien upon any
assets or properties of any Restricted Person or any of its Affiliates except as
expressly contemplated in the Loan Documents. Except as expressly contemplated
in the Loan Documents or disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule, no permit,
consent, approval, authorization or order of, and no notice to or filing,
registration or qualification with, any Tribunal or third party is required in
connection with the execution, delivery or performance by any Restricted Person
of any Loan Document or to consummate any transactions contemplated by the Loan
Documents. No Restricted Person is in breach of or in default under any
instrument, license or other agreement applicable to or binding upon such
Restricted Person, which breach or default has had, or could reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.5 Enforceable Obligations. This Agreement is, and the other
Loan Documents when duly executed and delivered will be, legal, valid and
binding obligations of each Restricted Person which is a party hereto or
thereto, enforceable in accordance with their terms except as such enforcement
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Laws of general application
relating to the enforcement of creditors' rights.
Section 5.6 Initial Financial Statements.
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(a) Borrower has heretofore delivered to each Lender true, correct
and complete copies of the Initial Financial Statements.
(b) The Initial Borrower Financial Statements fairly present
Borrower's Consolidated and consolidating financial position at the date thereof
and the Consolidated and consolidating results of Borrower's operations for the
periods thereof, and in the case of the annual Initial Borrower Financial
Statements, Consolidated cash flows for the period thereof. Since the date of
the annual Initial Borrower Financial Statements, no Material Adverse Change has
occurred, except as reflected in the quarterly Initial Borrower Financial
Statements or in the Disclosure Schedule. All Initial Borrower Financial
Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP.
(c) To the knowledge of Borrower, the Initial Master Partnership
Financial Statements fairly present Master Partnership's Consolidated and
consolidating financial position at the date thereof and the Consolidated and
consolidating results of Master Partnership's operations for the period thereof.
Since the date of the Initial Master Partnership Financial Statements, no
Material Adverse Change has occurred, except as reflected in the Disclosure
Schedule. To the knowledge of Borrower, all Initial Master Partnership Financial
Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP.
(d) All Initial Pro Forma Financial Statements of Borrower were
prepared in good faith in accordance with GAAP based upon assumptions specified
therein with such pro forma adjustments as have been specified therein. The
Initial Projections of Borrower were prepared in good faith based upon
assumptions specified therein with such pro forma adjustments as have been
accepted by Administrative Agent.
(e) To the knowledge of Borrower, all Initial Pro Forma Financial
Statements of Master Partnership were prepared in good faith in accordance with
GAAP based upon assumptions specified therein with such pro forma adjustments as
have been specified therein. To the knowledge of Borrower, the Initial
Projections of Master Partnership were prepared in good faith based upon
assumptions specified therein with such pro forma adjustments as have been
accepted by Administrative Agent.
Section 5.7 Other Obligations and Restrictions. No Restricted Person
has any outstanding Liabilities of any kind (including contingent obligations,
tax assessments, and unusual forward or long-term commitments) that exceed
$1,000,000 in the aggregate and not shown in the Initial Financial Statements,
disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or otherwise permitted under Section 7.1.
Each Restricted Person has paid all taxes, assessments, and other governmental
charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income, profits or property,
except to the extent that any of the foregoing is not yet due or is being in
good faith contested as permitted by Section 6.7.
Section 5.8 Full Disclosure. No written certificate, statement or other
information delivered herewith or heretofore by any Restricted Person to any
Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or in connection
with any transaction contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements contained herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they
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were made, not misleading as of the date made or deemed made. All written
information furnished after the date hereof by or on behalf of any Restricted
Person to Administrative Agent or any Lender Party in connection with this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby will be true, complete and accurate in every material respect in
light of the circumstances in which made, or based on reasonable estimates on
the date as of which such information is stated or certified. There is no fact
known to any Restricted Person that has not been disclosed to each Lender in
writing which could cause a Material Adverse Change.
Section 5.9 Litigation. Except as disclosed in the Initial Financial
Statements or in the Disclosure Schedule and except for matters that could not
reasonably be expected to exceed $1,000,000 (net of insurance) in the aggregate:
(i) there are no actions, suits or legal, equitable, arbitrative or
administrative proceedings pending, or to the knowledge of any Restricted Person
threatened, against any Restricted Person or affecting any Collateral
(including, without limitation, any which challenge or otherwise pertain to any
Restricted Person's title to any Collateral) before any Tribunal, and (ii) there
are no outstanding judgments, injunctions, writs, rulings or orders by any such
Tribunal against any Restricted Person or any Restricted Person's stockholders,
partners, directors or officers or affecting any Collateral.
Section 5.10 Labor Disputes and Acts of God. Except as disclosed in the
Disclosure Schedule, neither the business nor the properties of any Restricted
Person has been affected by any fire, explosion, accident, strike, lockout or
other labor dispute, drought, storm, hail, earthquake, embargo, act of God or of
the public enemy or other casualty (whether or not covered by insurance), which
has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.11 ERISA Plans and Liabilities. All currently existing ERISA
Plans are listed in the Disclosure Schedule. Except as disclosed in the Initial
Financial Statements or in the Disclosure Schedule, no Termination Event has
occurred with respect to any ERISA Plan and all ERISA Affiliates are in
compliance with ERISA in all material respects. No ERISA Affiliate is required
to contribute to, or has any other absolute or contingent liability in respect
of, any "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA. Except as set
forth in the Disclosure Schedule: (i) no "accumulated funding deficiency" (as
defined in Section 412(a) of the Code exists with respect to any ERISA Plan,
whether or not waived by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate, and (ii)
the current value of each ERISA Plan's benefits does not exceed the current
value of such ERISA Plan's assets available for the payment of such benefits by
more than $500,000.
Section 5.12 Compliance with Laws. Except as set forth in the
Disclosure Schedule, each Restricted Person has all permits, licenses and
authorizations required in connection with the conduct of its businesses, except
to the extent failure to have any such permit, license or authorization has not
had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each Restricted Person is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all
such permits, licenses and authorizations, and is also in compliance with all
other limitations, restrictions, conditions, standards, prohibitions,
requirements, obligations, schedules and timetables contained in any Law or in
any regulation, code, plan, order, decree, judgment,
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injunction, notice or demand letter issued, entered, promulgated or approved
thereunder, except to the extent failure to comply has not had, and could not
reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the
foregoing, each Restricted Person (i) has filed and maintained all tariffs
applicable to its business with each applicable agency, (ii) and all such
tariffs are in compliance with all Laws administered or promulgated by each
applicable agency and (iii) has imposed charges on its customers in compliance
with such tariffs, all contracts applicable to its business and all applicable
Laws. As used herein, "agency" includes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
and each other US federal, state, or local governmental department, commission,
board, bureau, agency or instrumentality having jurisdiction over any Restricted
Person or its properties.
Section 5.13 Environmental Laws. Without limiting the provisions of
Section 5.12 and except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule:
(a) No notice, notification, demand, request for information,
citation, summons or order has been issued, no complaint has been filed, no
penalty has been assessed, and, to Borrower's knowledge, no investigation or
review is pending or threatened by any Tribunal or any other Person with respect
to any of the following which in the aggregate has had, or could reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect (i) any alleged generation,
treatment, storage, recycling, transportation, disposal, or Release of any
Hazardous Materials, either by any Restricted Person or on any property owned by
any Restricted Person, (ii) any remedial action which might be needed to respond
to any such alleged generation, treatment, storage, recycling, transportation,
disposal, or Release, or (iii) any alleged failure by any Restricted Person to
have any permit, license or authorization required in connection with the
conduct of its business or with respect to any such generation, treatment,
storage, recycling, transportation, disposal, or Release.
(b) No Restricted Person otherwise has any known material
contingent liability in connection with any alleged generation, treatment,
storage, recycling, transportation, disposal, or Release of any Hazardous
Materials.
(c) No Restricted Person has handled any Hazardous Materials,
other than as a generator, on any properties now or previously owned or leased
by any Restricted Person to an extent that such handling has had, or could
reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Except to the extent that the following in the aggregate has
not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect:
(i) no PCBs are or have been present at any properties
now or previously owned or leased by any Restricted
Person;
(ii) no asbestos is or has been present at any properties
now or previously owned or leased by any Restricted
Person;
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(iii)there are no underground storage tanks for Hazardous
Materials, active or abandoned, at any properties now
or previously owned or leased by any Restricted Person;
and
(iv) no Hazardous Materials have been Released at, on or
under any properties now or previously owned or leased
by any Restricted Person.
(e) No Restricted Person has transported or arranged for the
transportation of any Hazardous Material to any location which is listed on the
National Priorities List under CERCLA, any location listed for possible
inclusion on the National Priorities List by the Environmental Protection Agency
in CERCLIS, nor, except to the extent that has not had, and could not reasonably
be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, any location listed on any
similar state list or which is the subject of federal, state or local
enforcement actions or other investigations which may lead to claims against any
Restricted Person for clean-up costs, remedial work, damages to natural
resources or for personal injury claims, including, but not limited to, claims
under CERCLA.
(f) No property now or previously owned or leased by any
Restricted Person is listed or proposed for listing on the National Priority
list promulgated pursuant to CERCLA, in CERCLIS, nor, except to the extent that
has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect, on any similar state list of sites requiring investigation or clean-up.
(g) There are no Liens arising under or pursuant to any
Environmental Laws on any of the real properties or properties owned or leased
by any Restricted Person, and no government actions of which Borrower is aware
have been taken or are in process which could subject any of such properties to
such Liens; nor to the knowledge of Borrower, is any Restricted Person required
to place any notice or restriction relating to the presence of Hazardous
Materials at any properties owned by such Restricted Person in any deed to such
properties.
(h) There have been no environmental investigations, studies,
audits, tests, reviews or other analyses for ground water or soil contamination
relating to the Release of Hazardous Materials conducted by or which are in the
possession of any Restricted Person in relation to any properties or facility
now or previously owned or leased by any Restricted Person which have not been
made available to Administrative Agent.
(i) All Restricted Persons are conducting their businesses in
material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and have and are in
compliance with all licenses and permits required under any such Laws, unless
failure to so comply has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have,
a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) none of the operations or properties of Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries is the subject of federal, or local investigation
evaluating whether any material remedial action is needed to respond to a
release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or to the improper
storage or disposal (including storage or disposal at offsite locations) of any
Hazardous Materials, unless such remedial action has not had, and could not
reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) no
Restricted Person has filed any notice under any Law indicating that any such
Person is
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responsible for the improper release into the environment, or the improper
storage or disposal, of any material amount of any Hazardous Materials or that
any Hazardous Materials have been improperly released, or are improperly stored
or disposed of, upon any property of any such Person, unless such failure so to
comply has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material
Adverse Effect.
Section 5.14 Names and Places of Business. No Restricted Person has,
during the preceding five years, had, been known by, or used any other trade or
fictitious name, except as disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule. Except as
otherwise indicated in the Disclosure Schedule, the chief executive office and
principal place of business of each Restricted Person are (and for the preceding
five years have been) located at the address of Borrower set out in Section
10.3. Except as indicated in the Disclosure Schedule or otherwise disclosed in
writing to Administrative Agent, no Restricted Person has any other office or
place of business.
Section 5.15 Borrower's Subsidiaries. Borrower does not presently have
any Subsidiary or own any stock in any other corporation or association except
those listed in the Disclosure Schedule or disclosed to Administrative Agent in
writing. Neither Borrower nor any Restricted Person is a member of any general
or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or association
of any type whatsoever except those listed in the Disclosure Schedule or
disclosed to Administrative Agent in writing. Borrower owns, directly or
indirectly, the equity membership or partnership interest in each of its
Subsidiaries which is indicated in the Disclosure Schedule or as disclosed to
Administrative Agent in writing.
Section 5.16 Title to Properties; Licenses. Each Restricted Person has
good and defensible title to all of its material properties and assets, free and
clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens and of all impediments to the use
of such properties and assets in such Restricted Person's business. Each
Restricted Person possesses all licenses, permits, franchises, patents,
copyrights, trademarks and trade names, and other intellectual property (or
otherwise possesses the right to use such intellectual property without
violation of the rights of any other Person) which are necessary to carry out
its business as presently conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted
hereafter, and no Restricted Person is in violation in any material respect of
the terms under which it possesses such intellectual property or the right to
use such intellectual property unless such failure or violation has not had, and
could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.17 Government Regulation. Neither Borrower nor any other
Restricted Person owing Obligations is subject to regulation under the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act, the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (as any of the preceding acts have been amended) or any
other Law which regulates the incurring by such Person of Indebtedness,
including Laws relating to common contract carriers or the sale of electricity,
gas, steam, water or other public utility services.
Section 5.18 Insider. No Restricted Person, nor any Person having
"control" (as that term is defined in 12 U.S.C. Section 375b(9) or in
regulations promulgated pursuant thereto) of any Restricted Person, is a
"director" or an "executive officer" or "principal shareholder" (as those terms
are defined in 12 U.S.C. Section 375b(8) or (9) or in regulations promulgated
pursuant thereto)
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of any Lender, of a bank holding company of which any Lender is a Subsidiary or
of any Subsidiary of a bank holding company of which any Lender is a Subsidiary.
Section 5.19 Solvency. Upon giving effect to the issuance of the Notes,
the execution of the Loan Documents by Borrower and each Guarantor and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, (i) Borrower and each
Guarantor will be solvent (as such term is used in applicable bankruptcy,
liquidation, receivership, insolvency or similar Laws), and the sum of
Borrower's and each Guarantor's absolute and contingent liabilities, including
the Obligations or guarantees thereof, shall not exceed the fair market value of
such Restricted Person's assets, and (ii) Borrower's and each Guarantor's
capital should be adequate for the businesses in which such Restricted Person is
engaged and intends to be engaged. Neither Borrower nor any Restricted Person
has incurred (whether under the Loan Documents or otherwise), nor does any
Restricted Person intend to incur or believe that it will incur, debts which
will be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature.
Section 5.20 Credit Arrangements. Except as set forth on the Disclosure
Schedule, neither Master Partnership nor any of its Subsidiaries (other than any
Restricted Person) (for purposes of this Section, the "related party") is party
to or subject to any credit agreement, loan agreement, indenture, purchase
agreement, guaranty or other arrangement providing for or otherwise relating to
any Indebtedness or any extension of credit (or commitment for any extension of
credit) that requires, by a covenant of such related party or otherwise, such
related party to limit or restrict any action of any Restricted Person or that
obligates such related party to cause any Restricted Person to take any action
(other than (i) limitations or restrictions on transactions or dealings between
any related party or any Restricted Person, and (ii) provisions of the type
contained in the Heritage Note Purchase Agreements as in effect on the date of
this Agreement).
Section 5.21 Consummation of Transaction. The Transactions have been
consummated in accordance with the Transaction Documents.
ARTICLE VI - Affirmative Covenants
To conform with the terms and conditions under which each Lender is
willing to have credit outstanding to Borrower, and to induce each Lender to
enter into this Agreement and extend credit hereunder, Borrower covenants and
agrees that until the full and final payment of the Obligations and the
termination of this Agreement, unless Majority Lenders, or all Lenders as
required under Section 10.1, have previously agreed otherwise:
Section 6.1 Payment and Performance. Each Restricted Person will pay
all amounts due under the Loan Documents, to which it is a party, in accordance
with the terms thereof and will observe, perform and comply with every covenant,
term and condition expressed in the Loan Documents to which it is a party.
Section 6.2 Books, Financial Statements and Reports. Each Restricted
Person will at all times maintain full and accurate books of account and
records. Borrower will maintain and will cause its Subsidiaries to maintain a
standard system of accounting, will maintain its Fiscal
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Year, and will furnish the following statements and reports to each Lender at
Borrower's expense:
(a) As soon as available, and in any event within ninety-five (95)
days after (i) August 31, 2004 and (ii) the end of each Fiscal Year thereafter,
(A) complete Consolidated financial statements of Borrower together with all
notes thereto, prepared in reasonable detail in accordance with GAAP, together
with an unqualified opinion, based on an audit using generally accepted auditing
standards, by KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, or other independent certified public
accountants selected by General Partner and acceptable to Administrative Agent,
stating that such Consolidated financial statements have been so prepared and
(B) supporting unaudited consolidating balance sheets, consolidating statements
of income and cash flows and consolidating statement of partners' capital (or
stockholders' equity, as applicable) of each other Restricted Person. These
financial statements shall contain a Consolidated and consolidating balance
sheet as of the end of such Fiscal Year and Consolidated and consolidating
statements of earnings for such Fiscal Year. Such Consolidated financial
statements shall set forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the
preceding Fiscal Year (or comparable period). In addition, at the time of
delivery of such statements, Borrower will furnish a certificate signed by such
accountants (A) stating that they have read this Agreement, (B) confirming the
calculations made by Borrower showing compliance (or non-compliance) at the end
of such Fiscal Year with the requirements of Section 7.14, and (C) further
stating that in making their examination and reporting on the Consolidated
financial statements described above they obtained no knowledge of any Default
existing at the end of such Fiscal Year, or, if they did so conclude that a
Default existed, specifying its nature and period of existence.
(b) As soon as available, and in any event no later than January
30, 2004 with respect to the Fiscal Quarter ended on November 30, 2003, and
within fifty (50) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter thereafter, (i)
Borrower's Consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and
Borrower's Consolidated statements of income, partners' capital and cash flows
for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then
current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, and (ii) supporting
consolidating balance sheets and statements of income of each other Restricted
Person, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject
to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments. Such Consolidated
financial statements shall set forth in comparative form the corresponding
figures for the preceding Fiscal Year. In addition Borrower will, together with
each such set of financial statements and each set of financial statements
furnished under subsection (a) of this section, furnish a certificate in the
form of Exhibit F, signed on behalf of Borrower by the chief financial officer,
principal accounting officer or treasurer of General Partner, stating that such
financial statements are accurate and complete in all material respects
(subject, in the case of Fiscal Quarter-end statements, to normal year-end
adjustments), stating that he has reviewed the Loan Documents, containing
calculations showing compliance (or non-compliance) at the end of such Fiscal
Quarter with the requirements of Section 7.14, and stating that no Default
exists at the end of such Fiscal Quarter or at the time of such certificate or
specifying the nature and period of existence of any such Default.
(c) As soon as practical and in any event within ninety five (95)
days after the end of each Fiscal Year, (i) complete Consolidated financial
statements of Master Partnership, together
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with all notes thereto, setting forth in each case, in comparative form,
corresponding Consolidated figures from the preceding annual audit, all in
reasonable detail supported by Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, or other independent public
accountants of recognized national standing selected by Master Partnership,
whose report shall be without limitation as to the scope of the audit (provided
that such report shall not include within the scope of the audit the
consolidating statements required by clause (ii)); provided however, that at any
time when Master Partnership shall be subject to the reporting requirements of
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, delivery within the time period
specified above of copies of the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Master
Partnership for such Fiscal Year prepared in compliance with the requirements
therefor and filed with the Commission shall be deemed to satisfy the
requirements of this clause (c)(i), and (ii) if requested by Administrative
Agent, consolidating balance sheets, statements of income and cash flows and a
consolidating statement of partners' capital (or stockholders' equity, as
applicable) of Master Partnership and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year,
setting forth, in each case, in comparative form, figures for the preceding
Fiscal Year, certified by an authorized financial officer of Master Partnership
as presenting fairly, in all material respects, the information contained
therein, in accordance with GAAP (except for the absence of footnotes).
(d) As soon as practical and in any event within fifty (50) days
after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, (i) Master Partnership's Consolidated
balance sheet as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and Master Partnership's
Consolidated statements of income, partners' capital and cash flows for such
Fiscal Quarter for the period from the beginning of the current Fiscal Year to
the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case, in comparative form,
figures for the corresponding period in the preceding Fiscal Year, all in
reasonable detail and satisfactory in form to Administrative Agent and certified
by an authorized financial officer of Master Partnership as presenting fairly,
in all material respects, the information contained therein (except for the
absence of footnotes and subject to changes resulting from normal year-end
adjustments), in accordance with GAAP; provided however, that at any time when
Master Partnership shall be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, delivery within the time period specified above of
copies of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Master Partnership for such
Fiscal Quarter prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and filed
with the Commission shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this clause
(d)(i), and (ii) if requested by Administrative Agent, consolidating balance
sheets and statements of income of Master Partnership and its Subsidiaries for
such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case, in comparative form, figures
for the corresponding period in the preceding Fiscal Year, all in reasonable
detail and satisfactory in form to Administrative Agent and certified by an
authorized financial officer of Master Partnership as presenting fairly, in all
material respects, the information contained therein (except for the absence of
footnotes and subject to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments), in
accordance with GAAP.
(e) As soon as available, and in any event within one hundred
twenty (120) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, a business and financial
plan for Borrower (in form reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent),
prepared or caused to be prepared by a senior financial officer thereof, setting
forth for the first year thereof, quarterly financial projections and budgets
for Borrower, and thereafter yearly financial projections during the Commitment
Period.
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(f) As soon as available, and in any event within thirty (30) days
after the end of each Fiscal Year, an environmental compliance certificate
signed by the president or chief executive officer of General Partner in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit H. Further, if requested by Administrative
Agent, Restricted Persons shall permit and cooperate with an environmental and
safety review made in connection with the operations of Restricted Persons'
properties one time during each Fiscal Year, by consultants selected by
Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to Borrower, which review shall,
if requested by Administrative Agent, be arranged and supervised by
environmental legal counsel for Administrative Agent, and the reasonable cost
and expense of such consultant shall be paid by Borrower. The consultant shall
render a verbal or written report, as specified by Administrative Agent, based
upon such review at Restricted Persons' cost and expense and, if in writing, a
copy thereof will be provided to Restricted Persons.
(g) Concurrently with the annual renewal of Restricted Persons'
insurance policies, Restricted Persons shall at their own cost and expense, if
requested by Administrative Agent in writing, cause a certificate or report to
be issued by Administrative Agent's professional insurance consultants or other
insurance consultants satisfactory to Administrative Agent certifying that
Restricted Persons' insurance for the next succeeding year after such renewal
(or for such longer period for which such insurance is in effect) complies with
the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents.
(h) By 10:00 a.m., Boston Massachusetts time, the first Monday of
each Fiscal Quarter, a report on a xxxx to market basis of all Hedging Contracts
in respect of commodities or purchase, sale or other contracts related to
commodities that are not priced on an index that eliminates price risk as of the
close of business on the previous Friday, and together with such report a
complete list of all net realized losses on any contracts of that type for the
prior twelve months in form satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
(i) As soon as available, and in any event no later than the time
of delivery of the financial statements under Section 6.2(b), a report setting
forth volumes, prices and margins for all marketing, gathering and processing
activities of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in form satisfactory to
Administrative Agent.
