TRICO SHIPPING AS and GUARANTORS SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2014 WORKING CAPITAL FACILITY AGREEMENT FIRST AMENDMENT DATED AS OF June 29, 2010 TO COLLATERAL AGENCY AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT Dated as of October 30, 2009
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TRICO SHIPPING AS
and
GUARANTORS
SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2014
WORKING CAPITAL FACILITY AGREEMENT
FIRST AMENDMENT
DATED AS OF June 29, 2010
TO COLLATERAL AGENCY AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 30, 2009
Dated as of October 30, 2009
This FIRST AMENDMENT, dated as of June 29, 2010 (this “Amendment”), to the COLLATERAL AGENCY
AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, dated as of October 30, 2009 (the “Collateral Agency and Intercreditor
Agreement”), is entered into by and among TRICO SHIPPING AS, a Norwegian limited company (the
“Company”), TRICO SUPPLY AS, a Norwegian limited company (“Holdings”), the SUBSIDIARIES OF
HOLDINGS (other than the Company) from time to time party to the Collateral Agency and
Intercreditor Agreement (each, a “Subsidiary Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Subsidiary
Guarantors”), TRICO MARINE SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation and the direct parent of the
Company (the “Parent”), TRICO MARINE CAYMAN, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership
(“Trico Marine Cayman”), and TRICO HOLDCO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Trico Holdco”
and, with Trico Marine Cayman, the “Intermediate Guarantors” and, together with Holdings, the
Subsidiary Guarantors and the Parent, the “Guarantors”), NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as the administrative agent (the “Initial Working Capital Facility Agent”) under the Initial
Working Capital Facility Agreement, and as Working Capital Facility Agent under the Collateral
Agency and Intercreditor Agreement, DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY (as successor trustee to
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.), as Trustee under the Indenture (the “Trustee”), WIMLINGTON TRUST FSB, as
Collateral Agent (together with its successors in such capacity pursuant to Article V of the
Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement, the “Collateral Agent”) and, solely with respect to
Section 1.09 of this Amendment as it relates to Section 2.7(k) of the Collateral Agency and
Intercreditor Agreement, WILMINGTON TRUST FSB, as bank and securities intermediary.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee have entered into an Indenture, dated as
of October 30, 2009 (as amended or supplemented, the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Company
issued $400,000,000 in principal amount of 117/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2014;
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee have entered into a First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of June 25, 2010 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), pursuant to which, among other
things, the Indenture was amended to provide for either (i) the issuance by the Company of up to an
additional $65,000,000 in principal amount of senior secured notes pursuant to the Indenture or
(ii) increase the maximum allowable Indebtedness under Credit Facilities (including the Working
Capital Facility Agreement) to $65,000,000;
WHEREAS, the Company, certain of the Subsidiary Guarantors, the lenders party thereto (each,
an “Existing Lender” and, collectively, the “Existing Lenders”) and the Initial
Working Capital Facility Agent are parties to that certain Initial Working Capital Facility
Agreement (as amended on March 15, 2010 and June 21, 2010); and
WHEREAS, the Company has notified the Working Capital Facility Agent and the Existing Lenders
that it desires to enter into an amendment to the Credit Agreement (the “Third Amendment”)
to provide for, among other things, a $65,000,000 term loan facility to be funded by the Existing
Lenders and/or certain additional lenders (each, a “New Lender” and, collectively, the
“New Lenders”); and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
Section 1.01 The fourth and fifth recitals to the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor
Agreement are hereby amended by deleting therefrom the references to “Initial Working Capital
Facility Agreement” and replacing each such reference with “Working Capital Facility Agreement”.
Section 1.02 The definition of “Act of the Applicable Authorized Representative” in
Section 1.1 of the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting therefrom the reference to “confirming” and replacing such reference with “of”.
Section 1.03 The definition of “Authorized Representative” in Section 1.1 of the
Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the words “acting at
the direction of either the Required Revolving Lenders (as defined in the Working Capital Facility
Agreement) or the Required Term Lenders (as defined in the Working Capital Facility Agreement),
provided that in the event that the Working Capital Facility Agent as Authorized
Representative shall determine in its sole discretion that it has received contradictory
instructions from the Required Revolving Lenders and the Required Term Lenders, the Working Capital
Facility Agent shall (x) if the contradiction is with respect to whether or not the Working Capital
Facility Agent should take action, follow the instructions which require it to take action rather
than refrain from taking action and (y) otherwise, follow the instructions of the Required
Revolving Lenders or the Required Term Lenders with the higher amount of aggregate Commitments
and/or outstanding Loans or Letters of Credit Outstandings at such time” after the word “Agent”.
Section 1.04 The definition of “Working Capital Facility Agreement” in Section 1.1 of
the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the two
references to “$50.0 million” and replacing each such reference with “$65,000,000”.
Section 1.05 The definition of “Working Capital Facility Obligations” in Section 1.1
of the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the
reference to “$50.0 million” and replacing such reference with “$65,000,000”.
Section 1.06 Section 2.2(c) of the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement is
hereby amended by deleting the word “Initial” in the last sentence thereof.
