THIRD AMENDING AGREEMENT
Exhibit
99.2
THIS
AGREEMENT is made as of May 29, 2009
BETWEEN:
BAYTEX ENERGY LTD., a
corporation amalgamated under the laws of the Province of Alberta (hereinafter
referred to as the “Borrower”),
OF THE
FIRST PART,
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THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, BNP
PARIBAS (CANADA), UNION BANK, CANADA BRANCH, NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, ROYAL BANK
OF CANADA, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE (CANADA BRANCH) and
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE (hereinafter referred to collectively
as the “Lenders” and
individually as a “Lender”),
OF THE
SECOND PART,
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THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, a
Canadian chartered bank, as agent of the Lenders (hereinafter referred to as the
“Agent”),
OF THE
THIRD PART.
WHEREAS
the parties hereto have agreed to amend and supplement certain provisions of the
Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth;
NOW
THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the covenants and
agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby conclusively acknowledged by each of
the parties hereto, the parties hereto covenant and agree as
follows:
1.
Interpretation
1.1. In
this Agreement and the recitals hereto, unless something in the subject matter
or context is inconsistent therewith:
“Agreement” means this
agreement, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to
time.
“Credit Agreement” means the
amended and restated credit agreement made as of July 9, 2003, as amended and
restated as of September 3, 2003, as further amended and restated as of June 9,
2006, and as further amended and restated as of November 29, 2007, between the
Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent, as amended by the first amending agreement
made as of June 4, 2008 and the second amending agreement made as of May 7,
2009.
1.2. Capitalized
terms used herein without express definition shall have the same meanings herein
as are ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement, as amended by this
Agreement.
1.3. The
division of this Agreement into Sections and the insertion of headings are for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or
interpretation of this Agreement. The terms “this Agreement”,
“hereof”, “hereunder” and similar expressions refer to this Agreement and not to
any particular Section or other portion hereof and include any agreements
supplemental hereto.
1.4. This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable
therein.
1.5. The
following Schedule is annexed hereto and is incorporated by reference and deemed
to be part hereof:
Schedule
A – Form of Confirmation of Guarantee and Security.
2. Amendments
and Supplements
2.1. Deletion of Share
Pledge Requirement/Addition of Specific Negative
Pledge. Section 10.2.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended to delete subparagraph (i) thereof in its entirety and to substitute the
following new subparagraph (i) therefor:
“(i) Negative Pledge in Respect
of Equity Interests in Baytex Hungary
Without
limiting Section 10.2(b) of this Agreement and in addition thereto, except for
the Security, the Borrower shall not create, issue, incur, assume or permit to
exist any Security Interest on any or all of the equity interests or other
ownership interests of Baytex Hungary or on any rights relating to such equity
or other ownership interests including (1) any dividend or interest paid or
payable in relation to such equity or other ownership interests, (2) any right
to Baytex Hungary’s assets or (3) any right to liquidation
proceeds.”.
3.
Representations and Warranties
The
Borrower hereby represents and warrants as follows to each Lender and the Agent
and acknowledges and confirms that each Lender and the Agent is relying upon
such representations and warranties:
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(a) Capacity, Power
and Authority
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(i)
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It
is duly amalgamated and is validly subsisting under the laws of its
jurisdiction of amalgamation and has all the requisite corporate capacity,
power and authority to carry on its business as presently conducted and to
own its property; and
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(ii)
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It
has the requisite corporate capacity, power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement.
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(b)
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Authorization;
Enforceability
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It has
taken or caused to be taken all necessary action to authorize, and has duly
executed and delivered, this Agreement, and this Agreement is a legal, valid and
binding obligation of it enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, winding up, insolvency,
moratorium or other laws of general application affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and to the equitable and statutory powers of the
courts having jurisdiction with respect thereto.
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(c)
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Compliance
with Other Instruments
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The
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein do not conflict with,
result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default under the terms,
conditions or provisions of its articles, by-laws or other constating documents
or any unanimous shareholder agreement relating to, the Borrower or of any law,
regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on or applicable to the Borrower
or to which its property is subject or of any material agreement, lease,
licence, permit or other instrument to which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or is otherwise bound or by which any of them benefits
or to which any of their property is subject and do not require the consent or
approval of any Governmental Authority or any other party.
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(d)
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Credit
Agreement Representations and
Warranties
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Each of
the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in Section 9.1
of the Credit Agreement is true and accurate in all material respects as of the
date hereof.
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(e)
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No
Default
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No
Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing.
The
representations and warranties set out in this Agreement shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of each Drawdown,
notwithstanding any investigations or examinations which may be made by or on
behalf of the Agent, the Lenders or
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Lenders’
Counsel. Such representations and warranties shall survive until the
Credit Agreement has been terminated.