(j) As soon as available, and in any event no later than the time
of delivery of the financial statements under Section 6.2(b), reports of
commodity price-risk mitigation activities (which shall include all Lender
Hedging Obligation positions), plant operating statements, capital expenditures,
and other acquisitions and divestitures of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in
form satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
Section 6.3 Other Information and Inspections. Each Restricted Person
will furnish to each Lender any information which Administrative Agent or any
Lender may from time to time reasonably request concerning any covenant,
provision or condition of the Loan Documents or any matter in connection with
Restricted Persons' businesses and operations. Each Restricted Person will
permit representatives appointed by Administrative Agent (including independent
accountants, auditors, agents, attorneys, appraisers and any other Persons) to
visit and inspect during normal business hours any of such Restricted Person's
property, including its books of
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account, other books and records, and any facilities or other business assets,
and to make extra copies therefrom and photocopies and photographs thereof, and
to write down and record any information such representatives obtain, and each
Restricted Person shall permit Administrative Agent or its representatives to
investigate and verify the accuracy of the information furnished to
Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the Loan Documents and to
discuss all such matters with its officers, employees and, upon prior notice to
Borrower, its representatives. Without limitation of the foregoing, within
ninety (90) days after the Closing Date and on each anniversary of the Closing
Date, and in addition once during each Fiscal Year, if requested by
Administrative Agent at the instruction of Majority Lenders, Borrower shall
permit commercial financial examiners appointed by Administrative Agent to
conduct a commercial finance examination of the business and assets of
Restricted Persons and in connection with such examination to have full access
to and the right to examine, audit, make abstracts and copies from, and inspect
Restricted Persons' records, files, books of account and all other documents,
instruments and agreements to which a Restricted Person is a party. Borrower
shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses of Administrative Agent associated
with any such examination.
Section 6.4 Notice of Material Events and Change of Address. Each
Restricted Person will notify each Lender Party, not later than five (5)
Business Days after any executive officer of Restricted Persons has knowledge
thereof, stating that such notice is being given pursuant to this Agreement, of:
(a) the occurrence of any Material Adverse Change,
(b) the occurrence of any Default,
(c) the acceleration of the maturity of any Indebtedness owed by
any Restricted Person or of any default by any Restricted Person under any
indenture, mortgage, agreement, contract or other instrument to which any of
them is a party or by which any of them or any of their properties is bound, if
such acceleration or default could cause a Material Adverse Change,
(d) the occurrence of any Termination Event,
(e) Under any Environmental Law, any claim of $1,000,000 or more,
any notice of potential liability which might reasonably be expected to exceed
such amount, or any other material adverse claim asserted against any Restricted
Person or with respect to any Restricted Person's properties taken as a whole,
(f) the filing of any suit or proceeding, or the assertion in
writing of a claim against any Restricted Person or with respect to any
Restricted Person's properties in which an adverse decision could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and
(g) the occurrence of any event of default by Master Partnership
or any of its Subsidiaries in the payment or performance of (i) any material
obligations such Person is required to pay or perform under the terms of any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, lease, and franchise, or
other agreement, contract or other instrument or obligation to which it is a
party or by which it or any of its properties is bound, to the extent such
default or event of default could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect in the
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consolidated financial condition, business, operations, assets or prospects of
the Master Partnership, or (ii) any Indebtedness.
Upon the occurrence of any of the foregoing (other than with respect to Master
Partnership and its Subsidiaries (other than Restricted Persons)), Restricted
Persons will take all necessary or appropriate steps to remedy promptly any such
Material Adverse Effect, Default, acceleration, default, or Termination Event,
to protect against any such adverse claim, to defend any such suit or
proceeding, and to resolve all controversies on account of any of the foregoing.
Restricted Persons will also notify Administrative Agent and Administrative
Agent's counsel in writing at least twenty Business Days prior to the date that
any Restricted Person changes its name or its location under the Uniform
Commercial Code, furnishing with such notice any necessary financing statement
amendments or requesting Administrative Agent and its counsel to prepare the
same.
Section 6.5 Maintenance of Properties. Each Restricted Person will
maintain, preserve, protect, and keep all Collateral and all other property used
or useful in the conduct of its business in good condition (ordinary wear and
tear excepted) and in compliance with all applicable Laws, and will from time to
time make all repairs, renewals and replacements needed to enable the business
and operations carried on in connection therewith to be promptly and
advantageously conducted at all times.
Section 6.6 Maintenance of Existence and Qualifications. Each
Restricted Person will maintain and preserve its existence and its rights and
franchises in full force and effect and will qualify to do business in all
states or jurisdictions where required by applicable Law, except where the
failure so to qualify has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have,
a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.7 Payment of Trade Liabilities, Taxes, etc. Each Restricted
Person will (a) timely file all required tax returns including any extensions;
(b) timely pay all taxes, assessments, and other governmental charges or levies
imposed upon it or upon its income, profits or property; (c) except with respect
to purchases of Hydrocarbon Inventory, within one hundred twenty (120) days
after the date such goods are delivered or such services are rendered, pay all
Liabilities owed by it on ordinary trade terms to vendors, suppliers and other
Persons providing goods and services used by it in the ordinary course of its
business; (d) pay all Liabilities owed by it to sellers of Hydrocarbon Inventory
on or before the thirty-fifth (35th) day following the last day of the month in
which such Hydrocarbon Inventory was delivered or, if later, the due date for
such Liability that may be specified in the purchase agreement for such
Hydrocarbon Inventory (provided such amounts that are customarily paid following
the submission of invoices have been properly invoiced to such Restricted Person
for at least twenty-five (25) days), (e) pay and discharge when due all other
Liabilities now or hereafter owed by it, other than royalty payments suspended
in the ordinary course of business; and (f) maintain appropriate accruals and
reserves for all of the foregoing in accordance with GAAP. Each Restricted
Person may, however, delay paying or discharging any of the foregoing so long as
it is in good faith contesting the validity thereof (or the amount thereof that
remains unpaid) by appropriate proceedings, if necessary, and has set aside on
its books adequate cash reserves therefor in amounts that are required by GAAP.
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Section 6.8 Insurance. Each Restricted Person shall at all times
maintain insurance for its property in accordance with the Insurance Schedule
which insurance shall be by financially sound and reputable insurers. Each
Restricted Person will maintain any additional insurance coverage as described
in the respective Security Documents. Upon demand by Administrative Agent any
insurance policies covering Collateral shall be endorsed (a) to provide for
payment of losses to Administrative Agent as its interests may appear, (b) to
provide that such policies may not be canceled or reduced or affected in any
material manner for any reason without fifteen days prior notice to
Administrative Agent, and (c) to provide for any other matters specified in any
applicable Security Document or which Administrative Agent may reasonably
require. Each Restricted Person shall at all times maintain insurance against
its liability for injury to persons or property in accordance with the Insurance
Schedule, which insurance shall be by financially sound and reputable insurers.
Without limiting the foregoing, each Restricted Person shall at all time
maintain liability insurance in accordance with the Insurance Schedule.
Section 6.9 Performance on Borrower's Behalf. If any Restricted Person
fails to pay any taxes, insurance premiums, expenses, attorneys' fees or other
amounts it is required to pay under any Loan Document, Administrative Agent may
pay the same after notice of such payment by Administrative Agent is given to
Borrower. Borrower shall immediately reimburse Administrative Agent for any such
payments and each amount paid by Administrative Agent shall constitute an
Obligation owed hereunder which is due and payable on the date such amount is
paid by Administrative Agent.
Section 6.10 Interest. Borrower hereby promises to each Lender to pay
interest at the Default Rate on all Obligations (including Obligations to pay
fees or to reimburse or indemnify any Lender) which Borrower has in this
Agreement promised to pay to such Lender and which are not paid when due. Such
interest shall accrue from the date such Obligations become due until they are
paid.
Section 6.11 Compliance with Agreements and Law. Each Restricted Person
will perform all material obligations it is required to perform under the terms
of each indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, lease, and
franchise, and each agreement, contract or other instrument or obligation to
which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound. Each
Restricted Person will conduct its business and affairs in compliance with all
Laws applicable thereto and will maintain in good standing all licenses that may
be necessary or appropriate to carry on its business, except for failures so to
comply that have not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.12 Environmental Matters; Environmental Reviews.
(a) Each Restricted Person will comply in all material respects
with all Environmental Laws now or hereafter applicable to such Restricted
Person as well as all contractual obligations and agreements with respect to
environmental remediation or other environmental matters and shall obtain, at or
prior to the time required by applicable Environmental Laws, all environmental,
health and safety permits, licenses and other authorizations necessary for its
operations and will maintain such authorizations in full force and effect.
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(b) Each Restricted Person will promptly furnish to Administrative
Agent all written notices of violation, orders, claims, citations, complaints,
penalty assessments, suits or other proceedings received by any Restricted
Person or General Partner, or of which it has notice, pending or threatened
against any Restricted Person, the potential liability of which exceeds or might
reasonably be expected to exceed $1,000,000 or could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect if resolved adversely against any Restricted
Person, by any governmental authority with respect to any alleged violation of
or non-compliance with any Environmental Laws or any permits, licenses or
authorizations in connection with its ownership or use of its properties or the
operation of its business.
(c) Each Restricted Person will promptly furnish to Administrative
Agent all requests for information, notices of claim, demand letters, and other
notifications, received by any Restricted Person or General Partner in
connection with its ownership or use of its properties or the conduct of its
business, relating to potential responsibility with respect to any investigation
or clean-up of Hazardous Material at any location, the potential liability of
which exceeds or might reasonably be expected to exceed $1,000,000 or could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect if resolved adversely
against any Restricted Person.
Section 6.13 Evidence of Compliance. Each Restricted Person will
furnish to each Lender at such Restricted Person's expense all evidence which
Administrative Agent from time to time reasonably requests in writing as to the
accuracy and validity of or compliance with all representations, warranties and
covenants made by any Restricted Person in the Loan Documents, the satisfaction
of all conditions contained therein, and all other matters pertaining thereto.
Section 6.14 Agreement to Deliver Security Documents. Restricted
Persons will deliver to further secure the Obligations and any Lender Hedging
Obligations whenever requested by Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute
discretion, deeds of trust, mortgages, chattel mortgages, security agreements,
financing statements and other Security Documents in form and substance
satisfactory to Administrative Agent for the purpose of granting, confirming,
and perfecting first and prior liens or security interests in any real or
personal property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Restricted Person.
Section 6.15 Perfection and Protection of Security Interests and Liens.
Each Restricted Person will from time to time deliver to Administrative Agent
any financing statements, continuation statements, extension agreements and
other documents, properly completed and executed (and acknowledged when
required) by Restricted Persons in form and substance satisfactory to
Administrative Agent, which Administrative Agent requests for the purpose of
perfecting, confirming, or protecting any Liens or other rights in Collateral
securing any Obligations.
Section 6.16 Bank Accounts; Offset. To secure the repayment of the
Obligations, each Restricted Person hereby grants to each Lender a security
interest, a lien, and a right of offset, each of which shall be in addition to
all other interests, liens, and rights of any Lender at common Law, under the
Loan Documents, or otherwise, and each of which shall be upon and against (a)
any and all moneys, securities or other property (and the proceeds therefrom) of
such
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Restricted Person now or hereafter held or received by or in transit to any
Lender from or for the account of such Restricted Person, whether for
safekeeping, custody, pledge, transmission, collection or otherwise, (b) any and
all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) of such
Restricted Person with any Lender, and (c) any other credits and claims of such
Restricted Person at any time existing against any Lender, including claims
under certificates of deposit. At any time and from time to time during the
continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender is hereby authorized to
foreclose upon, or to offset against the Obligations then due and payable (in
either case without notice to any Restricted Person), any and all items herein
above referred to. The remedies of foreclosure and offset are separate and
cumulative, and either may be exercised independently of the other without
regard to procedures or restrictions applicable to the other.
Section 6.17 Guaranties of Subsidiaries. Each Subsidiary of Borrower
now existing or created, acquired or coming into existence after the date hereof
shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an absolute and unconditional
guaranty of the timely repayment of the Obligations and the due and punctual
performance of the obligations of Borrower hereunder, which guaranty shall be
satisfactory to Administrative Agent in form and substance. Each Subsidiary of
Borrower existing on the date hereof shall duly execute and deliver such a
guaranty prior to the making of any Loan hereunder. Borrower will cause each of
its Subsidiaries to deliver to Administrative Agent, simultaneously with its
delivery of such a guaranty, written evidence satisfactory to Administrative
Agent and its counsel that such Subsidiary has taken all corporate, limited
liability company or partnership action necessary to duly approve and authorize
its execution, delivery and performance of such guaranty and any other documents
which it is required to execute.
Section 6.18 Compliance with Agreements. Each Restricted Person shall
observe, perform or comply with any agreement with any Person or any term or
condition of any instrument, if such agreement or instrument is materially
significant to such Restricted Person or to Restricted Persons on a Consolidated
basis or materially significant to any Guarantor, unless any such failure to so
observe, perform or comply is remedied within the applicable period of grace (if
any) provided in such agreement or instrument.
Section 6.19 Rents. By the terms of the various Security Documents,
certain Restricted Persons are and will be assigning to Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of Lender Parties, all of the "Rents" (as defined therein)
accruing to the property covered thereby. Notwithstanding any such assignments,
so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, (i) such Restricted
Persons may continue to receive and collect from the payors of such Rents all
such Rents, subject, however, to the Liens created under the Security Documents,
which Liens are hereby affirmed and ratified, and free and clear of such Liens,
use the proceeds of the Rents, and (ii) Administrative Agent will not notify the
obligors of such Rents or take any other action to cause proceeds thereof to be
remitted to Administrative Agent. Upon the occurrence of a Default,
Administrative Agent may exercise all rights and remedies granted under the
Security Documents, including the right to obtain possession of all Rents then
held by such Restricted Persons or to receive directly from the payors of such
Rents all other Rents until such time as such Default is no longer continuing.
If Administrative Agent shall receive any Rent proceeds from any payor at any
time other than during the continuance of a Default, then it shall notify
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Borrower thereof and (i) upon request and pursuant to the instructions of
Borrower, it shall, if no Default is then continuing, remit such proceeds to the
Borrower and (ii) at the request and expense of Borrower, execute and deliver a
letter to such payors confirming Restricted Persons' right to receive and
collect Rents until otherwise notified by Administrative Agent. In no case shall
any failure, whether purposed or inadvertent, by Administrative Agent to collect
directly any such Rents constitute in any way a waiver, remission or release of
any of its rights under the Security Documents, nor shall any release of any
Rents by Administrative Agent to such Restricted Persons constitute a waiver,
remission, or release of any other Rents or of any rights of Administrative
Agent to collect other Rents thereafter.
Section 6.20 Operating Practices. Each Restricted Person shall operate
its business in a manner that is consistent with the policies and procedures
approved by the board of directors of General Partner and in effect on, and
delivered to Administrative Agent and Lenders prior to, the date hereof, and
revisions thereto referred to in the following sentence. Borrower shall review
such policies and procedures at least annually, and shall promptly recommend to
the board of directors of General Partner such revisions to such policies and
procedures as may be recommended by Restricted Persons' or, upon consultation
with Borrower and its consultants and at the request of Administrative Agent,
Administrative Agent's third party consultants, to remedy deficiencies in
internal controls, and Borrower shall promptly provide a report to Lenders
regarding such policies and procedures, including such policies and procedures
which the board of directors of General Partner could adopt and has adopted.
Section 6.21 Regarding the Systems. Each Restricted Person will cause
to be maintained in full force and effect all easements, rights of way,
servitudes, leases, and other agreements necessary to the operations of the
Systems and will properly and timely pay all rents and other payments due under
the provisions thereof. No Restricted Person will permit any of the Systems to
be subject to any contractual or other arrangement for gathering, transporting,
storage or other services (except for contractual or other arrangements existing
on the date of this Agreement which represent not more than two percent (2%) of
the Consolidated annual revenue of Borrower) (i) whereby payment is or can be
deferred for a substantial period after the month in which performance occurred
or is or can be made other than in cash, (ii) which is not on a bona fide
arms-length basis and at commercial reasonable prices, on terms which are
customary in the industry, or (iii) for which prepayments have been received
other than prepayments for services to be performed and settled within 60 days
after the date of such prepayment in the ordinary course of business. No
Restricted Person will permit to exist any imbalances in respect to the Systems
except for those imbalances incurred in the ordinary course of business that are
settled within 60 days after the end of the month in which such imbalance
occurs. No Restricted Person will permit to exist curtailment of services in
connection with the Systems other than as required by applicable Laws or as a
result of events of force majeure. Restricted Persons will use reasonable
efforts to cure any events of force majeure. No Restricted Person will permit to
exist any contract in connection with the Systems for consideration or other
terms in contravention of applicable Laws and will not receive consideration
other than in accordance with applicable contracts and applicable Laws. Each
Restricted Person will cause all material equipment, improvements, fixtures and
other tangible personal property forming a part of the Systems to remain located
on the real property constituting part of the Systems except for (i) portions
thereof temporarily located elsewhere in the course of normal operations of the
Systems, (ii)
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temporary relocation of meters, treatment units, and other equipment at storage
locations and on terms acceptable to Administrative Agent, and (iii) sales or
disposals permitted by Section 7.5. Each Restricted Person will at all times
cause to be maintained all material governmental licenses and permits necessary
or appropriate to own and operate the Systems. No Restricted Person will permit
any Systems or any material part thereof to be leased to a third party, to cease
to operate (except as a result of customary events of force majeure) or to be
abandoned.
Section 6.22 Maintenance of Separateness.
(a) Borrower will, and will cause each other Restricted Person to:
(i) maintain books and records separate from those of any
other Person, including any of its partnership interest
holders or any Affiliate or Subsidiary;
(ii) maintain its assets in such a manner that it is not more
costly or difficult to segregate, identify or ascertain such
assets; and
(iii) observe all organizational formalities.
(b) Borrower and the other Restricted Persons, collectively, will:
(i) hold themselves out to creditors and the public as
separate and distinct from any other Person, including General
Partner, Master Partnership and their Subsidiaries (other than
Restricted Persons);
(ii) conduct their business in their respective names or in
business names or trade names of the Borrower, and use
stationary, invoices and checks separate from those of General
Partner, Master Partnership and their Subsidiaries (other than
Restricted Persons); and
(iii) not assume, guarantee or pay the debts or obligations of
or hold themselves out as being available to satisfy the
obligations of any other Person, including General Partner,
Master Partnership and their Subsidiaries (other than
Restricted Persons), except as is expressly permitted by the
terms of this Agreement.
(c) To the extent that Borrower or any other Restricted Person
shares the same officers or other employees as any of its Affiliates (other than
another Restricted Person), the salaries of and expenses relating to providing
benefits to such officers and employees shall be fairly allocated among such
entities, and each such entity shall bear its fair share of the salary and
benefit costs associates with all such common officers and employees.
(d) To the extent that Borrower or any other Restricted Person
jointly contracts with any of its Affiliates (other than another Restricted
Person) to do business with vendors or service providers or to share overhead
expenses, the costs incurred in doing so shall be allocated fairly among such
entities and each such entity shall bear its fair share of such costs. To the
extent that Borrower or any other Restricted Person contracts or does business
with vendors or service providers where the goods and services are partially for
the benefit of an Affiliate (other than
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another Restricted Person), the costs incurred in doing so shall be fairly
allocated to or among such entities for whose benefit the goods and services are
provided, and each such entity shall bear its fair share of such costs.
(e) To the extent that Borrower or any other Restricted Person
have officers in the same location as any of its Affiliates, (other than another
Restricted Person), there shall be a fair and appropriate allocation of overhead
costs among them, and each such entity shall bear its fair share of such
expenses.
ARTICLE VII - Negative Covenants
To conform with the terms and conditions under which each Lender is
willing to have credit outstanding to Borrower, and to induce each Lender to
enter into this Agreement and make the Loans, Borrower covenants and agrees that
until the full and final payment of the Obligations and the termination of this
Agreement, unless Majority Lenders, or all Lenders as required under Section
10.1, have previously agreed otherwise:
Section 7.1 Indebtedness. No Restricted Person will in any manner owe
or be liable for Indebtedness except:
(a) the Obligations;
(b) Indebtedness of Borrower arising under Hedging Contracts
permitted under Section 7.3;
(c) Indebtedness of any Restricted Person owing to another
Restricted Person;
(d) guaranties by Borrower of trade payables of any of its
Subsidiaries incurred and paid in the ordinary course of business on ordinary
trade terms;
(e) Permitted Subordinated Debt;
(f) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other
financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against
insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, provided that such
Indebtedness is extinguished within 2 Business Days after its incurrence;
(g) Indebtedness owed to any Person providing workers'
compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property,
casualty or liability insurance to any Restricted Person in the ordinary course
of business, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such
Person;
(h) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds,
appeal bonds, surety bonds and similar obligations, in each case provided in the
ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety
and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business; and
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(i) other Indebtedness of Borrower not to exceed in the aggregate
principal amount of $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
Section 7.2 Limitation on Liens. No Restricted Person will create,
assume or permit to exist (i) any Lien upon any accounts, inventory, cash or
investment securities which constitute Collateral except (A) Permitted Inventory
Liens, (B) statutory Liens in respect of First Purchase Payables, (C) Liens
described in clauses (a), (c), (e) and (f) of clause (ii) below, and (D) any
other Liens expressly permitted to encumber such Collateral under any Security
Document covering such Collateral or (ii) any Lien upon any of the properties or
assets, other than such Collateral described in clause (i) above which it now
owns or hereafter acquires except the following (Liens, to the extent permitted
by this Section, herein called "Permitted Liens"):
(a) Liens created pursuant to this Agreement or the Security
Documents and Liens existing on the date of this Agreement and listed in the
Disclosure Schedule.
(b) Liens imposed by any governmental authority for taxes,
assessments or charges not yet due or the validity of which is being contested
in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, if necessary, for which adequate
reserves are maintained on the books of any Restricted Person in accordance with
GAAP;
(c) pledges or deposits of cash or securities under worker's
compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security legislation;
(d) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's,
repairmen's, landlord's, or other like Liens (including, without limitation,
Liens on property of any Restricted Person in the possession of storage
facilities, pipelines or barges) arising in the ordinary course of business for
amounts which are not more than 60 days past due or the validity of which is
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, if necessary, and
for which adequate reserves are maintained on the books of any Restricted Person
in accordance with GAAP;
(e) Liens on cash margin collateral securing only Hedging
Contracts permitted under Section 7.3;
(f) deposits of cash or securities to secure the performance of
bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of
a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and encumbrances
consisting of zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, restrictions on the use
of real property or minor imperfections in title thereto which, in the
aggregate, are not material in amount, and which do not in any case materially
detract from the value of the property subject thereto or interfere with the
ordinary conduct of the business of any Restricted Person;
(h) Liens in respect of operating leases and Capital Leases
permitted under Section 7.1 covering only the property subject thereto;
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(i) rights reserved to or vested in any governmental authority by
the terms of any right, power, franchise, grant, license or permit, or by any
provision of law, to revoke or terminate any such right, power, franchise,
grant, license or permit or to condemn or acquire by eminent domain or similar
process;
(j) rights reserved to or vested by Law in any governmental
authority to in any manner, control or regulate in any manner any of the
properties of any Restricted Person or the use thereof or the rights and
interests of any Restricted Person therein, in any manner under any and all
Laws;
(k) rights reserved to the grantors of any properties of any
Restricted Person, and the restrictions, conditions, restrictive covenants and
limitations, in respect thereto, pursuant to the terms, conditions and
provisions of any rights-of-way agreements, contracts or other agreements
therewith;
(l) inchoate Liens in respect of pending litigation or with
respect to a judgment which has not resulted in an Event of Default under
Section 8.1; and
(m) Liens existing on any property of a Person at the time such
Person becomes a Restricted Person or existing at the time of acquisition upon
any property acquired by the purchase, merger or consolidation or otherwise
(whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed);
provided, however, that in the case of any such Lien (i) such Lien shall at all
times be confined solely to any such property and, if required by the terms of
the instrument creating such Lien, other property which is an improvement to
such acquired property, (ii) such Lien was not created in anticipation of such
transaction, and (iii) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien shall be permitted
under Section 7.1.