Section 1.07 Section 2.2(d) of the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement is
hereby amended by deleting therefrom the reference to “$450,000,000” and replacing such reference
with “$465,000,000”.
Section 1.08 Section 2.3 of the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement shall be
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
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“SECTION 2.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties hereto
hereby acknowledge and agree that to the extent that any letter of credit (other than any
Letter of Credit) issued by Nordea is cash collateralized and the related obligations are not
otherwise secured, no Secured Party shall have a Lien on the amounts deposited in a deposit
account or securities account to cash collateralize such letter of credit and no such
deposited amounts shall form part of the Collateral, in each case so long as such letter of
credit or any related obligations remain outstanding.”.
Section 1.09 The following shall be added to the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement
as Section 2.7(k):
“(k) The Collateral Agent in its capacity as bank and securities intermediary hereby
agrees to comply with any and all entitlement orders (within the meaning of Section 8-102 of
the UCC) and/or instructions (within the meaning of Section 9-104(a)(2) of the UCC) originated
by the Collateral Agent, in its capacity as a Secured Party, directing the disposition of
funds or other assets in the Collateral Account or the Cash Collateral Account, in each case
without the consent of Company, Holdings or any Guarantor.”.
ARTICLE 2
Section 2.01 Except as specifically modified herein, the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor
Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed (mutatis mutandis) and shall remain in full
force and effect in accordance with its terms with all capitalized terms used herein without
definition having the same respective meanings ascribed to them as in the Collateral Agency and
Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 2.02 By executing and delivering a copy hereof, the Company and each of the Guarantors
hereby agrees that all of the Secured Obligations shall be fully secured pursuant to the Security
Documents in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement as
modified hereby.
Section 2.03 From and after the date hereof, all references to the Collateral Agency and
Intercreditor Agreement in the Working Capital Facility Agreement, the Indenture, the Collateral
Agency and Intercreditor Agreement and each of the other Security Documents shall be deemed to be
references to the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement as modified hereby.
Section 2.04 Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or
liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Collateral Agent by reason of
this Amendment. This Amendment is executed and accepted by the Collateral Agent subject to all the
terms and conditions set forth in the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement with the same
force and effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated at length herein and made
applicable to the Collateral Agent with respect hereto. The Collateral Agent shall not be
responsible for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Amendment or for or in respect
of the correctness of the recitals of fact contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely
by the Company and the undersigned Guarantors.
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Section 2.05 THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 2.06 This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different
parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts when executed and delivered
shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. A
complete set of counterparts shall be lodged with the Company and the Collateral Agent. Delivery
of an executed signature page to this Amendment by facsimile transmission, as a .pdf attachment or
by other electronic means of transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed
counterpart of this Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed, all as
of the date first written above.
Trico Shipping AS |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
GUARANTORS Trico Supply AS |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chairman | |||
Trico Marine Services, Inc. |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | President and Chief Operating Officer | |||
Trico Marine Cayman, L.P. By Trico Holdco, LLC, General Partner By Trico Marine Services, Inc., Sole Member |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
Trico Holdco, LLC By Trico Marine Services, Inc., Sole Member |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
[Signature Page to First Amendment to Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement]
DeepOcean Shipping AS |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
DeepOcean Shipping II AS |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chairman | |||
DeepOcean Shipping III AS |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chairman | |||
Trico Subsea AS |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chairman | |||
Trico Subsea Holding AS |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Director | |||
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DeepOcean AS |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chairman | |||
DeepOcean Brasil Servicos LTDA. |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Manager | |||
DeepOcean Maritime AS |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Director | |||
DeepOcean Subsea Services Limited |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
DeepOcean UK LTD. |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
[Signature Page to First Amendment to Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement]
DeepOcean B.V. |
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By | /s/ Mads Bardsen | |||
Name: | Mads Bardsen | |||
Title: | Director | |||
DeepOcean Management AS |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chairman | |||
DeepOcean de Mexico S. de X.X. de C.V. |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Manager | |||
Trico Supply (UK) Limited |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
Albyn Marine Limited |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Director | |||
[Signature Page to First Amendment to Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement]
Servicios Profesionales de Apoyo Especializado, S. de X.X. de C.V. |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Manager | |||
Servicios de Soporte Profesional Administrativo, S. de X.X. de C.V. |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Manager | |||
CTC Marine Projects Limited |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Director | |||
CTC Marine Norway AS |
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By | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Chairman | |||
CTC Guernsey LTD. |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Director | |||
[Signature Page to First Amendment to Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement]
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
[Signature Page to First Amendment to Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement]
Nordea Bank Finland PLC, New York Branch, as Working Capital Facility Agent |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
By | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | First Vice President | |||
[Signature Page to First Amendment to Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement]
Wilmington Trust FSB, as Collateral Agent |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
Solely with respect to Section 1.09 of this Amendment as it relates to Section 2.7(k) of the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement only : |
Wilmington Trust FSB, as Bank and Securities Intermediary |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
[Signature Page to First Amendment to Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement]