CLIFFORD CHANCE CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP FINAL VERSION
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CHANCE
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CHANCE LLP
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FINAL
VERSION
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Dated
5 August 2010
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FX
ENERGY POLAND SP. Z O.O.
AS
BORROWER
WITH
FX
ENERGY, INC.
FX
ENERGY NETHERLANDS PARTNERSHIP C.V. AND
FX
ENERGY NETHERLANDS B.V.
AS
GUARANTORS
ARRANGED
BY
THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
ING
BANK N.V.
KBC
BANK NV
AS
MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS
WITH
THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
ACTING
AS AGENT
WITH
THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
ACTING
AS TECHNICAL BANK
WITH
THE
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
ACTING
AS SECURITY TRUSTEE
AND
THE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LISTED HEREIN
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USD
55,000,000
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CONTENTS
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Clause
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Page
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1.
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Definitions
and Interpretation
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1
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2.
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The
Facility
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29
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3.
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Purpose
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29
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4.
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Conditions
of Utilisation
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30
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5.
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Utilisation
– Loans
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32
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6.
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Projections
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34
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7.
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Project
Accounts
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43
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8.
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Repayment
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46
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9.
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Prepayment
and Cancellation
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47
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10.
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Interest
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52
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11.
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Interest
Periods
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53
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12.
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Changes
to the Calculation of Interest
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54
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13.
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Fees
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55
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14.
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Tax
Gross Up and Indemnities
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56
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15.
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Increased
Costs
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60
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16.
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Other
Indemnities
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62
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17.
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Mitigation
by the Lenders
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63
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18.
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Costs
and Expenses
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64
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19.
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Guarantee
and Indemnity
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66
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20.
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Representations
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70
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21.
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Information
Undertakings
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78
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22.
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General
Undertakings
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87
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23.
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Events
of Default
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101
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24.
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Changes
to the Lenders
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108
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25.
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Changes
to the Obligors
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112
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26.
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Role
of the Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers
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114
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27.
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Conduct
of Business by the Finance Parties
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121
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28.
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Sharing
among the Finance Parties
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122
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29.
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Payment
Mechanics
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124
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30.
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Set-off
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127
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31.
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Notices
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127
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32.
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Calculations
and Certificates
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129
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33.
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Partial
Invalidity
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129
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34.
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Remedies
and Waivers
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130
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35.
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Amendments
and Waivers
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130
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36.
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Confidentiality
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131
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37.
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Counterparts
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134
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38.
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Governing
Law
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135
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39.
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Enforcement
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135
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Schedule
1
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The
Original Parties
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137
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PART
I
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The
Original Borrower
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137
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PART
II
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The
Original Guarantors
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138
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PART
III
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The
Original Lenders
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139
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Schedule
2
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Conditions
Precedent
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140
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PART
I
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Conditions
Precedent to Initial Utilisation
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140
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PART
II
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Conditions
Precedent Required To Be Delivered By An Additional
Guarantor
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144
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Schedule
3
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Reduced
Commitments
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147
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Schedule
4
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Initial
Borrowing Base Assets
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148
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Schedule
5
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Utilisation
Request
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149
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Schedule
6
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Mandatory
Cost Formulae
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150
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Schedule
7
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Form
of Transfer Certificate
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152
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Schedule
8
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Form
of Assignment Agreement
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154
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Schedule
9
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Form
of Compliance Certificate
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157
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Schedule
10
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Form
of Guarantor Accession Letter
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158
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Schedule
11
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Existing
Financial Indebtedness
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159
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Schedule
12
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Schedule
of Field Documents
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160
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Schedule
13
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LMA
Form of Confidentiality Undertaking
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162
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Schedule
14
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Group
Structure Chart
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167
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Schedule
15
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Hedging
Policy
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168
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Schedule
16
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Timetables
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171
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THIS AGREEMENT is dated 5
August 2010 and made
BETWEEN:
(1)
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FX
ENERGY POLAND SP. Z O.O. a limited liability
company, established and organised under the laws of Poland with its
registered office in Lipiny Stare at xx. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 0, 00-000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, registered in the register of entrepreneurs of the
National Court Register kept by the District Court for the Capital City of
Warsaw in Warsaw, XII Commercial Department of the National Court Register,
under number KRS 0000025459, having NIP number 5212751481, having REGON
number 012659847 (the “Borrower”);
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(2)
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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
KBC BANK NV, AND ING BANK N.V. as mandated lead arrangers (the
“Mandated Lead
Arrangers”);
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(3)
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THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
listed in Part III of Schedule 1 (The Original Parties)
as lenders (the “Original
Lenders”);
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(4)
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THE SUBSIDIARIES of the
Parent listed in Part II of Schedule 1 (The Original Parties)
as original guarantors (together with the Parent the “ Original
Guarantors”);
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(5)
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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
PLC as technical bank (the “Technical
Bank”);
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(6)
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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
PLC as agent of the other Finance Parties (the “Agent”);
and
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(7)
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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
as security trustee for the Secured Parties (the “Security
Trustee”).
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IT IS AGREED as
follows:
SECTION
1
INTERPRETATION
1.
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DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions
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In this
Agreement:
“Abandonment Date” means, in
relation to each Borrowing Base Asset and each Projection, the date shown in
such Projection on which it is reasonably anticipated that such Borrowing Base
Asset and/or the relevant facilities relating thereto will be
abandoned.
“Abandonment Liabilities” means
the obligations and liabilities of the Group or any member(s) of the Group
relating to the abandonment of any Borrowing Base Asset (including any such
obligations and liabilities arising under any Joint Operating Agreement relating
to such Borrowing Base Asset).
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“Accession Letter” means a
document substantially in the form set out in Schedule 10 (Form of Guarantor Accession
Letter).
“Accession Undertaking” means
an accession undertaking in the form specified in Schedule 2 (Form of Accession
Undertaking) of the Assignment of Intercompany Loans.
“Account Bank” means ING Bank
Xxxxxx X.X., or any of its successors or assignees from time to time under the
Account Bank Agreement.
“Account Bank Agreement” means
the agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement, pursuant to which
the operation of the Project Accounts are regulated.
“Additional Guarantor” means a
company which becomes an Additional Guarantor in accordance with Clause 25
(Changes to the
Obligors).
“Additional Cost Rate” has the
meaning given to it in Schedule 6 (Mandatory Cost
formulae).
“Affiliate” means, in relation
to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding Company of that person
or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company.
“Agent’s Spot Rate of Exchange”
means the Agent’s spot rate of exchange for the purchase of the relevant
currency with the Base Currency in the London foreign exchange market at or
about 11:00 a.m. on a particular day.
“Agreed Form” in relation to
any document means the form of such document initialled by the Borrower and the
Agent for the purposes of identification hereof.
“Applicable Law” means all laws
(including common or customary law), statutes, constitutions, by-laws,
ordinances, regulations or any other legislative measure, judgments, decrees,
decisions, writs, awards, orders, rules, directives, guidelines and policies of
any Governmental Authority, treaties or any other agreements to which a
Governmental Authority is a party, governing or applicable to the business and
financial operations of any obligor or that otherwise relate to a Borrowing Base
Asset or the exercise by a Lender of its rights under any Finance
Document.
“Applicable Polish Licensing
Authority” means the minister of the Republic of Poland competent in
environmental matters from time to time including the Minister of Environmental
Protection, National Resources and Forestry, the Minister of the Environment
and/or his legal successor, and any other authority responsible for licensing of
mining operations in Poland at the given time.
“Assignment Agreement” means an
agreement substantially in the form set out in Schedule 8 (Form of Assignment Agreement)
or any other form agreed between the relevant assignor and
assignee.
“Assignment of Insurances”
means the agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement between the
Borrower and the Security Trustee assigning the proceeds of insurances in
respect of the Borrowing Base Assets to the Security Trustee on behalf of the
Lenders.
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“Assignment of Intercompany
Loans” means agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement
between the Borrower and the Security Trustee assigning the rights in respect of
intercompany loans granted between members of the Group.
“Assignment of Gas Sale
Agreements” means agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement
between the Borrower and the Security Trustee assigning the Borrower’s rights
under the gas sale agreements relating to the Roszków and Zaniemysl
Fields.
“Assumptions” means the
Economic Assumptions and the Technical Assumptions.
“Authorisation” means an
authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing,
notarisation or registration.
“Availability Period” means the period from
and including the date of this Agreement to and including to and including the
date falling one month prior to the Final Maturity Date.
“Available Facility” means the
aggregate for the time being of each Lender’s Available Commitment.
“Base Currency” means
dollars.
“Borrowing Base Amount” means,
in relation to any Calculation Period, the amount (in dollars) reflected in each
Projection which is the lesser of A and B where:
(a)
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“A”
is the field life cover amount calculated by dividing the Field Life NPV
relating to that Calculation Period by 1.5;
and
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(b)
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“B”
is the loan life cover amount calculated by dividing the Loan Life NPV
relating to that Calculation Period by
1.3.
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“Borrowing Base Asset” means
(a) the Petroleum Assets listed in Schedule 4 (Initial Borrowing Base
Assets) and (b) any New Borrowing Base Asset but, in the case of (a) or
(b), excluding any Petroleum Asset which has ceased to be designated a Borrowing
Base Asset in accordance with Clause 6 (Projections).
“Borrower Update” means a
report or other information prepared by or on behalf of the Borrower which
updates the information and/or evaluation(s) contained in the most recent
Reserves Report and including any additional information and/or evaluation(s) as
the Technical Bank may reasonably require.
“Break Costs” means the amount
(if any) by which:
(a)
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the
interest which a Lender should have received for the period from the date
of receipt of all or any part of its participation in a Loan or Unpaid Sum
to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of that Loan or
Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on
the last day of that Interest
Period;
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exceeds:
(b)
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the
amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount
equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with
a leading bank in the Relevant Interbank Market for a period starting on
the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day
of the current Interest Period.
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“Budget” means, in relation to
each Borrowing Base Asset, a budget for that Borrowing Base Asset setting out
all the costs that are to be incurred in connection with that Borrowing Base
Asset for the period covered by the budget.
“Business Day” means a day
(other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business
in London, New York and Warsaw.
“Calculation End Date” means,
in relation to each Projection, the last day of the last Calculation Period in
which any item of Gross Expenditure and/or Gross Income is projected to
arise.
“Calculation Period” means each
period of six months commencing on 1 January or 1 July of each
year.
“Charged Property” means all of
the assets of the Obligors which from time to time are, or are expressed to be,
the subject of the Transaction Security.
“Commitment”
means:
(a)
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in
relation to an Original Lender, the amount set opposite its name under the
heading “Commitment” in Part III of Schedule 1
(The Original
Parties) and the amount of any other Commitment transferred to it
under this Agreement; and
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(b)
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in
relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Commitment transferred to
it under this Agreement,
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to the
extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this
Agreement.
“Compliance Certificate” means
a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 9 (Form of Compliance
Certificate).
“Computer Model” means the
computer model used to prepare the Initial Projection, as amended from time to
time in accordance with Clause 6.11 (Computer Model) or as
otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Agent.
“Confidential Information”
means all information relating to the Borrower, the Parent, the Guarantors, the
Group, the Finance Documents or the Facility of which a Finance Party
becomes aware in its capacity as, or for the purpose of becoming, a Finance
Party or which is received by a Finance Party in relation to, or for the purpose
of becoming a Finance Party under, the Finance Documents or the Facility from
either:
(a)
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any
member of the Group or any of its advisers;
or
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another
Finance Party, if the information was obtained by that Finance Party
directly or indirectly from any member of the Group or any of its
advisers,
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in
whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document,
electronic file or any other way of representing or recording information which
contains or is derived or copied from such information but excludes information
that:
(i)
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is
or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of
any breach by that Finance Party of Clause 36 (Confidentiality);
or
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(ii)
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is
identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any
member of the Group or any of its advisers;
or
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(iii)
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is
known by that Finance Party before the date the information is disclosed
to it in accordance with paragraphs (a) or (b) above or is lawfully
obtained by that Finance Party after that date, from a source which is, as
far as that Finance Party is aware, unconnected with the Group and which,
in either case, as far as that Finance Party is aware, has not been
obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of
confidentiality.
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“Confidentiality Undertaking”
means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in a recommended form of the
LMA as set out in Schedule 13 (LMA Form of Confidentiality
Undertaking) or in any other form agreed between the Borrower and the
Agent.
“CTA” means the Corporation Tax
Xxx 0000.
“Default” means an Event of
Default or any event or circumstance specified in Clause 23 (Events of Default) which
would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of
any determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of any of the
foregoing) be an Event of Default.
“Delegate” means any delegate,
agent, attorney or co-trustee appointed by the Security Trustee.
“Disclosed Litigation” means
(i) the case In re FX Energy,
Inc., Securities Litigation, United States District Court, District of
Utah, case no. 2:07-cv-00874 where all claims were dismissed, and the time for
appeal lapsed and (ii) the case Xxxxxxx York, derivatively on behalf
of nominal defendant FX Energy, Inc., plaintiff, v. Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx., Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, and Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, defendants, and FX
Energy, Inc., nominal defendant, United States District Court, District
of Utah, case no. 2:08-cv-00143 which was stayed pending a decision in the case
referred to in (i) above, in each case as disclosed in the Parent’s SEC Form
10-K (2009), Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
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“Disruption Event” means either
or both of:
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a
material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those
financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order
for payments to be made in connection with the Facility (or otherwise in
order for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be
carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control
of, any of the Parties; or
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(b)
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the
occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a
technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments
operations of a Party preventing that, or any other
Party:
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(i)
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from
performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents;
or
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(ii)
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from
communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the
Finance Documents,
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(and
which (in either such case)) is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, the
Party whose operations are disrupted.
“Dutch Letter of Release “
means the Dutch law governed letter of release dated on or about the date of
this Agreement, releasing the security constituted by the Dutch law governed
Deed of Pledge of Shares in FX Energy Netherlands B.V. dated 18 December 2006
..
“Dutch Obligor” means each
Original Obligor which is incorporated, registered or organised in the
Netherlands.
“Dutch Share Pledge” means the
agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement between Frontier
Exploration Company and FX Drilling Company Inc. in their capacity of general
partners of FX Energy Netherlands Partnership C.V. as pledgor, the Security
Trustee and FX Energy Netherlands B.V. creating Security over the shares of FX
Energy Netherlands B.V.
“Economic Assumption” means
each of the following economic assumptions, and the values ascribed to such
assumptions, upon which each Projection or draft Projection and, in each case,
the calculations and information therein are, or are to be, based:
(a)
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Petroleum
prices;
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(b)
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cost
of funding;
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(c)
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Tax;
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(d)
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currency
exchange rates;
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(e)
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inflation
rates;
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(f)
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discount
rates;
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interest
rates; and
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(h)
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any
other assumption that the Technical Bank and the Borrower agree shall be
treated as “Economic Assumptions”.
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“Emergency” means a condition
or situation which in the opinion of the Borrower:
(a)
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materially
and adversely affects, or is likely to materially and adversely affect,
the ability of the Borrower to operate a Borrowing Base Asset safely as a
Reasonable and Prudent Operator; or
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(b)
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presents
or is likely to present a physical threat to persons or property or the
security, integrity or reliability of a Borrowing Base
Asset.
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“English Letter of Release”
means the English law governed letter of release dated on or about the date of
this Agreement, releasing the security constituted by the English law governed
(i) Deed of Assignment of Insurance dated 17 November 2006 and (ii) Deed of
Assignment of Subordinated Debt dated 21 December 2006.
“Environmental Decision” means,
in relation to each Borrowing Base Asset, decyzja
o środowiskowych uwarunkowaniach, being the report prepared by the head
of the relevant municipality or the regional director of environmental
protection in the area of the Borrowing Base Asset which sets out the findings
of the applicable environmental impact assessment and the steps required by the
operator of the Borrowing Base Asset to ensure that the Borrowing Base Asset
complies with Polish Applicable Law and Polish Environmental
Requirements.
“Environmental and Mining
Claim” means any claim by any person in connection with (a) a breach, or
alleged breach, of Environmental and Mining Laws; (b) any accident, fire,
explosion or other event of any type involving an emission or substance which is
capable of causing harm to any living organism or the environment; or (c) any
other environmental contamination or other infringement of third party rights
resulting from the search for, exploration and/or exploitation of
minerals.
“Environmental and Mining Laws”
means any law or regulation concerning (a) the protection of health and safety;
(b) environment; (c) any emission or substance which is capable of causing harm
to any living organism or the environment, or (d) geological works as well as
search for, exploration and exploitation of minerals.
“Environmental and Mining
Licences” means all Authorisations necessary under Environmental and
Mining Laws for the ownership of an interest in any Petroleum Asset, the
exploitation of such Petroleum Asset (or any aspect thereof), and/or the
carrying out of the operations and activities relating to such Petroleum Asset
(including in particular Mining Concessions).
“Equivalent Financings” means
any secured borrowing based financings arranged in the London market relating to
any oil and gas project in North West Europe (a) that are comparable to the
credit facilities contemplated by this Agreement; and (b) to which a Lender is a
party as lender.
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“Existing Facility Agreement”
means the existing USD 25,000,000 senior debt facility agreement dated 17th
November 2006 entered into between the Borrower as borrower, FX Energy, Inc., FX
Energy Netherlands Partnership C.V., FX Energy Netherlands B.V. as guarantors
and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc as lender.
“Existing Security” means the
Security constituted by:
(a)
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the
Deed of Pledge of Shares in FX Energy Netherlands B.V. dated 18 December
2006;
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(b)
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the
Deed of Assignment of Insurance dated 17 November
2006;
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(c)
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the
Deed of Assignment of Subordinated Debt dated 21 December
2006;
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(d)
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the
Agreement for Pledges Over Shares in FX Energy Poland sp. z o.o dated 18
December 2006;
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(e)
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the
Agreement for Registered Pledge Over Enterprise dated 18 December
2006;
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(f)
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the
Agreement for Pledges Over Bank Accounts dated 18 December
2006;
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(g)
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the
Agreement for Pledges Over Mining Usufruct Rights dated 18 December
2006;
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(h)
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the
Agreement for Collateral Assignment of Rights Under Project Documents
dated 18 December 2006; and
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(i)
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the
Agreement for Pledge Over Receivables under Joint Operating Agreements
dated 18 December 2006.
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“Event of Default” means any
event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 23 (Events of
Default).
“Facility” means the borrowing
base reserve revolving loan facility made available under this Agreement as
described in Clause 2 (The
Facility).
“Facility Office” means the
office or offices notified by a Lender to the Agent in writing on or before the
date it becomes a Lender (or, following that date, by not less than five (5)
Business Days’ written notice) as the office or offices through which it will
perform its obligations under this Agreement.
“Fee Letter” means any letter
or letters dated on or about the date of this Agreement between the Mandated
Lead Arrangers and the Borrower (or the Agent and the Borrower or the Security
Trustee and the Borrower) setting out any of the fees referred to in Clause
13
(Fees).
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“Field Documents”
means:
(a)
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in
relation to each Borrowing Base
Asset:
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(i)
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each
Joint Operating Agreement and/ or unitisation and unit operating agreement
relating to that Borrowing Base
Asset;
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(ii)
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each
agreement relating to the transportation, processing and/or storage of
production from that Borrowing Base
Asset;
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(iii)
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each
agreement for the sale or marketing of production from that Borrowing Base
Asset;
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(iv)
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each
material agreement relating to that Borrowing Base Asset and/or Petroleum
produced therefrom (including any tariff and offtake contract, pipeline
transmission contract, drilling contract, equipment supply contract,
installation, construction, contract, maintenance and management
contract), other than the agreements set forth in items (i) to (iii)
above;
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(v)
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any
Authorisation required for the lawful construction, exploitation,
development or operation of that Borrowing Base Asset or the production,
transportation or sale of Petroleum therefrom (and including any Petroleum
production or exploration licence and any particular Environmental and
Mining Licenses);
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(vi)
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any
development plan filed with and/or approved by any relevant operating
committee and/or any appropriate governmental or other regulatory
authority relating to that Borrowing Base
Asset;
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(vii)
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such
rights (if any) to geological documentation with respect to the Borrowing
Base Assets which the Borrower may
have;
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(viii)
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any
applicable Mining Usufruct
Agreement;
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(ix)
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agreements
providing real property rights for the locations of the Borrowing Base
Assets;
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(b)
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any
documents relating to the acquisition by any member of the Group of any
interests in any Borrowing Base Asset or of any entity holding the
interest in such Borrowing Base Asset;
and
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(c)
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any
other document designated as such by the Borrower and the
Agent.
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“Field Life NPV” means, in
relation to any Calculation Period, the amount (in dollars) of the net present
value (as at the first day of that Calculation Period) of the aggregate of the
Projected Net Revenues (the “relevant
amount”) for that Calculation Period and for each Calculation
Period occurring thereafter which ends on or before the Calculation End Date
(being the discounted value of the relevant amount calculated, using the
Computer Model, by applying the relevant discount rate agreed or determined in
accordance with Clause 6 (Projections) to the relevant
amount).
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“Final Maturity Date” means the
earlier of:
(a)
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30th
June 2015; and
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(b)
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the
Reserve Tail Date.
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“Finance Document”
means:
(a)
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this
Agreement;
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(b)
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the
Mandate Letter;
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(c)
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the
Security Documents;
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(d)
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the
Intercreditor Deed;
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(e)
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the
Account Bank Agreement;
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(f)
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the
Hedging Agreements;
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(g)
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any
Fee Letter; and
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any other
document designated as a “Finance Document” by the Agent and the
Borrower.
“Finance Party” means the
Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Security Trustee or a
Lender.
“Financial Indebtedness” means
any indebtedness for or in respect of:
(a)
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moneys
borrowed;
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(b)
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any
amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or
dematerialised equivalent;
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(c)
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any
amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of
bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar
instrument;
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(d)
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the
amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract
which would, in accordance with GAAP/IFRS, be treated as a finance or
capital lease;
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(e)
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receivables
sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold
on a non-recourse basis);
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(f)
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any
amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or
purchase agreement) having the commercial effect of a
borrowing;
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(g)
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any
derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against
or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating
the value of any derivative transaction, only the marked to market value
shall be taken into account);
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any
counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond,
standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by
a bank or financial institution;
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(i)
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any
amount raised by the issue of redeemable
shares;
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(j)
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any
amount of any liability under an advance or deferred purchase agreement if
one of the primary reasons behind the entry into this agreement is to
raise finance; and
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(k)
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(without
double counting) the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee
or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (j)
above.
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“Frontier Exploration Company”
means a corporation established and organised under the laws of Utah with its
registered office 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000 and
having company number 1023353-0142.
“FX Drilling Company, Inc.”
means a corporation established and organised under the laws of the state of
Nevada, United States of America, having its registered office at 000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America and
registered with Secretary of State in Nevada, United States of America under
number C4629-1994.
“FX Energy, Inc.” means a
corporation established and organised under the laws of Nevada with its
registered office 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000 and
having company number C576-1989.
“FX Energy Netherlands B.V.”
means a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands having
its corporate seat in Utrecht, The Netherlands, having its registered office at
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 0, 0000 XX Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx with the trade register of
the commercial register of the chamber of commerce in Amsterdam under
number 30132757.
“FX Energy Netherlands Partnership
C.V.” means a limited partnership (commanditaire vennootschap),
organised under the laws of the Netherlands, having its registered office at
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 0, 0000 XX Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx and registered with the
Dutch Commercial Register under number 33298513 and represented by its general
partners (beherende
vennoten) being FX Drilling Company, Inc., and Frontier
Exploration Company, a company with limited liability incorporated under the
laws of the State of Utah, United States of America, having its registered
office at 0000 Xxxx-Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx 00000, United
States of America and registered with the Secretary of State, Utah, United
States of America under number 1023353-0142.
“FX Producing Company, Inc.”
means a corporation established and organised under the laws of Nevada with its
registered office 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx 00000 and
having company number C4628-1994.
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“GAAP/IFRS” means in relation
only to the Borrower, the Guarantors or any member of the Group that is not
incorporated in the UK, generally accepted accounting principles in that
person’s jurisdiction of incorporation, or, in each case, if IFRS has been
implemented by the Group or the relevant member thereof, IFRS.
“Governmental Authority” means
the government of any country, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether
state, regional or local, and any agency, authority, branch, department,
regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions
of or pertaining to government or any subdivision thereof (including any
supra-national bodies), and all officials, agents and representatives of each of
the foregoing.
“Guarantors” means the Original
Guarantors and each Additional Guarantor.
“Gross Expenditure” means, in
relation to any period and any Obligor, without double counting:
(a)
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to
the extent that the same is payable in that period by that Obligor in
respect of any Borrowing Base
Asset:
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(i)
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all
cash calls by the operator of that Borrowing Base Asset;
and
|
(ii)
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to
the extent not covered by paragraph (i)
above:
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(A)
|
all
costs of producing, lifting, transporting, storing, processing and selling
any Petroleum derived from that Borrowing Base
Asset;
|
(B)
|
all
costs of reinstating any damaged facilities relating to that Borrowing
Base Asset;
|
(C)
|
all
costs of satisfying any liability in respect of seepage, pollution and
well control;
|
(D)
|
all
insurance premiums and all the fees, costs and expenses of insurance
brokers;
|
(E)
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all
exploration and appraisal expenditure on that Borrowing Base
Asset;
|
(F)
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all
costs of abandonment and any payments to make provision for abandonment
costs in accordance with all relevant Field Documents relating to the
whole or any part of that Borrowing Base Asset or any physical assets
associated with it; and
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(G)
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any
royalties under any Petroleum production licence or other payments
required by Applicable Law to be made to any Governmental Authority in
Poland;
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(b)
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(if
that Obligor holds any interests in any Borrowing Base Assets) any Taxes
payable by that Obligor in that
period;
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any
general and administrative expenditure not falling within paragraph (a)
above which is payable by that Obligor in that period but only to the
extent attributable to any Borrowing Base
Asset;
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(d)
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any
other expenses and payments not falling within the preceding paragraphs of
this definition which are payable by that Obligor in that period in
respect of any Borrowing Base Asset (including costs related to any
hedging arrangements in respect of any Borrowing Base Asset);
and
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(e)
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any
other expense or payment not falling in the preceding paragraphs of this
definition which the Borrower elects (with the approval of the Majority
Lenders) to treat as “Gross
Expenditure”.
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“Gross Income” means, in
relation to any period and any Obligor, without double counting:
(a)
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to
the extent that the same is payable in that period to that Obligor in
respect of any Borrowing Base
Asset:
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(i)
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the
gross proceeds (without deductions whatsoever) of any disposal of any
Petroleum derived from that Borrowing Base Asset paid or payable to that
Obligor in that period;
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(ii)
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any
gross proceeds (without any deductions whatsoever) payable to that Obligor
in respect of the use or reservation of capacity of any pipeline forming
part of, or relating to, that Borrowing Base
Asset;
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(iii)
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any
other amounts paid or payable to that Obligor in that period in respect of
that Borrowing Base Asset (including subject to Clause 6.3 (Key Principles) any
proceeds of insurance or income from hedging arrangements relating to any
Borrowing Base Asset); and
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(b)
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(if
that Obligor holds any interests in any Borrowing Base Assets) any refunds
of Taxes payable to that Obligor in that
period;
|
but
excluding:
(i)
|
any
amount paid or payable by way of loan or contribution to the equity
capital of that Obligor in that
period;
|
(ii)
|
any
amount paid or payable to that Obligor by another member of the Group;
and
|
(iii)
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any
amount paid or payable to that Obligor in that period which does not
relate to a Borrowing Base Asset (other than any amount referred to in
paragraph (b) above).
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“Group” means, other than for
the purpose specified in each of Clause 20.1(c) (Representations) and Clause
22(b) (General
Undertakings), the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the time being, in
each case as a separate legal entity and not as consolidated with any other
member of the Group.
“Group Structure Chart” means
the group structure chart annexed to this Agreement at Schedule 14 (Group Structure
Chart).
“Hedging Agreements” means any
agreement or instrument relating to the hedging of commodity price exposure,
interest rate exposure or currency exposure (including a forward, swap or
option) or any other derivative or risk hedging instrument approved under Clause
5 (Hedging Banks: rights and
obligations) of the Intercreditor Deed.
“Hedging Bank” has the meaning
given to it in the Intercreditor Deed.
“Hedging Policy” means a
hedging strategy document, in a form annexed to this Agreement as Schedule 15
(Hedging Policy)
approved by the Majority Lenders which sets out, among other things, the hedging
transactions to be undertaken by the Obligors in the relevant period covered by
such document.
“Holding Company” means, in
relation to a person, any other person in respect of which it is a
Subsidiary.
“IFRS” means international
accounting standards within the meaning of the IAS Regulation 1606/2002 to the
extent applicable to the relevant financial statements.
“ISDA Agreement” means the 1992
ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency - Cross Border), as supplemented and
amended by a schedule.
“Independent Engineer” means
RPS Group Plc or such other reputable independent petroleum engineer or other
expert approved by the Technical Bank (in consultation with the
Borrower).
“Information Memorandum” means
the document in the form approved by the Borrower concerning the Group which, at
the Borrower’s request and on its behalf, was prepared in relation to this
transaction and distributed by The Royal Bank of Scotland plc to selected
financial institutions before the date of this Agreement.
“Initial Approved Reserves” has
the meaning given in Clause 6.12 (Initial Approved
Reserves).
“Initial Borrowing Base Assets”
means those assets specified in Schedule 4 (Initial Borrowing Base
Assets).
“Initial Projection” means in
relation to the Initial Borrowing Base Assets, the relevant Projection described
in paragraph 7(n) of Part I of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent to Initial
Utilisation), which is delivered to the Agent pursuant to Clause 4.1
(Initial conditions
precedent).
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“Insolvency Officer” means any
liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian or manager, compulsory
manager, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or other similar
officer in each case, appointed in any jurisdiction, including a compulsory
manager appointed pursuant to Article 27 of the Polish law dated December 6,
1996 (as amended) on registered pledge and pledge register or pursuant to
Article 931 of the Polish Code of Civil Procedure.
“Insurance Proceeds” means any
proceeds received by the Borrower under or pursuant to any Project Insurances
policy.
“Intercreditor Deed” means the
intercreditor deed to be entered into pursuant to paragraph 2(a)(xi) of Part I
of Schedule 2 (Conditions
Precedent to Initial Utilisation).
“Intercreditor Accession Deed”
has the meaning given to it in the Intercreditor Deed.
“Interest Period” means, in
relation to a Loan, each period determined in accordance with Clause 11 (Interest Periods) and,
in relation to an Unpaid Sum, each period determined in accordance with Clause
10.3 (Default
Interest).
“Interim Projection” means each
Projection that is adopted or due to be adopted on each Interim Recalculation
Date.
“Interim Recalculation Date”
means any date nominated as such in any Designation Notice delivered pursuant to
Clause 6.1(b) (Adoption).
“ITA” means the Income Tax Xxx
0000.
“Joint Operating Agreement”
means any contract, agreement, joint venture or other arrangement entered into
by the Borrower and a third party regulating joint operations, physical
facilities and profits in relation to a Borrowing Base Asset.
“KSK Fields” means each of the
Sroda Kromolice Field, Kromolice South Field and Środa Wielkopolska
Field (as described in Schedule 4 (Initial Borrowing Base
Assets)).