Section 7.3 Hedging Contracts. No Restricted Person will be a party to
or in any manner be liable on:
(a) any Hedging Contract, except:
(i) Hedging Contracts entered into by Borrower with the
purpose and effect of fixing interest rates on a principal amount of
indebtedness of Borrower that is accruing interest at a variable rate;
provided that (A) the aggregate notional amount of such contracts never
exceeds one hundred percent (100%) of the anticipated outstanding
principal balance of the Indebtedness to be hedged by such contracts or
an average of such principal balances calculated using a generally
accepted method of matching interest swap contracts to declining
principal balances, (B) the floating rate index of each such contract
generally matches the index used to determine the floating rates of
interest on the corresponding Indebtedness to be hedged by such
contract and (C) each such contract is with a counterparty or has a
guarantor of the obligation of the counterparty who (unless such
counterparty is a Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender at the time such
contract is entered into) at the time the contract is made has
long-term unsecured and unenhanced debt obligations rated BBB+ or Baa1
or better, respectively, by either Rating Agency or is otherwise
acceptable to Majority Lenders.
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(ii) Hedging Contracts by a Restricted Person with the purpose
and effect of fixing the price for Hydrocarbon Inventory not to exceed
100% of Projected Open Hydrocarbon Inventory for the current month and
future months; provided, that each such contract is with a counterparty
or has a guarantor of the obligation of the counterparty who (unless
such counterparty is a Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender at the time
such contract is entered into) at the time the contract is made has
long-term unsecured and unenhanced debt obligations rated BBB+ or Baa1
or better, respectively, by either Rating Agency or is otherwise
acceptable to Majority Lenders. "Projected Open Hydrocarbon Inventory"
means (A) the Hydrocarbon Inventory held by such Restricted Person for
which price risk is not otherwise substantially eliminated, or (B) the
Hydrocarbon Inventory anticipated to be acquired and received, or
anticipated to be sold and delivered, by such Restricted Person
(including, without limitation, natural gas liquids from processing by
a Restricted Person), with such volume and period as corresponds to the
volume and period under such Hedging Contract, for which price risk is
not otherwise substantially eliminated (such as Hydrocarbon Inventory
to be acquired or sold under any contract that is priced on index that
substantially eliminates price risk for such Hydrocarbon Inventory).
(b) any commodity, interest rate, currency or other swap, option,
collar or other derivative transaction pursuant to which any Restricted Person
speculates on the movement of commodity prices, securities prices, interest
rates, financial markets, currency markets or other items; provided, that
nothing contained in this sentence shall prohibit any Restricted Person from
entering into non-speculative transactions permitted by Section 7.3(a).
Section 7.4 Limitation on Mergers, Issuances of Securities. Except as
expressly provided in this section, no Restricted Person will (a) enter into any
transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or
dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or acquire all or a
substantial portion of the business, assets or operations of a Person (whether
in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of, or capital
stock of, or be a party to any acquisition of, any Person, except (i) Permitted
Investments and (ii) Permitted Acquisitions; or (b) sell, transfer, lease,
exchange, alienate or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of
transactions, any part of its business or property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, except for sales or transfers not prohibited under Section
7.5 hereof. Any Person, other than Borrower, that is a Subsidiary of a
Restricted Person may, however, be merged into or consolidated with (i) another
Subsidiary of such Restricted Person, so long as a Restricted Person is the
surviving business entity, or (ii) such Restricted Person, so long as such
Restricted Person is the surviving business entity. Borrower will not issue any
securities other than (i) limited partnership interests and any options or
warrants giving the holders thereof only the right to acquire such interests,
(ii) general partnership interests issued to LA GP and (iii) debt securities
permitted by Section 7.1. No Subsidiary of Borrower will issue any additional
shares of its capital stock or other securities or any options, warrants or
other rights to acquire such additional shares or other securities except a
direct Subsidiary of a Restricted Person may issue additional shares or other
securities to such Restricted Person or to Borrower so long as such Subsidiary
is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Borrower after giving effect thereto. No
Subsidiary of Borrower which is a partnership will allow any diminution of
Borrower's interest (direct or indirect) therein.
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Section 7.5 Limitation on Sales of Property. No Restricted Person will
sell, transfer, lease, exchange, alienate or dispose of any Collateral or any of
its other assets or properties or any material interest therein except:
(a) equipment and other personal property and fixtures that are
either (i) obsolete for their intended purposes and disposed of in the ordinary
course of business, or (ii) replaced by personal property or fixtures of
comparable suitability owned by such Restricted Person free and clear of all
Liens except Permitted Liens;
(b) inventory which is sold in the ordinary course of business on
ordinary trade terms;
(c) sales or transfers, subject to the Security Documents, by a
Person (other than Borrower) that is a Subsidiary of a Restricted Person to such
Restricted Person or to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Restricted Person; and
(d) sales, transfers or other dispositions of other property for
fair consideration that are in the best interests of Borrower and do not and
will not materially impair or diminish the value of any Restricted Person's
financial condition, business or operations; provided that:
(i) prior to and immediately after giving effect to such
proposed sale no Default or Event of Default shall exist and be
continuing, and the consummation of any such transaction would not
result in a violation of Section 7.14, calculated for such purpose as
of the date on which such sale is to be consummated on a pro forma
basis after giving effect to any such sale, with Consolidated EBITDA
calculated as at the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter
as if such sale had occurred on the first day of the relevant four
quarter period;
(ii) such sale is for consideration consisting of not less
than 90% cash;
(iii) the proceeds of such sale, net of legal fees and other
fees and expenses incurred in connection with such sale (the "Net Sale
Proceeds"), shall have been applied as follows: (x) within one hundred
twenty (120) days after the date of such receipt of Net Sale Proceeds
to a Permitted Reinvestment, or (y) to the extent Net Sale Proceeds
have not been applied pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (x),
such amount (the "Excess Sale Proceeds") shall have been applied to
prepay the Term Loans and Revolver Loans as provided in Section 2.6(b)
(as used herein, "Permitted Reinvestment" means capital assets that
will become a part of the Restricted Persons' Hydrocarbon Inventory
marketing, gathering, transmission, processing, treating and pipeline
operations, excluding Maintenance Capital Expenditures, and well hook
up costs;
(iv) upon receipt of Net Sale Proceeds by a Restricted Person
and until the application thereof as provided in clause (iii)(x) or (y)
(such amount herein called the "Unused Proceeds Amount"), such
Restricted Person shall either, or in combination equal to the total of
such Net Sale Proceeds, both (A) maintain such Net Sale Proceeds in a
segregated account with Administrative Agent or (B) apply such Net Sale
Proceeds to prepay the Revolver Loans but without reduction of the
Revolver Commitment; and
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(v) Administrative Agent shall have received an officer's
certificate, satisfactory to Administrative Agent, at least 30 days
prior to the consummation of such sale setting forth in reasonable
detail satisfaction of the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of this
Section 7.5 (d) and the calculation of the projected Net Sale Proceeds.
Any proceeds of insurance in respect of casualty to property that Borrower has
determined (which determination must be made with reasonable promptness
following such casualty) will not be applied to the repair or replacement
thereof in accordance with the Security Documents shall be treated as Net Sale
Proceeds upon such determination. No Restricted Person will sell, transfer or
otherwise dispose of capital stock of or interest in any of its Subsidiaries
except to Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Borrower. No Restricted
Person will discount, sell, pledge or assign any notes payable to it, accounts
receivable or future income. So long as no Default then exists, Administrative
Agent will, at Borrower's request and expense, execute a release, satisfactory
to Borrower and Administrative Agent, of any Collateral so sold, transferred,
leased, exchanged, alienated or disposed of pursuant to clauses (a), (b) or (d)
of this Section. No Restricted Person will engage in "trading" of Hydrocarbon
Inventory or in the purchase or sale of Hydrocarbon Inventory other than
pipeline loss allowance and physical gains.
Section 7.6 Limitation on Dividends and Redemptions. No Restricted
Person will declare or pay any dividends on, or make any other distribution in
respect of, any class of its capital stock or any partnership, limited liability
company or other interest in it, nor will any Restricted Person directly or
indirectly make any capital contribution of any nature to or purchase, redeem,
acquire or retire any shares of the capital stock of or partnership or limited
liability company interests in any Restricted Person (whether such interests are
now or hereafter issued, outstanding or created), or cause or permit any
reduction or retirement of the capital stock of any Restricted Person, while any
Loan or commitment hereunder is outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i)
Subsidiaries of a Restricted Person shall not be restricted, directly or
indirectly, from declaring and paying dividends or making any other
distributions to such Restricted Person, and to such Subsidiary's Subsidiary GP
pursuant to and in accordance with such Subsidiary's partnership agreement, (ii)
no Restricted Person shall be restricted from making capital contributions of
any nature to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Restricted Person, and (iii) so
long as Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with each covenant set forth
in Section 7.14 prior to and after giving effect to any distribution, and so
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result
therefrom, Borrower may declare or order and make, pay or set apart, during each
Fiscal Quarter, a distribution in respect of its partnership interests if such
distribution, together with all other such distributions during such Fiscal
Quarter do not exceed Available Cash for the immediately preceding Fiscal
Quarter.
Section 7.7 Limitation on Investments and New Businesses. No Restricted
Person will (a) make any expenditure or commitment or incur any obligation or
enter into or engage in any transaction except in the ordinary course of
business, (b) engage directly or indirectly in any business or conduct any
operations except in connection with or incidental to its present businesses and
operations, (c) make any acquisitions of or capital contributions to or other
Investments in any Person, other than Permitted Investments, or (d) make any
other acquisitions of properties or assets except in the ordinary course of
business; provided that the forgoing shall not prohibit any Restricted Person
from making any acquisition of assets consisting of capital
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assets that will become a part of the Restricted Persons' Hydrocarbon Inventory
marketing, gathering, transmission, processing, treating and pipeline operations
or any acquisition that is permitted by the terms of this Agreement including
Permitted Acquisitions. All transactions permitted under the foregoing
subsections (a) through (d), inclusive, are subject to Section 7.5. LA GP will
not engage in any business other than the ownership of the general partnership
interest of the Borrower.
Section 7.8 Limitation on Credit Extensions. Except for Permitted
Investments and Hedging Contracts permitted under Section 7.3(a) hereof, no
Restricted Person will extend credit, make advances or make loans other than
normal and prudent extensions of credit to customers buying goods and services
in the ordinary course of business or to another Restricted Person in the
ordinary course of business, which extensions shall not be for longer periods
than those extended by similar businesses operated in a normal and prudent
manner.
Section 7.9 Transactions with Affiliates. No Restricted Person will
engage in any material transaction with any of its Affiliates except: (a)
transactions among Borrower and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of Borrower, subject
to the other provisions of this Agreement, (b) Permitted HHI Investments, and
(c) transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business of such
Restricted Person on terms which are no less favorable to such Restricted Person
than those which would have been obtainable at the time in arm's-length
transactions with Persons other than such Affiliates.
Section 7.10 Prohibited Contracts. Except as expressly provided for in
the Loan Documents and as described in the Disclosure Schedule, no Restricted
Person will, directly or indirectly, enter into, create, or otherwise allow to
exist any contract or other consensual restriction on the ability of any
Subsidiary of Borrower to: (a) pay dividends or make other distributions to
Borrower, (b) redeem equity interests held in it by Borrower, (c) repay loans
and other indebtedness owing by it to Borrower, or (d) transfer any of its
assets to Borrower. No Restricted Person will, directly or indirectly, enter
into, create, or otherwise allow to exist any contract or other consensual
restriction on the ability of any Restricted Person to create Liens on any of
its assets or property to secure the Obligations. No Restricted Person will
enter into any "take-or-pay" contract or other contract or arrangement for the
purchase of goods or services which obligates it to pay for such goods or
service regardless of whether they are delivered or furnished to it other than
contracts for pipeline capacity or for services in either case reasonably
anticipated to be utilized in the ordinary course of business. No Restricted
Person will amend or permit any amendment to any contract or lease which
releases, qualifies, limits, makes contingent or otherwise detrimentally affects
the rights and benefits of Administrative Agent or any Lender under or acquired
pursuant to any Security Documents. No ERISA Affiliate will incur any obligation
to contribute to any "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA
that is subject to Title IV of ERISA.
Section 7.11 Open Position; Trading. No Restricted Person shall at any
time hold any inventory (excluding any inventory classified as a long term asset
and working inventory not held for resale) or enter into or be obligated under
any purchase or sale contract that is not priced on an index that eliminates
price risk, in either case for which there is not an offsetting sale or purchase
agreement, an offsetting physical inventory position (excluding inventory
classified as
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a long term asset and working inventory not held for resale), or an offsetting
Hedging Contract, in each case that eliminates price risk, provided that any
such offsetting agreement, inventory or Hedging Contract shall also eliminate
any unusual or speculative basis risk. No Restricted Person shall fail to settle
within thirty (30) days after the occurrence thereof, any pipeline delivery or
receipt imbalance position or any other imbalance position. However, Restricted
Persons may have such inventory, such purchase or sale obligations, and such
imbalance positions not otherwise permitted by the forgoing sentences of this
Section 7.11; provided, that the aggregate liability of Restricted Persons on
same does not exceed $5,000,000 at any one time. No Restricted Person will
engage in trading, purchasing, selling or exchanging Hydrocarbon Inventory or
any contract therefor except incidental to the business of gathering,
transmitting, blending, storing or marketing by Restricted Persons.
Section 7.12 Deposit Accounts. No Restricted Person shall at any time
maintain any Deposit Account at any Bank (as such terms are defined in Article 9
of the UCC) other than Administrative Agent, except for Deposit Accounts whose
deposits do not at any time exceed the aggregate amount of $1,500,000. No
proceeds of Accounts or other Collateral shall be deposited (whether by check,
wire transfer or lock-box service arrangement) in any Deposit Account other than
a Deposit Account maintained at Administrative Agent or an account subject to an
account access control agreement satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
Section 7.13 Commingling of Deposit Accounts and Accounts. Borrower
will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, commingle their
respective Deposit Accounts or Accounts with the Deposit Accounts or Accounts of
(i) Heritage OLP or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) Master Partnership or any of
the Intermediate Entities.
Section 7.14 Financial Covenants.
(a) Interest Coverage Ratio. The ratio of Consolidated EBITDA for
each period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters, to Consolidated Interest
Expense for such period, will never be less than 2.75 to 1.0.
(b) Leverage Ratio. (i) At the end of each Fiscal Quarter, (ii) on
each date on which Borrower makes a distribution permitted under Section 7.6,
and (iii) on the date of each Permitted Acquisition, both immediately prior to
and after giving effect to the consummation thereof, the Leverage Ratio will not
be greater than 4.0 to 1.0.
(c) Adjusted Consolidated Funded Indebtedness to Consolidated
EBITDA. (i) At the end of each Fiscal Quarter, (ii) on each date on which
Borrower makes a distribution permitted under Section 7.6, and (iii) on the date
of each Permitted Acquisition, both immediately prior to and after giving effect
to the consummation thereof, the ratio of Adjusted Consolidated Funded
Indebtedness to Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA will not be greater than (a) 5.25
to 1.0 on any applicable date of determination from the Closing Date and prior
to November 30, 2005, and (b) 5.0 to 1.0 on any applicable date of determination
thereafter.
ARTICLE VIII - Events of Default and Remedies
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Section 8.1 Events of Default. Each of the following events constitutes
an Event of Default under this Agreement:
(a) Any Restricted Person fails to pay the principal component of
any Loan or any reimbursement obligation with respect to any Letter of Credit
when due and payable, whether at a date for the payment of a fixed installment
or as a contingent or other payment becomes due and payable or as a result of
acceleration or otherwise;
(b) Any Restricted Person fails to pay any Obligation (other than
the Obligations in subsection (a) above), whether at a date for the payment of a
fixed installment or as a contingent or other payment becomes due and payable or
as a result of acceleration or otherwise, within three Business Days after the
same becomes due;
(c) Any event defined as a "default" or "event of default" in any
Loan Document occurs, and the same is not remedied within the applicable period
of grace (if any) provided in such Loan Document;
(d) Any Restricted Person fails to duly observe, perform or comply
with any covenant, agreement or provision of Section 6.7(d) and such failure
remains unremedied for ten (10) days; or any Restricted Person fails to duly
observe, perform or comply with any covenant, agreement or provision of Section
6.4, Section 6.21 or Article VII;
(e) Any Restricted Person fails (other than as referred to in
subsections (a), (b), (c) or (d) above) to duly observe, perform or comply with
any covenant, agreement, condition or provision of any Loan Document to which it
is a party, and such failure remains unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days
after notice of such failure is given by Administrative Agent to Borrower;
(f) Any representation or warranty previously, presently or
hereafter made in writing by or on behalf of any Restricted Person in connection
with any Loan Document shall prove to have been false or incorrect in any
material respect on any date on or as of which made;
(g) Any Loan Document at any time ceases to be valid, binding and
enforceable as warranted in Section 5.5 for any reason other than its release or
subordination by Lenders or Administrative Agent (as permitted under Section
10.1);
(h) Any Restricted Person shall default in the payment when due of
any principal of or interest on any of its other Indebtedness in excess of
$1,500,000 in the aggregate (other than Indebtedness the validity of which is
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate
reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Restricted
Person in accordance with GAAP), or any event specified in any note, agreement,
indenture or other document evidencing or relating to any such Indebtedness
shall occur if the effect of such event is to cause, or (with the giving of any
notice or the lapse of time or both) to permit the holder or holders of such
Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to
cause, such Indebtedness to become due, or to be prepaid in full (whether by
redemption, purchase, offer to purchase or otherwise), prior to its stated
maturity;
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(i) Either (i) any "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in
Section 412(a) of the Code) in excess of $1,000,000 exists with respect to any
ERISA Plan, whether or not waived by the Secretary of the Treasury or his
delegate, or (ii) any Termination Event occurs with respect to any ERISA Plan
and the then current value of such ERISA Plan's benefit liabilities exceeds the
then current value of such ERISA Plan's assets available for the payment of such
benefit liabilities by more than $1,000,000 (or in the case of a Termination
Event involving the withdrawal of a substantial employer, the withdrawing
employer's proportionate share of such excess exceeds such amount);
(j) Any Restricted Person:
(i) has entered against it of a judgment, decree or order for
relief by a Tribunal of competent jurisdiction in an involuntary
proceeding commenced under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar Law of any jurisdiction now or hereafter in effect,
including the federal Bankruptcy Code, as from time to time amended, or
has any such proceeding commenced against it, in each case, which
remains undismissed for a period of sixty days; or
(ii) commences a voluntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Law now or hereafter in effect,
including the federal Bankruptcy Code, as from time to time amended; or
applies for or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such Law; or makes a general assignment for
the benefit of creditors; or is generally unable to pay (or admits in
writing its inability to so pay) its debts as such debts become due; or
takes corporate or other action to authorize any of the foregoing; or
(iii) has entered against it the appointment of or taking
possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of all or a substantial part of its
assets in a proceeding brought against or initiated by it, and such
appointment or taking possession is neither made ineffective nor
discharged within sixty days after the making thereof, or such
appointment or taking possession is at any time consented to, requested
by, or acquiesced to by it; or
(iv) has entered against it the appointment of or taking
possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of any part of the Collateral in a
proceeding brought against or initiated by it, and such appointment or
taking possession is neither made ineffective nor discharged within
sixty days after the making thereof, or such appointment or taking
possession is at any time consented to, requested by, or acquiesced to
by it; or
(v) has entered against it a final judgment for the payment of
money in excess of $1,500,000 (in each case not covered by insurance
satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its discretion), unless the
same is discharged within thirty days after the date of entry thereof
or an appeal or appropriate proceeding for review thereof is taken
within such period and a stay of execution pending such appeal is
obtained; or
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(vi) suffers a writ or warrant of attachment or any similar
process to be issued by any Tribunal against all or any substantial
part of its assets or any part of the Collateral, and such writ or
warrant of attachment or any similar process is not stayed or released
within thirty days after the entry or levy thereof or after any stay is
vacated or set aside;
(k) Any Change of Control occurs;
(l) Borrower directly or indirectly declares, orders or pays any
dividend on, any distribution in respect of, or any purchase, redemption,
acquisition or retirement of, any partnership or other equity interest in
Borrower, individually or in the aggregate, for any Fiscal Year in an amount
greater than the product of (i) Borrower's Percentage of Aggregate Available
Cash, multiplied by (ii) the Aggregate Partner Obligations;
(m) Master Partnership or any of the Intermediate Entities shall
incur any Indebtedness that is secured or has a weighted average life or
maturity of less than six (6) months after the Maturity Date; or
(n) Any event of default under any agreement governing secured
indebtedness of Heritage OLP relating to (i) bankruptcy, reorganization,
compromise, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or
liquidation or similar law with respect to Heritage OLP or any of its
Subsidiaries, beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto in such
agreement, or (ii) non-payment of such secured indebtedness or any other
indebtedness of Heritage OLP or any of its Subsidiaries, subject to the minimum
dollar amount threshold of such indebtedness set forth in such agreement,
provided that such non-payment continues for a period of three (3) Business Days
beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto in such agreement,
unless, prior to the end of the three (3) Business Day period the lenders party
to such agreement have accelerated the maturity of such indebtedness thereunder
or blocked the payment or otherwise limited the payment by Heritage OLP of any
scheduled "restricted payment" distribution in respect of any partnership or
other equity interest in Heritage OLP, in which case such three (3) Business Day
period shall no longer apply.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default described in subsection (j)(i),
(j)(ii) or (j)(iii) of this section with respect to Borrower, all of the
Obligations shall thereupon be immediately due and payable, without demand,
presentment, notice of demand or of dishonor and nonpayment, protest, notice of
protest, notice of intention to accelerate, declaration or notice of
acceleration, or any other notice or declaration of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by Borrower and each Restricted Person who at any time
ratifies or approves this Agreement. Upon any such acceleration, any obligation
of any Lender to make any further Loans and any obligation of LC Issuer to issue
Letters of Credit hereunder shall be permanently terminated. During the
continuance of any other Event of Default, Administrative Agent at any time and
from time to time may with the consent of Majority Lenders (and upon written
instructions from Majority Lenders, Administrative Agent shall), without notice
to Borrower or any other Restricted Person, do either or both of the following:
(1) terminate any obligation of Lenders to make Loans hereunder and any
obligation of LC Issuer to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, and (2) declare
any or all of the Obligations immediately due and payable, and all such
Obligations shall thereupon be immediately due and payable, without demand,
presentment, notice of
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demand or of dishonor and nonpayment, protest, notice of protest, notice of
intention to accelerate, declaration or notice of acceleration, or any other
notice or declaration of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by
Borrower and each Restricted Person who at any time ratifies or approves this
Agreement.
Section 8.2 Remedies. If any Default shall occur and be continuing,
each Lender Party may protect and enforce its rights under the Loan Documents by
any appropriate proceedings, including proceedings for specific performance of
any covenant or agreement contained in any Loan Document, and each Lender Party
may enforce the payment of any Obligations due it or enforce any other legal or
equitable right which it may have. All rights, remedies and powers conferred
upon Lender Parties under the Loan Documents shall be deemed cumulative and not
exclusive of any other rights, remedies or powers available under the Loan
Documents or at Law or in equity.
Section 8.3 Application of Proceeds after Acceleration. If
Administrative Agent collects or receives money on account of the Obligations
after the acceleration of the Obligations as provided in Section 8.1,
Administrative Agent shall distribute all money so collected or received:
(a) first to any reimbursements due Administrative Agent hereunder
or under any of the Security Documents; and
(b) then ratably to the payment of the Obligations, including LC
Obligations (and among the outstanding Obligations in the manner provided in
Section 3.1), and the Lender Hedging Obligations.
Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility to determine the existence or
amount of Lender Hedging Obligations and may reserve from the application of
amounts under this Section amounts distributable in respect of Lender Hedging
Obligations until it has received evidence satisfactory to it of the existence
and amount of such Lender Hedging Obligations.
ARTICLE IX - Administrative Agent
Section 9.1 Appointment and Authority. Each Lender Party hereby
irrevocably authorizes Administrative Agent, and Administrative Agent hereby
undertakes, to receive payments of principal, interest and other amounts due
hereunder as specified herein and to take all other actions and to exercise such
powers under the Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to Administrative
Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with all other powers reasonably
incidental thereto. The relationship of Administrative Agent to the other Lender
Parties is only that of one commercial lender acting as administrative agent for
others, and nothing in the Loan Documents shall be construed to constitute
Administrative Agent a trustee or other fiduciary for any Lender Party or any
holder of any participation in a Note nor to impose on Administrative Agent
duties and obligations other than those expressly provided for in the Loan
Documents. With respect to any matters not expressly provided for in the Loan
Documents and any matters which the Loan Documents place within the discretion
of Administrative Agent, Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise
any discretion or take any action, and it
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may request instructions from Lenders with respect to any such matter, in which
case it shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully
protected and free from liability to all Lender Parties in so acting or
refraining from acting) upon the instructions of Majority Lenders (including
itself) or all Lenders, if required, provided, however, that Administrative
Agent shall not be required to take any action which exposes it to a risk of
personal liability that it considers unreasonable or which is contrary to the
Loan Documents or to applicable Law. Upon receipt by Administrative Agent from
Borrower of any communication calling for action on the part of Lenders or upon
notice from Borrower or any Lender to Administrative Agent of any Default or
Event of Default, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each other Lender
thereof.
Section 9.2 Exculpation, Administrative Agent's Reliance, Etc. Neither
Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents, attorneys, or
employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of
them under or in connection with the Loan Documents, INCLUDING THEIR NEGLIGENCE
OF ANY KIND, except that each shall be liable for its own gross negligence or
willful misconduct. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Administrative Agent (a) may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof
until Administrative Agent receives written notice of the assignment or transfer
thereof in accordance with this Agreement, signed by such payee and in form
satisfactory to Administrative Agent; (b) may consult with legal counsel
(including counsel for Borrower), independent public accountants and other
experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted
to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel,
accountants or experts; (c) makes no warranty or representation to any other
Lender Party and shall not be responsible to any other Lender Party for any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Loan
Documents; (d) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the
performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of the
Loan Documents on the part of any Restricted Person or to inspect the property
(including the books and records) of any Restricted Person; (e) shall not be
responsible to any other Lender Party for the due execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of any Loan Document or any
instrument or document furnished in connection therewith; (f) may rely upon the
representations and warranties of each Restricted Person or Lender Party in
exercising its powers hereunder; and (g) shall incur no liability under or in
respect of the Loan Documents by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or
other instrument or writing (including any facsimile, telegram, cable or telex)
believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons.
Section 9.3 Credit Decisions. Each Lender Party acknowledges that it
has, independently and without reliance upon any other Lender Party, made its
own analysis of Borrower and the transactions contemplated hereby and its own
independent decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Each Lender Party also acknowledges that it will, independently and without
reliance upon any other Lender Party 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 action under the Loan Documents.
Section 9.4 Indemnification. EACH LENDER AGREES TO INDEMNIFY
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT (TO THE EXTENT NOT REIMBURSED BY BORROWER WITHIN TEN (10)
DAYS AFTER DEMAND) FROM AND AGAINST SUCH LENDER'S PERCENTAGE SHARE OF ANY AND
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ALL LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, CLAIMS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, FINES,
ACTIONS, JUDGMENTS, SUITS, SETTLEMENTS, COSTS, EXPENSES OR DISBURSEMENTS
(INCLUDING REASONABLE FEES OF ATTORNEYS, ACCOUNTANTS, EXPERTS AND ADVISORS) OF
ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER (IN THIS SECTION COLLECTIVELY CALLED "LIABILITIES
AND COSTS") WHICH TO ANY EXTENT (IN WHOLE OR IN PART) MAY BE IMPOSED ON,
INCURRED BY, OR ASSERTED AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT GROWING OUT OF, RESULTING
FROM OR IN ANY OTHER WAY ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THE COLLATERAL, THE LOAN
DOCUMENTS AND THE TRANSACTIONS AND EVENTS (INCLUDING THE ENFORCEMENT THEREOF) AT
ANY TIME ASSOCIATED THEREWITH OR CONTEMPLATED THEREIN (WHETHER ARISING IN
CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR OTHERWISE AND INCLUDING ANY VIOLATION OR NONCOMPLIANCE
WITH ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS BY ANY PERSON OR ANY LIABILITIES OR DUTIES OF ANY
PERSON WITH RESPECT TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FOUND IN OR RELEASED INTO THE
ENVIRONMENT).
THE FOREGOING INDEMNIFICATION SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT SUCH LIABILITIES AND
COSTS ARE IN ANY WAY OR TO ANY EXTENT OWED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, UNDER ANY CLAIM
OR THEORY OF STRICT LIABILITY OR CAUSED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY ANY NEGLIGENT
ACT OR OMISSION OF ANY KIND BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
provided only that no Lender shall be obligated under this section to indemnify
Administrative Agent for that portion, if any, of any liabilities and costs
which is proximately caused by Administrative Agent's own individual gross
negligence or willful misconduct, as determined in a final judgment. Cumulative
of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse Administrative Agent promptly
upon demand for such Lender's Percentage Share of any costs and expenses to be
paid to Administrative Agent by Borrower under Section 10.4(a) to the extent
that Administrative Agent is not timely reimbursed for such expenses by Borrower
as provided in such section. As used in this section the term "Administrative
Agent" shall refer not only to the Person designated as such in Section 1.1 but
also to each director, officer, agent, attorney, employee, representative and
Affiliate of such Person.
Section 9.5 Rights as Lender. In its capacity as a Lender,
Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and obligations as any Lender
and may exercise such rights as though it were not Administrative Agent.
Administrative Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as trustee
under indentures of, and generally engage in any kind of business with any
Restricted Person or their Affiliates, all as if it were not Administrative
Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to any other Lender.
Section 9.6 Sharing of Set-Offs and Other Payments. Each Lender Party
agrees that if it shall, whether through the exercise of rights under Security
Documents or rights of banker's lien, set off, or counterclaim against Borrower
or otherwise, obtain payment of a portion of the aggregate Obligations owed to
it which, taking into account all distributions made by Administrative Agent
under Section 3.1, causes such Lender Party to have received more than it would
have received had such payment been received by Administrative Agent and
distributed pursuant to Section 3.1, then (a) it shall be deemed to have
simultaneously purchased and shall be obligated to purchase interests in the
Obligations as necessary to cause all Lender Parties to
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share all payments as provided for in Section 3.1, and (b) such other
adjustments shall be made from time to time as shall be equitable to ensure that
Administrative Agent and all Lender Parties share all payments of Obligations as
provided in Section 3.1; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall
in any way affect the right of any Lender Party to obtain payment (whether by
exercise of rights of banker's lien, set-off or counterclaim or otherwise) of
indebtedness other than the Obligations. Borrower expressly consents to the
foregoing arrangements and agrees that any holder of any such interest or other
participation in the Obligations, whether or not acquired pursuant to the
foregoing arrangements, may to the fullest extent permitted by Law and, subject
to the provisions of Section 6.16, exercise any and all rights of banker's lien,
set-off, or counterclaim as fully as if such holder were a holder of the
Obligations in the amount of such interest or other participation. If all or any
part of any funds transferred pursuant to this section is thereafter recovered
from the seller under this section which received the same, the purchase
provided for in this section shall be deemed to have been rescinded to the
extent of such recovery, together with interest, if any, if interest is required
pursuant to the order of a Tribunal to be paid on account of the possession of
such funds prior to such recovery.
Section 9.7 Investments. Whenever Administrative Agent in good faith
determines that it is uncertain about how to distribute to Lender Parties any
funds which it has received, or whenever Administrative Agent in good faith
determines that there is any dispute among Lender Parties about how such funds
should be distributed, Administrative Agent may choose to defer distribution of
the funds which are the subject of such uncertainty or dispute. If
Administrative Agent in good faith believes that the uncertainty or dispute will
not be promptly resolved, or if Administrative Agent is otherwise required to
invest funds pending distribution to Lender Parties, Administrative Agent shall
invest such funds pending distribution; all interest on any such Investment
shall be distributed upon the distribution of such Investment and in the same
proportion and to the same Persons as such Investment. All moneys received by
Administrative Agent for distribution to Lender Parties (other than to the
Person who is Administrative Agent in its separate capacity as a Lender Party)
shall be held by Administrative Agent pending such distribution solely as
Administrative Agent for such Lender Parties, and Administrative Agent shall
have no equitable title to any portion thereof.
Section 9.8 Benefit of Article IX. The provisions of this Article are
intended solely for the benefit of Lender Parties, and no Restricted Person
shall be entitled to rely on any such provision or assert any such provision in
a claim or defense against any Lender (other than in relation to the reference
to Section 6.16 contained in Section 9.6 or the right to reasonably approve a
successor Administrative Agent under Section 9.9). Lender Parties may waive or
amend such provisions as they desire without any notice to or consent of
Borrower or any other Restricted Person.
Section 9.9 Resignation. Administrative Agent may resign at any time by
giving written notice thereof to Lenders and Borrower. Each such notice shall
set forth the date of such resignation. Upon any such resignation Majority
Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent,
subject to the approval of Borrower, unless a Default has occurred and is
continuing, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld. A successor must
be appointed for any retiring Administrative Agent, and such Administrative
Agent's resignation
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shall become effective when such successor accepts such appointment. If, within
thirty days after the date of the retiring Administrative Agent's resignation,
no successor Administrative Agent has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment, then the retiring Administrative Agent may appoint a successor
Administrative Agent, which shall be a commercial bank organized or licensed to
conduct a banking or trust business under the Laws of the United States of
America or of any state thereof. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. After any retiring Administrative
Agent's resignation hereunder the provisions of this Article IX shall continue
to inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it
while it was Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.
Section 9.10 Other Agents. The Persons identified herein as the Joint
Lead Arrangers and Book Runners, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation
Agents, the Senior Managing Agent, and the Co-Agents (collectively the
"Co-Agents"), in such capacities, shall not have any duties or responsibilities
or incur any liabilities in such agency capacities (as opposed to its capacity
as a Lender) under or in connection with this Agreement or under any of the
other Loan Documents. The relationship between Borrower, on the one hand, and
the Co-Agents and Administrative Agent, on the other hand, shall be solely that
of borrower and lender. None of the Co-Agents shall have any fiduciary
responsibilities to Borrower or any of its Affiliates. None of the Co-Agents
undertakes any responsibility to Borrower or any of its respective Affiliates to
review or inform Borrower of any matter in connection with any phase of
Borrower's or such Affiliate's business or operations.
ARTICLE X - Miscellaneous
Section 10.1 Waivers and Amendments; Acknowledgments.
(a) Waivers and Amendments. No failure or delay (whether by course
of conduct or otherwise) by any Lender in exercising any right, power or remedy
which such Lender Party may have under any of the Loan Documents shall operate
as a waiver thereof or of any other right, power or remedy, nor shall any single
or partial exercise by any Lender Party of any such right, power or remedy
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or
remedy. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document and no consent to any
departure therefrom shall ever be effective unless it is in writing and signed
as provided below in this section, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instances and for the purposes for which given
and to the extent specified in such writing. No notice to or demand on any
Restricted Person shall in any case of itself entitle any Restricted Person to
any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents set forth the entire understanding
between the parties hereto with respect to the transactions contemplated herein
and therein and supersede all prior discussions and understandings with respect
to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and no waiver, consent, release,
modification or amendment of or supplement to this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents shall be valid or effective against any party hereto unless the same
is in writing and signed by (i) if such party is Borrower or a Restricted
Person, by Borrower or such Restricted Person, (ii) if such party is
Administrative Agent or LC Issuer, by such party, and (iii) if such
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party is a Lender, by such Lender or by Administrative Agent on behalf of
Lenders with the written consent of Majority Lenders, (which consent has already
been given as to the termination of the Loan Documents as provided in Section
10.9). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein,
Administrative Agent shall not, without the prior consent of each individual
Lender, execute and deliver on behalf of such Lender any waiver or amendment
which would: (1) waive any of the conditions specified in Article IV (provided
that Administrative Agent may in its discretion withdraw any request it has made
under Section 4.3(f)), (2) increase the Percentage Share of any such Lender or
the maximum amount any such Lender is committed to fund in respect of Letter of
Credit Obligations and Loans or subject such Lender to any additional
obligations (other than pursuant to Section 10.5(c)), (3) reduce any fees
payable to such Lender hereunder, or the principal of, or interest on, such
Lender's Note, or change any date fixed for any payment of any such fees or
interest, (4) reduce any principal amount payable under Section 2.6, change the
date for any such payment, or extend the Maturity Date, (5) amend this Section
10.1(a) or the definitions herein of "Majority Lenders" or "Percentage Share" or
otherwise change the aggregate amount of Percentage Shares which is required for
Administrative Agent, Lenders or any of them to take any particular action under
the Loan Documents, (6) release Borrower from its obligation to pay such
Lender's Note or any Guarantor from its guaranty of such payment, (7) release
any Collateral, except such releases relating to sales of property permitted
under Section 7.5, (8) create additional restrictions on participations,
assignments or transfers by a Lender, or (9) amend the definition of "Interest
Period" to permit Interest Periods of greater than six months unless such period
is subject to availability to each Lender.
(b) Acknowledgments and Admissions. Borrower hereby represents,
warrants, acknowledges and admits that (i) it has been advised by counsel in the
negotiation, execution and delivery of the Loan Documents to which it is a
party, (ii) it has made an independent decision to enter into this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, without reliance on any
representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking by Administrative Agent or any
other Lender Party, whether written, oral or implicit, other than as expressly
set out in this Agreement or in another Loan Document delivered on or after the
date hereof, (iii) there are no representations, warranties, covenants,
undertakings or agreements by any Lender Party as to the Loan Documents except
as expressly set out in this Agreement or in another Loan Document delivered on
or after the date hereof, (iv) no Lender Party has any fiduciary obligation
toward Borrower with respect to any Loan Document or the transactions
contemplated thereby, (v) the relationship pursuant to the Loan Documents
between Borrower and the other Restricted Persons, on one hand, and each Lender
Party, on the other hand, is and shall be solely that of debtor and creditor,
respectively, (vi) no partnership or joint venture exists with respect to the
Loan Documents between any Restricted Person and any Lender Party, (vii)
Administrative Agent is not Borrower's Administrative Agent, but Administrative
Agent for Lenders, (viii) should an Event of Default or Default occur or exist,
each Lender Party will determine in its sole discretion and for its own reasons
what remedies and actions it will or will not exercise or take at that time,
(ix) without limiting any of the foregoing, Borrower is not relying upon any
representation or covenant by any Lender Party, or any representative thereof,
and no such representation or covenant has been made, that any Lender Party
will, at the time of an Event of Default or Default, or at any other time,
waive, negotiate, discuss, or take or refrain from taking any action permitted
under the Loan Documents with respect to any such Event of Default or
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Default or any other provision of the Loan Documents, and (x) all Lender Parties
have relied upon the truthfulness of the acknowledgments in this section in
deciding to execute and deliver this Agreement and to become obligated
hereunder.
(c) Representation by Lenders. Each Lender hereby represents that
it will acquire its Note for its own account in the ordinary course of its
commercial lending business; however, the disposition of such Lender's property
shall at all times be and remain within its control and, in particular and
without limitation, such Lender may sell or otherwise transfer its Note, any
participation interest or other interest in its Note, or any of its other rights
and obligations under the Loan Documents subject to compliance with Sections
10.5(b) through (f), inclusive, and applicable Law.
(d) Joint Acknowledgment. THIS WRITTEN AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE
CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL
AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.
THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
Section 10.2 Survival of Agreements; Cumulative Nature. All of
Restricted Persons' various representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements in the Loan Documents shall survive the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the performance hereof and
thereof, including the making or granting of the Loans and the delivery of the
Notes and the other Loan Documents, and shall further survive until all of the
Obligations are paid in full to each Lender Party and all of Lender Parties'
obligations to Borrower are terminated. All statements and agreements contained
in any certificate or other instrument delivered by any Restricted Person to any
Lender Party under any Loan Document shall be deemed representations and
warranties by Borrower or agreements and covenants of Borrower under this
Agreement. The representations, warranties, indemnities, and covenants made by
Restricted Persons in the Loan Documents, and the rights, powers, and privileges
granted to Lender Parties in the Loan Documents, are cumulative, and, except for
expressly specified waivers and consents, no Loan Document shall be construed in
the context of another to diminish, nullify, or otherwise reduce the benefit to
any Lender Party of any such representation, warranty, indemnity, covenant,
right, power or privilege. In particular and without limitation, no exception
set out in this Agreement to any representation, warranty, indemnity, or
covenant herein contained shall apply to any similar representation, warranty,
indemnity, or covenant contained in any other Loan Document, and each such
similar representation, warranty, indemnity, or covenant shall be subject only
to those exceptions which are expressly made applicable to it by the terms of
the various Loan Documents.
Section 10.3 Notices. All notices, requests, consents, demands and
other communications required or permitted under any Loan Document shall be in
writing, unless otherwise specifically provided in such Loan Document (provided
that Administrative Agent may give telephonic notices to the other Lender
Parties), and shall be deemed sufficiently given or furnished if delivered by
personal delivery, by facsimile or other electronic transmission, by
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delivery service with proof of delivery, or by registered or certified United
States mail, postage prepaid, to Borrower and Restricted Persons at the address
of Borrower specified on the signature pages hereto and to each Lender Party at
its address specified on the signature pages hereto (unless changed by similar
notice in writing given by the particular Person whose address is to be
changed). Any such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given
(a) in the case of personal delivery or delivery service, as of the date of
first attempted delivery during normal business hours at the address provided
herein, (b) in the case of facsimile or other electronic transmission, upon
receipt, or (c) in the case of registered or certified United States mail, three
days after deposit in the mail; provided, however, that no Borrowing Notice or
Continuation/Conversion Notice shall become effective until actually received by
Administrative Agent.
Section 10.4 Payment of Expenses; Indemnity.
(a) Payment of Expenses. Whether or not the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are consummated, Borrower will promptly (and in
any event, within 30 days after any invoice or other statement or notice) pay:
(i) all transfer, stamp, mortgage, documentary or other similar taxes,
assessments or charges levied by any governmental or revenue authority in
respect of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any other
document referred to herein or therein, (ii) all reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by or on behalf of Administrative Agent (including attorneys' fees,
consultants' fees and engineering fees, travel costs and miscellaneous expenses)
in connection with (1) the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of
the Loan Documents, and any and all consents, waivers or other documents or
instruments relating thereto, (2) the filing, recording, refiling and
re-recording of any Loan Documents and any other documents or instruments or
further assurances required to be filed or recorded or refiled or re-recorded by
the terms of any Loan Document, (3) the borrowings hereunder and other action
reasonably required in the course of administration hereof, (4) monitoring or
confirming (or preparation or negotiation of any document related to) any
Restricted Person's compliance with any covenants or conditions contained in
this Agreement or in any Loan Document, and (iii) all reasonable costs and
expenses incurred by or on behalf of any Lender Party (including attorneys'
fees, consultants' fees and accounting fees) in connection with the defense or
enforcement of any of the Loan Documents (including this section), any attempt
to cure any breach thereunder by any Restricted Person or the defense of any
Lender Party's exercise of its rights thereunder. In addition to the foregoing,
until all Obligations have been paid in full, Borrower will also pay or
reimburse Administrative Agent for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses of Administrative Agent or its agents or employees in connection with
the continuing administration of the Loans and the related due diligence of
Administrative Agent, including travel and miscellaneous expenses and fees and
expenses of Administrative Agent's outside counsel, reserve engineers and
consultants engaged in connection with the Loan Documents.
(b) Indemnity. Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender Party,
upon demand, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, claims,
losses, damages, penalties, fines, actions, judgments, suits, settlements,
costs, expenses or disbursements (including reasonable fees of attorneys,
accountants, experts and advisors) of any kind or nature whatsoever (in this
section collectively called "liabilities and costs") which to any extent (in
whole or in part) may be
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imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against such Lender Party growing out of,
resulting from or in any other way associated with any of the Collateral, the
Loan Documents and the transactions and events (including the enforcement or
defense thereof) at any time associated therewith or contemplated therein
whether arising in contract or in tort or otherwise and including any violation
or noncompliance with any Environmental Laws by any Lender Party or any other
Person or any liabilities or duties of any Lender Party or any other Person with
respect to Hazardous Materials found in or released into the environment).
THE FOREGOING INDEMNIFICATION SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT SUCH LIABILITIES AND
COSTS ARE IN ANY WAY OR TO ANY EXTENT OWED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, UNDER ANY CLAIM
OR THEORY OF STRICT LIABILITY OR CAUSED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY ANY NEGLIGENT
ACT OR OMISSION OF ANY KIND BY ANY LENDER PARTY,
provided only that no Lender Party shall be entitled under this section to
receive indemnification for that portion, if any, of any liabilities and costs
which is proximately caused by its own individual gross negligence or willful
misconduct, as determined in a final judgment. If any Person (including Borrower
or any of its Affiliates) ever alleges such gross negligence or willful
misconduct by any Lender Party, the indemnification provided for in this section
shall nonetheless be paid upon demand, subject to later adjustment or
reimbursement, until such time as a court of competent jurisdiction enters a
final judgment as to the extent and effect of the alleged gross negligence or
willful misconduct. As used in this section the term "Lender Party" shall refer
not only to each Person designated as such in Section 1.1 but also to each
director, officer, agent, trustee, attorney, employee, representative and
Affiliate of such Persons.
Section 10.5 Joint and Several Liability; Parties in Interest;
Assignments; Replacement Notes.
(a) All Obligations which are incurred by two or more Restricted
Persons shall be their joint and several obligations and liabilities. All
grants, covenants and agreements contained in the Loan Documents shall bind and
inure to the benefit of the parties thereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns; provided, however, that no Restricted Person may assign or
transfer any of its rights or delegate any of its duties or obligations under
any Loan Document without the prior consent of all Lenders. Neither Borrower nor
any Affiliates of Borrower shall directly or indirectly purchase or otherwise
retire any Obligations owed to any Lender nor will any Lender accept any offer
to do so, unless each Lender shall have received substantially the same offer
with respect to the same Percentage Share of the Obligations owed to it. If
Borrower or any Affiliate of Borrower at any time purchases some but less than
all of the Obligations owed to all Lender Parties, such purchaser shall not be
entitled to any rights of any Lender under the Loan Documents unless and until
Borrower or its Affiliates have purchased all of the Obligations.
(b) No Lender shall sell any participation interest in its
commitment hereunder or any of its rights under its Loans or under the Loan
Documents to any Person unless the agreement between such Lender and such
participant at all times provides: (i) that such participation exists
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only as a result of the agreement between such participant and such Lender and
that such transfer does not give such participant any right to vote as a Lender
or any other direct claims or rights against any Person other than such Lender,
(ii) that such participant is not entitled to payment from any Restricted Person
under Sections 3.2 through 3.6 of amounts in excess of those payable to such
Lender under such sections (determined without regard to the sale of such
participation), and (iii) unless such participant is an Affiliate of such
Lender, that such participant shall not be entitled to require such Lender to
take any action under any Loan Document or to obtain the consent of such
participant prior to taking any action under any Loan Document, except for
actions which would require the consent of all Lenders under subsection (a) of
Section 10.1. No Lender selling such a participation shall, as between the other
parties hereto and such Lender, be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder
as a result of the sale of such participation. Each Lender which sells any such
participation to any Person (other than an Affiliate of such Lender) shall give
prompt notice thereof to Administrative Agent and Borrower; provided, however,
that no liability shall arise if any Lender fails to give such notice to
Borrower.
(c) Except for sales of participations under the immediately
preceding subsection, no Lender shall make any assignment or transfer of any
kind of its commitments or any of its rights under its Loans or under the Loan
Documents, except for assignments to an Eligible Transferee, or, subject to the
provisions of subsection (g) below, to an Affiliate and then only if such
assignment is made in accordance with the following requirements:
(i) Each such assignment shall apply to all Obligations owing
to the assignor Lender hereunder and to the unused portion of the
assignor Lender's commitments, so that after such assignment is made
the assignor Lender shall have a fixed (and not a varying) Percentage
Share in its Loans and Notes and be committed to make that Percentage
Share of all future Loans, the assignee shall have a fixed Percentage
Share in such Loans and Notes and be committed to make that Percentage
Share of all future Loans, and the Percentage Share of the Maximum
Facility Amount of each of the assignor (if not an assignment of all of
its Obligations and commitments) and of the assignee shall equal or
exceed $1,000,000 (provided, that all amounts assigned shall be
aggregated in calculating the $1,000,000 minimum in the event of
simultaneous assignments to or from two or more Affiliates).
(ii) The parties to each such assignment shall execute and
deliver to Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording in
the "Register" (as defined below in this section), an Assignment and
Acceptance in the form of Exhibit D, appropriately completed, together
with the Note subject to such assignment and a processing fee payable
by such assignor Lender (and not at Borrower's expense) to
Administrative Agent of $3,500. Upon such execution, delivery, and
payment and upon the satisfaction of the conditions set out in such
Assignment and Acceptance, then (i) Borrower shall issue new Notes to
such assignor and assignee upon return of the old Notes to Borrower,
and (ii) as of the "Settlement Date" specified in such Assignment and
Acceptance the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and a Lender
hereunder and Administrative Agent shall thereupon deliver to Borrower
and each Lender a revised Schedule 1
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hereto showing the revised Percentage Shares of such assignor Lender and such
assignee Lender and the Percentage Shares of all other Lenders.
(iii) Each assignee Lender that is not a United States person
(as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for
Federal income tax purposes, shall (to the extent it has not already
done so) provide Administrative Agent and Borrower with the "Prescribed
Forms" referred to in Section 3.7(d).
(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge all or any portion of its
Loan and Note (and related rights under the Loan Documents including any portion
of its Note) to any of the twelve (12) Federal Reserve Banks organized under
Section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act, 12 U.S.C. Section 341. No such pledge or
enforcement thereof shall release any such Lender from its obligations under any
of the Loan Documents; provided that all related costs, fees and expenses in
connection with any such pledge shall be for the sole account of such Lender.
(e) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, each
assignee Lender thereunder will be confirming to and agreeing with Borrower,
Administrative Agent and each other Lender Party that such assignee understands
and agrees to the terms hereof, including Article IX hereof.
(f) Administrative Agent shall maintain a copy of each Assignment
and Acceptance and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of
Lenders and the Percentage Shares of, and principal amount of the Loans owing
to, each Lender from time to time (in this section called the "Register"). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error,
and Borrower and each Lender Party may treat each Person whose name is recorded
in the Register as a Lender Party hereunder for all purposes. The Register shall
be available for inspection by Borrower or any Lender Party at any reasonable
time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(g) Any Lender may assign or transfer its commitment or its rights
under its Loans or under the Loan Documents to (i) any Affiliate that is
wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of such Lender or of any Person that
wholly owns, directly or indirectly, such Lender, or (ii) if such Lender is a
fund that invests in bank loans, any other fund that invests in bank loans and
is advised or managed by (A) the same investment advisor as any Lender or (B)
any Affiliate of such investment advisor that is a wholly-owned direct or
indirect subsidiary of any Person that wholly owns, directly or indirectly, such
investment advisor, subject to the following additional conditions:
(x) any right of such Lender assignor (if assignor remains a Lender)
and such assignee to vote as a Lender, or any other direct claims or
rights against any other Persons, shall be uniformly exercised or
pursued in the manner that such Lender assignor would have so exercised
such vote, claim or right if it had not made such assignment or
transfer;
(y) such assignee shall not be entitled to payment from any Restricted
Person under Sections 3.2 through 3.7 of amounts in excess of those
payable to such Lender assignor under such sections (determined without
regard to such assignment or transfer); and
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(z) if such Lender assignor assigns or transfers to such assignee any
of such Lender's commitment, such assignee may become primarily liable
for such commitment, but such assignment or transfer shall not relieve
or release such Lender from such commitment.
(h) Upon receipt of an affidavit reasonably satisfactory to
Borrower of an officer of any Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of its Note or any Security Document which is not of public record,
and, in the case of any such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation, upon
cancellation of such Note or such Security Document, Borrower will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note in the same principal amount
thereof and otherwise of like tenor (or each Restricted Person a party to any
such Security Document will execute and deliver a replacement Security Document
of like tenor).
Section 10.6 Confidentiality. Each Lender Party agrees (on behalf of
itself and each of its Affiliates, and each of its and their directors,
officers, agents, attorneys, employees, and representatives) that it (and each
of them) will take all reasonable steps to keep confidential any non-public
information supplied to it by or at the direction of any Restricted Person so
identified when delivered, provided, however, that this restriction shall not
apply to (a) information which has at the time in question entered the public
domain, (b) information which is required to be disclosed by Law (whether valid
or invalid) of any Tribunal, (c) any disclosure to any Lender Party's
Affiliates, auditors, attorneys, or agents, (d) any disclosure to any other
Lender Party or to any purchaser or prospective purchaser of participations or
other interests in any Loan or Loan Document (provided each such Person first
agrees to hold such information in confidence on the terms provided in this
section), or (e) any disclosure in the course of enforcing its rights and
remedies during the existence of an Event of Default.
Section 10.7 Governing Law; Submission to Process. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT
THAT THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION IS EXPRESSLY ELECTED IN A LOAN DOCUMENT,
THE LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE DEEMED CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS MADE UNDER THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA. BORROWER HEREBY AGREES THAT ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING
AGAINST BORROWER WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR ANY OF THE LOAN
DOCUMENTS MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AS LENDER PARTIES MAY
ELECT, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY HEREOF, BORROWER ACCEPTS AND CONSENTS FOR
ITSELF AND IN RESPECT TO ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE
NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. BORROWER AGREES THAT
SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK SHALL APPLY TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO STAY OR
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TO DISMISS ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BEFORE SAID COURTS ON THE BASIS OF
FORUM NON CONVENIENS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING, BORROWER HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES AND APPOINTS CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY, 00 XXXXX
XXXXXX, XXXXXX, XXX XXXX 00000, AS AGENT OF BORROWER TO RECEIVE SERVICE OF ALL
PROCESS BROUGHT AGAINST BORROWER WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH
COURT IN NEW YORK, SUCH SERVICE BEING HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED BY BORROWER TO BE
EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT. COPIES OF ANY SUCH PROCESS SO
SERVED SHALL ALSO, IF PERMITTED BY LAW, BE SENT BY REGISTERED MAIL TO BORROWER
AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH BELOW, BUT THE FAILURE OF BORROWER TO RECEIVE SUCH
COPIES SHALL NOT AFFECT IN ANY WAY THE SERVICE OF SUCH PROCESS AS AFORESAID.
BORROWER SHALL FURNISH TO LENDER PARTIES A CONSENT OF CORPORATION SERVICE
COMPANY AGREEING TO ACT HEREUNDER PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF LENDER PARTIES TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY
OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF LENDER PARTIES TO
BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST BORROWER IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. IF
FOR ANY REASON CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY SHALL RESIGN OR OTHERWISE CEASE TO
ACT AS BORROWER'S AGENT, BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO (A) IMMEDIATELY
DESIGNATE AND APPOINT A NEW AGENT ACCEPTABLE TO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT TO SERVE IN
SUCH CAPACITY AND, IN SUCH EVENT, SUCH NEW AGENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE
SUBSTITUTED FOR CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY FOR ALL PURPOSES HEREOF AND (B)
PROMPTLY DELIVER TO AGENT THE WRITTEN CONSENT (IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE
SATISFACTORY TO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT) OF SUCH NEW AGENT AGREEING TO SERVE IN
SUCH CAPACITY.
Section 10.8 Limitation on Interest. Lender Parties, Restricted Persons
and any other parties to the Loan Documents intend to contract in strict
compliance with applicable usury Law from time to time in effect. In furtherance
thereof such Persons stipulate and agree that none of the terms and provisions
contained in the Loan Documents shall ever be construed to create a contract to
pay, for the use, forbearance or detention of money, interest in excess of the
maximum amount of interest permitted to be contracted for, charged, or received
by applicable Law from time to time in effect. Neither any Restricted Person nor
any present or future guarantors, endorsers, or other Persons hereafter becoming
liable for payment of any Obligation shall ever be liable for unearned interest
thereon or shall ever be required to pay interest thereon in excess of the
maximum amount that may be lawfully contracted for, charged, or received under
applicable Law from time to time in effect, and the provisions of this Section
10.8 shall
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control over all other provisions of the Loan Documents which may be in conflict
or apparent conflict herewith. Lender Parties expressly disavow any intention to
contract for, charge, or receive excessive unearned interest or finance charges
in the event the maturity of any Obligation is accelerated. If (a) the maturity
of any Obligation is accelerated for any reason, (b) any Obligation is prepaid
and as a result any amounts held to constitute interest are determined to be in
excess of the legal maximum, or (c) any Lender or any other holder of any or all
of the Obligations shall otherwise collect moneys which are determined to
constitute interest which would otherwise increase the interest on any or all of
the Obligations to an amount in excess of that permitted to be contracted for,
charged or received by applicable Law then in effect, then all sums determined
to constitute interest in excess of such legal limit shall, without penalty, and
to the extent permitted by applicable Law be promptly applied to reduce the then
outstanding principal of the related Obligations or, at such Lender's or
holder's option, promptly returned to Borrower or other payor thereof upon such
determination. In determining whether or not the interest paid or payable, under
any specific circumstance, exceeds the maximum amount permitted under applicable
Law, Lender Parties and Restricted Persons (and any other payors thereof) shall
to the greatest extent permitted under applicable Law, (i) characterize any
non-principal payment as an expense, fee or premium rather than as interest,
(ii) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (iii) amortize,
prorate, allocate, and spread the total amount of interest throughout the entire
contemplated term of the instruments evidencing the Obligations in accordance
with the amounts outstanding from time to time thereunder and the maximum legal
rate of interest from time to time in effect under applicable Law in order to
lawfully charge the maximum amount of interest permitted under applicable Law.
Section 10.9 Termination; Limited Survival. In its sole and absolute
discretion Borrower may at any time that no Obligations are owing or outstanding
elect in a written notice delivered to Administrative Agent to terminate this
Agreement. Upon receipt by Administrative Agent of such a notice, if no
Obligations are then owing or outstanding this Agreement and all other Loan
Documents shall thereupon be terminated and the parties thereto released from
all prospective obligations thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing or
anything herein to the contrary, any waivers or admissions made by any
Restricted Person in any Loan Document, any Obligations under Sections 3.2
through 3.6, and any obligations which any Person may have to indemnify or
compensate any Lender Party shall survive any termination of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document. At the request and expense of Borrower, Administrative
Agent shall prepare and execute all necessary instruments to reflect and effect
such termination of the Loan Documents. Administrative Agent is hereby
authorized to execute all such instruments on behalf of all Lenders, without the
joinder of or further action by any Lender.
Section 10.10 Severability. If any term or provision of any Loan
Document shall be determined to be illegal or unenforceable all other terms and
provisions of the Loan Documents shall nevertheless remain effective and shall
be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.
Section 10.11 Counterparts; Fax. This Agreement may be separately
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same Agreement. This Agreement
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and the Loan Documents may be validly executed and delivered by facsimile or
other electronic transmission.
Section 10.12 Waiver of Jury Trial, Punitive Damages, etc. RESTRICTED
PERSONS AND LENDER PARTIES MUTUALLY HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND
INTENTIONALLY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED
HEREON, ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENTS CONTEMPLATED TO BE EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ANY COURSE
OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALINGS, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR
ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY. THIS WAIVER CONSTITUTES A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR LENDERS
TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND MAKE THE LOANS.
BORROWER AND EACH LENDER PARTY HEREBY FURTHER (A) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
MAXIMUM EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER
IN ANY SUCH LITIGATION ANY "SPECIAL DAMAGES," AS DEFINED BELOW, (B) CERTIFIES
THAT NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OR COUNSEL FOR ANY PARTY
HERETO HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, OR IMPLIED THAT SUCH PARTY WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS, AND (C)
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY BY, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION.
AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "SPECIAL DAMAGES" INCLUDES ALL SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (REGARDLESS OF HOW NAMED), BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE
ANY PAYMENTS OR FUNDS WHICH ANY PARTY HERETO HAS EXPRESSLY PROMISED TO PAY OR
DELIVER TO ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO.
Section 10.13 Restatement. This Agreement amends and restates the
Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety. Borrower hereby agrees that (i) the
Indebtedness outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement and all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon and (ii) all accrued and unpaid fees under the Existing
Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be outstanding under and governed by this
Agreement. Borrower hereby acknowledges, warrants, represents and agrees that
this Agreement is not intended to be, and shall not be deemed or construed to
be, a novation or release of the Existing Credit Agreement.
Section 10.14 Special Provisions.
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(a) From and after the Closing Date, (i) each Exiting Lender shall
cease to be a party to this Agreement, (ii) no Exiting Lender shall have any
obligations or liabilities under this Agreement with respect to the period from
and after the Closing Date and, without limiting the foregoing, no Exiting
Lender shall have any Revolver Commitment or Term Commitment under this
Agreement or any participation on any Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder,
and (iii) no Exiting Lender shall have any rights under the Existing Credit
Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than rights under
the Existing Credit Agreement expressly stated to survive the termination of the
Existing Credit Agreement and the repayment of amounts outstanding thereunder).
(b) Lenders (that are Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement)
hereby waive any requirements for notice of prepayment, minimum amounts of
prepayments of the loans thereunder, ratable reductions of the commitments of
Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement and ratable payments on account of
the principal or interest of any loan under the Existing Credit Agreement to the
extent that any such prepayment, reductions or payments are required to ensure
that, upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, the Revolver Loans of Lenders
shall be outstanding on a ratable basis in accordance with their respective
Percentage Shares.
(c) Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower to request Borrowings from Lenders, to make prepayments of Revolver
Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) and to reduce commitments
under the Existing Credit Agreement among Lenders (as defined in the Existing
Credit Agreement) in order to ensure that, upon the effectiveness of this
Agreement and satisfaction of all conditions precedent under Article IV, the
Revolver Loans of Lenders shall be outstanding on a ratable basis in accordance
with their respective Percentage Shares and no such Borrowing, prepayment or
reduction shall violate any provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement or this
Agreement. Lenders hereby confirm that, from and after the Closing Date, all
participations of Lenders in respect of Letters of Credit outstanding hereunder
pursuant to subsection 2.9(c) shall be based upon the Percentage Shares of the
Lenders (after giving effect to this Agreement).
(d) Effective as of the Closing Date, Borrower hereby terminates
in full the commitments of the Exiting Lenders under the Existing Credit
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed as of the date first
written above.
BORROWER: LA GRANGE ACQUISITION,L.P.
By: LA GP, LLC, its general partner
By: ______________________________
Xxx X. Xxxxx
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Address for Borrower:
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Fax: 000-000-0000
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
Administrative Agent, LC Issuer and
a Lender
By: ______________________________
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Director
Address:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Mail Code: MADE 10008A
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000)000-0000
FLEET SECURITIES, INC.,
Joint Lead Arranger and Book Runner
By: ______________________________
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Vice President
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WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication Agent and a Lender
By: ______________________________
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Vice President
Address:
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC,
Joint Lead Arranger and Book Runner
By: ______________________________
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Vice President
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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
as Co-Documentation Agent and
aLender
By: ______________________________
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
Address:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000:
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BNP PARIBAS,
as Co-Documentation Agent and a
Lender
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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BANK OF SCOTLAND,
as Senior Managing Agent and a
Lender
By: ______________________________
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
First Vice President
Address:
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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FORTIS CAPITAL CORP.,
as Co-Agent and a Lender
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
00000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Agent and a Lender
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
000 00XX Xxxxxx XXXXXX0X
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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BMO XXXXXXX XXXXX FINANCING, INC.,
Lender
By: ______________________________
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Vice President
Address:
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (713)23-4007
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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING
GROUP LIMITED,
as a Lender
By: ______________________________
Name: R. Xxxxx XxXxxxx
Title: Country Head - USA
Address: 000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000 0000
Fax: (000) 000 0000
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BANK ONE, NA,
as a Lender
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
1 Bank One Plaza, Suite IL 1-0010
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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COMERICA BANK,
as a Lender
By:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Vice President - Texas Division
Address:
0000 Xxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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KEY BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By:
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
Address:
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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WEST LB AG, New York Branch
as a Lender
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Address: 0000 Xxx xx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Fax: 000-000-0000
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COMPASS BANK,
as a Lender
By:
---------------------------------
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Senior Vice President
Address:
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000X
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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UFJ BANK LIMITED,
as a Lender
By:
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Name: X. X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Address: Structured Finance Department
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxx
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Fax: 000-000-0000
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
HSH NORDBANK, AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as a Lender
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Address:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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NATEXIS BANQUES POPULAIRES,
as a Lender
By:
---------------------------------
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Vice President
By:
---------------------------------
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, III
Vice President
Address:
Houston Representative Xxxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
as a Lender
By:
---------------------------------
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Vice President - Credit Products
Address:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
GUARANTY BANK
as a Lender
By:
---------------------------------
Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Senior Vice President
Address:
0000 XX Xxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx00000
Attention: Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
STERLING BANK,
as a Lender
By:
---------------------------------
Name: C. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Address: 0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx - Administrator
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
ALLIED IRISH BANKS P.L.C,
as a Lender
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Address:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxx / Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 / (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: FLEET NATIONAL BANK
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 26,075,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 92,675,000
Revolver Percentage: 14.9%
Domestic Lending Office:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Mail Code: MADE 10008A
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
Same.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
A-1
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 26,075,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 10,675,000
Revolver Percentage: 14.9%
Domestic Lending Office:
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
Same.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
A-2
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 10,500,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 19,500,000
Revolver Percentage: 6.0%
Domestic Lending Office:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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A-3
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: BNP PARIBAS
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 10,500,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 19,500,000
Revolver Percentage: 6.0%
Domestic Lending Office:
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
A-4
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: BANK OF SCOTLAND
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 11,200,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 20,800,000
Revolver Percentage: 6.4%
Domestic Lending Office:
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
One City Centre
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx / Xxx XxXxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 / (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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A-5
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: FORTIS CAPITAL CORP.
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 10,150,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 18,850,000
Revolver Percentage: 5.8%
Domestic Lending Office:
00000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
Same.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
A-6
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 10,150,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 18,850,000
Revolver Percentage: 5.8%
Domestic Lending Office:
000 00XX Xxxxxx XXXXXX0X
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
Same.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
A-7
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: BMO XXXXXXX XXXXX FINANCING, INC.
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 7,000,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 13,000,000
Revolver Percentage: 4.0%
Domestic Lending Office:
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (713) 23-4007
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
Same.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
A-8
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 8,050,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 14,950,000
Revolver Percentage: 4.6%
Domestic Lending Office:
1177 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
Same.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
A-9
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: BANK ONE, NA
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 7,000,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 13,000,000
Revolver Percentage: 4.0%
Domestic Lending Office:
1 Bank One Plaza, Suite IL 1-0010
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX0-0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx / Xxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 / (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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A-10
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: COMERICA BANK
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 7,000,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 13,000,000
Revolver Percentage: 4.0%
Domestic Lending Office:
0000 Xxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
Same.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
A-11
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: KEY BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 4,900,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 9,100,000
Revolver Percentage: 2.8%
Domestic Lending Office:
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
000 000xx Xxxxxx, XX 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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A-12
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: WEST LB AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 4,900,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 9,100,000
Revolver Percentage: 2.8%
Domestic Lending Office:
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
A-13
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: COMPASS BANK
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 6,300,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 11,700,000
Revolver Percentage: 3.6%
Domestic Lending Office:
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000X
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
Same.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
A-14
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: UFJ BANK LIMITED
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 4,550,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 8,450,000
Revolver Percentage: 2.6%
Domestic Lending Office:
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same
Notices:
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Lad Perenyi
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
A-15
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: HSH NORDBANK, AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 4,550,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 8,450,000
Revolver Percentage: 2.6%
Domestic Lending Office:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
Same.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
A-16
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: NATEXIS BANQUES POPULAIRES
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 3,500,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 6,500,000
Revolver Percentage: 2.0%
Domestic Lending Office:
Houston Representative Xxxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
Same, with a copy to:
1251 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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A-17
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 2,450,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 4,550,000
Revolver Percentage: 1.4%
Domestic Lending Office:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
Same.
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A-18
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: GUARANTY BANK
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 3,500,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 6,500,000
Revolver Percentage: 2.0%
Domestic Lending Office:
0000 XX Xxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx00000
Attention: Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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A-19
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: STERLING BANK
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 3,150,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 5,850,000
Revolver Percentage: 1.8%
Domestic Lending Office:
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: C. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
Same.
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A-20
SCHEDULE 1
LENDER SCHEDULE
Lender: ALLIED IRISH BANKS P.L.C.
Lender's Revolver Commitment: $ 3,500,000
Lender's Term Commitment: $ 0
Revolver Percentage: 2.0%
Domestic Lending Office:
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx 0
Xxxxxxx
Attention:
Telephone: 000 000 0 0000000
Fax: 000 000 0 0000000
Eurodollar Lending Office:
Same.
Notices:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxx / Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 / (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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X-00
XXXXXXXX 0
XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
Section 5.4. No Conflict or Consents:
None.
Section 5.6. Initial Financial Statements:
None.
Section 5.7. Other Obligations and Restrictions:
None.
Section 5.9. Litigation:
None
Section 5.10. Labor Disputes and Acts of God:
None.
Section 5.11. ERISA Plans and Liabilities:
None.
Section 5.12. Compliance with Laws:
None.
Section 5.13 Environmental Laws:
None.
Section 5.14. Names and Places of Business:
a. Fictitious name(s):
The Restricted Person(s) have the following fictitious names:
ETC Oklahoma Pipeline, Ltd. - ETC Oklahoma Pipeline, L.P.