4. Conditions
Precedent
The
amendments and supplements to the Credit Agreement contained herein shall be
effective upon, and shall be subject to, the satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent:
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(a)
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each
Material Subsidiary (except Baytex Hungary and the Borrower) shall have
executed and delivered to the Agent on behalf of the Lenders a
Confirmation of Guarantee and Security in the form attached hereto as Schedule
A; and
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(b)
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Baytex
Trust shall have executed and delivered to the Agent a confirmation
respecting each of the Subordination Agreement (Baytex Trust), the Baytex
Trust Guarantee and the Security it has previously executed and delivered
to the Agent and the Lenders, such confirmation to be in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders’ Counsel, acting
reasonably.
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The
foregoing conditions precedent are inserted for the sole benefit of the Lenders
and the Agent and may be waived in writing by the Lenders, in whole or in part
(with or without terms and conditions).
5. Confirmation
of Credit Agreement and other Documents
The
Credit Agreement and the other Documents to which the Borrower is a party and
all covenants, terms and provisions thereof, except as expressly amended and
supplemented by this Agreement, shall be and continue to be in full force and
effect and the Credit Agreement as amended and supplemented by this Agreement
and each of the other Documents to which the Borrower is a party is hereby
ratified and confirmed and shall from and after the date hereof continue in full
force and effect as herein amended and supplemented, with such amendments and
supplements being effective from and as of the date hereof upon satisfaction of
the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 hereof.
6. Further
Assurances
The
parties hereto shall from time to time do all such further acts and things and
execute and deliver all such documents as are required in order to effect the
full intent of and fully perform and carry out the terms of this
Agreement.
7.
Enurement
This
Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the parties
hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
8.
Counterparts
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and
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the same
instrument, and it shall not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement to
produce or account for more than one such counterpart. Such executed
counterparts may be delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission and,
when so delivered, shall constitute a binding agreement of the parties
hereto.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement.
BAYTEX
ENERGY LTD.
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By:
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"Signed"
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx
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Chief
Financial Officer
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LENDERS:
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THE
XXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX XXXX, XXX XXXXXXX (XXXXXX), UNION BANK, CANADA BRANCH,
NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE (CANADA BRANCH) and CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
as Lenders,
by
THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK,
as
Agent on behalf of the Lenders
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By:
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"Signed"
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Xxx
Xxxxxx
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Vice President, Loan
Syndications - Agency
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AGENT:
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THE
TORONTO-DOMINION BANK,
in
its capacity as Agent
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By:
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"Signed"
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Xxx
Xxxxxx
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Vice President, Loan
Syndications – Agency
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SCHEDULE
A
FORM
OF CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTEE AND SECURITY
CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTEE
AND SECURITY
TO:
The Lenders and Hedging Affiliates
AND
TO: The
Toronto-Dominion Bank, as agent of the Lenders (the “Agent”)
WHEREAS
Baytex Energy Ltd. (the “Borrower”) entered into an
amended and restated credit agreement made as of July 9, 2003, as amended and
restated as of September 3, 2003, as further amended and restated as of June 9,
2006, and as further amended and restated as of November 29, 2007 between the
Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent (as amended and supplemented to date hereof,
the “Credit
Agreement”);
AND
WHEREAS the undersigned guaranteed (a) all of the Obligations of the Borrower
under, pursuant or relating to the Credit Agreement and the other Documents and
(b) all of the Lender Financial Instrument Obligations (collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations”), in
each case, pursuant to the guarantee made as of · (the “Guarantee”) granted by the
undersigned in favour of the Agent, the Lenders and the Hedging
Affiliates;
AND
WHEREAS, as collateral security for its obligations under the Guarantee, the
undersigned executed and delivered to the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders and
the Hedging Affiliates, a general security agreement, a demand debenture and a
debenture pledge agreement each dated as of · (collectively, the “Security”);
AND
WHEREAS, pursuant to a third amending agreement (the “Third Amending Agreement”)
made as of even date herewith, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent have
agreed to further amend and supplement the Credit Agreement;
AND
WHEREAS the undersigned has been provided with a true, correct and complete copy
of the Third Amending Agreement;
AND
WHEREAS the undersigned wishes to confirm to the Agent, the Lenders and the
Hedging Affiliates that the Guarantee and Security continue to apply to the
Guaranteed Obligations of the Borrower.
IN
CONSIDERATION of the sum of Cdn.$10.00 now paid by the Agent, the Lenders and
the Hedging Affiliates to the undersigned and other good and valuable
consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby conclusively
acknowledged), the undersigned hereby confirms and agrees that each of the
Guarantee and the Security is and shall remain in full force and effect in all
respects notwithstanding the amendment of the Credit Agreement and the
amendments and supplements contained in the Third Amending Agreement and shall
continue to exist and apply to all of the Guaranteed Obligations of the
Borrower, including, without limitation, the Guaranteed Obligations of the
Borrower under, pursuant or relating to the Credit Agreement as amended by the
Third Amending Agreement. This Confirmation is in addition to and
shall not limit, derogate from or otherwise affect any provisions of the
Guarantee or Security including, without limitation, Article 2 and Article 3 of
the Guarantee.
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Capitalized
terms used herein without express definition shall have the same meanings herein
as are ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement as amended by the Third Amending
Agreement, as the context requires.
DATED as
of May 29, 2009.
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applicable Material Subsidiary]
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