“KSK First Production”
means:
(a)
|
the
KSK Fields and all related facilities have (without unremedied major or
material malfunctions) demonstrated the ability to either produce, process
and transport and make available for sale gas at an average aggregate
gross production rate of 14 million standard cubic feet per day over a
continuous 30 day period;
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(b)
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the
development and construction of all the facilities relating to the KSK
fields have been completed in accordance with the development plan
referred to in the latest Reserve Report in all material
respects;
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(c)
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the
gas sales agreements for the KSK fields have been fully executed and the
rights thereunder secured in favour of the Security Trustee on behalf of
the Lenders in a manner in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent;
and
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the
State Treasury of the Republic of Poland has consented to the transfer of
a 49% interest in the mining usufruct rights for
exploitation to the Borrower for each of the KSK Fields and
evidence of this consent and transfer has been provided to the Agent in
form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent.
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“Legal Reservation” means any
qualifications as to matters of law set out in any legal opinion delivered under
paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent to Initial
Utilisation).
“Lender” means:
(a)
|
any
Original Lender; and
|
(b)
|
any
bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become
a Party in accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the
Lenders),
|
which in
each case has not ceased to be a Party in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“Lender’s Available Commitment” means a
Lender’s Commitment minus (subject as set out below):
(a)
|
the
amount of its participation in any outstanding Loans;
and
|
(b)
|
in
relation to any proposed Utilisation, the amount of its participation in
any Loans that are due to be made on or before the proposed Utilisation
Date.
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For the
purposes of calculating a Lender’s Available Commitment in relation to any
proposed Utilisation, that Lender’s participation in any Loans that are due to
be repaid or prepaid on or before the proposed Utilisation Date shall not be
deducted from a Lender’s Commitment.
“Letters of Release” means the
Dutch Letter of Release, the English Letter of Release and the Polish Letter of
Release.
“LIBOR” means, in relation to
any Loan:
(a)
|
the
applicable Screen Rate; or
|
(b)
|
(if
no Screen Rate is available for dollars for the Interest Period of that
Loan) the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal
places) as supplied to the Agent at its request quoted by the Reference
Banks to leading banks in the London interbank
market,
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as of the
Specified Time on the Quotation Day for the offering of deposits in dollars and
for a period comparable to the Interest Period for that Loan.
“LMA” means the Loan Market
Association.
“Liquidation Account” has the
meaning given in the Account Bank Agreement.
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“Loan” means a loan made or to
be made under the Facility or the principal amount outstanding for the time
being of that loan.
“Loan Life NPV” means, in
relation to any Calculation Period, the amount, in dollars, of the net present
value (as at the first day of that Calculation Period) of the aggregate of the
Projected Net Revenues (the “relevant
amount”) for that Calculation Period and for each Calculation
Period occurring thereafter which ends on or before the Final Maturity Date
(being the discounted value of the relevant amount calculated, using the
Computer Model, by applying the relevant discount rate agreed or determined in
accordance with Clause 6 (Projections) to the relevant
amount).
“Majority Lenders”
means:
(a)
|
if
there are no Loans then outstanding, a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments
aggregate more than 66⅔ per cent. of the Total Commitments (or, if the
Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated more than 66⅔ per
cent. of the Total Commitments immediately prior to the reduction);
or
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(b)
|
at
any other time, a Lender or Lenders whose participations in the Loans then
outstanding aggregate more than 66⅔ per cent. of all the Loans then
outstanding.
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“Mandate Letter” means the
letter dated 22 March 2010 between The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and the
Borrower.
“Mandatory Cost” means the
percentage rate per annum calculated by the Agent in accordance with Schedule 6
(Mandatory Cost
formulae).
“Margin” means:
(a)
|
before
30 June 2013, 4.00 per cent. per annum;
and
|
(b)
|
thereafter,
5.00 per cent. per annum.
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“Material Adverse Effect” means, in the reasonable
opinion of the Majority Lenders (save for the purposes of Clause 6.1(a)(ii)(A)
(Projections), in the
reasonable opinion of the Technical Bank, if applicable), a material
adverse effect on:
(a)
|
the
financial condition of any Obligor;
|
(b)
|
the
ability of any Obligor to perform (i) its obligations under any Finance
Document to which it is a party or (ii) its material obligations under any
Transaction Document (other than a Finance Document) to which it is a
party;
|
(c)
|
the
validity or enforceability of (i) any Finance Document (or any material
provision thereof) or (ii) any Security purported to be created under any
Security Document; or
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(d)
|
the
rights and remedies of the Lenders under any Finance
Document.
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“Mining Concession” means a
concession to search for, explore and/or exploit oil and gas issued by the
Applicable Polish Licensing Authority.
“Mining Law” means the act of 4
February 1994 on Geological and Mining Law (Journal of Laws of the Republic of
Poland of 2005, No. 228, item 1947, as amended), as may be amended from time to
time, or any subsequent and/or superseding Polish legislative act applicable to
carrying out of mining operations in the Republic of Poland.
“Mining Usufruct Agreement”
means an agreement pursuant to which the Borrower and/or other persons hold the
right of a mining usufruct.
“Month” means a period starting
on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day
in the next calendar month, except that:
(a)
|
(subject
to paragraph (c) below) if the numerically corresponding day is
not a Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that
calendar month in which that period is to end if there is one, or if there
is not, on the immediately preceding Business
Day;
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(b)
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if
there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which
that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in
that calendar month; and
|
(c)
|
if
an Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month,
that Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar
month in which that Interest Period is to
end.
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The above
rules will only apply to the last Month of any period.
“Monthly Cash Flow Projection”
means a report, in the Agreed Form, issued by the Parent at the end of a
quarter, which sets out, in respect of each month falling during the 12 month
period following the end of such quarter, the cash flow, debt and equity
position of the Group (on a consolidated basis) including a breakdown of all
planned, committed and uncommitted expenditure of the Group, forecast debt
service and estimated revenues.
“New Borrowing Base Asset”
means any Petroleum Asset not listed in Schedule 4 (Initial Borrowing Base
Assets) and that has been designated as such in accordance with Clause 6
(Projections).
“Non-Dutch Obligor” means each
Original Obligor which is not a Dutch Obligor.
“Obligors” has the meaning
given to it in the Intercreditor Deed.
“Onshore Proceeds Account” has
the meaning given in the Account Bank Agreement.
“Original Financial Statements”
means:
(a)
|
in
relation to the Borrower, its audited financial statements for its
financial year ended 31 December
2009;
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in
relation to the Parent:
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(i)
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the
audited consolidated financial statements of the Group for the financial
year ending on 31 December 2009;
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(ii)
|
the
unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group for the quarter
ending on 31 March 2010.
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(c)
|
in
relation to FX Energy Netherlands Partnership C.V., the annual financial
statements for its financial year ended 31 December 2008;
and
|
(d)
|
in
relation to FX Energy Netherlands B.V., its annual financial statements
for its financial year ended 31 December
2008.
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“Original Obligor” means the
Borrower or an Original Guarantor.
“Parent” means FX Energy,
Inc.
“Parent Operating Expenses”
means the reasonable general and administrative costs of the Parent reflected in
the then current Monthly Cash Flow Projection and attributable to
activities on the Polish Fields.
“Participating Member State”
means any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the euro
as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union
relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“Party” means a party to this
Agreement.
“Permitted Expenditure”
means:
(a)
|
any
payment pursuant to Clause 3(a) and Clause 3(b) (Purpose);
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(b)
|
each
item of Gross Expenditure reflected in the then current
Projection;
|
(c)
|
(without
double counting) any item of expenditure in respect of Parent Operating
Expenses reflected in the then current Monthly Cash Flow
Projection;
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(d)
|
any
item of expenditure (not being Gross Expenditure) reflected in the then
current Monthly Cash Flow Projection and incurred by the Borrower in
relation to any Polish Field which is not a Borrowing Base
Asset;
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(e)
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any
payment which the Borrower is required to make by law or as otherwise
approved by the Agent into the Liquidation Account;
and
|
(f)
|
any
other item of expenditure that the Majority Lenders and the Borrower agree
to designate as “Permitted
Expenditure”.
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“Permitted Security”
means:
(a)
|
any
lien arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of
trading;
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any
Security constituted by any Finance
Document;
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(c)
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any
Security comprising a netting or set-off arrangement entered into by an
Obligor or any other member of the Group in the ordinary course of its
banking and trading arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and
credit balances; and
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(d)
|
any
Security granted to secure bids, tenders, contracts, leases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, and other obligations of a similar
nature arising in the ordinary course of trading up to an aggregate limit
of USD 1,000,000 and which Security may not continue for more than 24
months following its date of
creation.
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“Petroleum” means any mineral,
oil or relative hydrocarbon (including condensate and natural gas liquids) and
natural gas existing in its natural condition in strata (but not including coal
or bituminous shale or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted
by destructive distillation).
“Petroleum Asset” means (a) any
Petroleum field, pipeline transmission system or other Petroleum project, (b)
the facilities relating to such field, system or project and/or (c) the
interests in such field, system, project or facilities.
“PGNiG” means Polskie Górnictwo
Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA.
“Polish Environmental
Requirements” means Polish regulatory requirements for oil and gas
companies including in particular requirements under Environmental and Mining
Laws relating to licences and / or other aspects of the Borrowing Base Asset
approval and implementation processes.
“Polish
Fields” means any area covered by a licence issued by the
Applicable Polish Licensing Authority pursuant to the Mining Law in which the
Borrower has an interest in respect of the mining usufruct or the petroleum
accumulation in such area, including but not limited to any contractual
interest.
“Polish Letter of Release”
means the Polish law governed letter of release dated on or about the date of
this Agreement, releasing the security constituted by the Polish law
governed:
(a)
|
Agreement
for Pledges Over Shares in FX Energy Poland sp. z o.o dated 18 December
2006;
|
(b)
|
Agreement
for Registered Pledge Over Enterprise dated 18 December
2006;
|
(c)
|
Agreement
for Pledges Over Bank Accounts dated 18 December
2006;
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(d)
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Agreement
for Pledges Over Mining Usufruct Rights dated 18 December
2006;
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(e)
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Agreement
for Collateral Assignment of Rights Under Project Documents dated 18
December 2006; and
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Agreement
for Pledge Over Receivables under Joint Operating Agreements dated 18
December 2006.
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“Polish Financial Pledge over Bank Accounts”
means the agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement between the
Borrower and the Security Trustee pledging all right, title and interest in
respect of specified bank accounts of the Borrower under the Certain Financial
Collateral Law (as defined therein).
“Polish Financial Pledge over
Shares” means the agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement
between FX Energy Netherlands B.V. and the Security Trustee and under the
Certain Financial Collateral Law (as defined therein) creating Security over the
shares of the Borrower.
“Polish Registered Pledge over Bank Accounts”
means the agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement between the
Borrower and the Security Trustee pledging all right, title and interest in
respect of specified bank accounts of the Borrower and registered under the
Registered Pledge Law (as defined therein).
“Polish Registered Pledge over Moveable Assets”
means the agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement between the
Borrower and the Security Trustee pledging all right, title and interest in the
moveable assets of the Borrower and registered under the Registered Pledge Law
(as defined therein).
“Polish Registered Pledge over
Shares” means the agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement
between FX Energy Netherlands B.V. and the Security Trustee and registered under
the Registered Pledge Law (as defined therein) creating Security over the shares
of the Borrower.
“Polish Submission to
Execution” means a voluntary submission to enforcement in relation to the
Facility pursuant to Article 777 of the Polish Code of Civil Procedure to be
executed by the Borrower in favour of the Lenders.
“Project Accounts” means the
Onshore Proceeds Accounts and the Liquidation Account.
“Project Insurances” means all
insurances that the Borrower is required to maintain pursuant to Clause 22.12(a)
(Insurance).
“Project Loans” means the
proceeds of Utilisations, drawings under any loan facilities or other Financial
Indebtedness incurred in connection with operating and developing the Polish
Fields.
“Projected Net Revenues” means,
in relation to any period, an amount (which may be a negative or positive
figure) calculated by deducting “B” from “A” where:
“A” is
the aggregate of the Gross Income of the Borrower projected to be received in
that period; and
“B” is
the aggregate of the Gross Expenditure of the Borrower projected to be made in
that period.
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“Projection” means a
consolidated cashflow and debt service projection prepared or to be prepared
pursuant to this Agreement.
“Probable Reserves” means, in
relation to any Petroleum Asset, those quantities of Petroleum which are as
likely as not to be recovered from that Petroleum Asset having regard to the
rules and regulations prescribed by the US Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“Proved Reserves” means, in
relation to any Petroleum Asset, those quantities of Petroleum which geological
and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in
future years from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating
conditions having regard to the rules and regulations prescribed by the US
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Proved and Probable Reserves”
means the Proved Reserves and the Probable Reserves.
“Qualifying Lender” has the
meaning given to it in Clause 14 (Tax gross up and
indemnities).
“Quotation Day” means, in
relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined, two
Business Days before the first day of that period unless market practice differs
in the Relevant Interbank Market, in which case the Quotation Day will be
determined by the Agent in accordance with market practice in the Relevant
Interbank Market (and if quotations would normally be given by leading banks in
the Relevant Interbank Market on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be
the last of those days).
“Reasonable and Prudent
Operator” means a person acting in good faith, with the intention of
performing its contractual obligations and who, in so doing, and in the general
conduct of its undertaking, exercises that degree of skill, diligence, prudence
and foresight which would reasonably and ordinarily be exercised by a skilled
and experienced person complying with applicable laws and observing all
applicable standard industry practices and guidelines engaged in the same type
of undertaking in similar conditions and circumstances.
“Recalculation Date” means any Scheduled
Recalculation Date or Interim Recalculation Date.
“Receiver” means a receiver or
receiver and manager or administrative receiver of the whole or any part of the
Charged Property.
“Reduction Date” means each
date specified in the first column (headed “Reduction Date”) of the table in
Schedule 3 (Reduced
Commitments).
“Reference Banks” means the
principal London offices of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, ING Bank N.V. and
KBC Bank NV or such other banks as may be appointed by the Agent in consultation
with the Borrower.
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“Refinancing Date” means the
date of payment or repayment in full of all amounts due under the Finance
Documents (as defined in the Existing Facility Agreement) such that no amounts
are outstanding thereunder.
“Related Fund” in relation to a
fund (the “first fund”),
means a fund which is managed or advised by the same investment manager or
investment adviser as the first fund or, if it is managed by a different
investment manager or investment adviser, a fund whose investment manager or
investment adviser is an Affiliate of the investment manager or investment
adviser of the first fund.
“Relevant Interbank Market”
means the London interbank market.
“Relevant Jurisdiction”
means:
(a)
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the
jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation of each member of the
Group;
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(b)
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the
jurisdiction where any asset subject to or intended to be subject to the
Transaction Security is situated;
and
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(c)
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the
jurisdiction where any member of the Group is conducting its
business.
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“Relevant Obligor” means any Obligor (a)
that has granted Security under a Security Document over such of its assets as
specified by the Agent and (b) whose Holding Company(ies) have granted Security
over all of the shares in that Obligor to the Security Trustee.
“Remaining Borrowing Base
Reserves” means, in relation to each Borrowing Base Asset and any date,
the quantities of Petroleum forecast in the then current Projection to be
produced by that Borrowing Base Asset in the period from that date up to (and
including) the Abandonment Date for such Borrowing Base Asset (which figure may
vary from Projection to Projection).
“Repeating Representations”
means each of the representations set out in Clause 20 (Representations) other than
in Clause 20.7 (No proceedings
pending or threatened), paragraph (b) of Clause 20.11 (Security Matters), Clause
20.13 (Deduction of
Tax), Clause 20.16 (No
filing or stamp taxes), paragraph (a) of Clause 20.18 (Ownership) and Clause 20.30
(Offtake).
“Representative” means any
delegate, agent, manager, administrator, nominee, attorney, trustee or
custodian.
“Required Authorisation” means
each Authorisation required by an Obligor or any other member of the
Group:
(a)
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to
enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its
obligations in the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party;
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(b)
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to
make the Transaction Documents to which it is a party admissible in
evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation;
and/or
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in
connection with the ownership, development, construction, operation and/or
exploitation of any Borrowing Base
Asset.
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“Reserves Report” means a
report prepared by the Independent Engineer containing such information and/or
evaluation(s) (relating to each Borrowing Base Asset or, as the case may be, any
other Petroleum Asset which the Borrower is seeking to have designated as a
Borrowing Base Asset) as the Technical Bank may reasonably require including
evaluation(s) of the recoverable reserves, production profiles, operational
expenditure, abandonments costs and/or capital expenditure of such Borrowing
Base Assets or, as the case may be, Petroleum Assets.
“Reserve Tail Date” means the
Recalculation Date immediately following the date (reflected in the then current
Projection) on which the aggregate Remaining Borrowing Base Reserves for all
Borrowing Base Assets is forecast to fall below 25 per cent. of the Initial
Approved Reserves.
“Rollover Loan” means one or
more Loans:
(a)
|
made
or to be made on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be
repaid;
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(b)
|
the
aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the amount of the
maturing Loan; and
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(c)
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made
or to be made for the purpose of refinancing a maturing
Loan.
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“Scheduled Projection” means
each Projection that is adopted or due to be adopted on a Scheduled
Recalculation Date.
“Scheduled Recalculation Date”
means each 30 June and 31 December occurring on or before the Final Maturity
Date.
“Screen Rate” means the British
Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rate for dollars for the relevant
period, displayed on the appropriate page of the Reuters screen. If
the agreed page is replaced or service ceases to be available, the Agent may
specify another page or service displaying the appropriate rate after
consultation with the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Secured Parties” has the
meaning given to it in the Intercreditor Deed.
“Security” means a mortgage,
charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any obligation of any
person or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar
effect.
“Security Documents” means each
of the documents specified in paragraph 2(a) (Transaction Documents) of
Part I
of
Schedule 2 (Conditions
Precedent to Initial Utilisation), together with any other document
entered into by any Obligor creating or expressed to create any Security over
all or any part of its assets in respect of the obligations of any of the
Obligors under any of the Finance Documents.
“Specified Time” means a time
determined in accordance with Schedule 16 (Timetables).
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“Subordinated Lender” means any
member of the Group that makes or proposes to make loans to the Borrower or any
other member of the Group under Subordinated Loan Agreements or equity
contributions and which loans or contributions are subject to the Intercreditor
Deed.
“Subordinated Loan Agreements”
means any loan agreement (including, without limitation, those loan agreements
referred to in Schedule 11 (Existing Financial
Indebtedness) between a Subordinated Lender and (a) the Borrower or (b)
another Subordinated Lender and which are subject to the Intercreditor
Deed.
“Subsidiary” means a subsidiary
undertaking within the meaning of section 1162 of the Companies Xxx 0000 which
for this purpose shall be treated as including any person the shares or
ownership interests in which are subject to Security and where the legal title
to the shares or ownership interests so secured are registered in the name of
the secured party or its nominee pursuant to such Security.
“Tax” means any tax, levy,
impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any
penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay
in paying any of the same).
“Technical Bank” means The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc.
“Technical Assumption” means
any assumptions (other than an Economic Assumption), and the values ascribed to
such assumptions, upon which each Projection or draft Projection and, in each
case, the calculations and information therein are, or are to be,
based.
“Total Commitments” means the
aggregate of each Lender’s Commitment from time to time, being USD 55,000,000 at
the date of this Agreement as may be reduced from time to time pursuant to
Clause 8.2 (Reduction).
“Transaction Close” means the
date of satisfaction of all conditions precedent listed in Part I of Schedule 2
(Conditions Precedent to
Initial Utilisation).
“Transaction Document” means
the Finance Documents and the Field Documents.
“Transaction Security” means
the Security created or expressed to be created in favour of the Security
Trustee pursuant to the Security Documents.
“Transfer Certificate” means a
certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 7 (Form of Transfer Certificate)
or any other form agreed between the Agent and the Borrower.
“Transfer Date” means, in
relation to an assignment or a transfer, the later of:
(a)
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the
proposed Transfer Date specified in the relevant Assignment Agreement or
Transfer Certificate; and
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(b)
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the
date on which the Agent executes the relevant Assignment Agreement or
Transfer Certificate.
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“Unitisation” means any
unitisation of, or affecting, any Borrowing Base Asset, or any adjustment of the
relevant member of the Group’s interests in any Borrowing Base Asset and/or any
Petroleum derived therefrom as a result of the pooling of production of that
Borrowing Base Asset with that of another field or otherwise.
“Unpaid Sum” means any sum due
and payable but unpaid by an Obligor under the Finance Documents.
“Utilisation” means a
utilisation of the Facility.
“Utilisation Date” means the
date of a Utilisation, being the date on which the relevant Loan is to be
made.
“Utilisation Request” means a
notice substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5 (Utilisation Request).
“VAT” means value added tax as
provided for in the Value Added Tax Xxx 0000 and any other tax of a similar
nature.
1.2
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Construction
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(a)
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Unless
a contrary indication appears any reference in this Agreement
to:
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(i)
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the
“Agent”, the
“Mandated Lead
Arranger”, the “Security Trustee”, the
“Technical Bank”
any “Finance
Party”, any “Secured Party”, any
“Lender”, any
“Obligor” or any
“Party” shall be
construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and
permitted transferees and, in the case of the Security Trustee, any person
for the time being appointed as Security Trustee or Security Trustees in
accordance with this Agreement;
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(ii)
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“assets” includes present
and future properties, revenues and rights of every
description;
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(iii)
|
a
“Finance Document”
or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance
Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated,
supplemented, extended, replaced or
restated;
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(iv)
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“indebtedness” includes
any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the
payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or
contingent;
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(v)
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a
“person” includes
any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of
a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium or
partnership (whether or not having separate legal
personality);
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a
“regulation”
includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline
(whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental,
intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or of any
regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or
organisation;
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(vii)
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a
“quarter” means
each period of three months commencing on 1 January of each
year;
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(viii)
|
a
reference to “includes” means
‘includes without limitation’ and ‘includes’ and ‘including’ shall be
construed accordingly;
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(ix)
|
a
provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or
re-enacted; and
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(x)
|
a
time of day is a reference to London
time.
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(b)
|
Section,
Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference
only.
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(c)
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Unless
a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document
or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document
has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this
Agreement.
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(d)
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A
Default (other than an Event of Default) is “continuing” if it has
not been remedied or waived and an Event of Default is “continuing” if it has
not been waived.
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1.3
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Dutch Terms
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In this
Agreement, where it relates to a Dutch entity, a reference to:
(a)
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a
necessary action to authorise, where applicable, includes without
limitation:
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(i)
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any
action required to comply with the Dutch Works Council Act (Wet op de
ondernemingsraden); and
|
(ii)
|
obtaining
unconditional positive advice (advies) from each
competent works council;
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(b)
|
a
winding-up, administration or dissolution includes a Dutch entity
being:
|
(i)
|
declared
bankrupt (failliet
verklaard);
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(ii)
|
dissolved
(ontbonden);
|
(c)
|
a
moratorium includes surséance van betaling
and granted a moratorium includes surséance
verleend;
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(d)
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a
trustee in bankruptcy includes a curator;
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an
administrator includes a bewindvoerder;
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(f)
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a
receiver or an administrative receiver does not include a curator or bewindvoerder;
and
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(g)
|
an
attachment includes a beslag.
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1.4
|
Currency
Symbols and Definitions
|
(a)
|
“USD”, “$” and “dollars” denote the
lawful currency of the United States of
America.
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(b)
|
“zloty” denotes the
lawful currency of the Republic of
Poland.
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1.5
|
Third
party rights
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(a)
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Unless
expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document, a person who is
not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Xxx
0000 (the “Third Parties
Act”) to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this
Agreement.
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(b)
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A
Hedging Bank may enforce the terms of Clause 19 (Guarantee and
indemnity) in accordance with Clause 38 (Governing law) and
Clause 39 (Enforcement) and the
provisions of the Third Parties
Act.
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(c)
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Notwithstanding
any term of any Finance Document, the consent of any person who is not a
Party is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any
time.
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SECTION
2
THE FACILITY
THE FACILITY
2.
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THE
FACILITY
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2.1
|
The
Facility
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Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders make available to the Borrower a
dollar revolving loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total
Commitments.
2.2
|
Finance
Parties’ rights and obligations
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(a)
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The
obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are
several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations
under the Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of any other
Party under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is
responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the
Finance Documents.
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(b)
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The
rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance
Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under
the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from an Obligor shall be a
separate and independent debt.
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(c)
|
A
Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents,
separately enforce its rights under the Finance
Documents.
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3.
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PURPOSE
|
(a)
|
The
Borrower shall make the first drawdown under the Facility within 5
Business Days of Transaction Close, and shall apply such drawdown towards
(i) repayment in full of all amounts outstanding under and
pursuant to the Existing Facility Agreement and (ii) payment of all fees
and transaction costs referred to in paragraph 7(i) of Part I of Schedule
2 (Conditions Precedent
to Initial Utilisation), (and the Borrower shall request the Agent
to apply the funds from such drawdown directly towards such purposes at
the time of drawdown).
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(b)
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Subject
to Clause 3(a), the Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under
the Facility:
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(i)
|
in
payment of any fees or transaction costs related to the Facility;
and
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(ii)
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for
its general corporate purposes in accordance with Clause 7.4 (Withdrawals from the Onshore
Proceeds Account).
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3.2
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Monitoring
|
No
Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount
borrowed pursuant to this Agreement.
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CONDITIONS
OF UTILISATION
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4.1
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Initial
conditions precedent
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The
Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request unless the Agent has received all
of the documents and other evidence listed in Part I of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent to Initial
Utilisation) in form and substance satisfactory to all the
Lenders. The Agent shall notify the Borrower promptly upon the
Lenders being so satisfied.
4.2
|
Further
conditions precedent
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The
Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’ participation) if on
the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation
Date:
(a)
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in
the case of a Rollover Loan, no Event of Default is continuing or would
result from the proposed Loan and, in the case of any other Loan, no
Default is continuing or would result from the proposed
Loan;
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(b)
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the
Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor are true in all
material respects;
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(c)
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other
than in the case of a Rollover Loan, any Projection which is due to be
adopted by a Recalculation Date has been adopted in accordance with Clause
6 (Projections)
by such Recalculation Date unless such Projection has not been adopted
because:
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(i)
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of
any failure on the part of any Finance Party to perform its obligations
under this Agreement; or
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(ii)
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the
Majority Lenders (acting reasonably) are of the opinion that if such a
Projection were to be adopted, the applicable Borrowing Base Amount that
would be generated by such a Projection would exceed the aggregate amount
of (1) all the outstanding Utilisations and (2) all the Utilisations
proposed to be made on the proposed Utilisation Date;
and
|
(d)
|
the
aggregate of:
|
(i)
|
the
amount of the Utilisation proposed to be made on the proposed Utilisation
Date; and
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(ii)
|
the
aggregate amount of all outstanding Utilisations on the proposed
Utilisation Date less the aggregate amount of all outstanding Utilisations
due to be repaid or prepaid on the proposed Utilisation
Date,
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does not
exceed the least of (1) the Available Facility applicable on the proposed
Utilisation Date, (2) the Borrowing Base Amount applicable on the proposed
Utilisation Date and (3) if the proposed Utilisation Date occurs prior to KSK
First Production having been achieved (to the Majority Lenders’ satisfaction),
$40,000,000.
4.3
|
Maximum
number of Loans
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The
Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request if as a result of the proposed
Utilisation six (6) or more Loans would be outstanding.
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3
UTILISATION
5.
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UTILISATION
- LOANS
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5.1
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Delivery
of a Utilisation Request
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The
Borrower may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Agent of a duly completed
Utilisation Request not later than the Specified Time.
5.2
|
Completion
of a Utilisation Request
|
(a)
|
Each
Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been
duly completed unless:
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(i)
|
in
respect of the first Utilisation Request, the proposed Loan is sufficient
to repay in full all amounts outstanding under and pursuant to the
Existing Facility Agreement and all fees and transaction costs referred to
in paragraph 7(i) of Part I of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent to
Initial Utilisation);
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(ii)
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the
proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability
Period;
|
(iii)
|
the
currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and
amount);
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(iv)
|
the
proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 11 (Interest Periods);
and
|
(v)
|
it
has been duly signed by an authorised signatory of the
Borrower.
|
(b)
|
Only
one Loan may be requested in each Utilisation
Request.
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5.3
|
Currency
and amount
|
(a)
|
The
currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be
dollars.
|
(b)
|
The
proposed Loan must not exceed the maximum amount of the Facility that may
be utilised for such Loan under Clause 4.2 (Further conditions
precedent) and, except for an initial Loan equal to the total
amount of fees and expenses associated with the Facility, the amount of
the proposed Loan must be an amount which is a minimum of USD 1,000,000
and an integral multiple of USD 1,000,000 or, if less, that maximum
amount.
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Lenders’
participation
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(a)
|
If
the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Lender shall
make its participation in each Loan available by the Utilisation Date
through its Facility Office.
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(b)
|
The
amount of each Lender’s participation in each Loan will be equal to the
proportion borne by that Lender’s Available Commitment to the Available
Facility immediately prior to making the
Loan.
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(c)
|
The
Agent shall notify each Lender of the amount of each Loan and the amount
of its participation in that Loan, in each case by the Specified
Time.
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5.5
|
Cancellation
of Commitment
|
The
Commitments which, at that time, are unutilised shall be immediately cancelled
at the end of the Availability Period.
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4
PROJECTIONS
6.
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PROJECTIONS
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6.1
|
Adoption
|
(a)
|
Until
the adoption of the first new Projection in accordance with this Clause 6
(Projections),
the Initial Projection shall be the current Projection for the purposes of
this Agreement. A new Projection shall be prepared in
accordance with this Clause 6 (Projections) and
adopted as of:
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(i)
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each
Scheduled Recalculation Date; and
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(ii)
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each
Interim Recalculation Date if the Technical Bank or the Agent (acting on
the instructions of the Majority Lenders) so requires at any
time:
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(A)
|
following
the occurrence of any event or circumstance which, in the reasonable
opinion of the Technical Bank or the Majority Lenders, as applicable, has
or is likely to have, a Material Adverse
Effect;
|
(B)
|
where
in reasonable opinion of the Technical Bank or the Majority Lenders, as
applicable, if a new Projection were to be adopted, it would or is likely
to:
|
(1)
|
generate
a Borrowing Base Amount (relating to the Calculation Period in which such
new Projection is expected to be adopted) which is less than the aggregate
amount of the outstanding Utilisations;
or
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(2)
|
demonstrate
that the Obligors will not be able to meet their liabilities as they fall
due or that the Facility will not be repaid by the Final Maturity
Date;
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(C)
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following
any Unitisation; or
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(D)
|
following
any change in the operator of any Borrowing Base
Asset.
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(iii)
|
following
any request pursuant to Clause 6.5 (Asset base) by the
Borrower:
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(A)
|
for
any Petroleum Asset to be designated a Borrowing Base Asset;
or
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(B)
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for
any Borrowing Base Asset to cease to be designated a Borrowing Base
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(b)
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Promptly
following any request for a new
Projection:
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(i)
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pursuant
to Clause 6.1(a)(ii) the Technical Bank shall specify and notify the
Borrower of the date as of which such Projection is to be prepared and
adopted; or
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(ii)
|
pursuant
to Clause 6.1(a)(iii) the Borrower shall specify and notify the Technical
Bank of the date as of which any Projection is to be prepared and
adopted,
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both such
notices being a “Designation
Notice”.