ETC Marketing, Ltd. - ETC Marketing, X.X.
XxXxxxxx Acquisition, L.P. - Energy Transfer Company
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b. Principal Place of Business:
The Restricted Person(s) have the following additional principal places of
business:
None.
c. Other offices:
The Restricted Person(s) have the following additional offices:
LaGrange Acquisition, L.P.
000 X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxx.
Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
ETC Oklahoma Pipeline, Ltd.
Business Xxxxxx
0000 X. Xxxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000
ETC Oklahoma Pipeline, Ltd.
Elk City Plant
Xx 0 Xxx 00-0 Xxx 0
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd.
Giddings Xxxxxx
0000 X Xxxxxx Xx
Xxx 000 X
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd.
Xxxxxx County Plant
Xxxxxx Xxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd.
Hallettsville Treating Plant 1.25 mi W of Hwy 77 on XX 000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd.
Holland Creek Plant
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
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ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd.
La Grange Plant
0000 X XX Xxx 00
XxXxxxxx, XX 00000
ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd.
Latium Treating Plant
Washington City, TX
ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd.
Navasota Plant Site & Field Xxxxxx
00000 Xxxxxx Xxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
00000 XX 00
XxXxxxxx, XX 00000
ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd.
Somerville Plant & Xxxxxx
0000 XX 0000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
ETC Marketing, Ltd.
Trucking Operations Xxxxxx
0000 XX 0000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd.
LaGrange Field Xxxxxx
0000 X XX Xxx 00
XxXxxxxx, XX 00000
ETC Oasis, L.P.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
ETC Oasis, L.P.
0000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
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ETC Oasis, L.P.
00 Xxxx 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Oasis Pipe Line Company Texas, L.P.
00000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Section 5.15 Borrower's Subsidiaries:
Borrower owns all of the limited liability company interests in LG PL,
LLC; LGM, LLC; ETC Oasis GP, LLC; Five-Dawaco, LLC and TETC, LLC
Borrower directly owns the 99.9% limited partnership interests, and LG
PL, LLC owns the .1% general partnership interest, in the following
entities:
ETC Gas Company, Ltd.
ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd.
ETC Oklahoma Pipeline, Ltd.
ETC Texas Processing, Ltd.
Borrower directly owns the 99.9% limited partnership interests in the
following entities and LGM, LLC; ETC Oasis GP, LLC; and Five-Dawaco,
LLC, respectively, own the .1% general partnership interest in such
entities:
ETC Marketing, Ltd.
ETC Oasis, L.P.
ET Company I, Ltd.
ET Company I, Ltd. directly owns the 99% limited partnership interests,
and Five-Dawaco LLC owns the 1% general partnership interest, in the
following entities:
Whiskey Bay Gathering Company, Ltd.
Whiskey Bay Gas Company, Ltd.
Xxxxxxxx Transmission Company, Ltd.
ET Company I, Ltd. directly owns the 99% limited partnership interest,
and TETC, LLC owns the 1% general partnership interest, in Texas Energy
Transfer Company, Ltd.
ETC Oasis, L.P. directly owns all of the outstanding shares of Oasis
Pipe Line Company.
Oasis Pipeline Company owns all of the outstanding shares of the
following entities:
Oasis Pipe Line Finance Company
Oasis Partner Company
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Oasis Pipe Line Management Company
Oasis Partner Company owns the 99% limited partnership interest, and
Oasis Pipe Line Management Company owns the 1% general partnership
interest, in Oasis Pipe Line Company Texas L.P.
ETC Gas Company owns a 50% interest in South Texas Gathering and
Treating Joint Venture.
ETC Company I, Ltd. owns a direct or indirect 50% interest in VanTex
Energy Services, Ltd., VanTex Gas Pipeline Company, LLC and VES Inc.
Section 5.20. Credit Agreements
None.
Section 7.2. Limitation on Liens
None.
Section 7.10. Prohibit Contracts
None.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
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SCHEDULE 3
SECURITY SCHEDULE
1. Second Amended and Restated Guaranty by ETC Gas Company, Ltd., ETC
Texas Pipeline, Ltd., ETC Oklahoma Pipeline, Ltd., ETC Marketing, Ltd.,
ETC Oasis, L.P., Texas Energy Transfer Company, Ltd., Whiskey Bay
Gathering Company, Ltd., Whiskey Bay Gas Company, Ltd., Xxxxxxxx
Transmission Company, Ltd., ET Company I, Ltd., Oasis Pipe Line
Company, Oasis Pipe Line Company Texas, L.P., Oasis Pipe Line Finance
Company, Oasis Partner Company, Oasis Pipe Line Management Company, LA
GP, LLC, LG PL, LLC, LGM, LLC, ETC Oasis GP, LLC, FIVE-DAWACO, LLC,
TETC, LLC, and ETC Texas Processing, Ltd. in favor of Administrative
Agent.
2. Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement by Borrower in favor of
Administrative Agent (Partnership Pledge).
3. Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement by Borrower in favor of
Administrative Agent (LLC Pledge).
4. Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement by Borrower in favor of
Administrative Agent.
5. Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement by LA GP, LLC, LG PL, LLC,
LGM, LLC, ETC Oasis GP, LLC, Oasis Pipe Line Management Company,
FIVE-DAWACO, LLC, TETC, LLC, ET Company I, Ltd., and Oasis Partner
Company in favor of Administrative Agent.
6. Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement by ETC Marketing, Ltd.,
Oasis Pipe Line Company, Texas Energy Transfer Company, Ltd., Whiskey
Bay Gathering Company, Ltd., Whiskey Bay Gas Company, Ltd., Xxxxxxxx
Transmission Company, Ltd., ET Company I, Ltd., ETC Oasis, L.P., Oasis
Pipe Line Management Company, Oasis Pipe Line Finance Company, Oasis
Partner Company and ETC Gas Company, Ltd. in favor of Administrative
Agent.
7. Amended and Restated Stock Pledge Agreement by ETC Oasis, L.P. and
Oasis Pipe Line Company in favor of Administrative Agent.
8. First Amended and Restated Deed of Trust, Mortgage, Assignment,
Security Agreement, Fixture Filing and Financing Statement by ETC Texas
Pipeline, Ltd. and ETC Oklahoma Pipeline, Ltd., ETC Texas Processing,
Ltd. and Oasis Pipe Line Texas L.P. in favor of Administrative Agent.
9. UCC-1 Financing Statements relating to the foregoing Security
Documents.
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SCHEDULE 4
INSURANCE SCHEDULE
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT A-1
PROMISSORY NOTE
[REVOLVER NOTE]
$_________________ __________, 200__
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, La Grange Acquisition, L.P., a
Texas limited partnership (herein called "Borrower"), hereby promises to pay to
the order of ________________________________________________, a ____________
(herein called "Lender"), the principal sum of _________________________ Dollars
($ ________________), or, if greater or less, the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Revolver Loans made under this Note by Lender to Borrower pursuant
to the terms of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), together with
interest on the unpaid principal balance thereof as hereinafter set forth, both
principal and interest payable as herein provided in lawful money of the United
States of America at the offices of Administrative Agent under the Credit
Agreement, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, or at such other place as
from time to time may be designated by the holder of this Note.
This Note (a) is issued and delivered under that certain Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement dated January 20, 2004, among Borrower, Fleet
National Bank, as Administrative Agent, and the lenders (including Lender)
referred to therein (herein, as from time to time supplemented, amended or
restated, called the "Credit Agreement"), and is a "Revolver Note" as defined
therein, (b) is subject to the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement,
which contains provisions for payments and prepayments hereunder and
acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events,
(c) is secured by and entitled to the benefits of certain Security Documents (as
identified and defined in the Credit Agreement), and (d) is given in renewal and
restatement of certain Indebtedness described in the Credit Agreement. Payments
on this Note shall be made and applied as provided herein and in the Credit
Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement for a description of
certain rights, limitations of rights, obligations and duties of the parties
hereto and for the meanings assigned to terms used and not defined herein and to
the Security Documents for a description of the nature and extent of the
security thereby provided and the rights of the parties thereto.
For the purposes of this Note, the following terms have the meanings
assigned to them below:
"Base Rate Payment Date" means (i) the last day of each March,
June, September and December, beginning March 31, 2004, and (ii) any
day on which past due interest or principal is owed hereunder and is
unpaid. If the terms hereof or of the Credit Agreement provide that
payments of interest or principal hereon shall be deferred from one
Base Rate Payment Date to another day, such other day shall also be a
Base Rate Payment Date.
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"Eurodollar Rate Payment Date" means, with respect to any
Eurodollar Loan: (i) the day on which the related Interest Period ends
and, if such Interest Period is six or twelve months in length, each
date specified by Administrative Agent that is approximately three, six
or nine months (as applicable) after such Interest Period begins, and
(ii) any day on which past due interest or past due principal is owed
hereunder with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and is unpaid. If the
terms hereof or of the Credit Agreement provide that payments of
interest or principal with respect to such Eurodollar Loan shall be
deferred from one Eurodollar Rate Payment Date to another day, such
other day shall also be a Eurodollar Rate Payment Date.
The principal amount of this Note, together with all interest accrued
hereon, shall be due and payable in full on the Maturity Date.
Unless the Default Rate shall apply, (i) each Base Rate Loan shall bear
interest on each day outstanding at the Base Rate plus the applicable Base Rate
Margin in effect on such day and (ii) each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest
on each day during the related Interest Period at the related Eurodollar Rate
plus the applicable Eurodollar Rate Margin in effect on such day. During a
Default Rate Period, all Loans shall bear interest on each day outstanding at
the Default Rate. The interest rate shall change whenever the applicable Base
Rate, the applicable Base Rate Margin, the applicable Eurodollar Rate or the
applicable Eurodollar Rate Margin changes. In no event shall the interest rate
on any Loan exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph and all other provisions of
this Note, in no event shall the interest payable hereon, whether before or
after maturity, exceed the maximum interest which, under applicable Law, may be
charged on this Note, and this Note is expressly made subject to the provisions
of the Credit Agreement which more fully set out the limitations on how interest
accrues hereon.
On each Base Rate Payment Date, Borrower shall pay to the holder hereof
all unpaid interest which has accrued on the Base Rate Loans to but not
including such Base Rate Payment Date. On each Eurodollar Rate Payment Date
relating to such Eurodollar Loan, Borrower shall pay to the holder hereof all
unpaid interest which has accrued on such Eurodollar Loan to but not including
such Eurodollar Rate Payment Date. All interest on past due principal of and
past due interest on the Loan shall be due and payable daily as it accrues.
If this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection after
default, or if all or any part of the indebtedness represented hereby is proved,
established or collected in any court or in any bankruptcy, receivership, debtor
relief, probate or other court proceedings, Borrower and all endorsers, sureties
and guarantors of this Note jointly and severally agree to pay reasonable
attorneys' fees and collection costs to the holder hereof in addition to the
principal and interest payable hereunder.
Borrower and all endorsers, sureties and guarantors of this Note hereby
severally waive demand, presentment, notice of demand and of dishonor and
nonpayment of this Note, protest, notice of protest, notice of intention to
accelerate the maturity of this Note, declaration or notice of acceleration of
the maturity of this Note, diligence in collecting, the bringing of any suit
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against any party and any notice of or defense on account of any extensions,
renewals, partial payments or changes in any manner of or in this Note or in any
of its terms, provisions and covenants, or any releases or substitutions of any
security, or any delay, indulgence or other act of any trustee or any holder
hereof, whether before or after maturity.
THIS NOTE AND THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK , EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE SAME
ARE GOVERNED BY APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAW.
LA GRANGE ACQUISITION, L.P.
By: LA GP, LLC, its general partner
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A-2
PROMISSORY NOTE
[TERM NOTE]
$_________________ __________, 200__
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, La Grange Acquisition, L.P., a
Texas limited partnership (herein called "Borrower"), hereby promises to pay to
the order of ________________________________________________, a ____________
(herein called "Lender"), the principal sum of _________________________ Dollars
($ ________________), or, if greater or less, the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Term Loans made under this Note by Lender to Borrower pursuant to
the terms of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), together with
interest on the unpaid principal balance thereof as hereinafter set forth, both
principal and interest payable as herein provided in lawful money of the United
States of America at the offices of Administrative Agent under the Credit
Agreement, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, or at such other place as
from time to time may be designated by the holder of this Note.
This Note (a) is issued and delivered under that certain Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement dated January 20, 2004, among Borrower, Fleet
National Bank, as Administrative Agent, and the lenders (including Lender)
referred to therein (herein, as from time to time supplemented, amended or
restated, called the "Credit Agreement"), and is a "Term Note" as defined
therein, (b) is subject to the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement,
which contains provisions for payments and prepayments hereunder and
acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events,
(c) is secured by and entitled to the benefits of certain Security Documents (as
identified and defined in the Credit Agreement), and (d) is given in renewal and
restatement of certain Indebtedness described in the Credit Agreement. Payments
on this Note shall be made and applied as provided herein and in the Credit
Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement for a description of
certain rights, limitations of rights, obligations and duties of the parties
hereto and for the meanings assigned to terms used and not defined herein and to
the Security Documents for a description of the nature and extent of the
security thereby provided and the rights of the parties thereto.
For the purposes of this Note, the following terms have the meanings
assigned to them below:
"Base Rate Payment Date" means (i) the last day of each March,
June, September and December, beginning March 31, 2004, and (ii) any
day on which past due interest or principal is owed hereunder and is
unpaid. If the terms hereof or of the Credit Agreement provide that
payments of interest or principal hereon shall be deferred from one
Base Rate Payment Date to another day, such other day shall also be a
Base Rate Payment Date.
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"Eurodollar Rate Payment Date" means, with respect to any
Eurodollar Loan: (i) the day on which the related Interest Period ends
and, if such Interest Period is six or twelve months in length, each
date specified by Administrative Agent that is approximately three, six
or nine months (as applicable) after such Interest Period begins, and
(ii) any day on which past due interest or past due principal is owed
hereunder with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and is unpaid. If the
terms hereof or of the Credit Agreement provide that payments of
interest or principal with respect to such Eurodollar Loan shall be
deferred from one Eurodollar Rate Payment Date to another day, such
other day shall also be a Eurodollar Rate Payment Date.
The principal amount of this Note, together with all interest accrued
hereon, shall be due and payable in full on the Maturity Date.
Unless the Default Rate shall apply, (i) each Base Rate Loan shall bear
interest on each day outstanding at the Base Rate plus the applicable Base Rate
Margin in effect on such day and (ii) each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest
on each day during the related Interest Period at the related Eurodollar Rate
plus the applicable Eurodollar Rate Margin in effect on such day. During a
Default Rate Period, all Loans shall bear interest on each day outstanding at
the Default Rate. The interest rate shall change whenever the applicable Base
Rate, the applicable Base Rate Margin, the applicable Eurodollar Rate or the
applicable Eurodollar Rate Margin changes. In no event shall the interest rate
on any Loan exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph and all other provisions of
this Note, in no event shall the interest payable hereon, whether before or
after maturity, exceed the maximum interest which, under applicable Law, may be
charged on this Note, and this Note is expressly made subject to the provisions
of the Credit Agreement which more fully set out the limitations on how interest
accrues hereon.
On each Base Rate Payment Date, Borrower shall pay to the holder hereof
all unpaid interest which has accrued on the Base Rate Loans to but not
including such Base Rate Payment Date. On each Eurodollar Rate Payment Date
relating to such Eurodollar Loan, Borrower shall pay to the holder hereof all
unpaid interest which has accrued on such Eurodollar Loan to but not including
such Eurodollar Rate Payment Date. All interest on past due principal of and
past due interest on the Loan shall be due and payable daily as it accrues.
If this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection after
default, or if all or any part of the indebtedness represented hereby is proved,
established or collected in any court or in any bankruptcy, receivership, debtor
relief, probate or other court proceedings, Borrower and all endorsers, sureties
and guarantors of this Note jointly and severally agree to pay reasonable
attorneys' fees and collection costs to the holder hereof in addition to the
principal and interest payable hereunder.
Borrower and all endorsers, sureties and guarantors of this Note hereby
severally waive demand, presentment, notice of demand and of dishonor and
nonpayment of this Note, protest, notice of protest, notice of intention to
accelerate the maturity of this Note, declaration or notice of acceleration of
the maturity of this Note, diligence in collecting, the bringing of any suit
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against any party and any notice of or defense on account of any extensions,
renewals, partial payments or changes in any manner of or in this Note or in any
of its terms, provisions and covenants, or any releases or substitutions of any
security, or any delay, indulgence or other act of any trustee or any holder
hereof, whether before or after maturity.
THIS NOTE AND THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE SAME ARE
GOVERNED BY APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAW.
LA GRANGE ACQUISITION, L.P.
By: LA GP, LLC, its general partner
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT B
BORROWING NOTICE
Reference is made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of January 20, 2004 (as from time to time amended, the
"Agreement"), by and among La Grange Acquisition, L.P. ("Borrower"), Fleet
National Bank, as Administrative Agent, and certain financial institutions
("Lenders"). Terms which are defined in the Agreement are used herein with the
meanings given them in the Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement,
Borrower hereby requests Lenders to make [Revolver/Term] Loans to Borrower in
the aggregate principal amount of $ __________ and specifies ____________, ____,
as the date Borrower desires for Lenders to make such [Revolver/Term] Loans and
for Administrative Agent to deliver to Borrower the proceeds thereof. [Such
Revolver Loans are hereby designated as CE/PA Revolver Loans.]
Type of Loans: [Eurodollar Loans][Base Rate Loans]
Length of Interest Periods for Eurodollar Loan (1, 2, 3, 6 or 12
months)
To induce Lenders to make such [Revolver/Term] Loans, Borrower hereby
represents, warrants, acknowledges, and agrees to and with Administrative Agent
and each Lender that:
(a) The officer of LA GP signing this instrument is the duly
elected, qualified and acting officer of LA GP as indicated below such
officer's signature hereto having all necessary authority to act for
Borrower in making the request herein contained.
(b) The representations and warranties made by any Restricted
Person in the Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and
correct on and as of the date hereof (except to the extent that the
facts on which such representations and warranties are based have been
changed by the extension of credit under the Agreement or to the extent
that such representation or warranty was made as of a specific date or
updated, modified or supplemented, as of a subsequent date with the
consent of Majority Lenders), with the same effect as though such
representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date
hereof.
(c) There does not exist on the date hereof any condition or
event which constitutes a Default which has not been waived in writing
as provided in Section 10.1(a) of the Agreement; nor will any such
Default exist upon Borrower's receipt and application of the Loans
requested hereby. Borrower will use the Loans hereby requested in
compliance with Section 2.4 of the Agreement.
(d) (i) No Material Adverse Change shall have occurred, (ii)
no event or circumstance shall have occurred that would reasonably be
expected to cause a Material Adverse Change, (iii) no material adverse
change shall have occurred in the consolidated financial condition,
business, operations, assets or prospects of the Master Partnership and
(iv) no event or circumstance shall have occurred that would reasonably
be expected to cause a material adverse change in the consolidated
financial condition, business, operations, assets or prospects of the
Master Partnership, other than, in each case,
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changes resulting solely from general, regional, industry-wide, or
economy-wide developments.
(e) Except to the extent waived in writing as provided in
Section 10.1(a) of the Agreement, each Restricted Person has performed
and complied with all agreements and conditions in the Agreement
required to be performed or complied with by such Restricted Person on
or prior to the date hereof, and each of the conditions precedent to
Loans contained in the Agreement remains satisfied.
(f) The Revolver Facility Usage, after the making of the Loans
requested hereby, will not be in excess of the Revolver Commitment on
the date requested for the making of such Loans.
(g) The Loan Documents have not been modified, amended or
supplemented by any unwritten representations or promises, by any
course of dealing, or by any other means not provided for in Section
10.1(a) of the Agreement. The Agreement and the other Loan Documents
are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed in all respects.
The officer of LA GP signing this instrument hereby certifies that, to
the best of his knowledge after due inquiry, the above representations,
warranties, acknowledgments, and agreements of Borrower are true, correct and
complete in all material respects.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument is executed as of ___________,____.
LA GRANGE ACQUISITION, L.P.
By: LA GP, LLC, its general partner
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT C
CONTINUATION/CONVERSION NOTICE
Reference is made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of January 20, 2004 (as from time to time amended, the
"Agreement"), by and among La Grange Acquisition, L.P. ("Borrower"), Fleet
National Bank, as Administrative Agent, and certain financial institutions
("Lenders"). Terms which are defined in the Agreement are used herein with the
meanings given them in the Agreement.
Borrower hereby requests a conversion or continuation of existing
[Term] [Revolver] Loans into a new Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.3 of the
Agreement as follows:
Existing Borrowing(s) of [Term] [Revolver] Loans to be Continued or
Converted:
$______________ of Eurodollar Loans with Interest Period
ending ________________
$______________ of Base Rate Loans
Aggregate amount of new [Term] [Revolver] Borrowing: $________________
Type of Loans in new Borrowing: ________________
Date of Continuation or Conversion: ________________
Length of Interest Period for Eurodollar
Loans (1, 2, 3, 6 or 12 months): ________ months
Borrower hereby represents, warrants, acknowledges, and agrees to and
with each Lender that:
(a) The officer of LA GP signing this instrument is the duly
elected, qualified and acting officer of LA GP as indicated below such
officer's signature hereto having all necessary authority to act for
Borrower in making the request herein contained.
(b) There does not exist on the date hereof any condition or
event which constitutes a Default which has not been waived in writing
as provided in Section 10.1(a) of the Agreement; nor will any such
Default exist upon Borrower's receipt and application of the Loans
requested hereby.
(c) The Loan Documents have not been modified, amended or
supplemented by any unwritten representations or promises, by any
course of dealing, or by any other means not provided for in Section
10.1(a) of the Agreement. The Agreement and the other Loan Documents
are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed in all respects.
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The officer of LA GP signing this instrument hereby certifies that, to
the best of his knowledge after due inquiry, the above representations,
warranties, acknowledgments, and agreements of Borrower are true, correct and
complete in all material respects.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument is executed as of ___________,____.
LA GRANGE ACQUISITION, L.P.
By: LA GP, LLC, its general partner
By:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT D
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of January 20, 2004 (the "Credit Agreement") among La Grange
Acquisition, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (the "Borrower"), the Lenders (as
defined in the Credit Agreement) and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative
Agent for the Lenders (the "Administrative Agent"). Terms defined in the Credit
Agreement are used herein with the same meaning.
The "Assignor" and the "Assignee" referred to on Schedule 1 agree as
follows:
1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, without
recourse and without representation or warranty except as expressly set forth
herein, and the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor, an
interest in and to the Assignor's rights and obligations under the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of the date hereof equal to the
percentage interest specified on Schedule 1 of all outstanding rights and
obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. After
giving effect to such sale and assignment, the Assignee's Commitment and the
amount of the Loans owing to the Assignee will be as set forth on Schedule 1.
2. The Assignor (i) represents and warrants that it is the legal and
beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such
interest is free and clear of any adverse claim; (ii) makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Loan Documents
or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency
or value of the Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant thereto; (iii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any Restricted Person
or the performance or observance by any Restricted Person of any of its
obligations under the Loan Documents or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant thereto; and (iv) attaches the Note held by the Assignor and
requests that Administrative Agent exchange such Note for new Notes in an amount
equal to the Commitment assumed by the Assignee pursuant hereto and to the
Assignor in an amount equal to the Commitment retained by the Assignor.