6.2
|
Content
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(a)
|
Each
Projection and draft Projection prepared pursuant to this Clause 6 (Projections)
must:
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(i)
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be
prepared using the Computer Model;
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(ii)
|
be
in a form similar to the Initial Projection (or such other form as the
Agent acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders may approve) and
include the same type of information (and in the same level of detail) as
that included in the Initial
Projection;
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(iii)
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be
prepared on the basis of the Assumptions that are proposed, approved,
agreed and/or determined in accordance with this Clause 6 (Projections);
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(iv)
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without
prejudice to paragraph (a)(ii) of Clause 6.2,
include:
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(A)
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details
of all the Assumptions on which it is
based;
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(B)
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calculations
of:
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(1)
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the
Projected Net Revenues for each Calculation Period ending on or before the
Calculation End Date;
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(2)
|
the
Field Life NPV and the Loan Life NPV relating to each Calculation Period
ending on or before the Calculation End Date;
and
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(3)
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the
Borrowing Base Amount for each Calculation Period commencing on or before
the Final Maturity Date.
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The
first Calculation Period shown in each Projection and draft Projection
prepared pursuant to this Clause 6 (Projections) shall
be:
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(i)
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in
the case of any Scheduled Projection, the Calculation Period that
commences on the day after the Scheduled Recalculation Date;
and
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(ii)
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in
the case of any Interim Projection, the Calculation Period that commences
on the day after the Interim Recalculation Date specified in the
Designation Notice or such other Calculation Period as may be specified by
the Agent.
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6.3
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Key
principles
|
In (a)
proposing, agreeing and/or determining Assumptions, (b) preparing and/or
approving any Projection or draft Projection or (c) otherwise carrying out their
obligations, and exercising their rights, under this Clause 6 (Projections), the Parties
shall have regard to and comply with the following principles:
(i)
|
Each Projection shall,
subject to Clause 6.3(ix), be based
on:
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(A)
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where
the Technical Bank is satisfied that a Borrowing Base Asset has
demonstrated a history of production at a satisfactory level for a period
of at least six (6) continuous months, the Proved and Probable Reserves of
such Borrowing Base Asset; and
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(B)
|
the
Proved Reserves of any other Borrowing Base Asset;
or
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(C)
|
such
other reserves basis as may be agreed between the Technical Bank and the
Borrower.
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(ii)
|
Each
Projection must disregard any income or expenditure of any Obligor that is
not Gross Income or Gross
Expenditure.
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(iii)
|
Each
Projection must disregard any VAT or similar Tax which is payable in
respect of any Gross Income or Gross Expenditure except to the extent that
such VAT or similar Tax will be payable by any Obligor and is not
effectively recoverable by it.
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(iv)
|
All
figures for Taxes included in any Projection must be based on tax
legislation in force on the relevant Recalculation Date on which that
Projection is due to be adopted and on any official announcements or
publications in force as at such date stating that such legislation is to
be altered, supplemented or replaced in whole or in
part.
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(v)
|
For
the purposes of determining the opening cash balance(s) and the closing
cash balance(s) for each Calculation Period shown in any Projection, all
amounts standing to the credit of accounts that are not Onshore Proceeds
Accounts shall be disregarded.
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(vi)
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The
Technical Assumptions to be used for any Projection relating to any
Borrowing Base Asset shall be based
upon:
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(A)
|
the
Reserves Report and Borrower Update that has most recently been delivered
to the Agent under this Agreement, in the form and to the extent such
Technical Assumptions are recommended by the Technical Bank;
or
|
(B)
|
if
the Technical Bank and the Borrower agree, information generated by the
Borrower and supported by evidence in all respects satisfactory to the
Technical Bank.
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(vii)
|
Each
Projection must reflect the then current Budgets and all relevant
circumstances (including Abandonment
Liabilities).
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(viii)
|
Any
proceeds of insurance paid or payable to any Obligor in respect of any
Borrowing Base Asset shall only be included as an item of Gross Income to
the extent that:
|
(A)
|
the
Borrower can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent that
such proceeds will be received by that Obligor when projected;
and
|
(B)
|
such
proceeds are not paid or payable to that Obligor in respect of any third
party liability.
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(ix)
|
If
following any disposal referred to in Clause 22.16 (Disposals) the
Borrowing Base Assets comprise only one Polish Field, projections shall
henceforth, thereafter, be based on Proved Reserves of such Borrowing Base
Asset.
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6.4
|
Preparatory
Steps
|
(a)
|
No
later than 40 Business Days before each Recalculation Date or, in relation
to any Interim Projection, such later date as the Agent may
specify:
|
(i)
|
the
Agent shall submit to the Borrower its proposals for the Economic
Assumptions; and
|
(ii)
|
the
Borrower shall submit to the Technical Bank its proposals for the
Technical Assumptions,
|
to be
used, in each case, for the Projection due to be adopted on such Recalculation
Date.
(b)
|
The
Borrower and the Technical Bank shall seek to agree on the Assumptions to
be used for each Projection based on the proposals submitted in accordance
with Clause 6.4(a) by (i) the date falling 30 Business Days before the
Recalculation Date on which that Projection is due to be adopted or (ii)
in relation to any Interim Projection, such later date as the Agent may
specify.
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Asset
base
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(a)
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On
or before the date falling 10 Business Days before the date on which the
Technical Bank and the Borrower are due to submit their proposals in
respect of the Assumptions to be used for any Projection pursuant to
Clause 6.4 (Preparatory
Steps), the Borrower may submit a request to the Agent for its
consent for any Petroleum Asset to be designated a Borrowing Base Asset
and/or for any existing Borrowing Base Asset to cease to be designated a
Borrowing Base Asset.
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(b)
|
If
the Borrower has made a request under Clause 6.5(a) for any Petroleum
Asset to be designated a Borrowing Base Asset or a Projection is being
prepared pursuant to Clause 6.1(a)(iii) (Adoption), the Borrower
must deliver to the Agent (at the same time it makes the relevant request
for such Petroleum Asset to be designated a Borrowing Base Asset) all such
information, documentation and evidence as the Agent may consider
necessary with respect to such Petroleum Asset including, without
limitation, the matters specified in Clause 6.6(c) (i) to (iv) (Draft
Projections).
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6.6
|
Draft
Projections
|
(a)
|
The
Technical Bank shall prepare a draft Projection
using:
|
(i)
|
all
the Assumptions that have been agreed between the Borrower and the
Technical Bank pursuant to Clause 6.4 (Preparatory Steps);
and
|
(ii)
|
to
the extent that the Borrower and the Technical Bank have not been able to
reach agreement on any such Assumptions by the date referred to in Clause
6.4 (Preparatory
Steps) such Assumptions as determined by the Technical Bank (provided that, in the
case of any Economic Assumptions, such Assumptions are (from the
Borrower’s perspective) no less favourable than the corresponding economic
assumptions which are then being used for the production of forecasts and
projections on Equivalent
Financings).
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(b)
|
The
Technical Bank will endeavour to ensure that each draft Projection is
delivered to the Borrower and the Lenders no later than (i) 25 Business
Days prior to the Recalculation Date on which such Projection is due to be
adopted or (ii) in the case of any draft Interim Projection, such later
date as the Agent may specify.
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(c)
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Each
draft Projection must be accompanied by details of the conditions (if any)
that the Agent (acting reasonably) considers necessary to be satisfied in
order for (if the Borrower has made a request under Clause 6.5 (Asset base)), the
relevant Petroleum Asset(s) to be designated as Borrowing Base Asset(s)
and/or, as the case may be, the relevant Borrowing Base Asset(s) to cease
to be so designated. The conditions for the designation of a
Petroleum Asset as a Borrowing Base Asset shall include as a minimum (i)
the completion of satisfactory economic, legal and technical due diligence
relating to that Petroleum Asset (ii) creation of Security relating
thereto in favour of the Security Trustee (iii) the production of
satisfactory evidence that all Authorisations required for the development
and/or exploitation of that Petroleum Asset have been obtained and (iv) a
satisfactory Reserves Report.
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6.7
|
Consideration
by Lenders
|
(a)
|
Each
Lender may, within 10 Business Days of receiving the draft Projection and
other information under Clause 6.6 (Draft Projections),
inform (through the Agent) the Technical Bank whether or not it approves
each of:
|
(i)
|
the
adoption of each of the Assumptions used in the preparation of that draft
Projection;
|
(ii)
|
any
relevant Petroleum Asset being designated as a Borrowing Base Asset and
the conditions relating thereto (if any);
and/or
|
(iii)
|
a
Borrowing Base Asset ceasing to be so designated and to the conditions
relating thereto (if any).
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(b)
|
Any
Lender that does not inform, through Agent, the Technical Bank to the
contrary within 10 Business Days of receiving the draft Projection and
other information under Clause 6.6 (Draft Projections),
shall be deemed to have approved (as the case may
be):
|
(i)
|
the
adoption of all of the Assumptions used in the preparation of that draft
Projection;
|
(ii)
|
any
proposed Petroleum Asset being designated a Borrowing Base Asset and the
conditions relating thereto (if any);
and/or
|
(iii)
|
the
relevant Borrowing Base Asset ceasing to be so designated and the
conditions relating thereto (if
any).
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(c)
|
In
any event, the Agent shall on the date falling 10 Business Days after the
date on which each draft Projection is delivered under Clause 6.6 (Draft Projections) to
the Lenders, inform the Borrower and the Lenders of whether Clause 6.8
(Lenders approve)
or Clause 6.9 (Lenders
do not approve) applies with respect to such draft
Projection.
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6.8
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Lenders
approve
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If (as
the case may be):
(a)
|
the
Majority Lenders approve, or are deemed to have approved, the use of each
of the Assumptions for the preparation of the relevant Projection;
and/or
|
(b)
|
the
Majority Lenders approve, or are deemed to have approved, any Petroleum
Asset being designated a Borrowing Base Asset and the conditions relating
thereto; and/or
|
(c)
|
the
Majority Lenders approve, or are deemed to have approved, any existing
Borrowing Base Asset ceasing to be so designated and the conditions
relating thereto,
|
then (as
the case may be):
(a)
|
the
draft Projection shall be adopted in accordance with Clause 6.10 (Adoption of Projection)
as the current Projection for the purposes of this
Agreement;
|
(b)
|
the
proposed new Petroleum Asset shall become a Borrowing Base Asset (upon
satisfaction of the relevant conditions);
and/or
|
(c)
|
the
relevant existing Borrowing Base Asset shall cease to be a Borrowing Base
Asset (upon satisfaction of such the relevant
conditions).
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6.9
|
Lenders
do not approve
|
(a)
|
If
Majority Lenders do not approve any of the Assumptions used in any draft
Projection delivered to the Lenders for approval pursuant to Clause 6.6
(Draft
Projections) and Clause 6.7 (Consideration by
Lenders), then (i) the Technical Bank shall consult with the
Lenders and the Borrower as to the Assumptions that should be adopted
instead of the Assumptions that the Lenders have not approved (the “rejected Assumptions”)
and (ii) the Assumptions that are to be adopted instead of the rejected
Assumptions shall be determined by the Majority
Lenders.
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(b)
|
The
Technical Bank shall, through the Agent, promptly upon the Majority
Lenders determining the Assumptions to be used instead of the rejected
Assumptions, notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Assumptions so
determined by the Majority Lenders. The Technical Bank (in
consultation with the Borrower) shall, promptly,
following dispatch of such
notice:
|
(i)
|
revise
the relevant draft Projection to reflect the Assumptions so determined by
the Majority Lenders; and
|
(ii)
|
deliver
(through Agent) a copy of such revised draft Projection to the Borrower
and the Lenders (and such revised draft Projection shall be adopted in
accordance with Clause 6.10 (Adoption of Projection)
as the current Projection for the purposes of this
Agreement).
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(c)
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If
the Majority Lenders (i) do not approve the designation of any Petroleum
Asset as a Borrowing Base Asset or (ii) require conditions relating to the
designation of any Petroleum Asset as a Borrowing Base Asset which are not
acceptable to the Borrower, then the Technical Bank
will:
|
(i)
|
promptly
(in consultation with the Borrower) prepare a revised draft Projection
based on the Assumptions that have been agreed, approved or determined in
accordance with the preceding provisions of this Clause 6 (Projections) that does
not take account of the proposed Petroleum Asset as a Borrowing Base
Asset; and
|
(ii)
|
deliver
(through Agent) a copy of such revised draft Projection to the Borrower,
and the Lenders (and such revised draft Projection shall be adopted in
accordance with Clause 6.10 (Adoption of Projection)
as the current Projection for the purposes of this
Agreement).
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(d)
|
If
the Majority Lenders (i) do not approve of an existing Borrowing Base
Asset ceasing to be so designated or (ii) require conditions relating to
an existing Borrowing Base Asset ceasing to be so designated which are not
acceptable to the Borrower, then the Technical Bank
will:
|
(i)
|
promptly
(in consultation with the Borrower) prepare a revised draft Projection
based on the Assumptions that have been agreed, approved or determined in
accordance with the preceding provisions of this Clause 6 (Projections) that takes
account of the relevant Borrowing Base Asset as a Borrowing Base Asset;
and
|
(ii)
|
deliver
(through the Agent) a copy of such revised draft Projection to the
Borrower and the Lenders (and such revised draft Projection shall be
adopted in accordance with Clause 6.10 (Adoption of Projection)
as the current Projection for the purposes of this
Agreement).
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6.10
|
Adoption
of Projection
|
(a)
|
Each
draft Projection prepared pursuant to the preceding provisions of this
Clause 6 (Projections) will not
be adopted as the current Projection for the purposes of this Agreement
until the latest of:
|
(i)
|
the
relevant Recalculation Date on which the relevant Projection is due to be
adopted;
|
(ii)
|
(in
the case of any Projection to be adopted in accordance with the
designation of any Petroleum Asset as a Borrowing Base Asset or the
ceasing of an existing Borrowing Base Asset to be so designated) the date
on which any relevant conditions (together with any additional conditions
that the Majority Lenders may require in accordance with the preceding
provisions of this Clause 6 (Projections)) are
satisfied; and
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(iii)
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(in
the case of any revised draft Projection that has been prepared pursuant
to Clause 6.9 (Lenders
do not approve)) the date on which the Technical Bank delivers
(through the Agent) the relevant revised draft Projection to the Borrower
and the Lenders.
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(b)
|
Upon
such adoption of the Projection, the Agent shall inform the Borrower
accordingly and shall send a copy of that Projection to the
Borrower.
|
6.11
|
Computer
Model
|
The
Technical Bank may, with the prior consent of the Borrower (such consent not to
be unreasonably withheld or delayed), make amendments to the Computer Model from
time to time to correct any deficiencies in such Computer Model
(including any conflict between the Computer Model and any Field Document) or
otherwise to reflect any changes in circumstance since the date of this
Agreement.
6.12
|
Initial
Approved Reserves
|
(a)
|
Subject
to the remaining provisions of this Clause 6.12 (Initial Approved
Reserves), the “Initial Approved
Reserves” shall be the aggregate quantities of Petroleum forecast
in the Initial Projection to be produced from the Borrowing Base
Assets.
|
(b)
|
If
any Projection has been adopted in accordance with this Clause 6 (Projections) either in
connection with (i) the designation of any Petroleum Asset as a New
Borrowing Base Asset or (ii) any Borrowing Base Asset ceasing to be so
designated, the Technical Bank (having regard to that Projection and after
consulting the Borrower pursuant to Clause 6.5 (Asset base)) shall
adjust the Initial Approved Reserves to reflect (as the case may
be):
|
(A)
|
any
increase in the aggregate quantities of Petroleum forecast to be produced
by the Borrowing Base Assets by reason of a Petroleum Asset being
designated as a New Borrowing Base
Asset;
|
(B)
|
any
decrease in the aggregate quantities of Petroleum forecast to be produced
by the Borrowing Base Assets by reason of a Borrowing Base Asset ceasing
to be so designated; or
|
(C)
|
any
other change approved by the Majority
Lenders.
|
(c)
|
The
Agent shall promptly after making any adjustment pursuant to Clause 6.12,
notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the same and until the next
adjustment is made pursuant Clause 6.12(b), the adjusted figure so
notified by the Agent shall be the “Initial Approved
Reserves” for the purposes of this
Agreement.
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SECTION
5
PROJECT
ACCOUNTS
7.
|
PROJECT
ACCOUNTS
|
7.1
|
Project
Accounts
|
The
Borrower shall establish and maintain the Project Accounts with the Account
Bank, in accordance with the provisions of the Account Bank
Agreement.
7.2
|
Other
Project Accounts
|
The
Borrower may not establish any other bank accounts without the prior written
approval of the Agent and then only if such other accounts are opened with the
Account Bank and secured in favour of the Security Trustee on substantially the
same terms as the Project Accounts are secured and appropriate amendments are
made to the provisions of this Section 5 in accordance with the provisions of
Clause 35 (Amendments and
Waivers).
7.3
|
Onshore
Proceeds Accounts
|
The
Borrower shall procure that:
(a)
|
all
Gross Income;
|
(b)
|
all
Project Loans;
|
(c)
|
any
receipts under any Hedging
Agreements;
|
(d)
|
all
Insurance Proceeds;
|
(e)
|
all
amounts received in connection with the Polish Fields;
and
|
(f)
|
all
other revenues not otherwise
allocated,
|
shall be
deposited into the relevant Onshore Proceeds Account.
7.4
|
Withdrawals
from the Onshore Proceeds Accounts
|
Provided
that there is no Default or Event of Default which is continuing, the Borrower
shall only be entitled to withdraw amounts from the Onshore Proceeds Accounts
for the following purposes and in the following order of priority:
(a)
|
to
meet Permitted Expenditure;
|
(b)
|
on
a pari passu
basis:
|
(i)
|
to
pay any fees, interest and expenses due under the Finance Documents;
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(ii)
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to
make any hedging payments under a Hedging Agreement which are of recurring
nature and are not a direct or indirect result of a voluntary termination
of that Hedging Agreement.
|
(c)
|
to
make mandatory prepayments pursuant to Clause 9.1 (Illegality), Clause 9.2
(Change of
control), Clause 9.3 (Refinancing), and
Clause 9.6 (Right of
replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single
Lender);
|
(d)
|
to
make repayments of principal under the Facility in accordance with Clause
8.2 (Reduction);
and
|
(e)
|
if,
following the Borrower’s request, the Agent is satisfied that immediately
following such payment, the amount standing to the credit of the Onshore
Proceeds Accounts would be at least equal to the Gross Expenditure (as
forecasted in the then current Projection) to be incurred on the Borrowing
Base Assets for the six (6) month period following the most recent
Recalculation Date to:
|
(i)
|
make
voluntary repayments or prepayments under the Facility;
and
|
(ii)
|
make
any non-recurring payments under the Hedging
Agreements.
|
7.5
|
Deposits
into the Liquidation Account
|
The
Borrower shall procure that sufficient funds are credited to the Liquidation
Account to comply with its obligations under Article 26c of the Polish
Geological and Mining Law.
7.6
|
Withdrawals
from the Liquidation Account
|
The
Borrower shall not make any withdrawals from the Liquidation Account until it
has provided the Agent with a copy of the relevant approval from the appropriate
Polish mining supervisory authority.
7.7
|
Permitted
withdrawals – General
|
(a)
|
No
payments to any Project Account, or withdrawals from any Project Account
shall be made except as expressly permitted by this Agreement and the
Account Bank Agreement or with the approval of the Majority
Lenders.
|
(b)
|
All
amounts withdrawn from any Project Account by the Borrower for application
in or towards making a specific payment or meeting a specific liability
shall be applied in or towards making that payment or meeting that
liability and for no other purpose.
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|
Withdrawals
during a Default
|
(a)
|
The
Borrower may not:
|
(i)
|
withdraw
any moneys from any Project Account at any time when a Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and has been notified by the Agent
to the Borrower unless such withdrawal
is:
|
(A)
|
to
fund costs arising from the actions of the Borrower, acting as a
Reasonable and Prudent Operator and directly resulting from an Emergency
subject to the prior written consent of the Majority
Lenders;
|
(B)
|
in
payment of Taxes; or
|
(ii)
|
withdraw
any moneys from any Project Account following receipt by the Borrower of a
notice from the Agent pursuant to Clause 23.23 (Acceleration).
|
(b)
|
The
Borrower acknowledges that, upon any enforcement of any Transaction
Security over the Project Accounts, the Security Trustee shall be entitled
to require the Account Bank to pay any money standing to the credit of the
Project Accounts to the Security
Trustee.
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SECTION
6
REPAYMENT,
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
8.
|
REPAYMENT
|
8.1
|
Repayment
of Loans
|
(a)
|
The
Borrower shall repay each Loan on the last day of its Interest
Period.
|
(b)
|
Subject
to compliance with the other terms of this Agreement the Borrower may
borrow a Rollover Loan on the last day of the Interest Period pertaining
to a Loan after serving a Utilisation Request in accordance with Clause 5
(Utilisation –
Loans) and if the Borrower so serves a Utilisation Request, as
specified in this paragraph (b) of Clause 8.1, then the relevant Loan
shall be deemed to have been repaid to the Lenders on the last day of the
relevant Interest Period and to have been immediately reborrowed as a
Rollover Loan by the Borrower from the Lenders for the Interest Period
selected in the relevant Utilisation
Request.
|
(c)
|
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, all Utilisations and other amounts
outstanding under the Facility shall be repaid on the Final Maturity Date
and all Commitments cancelled.
|
8.2
|
Reduction
|
(a)
|
Subject
to Clause 9.4 (Voluntary
cancellation), the Total Commitments shall be reduced on each
Reduction Date to the amount set out opposite each Reduction Date in
Schedule 3 (Reduced
Commitments) with each Lender’s Commitment reduced pro rata, provided that
if such Reduction Date is not a Business Day that Reduction Date shall
instead fall on the preceding Business
Day.
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(b)
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The
Borrower shall ensure that sufficient Loans are repaid on a Reduction Date
to the extent necessary so that the aggregate of the outstanding Loans
(after that repayment) is equal to or less than the reduced amount of the
Total Commitments at that time.
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(c)
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The
Borrower shall ensure that sufficient Loans are repaid on a Recalculation
Date to the extent necessary so that the aggregate of the outstanding
Loans (after that repayment) is equal to or less than the Borrowing Base
Amount (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall take into account any
permitted disposal of part or whole of a Borrowing Base Asset by way of
share sale or asset sale pursuant to Clause 22.16 (Disposals)) applicable
on the day after such Recalculation
Date.
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(d)
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Any
reduction of the Total Commitments shall reduce rateably the Commitment of
each Lender.
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(e)
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If
the Borrower cancels the whole or any part of the Commitments in
accordance with Clause 9.4 (Voluntary
cancellation), then the amount of each Lender’s Commitment for each
Reduction Date falling after that cancellation will reduce pro rata in
chronological order by the amount
cancelled.
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Any
repayments of Loans under Clause 8.2(b) or Clause 8.2(c) shall be applied
towards such Loans as the Agent (acting in consultation with the Borrower)
shall determine.
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(g)
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The
Total Commitments shall reduce to zero on the Final Maturity
Date.
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9.
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PREPAYMENT
AND CANCELLATION
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9.1
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Illegality
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If, at
any time, it is or will become unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for a
Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to
fund or maintain its participation in any Loan:
(a)
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that
Lender shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that
event;
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(b)
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upon
the Agent notifying the Borrower, the Commitment of that Lender will be
immediately cancelled; and
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(c)
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the
Borrower shall repay that Lender’s participation in the Loans made to the
Borrower on the last day of the Interest Period for each Loan occurring
after the Agent has notified the Borrower or, if earlier, the date
specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Agent (being no
earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by
law).
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9.2
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Change
of control
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(a)
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For
the purpose of this Clause:
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“a Change of Control Event”
occurs if:
(i)
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the
Parent does not or ceases to hold, directly or indirectly and both legally
and beneficially, and have the right to vote as it sees fit, more than 50
per cent. of the share capital of any
Obligor;
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(ii)
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the
Parent does not or ceases to have the right to direct the management of
any Obligor to comply with the types of obligations imposed by the Finance
Documents or to determine the composition of a majority of the board of
directors of any Obligor;
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(iii)
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any
person or two or more persons acting in concert shall have acquired
beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of, or shall have acquired
by contract or otherwise, or shall have entered into a contract or
arrangement that, upon consummation, will result in its or their
acquisition of or control over, voting stock of the Parent (or other
securities convertible into such voting stock) representing 50 per cent.
or more of the combined voting power of all voting stock of the Parent;
or
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during
any period of up to 12 consecutive months, individuals who at the
beginning of such 12-month period were directors of the Parent (together
with any new director whose election by the Parent’s board of directors or
whose nomination for election by Parent’s stockholders was approved by a
vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who
either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or
nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason
to constitute a majority of the directors of Parent then in
office.
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“acting in concert” means, a
group of persons who, pursuant to an agreement or understanding (whether formal
or informal), actively co-operate, through the acquisition by any of them,
either directly or indirectly, of shares in an Obligor, to obtain or consolidate
control of the Obligor.
“control” means:
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(i)
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the
power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or
otherwise) to:
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(A)
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cast,
or control the casting of, more than one-half of the maximum number of
votes that might be cast at a general meeting of an Obligor;
or
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(B)
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appoint
or remove all, or the majority, of the directors or other equivalent
officers of the Obligor; or
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(C)
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give
directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of the
Obligor which the directors or other equivalent officers of the Obligor
are obliged to comply with; or
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(ii)
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the
holding of more than one-half of the issued share capital of an Obligor
(excluding any part of that issued share capital that carries no right to
participate beyond a specified amount in a distribution of either profits
or capital).
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(b)
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If
a Change of Control Event occurs:
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(i)
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the
Borrower and/or the Parent shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming
aware of that event; and
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(ii)
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the
Agent shall, by not less than ten (10) days notice to the Borrower, cancel
the Total Commitments and declare all outstanding Loans, together with
accrued interest and all other amounts accrued under the Finance
Documents, immediately due and payable, whereupon the Total Commitments
will be cancelled and all such outstanding amounts will become immediately
due and payable.
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9.3
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Refinancing
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If this
Facility is refinanced at any time in whole or in part, then on the date on
which the first drawing is made under the credit facility or any other funding
arrangement entered into for the purposes of such refinancing:
(a)
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the
Total Commitments shall be cancelled;
and
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(b)
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the
Borrower must repay all Utilisations and other amounts outstanding under
the Finance Documents.
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9.4
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Voluntary
cancellation
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The
Borrower may, if it gives the Agent not less than ten (10) Business Days’ (or
such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, cancel the
whole or any part (being a minimum amount of USD 1,000,000 or if less, the
undrawn amount) of the Available Facility. Any cancellation under
this Clause 9.4 shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders
rateably.
9.5
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Voluntary
Prepayment of Loans
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The
Borrower may, if it gives the Agent not less than ten (10) Business Days’ (or
such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, prepay the
whole or any part of a Loan (but if in part, being an amount that reduces the
amount of the Loan by a minimum amount of USD 1,000,000).
9.6
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Right
of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single
Lender
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(a)
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If:
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(i)
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any
sum payable to any Lender by an Obligor is required to be increased under
paragraph (c) of Clause 14.2 (Tax
gross-up);
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(ii)
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any
Lender claims indemnification from the Borrower under Clause 14.3 (Tax indemnity) or
Clause 15.1 (Increased
costs); or
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(iii)
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any
Lender notifies the Agent of its Additional Cost Rate under paragraph 3 of
Schedule 6 (Mandatory
Cost formulae),
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the
Borrower may, whilst (in the case of paragraphs (i) and (ii) above) the
circumstance giving rise to the requirement for that increase or indemnification
continues or (in the case of paragraph (iii) above) that Additional Cost Rate is
greater than zero, give the Agent notice of cancellation of the Commitment of
that Lender and its intention to procure the repayment of that Lender’s
participation in the Loans or give the Agent notice of its intention to replace
that Lender in accordance with paragraph (d) below.
(b)
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On
receipt of a notice of cancellation referred to in paragraph (a) above,
the Commitment of that Lender shall immediately be reduced to
zero.
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(c)
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On
the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Borrower has
given notice of cancellation under paragraph (a) above (or, if earlier,
the date specified by the Borrower in that notice), the Borrower shall
repay that Lender’s participation in that
Loan.
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(d)
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The
Borrower may, in the circumstances set out in paragraph (a) above, on five
(5) Business Days’ prior notice to the Agent and that Lender, replace that
Lender by requiring that Lender to (and to the extent permitted by law,
that Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders)
all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations under this Agreement
to a Lender or other bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other
entity selected by the Borrower which confirms its willingness to assume
and does assume all the obligations of the transferring Lender in
accordance with Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders)
for a purchase price in cash or other cash payment payable at the time of
the transfer equal to the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s
participation in the outstanding Loans and all accrued interest, Break
Costs and other amounts payable in relation thereto under the Finance
Documents.
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(e)
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The
replacement of a Lender pursuant to paragraph (d) above shall be subject
to the following conditions:
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(i)
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the
Borrower shall have no right to replace the
Agent;
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(ii)
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neither
the Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to find a replacement
Lender; and
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(iii)
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in
no event shall the Lender replaced under paragraph (d) above be required
to pay or surrender any of the fees received by such Lender pursuant to
the Finance Documents.
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9.7
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Restrictions
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(a)
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Any
notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause
9 shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this
Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant
cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that
cancellation or prepayment.
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(b)
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Any
prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued
interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without
premium or penalty.
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(c)
|
Unless
a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, any part of the Facility
which is prepaid or repaid may be reborrowed in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement.
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(d)
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The
Borrower shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loans or cancel
all or any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner
expressly provided for in this
Agreement.
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(e)
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No
amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may be
subsequently reinstated.
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(f)
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If
the Agent receives a notice under this Clause 9 it shall promptly forward
a copy of that notice to either the Borrower or the affected Lender, as
appropriate.
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SECTION
7
COSTS
OF UTILISATION
10.
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INTEREST
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10.1
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Calculation
of interest
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The rate
of interest on each Loan for each Interest Period is the percentage rate per
annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:
(a)
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Margin;
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(b)
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LIBOR;
and
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(c)
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Mandatory
Cost, if any.
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10.2
|
Payment
of interest
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On the
last day of each Interest Period the Borrower shall pay accrued interest on the
Loan to which that Interest Period relates (and, if the Interest Period is
longer than six Months, on the dates falling at six Monthly intervals after the
first day of the Interest Period).
10.3
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Default
interest
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(a)
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If
an Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document
on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due
date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at
a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is two (2) per cent higher
than the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had,
during the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan in the currency of
the overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration
selected by the Agent (acting reasonably). Any interest
accruing under this Clause 10.3 shall be immediately payable by the
Obligor on demand by the Agent.
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(b)
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If
any overdue amount consists of all or part of a Loan which became due on a
day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to that
Loan:
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(i)
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the
first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a duration equal
to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to that
Loan; and
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(ii)
|
the
rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first Interest
Period shall be two (2) per cent. higher than the rate which would have
applied if the overdue amount had not become
due.
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(c)
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Default
interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded with
the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that
overdue amount but will remain immediately due and
payable.
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10.4
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Notification
of rates of interest
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The Agent
shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrower of the determination of a
rate of interest under this Agreement.
11.
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INTEREST
PERIODS
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11.1
|
Selection
of Interest Periods
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(a)
|
The
Borrower may select an Interest Period for a Loan in the Utilisation
Request for that Loan.
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(b)
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Subject
to this Clause 11, the Borrower may select an Interest Period of one, two,
three or six Months or any other period agreed between the Borrower and
the Agent (acting on the instructions of all the Lenders in relation to
the relevant Loan).
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(c)
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The
Borrower may select an Interest Period of less than six Months which does
not coincide with the periods specified in paragraph (b) of Clause 11.1
for the purpose of ensuring that (i) the last day of such Interest Period
coincides with a Reduction Date and (ii) there are sufficient Loans (with
an aggregate amount equal to or greater than the amount required to be
repaid under Clause 8.2 (Reduction) on such
Reduction Date) which have an Interest Period ending on such Reduction
Date.
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(d)
|
An
Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Final Maturity
Date.
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(e)
|
Each
Interest Period for a Loan shall start on the Utilisation
Date.
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(f)
|
A
Loan has one Interest Period only.
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11.2
|
Changes
to Interest Periods
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(a)
|
Prior
to determining the interest rate for a Loan, the Agent may shorten the
Interest Period for any Loan to ensure that (i) the last day of such
Interest Period coincides with a Reduction Date and (ii) there are
sufficient Loans (with an aggregate amount equal to or greater than the
amount required to be repaid under Clause 8.2 (Reduction) on such
Reduction Date) which have an Interest Period ending on such Reduction
Date.
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(b)
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If
the Agent makes any change to an Interest Period referred to in this
Clause 11.2, it shall promptly notify the Borrower and the
Lenders.
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11.3
|
Non-Business
Days
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If an
Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that
Interest Period will instead end on the next Business Day in that calendar month
(if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).
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CHANGES
TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
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12.1
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Absence
of quotations
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Subject
to Clause 12.2 (Market
disruption), if LIBOR is to be determined by reference to the Reference
Banks but a Reference Bank does not supply a quotation by the Specified Time on
the Quotation Day, the applicable LIBOR shall be determined on the basis of the
quotations of the remaining Reference Banks.
12.2
|
Market
disruption
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(a)
|
If
a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to a Loan for any Interest
Period, then the rate of interest on each Lender’s share of that Loan for
the Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the
sum of:
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(i)
|
the
Margin;
|
(ii)
|
the
rate notified to the Agent by that Lender as soon as practicable and in
any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest
Period, to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost
to that Lender of funding its participation in that Loan from whatever
source it may reasonably select;
and
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(iii)
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the
Mandatory Cost, if any, applicable to that Lender’s participation in the
Loan.
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(b)
|
In
this Agreement “Market
Disruption Event” means:
|
(i)
|
at
or about noon on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period the
Screen Rate is not available and none or only one of the Reference Banks
supplies a rate to the Agent to determine LIBOR for dollars and the
relevant Interest Period; or
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(ii)
|
before
close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest
Period, the Agent receives notifications from a Lender or Lenders (whose
participations in a Loan exceed 35 per cent. of that Loan) that the cost
to it of obtaining matching deposits in the Relevant Interbank Market
would be in excess of LIBOR.
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12.3
|
Alternative
basis of interest or funding
|
(a)
|
If
a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Agent or the Borrower so
requires, the Agent and the Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a
period of not more than thirty days) with a view to agreeing a substitute
basis for determining the rate of
interest.
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(b)
|
Any
alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall, with the
prior consent of all the Lenders and the Borrower, be binding on all
Parties.
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Break
Costs
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(a)
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The
Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand by a Finance Party,
pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part
of a Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by the Borrower on a day other than the
last day of an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid
Sum.
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(b)
|
Each
Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the
Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for
any Interest Period in which they
accrue.
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13.
|
FEES
|
13.1
|
Commitment
fee
|
(a)
|
The
Borrower shall pay to the Agent (for the account of each Lender) a fee in
dollars computed at the rate of 50 per cent. of the Margin payable on each
Lender’s Available Commitment for the period from Transaction Close to the
Final Maturity Date.
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(b)
|
The
accrued commitment fee is payable on the last day of each successive
period of three Months which ends during the Availability Period, on the
last day of the Availability Period and, if cancelled in full, on the
cancelled amount of the relevant Lender’s Commitment at the time the
cancellation is effective.
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13.2
|
Arrangement
fee
|
The
Borrower shall pay to each Mandated Lead Arranger an arrangement fee in the
amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
13.3
|
Agency
fee
|
The
Borrower shall pay to the Agent (for its own account) an agency fee in the
amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
13.4
|
Security
Trustee fee
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The
Borrower shall pay to the Security Trustee (for its own account) the security
trustee fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
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SECTION
8
ADDITIONAL
PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS
14.
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TAX
GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
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14.1
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Definitions
|
(a)
|
In
this Agreement:
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“Certificate of Residence”
means a document issued by the appropriate tax authorities of a country of
residence of the Treaty Lender confirming its tax residency in that
country.
“Protected Party” means a
Finance Party which is or will be subject to any liability, or required to make
any payment, for or on account of Tax in relation to a sum received or
receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be received or
receivable) under a Finance Document.
“Qualifying Lender” means a
Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in
respect of an advance under a Finance Document and is:
(i)
|
a
resident in Poland;
|
(ii)
|
acting
through a Facility office established in Poland and constituting a
permanent establishment within the meaning of the relevant double taxation
agreement; or
|
(iii)
|
a
Treaty Lender which has provided the Borrower with the Certificate of
Residence.
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“Tax Credit” means a credit
against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax.
“Tax Deduction” means a
deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under a Finance
Document.
“Tax Payment” means either the
increase in a payment made by an Obligor to a Finance Party under Clause 14.2
(Tax gross-up) or a
payment under Clause 14.3 (Tax
indemnity).
“Treaty Lender” means a Lender
which:
|
(i)
|
is
treated as a resident of a Treaty State for the purposes of the Treaty;
and
|
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(ii)
|
does
not carry on a business in Poland through a permanent establishment with
which that Lender’s participation in the Loan is effectively
connected.
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“Treaty State” means a
jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement (a “Treaty”) with Poland which
makes provision for full exemption from tax imposed by Poland on
interest.
(b)
|
Unless
a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 14 a reference to
“determines” or “determined” means a determination made in the absolute
discretion of the person making the
determination.
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14.2
|
Tax
gross-up
|
(a)
|
Each
Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax
Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by
law.
|
(b)
|
The
Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a
Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a
Tax Deduction) notify the Agent
accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the Agent on
becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that
Lender. If the Agent receives such notification from a Lender
it shall notify each Obligor.
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(c)
|
If
a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of
the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which
(after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment
which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been
required.
|
(d)
|
A
payment shall not be increased under paragraph (c) above by reason of a
Tax Deduction on account of Tax imposed by Poland, if on the date on which
the payment falls due:
|
(i)
|
the
payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a Tax
Deduction if the Lender had been a Qualifying Lender, but on that date
that Lender is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender other than as a
result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this
Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of)
any law or Treaty, or any published practice or published concession of
any relevant taxing authority; or
|
(ii)
|
the
relevant Lender is a Treaty Lender and the Obligor making the payment is
able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the Lender
without the Tax Deduction had that Lender complied with its obligations
under paragraph (g) below.
|
(e)
|
If
an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make
that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax
Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by
law.
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(f)
|
Within
thirty days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in
connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction
shall deliver to the Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment
evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax
Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to
the relevant taxing authority.
|
(g)
|
A
Treaty Lender and each Obligor which makes a payment to which that Treaty
Lender is entitled shall co-operate in completing any procedural
formalities necessary for that Obligor to obtain authorisation to make
that payment without a Tax
Deduction.
|
14.3
|
Tax
indemnity
|
(a)
|
The
Borrower shall (within three Business Days of demand by the Agent) pay to
a Protected Party an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which
that Protected Party determines will be or has been (directly or
indirectly) suffered for or on account of Tax by that Protected Party in
respect of a Finance Document.
|
(b)
|
Paragraph
(a) above shall not apply:
|
(i)
|
with
respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance
Party:
|
(A)
|
under
the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is incorporated
or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that
Finance Party is treated as resident for tax purposes;
or
|
(B)
|
under
the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party’s Facility Office
is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that
jurisdiction,
|
if that
Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received or
receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or receivable) by that Finance
Party; or
(ii)
|
to
the extent a loss, liability or
cost:
|
(A)
|
is
compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 14.2 (Tax gross-up);
or
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(B)
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would
have been compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 14.2 (Tax gross-up) but was
not so compensated solely because one of the exclusions in paragraph (d)
of Clause 14.2 (Tax
gross-up) applied.
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(c)
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A
Protected Party making, or intending to make a claim under paragraph (a)
above shall promptly notify the Agent of the event which will give, or has
given, rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall notify the
Borrower.
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A
Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this
Clause 14.3, notify the Agent.
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14.4
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Tax
Credit
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If an
Obligor makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party determines
that:
(a)
|
a
Tax Credit is attributable either to an increased payment of which that
Tax Payment forms part, or to that Tax Payment;
and
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(b)
|
that
Finance Party has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax
Credit,
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the
Finance Party shall pay an amount to the Obligor which that Finance Party
determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as
it would have been in had the Tax Payment not been required to be made by the
Obligor (but without any obligation to arrange its tax affairs other than it
sees fit or disclose any information about its tax affairs).
14.5
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Lender
Status Confirmation
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Each
Lender which becomes a Party to this Agreement after the date of this Agreement
shall indicate, in the Transfer Certificate or Assignment Agreement which it
executes on becoming a Party, and for the benefit of the Agent and without
liability to any Obligor, which of the following categories it falls
in:
(a)
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not
a Qualifying Lender;
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(b)
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a
Qualifying Lender (other than a Treaty Lender);
or
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(c)
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a
Treaty Lender.
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If a New
Lender fails to indicate its status in accordance with this Clause 14.5 then
such New Lender shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement (including
by each Obligor) as if it is not a Qualifying Lender until such time as it
notifies the Agent which category applies (and the Agent, upon receipt of such
notification, shall inform the Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt,
a Transfer Certificate or Assignment Agreement shall not be invalidated by any
failure of a Lender to comply with this Clause 14.5.
14.6
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Stamp
taxes
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The
Borrower shall pay and, within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each
Secured Party and the Mandated Lead Arrangers against any cost, loss or
liability that Secured Party or Mandated Lead Arranger incurs in relation to all
stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any
Finance Document.
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VAT
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(a)
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All
amounts set out, or expressed in a Finance Document to be payable by any
Party to a Finance Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the
consideration for a supply or supplies for VAT purposes shall be deemed to
be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on such supply or supplies,
and accordingly, subject to paragraph (b) below, if VAT is or becomes
chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party under a
Finance Document, that Party shall pay to the Finance Party (in addition
to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply)
an amount equal to the amount of such VAT (and such Finance Party shall
promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to such
Party).
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(b)
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If
VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party (the
“Supplier”) to any
other Finance Party (the “Recipient”) under a
Finance Document, and any Party other than the Recipient (the “Subject Party”) is
required by the terms of any Finance Document to pay an amount equal to
the consideration for such supply to the Supplier (rather than being
required to reimburse the Recipient in respect of that consideration),
such Party shall also pay to the Supplier (in addition to and at the same
time as paying such amount) an amount equal to the amount of such
VAT. The Recipient will promptly pay to the Subject Party an
amount equal to any credit or repayment obtained by the Recipient from the
relevant tax authority which the Recipient reasonably determines is in
respect of such VAT.
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(c)
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Where
a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify a Finance
Party for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as
the case may be) such Finance Party for the full amount of such cost or
expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, save to the extent
that such Finance Party reasonably determines that it is entitled to
credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax
authority.
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(d)
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Any
reference in this Clause 14.7 to any Party shall, at any time when such
Party is treated as a member of a group for VAT purposes, include (where
appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the
representative member of such group at such time (the term “representative
member” to have the same meaning as in the Value Added Tax Act
1994).
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15.
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INCREASED
COSTS
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15.1
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Increased
costs
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(a)
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Subject
to Clause 15.3 (Exceptions), the
Borrower shall, within three Business Days of a demand by the Agent, pay
for the account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Costs
incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of (i)
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation,
administration or application of) any law or regulation or (ii) compliance
with any law or regulation made after the date of this
Agreement.
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(b)
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In
this Agreement “Increased
Costs” means:
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(i)
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a
reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a Finance Party’s
(or its Affiliate’s) overall
capital;
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(ii)
|
an
additional or increased cost; or
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(iii)
|
a
reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance
Document,
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which is
incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates to the extent
that it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered into its Commitment
or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance
Document.
15.2
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Increased
cost claims
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(a)
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A
Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 15.1 (Increased costs) shall
notify the Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which
the Agent shall promptly notify the
Borrower.
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(b)
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Each
Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Agent,
provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased
Costs.
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15.3
|
Exceptions
|
(a)
|
Clause
15.1 (Increased
costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost
is:
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(i)
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attributable
to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by an
Obligor;
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(ii)
|
compensated
for by Clause 14.3 (Tax
indemnity) (or would have been compensated for under Clause 14.3
(Tax indemnity)
but was not so compensated solely because any of the exclusions in
paragraph (b) of Clause 14.3 (Tax indemnity)
applied);
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(iii)
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compensated
for by the payment of the Mandatory Cost;
or
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(iv)
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attributable
to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates of
any law or regulation.
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(b)
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In
this Clause 15.3, a reference to a “Tax Deduction” has the
same meaning given to the term in Clause 14.1 (Definitions).
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OTHER
INDEMNITIES
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16.1
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Currency
indemnity
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(a)
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If
any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a “Sum”), or any order,
judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted
from the currency (the “First Currency”) in
which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for
the purpose of:
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(i)
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making
or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor;
or
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(ii)
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obtaining
or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or
arbitration proceedings,
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that
Obligor shall as an independent obligation, within three Business Days of
demand, indemnify each Secured Party and the Mandated Lead Arranger to whom that
Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of
the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used
to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the
rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of
that Sum.
(b)
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Each
Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount
under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that
in which it is expressed to be
payable.
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16.2
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Other
indemnities
|
Each
Obligor shall, within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each Secured
Party and the Mandated Lead Arrangers against any cost, loss or liability
incurred by that Secured Party or Mandated Lead Arranger as a result
of:
(a)
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the
occurrence of any Event of Default;
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(b)
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a
failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on
its due date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability
arising as a result of Clause 28 (Sharing among the Finance
Parties);
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(c)
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funding,
or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Loan requested by
the Borrower in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the
operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement (other
than by reason of default or negligence by that Finance Party alone);
or
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(d)
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a
Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of
prepayment given by the Borrower.
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Indemnity
to the Agent
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The
Borrower shall promptly indemnify the Agent against any cost, loss or liability
incurred by the Agent (acting reasonably) as a result of:
(a)
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investigating
any event which it reasonably believes is a Default;
or
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(b)
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acting
or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably
believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately
authorised.
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16.4
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Indemnity
to the Security Trustee
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(a)
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Each
Obligor shall promptly indemnify the Security Trustee and every Receiver
and Delegate against any cost, loss or liability incurred by any of them
as a result of:
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(i)
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the
taking, holding, protection or enforcement of the Transaction
Security;
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(ii)
|
the
exercise of any of the rights, powers, discretions and remedies vested in
the Security Trustee and each Receiver and Delegate by the Finance
Documents or by law; and
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(iii)
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any
default by any Obligor in the performance of any of the obligations
expressed to be assumed by it in the Finance
Documents.
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(b)
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The
Security Trustee may, in priority to any payment to the Secured Parties,
indemnify itself out of the Charged Property in respect of, and pay and
retain, all sums necessary to give effect to the indemnity in this Clause
16.4 and shall have a lien on the Transaction Security and the proceeds of
the enforcement of the Transaction Security for all monies payable to
it.
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17.
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MITIGATION
BY THE LENDERS
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17.1
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Mitigation
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(a)
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Each
Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Borrower, take all
reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would
result in any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled
pursuant to, any of Clause 9.1 (Illegality), Clause 12
(Changes to the
Calculation of Interest), Clause 14 (Tax gross up and
indemnities), Clause 15 (Increased costs) or
paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 (Mandatory Cost
formulae) including (but not limited to) transferring its rights
and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or
Facility Office.
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(b)
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Paragraph
(a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under
the Finance Documents.
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Limitation
of liability
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(a)
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The
Borrower shall promptly indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and
expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps
taken by it under Clause 17.1 (Mitigation).
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(b)
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A
Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 17.1 (Mitigation) if, in the
opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be
prejudicial to it.
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18.
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COSTS
AND EXPENSES
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18.1
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Transaction
expenses
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The
Borrower shall promptly on demand pay the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers and
the Security Trustee the amount of all costs and expenses (including, but not
limited to, legal and consultancy fees) reasonably incurred by any of them (and,
in the case of the Security Trustee, by any Receiver or Delegate) in connection
with:
(a)
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the
negotiation, preparation, printing, execution, syndication and perfection
of:
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(i)
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this
Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement and the
Transaction Security; and
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(ii)
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any
other Finance Documents executed after the date of this
Agreement.
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(b)
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the
designation or de-designation of any Petroleum Assets as Borrowing Base
Assets; and
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(c)
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the
amount payable by the Borrower under paragraph (a) of Clause 18.1 in
connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of
(i) this Agreement and (ii) any other document relating thereto which is,
or to be, executed on or before the date of the first Utilisation Date
shall be paid on or before the first Utilisation
Date.
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18.2
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Amendment
costs
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If (a) an
Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent or (b) an amendment is required
pursuant to Clause 29.9 (Change of currency), the
Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand, reimburse each of the
Agent and the Security Trustee for the amount of all costs and expenses
(including, but not limited to, legal fees) reasonably incurred by the Agent and
the Security Trustee (and in the case of the Security Trustee, by any Receiver
or Delegate) in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that
request or requirement.
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Security
Trustee’s ongoing costs
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(a)
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In
the event of (i) the occurrence of a Default or (ii) the Security Trustee
considering it necessary or expedient or (iii) the Security Trustee being
requested by an Obligor or the Majority Lenders to undertake duties which
the Security Trustee and the Borrower agree to be of an exceptional nature
and/or outside the scope of the normal duties of the Security Trustee
under the Finance Documents, the Borrower shall pay to the Security
Trustee any additional remuneration that may be agreed between
them.
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(b)
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If
the Security Trustee and the Borrower fail to agree upon the nature of the
duties or upon any additional remuneration, that dispute shall be
determined by an investment bank (acting as an expert and not as an
arbitrator) selected by the Security Trustee and approved by the Borrower
or, failing approval, nominated (on the application of the Security
Trustee) by the President for the time being of the Law Society of England
and Wales (the costs of the nomination and of the investment bank being
payable by the Borrower) and the determination of any investment bank
shall be final and binding upon the parties to this
Agreement.
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18.4
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Enforcement
and preservation costs
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The
Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand, pay to each Secured Party
and the Mandated Lead Arrangers the amount of all costs and expenses (including,
but not limited to, legal fees) incurred by that Secured Party and the Mandated
Lead Arrangers in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any
rights under, any Finance Document and the Transaction Security and any
proceedings instituted by or against the Security Trustee as a consequence of
taking or holding the Transaction Security or enforcing these
rights.
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SECTION
9
GUARANTEE
19.
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GUARANTEE
AND INDEMNITY
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19.1
|
Guarantee
and indemnity
|
Each
Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally jointly and severally:
(a)
|
guarantees
to each Finance Party punctual performance by the Borrower of all the
Borrower’s obligations under the Finance
Documents;
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(b)
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undertakes
with each Finance Party that whenever the Borrower does not pay any amount
when due under or in connection with any Finance Document, the Guarantors
shall immediately on demand pay that amount as if it was the principal
obligor; and
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(c)
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agrees
with each Finance Party that if any obligation guaranteed by it is or
becomes unenforceable, invalid or illegal it will, as an independent and
primary obligation, indemnify that Finance Party immediately on demand
against any cost, loss or liability it incurs as a result of the Borrower
not paying any amount which would, but for such unenforceability,
invalidity or illegality, have been payable by it under any Finance
Document on the date when it would have been due. The amount
payable by a Guarantor under this indemnity will not exceed the amount it
would have had to pay under this Clause 19 if the amount claimed had been
recoverable on the basis of a
guarantee.
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19.2
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Continuing
guarantee
|
This
guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the ultimate balance of
sums payable by any Obligor under the Finance Documents, regardless of any
intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part.
19.3
|
Reinstatement
|
If any
discharge, release or arrangement (whether in respect of the obligations of any
Obligor or any security for those obligations or otherwise) is made by a Finance
Party in whole or in part on the basis of any payment, security or other
disposition which is avoided or must be restored in insolvency, liquidation,
administration or otherwise, without limitation, then the liability each
Guarantor under this Clause 19 will continue or be reinstated as if the
discharge, release or arrangement had not occurred.
19.4
|
Waiver
of defences
|
The
obligations of each Guarantor under this Clause 19 will not be affected by any
act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this Clause, would reduce, release
or prejudice any of its obligations under this Clause 19 (without limitation and
whether or not known to it or any Finance Party) including:
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any
time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Obligor or
other person;
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(b)
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the
release of any other Obligor or any other person under the terms of any
composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of the
Group;
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(c)
|
the
taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal
or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security
over assets of, any Obligor or other person or any non-presentation or
non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any
instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any
security;
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(d)
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any
incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or
dissolution or change in the members or status of an Obligor or any other
person;
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(e)
|
any
amendment, novation, supplement, extension (whether of maturity or
otherwise) or restatement (in each case however fundamental and of
whatsoever nature, and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of a
Finance Document or any other document or
security;
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(f)
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any
unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person
under any Finance Document or any other document or security;
or
|
(g)
|
any
insolvency or similar proceedings.
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19.5
|
Guarantor
Intent
|
Without
prejudice to the generality of Clause 19.4 (Waiver of defences), each
Guarantor expressly confirms that it intends that this guarantee shall extend
from time to time to any (however fundamental and of whatsoever nature and
whether or not more onerous) variation, increase, extension or addition of or to
any of the Finance Documents and/or any facility or amount made available under
any of the Finance Documents for the purposes of or in connection with any of
the following: acquisitions of any nature; increasing working
capital; enabling investor distributions to be made; carrying out
restructurings; refinancing existing facilities; refinancing any other
indebtedness; making facilities available to new borrowers; any other variation
or extension of the purposes for which any such facility or amount might be made
available from time to time; and any fees, costs and/or expenses associated with
any of the foregoing.
19.6
|
Immediate
recourse
|
Each
Guarantor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Finance Party (or
any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other
rights or security or claim payment from any person before claiming from that
Guarantor under this Clause 19. This waiver applies irrespective of
any law or any provision of a Finance Document to the contrary.
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Appropriations
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Until all
amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection
with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full, each Finance
Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) may:
(a)
|
refrain
from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or
received by that Finance Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in
respect of those amounts, or apply and enforce the same in such manner and
order as it sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise) and no
Guarantor shall be entitled to the benefit of the same;
and
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(b)
|
hold
in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from any
Guarantor or on account of any Guarantor’s liability under this Clause
19.
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19.8
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Deferral
of Guarantor’s rights
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Until all
amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection
with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and unless the
Agent otherwise directs, no Guarantor will exercise any rights which it may have
by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents or
by reason of any amount being payable, or liability arising, under this Clause
19:
(a)
|
to
be indemnified by an Obligor;
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(b)
|
to
claim any contribution from any other guarantor of any Obligor’s
obligations under the Finance
Documents;
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(c)
|
to
take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or
otherwise) of any rights of the Finance Parties under the Finance
Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in
connection with, the Finance Documents by any Finance
Party;
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(d)
|
to
bring legal or other proceedings for an order requiring any Obligor to
make any payment, or perform any obligation, in respect of which any
Guarantor has given a guarantee, undertaking or indemnity under Clause
19.1 (Guarantee and
indemnity);
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(e)
|
to
exercise any right of set-off against any Obligor;
and/or
|
(f)
|
to
claim or prove as a creditor of any Obligor in competition with any
Finance Party.
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If the
Guarantor receives any benefit, payment or distribution in relation to such
rights it shall hold that benefit, payment or distribution to the extent
necessary to enable all amounts which may be or become payable to the Finance
Parties by the Borrower under or in connection with the Finance Documents to be
repaid in full on trust for the Finance Parties and shall promptly pay or
transfer the same to the Agent or as the Agent may direct for application in
accordance with Clause 29 (Payment
mechanics).
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19.9
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Additional
security
|
This
guarantee is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other
guarantee or security now or subsequently held by any Finance
Party.
19.10
|
Limitation
|
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Clause 19 (Guarantee and Indemnity) the
guarantee, indemnity and other obligations of any Dutch Obligor expressed to be
assumed in this Clause 19 (Guarantee and Indemnity)
shall be deemed not to be assumed by such Dutch Obligor to the extent that the
same would constitute unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of
Article 2:207c or 2:98c Dutch Civil Code or any other applicable financial
assistance rules under any relevant jurisdiction (the “Prohibition”) and the
provisions of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents shall be construed
accordingly. For the avoidance of doubt it is expressly acknowledged
that the relevant Dutch Obligors will continue to guarantee all such obligations
which, if included, do not constitute a violation of the
Prohibition.
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SECTION
10
REPRESENTATIONS,
UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT
20.
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REPRESENTATIONS
|
20.1
|
Application
|
(a)
|
Each
Obligor makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 20
to each Finance Party on the date of this
Agreement.
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(b)
|
Each
Obligor makes the representations and warranties set out in Clause 20.11
(Security
matters) on the date on which each Security Document is entered
into.
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(c)
|
Save
in respect of Clause 20.9(c) (Compliance with Environmental
and Mining Laws), Clause 20.10 (Compliance with laws)
and Clause 20.23 (Group
Liquidity Test), any reference to ‘Group’ in each of the
representations and warranties set out in this Clause excludes reference
to FX Drilling Company, Inc. and FX Producing Company,
Inc.
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20.2
|
Non-conflict
with other obligations
|
The entry
into and performance by it of, or any member of the Group of, and the
transactions contemplated by, the Transaction Documents to which it, or such
member of the Group, is a party do not and will not conflict with:
(a)
|
any
law or regulation applicable to it or any member of the
Group;
|
(b)
|
its
or any of its Subsidiaries’ constitutional documents or the constitutional
documents of any member of the Group;
or
|
(c)
|
any
Transaction Document or any other agreement or instrument binding upon (i)
it or any of its assets or (ii) any member of the Group or any assets of
any member of the Group.
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20.3
|
Status
|
(a)
|
It
is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under the law of
its jurisdiction of incorporation or, in the case of FX Energy Netherlands
Partnership C.V., duly organised or registered and validly existing under
the laws of the Netherlands.
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(b)
|
It
and each of its Subsidiaries has the power to own its assets and carry on
its business as it is being
conducted.
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Power
and authority
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It and
each member of the Group has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and
has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and
delivery of, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the
transactions contemplated by those Transaction Documents.
20.5
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Binding
obligations
|
The
obligations expressed to be assumed by it, and each member of the Group, in each
Transaction Document are, subject to any Legal Reservations, legal, valid,
binding and enforceable obligations and are in full force and
effect.
20.6
|
Pari
passu ranking
|
Its
indebtedness and payment obligations and the indebtedness and payment
obligations of each member of the Group under the Finance Documents rank at
least pari passu with
the claims of all its, or as the case may be, that Group member’s other
unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily
preferred by law applying to companies generally.
20.7
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No
proceedings pending or threatened
|
Save in
respect of the Disclosed Litigation, no litigation, arbitration or
administrative proceedings of or before any court, arbitral body or agency
which, if adversely determined, might reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect has (to the best of its knowledge and belief) been started or
threatened against any member of the Group (or against the directors of any
member of the Group).
20.8
|
Financial
statements
|
(a)
|
Its
latest audited/unaudited financial statements were prepared in accordance
with GAAP/IFRS consistently
applied.
|
(b)
|
Its
latest audited/unaudited financial statements fairly represent its
financial condition and operations (consolidated in the case of the
Parent) during the relevant financial
year.
|
(c)
|
There
has been no material adverse change in its business or financial condition
(or the business or consolidated financial condition of the Group, in the
case of the Parent) since the date on which its latest audited/unaudited
financial statements were first provided pursuant to Clause 21.2 (Financial
statements).
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Compliance
with Environmental and Mining Laws
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(a)
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All
Environmental and Mining Licences required in connection with the
Borrowing Base Assets and/or their exploitation have been obtained and it
and each member of the Group and the operator of each Borrowing Base Asset
have at all times complied with those Environmental and Mining Licences
and all applicable Environmental Decisions and all other applicable
Environmental and Mining Laws.
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(b)
|
There
is no material environmental contamination on any site connected with any
Borrowing Base Asset.
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(c)
|
There
are no Environmental and Mining Claims current, or to its knowledge,
pending or threatened, against or connected with it, any member of the
Group or any Borrowing Base Asset which have or may have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(d)
|
So
far as each Obligor is aware, PGNiG has not received any notice of
withdrawal or intention to withdraw any applicable Environmental and
Mining Licence granted to it.
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20.10
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Compliance
with Laws
|
Members
of the Group are in material compliance with all laws and regulations applicable
to them.
20.11
|
Security
matters
|
(a)
|
No
Security (or agreement to create the same) exists over any of its assets
or the assets of any other member of the Group, in each case, save for any
Permitted Security.
|
(b)
|
Subject
to (i) any Legal Reservation or (ii) any required registration of any
Security Documents, each Security Document to which it, or any member of
the Group, is a party:
|
(i)
|
confers
the Security of the type it purports to create over the assets over which
the Security is purported to be given by that Security Document and each
such Security is (subject to any Permitted Security which may be prior
ranking) first ranking; and
|
(ii)
|
is
valid and enforceable against (A) it or, as the case may be, that member
of the Group, and (B) its Insolvency Officers and its creditors or, as the
case may be, the Insolvency Officers and creditors of that member of the
Group; and
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(iii)
|
is
not capable of being avoided or set aside, whether in the winding up,
administration or dissolution or otherwise of it or any of its assets or,
as the case may be, that member of the Group or any of that Group member’s
assets.
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Each
member of the Group that has entered into any Security Document for the
purposes of granting Security over all or any of its assets is the legal
and beneficial owner of all of the assets (the “charged assets”)
secured, or purported to be secured, under such Security Document free
from any Security (other than the relevant Security created pursuant to
that Security Document or any Permitted Security). Where the
charged assets comprise shares held by that member of the Group in another
member of the Group, such charged assets are free from any restrictions as
to transfer or registration and are not subject to any calls or other
liability to pay money.