3. The Assignee (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit
Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in
Section 6.2 thereof and such other documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without
reliance upon Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender 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 action under
the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes Administrative Agent to take
such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion
under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to Administrative Agent by the terms
thereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental
thereto; (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of
the obligations that by the
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terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender;
and (v) attaches any U.S. Internal Revenue Service or other forms required under
Section 3.7(d).
4. Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, it will
be delivered to Administrative Agent for acceptance and recording by
Administrative Agent. The effective date for this Assignment and Acceptance (the
"Effective Date") shall be the date of acceptance hereof by Administrative
Agent, unless otherwise specified on Schedule 1.
5. Upon such acceptance and recording by Administrative Agent, as of
the Effective Date, (i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement
and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights
and obligations of a Lender thereunder and (ii) the Assignor shall, to the
extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be
released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.
6. Upon such acceptance and recording by Administrative Agent, from and
after the Effective Date, Administrative Agent shall make all payments under the
Credit Agreement and the Notes in respect of the interest assigned hereby
(including, without limitation, all payments of principal, interest and
commitment fees with respect thereto) to the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee
shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the Credit Agreement
and the Notes for periods prior to the Effective Date directly between
themselves.
7. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the Laws of the State of New York.
8. This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of Schedule 1 to this Assignment and Acceptance by telecopier shall
be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment
and Acceptance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor and the Assignee have caused Schedule
1 to this Assignment and Acceptance to be executed by their officers thereunto
duly authorized as of the date specified thereon.
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SCHEDULE 1
to
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Revolver Percentage assigned: __%
Assignee's Commitment:
Assignee's Term Loan: $____________
Assignee's Revolver Percentage of Maximum
Revolver Facility Amount: $____________
Assignee's Outstanding Term Loan: $____________
Principal amount of Term Note payable to Assignee: $____________
Principal amount of Revolver Note payable to Assignee: $____________
Effective Date (if other than date
of acceptance by Administrative Agent): ________, 200__
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR], as Assignor
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated:_________, ____
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE], as Assignee
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Domestic Lending Office:
Eurodollar Lending Office:
* This date should be no earlier than five Business Days after the
delivery of this Assignment and Acceptance to Administrative Agent.
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Accepted [and Approved] **
this ___ day of ___________, ____
FLEET NATIONAL BANK
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
[Approved this ____ day
of ____________, ____
LA GRANGE ACQUISITION, L.P.
By: LA GP, LLC, its general partner
By: _____________________________]**
Name:
Title:
** Required if the Assignee is an Eligible Transferee solely by reason of
subsection (b) of the definition of "Eligible Transferee."
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EXHIBIT E
LETTER OF CREDIT APPLICATION AND AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT F
CERTIFICATE ACCOMPANYING
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Reference is made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of January 20, 2004 (as from time to time amended, the
"Agreement"), by and among La Grange Acquisition, L.P. ("Borrower"), Fleet
National Bank, as Administrative Agent, and certain financial institutions
("Lenders"), which Agreement is in full force and effect on the date hereof.
Terms which are defined in the Agreement are used herein with the meanings given
them in the Agreement.
This Certificate is furnished pursuant to Section 6.2(b) of the
Agreement. Together herewith Borrower is furnishing to Administrative Agent and
each Lender Borrower's *[audited/unaudited] financial statements (the "Financial
Statements") as at ____________ (the "Reporting Date"). Borrower hereby
represents, warrants, and acknowledges to Administrative Agent and each Lender
that:
(a) the officer of LA GP signing this instrument is the duly
elected, qualified and acting ____________ of LA GP and as such is LA
GP's [chief financial officer/principal accounting officer];
(b) the Financial Statements are accurate and complete in all
material respects [(subject, in the case of such unaudited financial
statements to normal year-end adjustments)] and satisfy the
requirements of the Agreement;
(c) attached hereto is a schedule of calculations showing
Borrower's compliance as of the Reporting Date with the requirements of
Section 7.14(a), Section 7.14(b), and Section 7.14(c) of the Agreement
*[and Borrower's non-compliance as of such date with the requirements
of Section(s) 7.14 ___ of the Agreement];
(d) on the Reporting Date Borrower was, and on the date hereof
is, in full compliance with the disclosure requirements of Sections
6.4, 5.14 or 5.15 of the Agreement, and no Default otherwise existed on
the Reporting Date or otherwise exists on the date of this instrument
*[except for Default(s) under Section(s) ____________ of the Agreement,
which *[is/are] more fully described on a schedule attached hereto].
The officer of LA GP signing this instrument hereby certifies that
he/she has reviewed the Loan Documents and the Financial Statements and has
otherwise undertaken such inquiry as is in his/her opinion necessary to enable
him/her to express an informed opinion with respect to the above
representations, warranties and acknowledgments of Borrower and, to the best of
his/her knowledge, such representations, warranties, and acknowledgments are
true, correct and complete in all material respects.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument is executed as of ____________,____.
LA GRANGE ACQUISITION, L.P.
By: LA GP, LLC, its general partner
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
General Partner hereby represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and each
Lender that the Financial Statements are accurate and complete in all material
respects *[(subject, in the case of such unaudited financial statements to
normal year-end adjustments)].
U.S. PROPANE, L.P.
By: U.S. PROPANE LLC
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT G
OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR RESTRICTED PERSONS
[LETTERHEAD OF XXXXXX & XXXXXX L.L.P.]
January 20, 2004
Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Energy & Utilities, MADE 10008A
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for Heritage Propane Partners, L.P. ("Heritage
L.P."), a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware,
in connection with certain aspects of the transaction contemplated by the
Underwriting Agreement (as defined in Schedule I hereto). At the request of
Heritage L.P., we are furnishing this opinion letter to you pursuant to Section
4.1(g) of the Credit Agreement (as defined in Schedule I hereto). Unless
otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. Also, terms defined in Schedule
I hereto have the same meanings when used in the body of this opinion letter.
Other terms that are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the
date hereof in the State of New York (the "New York UCC") have the same meaning
when used herein unless otherwise indicated by the context in which such terms
are so used. Unless otherwise indicated, references to the "UCC" shall mean (i)
with respect to the validity, creation or attachment of a security interest
granted by the Security Documents other than the Mortgage, the New York UCC,
(ii) with respect to a security interest granted by the Mortgage, the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the State of Texas (the
"Texas UCC"), and (iii) with respect to the perfection of a security interest,
the New York UCC, the Texas UCC and the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on
the date hereof in the State of Delaware (the "Delaware UCC"), as applicable.
For convenience, all references to specific articles, parts, sections or
subsections of the UCC are made by using the corresponding citations to the New
York UCC.
In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have reviewed execution
copies, or copies of original counterparts of the documents listed in Schedule I
hereto. The documents listed in Section A of Schedule I hereto are referred to
herein as the "Principal Documents". The entities listed below are collectively
referred to as "Principal Parties" and each, individually, as a "Principal
Party".
(i) La Grange Acquisition, L.P., a limited partnership organized
under the laws of Texas ("Borrower"),
(ii) ETC Gas Company, Ltd., a limited partnership organized under
the laws of Texas ("ETC Gas"),
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January 20, 2004
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(iii) ETC Marketing, Ltd., a limited partnership organized under the
laws of Texas ("ETC Marketing"),
(iv) ETC Oasis, L.P., a limited partnership organized under the
laws of Delaware ("ETC Oasis"),
(v) ETC Oasis GP, LLC, a limited liability company organized under
the laws of Texas ("ETC Oasis GP"),
(vi) ETC Oklahoma Pipeline, Ltd., a limited partnership organized
under the laws of Texas ("ETC Oklahoma"),
(vii) ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd., a limited partnership organized
under the laws of Texas ("ETC Texas"),
(viii) ETC Texas Processing, Ltd., a limited partnership organized
under the laws of Texas ("ETC Texas Processing"),
(ix) Five Dawaco, LLC, a limited liability company organized under
the laws of Texas ("DAWACO"),
(x) LA GP, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the
laws of Texas ("LA GP"),
(xi) LG PL, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the
laws of Texas ("LG PL"),
(xii) LGM, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws
of Texas ("LGM"),
(xiii) ET Company I, Ltd., a limited partnership organized under the
laws of Texas ("ET Co. I"),
(xiv) Texas Energy Transfer Company, Ltd., a limited partnership
organized under the laws of Texas ("TX Energy Transfer"),
(xv) Whiskey Bay Gathering Company, Ltd., a limited partnership
organized under the laws of Texas ("Whiskey Bay Gathering"),
(xvi) Whiskey Bay Gas Company, Ltd., a limited partnership organized
under the laws of Texas ("Whiskey Bay Gas"),
(xvii) Xxxxxxxx Transmission Company, Ltd., a limited partnership
organized under the laws of Texas ("Xxxxxxxx"),
(xviii) TETC, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the
laws of Texas ("TETC"),
(xix) Oasis Pipe Line Company, a corporation organized under the
laws of Delaware ("Oasis Pipe Line"),
(xx) Oasis Pipe Line Finance Company, a corporation organized under
the laws of Delaware ("Oasis Finance"),
(xxi) Oasis Partner Company, a corporation organized under the laws
of Delaware ("Oasis Partner"),
(xxii) Oasis Pipe Line Management Company, a corporation organized
under the laws of Delaware ("Oasis Management"), and
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(xxiii) Oasis Pipe Line Company Texas L.P., a limited partnership
organized under the laws of Texas ("Oasis Pipe Line TX").
In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have reviewed such other
records, certificates and documents as we have deemed appropriate for the
purposes of such opinions. As to any facts material to our opinions, we have
made no independent investigation of such facts and have relied, to the extent
that we deem such reliance proper, upon statements of public officials and
officers or other representatives of Heritage L.P. and the Principal Parties and
on the representations and warranties set forth in the Principal Documents. We
have also reviewed and relied upon one or more certificates of officers or other
representatives of the Principal Parties certifying that (a) no Principal Party
is a party to or bound by any loan agreement, indenture, mortgage or similar
agreement relating to Indebtedness in excess of $50,000 (other than a Principal
Document), and (b) no Principal Party is subject to any administrative order
binding upon such Principal Party or to any pending legal proceeding, or any
legal proceeding threatened in writing, affecting such Principal Party or any of
its properties before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator seeking to
affect the enforceability or performance by any Principal Party of the Principal
Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.
In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have assumed the legal
capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity
to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies,
which assumptions we have not independently verified. In addition, we have
assumed that (i) each party to the Principal Documents is a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization; (ii)
the execution, delivery and performance by each Principal Party of the Principal
Documents to which it is a party do not conflict with or result in the breach of
any document or instrument binding on it; (iii) the execution, delivery and
performance by each Principal Party of the Principal Documents to which it is a
party do not contravene any provision of any law, rule or regulation applicable
to any of them (except that we have not made such assumption with respect to
Applicable Laws (as defined below) applicable to the Principal Parties, as to
which we express our opinions in paragraph 5); (iv) no authorization, approval,
consent, order, license, franchise, permit or other action by, and no notice to
or filing with, any Tribunal or any other third party is required for the due
execution, delivery and performance by each Principal Party of the Principal
Documents to which it is a party that has not been duly obtained or made and
that is not in full force and effect (except that we have not made such
assumption with respect to Governmental Approvals (as defined below) required to
be obtained or taken by the Principal Parties as to which we express our opinion
in paragraph 6); (v) the Principal Documents constitute valid, binding and
enforceable obligations of each party thereto (other than the Principal
Parties); and (vi) the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws that are the
subject of this opinion letter do not adversely affect the opinions set forth
below. With respect to our opinions expressed below, we have assumed that the
transactions contemplated in the Principal Documents bears a reasonable
relationship to New York within the meaning of Section 35.51 of the Texas
Business and Commerce Code. With respect to certain of the
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foregoing matters as they relate to the Principal Parties, please refer to the
opinion letter, dated as of the date hereof, delivered to you by Hunton &
Xxxxxxxx.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions,
qualifications, exceptions and limitations set forth herein, it is our opinion
that:
1. Each Principal Party (a) has the corporate, partnership or
limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under each Principal Document to which it is
a party, (b) has taken all corporate, partnership or limited liability company,
as applicable, action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of such Principal Document, and (c) has duly executed and delivered
each such Principal Document.
2. Based solely on the certificates of public officials listed in
Section D of Schedule I hereto, each Principal Party is in good standing and
duly authorized to do business, or is active, as applicable, in each state for
which such a certificate has been obtained for such Principal Party.
3. At the time of the closing of the transaction contemplated by
the Principal Documents, LA GP is the sole general partner of Borrower; Heritage
ETC, L.P. is the sole limited partner of Borrower; Heritage ETC GP, L.L.C. is
the sole general partner of Heritage ETC, L.P.; ETC Oasis GP is the sole general
partner of ETC Oasis; LG PL is the sole general partner of ETC Gas, ETC Texas,
ETC Oklahoma and ETC Texas Processing; LGM is the sole general partner of ETC
Marketing; TETC is the sole general partner of TX Energy Transfer; DAWACO is the
sole general partner of ET Co. I, Whiskey Bay Gathering, Whiskey Bay Gas and
Xxxxxxxx; Oasis Management is the sole general partner of Oasis Pipe Line TX;
Borrower is the sole limited partner of ETC Gas, ETC Texas, ETC Oklahoma, ETC
Texas Processing, ETC Marketing, ETC Oasis and ET Co. I; ET Co. I is the sole
limited partner of TX Energy Transfer, Whiskey Bay Gathering, Whiskey Bay Gas
and Xxxxxxxx; Heritage ETC, L.P. is the sole member of LA GP; the Borrower is
the sole member of LGM, LG PL, ETC Oasis GP, DAWACO, and TETC.
4. Each Principal Document to which each Principal Party is a
party constitutes the valid and binding obligation of such Principal Party
enforceable against such Principal Party in accordance with its terms.
5. The execution and delivery by each Principal Party of each
Principal Document to which it is a party do not, and the performance by such
Principal Party of its obligations thereunder will not, (a) violate, as
applicable, the articles or certificate of incorporation, bylaws, limited
partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, limited liability
company articles of organization or regulations of such Principal Party, or (b)
result in any violation by the Principal Parties of any Applicable Laws (as
defined below).
"Applicable Laws" means the UCC, the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership
Act, the Texas
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Revised Limited Partnership Act, those laws, rules and regulations of
the State of New York, the State of Texas and the United States of
America and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder, that, in our
experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type
contemplated by the Principal Documents. However, the term "Applicable
Laws" does not include, and we express no opinion with regard to (i)
any state or federal laws, rules or regulations relating to: (A)
pollution or protection of the environment; (B) zoning, land use,
building or construction; (C) occupational safety and health or other
similar matters; (D) labor, employee rights and benefits, including the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended; (E) except
as expressly provided in the second sentence of paragraph 7 below, the
regulation of utilities, including the Public Utility Regulatory Policy
Act of 1978, as amended; (F) antitrust and trade regulation; (G) tax;
(H) except as expressly provided in paragraph 7 below, securities,
including, without limitation, federal and state securities laws, rules
or regulations; (I) corrupt practices, including, without limitation,
the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; and (J) copyrights, patents
and trademarks, and (ii) any laws, rules or regulations of any county,
municipality or similar political subdivision or any agency or
instrumentality thereof.
6. No Governmental Approval (as defined below) which has not been
obtained or taken and is not in full force and effect, is required to be
obtained or taken by any Principal Party to authorize, or is required in
connection with, the execution and delivery by any Principal Party of each
Principal Document to which it is a party or the performance by any Principal
Party of its obligations thereunder, except (a) the filing of the Financing
Statements in the applicable Filing Offices, (b) filings that may be required to
continue the effectiveness of the Financing Statements, (c) filings of the
Mortgage referenced in paragraph 11 hereof, and (d) any filings necessary with
regard to future liens or mortgages required to be granted under the Principal
Documents.
"Governmental Approvals" means any consent, approval, license,
authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration
with, any Tribunal pursuant to any Applicable Laws (as defined in
paragraph 5 above).
7. No Principal Party is an "investment company" or a company
"controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Principal Party is a "holding company," a
"public-utility company," or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company"
within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
amended.
8. With respect to each Security Document, the provisions of such
Security Document are effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent
to secure (with respect to each Security Documents other than the Mortgage) the
"Secured Obligations" (as defined in such Security Document) and (with respect
to the Mortgage) the "secured indebtedness" (as defined in the Mortgage), a
valid security interest in all of the right, title and interest of each
Principal Party that is a party to such Security Document in and to that portion
of the Collateral (as defined in
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such Security Document) in which a security interest may be created under
Article 9 of the applicable UCC without giving effect to the laws referred to in
Section 9-201(b) and (c) thereof (the "Article 9 Collateral").
9. Upon the proper filing of each unfiled Financing Statement (as
described in Section C of Schedule I hereto) in the applicable Filing Office
identified for such unfiled Financing Statement in Section C of Schedule I
hereto, such filings, together with the existing filings of each presently filed
Financing Statement (as described in Section C of Schedule I hereto) in the
Filing Office identified for such presently filed Financing Statement in Section
C of Schedule I hereto, will result in the perfection of the security interest
in favor of the Administrative Agent in that portion of the Article 9 Collateral
described in such Financing Statements in which the Principal Parties named as
debtors in such Financing Statements have an interest, to the extent that
perfection of a security interest in the Article 9 Collateral may be perfected
by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC in effect in the State in
which such Filing Office is located. For purposes of our opinion set forth in
this paragraph 9 with respect to the Delaware UCC, we have based such opinion
solely on our review of the generally available compilations of Article 9 of the
Delaware UCC and we have not reviewed any other laws of the State of Delaware or
retained or relied on any opinion or advice of Delaware counsel.
10. With respect to that portion of the Article 9 Collateral
consisting of the certificated securities identified in Exhibit A to the Oasis
Entities Stock Pledge Agreement, upon the Administrative Agent's taking
possession in the State of New York of such certificates, properly endorsed to
the Administrative Agent or in blank, the security interest of the
Administrative Agent therein is perfected by "control" (within the meaning of
Section 8-106 of the New York UCC).
11. The Mortgage is in a form to create a valid lien in favor of
the Trustee thereunder, to secure the secured indebtedness referred to therein,
covering the "Deed of Trust Mortgaged Properties" (as defined in the Mortgage),
to the extent the Deed of Trust Mortgaged Properties constitute, under Texas
law, real property located in the State of Texas. The form of the Mortgage
contains provisions sufficient to allow the Trustee thereunder to exercise its
non-judicial power of sale remedy. A fully executed, original counterpart of the
Mortgage is required to be notarized, filed, and recorded in the appropriate
real estate records of the offices of the County Clerks of the Texas counties in
which the real properties described in the Mortgage are located, in order to
perfect the lien granted thereunder covering such Deed of Trust Mortgaged
Properties. Once the Mortgage is properly filed and recorded, no further or
subsequent filing or refiling will be necessary in order to continue the
existence or perfection of the lien referred to in the first sentence of this
paragraph, except that in the event any indebtedness secured by the Mortgage has
not been paid before the expiration of four years from the date provided for
therein or in the Notes, as appropriate, for payment of such indebtedness, an
extension agreement with respect to the Mortgage, providing for the renewal or
extension of such indebtedness, should be executed by the Mortgagor, Trustee,
and Administrative Agent thereunder and notarized, filed, and recorded in the
same records of each office in which the Mortgage has been filed prior to the
expiration of such four-year period.
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12. In a properly presented case before a court of competent
jurisdiction in the State of Texas, or a federal court applying Texas law, such
court should recognize and give full force and effect to the choice of the laws
of the State of New York as the governing law of each of the Principal Documents
that choose New York law as the governing law thereof, except to the extent that
the perfection and the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security
interest in the Collateral (as defined in each such Security Document) are
governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York.
13. In a properly presented case before a court of competent
jurisdiction in the State of New York, or a federal court applying New York law,
such court would honor the parties' choice of the laws of the State of New York
as the law governing the Principal Documents that choose New York law as the
governing law thereof (to the extent set forth in such Principal Documents).
In rendering the foregoing opinions, we have also assumed, with your
permission, and without independent investigation on our part, the following:
A. With respect to our opinions set forth in paragraphs 8 through
10 above, we have assumed that each Principal Party has, or has the power to
transfer, rights in the properties in which it is purporting to grant a security
interest sufficient for attachment of such security interest within the meaning
of Section 9-203 of the UCC.
B. With respect to our opinions set forth in paragraphs 8 through
10 above, we have assumed that the Administrative Agent and Lenders have
acquired their interests in the Article 9 Collateral for value within the
meaning of Section 9-203 of the UCC.
C. With respect to our opinions set forth in paragraphs 8 through
10 above, we have assumed the descriptions of collateral contained in, or
attached as schedules, exhibits or attachments to, the Security Documents and
the Financing Statements sufficiently describe (for the purposes of the
attachment and perfection of security interests) the collateral intended to be
covered thereby; provided, that, the foregoing assumption shall not apply to (a)
the description in the Oasis Entities Stock Pledge Agreement and the Financing
Statements of the certificated securities referred to in paragraph 10 of this
opinion letter, and (b) except for any commercial tort claim or cooperative
interest, collateral identified by a type of collateral defined in Article 9 of
the UCC and, with respect to the Financing Statements, collateral described as
being all of the property of the applicable debtor. With respect to our opinions
set forth in paragraph 11 above, we have made no examination of, and express no
opinion with respect to, the accuracy and sufficiency of the description of any
portion of the Deed of Trust Mortgaged Properties, nor with respect to title
thereto.
D. With respect to our opinion set forth in paragraph 9 above, we
have relied on the articles or certificate of incorporation, limited liability
company agreement, limited liability company articles of organization or
regulations, or limited partnership agreement, as applicable, and on
certificates of public officials or officers or other representatives of the
Principal Parties as to the authenticity of such documents as the basis for
determining that (i) the name of each
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Principal Party, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) through (xxiii) of the second
paragraph of this opinion letter, is the correct legal name of such Principal
Party, (ii) the correct organizational identification number of such Principal
Party is as set forth on the Financing Statements and (iii) that each Principal
Party is solely organized under the laws of the State identified above in
subparagraphs (i) through (xxiii) of the second paragraph of this opinion letter
as such Principal Party's jurisdiction of organization. In addition, we have
assumed that the Financing Statements heretofore filed were duly authorized to
be filed in the applicable Filing Offices by the Principal Parties named as
debtors therein.
E. With respect to our opinions set forth in paragraph 10 above,
we have assumed that such certificated securities will at all times be held by
the Administrative Agent in the State of New York.