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(d)
|
With
respect to the Borrowing Base Assets the Borrower holds the following
interests:
|
Initial
Borrowing Base Asset
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Borrower’s
Interest
|
Other
Interests
|
Zaniemysl
Field
|
24.5%
|
51%
|
24.5%
|
||
Roszków
Field
|
49%
|
51%
|
Kromolice
Field
|
49%
|
51%
|
Kromolice
S Field
|
49%
|
51%
|
Środa
Wielkopolska Field
|
49%
|
51%
|
20.12
|
Validity
and admissibility in evidence
|
All
Required Authorisations required or desirable:
(a)
|
to
enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its
obligations in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
and
|
(b)
|
to
make the Transaction Documents to which it is a party admissible in
evidence in each Relevant
Jurisdiction,
|
have been
obtained or effected and are in full force and effect and no steps have been
taken for the revocation, variation or refusal of any Required Authorisation
which has been granted.
20.13
|
Deduction
of Tax
|
It is not
required to make any deduction for or on account of Tax from any payment it may
make under any Finance Document to a Lender which is a Qualifying
Lender.
20.14
|
No
default
|
(a)
|
No
Default or Event of Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected
to result from the making of any
Utilisation.
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(b)
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No
other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default
under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on it or any of
its Subsidiaries or to which its (or any of its Subsidiaries’) assets are
subject which might have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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20.15
|
Governing
law and enforcement
|
(a)
|
The
choice of governing law of each of the Finance Documents to which it, or
any member of the Group, is a party will, subject to any Legal
Reservations, be recognised and enforced in its or, as the case may be,
that group member’s Relevant
Jurisdiction.
|
(b)
|
Any
judgment obtained in England in relation to a Finance Document will,
subject to any Legal Reservations, be recognised and enforced in each
Relevant Jurisdiction.
|
20.16
|
No
filing or stamp taxes
|
Subject
to (i) due registration of the Polish registered pledges (ii) notarial fees in
respect of any Security Documents and (iii) stamp duty on any power of attorney
presented to Polish authorities as well as common or administrative courts in
Poland, under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation or the jurisdiction
of incorporation or organisation of any member of the Group it is not necessary
that the Finance Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or
other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar
tax be paid on or in relation to the Finance Documents or the transactions
contemplated by the Finance Documents.
20.17
|
Borrowing
Base Assets and Field Documents
|
(a)
|
The
Field Documents are in full force and effect in all material respects and
contain no restrictions, covenants and conditions that would, in any
material respect, adversely affect the use, ownership, possession or
exploitation of any Borrowing Base Asset in the manner contemplated by the
Transaction Documents, the then current Projection, and each then current
Budget. A complete list of Fields Documents existing on the
date of the execution of this Agreement is set out in Schedule 12 (Schedule of Field
Documents) hereto.
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(b)
|
No
member of the Group that is a party to a Field Document is in material
default under any Field Document and, to the best of its knowledge and
belief, no other party to a Field Document is in material default under
any Field Document.
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(c)
|
It,
or a member of the Group, owns, or has sufficient access to and the right
to use, all assets necessary for the exploitation of each Borrowing Base
Asset as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the then current
Projection, and each then current
Budget.
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The
Borrower and other members of the Group have rights to all assets, which
are required in order to allow the Borrower to own, operate (to the extent
it is the operator in relation to such Borrowing Base Asset) and exploit
the Borrowing Base Assets as contemplated in the Projections and Technical
Assumptions.
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(e)
|
Additionally,
the Borrower is the absolute legal and beneficial owner (or, subject to
paragraph (d) of Clause 20.11, co-owner and/or co-venturer together with
other parties holding interests with respect to the Borrowing Base Assets)
of each Borrowing Base Asset free from any Security or other interest of
any kind other than (i) the Security under the Security Documents, (ii)
the Security permitted under Clause 22.13 (Negative pledge)
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, Permitted Security) and (iii) the
interests (if any) of any co-venturers under the Field Documents relating
to that Borrowing Base Asset.
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(f)
|
No
member of the Group is under any obligation to create any Security over
any Borrowing Base Asset except by virtue of any Security Document or as
permitted under Clause 22.13 (Negative
pledge).
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(g)
|
Each
copy of a Field Document delivered to the Agent by it is, at the time it
is delivered, a correct and complete copy of the relevant document as in
force at that time.
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20.18
|
Ownership
|
(a)
|
As
at the date of this Agreement, the only member of the Group that holds any
interests in any Borrowing Base Assets is the
Borrower.
|
(b)
|
As
at the date of this Agreement, the ownership structure of the Group is as
set out in the Group Structure
Chart.
|
(c)
|
Each
member of the Group that holds any interest in any Borrowing Base Assets
is a Relevant Obligor.
|
20.19
|
Insurances
|
All
insurances which are at any time required to be maintained or effected by it, or
any member of the Group, pursuant to the Finance Documents are in full force and
effect at that time, and to the best of its knowledge and belief, no event or
circumstance has occurred, nor has there been any omission to disclose a fact,
which would in either case entitle any insurer under those insurances to avoid
its liability or otherwise reduce its liability.
20.20
|
Projections
|
(a)
|
All
information provided by, or on behalf of, it or any member of the Group
for the purposes of preparing the current
Projection:
|
(i)
|
in
the case of any factual information, was true in all material respects as
at the date it was provided; and
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(ii)
|
have
been prepared and provided in good faith and with due care on the basis of
recent historical information and assumptions it considers to be
reasonable.
|
(b)
|
The
current Projection:
|
(i)
|
is
based on reasonable assumptions;
|
(ii)
|
is
consistent with the provisions of the Transaction Documents in all
material respects;
|
(iii)
|
(to
the extent prepared by any Obligor or other member of the Group) has been
prepared in good faith and with due care;
and
|
(iv)
|
fairly
represents the expectations of the members of the
Group,
|
except,
in the case of paragraph (i) and (iv) above, to the extent the assumptions and
expectations of the members of the Group differ from those of the Majority
Lenders.
20.21
|
No
misleading information
|
(a)
|
Any
factual information provided by any member of the Group for the purposes
of the Information Memorandum was true and accurate in all material
respects as at the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at
which it is stated.
|
(b)
|
The
financial projections contained in the Information Memorandum have been
prepared on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of
reasonable assumptions.
|
(c)
|
Nothing
has occurred or been omitted from the Information Memorandum and no
information has been given or withheld that results in the information
contained in the Information Memorandum being untrue or misleading in any
material respect.
|
(d)
|
All
written information (other than the Information Memorandum) supplied by
any member of the Group is true, complete and accurate in all material
respects as at the date it was given and is not misleading in any
respect.
|
20.22
|
No
Winding Up
|
No member
of the Group has taken any corporate action nor have any other steps been taken
or legal proceedings been started or (to the best of its knowledge and belief
after making due enquiry) threatened against it for its bankruptcy, winding–up,
dissolution, administration or re–organisation or for the appointment of a
receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, trustee, bankruptcy trustee or
similar officer of it or of any or all of its assets or revenues.
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Group
Liquidity Test
|
The
Monthly Cash Flow Projection most recently delivered to the Agent:
(a)
|
is
based on reasonable assumptions;
|
(b)
|
has
been prepared in good faith and with due
care;
|
(c)
|
fairly
represents the expectations of the Parent;
and
|
(d)
|
includes
a forecast of all of the outgoings, expenditures and liabilities that the
members of the Group are expected to incur in the relevant forecast period
for such Monthly Cash Flow
Projection.
|
20.24
|
Taxation
|
(a)
|
Each
member of the Group has duly and punctually paid and discharged all Taxes
imposed upon it or its assets within the time period allowed without
incurring penalties (except to the extent that (i) payment is being
contested in good faith, (ii) it has maintained adequate reserves for
those Taxes and (iii) payment can be lawfully
withheld).
|
(b)
|
No
member of the Group is materially overdue in the filing of any Tax
returns.
|
(c)
|
No
claims are being or are reasonably likely to be asserted against it with
respect to Taxes.
|
20.25
|
Dutch
Tax Status
|
No notice
under Article 36 Tax Collection Act (Invorderingswet 1990) has
been given by any member of the Group.
20.26
|
No
Immunity
|
In any
proceedings taken in a Relevant Jurisdiction in relation to the Finance
Documents, it will not be entitled to claim for itself or any of its assets
immunity from suit, execution, attachment or other legal process.
20.27
|
Private
and commercial acts
|
Its
execution of the Finance Documents constitutes, and its exercise of its rights
and performance of its obligations under this Agreement will constitute, private
and commercial acts done and performed for private and commercial
purposes.
20.28
|
Ranking
|
As from
the Effective Date specified in each of the Letters of Release, the Transaction
Security will have first ranking priority and will not be subject to any prior
ranking or pari passu
ranking Security.
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20.29
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Good
title to assets
|
It has
good, valid and marketable title to, or valid leases or licences of, and all
appropriate Authorisations to use, the assets necessary to carry on its business
as presently conducted.
20.30
|
Offtake
|
The
Borrower has not entered into any agreement for the disposal of any Petroleum
produced from any Borrowing Base Asset except to PGNiG.
20.31
|
Repetition
|
The
Repeating Representations are deemed to be made by each Obligor (by reference to
the facts and circumstances then existing) on:
(a)
|
the
date of each Utilisation Request and the first day of each Interest
Period;
|
(b)
|
in
the case of an Additional Guarantor, the day on which it becomes (or it is
proposed that it becomes) an Additional Guarantor;
and
|
(c)
|
each
Recalculation Date.
|
21.
|
INFORMATION
UNDERTAKINGS
|
21.1
|
Application
|
(a)
|
The
undertakings in this Clause 21 remain in force from the date of this
Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance
Documents or any Commitment is in
force.
|
(b)
|
Any
projection, report or other document provided to the Agent pursuant to
Clauses 21.2 (Financial
statements) 21.4 (Operations Report),
21.5 (Group Liquidity
Test) 21.6 (Compliance
Certificate), 21.7 (Information:
Miscellaneous), 21.8 (Information: Borrowing Base
Assets), 21.9 (Information: Projections and
Reserve Reports), 21.10 (Budgets) and
21.11(Notification of
Default) , shall following receipt thereof in final form be
provided by the Agent to the
Lenders.
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21.2
|
Financial
statements
|
The
Parent shall supply, or shall procure the Borrower to supply to the
Agent:
(a)
|
as
soon as the same become available, but in any event within 90 days after
the end of each of their financial
years:
|
(i)
|
the
audited financial statements of the Borrower for that financial
year;
|
(ii)
|
the
audited consolidated financial statements of the Parent for that financial
year; and
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(iii)
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the
annual unaudited statements of FX Drilling Company, Inc. and FX Producing
Company, Inc.
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(b)
|
as
soon as the same become available, but in any event within 270 days after
the end of each of their financial years the annual financial statements
of FX Energy Netherlands Partnership C.V. and FX Energy Netherlands B.V.
for that financial year; and
|
(c)
|
as
soon as the same become available, but in any event within 90 days after
the end of each quarter the Parent’s unaudited consolidated quarterly
management accounts for that
period.
|
21.3
|
Requirements
as to financial statements
|
(a)
|
The
Parent shall provide with its financial statements delivered pursuant to
Clause 21.2 (Financial
statements):
|
(i)
|
a
certificate by a director of the Parent certifying such financial
statements as fairly representing its financial condition as at the date
at which those financial statements were drawn up;
or
|
(ii)
|
a
copy of the certifications by each of the chief executive officer and the
chief financial officer of the Parent pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002
and/or Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
|
(b)
|
The
Borrower shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered
pursuant to Clause 21.2 (Financial statements)
is prepared using GAAP/IFRS.
|
Any
reference in this Agreement to “those financial statements” shall be construed
as a reference to those financial statements as adjusted to reflect the basis
upon which the Original Financial Statements were prepared.
21.4
|
Operations
Report
|
The
Borrower must provide to the Agent within 15 calendar days of the last Business
Day of every month (and in respect of such month), updates, in a form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent in respect of each Borrowing Base Asset to
include all material technical and other information in relation to each of the
Borrowing Base Assets, including (for the avoidance of doubt and without
limitation):
(a)
|
information
in respect of any delay in achieving first gas/oil in respect of each
Borrowing Base Asset for the month in
question;
|
(b)
|
the
production performance and Petroleum sales figures in respect of each
Borrowing Base Asset for the month in
question;
|
(c)
|
information
in respect of all maintenance work and operational activities carried out
in connection with each Borrowing Base Asset during the month in question;
and
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(d)
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all
forward activities anticipated in respect of the Borrowing Base Assets
during the forthcoming calendar
months.
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21.5
|
Group
Liquidity Test
|
The
Parent shall ensure that:
(a)
|
a
Monthly Cash Flow Projection is prepared confirming that sufficient funds
(cash flow, debt and equity) are available to meet all of the Group’s
obligations as and when they fall
due;
|
(b)
|
each
such Monthly Cash Flow Projection is delivered to the Agent by the date
falling five Business Days after the relevant date as of which such
Monthly Cash Flow Projection is required to be
prepared;
|
(c)
|
it
(i) promptly considers and addresses any amendments that the Lenders
suggest to the assumptions used for each such Monthly Cash Flow
Projection (ii) shall revise the relevant Monthly Cash Flow
Projection in accordance with such amendments and (iii) shall deliver to
the Agent such revised Monthly Cash Flow Projection;
and
|
(d)
|
if
it becomes aware of any event, circumstance or information which results
in any assumption, data or item of information included in the Monthly
Cash Flow Projection most recently delivered to the Agent becoming
inaccurate or otherwise out-of-date, in each case, in any material
respect, it will promptly notify the Agent of the
same.
|
21.6
|
Compliance
Certificate
|
(a)
|
Within
10 Business Days after the end of each quarter, the Parent shall supply to
the Agent a Compliance Certificate setting out (in reasonable detail)
computations as to compliance with Clause 21.5 (Group Liquidity Test)
as of the end of that quarter.
|
(b)
|
Each
Compliance Certificate shall be signed by one director of the
Parent.
|
(c)
|
Any
material change to the information contained in the most recent Compliance
Certificate shall be notified promptly to the
Agent.
|
21.7
|
Information: miscellaneous
|
The
Borrower shall supply to the Agent:
(a)
|
all
documents despatched by the Borrower to its shareholders (or any class of
them) or its creditors generally at the same time as they are
dispatched;
|
(b)
|
copies
of all documents filed publicly by, or on behalf of, the Guarantors with
the relevant stock exchange at the same time as they are filed (where for
these purposes, “relevant stock exchange” means the Nasdaq Global
Market);
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promptly
upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration or
administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending
against any member of the Group (or against the directors of any member of
the Group), and which might, if adversely determined, have a Material
Adverse Effect;
|
(d)
|
promptly
upon becoming aware of the same, details of any event or circumstance or
any new information which results in any material information previously
provided to the Agent by it or its advisors being misleading or inaccurate
in any material respect;
|
(e)
|
information
regarding any decisions concerning registration of (or refusal to
register) any Security required to be registered in the applicable
registers, promptly after such
information;
|
(f)
|
promptly
upon becoming aware of the same, any notice or information relating to the
withdrawal of, or intention to withdraw, any applicable Environmental and
Mining Licence granted to PGNiG;
|
(g)
|
promptly
upon becoming aware of the same, details of any payment or other material
default by PGNiG in the performance of its obligations towards the
Borrower under any Field Document;
and
|
(h)
|
promptly,
such further information regarding the financial condition, business and
operations of any member of the Group as any Finance Party (through the
Agent) may reasonably request.
|
21.8
|
Information: Borrowing
Base Assets
|
The
Obligors must supply to the Agent:
(a)
|
promptly
upon receipt by it of the same, a copy of any notice of default (howsoever
called) served upon it under any Field
Document;
|
(b)
|
promptly
upon becoming aware of the same, the details of any claims and/or
proceedings which are current, threatened or pending in relation to any
Borrowing Base Asset which, if adversely determined, would have a Material
Adverse Effect;
|
(c)
|
promptly
upon becoming aware of the same, the details of any event or circumstance
which has resulted in the production, recovery or transportation of
Petroleum with respect to any Borrowing Base Asset being suspended or
interrupted for a period of 20 days or more (excluding scheduled
shutdowns);
|
(d)
|
promptly
upon becoming aware of the same, details of any potential or actual
warranty claim or any other material dispute under the then current Field
Documents;
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promptly
upon becoming aware of the same, details of (i) any incident involving any
material physical damage to a Borrowing Base Asset and (ii) any proposal
for reinstatement;
|
(f)
|
promptly
upon request by the Agent, a copy of any reports or budgets in respect of
each Borrowing Base Asset prepared by the operator or operating committee
thereof;
|
(g)
|
promptly
upon becoming aware of the same, any other information relating to a
Borrowing Base Asset or Obligor that could reasonably be expected to
change any Assumption in the current Projection (in a material respect) or
impose any additional material liability on any
Obligor;
|
(h)
|
promptly
upon request by any Lender:
|
(i)
|
a
copy of any Field Document and
|
(ii)
|
such
information as that Lender may reasonably require in respect of a
Borrowing Base Asset or a member of the
Group;
|
(i)
|
promptly
upon such document being entered into or otherwise executed or issued, a
copy of any Field Document, copies of which have not previously been
provided to the Agent;
|
(j)
|
no
later than seven days prior to the date on which any member of the Group
proposes to enter into, execute or file for any new Field Document or make
a material amendment or request a material amendment to the terms of any
existing Field Document, a copy of the then current draft of the relevant
new Field Document that any member of the Group proposes to enter into
after the date of this Agreement or, as the case may be, details of the
proposed material amendment;
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at
the same time as the same is submitted, copies of any information provided
by any member of the Group to, or any application made by any member of
the Group to, the Applicable Polish Licensing Authority or any other
governmental agency or body in relation to any Borrowing Base Asset;
and
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(l)
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promptly
upon becoming aware of the same, the details of any Unitisation or
potential Unitisation or any steps that have been, or are being, taken
with respect to any Unitisation or potential
Unitisation.
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21.9
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Information: Projections
and Reserves Reports
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(a)
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The
Borrower shall commission, at the expense of the Obligors, the Independent
Engineer to prepare a Reserves
Report:
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(i)
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on
an annual basis as of 31 December for the purposes of the Scheduled
Projections to be adopted in accordance with Clause 6 (Projections) to the
satisfaction of the Technical Bank;
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if
at any time the Borrower makes a request for a Petroleum Asset to be
designated a Borrowing Base Asset or for a Borrowing Base Asset to cease
to be so designated;
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(iii)
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if
any request for an Interim Projection is made pursuant to paragraph
(a)(ii) of Clause 6.1 (Adoption) by the
Technical Bank or by the Agent (on behalf of the Majority
Lenders);
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(iv)
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if
the Technical Bank so requests following any acquisition of any asset by
the Borrower or any member of the Group that, in the reasonable opinion of
the Technical Bank, has a material effect on the risk profile of the
Group;
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(v)
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if
at any time the Borrower notifies the Technical Bank that an event has
happened or a circumstance has arisen that will have a material impact on
the Loan Life NPV or the Field Life NPV attributable to any Borrowing Base
Asset and that it wishes for such event or circumstance to be taken into
account for the purposes of the next Scheduled
Projection.
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(b)
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The
Borrower shall ensure that each Reserves Report which is commissioned and
prepared:
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(i)
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pursuant
to paragraph (a)(i) of this Clause 21.9 is delivered to the Agent within
120 days of 31 December of each year;
and
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(ii)
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pursuant
to paragraph (a)(ii) to paragraph (a)(v) of this Clause 21.9 is delivered
to the Agent within 30 days of the relevant request being made by the
Borrower.
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(c)
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The
Borrower shall:
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(i)
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ensure
that each Reserves Report that is prepared pursuant to this Clause 21.9
(Information: Projections
and Reserves Reports) is addressed to the Agent in a manner which
ensures that the Independent Engineer owes a duty of care to the Lenders;
and
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(ii)
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instruct
the Independent Engineer to include in each Reserves Report prepared by it
the operating costs, capital expenditure and production profiles that it
takes into consideration for each Borrowing Base
Asset.
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(d)
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At
the Technical Bank’s request the Borrower must supply to the Agent a
reconciliation report which reconciles (i) the projected costs and
revenues set out in the then current Projection and the then current
Budgets for that Calculation Period with (ii) the actual costs incurred
and revenues received in that
period.
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The
Borrower shall, at the expense of the Obligor, prepare or procure the
preparation of Borrower Updates and deliver each such Borrower Update to
the Agent no later than 45 Business Days before 31 December of each year
(unless a Reserves Report is scheduled pursuant to paragraph (b) of Clause
21.9 to be delivered to the Agent within one month of such
date).
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(f)
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The
Obligors must supply, and the Borrower must procure that each member of
the Group supplies, promptly upon request made by the Agent, in connection
with the procedures provided for in Clause 6 (Projections) and the
preparation and/or adoption of the Projections, all such information and
documents as the Agent may reasonably
request.
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21.10
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Information: Budgets
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(a)
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The
Borrower must supply to the Agent:
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(i)
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a
Budget for each Borrowing Base Asset referred to in Schedule 4 (Initial Borrowing Base
Assets) pursuant to Clause 4.1 (Initial conditions
precedent); and
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(ii)
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a
Budget for each other Borrowing Base Asset on or before the date on which
that Borrowing Base Asset becomes designated as such pursuant to Clause 6
(Projections).
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(b)
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Thereafter,
the Borrower must supply the Agent with a Budget for each Borrowing Base
Asset which updates the information contained in the then current
Budget:
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(i)
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no
later than 31 March of each year;
and
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(ii)
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if
any circumstance or event has arisen which results, or might reasonably be
expected to result, in any information contained in the then current
Budget being inaccurate in any material
respect.
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(c)
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The
Borrower shall ensure that the Budget supplied by it pursuant to this
Agreement is in a form satisfactory to the Technical Bank and contains
such information as the Technical Bank may reasonably
require.
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21.11
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Notification
of default
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(a)
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Each
Obligor shall notify the Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any,
being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence
(unless that Obligor is aware that a notification has already been
provided by another Obligor).
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(b)
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Promptly
upon a request by the Agent, the Borrower shall supply to the Agent a
certificate signed by two of its directors or senior officers on its
behalf certifying that no Default is continuing (or if a Default is
continuing, specifying the Default and the steps, if any, being taken to
remedy it).
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Inspection
of data
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Each
Obligor shall allow any representative of the Agent, upon reasonable notice
following the occurrence of a Default, to have access to and to inspect any and
all books, records and other relevant data or information in the possession of
or available to each Obligor during regular business hours.
21.13
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Additional
due diligence
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If the
Agent so requires following the Agent becoming aware of any event, circumstance
or any matter which in the reasonable opinion of Agent has, or would have, a
material and adverse impact on (a) any Assumption in the current Projection, (b)
any Budget, (c) on the progress of any Borrowing Base Asset; or (d) otherwise on
the operation and/or exploitation of any Borrowing Base Asset, then the Agent
may carry out, or appoint expert(s) or adviser(s) to carry out, such due
diligence with regard to any Borrowing Base Asset as it considers necessary and
the Borrower shall (i) take all such steps as may reasonably be necessary to
facilitate the same and (ii) be responsible for all reasonable costs (including
legal and other advisory fees) that may be incurred by the Agent in connection
with such due diligence.
21.14
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Use
of websites
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(a)
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The
Borrower may satisfy its obligation under this Agreement to deliver any
information in relation to those Lenders (the “Website Lenders”) who
accept this method of communication by posting this information onto an
electronic website designated by the Borrower and the Agent (the “Designated Website”)
if:
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(i)
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the
Agent expressly agrees (after consultation with each of the Lenders) that
it will accept communication of the information by this
method;
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(ii)
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both
the Borrower and the Agent are aware of the address of and any relevant
password specifications for the Designated Website;
and
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(iii)
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the
information is in a format previously agreed between the Borrower and the
Agent.
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If any
Lender (a “Paper Form
Lender”) does not agree to the delivery of information electronically
then the Agent shall notify the Borrower accordingly and the Borrower shall
supply the information to the Agent (in sufficient copies for each Paper Form
Lender) in paper form. In any event the Borrower shall supply the
Agent with at least one copy in paper form of any information required to be
provided by it.
(b)
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The
Agent shall supply each Website Lender with the address of and any
relevant password specifications for the Designated Website following
designation of that website by the Borrower and the
Agent.
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The
Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence notify the
Agent if:
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the
Designated Website cannot be accessed due to technical
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the
password specifications for the Designated Website
change;
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(iii)
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any
new information which is required to be provided under this Agreement is
posted onto the Designated Website;
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(iv)
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any
existing information which has been provided under this Agreement and
posted onto the Designated Website is amended;
or
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(v)
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the
Borrower becomes aware that the Designated Website or any information
posted onto the Designated Website is or has been infected by any
electronic virus or similar
software.
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If the
Borrower notifies the Agent under paragraph (c)(i) or paragraph (c)(v) above,
all information to be provided by the Borrower under this Agreement after the
date of that notice shall be supplied in paper form unless and until the Agent
and each Website Lender is satisfied that the circumstances giving rise to the
notification are no longer continuing.
(d)
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Any
Website Lender may request, through the Agent, one paper copy of any
information required to be provided under this Agreement which is posted
onto the Designated Website. The Borrower shall comply with any
such request within ten Business
Days.
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21.15
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“Know
your customer” checks
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(a)
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If:
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(i)
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the
introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration
or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this
Agreement;
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(ii)
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any
change in the status of the Borrower or the composition of the
shareholders of the Borrower after the date of this Agreement;
or
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(iii)
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a
proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to
such assignment or transfer,
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obliges
the Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of paragraph (iii) above, any
prospective new Lender) to comply with “know your customer” or similar
identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is
not already available to it, each Obligor shall promptly upon the request of the
Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and
other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf
of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or, in the case of the event described
in paragraph (iii) above, on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for
the Agent, such Lender or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii)
above, any prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied
with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all
applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the
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Each
Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Agent supply, or procure the
supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably
requested by the Agent (for itself) in order for the Agent to carry out
and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer”
or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant
to the transactions contemplated in the Finance
Documents.
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(c)
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The
Borrower shall, by not less than ten Business Days’ prior written notice
to the Agent, notify the Agent of its intention to request that one of its
Affiliates becomes an Additional Guarantor pursuant to Clause 25 (Changes to the
Obligors).
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(d)
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Following
the giving of any notice pursuant to Clause 21.15(c) above, if the
accession of such Additional Guarantor obliges the Lenders to comply with
“know your customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances
where the necessary information is not already available to it, the
Borrower shall promptly upon the request of the relevant Lender supply, or
procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is
reasonably requested by that Lender (for itself or on behalf of any
prospective new Lender) in order for that Lender or any prospective new
Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary
“know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and
regulations pursuant to the accession of such Affiliate to this Agreement
as an Additional Guarantor.
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22.
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GENERAL
UNDERTAKINGS
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(a)
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The
undertakings in this Clause 22 remain in force from the date of this
Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance
Documents or any Commitment is in
force.
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(b)
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Save
in respect of Clause 22.2 (Corporate existence),
Clause 22.4 (Compliance
with laws), Clause 22.13 (Negative pledge),
Clause 22.14 (Indebtedness) and
Clause 22.26 (a) and (b) (Environmental matters),
in this Clause 22 any reference to the ‘Group’ shall exclude reference to
FX Drilling Company, Inc., and FX Producing Company,
Inc.
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22.2
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Corporate
existence
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Each
Obligor shall, and shall ensure that each member of the Group shall, maintain
its corporate or other existence (as the case may be) under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation or establishment and no member of the Group may
change its corporate or other domicile, or attempt to resolve to do
so.
22.3
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Compliance
with documents
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Each
Obligor shall comply with its obligations under the Transaction Documents save
to the extent any failure to do so would, or would be reasonably likely to, have
a Material Adverse Effect.
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Compliance
with laws
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Each
Obligor shall, and shall ensure that each member of the Group shall, comply in
all material respects with all laws to which it may be subject.
22.5
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Authorisations
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Each
Obligor shall, and shall ensure that each member of the Group shall,
promptly:
(a)
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obtain,
comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and
effect; and
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(b)
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supply
certified copies to the Agent of,
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any
Authorisation required under any law or regulation of the Relevant Jurisdictions
to enable it to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents and to
ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in
each Relevant Jurisdiction of any Transaction Document.
22.6
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Taxation
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(a)
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Each
Obligor shall (and the Parent shall ensure that each member of the Group
will) duly and punctually pay and discharge all Taxes imposed upon it or
its assets within the time period allowed without incurring penalties
(except to the extent that (i) such payment is being contested in good
faith, adequate reserves are being maintained for those Taxes and (ii)
such payment can be lawfully
withheld).
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(b)
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Each
Obligor shall, and shall ensure that each member of the Group shall, file
all tax returns required to be filed by it in any jurisdiction within the
period required by law.
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22.7
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Security
Documents
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Each
Obligor shall, and shall ensure that each member of the Group will, promptly
take all steps (including the making or delivery of filings and the payment of
fees) which are within its power and reasonably necessary for the purposes of
ensuring that each Security Document to which it, or member of the Group, is a
party:
(a)
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confers
the Security of the type it purports to create over the assets over which
the Security is purported to be given by that Security Document and each
such Security is (subject to any Permitted Security that may be prior
ranking) first ranking;
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(b)
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is
valid and enforceable against (i) it or, as the case may be, that member
of the Group, and (ii) its Insolvency Officers and its creditors or, as
the case may be, the Insolvency Officers and creditors of that member of
the Group; and
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(c)
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is
not capable of being avoided or set aside, whether in the winding up,
administration or dissolution or otherwise of it or any of its assets or,
as the case may be, that member of the Group or any of that Group member’s
assets.
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Pari
passu ranking
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Each
Obligor shall, and shall ensure that each member of the Group will, procure that
at all times its indebtedness and obligations under the Finance Documents rank
at least pari passu
with the claims of all its, or as the case may be, that Group member’s, other
unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except for obligations mandatorily
preferred by law applying to companies generally.
22.9
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Borrowing
Base Assets
|
Each
Obligor shall, and shall ensure that each member of the Group will:
(a)
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exercise
such votes and other rights as it may have under the Field Documents for
the purposes of ensuring that each Borrowing Base Asset is at all times
developed, operated, maintained and/or exploited in a reasonable and
prudent manner and in accordance with good oil industry practice, all
applicable laws and regulations, the Environmental Decisions, and the
provisions of the Transaction
Documents;
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(b)
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not
abandon all or any material part of any Borrowing Base Asset in which it
has an interest before its scheduled Abandonment
Date;
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(c)
|
not
concur in any proposal or decision to abandon all or any material part of
any Borrowing Base Asset in which it has an interest and vote against any
such proposal or decision before its scheduled Abandonment
Date;
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(d)
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not
exercise its rights on any operating or similar committee in a manner that
would be materially prejudicial to the interests of the Lenders under the
Finance Documents;
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(e)
|
maintain
full and proper technical and financial records in relation to each
Borrowing Base Asset in which it has an interest, and ensure (so far as it
is able) that the Agent (and/or any person nominated by the Agent) is
afforded reasonable access to each of such Borrowing Base Asset and all
such records during normal business hours on reasonable notice;
and
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(f)
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not
concur in any proposal or decision, nor exercise such votes and other
rights as it may have under the Field Documents, to change the operator in
relation to any Borrowing Base Asset without the prior written consent of
the Majority Lenders.
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22.10
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Field
Documents
|
Each
Obligor shall, and shall ensure that each member of the Group will:
(a)
|
ensure
that none of its rights under or in respect of any of the Field Documents
are at any time terminated, suspended or limited in any material
way;
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(b)
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not
agree to any waiver, material amendment, termination or cancellation of
any of the Field Documents without the prior consent of the
Agent;
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duly
and properly perform, in all material respects, its obligations under the
Field Documents (except to the extent, if any, they are inconsistent with
its obligations under the Finance
Documents);
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(d)
|
exercise
its rights, and (so far as within its power) ensure that others exercise
their respective rights, under and in respect of the Field Documents
consistently with its obligations under the Finance
Documents;
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(e)
|
not
enter into any Field Document the entry into, performance, termination or
breach of which would, or would be reasonably likely to, result in a
Material Adverse Effect; and
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(f)
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ensure
that, to the extent possible, all rights of the Borrower under any Field
Document are assigned to the Security Trustee on behalf of the Lenders or
are otherwise subject to Security under a Security Document for the
benefit of the Lenders in a manner which is in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent.
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22.11
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Gas
Sale Agreements
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The
Borrower shall grant Security over each Borrowing Base Asset gas sale agreement
in favour of the Security Trustee on behalf of the Lenders in a manner in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
22.12
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Insurance
|
(a)
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Each
Obligor shall, and shall ensure that each member of the Group
will:
|
(i)
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take
out and maintain, or cause to be taken out and maintained, with respect to
the Borrowing Base Assets and all activities relating thereto all
insurances:
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(A)
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in
such amounts and on such terms and against such risks as would be taken
out by prudent owners and/or operators (acting in accordance with good oil
industry practice) of comparable assets and/or carrying out comparable
activities in the region in which the relevant Borrowing Base Assets are
located or the relevant activities are taking
place;
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(B)
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against
any other risks which the Agent acting on behalf of the Majority Lenders
may reasonably require as a result of any material change(s) in
circumstances, risks or the Majority Lenders’ reasonable perception
of risk;
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(ii)
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ensure
that all insurances required under this Agreement are maintained with
insurers or underwriters acceptable to the Agent (acting
reasonably);
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procure
that all moneys received or receivable by it under any insurance policy
required by this Agreement relating to third party liability are applied
directly to the person to whom the liability to which the sum relates was
incurred, or to the relevant insured party in reimbursement of moneys
expended in satisfaction of such
liability;
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(iv)
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procure
that the Security Trustee (as security trustee for the Finance Parties) is
named as a co-insured or an additional insured party upon the policy,
certificate or cover note relating to each material insurance policy
required pursuant to this Agreement and that the Security Trustee is named
as loss-payee;
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not
do, or knowingly permit anything to be done, which may make any insurance
policy required pursuant to this Agreement void, voidable, unavailable or
unenforceable or render any sums which may be paid out under such
insurance policies repayable in whole or in
part;
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(vi)
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promptly
pay all premiums, calls and contributions and do all other things
necessary to keep each insurance policy required pursuant to this
Agreement maintained in full force and
effect;
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(vii)
|
on
demand by the Agent, produce to the Agent (A) the policy, certificate or
cover note relating to any insurance policy required by this Agreement (B)
the receipt for the payment of any premium for any such insurance policy
and (C) such other details of any such insurance policy as the Agent may
reasonably request;
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(viii)
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if
the Agent so requires (acting reasonably), ensure that every policy
relating to insurances required by this Agreement contains a non-vitiation
clause and any other lender endorsements that the Agent may reasonably
request, in each case, in such form as the Agent (acting reasonably) may
approve (where, for these purposes, “lender endorsements” means any
endorsements or clauses relating to the protection of the Security Trustee
and/or the Finance Parties with respect to its or their interests in such
insurance policies);
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(ix)
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if
the Security Trustee so requires:
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(A)
|
enter
into a Security Document (in form and substance satisfactory to the
Security Trustee) for the purposes of granting Security over any insurance
policy required pursuant to this Agreement and the proceeds thereof in
favour of the Security Trustee unless such Security has been granted under
an existing Security Document;
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(B)
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without
prejudice to Clause 22.5 (Authorisations),
promptly obtain all such Authorisations as may be necessary in order for
such Security to be granted; and
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deliver
to the Security Trustee, or procure the delivery to the Security Trustee
of, any documents that may be required in connection with the provision of
any legal opinion that the Security Trustee may reasonably require in
connection with the entry into such Security
Document.
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(b)
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No
Finance Party shall have any liability for the payment of premiums or any
other amount owing in respect of any insurances and the Obligors shall use
their reasonable endeavours to ensure that this is the case
notwithstanding the inclusion of the Security Trustee as co-insured,
additional insured and/or loss payee upon the policy, certificate or cover
note relating to any insurance policy required pursuant to this
Agreement.
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(c)
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If
any Obligor fails to pay any costs relating to any insurance policy
required pursuant to this Agreement the Agent may, at its sole discretion,
pay any costs due and the Obligors shall immediately pay such costs to the
Agent.
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(d)
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The
Borrower shall provide the Agent with a yearly insurance letter confirming
that the insurances specified in Clause 22.12 (Insurance) relating to
the Borrowing Base Assets are in full force and
effect.
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22.13
|
Negative
pledge
|
In this
Clause 22.13, “Quasi-Security” means an
arrangement or transaction described in paragraph (b)
below.
(a)
|
Save
with the prior written consent of the Agent acting on behalf of the
Majority Lenders, no Obligor shall (and the Parent shall ensure that no
other member of the Group will) create or permit to subsist any Security
over any of its assets.
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(b)
|
No
Obligor shall (and the Parent shall ensure that no other member of the
Group will):
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(i)
|
sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they
are or may be leased to or re-acquired by an Obligor or any other member
of the Group;
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(ii)
|
sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse
terms;
|
(iii)
|
enter
into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other
account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of
accounts; or
|
(iv)
|
enter
into any other preferential arrangement having a similar
effect,
|
in
circumstances where the arrangement or transaction is entered into primarily as
a method of raising Financial Indebtedness or of financing the acquisition of an
asset.
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Paragraphs
(a) and (b) above do not apply to any Security (or as the case may be)
Quasi-Security, listed below:
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(i)
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any
Existing Security prior to the Refinancing
Date;
|
(ii)
|
any
netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any member of the Group in
the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting
debit and credit balances;
|
(iii)
|
any
payment or close out netting or set-off arrangement pursuant to any
hedging transaction entered into by a member of the Group for the purpose
of:
|
(A)
|
hedging
any risk to which any member of the Group is exposed in its ordinary
course of trading; or
|
(B)
|
its
interest rate or currency management operations which are carried out in
the ordinary course of business and for non-speculative purposes
only.
|
excluding,
in each case, any Security or Quasi-Security under a credit support arrangement
in relation to a hedging transaction;
(iv)
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any
lien arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of
trading;
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(v)
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any
Security or Quasi-Security over or affecting any asset acquired by a
member of the Group after the date of this Agreement
if:
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(A)
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the
Security or Quasi-Security was not created in contemplation of the
acquisition of that asset by a member of the
Group;
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(B)
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the
principal amount secured has not been increased in contemplation of, or
since the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Group;
and
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(C)
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the
Security or Quasi-Security is removed or discharged within three months of
the date of acquisition of such
asset;
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(vi)
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any
Security or Quasi-Security over or affecting any asset of any company
which becomes a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement,
where the Security or Quasi-Security is created prior to the date on which
that company becomes a member of the Group,
if:
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(A)
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the
Security or Quasi-Security was not created in contemplation of the
acquisition of that company;
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(B)
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the
principal amount secured has not increased in contemplation of or since
the acquisition of that company;
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the
Security or Quasi-Security is removed or discharged within three months of
that company becoming a member of the
Group;
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(vii)
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the
Transaction Security; and
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(viii)
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any
Security or Quasi-Security arising under any retention of title, hire
purchase or conditional sale arrangement or arrangements having similar
effect in respect of goods supplied to a member of the Group in the
ordinary course of trading and on the supplier’s standard or usual terms
and not arising as a result of any default or omission by any member of
the Group.
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22.14
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Indebtedness
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(a)
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Save
with the prior written consent of the Agent acting on behalf of the
Majority Lenders, the Parent shall ensure that no member of the Group
shall incur, create or permit to subsist or have outstanding any Financial
Indebtedness or enter into any agreement or arrangement whereby it is
entitled to incur, create or permit to subsist any Financial
Indebtedness.
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(b)
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Paragraph
(a) above does not apply to any Financial Indebtedness granted by a member
of the Group:
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(i)
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arising
under or permitted by the Finance Documents (including any guarantee of
such Financial Indebtedness); or
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(ii)
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where:
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(A)
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the
relevant member of the Group has acceded as a Subordinated Lender under
the Intercreditor Deed in respect of such Financial Indebtedness by
delivering a duly completed and executed Intercreditor Accession Deed to
the Agent;
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(B)
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the
rights in respect of such Financial Indebtedness are assigned to the
Security Trustee in favour of the Lenders by the relevant creditor
delivering a duly completed and executed Accession Undertaking, or
otherwise providing Security in respect of such Financial Indebtedness in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent;
or
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(iii)
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where
the aggregate amount of such Financial Indebtedness does not exceed USD
1,000,000 (or its equivalent).
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22.15
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Loans
and Guarantees
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(a)
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Save
with the prior written consent of the Agent acting on behalf of the
Majority Lenders, no Obligor may, and each Obligor shall ensure that no
member of the Group will:
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be
a creditor in respect of any Financial Indebtedness or provide (or allow
to subsist) any other form of credit or financial accommodation to any
person, other than intercompany loans and/or advances made for financing
purposes by the Parent to its Subsidiaries from its own financial
resources and not from proceeds from the Loans or Financial Indebtedness
and, in the case of any Financial Indebtedness provided by an Obligor to
the Borrower, on terms that such Financial Indebtedness is subordinated
and subject to the Intercreditor Deed;
or
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(ii)
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save
in respect of any guarantee or surety provided pursuant to the terms of
any Field Document, give (or allow to subsist) any guarantee or indemnity
in respect of any contractual obligation of any other
person.
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(b)
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The
Borrower undertakes that it will not maintain any bank accounts apart from
the Project Accounts.
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(c)
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Clause
22.15(a) does not apply to:
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(i)
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credit
extended on normal trade terms by any member of the Group to its trading
counterparties in the ordinary course of its oil and gas trading including
advances of operating costs under any Mining Usufruct Agreement and Joint
Operating Agreement and compliance with gas balancing provisions under gas
sales agreements; or
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(ii)
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any
guarantee or indemnity given by any member of the Group in the ordinary
course of its business in respect of any contractual obligation of any
other member of the Group which is incurred in accordance with the Finance
Documents.
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22.16
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Disposals
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(a)
|
No
Obligor may, and each Obligor shall ensure that no member of the Group
will, enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether
related or not) and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its material assets including any
Borrowing Base Asset or any interests therein or any of its shareholding
in any person holding any interest in any Borrowing Base Asset, without
the prior written consent of the Agent acting on behalf of the Majority
Lenders, which shall not be unreasonably withheld
if:
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(i)
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at
the time of and immediately after such transaction or series of
transactions no Event of Default shall subsist or occur (as the case may
be);
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(ii)
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such
disposal is for fair value on terms resulting from arm’s length
negotiations independently verified by valuers acceptable to the
Agent;
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(iii)
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following
such disposal the Majority Lenders do not consider that an unreasonable
concentration of risk will arise in connection with the remaining
Borrowing Base Assets; and
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(iv)
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the
proceeds of any such disposal are applied towards repaying the
Loans.
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(b)
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Paragraph
(a) of Clause 22.16 does not apply
to:
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(i)
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any
sale of Petroleum on terms no less favourable to the Borrower than would
result from arm’s length negotiations of cash-only consideration in the
ordinary course of trading;
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(ii)
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any
disposal for cash not otherwise prohibited under the terms of any Finance
Document;
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(iii)
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any
disposal of surplus materials or of materials that are forthwith replaced
with materials of equivalent
utility;
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(iv)
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any
disposal arising solely by virtue of a
Unitisation;
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(v)
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any
disposal of materials used in the course of a Group member’s operations
where such disposal is made in the ordinary course of business and on
terms no less favourable to the Borrower than would result from arm’s
length negotiations; and
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(vi)
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any
disposals of a Petroleum Asset which has ceased to be designated as a
Borrowing Base Asset in accordance with Clause 6 (Projections) where the
amount of all Utilisations are reduced in accordance with Clause 8.2
(Reduction), in
each case, following the adoption of the new Projection which takes
account of such Petroleum Asset ceasing to be designated a Borrowing Base
Asset.
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22.17
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Change
of business
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No
Obligor may, and each Obligor shall ensure that no member of the Group will,
carry on any business other than the ownership, development and exploitation of
the Borrowing Base Assets and the exploration for, and development and
production of, Petroleum.
22.18
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Distributions
|
(a)
|
For
the purposes of this Agreement, “Distribution” means, in
relation to any person:
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(i)
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any
payment, dividend or other distribution (whether in cash or in kind) in
relation to any of its share
capital;
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(ii)
|
any
redemption, reduction, repayment, or retirement of any of its share
capital or any other payments resulting in a reduction of the payer’s own
funds (including, in particular, reserve and supplementary
capital);
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save
for any payments in respect of Parent Operating Expenses, any payments in
respect of, or any repayment, prepayment, redemption, retirement,
discharge or purchase of, or sub-participation in, any loans or other
financial accommodation made available to it by any Affiliate (including
any such payments under the Subordinated Loan Agreement or Financial
Indebtedness subject to the Intercreditor
Deed);
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(iv)
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any
other payments (including any management, advisory or other fees) or
distributions to any of its shareholders or its
Affiliates,
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in each
case, whether in cash or in kind and whether by way of actual payment, set-off,
counter-claim or otherwise.
(b)
|
No
Obligor (other than the Parent) may make or pay, or permit to be made or
paid, any Distribution.
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22.19
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Subordinated
Loan Agreement
|
The
Borrower and the Subordinated Lenders may not amend or waive any material term
of a Subordinated Loan Agreement without the prior written consent of the
Majority Lenders.
22.20
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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Save for
any intercompany loans or equity contributions made by the Parent or any of its
Affiliates to the Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents
and which are subject to the Intercreditor Deed, the Parent or any of its
Affiliates will not enter into any transaction with any Affiliate (other than
transactions on terms no less favourable than would result from arm’s length
negotiations for cash-only consideration in the ordinary course of trading)
without the consent of the Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed).
22.21
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Acquisitions
|
(a)
|
The
Borrower may not make any acquisitions or investments without the consent
of the Majority Lenders.
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(b)
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Paragraph
(a) of Clause 22.21 does not apply
to:
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(i)
|
any
Permitted Expenditure incurred by the
Borrower;
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(ii)
|
any
acquisitions or investments made by the Parent or any member of the Group
that is not a party to any Finance Document from its own financial
resources and not from proceeds from the Loans or other Financial
Indebtedness.
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(iii)
|
any
acquisitions or investments in the ordinary course of trading and/or which
have a value which is less than a sum equal to an increase of 15 per cent.
of the then current Budget for any Borrowing Base Asset;
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(iv)
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any
acquisitions or investments by the Borrower from its own financial
resources and not from proceeds from Loans or other Financial Indebtedness
over oil and gas assets for cash or shares where the applicable reserves
and purchase consideration are audited by engineers and/or valuers
acceptable to the Agent.
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22.22
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Merger
|
No
Obligor shall (and the Parent shall ensure that no other member of the Group
will) enter into any amalgamation, demerger, merger, corporate reconstruction or
winding-up without the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders, such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
22.23
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Hedging
|
(a)
|
Each
Obligor will, and the Parent shall procure that each Obligor will,
implement the agreed Hedging Policy within the agreed timeframe stated
therein and comply at all times with the most recently adopted version of
the Hedging Policy.
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(b)
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No
Obligor may enter into any Hedging Agreement
unless:
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(i)
|
such
Hedging Agreement is an ISDA
Agreement;
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(ii)
|
such
Hedging Agreement has been entered into by the Obligor in compliance with,
and on terms consistent with, the terms of this Agreement and the Hedging
Policy;
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(iii)
|
the
counterparty to such Hedging Agreement is a Hedging Bank;
and
|
(iv)
|
such
Hedging Agreement has been entered into for prudent treasury management
purposes so as to cover the genuine commercial exposure of the Obligors
and not for speculative purposes or for the purposes of raising
finance.
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(c)
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Save
for:
|
(i)
|
any
Security constituted by any Security Document;
and
|
(ii)
|
any
guarantee given pursuant to Clause 19 (Guarantee and
indemnity),
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no
Obligor may enter into any margin call arrangement, post any collateral or
credit support, grant any Security or otherwise give any guarantee, indemnity or
other financial accommodation in respect of any Hedging Agreement entered into
by any Obligor.
(d)
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Each
Obligor shall, promptly, on becoming a party to any Hedging
Agreement:
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enter
into a Security Document (in form and substance satisfactory to the
Security Trustee) for the purposes of granting Security over that Hedging
Agreement in favour of the Security Trustee unless Security over such
Hedging Agreement has been granted to the Security Trustee under any
existing Security Document;
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(ii)
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promptly
obtain all such Authorisations as may be necessary in order for such
Security to be granted; and
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(iii)
|
deliver
to the Security Trustee, or procure the delivery to the Security Trustee,
such documents as may be requested in connection with the provision of any
legal opinion that the Security Trustee may reasonably require in
connection with the entry into such Security
Document.
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(e)
|
A
Hedging Policy (or any updated version thereof) shall only be “adopted”
upon (i) the Majority Lenders confirming their approval of the same and
(ii) the Agent providing a copy of such approved version of the Hedging
Policy to all Lenders (and “adoption” shall be
construed accordingly).
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(f)
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No
Obligor shall, and the Parent shall procure that no Obligor shall, enter
into any hedging arrangement outside the Hedging
Policy.
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22.24
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Preservation
of Assets
|
The
Obligor shall, and the Parent shall ensure that each member of the Group will,
maintain and preserve all of its assets that are necessary or desirable, in the
opinion of the Agent, for the conduct of its business, as conducted at the date
of this Agreement, in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted.
22.25
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Access
|
The
Obligor shall, and the Parent shall ensure that each member of the Group whose
shares are the subject of the Transaction Security will:
(a)
|
on
request of the Agent, provide the Agent and Security Trustee with any
information the Agent or Security Trustee may reasonably require about
that company’s business and affairs, the Charged Property and its
compliance with the terms of the Security Documents;
and
|
(b)
|
permit
the Security Trustee, its representatives, delegates, professional
advisers and contractors, free access at all reasonable times and on
reasonable notice at the cost of the Obligors, (i) to inspect and take
copies and extracts from the books, accounts and records of that company
and (ii) to view the Charged Property (without becoming liable as
mortgagee in possession).
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22.26
|
Environmental
matters
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(a)
|
Each
Obligor shall, and shall ensure that each member of the Group will, comply
in all material respects with all Environmental and Mining Laws and
Environmental and Mining Licences applicable to it and/or any of its
assets.
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Each
Obligor shall, and shall ensure that each member of the Group will,
promptly upon becoming aware of the same notify the Agent
of:
|
(i)
|
any
Environmental and Mining Claim current, or to its knowledge, pending or
threatened;
|
(ii)
|
any
circumstances reasonably likely to result in an Environmental and Mining
Claim; or
|
(iii)
|
any
material environmental contamination on any site connected with any
Borrowing Base Asset.
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(c)
|
Each
Obligor shall, and shall ensure that each member of the Group will, comply
in all material respects with any Environmental Decision that is
applicable to it and/or any of its
assets.
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22.27
|
Mining
Usufruct Rights
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(a)
|
The
Borrower and the Parent shall use best endeavours to obtain (by way of
transfer from PGNiG to the Borrower) a 49% interest in the mining usufruct
rights for exploitation for each of the KSK Fields and the consent of the
State Treasury of the Republic of Poland to such transfer. Failure by the
Borrower and/or the Parent to obtain such transfer and/or consent shall in
no way prejudice the conditions that need to be satisfied for KSK First
Production to have been achieved.
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(b)
|
To
the extent the Borrower is legally able to do so, the Borrower will grant
and perfect a pledge (or pledges) in favour of the Security Trustee, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, over mining usufruct rights
in respect of any applicable Borrowing Base Asset which the Agent requires
to be pledged to the Security Trustee within 60 days of the Borrower so
being able to grant such pledge.
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22.28
|
Offtake
|
Save as
otherwise agreed with the Agent acting on behalf of the Majority Lenders, the
Borrower shall not dispose of any Petroleum produced from any Borrowing Base
Asset except to PGNiG.
22.29
|
UCC Filings
|
Following
the Refinancing Date, the Borrower shall, and the Parent shall ensure that the
Borrower shall (i) promptly release any Uniform Commercial Code security filings
in Utah and Nevada relating to the Existing Facility Agreement and (ii) file
necessary Uniform Commercial Code security filings in relation to the Finance
Documents to ensure first priority ranking for the Transaction Security in Utah
and Nevada.
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Certificate
from the Polish Tax Office
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The
Borrower shall, and the Parent shall procure that the Borrower shall, within ten
(10) Business Days of the date of this Agreement obtain a Certificate from the
Polish Tax Office (Urząd
Skarbowy) and Polish Social Security Office (ZUS) confirming whether the
Borrower has any outstanding taxes or social security payments, such certificate
to be issued no earlier than 30 days before the date of the first Utilisation
Request.
22.31
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Termination
of Accounts
|
The
Borrower shall, and the Parent shall procure that the Borrower shall, within 30
days of the date of this Agreement:
(a)
|
close
the account with ING Bank Xxxxxx X.X. with IBAN 61 1050 0086 1000 0023
1214 1837; and
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(b)
|
cease
to hold the joint account with ING Bank Xxxxxx X.X. with IBAN 54 1050 0086
1000 0022 7509 7760.
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23.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
|
Each of
the events or circumstances set out in this Clause 23 is an Event of Default
(save as for Clause 23.23 (Acceleration)).
23.1
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Non-payment
|
An
Obligor does not pay on the due date any amount payable pursuant to a Finance
Document at the place at and in the currency in which it is expressed to be
payable unless:
(a)
|
its
failure to pay is caused by:
|
(i)
|
administrative
or technical error; or
|
(ii)
|
a
Disruption Event; and
|
(b)
|
payment
is made within three (3) Business Days of its due
date.
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23.2
|
Breach
of Key Covenants
|
An
Obligor does not comply with any provision set out in any of Clauses 22.2 (Corporate existence), 22.13
(Negative pledge),
22.14 (Indebtedness),
22.15 (Loans and
guarantees), 22.16 (Disposals), 22.18 (Distributions), or 22.21
(Acquisitions).
23.3
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Other
obligations
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(a)
|
An
Obligor does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents (other
than those referred to in Clause 23.1 (Non-payment)).
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No
Event of Default under paragraph (a) above will occur if the failure to
comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within 21 days of the earlier
of (A) the Agent giving notice to the Borrower and (B) the Borrower
becoming aware of the failure to
comply.
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23.4
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Misrepresentation
|
Any
representation or statement made or deemed to be made by an Obligor in the
Finance Documents or any other document delivered by or on behalf of any Obligor
under or in connection with any Finance Document is or proves to have been
incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed to be made
unless the circumstances giving rise to the misrepresentation:
(a)
|
are
capable of remedy; and
|
(b)
|
are
remedied to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent within 21 days of the
date on which the relevant representation or statement was made or deemed
to be made.
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23.5
|
Cross
default
|
(a)
|
Any
Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is not paid when due nor
within any originally applicable grace
period.
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(b)
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Any
Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is declared to be or
otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a
result of an event of default (however
described).
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(c)
|
Any
commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group is
cancelled or suspended by a creditor of any member of the Group as a
result of an event of default (however
described).
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(d)
|
Any
creditor of any member of the Group becomes entitled to declare any
Financial Indebtedness of any member of the Group due and payable prior to
its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however
described).
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(e)
|
No
Event of Default will occur under this Clause 23.5 if the aggregate amount
of Financial Indebtedness or commitment for Financial Indebtedness falling
within paragraphs (a) to (d) above is less than USD 250,000 (or its
equivalent in any other currency or
currencies).
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23.6
|
Insolvency
|
(a)
|
A
member of the Group is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they
fall due, suspends making payments on any of its debts or, by reason of
actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with
one or more of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its
indebtedness.
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(b)
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The
value of the assets of any member of the Group is less than its
liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective
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A
moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of any member of the
Group.
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23.7
|
Insolvency
proceedings
|
Any
corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in
relation to:
(a)
|
the
suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up,
dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary
arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any member of the
Group other than a solvent liquidation or reorganisation of any member of
the Group which is not an Obligor;
|
(b)
|
a
composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of
any member of the Group;
|
(c)
|
the
appointment of a liquidator (other than in respect of a solvent
liquidation of a member of the Group which is not an Obligor), receiver,
administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other
similar officer in respect of any member of the Group or any of its
assets; or
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(d)
|
enforcement
of any Security over any assets of any member of the
Group,
|
or any
analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction.
This
Clause 23.7 shall not apply to any winding-up petition which is frivolous or
vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within fourteen days of
commencement.
23.8
|
Creditors’
process
|
Any
expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution affects any
asset or assets of a member of the Group having an aggregate value of USD
250,000 and is not discharged within 14 days.
23.9
|
Unlawfulness
|
It is or
becomes unlawful for an Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the
Transaction Documents or any Transaction Security created or expressed to be
created or evidenced by the Security Documents ceases to be
effective.
23.10
|
Repudiation
|
A
Transaction Document is repudiated or becomes void or unenforceable against an
Obligor or any Obligor evidences an intention to repudiate any Transaction
Document.
23.11
|
Transaction
Security
|
(a)
|
Any
Obligor fails to perform or comply with any of the obligations assumed by
it in the Security Documents.
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(b)
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At
any time the guarantee provided by the Guarantors pursuant to Clause 19
(Guarantee and
indemnity) or any of the Transaction Security is or becomes
unlawful or is not, or ceases to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable
or otherwise ceases to be effective or is alleged by any Obligor or the
grantor of such Security to be ineffective or any Security Document
otherwise ceases to confer the Security it purports to
create.
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(c)
|
If
at any time following the Refinancing Date, any of the Transaction
Security fails to have first ranking priority or is subject to any prior
ranking or pari
passu ranking Security.
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23.12
|
Cessation
of business
|
Any
Obligor or any member of the Group that is a party to any Finance Document
ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on all or a substantial part of its
business.
23.13
|
Borrowing
Base Assets
|
(a)
|
All
or any part of any Borrowing Base Asset, or any Petroleum or revenues
derived from any Borrowing Base Asset is nationalised, expropriated,
compulsorily acquired or seized by any government or other governmental or
public sector agency or body or any government or other governmental or
public sector agency, takes, or officially announces that it will take,
any step with a view to such nationalisation, expropriation, compulsory
acquisition or seizure.
|
(b)
|
Any
of the following occurs:
|
(i)
|
any
decision is taken to abandon any Borrowing Base Asset prior to its
Abandonment Date; or
|
(ii)
|
there
has been an interruption or suspension of the production or recovery of
any Petroleum derived from or relating to any Borrowing Base Asset for (A)
a period of 60 days (or more) and (B) such interruption or suspension is
likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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23.14
|
Field
Documents
|
(a)
|
Any
Authorisation relating to any Borrowing Base Asset (including any
Environmental and Mining License) is materially modified, refused,
suspended, revoked, rescinded, withheld or terminated or not obtained
within a timeframe required to duly operate the respective Borrowing Base
Assets and comply with the respective
Projections.
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It
is or becomes unlawful for any party to perform any of its obligations
under any Field Document or any Field Document otherwise ceases to be
valid, binding or enforceable in whole or in part and the same, in each
case, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent has, or is likely to have, a
Material Adverse Effect.
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Any
party to a Field Document repudiates, or evidences an intention in writing
to repudiate, a Field Document and the repudiation of such Field Document
in the reasonable opinion of the Agent has, or is likely to have, a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(d)
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There
has been a default by a party to any Field Document and the same, in the
reasonable opinion of the Agent has, or is likely to have, a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(e)
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PGNiG
fails to comply with any payment or other material obligation under the
Field Documents.
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(f)
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Any
Field Document is terminated or otherwise ceases to be in full force and
effect, amended, modified or subject to the grant of any waiver having the
effect of an amendment or modification of such Field Document and the
same, in each case, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent has, or is
likely to have, a Material Adverse
Effect.
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23.15
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Material
adverse change
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Any event
or series of events occurs which, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent acting
on behalf of the Majority Lenders, has or would be likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect unless the effects of such event or series of events are capable
of remedy and:
(a)
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the
Borrower (i) commences consultations with the Agent (as to the possible
steps that need to be taken to remedy and/or mitigate those effects)
within 5 Business Days of the date of issue of a notice from the Agent on
behalf of the Lenders or, if earlier, of the date of the occurrence of the
relevant event or series of events and (ii) continues with such
consultations for such period as the Lenders may reasonably request;
and
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(b)
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the
relevant effects are remedied or mitigated to the satisfaction of the
Agent within the remedy period (where, for these purposes, “remedy period”
means (i) the period of ten (10) Business Days commencing on the date of
the relevant notice from the Agent on behalf of the Lenders, or if
earlier, the date of occurrence of the relevant event or series of events
or (ii) such longer period as may be approved by the Agent pursuant to the
consultations referred to in paragraph
(a)).
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23.16
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Unitisation
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Any
Unitisation occurs and the Projection which is adopted in accordance with Clause
6 (Projections)
following such Unitisation demonstrates that the Obligors will not be able to
meet their liabilities as they fall due.
23.17
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Ownership
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The
Parent ceases to hold indirectly or directly the entire issued share capital of
the Borrower.
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Insurances
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The
Obligor fails to take out or maintain, or cause to be taken out and maintained,
any insurance required by Clause 20.19 (Insurances) or any such
required insurance is vitiated, becomes invalid or void or otherwise ceases to
be in full force and effect and, in any case, the same is not remedied to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Agent within ten (10) Business Days of the Agent
(acting on behalf of the Lenders) giving notice to the Borrower or, if earlier,
the Borrower becoming aware of the same.
23.19
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Adverse
proceedings
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Any
litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings (the “relevant proceedings”) of or
before any court, arbitral body or agency have been started against any Obligor
or any other member of the Group that is a party to any Finance Document; and
such relevant proceedings, if adversely determined, would (in the reasonable
opinion of the Agent) have or be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and it is reasonably likely that such relevant proceedings will be
adversely determined.
23.20
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Qualification
of accounts
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The
auditors of the Group adversely qualify their report(s) on any audited financial
statements, or (as the case may be) any audited consolidated financial
statements, of any Obligor or any other member of the Group that is a party to
any Finance Document in any way save where such qualification is technical in
nature or related to Section 404 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and immaterial in the
context of the Facility and any weakness or deficiency does not impair the
ability of the Borrower to make full and timely payments to the Lenders as and
when required under the Facility.
23.21
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Group
Liquidity Test
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The
Parent is unable to make the certification required in Clause 21.6 (Compliance Certificate) or
any such certification is subsequently shown to be untrue or misleading in any
material respect.
23.22
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Dutch
Tax Status
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A notice
under Article 36 Tax Collection Act (Invorderingswet 1990) has
been given by any member of the Group.