The opinions set forth above are subject to the following
qualifications and exceptions:
(a) Our opinions above are subject to, and may be limited by,
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other
laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity (including,
without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair
dealing, and the possible unavailability of specific performance), regardless of
whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(b) We express no opinion with respect to the validity or
enforceability of the following provisions to the extent that they are contained
in the Principal Documents: (i) provisions releasing, exculpating or exempting a
party from, or requiring indemnification or contribution of a party for,
liability for its own negligence or to the extent that the same are inconsistent
with public policy; (ii) provisions purporting to waive, subordinate or not give
effect to rights to notice, demands, legal defenses or other rights or benefits
that cannot be waived, subordinated or rendered ineffective under applicable
law; (iii) provisions purporting to provide remedies inconsistent with the UCC
to the extent the UCC is applicable; (iv) provisions purporting to render void
and of no effect any transfers of a Principal Party's rights in any collateral
in violation of the terms of the Principal Documents; (v) other than with
respect to our opinions set forth in paragraphs 8 through 10 above, provisions
relating to the creation, attachment, perfection or enforceability of any
security interest; (vi) provisions relating to powers of attorney, severability
or set-offs; (vii) provisions stating that a guarantee will not be affected by a
modification of the obligation guaranteed in cases in which that modification
materially changes the nature or amount of such obligation; (viii) provisions
restricting access to courts or purporting to affect the jurisdiction or venue
of courts (other than the courts of the State of New York with respect to
Principal Documents governed by the laws of the State of New York, to the extent
permitted by Section 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New
York); (ix) provisions relating to waiver of jury trial; (x) provisions
purporting to exclude conflicts-of-law rules; (xi) provisions pursuant to which
a party agrees that a judgment rendered by a court or other tribunal in one
jurisdiction may be enforced in any other jurisdiction; and (xii) provisions
providing that decisions by a party are conclusive or may be made in its sole
discretion. In addition to the foregoing, our opinion set forth in paragraph 4
is further subject to
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the qualification that certain remedies, waivers and other provisions of the
Mortgage or guaranties of the Guarantors may not be enforceable; nevertheless,
such unenforceability will not render the Mortgage or such guaranties invalid as
a whole nor preclude: (1) the judicial enforcement of the obligation of the
Borrower and the Guarantors to repay the principal, together with interest
thereon (to the extent not deemed a penalty), as provided in the Notes; (2) the
acceleration of the obligation of the Borrower and the Guarantors to repay such
principal, together with such interest, upon a default by the Borrower in the
payment of such principal or interest or upon a material default in any other
material provision of the Mortgage or such guaranties; and (c) the judicial
foreclosure, or if the Lenders elect to so pursue, the non-judicial foreclosure
(i.e., pursuant to the power of sale as specified in the Mortgage), in
accordance with Applicable Law and the Mortgage, of the lien on the Deed of
Trust Mortgaged Properties, upon maturity of the Notes or upon an acceleration
described in clause (2) above.
(c) With respect to our opinion in paragraph 13, and insofar as
our opinion set forth in paragraph 4 above relates to the enforceability under
New York law of the provisions of the Principal Documents choosing New York law
as the governing law thereof, such opinions are rendered in reliance upon the
Act of July 19, 1984, ch. 421, 1984 XxXxxxxx'x Sess. Law of N.Y. 1406 (codified
at N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law Sections 5-1401 (McKinney 1989)) (the "Act") and are
subject to the qualifications that such enforceability (i) as specified in the
Act, does not apply to the extent provided to the contrary in subsection two of
Section 1-105 of the New York UCC, (ii) may be limited by public policy
considerations of any jurisdiction in which enforcement of such provisions is
sought, and (iii) is subject to any U.S. Constitutional requirement under the
Full Faith and Credit Clause or the Due Process Clause thereof or the exercise
of any applicable judicial discretion in favor of another jurisdiction.
(d) Our opinion in paragraph 5, with respect to Texas law, takes
into account and is based on and qualified by our opinion in paragraph 12.
(e) Our opinion in paragraph 12 is based on Section 35.51 of the
Texas Business and Commerce Code, which Section to our knowledge has never been
judicially construed.
(f) Certain of the remedial provisions with respect to the Article
9 Collateral under the Security Documents to sell or offer for sale the Article
9 Collateral may be subject to compliance with applicable state and federal
securities laws. Without limiting the foregoing, we hereby advise you, in
connection with our opinion in paragraph 11 above, that Sections 51.003, 51.004
and 51.005 of the Texas Property Code, and Sections 1301(3) and 1371 of the New
York Real Property Acts Law (McKinney 1979) contain certain limitations on
recovery of deficiencies after foreclosure.
(g) In the case of property which becomes Article 9 Collateral
after the date hereof, our opinion in paragraph 8 above, as to the creation and
validity of the security interests therein described, is subject to the effect
of Section 552 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, which limits the extent to which
property acquired by a debtor after the commencement of a case under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code may be subject to such security interest arising from a security
agreement entered into by the debtor before the commencement of such case.
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(h) We express no opinion as to Article 9 Collateral that is
subject to a state statute or a statute, regulation or treaty of the United
States referred to in Section 9-311(a) of the UCC.
(i) With respect to our opinion in paragraph 9 above, we express
no opinion as to the perfection of a security interest in any items of
collateral that are or are to become fixtures, as-extracted collateral or timber
to be cut.
(j) With respect to our opinions set forth in paragraphs 8 through
10 above, we express no opinion as to the priority of any security interest. Our
opinions set forth in paragraphs 8 and 9 above with respect to the Mortgage are
limited to collateral located in the State of Texas.
(k) We express no opinion herein regarding the enforceability of
any provision in a Principal Document that purports to prohibit, restrict or
condition the assignment of such Principal Document to the extent that such
restriction on assignability is governed by Sections 9-406 through 9-409 of the
New York UCC or the Texas UCC.
(l) With respect to our opinions set forth in paragraphs 8 through
10 above, the attachment and perfection of the Administrative Agent's security
interest in proceeds is limited to the extent set forth in Section 9-315 of the
UCC.
(m) We express no opinion as to any actions that may be required
to be taken periodically under the UCC or under any other applicable law in
order for the effectiveness of the Financing Statements or perfection of any
security interest to be maintained.
(n) With respect to our opinions set forth in paragraphs 3 and
5(a) above, we have relied solely on copies of the articles or certificate of
incorporation, bylaws, limited partnership agreement, limited liability company
agreement or limited liability company articles of organization or regulations,
as applicable, or on certificates of officers or other representatives of the
relevant Principal Parties, and we have relied without independent investigation
on certificates of officers or other representatives of the Principal Parties
and of public officials with respect to the authenticity of such articles or
certificates of incorporation, bylaws, limited partnership agreements, limited
liability company agreements or limited liability company articles of
organization or regulations.
(o) In rendering the opinions set forth above with respect to
remedies under the Security Documents, we call to your attention that (i) in
connection with a foreclosure or similar action on intrastate pipeline assets,
certain filings may have to be made with the Texas Railroad Commission, and (ii)
in connection with a foreclosure or similar action on contracts for the sale or
transportation of gas under Section 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978,
as amended, certain filings may have to be made with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission.
We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than:
(a) with respect to our opinions in paragraphs 5(b) and 6, Applicable Laws; (b)
with respect to our opinions in paragraphs 8 through 10, the UCC; (c) with
respect to our opinions in paragraphs 2 and 5(a), the
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General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Delaware Revised Uniform
Limited Partnership Act, and the Texas Revised Limited Partnership Act, as
applicable; (d) with respect to our opinion in paragraph 12, Section 35.51 of
the Texas Business and Commerce Code; (e) with respect to our opinion in
paragraph 11, the laws of the State of Texas; (f) the laws of the State of New
York; and (g) the federal laws of the United States of America.
This opinion letter is rendered as of the date set forth above. We
expressly disclaim any obligation to update this letter after such date.
This opinion letter is given solely for your benefit and the benefit of
the Lenders in connection with the Principal Documents and may not be furnished
to, or relied upon by, any other person or for any other purpose without our
prior written consent; provided, however, that your counsel may rely upon this
opinion letter with respect to any opinions being rendered by such counsel to
any Lender in connection with the Principal Documents, and the Underwriters, as
defined in Section E of Schedule I, may rely upon this opinion letter solely for
their benefit pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Underwriting Agreement, as defined
in Section E of Schedule I.
Very truly yours,
XXXXXX & XXXXXX L.L.P.
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SCHEDULE I
TO OPINION LETTER OF XXXXXX & XXXXXX L.L.P.
DOCUMENTS EXAMINED
SECTION A.
PRINCIPAL DOCUMENTS
1. Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 20,
2004, among La Grange Acquisition, L.P. as Borrower, Fleet National
Bank as Administrative Agent, Fleet Securities, Inc. and Wachovia
Capital Markets, LLC as Joint Lead Arrangers and Book Runners, Wachovia
Bank, National Association as Syndication Agent, The Royal Bank of
Scotland plc and BNP Paribas as Co-Documentation Agents, Bank of
Scotland as Senior Managing Agent, U.S. Bank National Association and
Fortis Capital as Co-Agents, and certain financial institutions as
Lenders (the "Credit Agreement").
2. The Notes (as defined in the Credit Agreement), dated as of and
delivered on the date of the Opinion Letter to which this Schedule I is
attached.
3. Second Amended and Restated Guaranty dated as of January 20, 2004,
executed by ETC Gas, ETC Texas, ETC Oklahoma, ETC Marketing, ETC Oasis,
ETC Texas Processing, Whiskey Bay Gas, Whiskey Bay Gathering, Xxxxxxxx,
TX Energy Transfer, ET Co. I, Oasis Pipe Line, Oasis Finance, Oasis
Partner, Oasis Management and Oasis Pipe Line TX in favor of
Administrative Agent.
4. Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement dated as of January 20,
2004, executed by Borrower in favor of Administrative Agent (the
"Borrower LLC Pledge Agreement").
5. Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of January 20,
2004, executed by Borrower in favor of Administrative Agent (the
"Borrower Security Agreement").
6. Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement dated as of January 20,
2004, executed by Borrower in favor of Administrative Agent (the
"Borrower Partnership Pledge Agreement").
7. Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement dated as of January 20,
2004, executed by LA GP, LG PL, LGM, ETC Oasis GP, Oasis Partner, Oasis
Management, DAWACO, TETC and ET Co. I in favor of Administrative Agent
(the "Subsidiary Pledge Agreement").
8. Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of January 20,
2004, executed by ETC Marketing, ETC Oasis, ETC Texas Processing, TX
Energy Transfer,
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Whiskey Bay Gas, Whiskey Bay Gathering, Xxxxxxxx, ET Co. I, Oasis Pipe
Line, Oasis Management, Oasis Finance, Oasis Partner and ETC Gas in
favor of Administrative Agent (the "Subsidiary Security Agreement").
9. Amended and Restated Stock Pledge Agreement dated as of January 20,
2004, executed by ETC Oasis and Oasis Pipe Line in favor of
Administrative Agent (the "Oasis Entities Stock Pledge Agreement").
10. First Amended and Restated Deed of Trust, Mortgage, Assignment,
Security Agreement, Fixture Filing and Financing Statement dated as of
January 20, 2004 executed by ETC Texas, Oasis Pipe Line TX, ETC
Oklahoma and ETC Texas Processing (the "Mortgage").
The Borrower LLC Pledge Agreement, the Borrower Partnership Pledge Agreement,
the Subsidiary Pledge Agreement, the Oasis Entities Stock Pledge Agreement, the
Borrower Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Security Agreement and the Mortgage
are herein collectively called the "Security Documents".
SECTION B.
CORPORATE DOCUMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS
1. Unanimous Written Consent of Mangers in Lieu of Meeting of LA GP dated
January 20, 2004.
2. Resolutions of the Board of Managers of LA GP.
3. Unanimous Written Consent of Mangers in Lieu of Meeting of LG PL dated
January 20, 2004.
4. Resolutions of the Board of Managers of LG PL.
5. Unanimous Written Consent of Mangers in Lieu of Meeting of LGM dated
January 20, 2004.
6. Resolutions of the Board of Managers of XXX.
0. Unanimous Written Consent of Mangers in Lieu of Meeting of ETC Oasis GP
dated January 20, 2004.
8. Resolutions of the Board of Managers of ETC Oasis GP.
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9. Unanimous Written Consent of Mangers in Lieu of Meeting of DAWACO dated
January 20, 2004.
10. Resolutions of the Board of Managers of DAWACO.
11. Unanimous Written Consent of Mangers in Lieu of Meeting of TETC dated
January 20, 2004.
12. Resolutions of the Board of Managers of TETC.
13. Unanimous Written Consent of Directors in Lieu of Meeting of Oasis Pipe
Line dated January 20, 2004.
14. Resolutions of the Board of Directors of Oasis Pipe Line.
15. Unanimous Written Consent of Directors in Lieu of Meeting of Oasis
Management dated January 20, 2004.
16. Resolutions of the Board of Directors of Oasis Management.
17. Unanimous Written Consent of Directors in Lieu of Meeting of Oasis
Finance dated January 20, 2004.
18. Resolutions of the Board of Directors of Oasis Finance.
19. Unanimous Written Consent of Directors in Lieu of Meeting of Oasis
Partner dated January 20, 2004.
20. Resolutions of the Board of Directors of Oasis Partner.
21. Consent and Acknowledgment of DAWACO dated January 20, 2004.
22. Consent and Acknowledgment of Heritage ETC GP, L.L.C. dated January 20,
2004.
23. Unanimous Consent of the Board of Directors of U.S. Propane, L.L.C.
dated January 16, 2004.
SECTION C.
FINANCING STATEMENTS
1. Financing Statement 03-0004379086, naming La Grange Acquisition, L.P.,
as debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured
party, and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State
of Texas on October 10, 2002.
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2. An unfiled copy of a Financing Statement naming ETC Gas Company, Ltd.,
as debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured
party, to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State
of Texas.
3. Financing Statement 03-0004378732, naming ETC Marketing, Ltd., as
debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured
party, and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State
of Texas on October 10, 2002.
4. Financing Statement 03-0004379531, naming ETC Oasis GP, LLC, as debtor,
and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured party, and
filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas on
October 10, 2002, as amended by UCC Financing Statement Amendment
03-00236900, filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State
of Texas on April 8, 2003.
5. Financing Statement 03-0004378954, naming ETC Oklahoma Pipeline, Ltd.,
as debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured
party and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Texas on October 10, 2002.
6. Financing Statement 03-0004378843, naming ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd., as
debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured
party, and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State
of Texas on October 10, 2002.
7. Financing Statement 04-0042019696, naming ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd., as
debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured
party, and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State
of Texas on September 17, 2003, as a transmitting utility filing and a
fixture filing, and an unfiled copy of a UCC Financing Statement
Amendment amending such Financing Statement to restate the collateral
description, to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Texas.
8. An unfiled copy of a Financing Statement naming ETC Texas Processing,
Ltd., as debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as
secured party, and to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State
of the State of Texas.
9. An unfiled copy of a Financing Statement naming ETC Texas Processing,
Ltd., as debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as
secured party, and to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State
of the State of Texas, as a transmitting utility filing and a fixture
filing.
10. Financing Statement 03-0012863720, naming FIVE-DAWACO, INC., as debtor,
and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured party, and
filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas on
January 6, 2003, and an unfiled copy of a UCC Financing Statement
Amendment amending such Financing Statement to reflect a change of name
of such debtor to Five Dawaco, LLC and a change of its type of
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organization to a limited liability company, to be filed in the Office
of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas.
11. Financing Statement 03-0000000000, naming LA GP, LLC, as debtor, and
Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured party, and
filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas on
October 10, 2002.
12. Financing Statement 03-0004379319, naming LG PL, LLC, as debtor, and
Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured party, and
filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas on
October 10, 2002, and an unfiled copy of a UCC Financing Statement
Amendment amending such Financing Statement to restate the collateral
description, to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Texas.
13. Financing Statement 03-0004379420, naming LGM, LLC, as debtor, and
Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured party, and
filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas on
October 10, 2002.
14. Financing Statement 03-0012863053, naming ET Company I, Ltd., as
debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured
party, and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State
of Texas on January 6, 2003.
15. Financing Statement 03-0012862709, naming Texas Energy Transfer
Company, Ltd., as debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative
Agent, as secured party, and filed in the Office of the Secretary of
State of the State of Texas on January 6, 2003.
16. Financing Statement 03-0012862921, naming Whiskey Bay Gathering
Company, Ltd., as debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative
Agent, as secured party, and filed in the Office of the Secretary of
State of the State of Texas on January 6, 2003.
17. Financing Statement 03-0012862810, naming Whiskey Bay Gas Company,
Ltd., as debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as
secured party, and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Texas on January 6, 2003.
18. Financing Statement 03-0012862698, naming Xxxxxxxx Transmission
Company, Ltd., as debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative
Agent, as secured party, and filed in the Office of the Secretary of
State of the State of Texas on January 6, 2003.
19. Financing Statement 03-0012863619, naming TETC, INC., as debtor and
Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured party, and
filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas on
January 6, 2003, and an unfiled copy of a UCC Financing Statement
Amendment amending such Financing Statement to reflect a change of name
of such debtor to TETC, LLC and a change of its type of organization to
a
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limited liability company, to be filed in the Office of the Secretary
of State of the State of Texas.
20. Financing Statement 03-0012863497, naming Oasis Pipe Line Company Texas
L.P., as debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as
secured party, and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Texas on January 6, 2003.
21. Financing Statement 04-0042039274, naming Oasis Pipe Line Company Texas
L.P., as debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as
secured party, and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Texas on September 17, 2003, as a transmitting utility filing
and a fixture filing, and an unfiled copy of a UCC Financing Statement
Amendment amending such Financing Statement to restate the collateral
description, to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Texas.
22. Financing Statement 3020443 1, naming Oasis Pipe Line Company, as
debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured
party, and filed with the Delaware Department of State, U.C.C. Filing
Section on January 6, 2003.
23. Financing Statement 3020438 1, naming Oasis Pipe Line Finance Company,
as debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured
party, and filed with the Delaware Department of State, U.C.C. Filing
Section on January 6, 2003.
24. Financing Statement 3020442 3, naming Oasis Partner Company, as debtor,
and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured party, and
filed with the Delaware Department of State, U.C.C. Filing Section on
January 6, 2003.
25. Financing Statement 3020439 9, naming Oasis Pipe Line Management
Company, as debtor, and Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent,
as secured party, and filed with the Delaware Department of State,
U.C.C. Filing Section on January 6, 2003.
26. Financing Statement 3020680 8, naming ETC Oasis, L.P., as debtor, and
Fleet National Bank, as Administrative Agent, as secured party, and
filed with the Delaware Department of State, U.C.C. Filing Section on
January 6, 2003.
The above-described Financing Statements and UCC Financing Statement Amendments
are herein collectively called the "Financing Statements" and the places in
which they are indicated to have been filed or are indicated to be filed are
herein collectively called the "Filing Offices."
SECTION D.
GOVERNMENTAL CERTIFICATES
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1. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Delaware, dated January
13, 2004, regarding Oasis Pipe Line Company.
2. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Delaware, dated January
12, 2004, regarding Oasis Pipe Line Management Company.
3. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Delaware, dated January
12, 2004, regarding Oasis Partner Company.
4. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Delaware, dated January
12, 2004, regarding Oasis Pipe Line Finance Company.
5. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Delaware, dated January
12, 2004, regarding ETC Oasis, L.P.
6. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Delaware, dated January
12, 2004, regarding Heritage Holdings, Inc.
7. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Louisiana, dated January
9, 2004, regarding Five-Dawaco, Inc.
8. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Louisiana, dated January
9, 2004, regarding Xxxxxxxx Transmission Company, Ltd.
9. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Louisiana, dated January
9, 2004, regarding Texas Energy Transfer Company, Ltd.
10. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 9,
2004, regarding Oasis Pipe Line Management Company.
11. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 9,
2004, regarding Oasis Pipe Line Finance Company.
12. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 9,
2004, regarding ETC Oasis, L.P.
13. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 9,
2004, regarding TETC, Inc.
14. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 9,
2004, regarding Five-Dawaco, Inc.
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15. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 9,
2004, regarding ETC Oasis GP, LLC.
16. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 9,
2004, regarding LGM, LLC.
17. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 9,
2004, regarding LG PL, LLC.
18. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 12,
2004, regarding LA GP, LLC.
19. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 9,
2004, regarding ET Company I, Ltd.
20. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 9,
2004, regarding Xxxxxxxx Transmission Company, Ltd.
21. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 9,
2004, regarding Texas Energy Transfer Company, Ltd.
22. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 9,
2004, regarding Whiskey Bay Gas Company, Ltd.
23. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 12,
2004, regarding Whiskey Bay Gathering Company, Ltd.
24. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 9,
2004, regarding Oasis Pipe Line Company Texas L.P.
25. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 9,
2004, regarding ETC Marketing, Ltd.
26. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 9,
2004, regarding ETC Oklahoma Pipeline, Ltd.
27. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 12,
2004, regarding ETC Texas Pipeline, Ltd.
28. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 12,
2004, regarding ETC Gas Company, Ltd.
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29. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 12,
2004, regarding La Grange Acquisition, L.P.
30. A certificate from the Secretary of State of Texas, dated January 14,
2004, regarding ETC Texas Processing, Ltd.
31. A certificate from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, dated
January 12, 2004, regarding Oasis Pipe Line Management Company.
32. A certificate from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, dated
January 12, 2004, regarding Oasis Pipe Line Finance Company.
33. A certificate from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, dated
January 12, 2004, regarding TETC, Inc.
34. A certificate from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, dated
January 12, 2004, regarding Five-Dawaco, Inc.
35. A certificate from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, dated
January 12, 2004, regarding ETC Oasis GP, LLC.
36. A certificate from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, dated
January 12, 2004, regarding LGM, LLC.
37. A certificate from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, dated
January 12, 2004, regarding LG PL, LLC.
38. A certificate from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, dated
January 12, 2004, regarding LA GP, LLC.
SECTION E.
NEW DEFINED TERMS
Underwriting Agreement means the Underwriting Agreement dated January
13, 2004 by and among Heritage L.P., U.S. Propane, L.P. (the "General Partner"),
Heritage ETC, L.P. (the "New Operating Partnership"), Heritage ETC GP, L.L.C.
(the "New OLP General Partner"), Heritage Operating, L.P. (the "Heritage
Operating Partnership"), Heritage LP, Inc. ("Heritage OLP LP"), and the
underwriters named therein.
Underwriters means Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
UBS Securities LLC, X.X. Xxxxxxx & Sons, Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC,
Credit Suisse
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First Boston LLC, RBC Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Associates, Inc. and
Xxxxxxxx Inc.
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EXHIBIT H
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Reference is made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of January 20, 2004 (as from time to time amended, the
"Agreement"), by and among La Grange Acquisition, L.P. ("Borrower"), Fleet
National Bank, as Administrative Agent, and certain financial institutions
("Lenders"). Terms which are defined in the Agreement are used herein with the
meanings given them in the Agreement. Borrower hereby certifies to
Administrative Agent and Lenders as follows:
1. For the Fiscal Year ending immediately prior to the
date hereof, Borrower has complied and is complying with Section [____]
of the Agreement *[except as set forth in Schedule I attached hereto];
2. To the best knowledge of the undersigned after due
inquiry, Borrower is on the date hereof in compliance with all
applicable Environmental Laws, noncompliance with which could cause a
Material Adverse Change;
3. Borrower has taken (and continues to take) steps to
minimize the generation of potentially harmful effluents;
4. Borrower has established an ongoing program of
conducting an internal audit of each operating facility of Borrower to
identify actual or potential environmental liabilities which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
5. Borrower has established an ongoing program of
training its employees in issues of environmental, health and safety
compliance, and Borrower presently has one or more individuals in
charge of implementing such training program.
The officer of LA GP signing this instrument hereby certifies that, to
the best of his knowledge after due inquiry and consultation with the operating
officers of Borrower, the above representations, warranties, acknowledgments,
and agreements of Borrower are true, correct and complete in all material
respects.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument is executed as of ____________, ____.
LA GRANGE ACQUISITION, L.P.
By: LA GP, LLC, its general partner
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
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