23.23
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Acceleration
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On and at
any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing the
Agent may, and shall if so directed by the Majority Lenders, by notice to the
Borrower:
(a)
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cancel
the Total Commitments, at which time they shall immediately be
cancelled;
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(b)
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declare
that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest, and all
other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be
immediately due and payable, at which time they shall become immediately
due and payable;
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declare
that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand, at which time they
shall immediately become payable on demand by the Agent on the
instructions of the Majority Lenders;
and/or
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(d)
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exercise,
or direct the Security Trustee (subject to the Intercreditor Deed) to
exercise, any or all of its rights, remedies and powers under any of the
Finance Documents.
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SECTION
11
CHANGES
TO PARTIES
24.
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CHANGES
TO THE LENDERS
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24.1
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Assignments
and transfers by the Lenders
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Subject
to this Clause 24, a Lender (the “Existing Lender”)
may:
(a)
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assign
any of its rights; or
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(b)
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transfer
by novation any of its rights and
obligations,
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to
another bank or financial institution or to a trust, fund or other entity which
is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or
investing in loans, securities or other financial assets (the “New Lender”).
24.2
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Conditions
of assignment or transfer
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(a)
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An
assignment will only be effective
on:
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(i)
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receipt
by the Agent (whether in the Assignment Agreement or otherwise) of written
confirmation from the New Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to
the Agent) that the New Lender will assume the same obligations to the
other Finance Parties and the other Secured Parties as it would have been
under if it was an Original Lender;
and
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(ii)
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performance
by the Agent of all necessary “know your customer” or
other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation
to such assignment to a New Lender, the completion of which the Agent
shall promptly notify to the Existing Lender and the New
Lender.
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(b)
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A
transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 24.5
(Procedure for
transfer) is complied with.
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(c)
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If:
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(i)
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a
Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the
Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office;
and
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(ii)
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as
a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or
change occurs, an Obligor would be obliged to make a payment to the New
Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 15
(Increased
costs),
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then the
New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only entitled to
receive payment under those Clauses to the same extent as the Existing Lender or
Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would have been if the
assignment, transfer or change had not occurred. This paragraph (c)
shall not apply in respect of an assignment or transfer made in the ordinary
course of the primary syndication of the Facility.
(d)
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Each
New Lender, by executing the relevant Transfer Certificate or Assignment
Agreement, confirms, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Agent has
authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been
approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance
with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the transfer or
assignment becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement and that it
is bound by that decision to the same extent as the Existing Lender would
have been had it remained a Lender.
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24.3
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Assignment
or transfer fee
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Save in
the case of a transfer to a New Lender which is an Affiliate of an Existing
Lender, the New Lender shall, on the date upon which an assignment or transfer
takes effect, pay to the Agent (for its own account) a fee
of $5,000.
24.4
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Limitation
of responsibility of Existing
Lenders
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(a)
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Unless
expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender
for:
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(i)
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the
legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the
Finance Documents, the Transaction Security or any other
documents;
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(ii)
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the
financial condition of any Obligor;
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(iii)
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the
performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the
Finance Documents or any other documents;
or
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(iv)
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the
accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in
connection with any Finance Document or any other
document,
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and any
representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.
(b)
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Each
New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties
that it:
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(i)
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has
made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and
assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its
related entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement
and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the
Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document;
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will
continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of
each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be
outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in
force.
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(c)
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Nothing
in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender
to:
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(i)
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accept
a re-transfer or re-assignment from a New Lender of any of the rights and
obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 24;
or
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(ii)
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support
any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of
the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance
Documents or otherwise.
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24.5
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Procedure
for transfer
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(a)
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Subject
to the conditions set out in Clause 24.2 (Conditions of assignment or
transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (c)
below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer
Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New
Lender. The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as
soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed
Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of
this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, execute that Transfer
Certificate.
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(b)
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The
Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to
it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has
complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks
under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to
such New Lender.
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(c)
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On
the Transfer Date:
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(i)
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to
the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to
transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance
Documents and in respect of the Transaction Security each of the Obligors
and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards
one another under the Finance Documents and in respect of the Transaction
Security and their respective rights against one another shall be
cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and
Obligations”);
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each
of the Obligors and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one
another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the
Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New
Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and
the Existing Lender;
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the
Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Security Trustee, the New Lender
and the other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same
obligations between themselves and in respect of the Transaction Security
as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an
Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by
it as a result of the transfer and to that extent the Agent, the Mandated
Lead Arrangers, the Security Trustee and the Existing Lender shall each be
released from further obligations to each other under the Finance
Documents; and
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(iv)
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the
New Lender shall become a Party as a
“Lender”.
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24.6
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Procedure
for assignment
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(a)
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Subject
to the conditions set out in Clause 24.2 (Conditions of assignment or
transfer) an assignment may be effected in accordance with
paragraph (c) below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed
Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New
Lender. The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as
soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed
Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of
this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, execute that Assignment
Agreement.
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(b)
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The
Agent shall only be obliged to execute an Assignment Agreement delivered
to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it
has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar
checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the
assignment to such New Lender.
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(c)
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On
the Transfer Date:
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(i)
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the
Existing Lender will assign absolutely to the New Lender the rights under
the Finance Documents expressed to be the subject of the assignment in the
Assignment Agreement;
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(ii)
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the
Existing Lender will be released by each Obligor and the other Finance
Parties from the obligations owed by it (the “Relevant Obligations”)
and expressed to be the subject of the release in the Assignment
Agreement; and
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(iii)
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the
New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender” and will be bound by
obligations equivalent to the Relevant
Obligations.
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Lenders
may utilise procedures other than those set out in this Clause 24.6 to
assign their rights under the Finance Documents (but not, without the
consent of the relevant Obligor or unless in accordance with Clause 24.5
(Procedure for
transfer), to obtain a release by that Obligor from the obligations
owed to that Obligor by the Lenders nor the assumption of equivalent
obligations by a New Lender) provided that they
comply with the conditions set out in Clause 24.2 (Conditions of assignment or
transfer).
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24.7
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Copy
of Transfer Certificate or Assignment Agreement to
Borrower
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The Agent
shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has executed a Transfer
Certificate or an Assignment Agreement, send to the Borrower a copy of that
Transfer Certificate or Assignment Agreement.
24.8
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Security
over Lenders’ rights
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In
addition to the other rights provided to Lenders under this Clause 24.8, each
Lender may without consulting with or obtaining consent from any Obligor at any
time charge, assign or otherwise create Security in or over (whether by way of
collateral or otherwise) all or any of its rights under any Finance Document to
secure obligations of that Lender including, without limitation:
(a)
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any
charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal
reserve or central bank; and
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(b)
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in
the case of any Lender which is a fund, any charge, assignment or other
Security granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders)
of obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Lender as Security for
those obligations or securities,
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except
that no such charge, assignment or Security shall:
(i)
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release
a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or
substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security
for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents;
or
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(ii)
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require
any payments to be made by an Obligor or grant to any person any more
extensive rights than those required to be made or granted to the relevant
Lender under the Finance Documents.
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25.
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CHANGES
TO THE OBLIGORS
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25.1
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Assignments
and transfers by Obligors
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No
Obligor may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or
obligations under the Finance Documents.
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25.2
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Additional
Guarantors
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(a)
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Subject
to compliance with the provisions of Clauses 21.15(c) and 21.15(d) of
Clause 21.15 (“Know your
customer” checks), the Borrower may request that any of the
Parent’s Subsidiaries become an Additional Guarantor. That
Subsidiary shall become an Additional Guarantor
if:
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(i)
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the
Borrower delivers to the Agent a duly completed and executed Accession
Letter;
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(ii)
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the
Subsidiary accedes to the Intercreditor Deed as a Guarantor by delivering
to the Agent a duly completed and executed Intercreditor
Accession Deed; and
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(iii)
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the
Agents has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part
II of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent
Required To Be Delivered
By An Additional Guarantor) in relation to that Additional
Guarantor, each in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent.
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(b)
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The
Agent shall notify the Borrower promptly upon being satisfied that it has
received (in form and substance satisfactory to it) all the documents and
other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent Required
To Be Delivered By An Additional
Guarantor).
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25.3
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Repetition
of Representations
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Delivery
of an Accession Letter constitutes confirmation by the relevant Subsidiary that
the Repeating Representations are true and correct in relation to it as at the
date of delivery as if made by reference to the facts and circumstances then
existing.
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SECTION
12
THE
FINANCE PARTIES
26.
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ROLE
OF THE AGENT AND THE MANDATED LEAD
ARRANGERS
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26.1
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Appointment
of the Agent
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(a)
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Each
other Finance Party (other than the Security Trustee) appoints the Agent
to act as its agent under and in connection with the Finance
Documents.
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(b)
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Each
other Finance Party authorises the Agent to exercise the rights, powers,
authorities and discretions specifically given to the Agent under or in
connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental
rights, powers, authorities and
discretions.
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26.2
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Duties
of the Agent
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(a)
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Subject
to paragraph (b) below, the Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the
original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Agent for
that Party by any other Party.
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(b)
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Without
prejudice to Clause 24.7 (Copy of Transfer Certificate
or Assignment Agreement to Borrower), paragraph (a) above shall not
apply to any Transfer Certificate or to any Assignment
Agreement.
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(c)
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Except
where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Agent is not
obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any
document it forwards to another
Party.
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(d)
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If
the Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement,
describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a
Default, it shall promptly notify the other Finance
Parties.
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(e)
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If
the Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest,
commitment fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party (other than the
Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers or the Security Trustee) under this
Agreement it shall promptly notify the other Finance
Parties.
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(f)
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The
Agent’s duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and
administrative in nature.
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(g)
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The
Agent shall promptly forward to the Security Trustee a copy of all notices
issued pursuant to Clause 23.23 (Acceleration).
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26.3
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Role
of the Mandated Lead Arrangers
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Except as
specifically provided in the Finance Documents, the Mandated Lead Arrangers have
no obligations of any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any
Finance Document.
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No
fiduciary duties
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(a)
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Nothing
in this Agreement constitutes the Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers as
a trustee or fiduciary of any other
person.
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(b)
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Neither
the Agent nor the Mandated Lead Arrangers shall be bound to account to any
Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its
own account.
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26.5
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Business
with the Group
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The Agent
and the Mandated Lead Arrangers may accept deposits from, lend money to and
generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any member of the
Group.
26.6
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Rights
and discretions of the Agent
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(a)
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The
Agent may rely on:
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(i)
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any
representation, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct
and appropriately authorised; and
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(ii)
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any
statement made by a director, authorised signatory or employee of any
person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within
his knowledge or within his power to
verify.
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(b)
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The
Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its
capacity as agent for the Lenders)
that:
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(i)
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no
Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising
under Clause 23.1 (Non-payment));
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(ii)
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any
right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the Majority
Lenders has not been exercised; and
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(iii)
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any
notice or request made by the Borrower (other than a Utilisation Request)
is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of the
Guarantors.
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(c)
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The
Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any
lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other
experts.
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(d)
|
The
Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its personnel
and agents.
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(e)
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The
Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably
believes it has received as Agent under this
Agreement.
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Notwithstanding
any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, neither the
Agent nor the Mandated Lead Arrangers are obliged to do or omit to do
anything if it would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a
breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of
confidentiality.
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26.7
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Majority
Lenders’ instructions
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(a)
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Unless
a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, the Agent shall (i)
exercise any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent
in accordance with any instructions given to it by the Majority Lenders
(or, if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, refrain from exercising any
right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent) and (ii) not
be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from taking
any action) in accordance with an instruction of the Majority
Lenders.
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(b)
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Unless
a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions
given by the Majority Lenders will be binding on all the Finance Parties
other than the Security Trustee.
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(c)
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The
Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of the
Majority Lenders (or, if appropriate, the Lenders) until it has received
such security as it may require for any cost, loss or liability (together
with any associated VAT) which it may incur in complying with the
instructions.
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(d)
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In
the absence of instructions from the Majority Lenders, (or, if
appropriate, the Lenders) the Agent may act (or refrain from taking
action) as it considers to be in the best interest of the
Lenders.
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(e)
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The
Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without first
obtaining that Lender’s consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings
relating to any Finance Document.
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26.8
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Responsibility
for documentation
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Neither
the Agent nor the Mandated Lead Arrangers are responsible for:
(a)
|
the
adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information (whether oral or
written) provided by the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers, an Obligor or
any other person given in or in connection with any Finance Document, the
Information Memorandum or the transactions contemplated by the Finance
Documents; or
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(b)
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the
legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any
Finance Document or the Transaction Security or any other agreement,
arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of
or in connection with any Finance Document or the Transaction Security;
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any
determination as to whether any information provided or to be provided to
any Finance Party is non-public information the use of which may be
regulated or prohibited by applicable law or regulation relating to
insider dealing or otherwise.
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26.9
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Exclusion
of liability
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(a)
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Without
limiting paragraph (b) below (and without prejudice to the provisions of
paragraph (e) of Clause 29.10 (Disruption to Payment Systems
etc.), the Agent will not be liable (including, without limitation,
for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) for any
action taken by it under or in connection with any Finance Document or the
Transaction Security, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or
wilful misconduct.
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(b)
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No
Party (other than the Agent) may take any proceedings against any officer,
employee or agent of the Agent in respect of any claim it might have
against the Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that
officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document and any
officer, employee or agent of the Agent may rely on this Clause subject to
Clause 1.5 (Third Party
Rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties
Act.
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(c)
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The
Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in
crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents
to be paid by the Agent if the Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon
as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating
procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the
Agent for that purpose.
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(d)
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Nothing
in this Agreement shall oblige the Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers to
carry out any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any
person on behalf of any Lender and each Lender confirms to the Agent and
the Mandated Lead Arrangers that it is solely responsible for any such
checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any
statement in relation to such checks made by the Agent or the Mandated
Lead Arrangers.
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26.10
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Lenders’
indemnity to the Agent
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Each
Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total Commitments or, if the
Total Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Commitments
immediately prior to their reduction to zero) indemnify the Agent, within three
Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss or liability (including, without
limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever)
incurred by the Agent (otherwise than by reason of the Agent’s gross negligence
or wilful misconduct) (or, in the case of any cost, loss or liability pursuant
to Clause 29.10 (Disruption to
Payment Systems etc.) notwithstanding the Agent’s negligence, gross
negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any
claim based on the fraud of the Agent) in acting as Agent under the Finance
Documents (unless the Agent has been reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant to a
Finance Document).
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Resignation
of the Agent
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(a)
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The
Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates acting through an
office in the United Kingdom as successor by giving notice to the other
Finance Parties and the Borrower.
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(b)
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Alternatively
the Agent may resign by giving 30 days’ notice to the other Finance
Parties and the Borrower, in which case the Majority Lenders (after
consultation with the Borrower) may appoint a successor
Agent.
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(c)
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If
the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent in accordance
with paragraph (b) above within 20 days after notice of resignation was
given, the retiring Agent (after consultation with the Borrower) may
appoint a successor Agent.
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(d)
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The
retiring Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor
Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the
successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its
functions as Agent under the Finance
Documents.
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(e)
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The
Agent’s resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment of
a successor.
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(f)
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Upon
the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged
from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents but shall
remain entitled to the benefit of this Clause 26. Any successor
and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations
amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an
original Party.
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(g)
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After
consultation with the Borrower, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to the
Agent, require it to resign in accordance with paragraph (b)
above. In this event, the Agent shall resign in accordance with
paragraph (b) above.
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26.12
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Resignation
of the Technical Bank
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(a)
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The
Technical Bank may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates acting through
an office in the United Kingdom as successor by giving notice to the Agent
and the Borrower.
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(b)
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Alternatively
the Technical Bank may resign by giving 30 days’ notice to the Agent and
the Borrower, in which case the Majority Lenders (after consultation with
the Borrower) may appoint a successor Technical
Bank.
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(c)
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If
the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Technical Bank in
accordance with paragraph (b) above within 20 days after notice of
resignation was given, the retiring Technical Bank (after consultation
with the Borrower) may appoint a successor Technical
Bank.
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The
retiring Technical Bank shall, at its own cost, make available to the
successor Technical Bank such documents and records and provide such
assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes
of performing its functions as Agent under the Finance
Documents.
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(e)
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The
Technical Bank’s resignation notice shall only take effect upon the
appointment of a successor.
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(f)
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Upon
the appointment of a successor, the retiring Technical Bank shall be
discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents
but shall remain entitled to the benefit of this Clause 26. Any
successor and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and
obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor
had been an original Party.
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(g)
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After
consultation with the Borrower, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to the
Technical Bank, require it to resign in accordance with paragraph (b)
above. In this event, the Technical Bank shall resign in
accordance with paragraph (b)
above.
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26.13
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Confidentiality
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(a)
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In
acting as agent for the Finance Parties, the Agent shall be regarded as
acting through its agency division which shall be treated as a separate
entity from any other of its divisions or
departments.
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(b)
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If
information is received by another division or department of the Agent, it
may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the
Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of
it.
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26.14
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Relationship
with the Lenders
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(a)
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The
Agent may treat the person shown in its records as Lender at the opening
of business (in the place of the Agent’s principal office as notified to
the Finance Parties from time to time) as the Lender acting through its
Facility Office:
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(i)
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entitled
to or liable for any payment due under any Finance Document on that day;
and
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(ii)
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entitled
to receive and act upon any notice, request, document or communication or
make any decision or determination under any Finance Document made or
delivered on that day,
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unless it
has received not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior notice from that Lender
to the contrary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b)
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Each
Lender shall supply the Agent with any information required by the Agent
in order to calculate the Mandatory Cost in accordance with Schedule 6
(Mandatory Cost
formulae).
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Any
Lender may by notice to the Agent appoint a person to receive on its
behalf all notices, communications, information and documents to be made
or despatched to that Lender under the Finance Documents. Such
notice shall contain the address, fax number and (where communication by
electronic mail or other electronic means is permitted under Clause 31.5
(Electronic
communication)) electronic mail address and/or any other
information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by
that means (and, in each case, the department or officer, if any, for
whose attention communication is to be made) and be treated as a
notification of a substitute address, fax number, electronic mail address,
department and officer by that Lender for the purposes of Clause 31.2
(Addresses) and
paragraph (a)(iii) of Clause 31.5 (Electronic
communication) and the Agent shall be entitled to treat such person
as the person entitled to receive all such notices, communications,
information and documents as though that person were that
Lender.
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(d)
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Each
Secured Party shall supply the Agent with any information that the
Security Trustee may reasonably specify (through the Agent) as being
necessary or desirable to enable the Security Trustee to perform its
functions as security trustee. Each Lender shall deal with the
Security Trustee exclusively through the Agent and shall not deal directly
with the Security Trustee.
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26.15
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Credit
appraisal by the Lenders
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Without
affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by it or on
its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender confirms to the
Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers that it has been, and will continue to be,
solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of
all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document including but
not limited to:
(a)
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the
financial condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status and
nature of each member of the Group;
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(b)
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the
legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any
Finance Document and the Transaction Security and any other agreement,
arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of,
under or in connection with any Finance Document or the Transaction
Security;
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(c)
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whether
that Lender has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse,
against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection
with any Finance Document, the Transaction Security, the transactions
contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement
or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in
connection with any Finance
Document;
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the
adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of the Information Memorandum and
any other information provided by the Agent, the Security Trustee, any
Party or by any other person under or in connection with any Finance
Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any
other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in
anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document;
and
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(e)
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the
right or title of any person in or to, or the value or sufficiency of any
part of the Charged Property, the priority of any of the Transaction
Security or the existence of any Security affecting the Charged
Property,
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and each
Lender warrants to the Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers that it has not
relied on and will not at any time rely on the Agent or the Mandated Lead
Arrangers in respect of any of these matters.
26.16
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Reference
Banks
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If a
Reference Bank (or, if a Reference Bank is not a Lender, the Lender of which it
is an Affiliate) ceases to be a Lender, the Agent shall (in consultation with
the Borrower) appoint another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender to replace that
Reference Bank.
26.17
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Agent’s
Management Time
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Any
amount payable to the Agent under Clause 16.3 (Indemnity to the Agent),
Clause 18 (Costs and
expenses) and Clause 26.10 (Lenders’ indemnity to the
Agent) shall include the cost of utilising the Agent’s management time or
other resources and will be calculated on the basis of such reasonable daily or
hourly rates as the Agent may notify to the Borrower and the Lenders, and is in
addition to any fee paid or payable to the Agent under Clause 13 (Fees).
26.18
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Deduction
from amounts payable by the Agent
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If any
Party owes an amount to the Agent under the Finance Documents the Agent may,
after giving notice to that Party, deduct an amount not exceeding that amount
from any payment to that Party which the Agent would otherwise be obliged to
make under the Finance Documents and apply the amount deducted in or towards
satisfaction of the amount owed. For the purposes of the Finance
Documents that Party shall be regarded as having received any amount so
deducted.
27.
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CONDUCT
OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES
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No
provision of this Agreement will:
(a)
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interfere
with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax or
otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks
fit;
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(b)
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oblige
any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or
repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim;
or
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oblige
any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax
or otherwise) or any computations in respect of
Tax.
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28.
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SHARING
AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES
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28.1
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Payments
to Finance Parties
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If a
Finance Party (a “Recovering
Finance Party”) receives or recovers any amount from an Obligor other
than in accordance with Clause 29 (Payment mechanics) (a “Recovered Amount”) and applies
that amount to a payment due under the Finance Documents then:
(a)
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the
Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days, notify details
of the receipt or recovery, to the
Agent;
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(b)
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the
Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in excess of the
amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid had the receipt
or recovery been received or made by the Agent and distributed in
accordance with Clause 29 (Payment mechanics),
without taking account of any Tax which would be imposed on the Agent in
relation to the receipt, recovery or distribution;
and
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(c)
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the
Recovering Finance Party shall, within three Business Days of demand by
the Agent, pay to the Agent an amount (the “Sharing Payment”) equal
to such receipt or recovery less any amount which the Agent determines may
be retained by the Recovering Finance Party as its share of any payment to
be made, in accordance with Clause 29.5 (Partial
payments).
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28.2
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Redistribution
of payments
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The Agent
shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been paid by the relevant Obligor
and distribute it between the Finance Parties (other than the Recovering Finance
Party) (the “Sharing Finance
Parties”) in accordance with Clause 29.5 (Partial payments) towards the
obligations of that Obligor to the Sharing Finance Parties.
28.3
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Recovering
Finance Party’s rights
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On a
distribution by the Agent under Clause 28.2 (Redistribution of payments)
of a payment received by a Recovering Finance Party from an Obligor as between
the relevant Obligor and the Recovering Finance Party, an amount of the
Recovered Amount equal to the Sharing Payment will be treated as not having been
paid by that Obligor.
28.4
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Reversal
of redistribution
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If any
part of the Sharing Payment received or recovered by a Recovering Finance Party
becomes repayable and is repaid by that Recovering Finance Party,
then:
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(a)
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each
Sharing Finance Party shall, upon request of the Agent, pay to the Agent
for the account of that Recovering Finance Party an amount equal to the
appropriate part of its share of the Sharing Payment (together with an
amount as is necessary to reimburse that Recovering Finance Party for its
proportion of any interest on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering
Finance Party is required to pay) (the “Redistributed Amount”);
and
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(b)
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as
between the relevant Obligor and each relevant Sharing Finance Party, an
amount equal to the relevant Redistributed Amount will be treated as not
having been paid by that Obligor.
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28.5
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Exceptions
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(a)
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This
Clause 28 shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party
would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid
and enforceable claim against the relevant
Obligor.
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(b)
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A
Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other Finance
Party any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has received or
recovered as a result of taking legal or arbitration proceedings,
if:
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(i)
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it
notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration proceedings;
and
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(ii)
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that
other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those legal or
arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably
practicable having received notice and did not take separate legal or
arbitration proceedings.
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SECTION
13
ADMINISTRATION
29.
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PAYMENT
MECHANICS
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29.1
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Payments
to the Agent
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(a)
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On
each date on which an Obligor or a Lender is required to make a payment
under a Finance Document, that Obligor or Lender shall make the same
available to the Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance
Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds
specified by the Agent as being customary at the time for settlement of
transactions in the relevant currency in the place of
payment.
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(b)
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Payment
shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the
country of that currency with such bank as the Agent
specifies.
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29.2
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Distributions
by the Agent
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Each
payment received by the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party
shall, subject to Clause 29.3 (Distributions to an Obligor),
Clause 29.4 (Clawback)
and Clause 26.18 (Deduction
from amounts payable by the Agent) be made available by the Agent as soon
as practicable after receipt to the Party entitled to receive payment in
accordance with this Agreement (in the case of a Lender, for the account of its
Facility Office), to such account as that Party may notify to the Agent by not
less than five (5) Business Days’ notice with a bank in the principal financial
centre of the country of that currency.
29.3
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Distributions
to an Obligor
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The Agent
may (with the consent of the Obligor or in accordance with Clause 30 (Set-off)) apply any amount
received by it for that Obligor in or towards payment (on the date and in the
currency and funds of receipt) of any amount due from that Obligor under the
Finance Documents or in or towards purchase of any amount of any currency to be
so applied.
29.4
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Clawback
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(a)
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Where
a sum is to be paid to the Agent under the Finance Documents for another
Party, the Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or to
enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it has been
able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that
sum.
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(b)
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If
the Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case
that the Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to
whom that amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was
paid by the Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Agent together
with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of
receipt by the Agent, calculated by the Agent to reflect its cost of
funds.
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29.5
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Partial
payments
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(a)
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If
the Agent receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the
amounts then due and payable by an Obligor under the Finance Documents,
the Agent shall apply that payment towards the obligations of that Obligor
under the Finance Documents in the following
order:
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(i)
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first,
in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid
fees, costs and expenses of the Agent, the Security Trustee (including of
any Receiver or Delegate) and the Mandated Lead Arrangers under the
Finance Documents;
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(ii)
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secondly,
in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued
interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this
Agreement;
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(iii)
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thirdly,
in or towards payment pro rata of any
principal due but unpaid under this Agreement;
and
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(iv)
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fourthly,
in or towards payment pro rata of any other
sum due but unpaid under the Finance
Documents.
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(b)
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The
Agent shall, if so directed by the Majority Lenders, vary the order set
out in paragraphs (a)(ii) to (iv)
above.
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(c)
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Paragraphs
(a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by an
Obligor.
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29.6
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No
set-off by Obligors
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All
payments to be made by an Obligor under the Finance Documents shall be
calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off
or counterclaim.
29.7
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Business
Days
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(a)
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Any
payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall
be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is
one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is
not).
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(b)
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During
any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum
under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at
the rate payable on the original due
date.
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29.8
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Currency
of account
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(a)
|
Subject
to paragraphs (b) and (c) below, dollars is the currency of account and
payment for any sum from an Obligor under any Finance
Document.
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(b)
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Each
payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the
currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are
incurred.
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(c)
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Any
amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than dollars shall be
paid in that other currency.
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29.9
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Change
of currency
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(a)
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Unless
otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit
are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the
lawful currency of that country,
then:
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(i)
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any
reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under
the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated
into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated
by the Agent (after consultation with the Borrower);
and
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(ii)
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any
translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the
official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the
conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or
down by the Agent (acting
reasonably).
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(b)
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If
a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the
extent the Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the
Borrower) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any
generally accepted conventions and market practice in the Relevant
Interbank Market and otherwise to reflect the change in
currency.
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29.10
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Disruption
to Payment Systems etc.
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If either
the Agent determines (in its discretion) that a Disruption Event has occurred or
the Agent is notified by the Borrower that a Disruption Event has
occurred:
(a)
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the
Agent may, and shall if requested to do so by the Borrower, consult with
the Borrower with a view to agreeing with the Borrower such changes to the
operation or administration of the Facility as the Agent may deem
necessary in the circumstances;
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(b)
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the
Agent shall not be obliged to consult with the Borrower in relation to any
changes mentioned in paragraph (a) if, in its opinion, it is not
practicable to do so in the circumstances and, in any event, shall have no
obligation to agree to such
changes;
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(c)
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the
Agent may consult with the Finance Parties in relation to any changes
mentioned in paragraph (a) but shall not be obliged to do so if, in its
opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the
circumstances;
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(d)
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any
such changes agreed upon by the Agent and the Borrower shall (whether or
not it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred) be
binding upon the Parties as an amendment to (or, as the case may be,
waiver of) the terms of the Finance Documents notwithstanding the
provisions of Clause 35 (Amendments and
Waivers);
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(e)
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the
Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses
whatsoever (including, without limitation for negligence, gross
negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including
any claim based on the fraud of the Agent) arising as a result of its
taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to or in connection with
this Clause 29.10; and
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(f)
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the
Agent shall notify the Finance Parties of all changes agreed pursuant to
paragraph (d) above.
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30.
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SET-OFF
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A Finance
Party may set off any matured obligation due from an Obligor under the Finance
Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party) against any
matured obligation owed by that Finance Party to that Obligor, regardless of the
place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If
the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance Party may convert
either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business
for the purpose of the set-off.
31.
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NOTICES
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31.1
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Communications
in writing
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Any
communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall
be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by fax or
letter.
31.2
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Addresses
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The
address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose
attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication
or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with the Finance
Documents is:
(a)
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in
the case of the Borrower, that identified with its name
below;
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(b)
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in
the case of each Lender or any other Obligor, that notified in writing to
the Agent on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Party;
and
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(c)
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in
the case of the Agent and Security Trustee, that identified with its name
below,
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or any
substitute address or fax number or department or officer as the Party may
notify to the Agent (or the Agent may notify to the other Parties, if a change
is made by the Agent) by not less than five (5) Business Days’
notice.
31.3
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Delivery
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(a)
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Any
communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under
or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be
effective:
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(i)
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if
by way of fax, when received in legible form;
or
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if
by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five
(5) Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an
envelope addressed to it at that
address,
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and, if a
particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details
provided under Clause 31.2 (Addresses), if addressed to
that department or officer.
(b)
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Any
communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent or to the
Security Trustee will be effective only when actually received by the
Agent or the Security Trustee and then only if it is expressly marked for
the attention of the department or officer identified with the Agent’s or
the Security Trustee’s signature below (or any substitute department or
officer as the Agent shall specify for this
purpose).
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(c)
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All
notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through the
Agent.
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(d)
|
Any
communication or document made or delivered to the Borrower in accordance
with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to the each
of the Guarantors.
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(e)
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All
notices to a Lender from the Security Trustee shall be sent through the
Agent.
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31.4
|
Notification
of address and fax number
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Promptly
upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of address
or fax number pursuant to Clause 31.2 (Addresses) or changing its
own address or fax number, the Agent shall notify the other
Parties.
31.5
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Electronic
communication
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(a)
|
Any
communication to be made between the Agent or the Security Trustee and a
Lender or the Obligors under or in connection with the Finance Documents
may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means, if the Agent,
the Security Trustee and the relevant Lender or
Obligor:
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(i)
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agree
that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted
form of communication;
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(ii)
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notify
each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other
information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by
that means; and
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(iii)
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notify
each other of any change to their address or any other such information
supplied by them.
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Any
electronic communication made between the Agent and a Lender, Obligor or
the Security Trustee will be effective only when actually received in
readable form and in the case of any electronic communication made by a
Lender or Obligor to the Agent or the Security Trustee only if it is
addressed in such a manner as the Agent or Security Trustee shall specify
for this purpose.
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31.6
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English
language
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(a)
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Any
notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in
English.
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(b)
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All
other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document
must be:
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(i)
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in
English; or
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(ii)
|
if
not in English, and if so required by the Agent, accompanied by a
certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation
will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other
official document.
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32.
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CALCULATIONS
AND CERTIFICATES
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32.1
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Accounts
|
In any
litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a
Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by a Finance Party
are prima facie
evidence of the matters to which they relate.
32.2
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Certificates
and determinations
|
Any
certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under any
Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of
the matters to which it relates.
32.3
|
Day
count convention
|
Any
interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue from
day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed
and a year of 360 days or, in any case where the practice in the Relevant
Interbank Market differs, in accordance with that market practice.
33.
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PARTIAL
INVALIDITY
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If, at
any time, any provision of the Finance Documents is or becomes illegal, invalid
or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the
legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the
legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any
other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.
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REMEDIES
AND WAIVERS
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No
failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Secured
Party or the Mandated Lead Arrangers, any right or remedy under the Finance
Documents shall operate as a waiver of any such right or remedy or constitute an
election to affirm any of the Finance Documents. No election to
affirm any of the Finance Documents on the part of any Secured Party or the
Mandated Lead Arrangers shall be effective unless it is in
writing. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy shall
prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or
remedy. The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by
law.
35.
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AMENDMENTS
AND WAIVERS
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35.1
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Required
consents
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(a)
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Subject
to Clause 35.2 (Exceptions) any term of
the Finance Documents may be amended or waived only with the consent of
the Majority Lenders and the Obligors and any such amendment or waiver
will be binding on all Parties.
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(b)
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The
Agent, or in respect of the Security Documents the Security Trustee, may
effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver permitted
by this Clause.
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35.2
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Exceptions
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(a)
|
An
amendment or waiver that has the effect of changing or which relates
to:
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(i)
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the
definition of “Majority Lenders” in Clause 1.1 (Definitions);
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(ii)
|
an
extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance
Documents;
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(iii)
|
a
reduction in the Margin or a reduction in the amount of any payment of
principal, interest, fees or commission
payable;
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(iv)
|
an
increase in or an extension of any
Commitment;
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(v)
|
a
change to the Borrower or
Guarantors;
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(vi)
|
any
provision which expressly requires the consent of all the
Lenders;;
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(vii)
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Clause
2.2 (Finance Parties’
rights and obligations), Clause 24 (Changes to the Lenders)
or this Clause 35;
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(viii)
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the
nature or scope of the guarantee and indemnity granted under Clause 19
(Guarantee and
indemnity); or
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the
nature or scope of the Charged Property, the Transaction Security or the
manner in which the proceeds of enforcement of the Transaction Security
are distributed,
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shall not
be made without the prior consent of all the Lenders.
(b)
|
An
amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the
Agent, the Security Trustee or the Mandated Lead Arrangers (each in their
capacity as such) may not be effected without the consent of the Agent,
the Security Trustee or the Mandated Lead Arrangers as the case may
be.
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36.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
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36.1
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Confidential
Information
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Each
Finance Party agrees to keep all Confidential Information confidential and not
to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by Clause 36.2 (Disclosure of Confidential
Information), and to ensure that all Confidential Information is
protected with security measures and a degree of care that would apply to its
own confidential information.
36.2
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Disclosure
of Confidential Information
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Any
Finance Party may disclose:
(a)
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to
any of its Affiliates and Related Funds and any of its or their officers,
directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and
Representatives such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall
consider appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is
to be given pursuant to this paragraph (a) is informed in writing of its
confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information
may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such
requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional
obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is
otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the
Confidential Information;
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(b)
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to
any person:
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(i)
|
to
(or through) whom it assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or
transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more
Finance Documents and to any of that person’s Affiliates, Related Funds,
Representatives and professional
advisers;
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(ii)
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with
(or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether
directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other
transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by
reference to, one or more Finance Documents and/or one or more Obligors
and to any of that person’s Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and
professional advisers;
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appointed
by any Finance Party or by a person to whom sub paragraph (b)(i) or (ii)
above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents
delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf (including,
without limitation, any person appointed under paragraph (c) of Clause
26.14 (Relationship with
the Lenders));
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(iv)
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who
invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or
otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in
paragraph b(i) or (b)(ii) above;
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(v)
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to
whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of
competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other
regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock
exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or
regulation;
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(vi)
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to
whom or for whose benefit that Finance Party charges, assigns or otherwise
creates Security (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 24.8 (Security over Lenders’
rights);
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(vii)
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to
whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for
the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other
investigations, proceedings or
disputes;
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(viii)
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who
is a Party; or
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(ix)
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with
the consent of the Borrower;
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in each
case, such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider
appropriate if:
(A)
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in
relation to paragraphs (b)(i), (b)(ii) and b(iii) above, the person to
whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a
Confidentiality Undertaking except that there shall be no requirement for
a Confidentiality Undertaking if the recipient is a professional adviser
and is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality
of the Confidential Information;
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(B)
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in
relation to paragraph (b)(iv) above, the person to whom the Confidential
Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking
or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to
the Confidential Information they receive and is informed that some or all
of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive
information;
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in
relation to paragraphs (b)(v), (b)(vi) and (b)(vii) above, the person to
whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its
confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information
may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no
requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of that Finance Party, it is
not practicable so to do in the
circumstances;
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(c)
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to
any person appointed by that Finance Party or by a person to whom
paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above applies to provide administration or
settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents
including without limitation, in relation to the trading of participations
in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may
be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any
of the services referred to in this paragraph (c) if the service provider
to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a
confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master
Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service
Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between
the Borrower and the relevant Finance
Party;
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(d)
|
to
any rating agency (including its professional advisers) such Confidential
Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such rating
agency to carry out its normal rating activities in relation to the
Finance Documents and/or the
Obligors.
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36.3
|
Entire
agreement
|
This
Clause 36 (Confidentiality) constitutes
the entire agreement between the Parties in relation to the obligations of the
Finance Parties under the Finance Documents regarding Confidential Information
and supersedes any previous agreement, whether express or implied, regarding
Confidential Information.
36.4
|
Inside
information
|
Each of
the Finance Parties acknowledges that some or all of the Confidential
Information is or may be price-sensitive information and that the use of such
information may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including
securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and each of the
Finance Parties undertakes not to use any Confidential Information for any
unlawful purpose.
36.5
|
Notification
of disclosure
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Each of
the Finance Parties agrees (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to
inform the Borrower:
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of
the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made
pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of Clause 36.2 (Disclosure of Confidential
Information) except where such disclosure is made to any of the
persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its
supervisory or regulatory function;
and
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(b)
|
upon
becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach
of this Clause 36 (Confidentiality).
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36.6
|
Continuing
obligations
|
The
obligations in this Clause 36 (Confidentiality) are
continuing and, in particular, shall survive and remain binding on each Finance
Party for a period of twelve months from the earlier of:
(a)
|
the
date on which all amounts payable by the Obligors under or in connection
with this Agreement have been paid in full and all Commitments have been
cancelled or otherwise cease to be available;
and
|
(b)
|
the
date on which such Finance Party otherwise ceases to be a Finance
Party.
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37.
|
COUNTERPARTS
|
Each
Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the
same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of
the Finance Document.
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SECTION
14
GOVERNING
LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
38.
|
GOVERNING
LAW
|
This
Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection
with it is governed by English law.
39.
|
ENFORCEMENT
|
39.1
|
Jurisdiction
|
(a)
|
The
courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute
relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or
the consequences of its nullity or any non-contractual obligations arising
out of or in connection with this Agreement) (a “Dispute”).
|
(b)
|
The
Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and
convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue
to the contrary.
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(c)
|
This
Clause 39.1 (Jurisdiction) is for
the benefit of the Finance Parties only. As a result, and
notwithstanding paragraph (a) of Clause 39.1, any Finance Party may take
proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with
jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Finance Parties
may take concurrent proceedings in any number of
jurisdictions.
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39.2
|
Service
of process
|
Without
prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each
Obligor (other than an Obligor incorporated in England and Wales):
(a)
|
irrevocably
appoints Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited as its agent for service
of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in
connection with any Finance Document;
and
|
(b)
|
agrees
that failure by an agent for service of process to notify the relevant
Obligor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings
concerned.
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39.3
|
Waiver
of Immunity
|
The
Borrower waives generally all immunity it or its assets or revenues may
otherwise have in any jurisdiction, including immunity in respect
of:
(a)
|
the
giving of any relief by way of injunction or order for specific
performance or for the recovery of assets or revenues;
and
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the
issue of any process against its assets or revenues for the enforcement of
a judgment or, in an action in rem, for the arrest,
detention or sale of any of its assets and
revenues.
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This
Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this
Agreement.
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SCHEDULE
1
THE ORIGINAL PARTIES
THE ORIGINAL PARTIES
PART
I
The
Original Borrower
Name
of Borrower
|
|
FX
Energy Poland sp. z o.o.
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PART
II
The Original Guarantors
The Original Guarantors
Name
of Guarantor
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FX
Energy, Inc.
|
Frontier
Exploration Company and FX Drilling Company, Inc. in their capacity
of general partners of FX Energy Netherlands Partnership
C.V.
|
FX
Energy Netherlands B.V.
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PART
III
The
Original Lenders
Name
of Original Lender
|
Commitment
|
The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
|
US$
20,000,000
|
ING
Bank N.V.
|
US$
20,000,000
|
KBC
Bank NV
|
US$
15,000,000
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SCHEDULE
2
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
PART
I
Conditions
Precedent to Initial Utilisation
1.
|
Corporate
Documents
|
(a)
|
A
copy of the constitutional documents of each Non-Dutch
Obligor.
|
(b)
|
A
copy of a resolution of the board of directors of each Non-Dutch
Obligor:
|
(i)
|
approving
the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents
to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents
to which it is a party;
|
(ii)
|
authorising
a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it
is a party on its behalf; and
|
(iii)
|
authorising
a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all
documents, powers of attorney, deeds and notices (including, if relevant,
any Utilisation Request) to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in
connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a
party.
|
(c)
|
A
specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution
referred to in paragraph (b) above.
|
(d)
|
A
certificate of each Original Obligor (signed by a director or partner (as
applicable) of
each Original Obligor) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as
appropriate, the Total Commitments would not cause any borrowing,
guaranteeing or similar limit binding on any Original Obligor to be
exceeded.
|
(e)
|
A
certificate of each Original Obligor (signed by a director) confirming its
solvency and confirming that it has not registered any establishment with
the Registrar of Companies in England and
Wales.
|
(f)
|
A
certificate of an authorised signatory of the relevant Original Obligor
certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Part I
is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier
than the date of this Agreement.
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(g)
|
The
Group Structure Chart certified by the Parent as being true at the date of
this Agreement.
|
(h)
|
A
copy of the articles of association (statuten) as well as an
extract (uittreksel) from the
Dutch Commercial Register (Handelsregister) of FX
Energy Netherlands B.V. and a copy of the limited partnership agreement
(c.v.
overeenkomst) dated 23 December 1997 as supplemented by
the Addendum (as defined below) (the “Association Agreement”)
as well as an extract (uittreksel) from the
Dutch Commercial Register (Handelsregister) of FX
Energy Netherlands Partnership C.V.
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(i)
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A
copy of a resolution of the board of managing directors or general
partners of the Dutch Obligors:
|
(i)
|
approving
the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents
to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents
to which it is a party;
|
(ii)
|
if
applicable, authorising a specified person or persons to execute the
Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf;
and
|
(iii)
|
if
applicable, authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to
sign and/or despatch all documents and notices (including, if relevant,
any Utilisation Request) to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in
connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a
party.
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(j)
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A
copy of the resolution of the shareholder of FX Energy Netherlands B.V.
and of the resolution of the limited member of FX Energy Netherlands
Partnership C.V. approving the resolutions of the board of managing
directors or general partners referred to under paragraph (i) above and in
the case of FX Energy Netherlands B.V. only, appointing an authorised
person to represent the relevant Dutch Obligor in case of a conflict of
interest.
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(k)
|
A
specimen of the signature of each member of the board of managing
directors of each Dutch Obligor and, if applicable, each person authorised
by the resolutions referred to in paragraph (i) sub-paragraph (ii) and/or
(iii) above in relation to the Finance
Documents.
|
(l)
|
A
copy of the executed Addendum to the Association Agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to the Lenders (the “Addendum”).
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2.
|
Transaction
Documents
|
(a)
|
The
following Security Documents duly executed by the relevant Original
Obligors and the Security Trustee:
|
(i)
|
Polish
Financial Pledge over Shares;
|
(ii)
|
Polish
Registered Pledge over Shares;
|
(iii)
|
Polish
Financial Pledge over Bank
Accounts;
|
(iv)
|
Polish
Registered Pledge over Bank
Accounts;
|
(v)
|
Polish
Registered Pledge over Moveable
Assets;
|
(vi)
|
Dutch
Share Pledge;
|
(vii)
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Assignment
of Insurances;
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Assignment
of Hedging Agreements;
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(ix)
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Assignment
of Intercompany Loans;
|
(x)
|
Assignment
of Gas Sale Agreements; and
|
(xi)
|
Intercreditor
Deed.
|
(b)
|
An
executed copy of this Agreement.
|
(c)
|
A
copy of all Field Documents listed in Schedule 12 (Schedule of Field
Documents).
|
(d)
|
A
copy of any notices of assignment and/or a motion to be filed for
registration at the relevant register required pursuant to any Security
Document.
|
(e)
|
Executed
copies of the Letters of Release.
|
(f)
|
An
executed copy of the Account Bank
Agreement.
|
3.
|
Bank
Accounts
|
(a)
|
A
letter from the Borrower to the Agent specifying each of the accounts
subject to or intended to be subject to the Transaction Security including
details of the account name, account number and the name and address of
the bank or financial institution where the account is
held.
|
(b)
|
A
copy of notice(s) executed by the Borrower addressed to and acknowledged
by the banks or financial institutions holding the secured Project
Accounts.
|
4.
|
Shares
|
(a)
|
All
share certificates and stock transfer forms duly executed by FX Energy
Poland sp z o.o and FX Energy Netherlands B.V. in blank in relation to the
certificated shares subject to or expressed to be subject to the
Transaction Security.
|
(b)
|
A
copy of the register of members or shareholders register of FX Energy
Poland sp z o.o and FX Energy Netherlands
B.V.
|
(c)
|
A
copy of any shareholders’ agreement or resolution amending or varying the
rights attaching to the shares of FX Energy Poland sp z o.o and FX Energy
Netherlands B.V.
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Insurance
|
(a)
|
A
letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, from Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP insurance broker dated the date of this Agreement
addressed to the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Security Trustee
and the Lenders confirming (i) the insurance policies of the Group at the
date of this Agreement and that such policies are in full force and effect
and (ii) the Insurance Policies relating to the Borrower name the Security
Trustee as loss payee and co-insured and/or additional insured, the
Borrower as principal insured.
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(b)
|
A
copy of all insurance policies required pursuant to Clause 22.12 (Insurance).
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6.
|
Legal
opinions
|
(a)
|
A
legal opinion of Xxxxxxxx Chance LLP, legal advisers to the Mandated Lead
Arrangers and the Agent in England, substantially in the form distributed
to the Original Lenders prior to signing this
Agreement.
|
(b)
|
A
legal opinion of Xxxxxxxx Chance LLP, legal advisers to the Mandated Lead
Arrangers and the Agent in Poland, substantially in the form distributed
to the Original Lenders prior to signing this
Agreement.
|
(c)
|
A
legal opinion of Xxxxxxxx Chance LLP, legal advisers to the Mandated Lead
Arrangers and the Agent in Amsterdam, substantially in the form
distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing this
Agreement.
|
(d)
|
A
legal opinion of Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxx, LLC, legal advisers to
the Parent in Utah, substantially in the form distributed to the Original
Lenders prior to signing this
Agreement.
|
(e)
|
A
legal opinion of Xxxxxxxx and Wedge legal advisers to the Parent in
Nevada, substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders
prior to signing this Agreement.
|
7.
|
Other
documents and evidence
|
(a)
|
Evidence
that any agent for service of process referred to in Clause 39.2 (Service of process) has
accepted its
appointment.
|
(b)
|
Delivery
of the Hedging Policy.
|
(c)
|
The
Agreed Form of the Monthly Cash Flow
Projection.
|
(d)
|
A
copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance
which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified
the Borrower accordingly) in connection with the entry into and
performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or
for the validity and enforceability of any Finance
Document.
|
(e)
|
The
Original Financial Statements of each Original
Obligor.
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|
A
copy of the most recent Reserves Report from the Independent
Engineer.
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(g)
|
A
copy of the operations report required by Clause 21.4 (Operations
Report).
|
(h)
|
A
copy of the signed Compliance Certificate (including supporting documents)
required by Clause 21.6 (Compliance Certificate)
certifying compliance as of the date of this
Agreement.
|
(i)
|
Evidence
that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to
Clause 13 (Fees),
Clause 18 (Costs and
expenses) and Clause 14.6 (Stamp Taxes) have been
paid or will be paid by the first Utilisation
Date.
|
(j)
|
The
executed Fee Letters.
|
(k)
|
A
copy of the Xxxxxxxx Chance LLP legal due diligence report prepared in
relation to the Borrowing Base Assets and the relevant Field
Documents.
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(l)
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A
certificate issued by the Central Register of Treasury Pledges confirming
that the Borrower is not enrolled as
pledgor.
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(m)
|
Excerpts
from the Polish Register of Pledges confirming that there are no
registered pledges established over the assets of the Borrower save in
respect of the Existing Facility
Agreement.
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(n)
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A
copy of (i) the Initial Projection as agreed between all Lenders and the
Borrower and (ii) confirmation from the Borrower’s auditors as to the tax
position to be used in the Initial
Projection.
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(o)
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A
certified copy of all Subordinated Loan Agreements including all
amendments thereto.
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(p)
|
Any
other document required by a Lender for ‘know your customer’
purposes.
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PART
II
Conditions
Precedent Required To Be Delivered By An Additional Guarantor
(a)
|
An
Accession Letter, duly executed by the Additional Guarantor and the
Borrower.
|
(b)
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A
copy of the constitutional documents of the Additional
Guarantor.
|
(c)
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A
copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Additional
Guarantor:
|
(i)
|
approving
the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents
to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents
to which it is a party;
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authorising
a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it
is a party on its behalf; and
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(iii)
|
authorising
a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all
documents, powers of attorney, deeds and notices (including, if relevant,
any Utilisation Request) to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in
connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a
party.
|
(d)
|
A
specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution
referred to in paragraph (b) above.
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(e)
|
A
certificate of the Additional Guarantor (signed by a director of
the Additional Guarantor) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as
appropriate, the Total Commitments would not cause any borrowing,
guaranteeing or similar limit binding on any Original Obligor to be
exceeded.
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(f)
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A
certificate of the Additional Guarantor (signed by a director or
equivalent officer) confirming its solvency and confirming that it has not
registered any establishment with the Registrar of Companies in England
and Wales.
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(g)
|
A
certificate of an authorised signatory of the relevant Original Obligor
certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Part
II is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no
earlier than the date of this
Agreement.
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(h)
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The
Group Structure Chart certified by the Parent as being true at the date of
this Agreement.
|
(i)
|
A
copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance
which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable in connection with
the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by the
Accession Letter or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance
Document.
|
(j)
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If
available, the latest audited financial statements of the Additional
Guarantor.
|
(k)
|
A
certificate issued by the Central Register of Treasury Pledges confirming
that the Additional Guarantor incorporated in Poland is not enrolled as
pledgor.
|
(l)
|
Excerpts
from the Polish Register of Pledges confirming that there are no
registered pledges established over the assets of the Additional Guarantor
incorporated in Poland.
|
(m)
|
A
legal opinion of Xxxxxxxx Chance LLP, legal advisers to the Mandated Lead
Arrangers in England.
|
(n)
|
If
the Additional Guarantor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than
England and Wales, a legal opinion of the legal advisers to the Lenders in
the jurisdiction in which the Additional Guarantor is
incorporated.
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If
the proposed Additional Guarantor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other
than England and Wales, evidence that the agent for service of process
specified in Clause 39.2 (Service of process), if
not an Obligor, has accepted its appointment in relation to the proposed
Additional Guarantor.
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(p)
|
A
copy of the signed Compliance Certificate (including supporting documents)
required by Clause 21.6 (Compliance Certificate)
dated the date of the Accession
Letter.
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3
REDUCED COMMITMENTS
REDUCED COMMITMENTS
Reduction
Date
|
Total
Commitments
|
30 June 2013
|
USD 44,000,000
|
31 December 2013
|
USD 33,000,000
|
30 June 2014
|
USD 22,000,000
|
31 December 2014
|
USD 11,000,000
|
30 June 2015
|
0
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INITIAL BORROWING BASE ASSETS
INITIAL BORROWING BASE ASSETS
(a)
|
The
Borrower’s 24.5 per cent. interest in the mining usufruct for
exploitation over the deposit of natural gas located in the area of
Zaniemyśl municipality, Wielkopolskie Voivideship, known as the
“Zaniemyśl
Field” in accordance with the agreement on transfer of the mining
usufruct dated 30 June 2009 between the Borrower, CalEnergy Resources
Poland sp. z o.o. and PGNiG, relating to the agreement on establishment of
the mining usufruct dated 16 September 2008 between the Applicable Polish
Licensing Authority and PGNiG and relating to the Licence no. 12/2008
dated 16 September 2008 issued in favour of PGNiG (together with the
Borrower’s interests in all related facilities and
infrastructure).
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(b)
|
The
Borrower’s 49 per cent. interest in the mining usufruct for exploitation
over the deposit of natural gas located in the area of Jarocin city and
municipality and Jaraczewo municipality, Wielkopolskie voivodeship known
as the “Roszków
Field” in accordance with the agreement dated 28 May 2009 between
the Borrower and PGNiG, relating to the agreement on establishment of the
mining usufruct dated 26 February 2009 between the Applicable Polish
Licensing Authority and PGNiG and relating to the Licence no. 3/2009 dated
26 February 2009 issued in favour of PGNiG (together with the
Borrower’s interest in all related facilities and interests in all related
facilities and infrastructure).
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(c)
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The
Borrower’s 49
per cent. interest in the mining usufruct for exploration and appraisal of
crude oil and natural gas in the area of Września, Dominowo, Kleszczewo,
Kostrzyn, Krzykosy, Kórnik, Zaniemyśl, Miłosław, Mosina, Środa
Wielkopolska, Nekla, Nowe Miasto nad Xxxxx, Żerków municipalities and
Poznań and Puszczykowo cities, Wielkopolskie voivodeship, known as the
“Xxxxxx-Xxxxx
Area”, in accordance with the agreement regarding cooperation
within the Poznan Area dated 8 January 2003 between the Borrower and
PGNiG, relating to the agreement on establishment of the mining usufruct
dated 16 July 1996, as amended from time to time, between the Applicable
Polish Licensing Authority and PGNiG and relating to the Licence no.
32/96/p dated 19 July 1996, as amended from time to time, issued in favour
of PGNiG and the Borrower’s rights in connection to joint
operations of the Borrower and PGNiG in the Xxxxxx-Xxxxx Area relating to
exploitation of natural gas from the fields known as the “Kromolice Field”, “Kromolice S Field” and
“Środa
Wielkopolska Field”, located in the
Xxxxxx-Xxxxx Area, relating to the relevant agreements on
establishment of the mining usufruct rights for exploitation of natural
gas from these fields concluded between PGNiG and the State Treasury and
relating to the licences no. 8/2010, 9/2010 and 10/2010 dated 9 July 2010
for exploitation of natural gas from these fields issued in favour of
PGNiG.
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SCHEDULE
5
UTILISATION REQUEST
UTILISATION REQUEST
From:
FX Energy Poland sp. z o.o
To: [Agent]
Dated:
Dear
Sirs
FX
Energy Poland sp. z o.o – USD 55,000,000 Facility Agreement
dated
[•] August 2010 (the “Agreement”)
1.
|
We
refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation
Request. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning
in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning in this
Utilisation Request.
|
2.
|
We
wish to borrow a Loan on the following
terms:
|
Proposed
Utilisation Date:
|
[•]
(or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business
Day)
|
|
Currency
of Loan:
|
USD
|
|
Amount:
|
[•]
or, if less, the Available Facility
|
|
Interest
Period:
|
[•]
|
3.
|
We
confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.2 (Further conditions
precedent) is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation
Request.
|
4.
|
[The
proceeds of this Loan should be credited to the following Onshore Proceeds
Account [ ] .] / [This Utilisation pertains to a Rollover
Loan]
|
5.
|
This
Utilisation Request is irrevocable.
|
Yours
faithfully
_______________________
authorised signatory for
authorised signatory for
FX
Energy Poland sp. z o.o
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6
MANDATORY COST FORMULAE
MANDATORY COST FORMULAE
1.
|
The
Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders
for the cost of compliance with (a) the requirements of the Bank of
England and/or the Financial Services Authority (or, in either case, any
other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) or (b) the
requirements of the European Central
Bank.
|
2.
|
On
the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter)
the Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the “Additional Cost Rate”)
for each Lender, in accordance with the paragraphs set out
below. The Mandatory Cost will be calculated by the Agent as a
weighted average of the Lenders’ Additional Cost Rates (weighted in
proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender in the relevant
Loan) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per
annum.
|
3.
|
The
Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in a
Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that Lender
to the Agent. This percentage will be certified by that Lender
in its notice to the Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost
(expressed as a percentage of that Lender’s participation in all Loans
made from that Facility Office) of complying with the minimum reserve
requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans made from
that Facility Office.
|
4.
|
The
Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in the
United Kingdom will be calculated by the Agent as
follows:
|
E x 0.01 per cent. per
annum.
300
300
Where:
|
E
|
is
designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees Rules
and is calculated by the Agent as being the average of the most recent
rates of charge supplied by the Reference Banks to the Agent pursuant to
paragraph 7 below and expressed in pounds per
£1,000,000.
|
5.
|
For
the purposes of this Schedule:
|
(a)
|
“Fees Rules” means the
rules on periodic fees contained in the FSA Fees Manual or such other law
or regulation as may be in force from time to time in respect of the
payment of fees for the acceptance of
deposits;
|
(b)
|
“Fee Tariffs” means the
fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the activity group A.1
Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee required
pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount
rate); and
|
(c)
|
“Tariff Base” has the
meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the
Fees Rules.
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If
requested by the Agent, each Reference Bank shall, as soon as practicable
after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the
Agent, the rate of charge payable by that Reference Bank to the Financial
Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the relevant
financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated for this
purpose by that Reference Bank as being the average of the Fee Tariffs
applicable to that Reference Bank for that financial year) and expressed
in pounds per £1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of that Reference
Bank.
|
7.
|
Each
Lender shall supply any information required by the Agent for the purpose
of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but
without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following information on
or prior to the date on which it becomes a
Lender:
|
(a)
|
the
jurisdiction of its Facility Office;
and
|
(b)
|
any
other information that the Agent may reasonably require for such
purpose.
|
Each
Lender shall promptly notify the Agent of any change to the information provided
by it pursuant to this paragraph.
8.
|
the
rates of charge of each Reference Bank for the purpose of E above shall be
determined by the Agent based upon the information supplied to it pursuant
to paragraphs 7 above.
|
9.
|
The
Agent shall have no liability to any person if such determination results
in an Additional Cost Rate which over or under compensates any Lender and
shall be entitled to assume that the information provided by any Lender or
Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above is true and correct
in all respects.
|
10.
|
The
Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result of the
Mandatory Cost to the Lenders on the basis of the Additional Cost Rate for
each Lender based on the information provided by each Lender and each
Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8
above.
|
11.
|
Any
determination by the Agent pursuant to this Schedule in relation to a
formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any amount payable
to a Lender shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and
binding on all Parties.
|
12.
|
The
Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Borrower and the
Lenders, determine and notify to all Parties any amendments which are
required to be made to this Schedule in order to comply with any change in
law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the Bank
of England, the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank
(or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its
functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence of manifest
error, be conclusive and binding on all
Parties.
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7
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
To: [•]
as Agent
From:
|
[The Existing Lender]
(the “Existing
Lender”) and [The
New Lender] (the “New
Lender”)
|
Dated:
FX
Energy Poland sp. z o.o – USD 55,000,000 Facility Agreement
dated
[•] August 2010 (the “Agreement”)
1.
|
We
refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer
Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same
meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless given a different meaning in
this Transfer Certificate.
|
2.
|
We
refer to Clause 24.5 (Procedure for
transfer):
|
(a)
|
The
Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender
transferring to the New Lender by novation all or part of the Existing
Lender’s Commitment, rights and obligations referred to in the Schedule in
accordance with Clause 24.5 (Procedure for
transfer).
|
(b)
|
The
proposed Transfer Date is [•].
|
(c)
|
The
Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices
of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 31.2 (Addresses) are set out
in the Schedule.
|
3.
|
The
New Lender confirms, for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to
any Obligor, that it is:
|
(a)
|
[a
Qualifying Lender (which is not a Treaty
Lender;]
|
(b)
|
[a
Treaty Lender;]
|
(c)
|
[not
a Qualifying Lender].1
|
4.
|
The
New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender’s
obligations set out in paragraph (c) of Clause 24.4 (Limitation of responsibility
of Existing Lenders).
|
5.
|
[The
New Lender confirms that the person beneficially entitled to interest
payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance Document
is either:
|
(a)
|
a
company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes;
or
|
1
|
Delete
as applicable - each New Lender is required to confirm which of these
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(b)
|
a
partnership each member of which
is:
|
(i)
|
a
company so resident in the United Kingdom;
or
|
(ii)
|
a
company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in
the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into
account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section
19 of the CTA) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of
that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the CTA;
or
|
(c)
|
a
company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in
the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into
account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the
chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the CTA) of that
company.]
|
[4/5].
|
This
Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and
this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on
a single copy of this Transfer
Certificate.
|
[5/6].
|
This
Transfer Certificate [and any non-contractual obligations arising out of
or in connection with it] [is/are] governed by English
law.
|
[6/7].
|
This
Transfer Certificate has been entered into on the date stated at the
beginning of this Transfer
Certificate.
|
THE
SCHEDULE
Commitment/rights
and obligations to be transferred
[insert relevant
details]
[Facility Office address, fax number
and attention details for notices and account details for
payments,]
[Existing
Lender]
|
[New
Lender]
|
By:
|
By:
|
This
Transfer Certificate is accepted by the Agent and the Transfer Date is
confirmed as [•].
|
|
[Agent]
|
|
By:
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
To: [•]
as Agent and [•] as Borrower
From:
|
[the
Existing Lender]
(the “Existing
Lender”) and [the New Lender] (the “New
Lender”)
|
Dated:
FX Energy Poland sp. z o.o
– USD 55,000,000 Facility
Agreement
dated
[•] August 2010 (the “Agreement”)
1.
|
We
refer to the Agreement. This is an Assignment
Agreement. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning
in this Assignment Agreement unless given a different meaning in this
Assignment Agreement.
|
2.
|
We
refer to Clause 24.6 (Procedure for
assignment):
|
(a)
|
The
Existing Lender assigns absolutely to the New Lender all the rights of the
Existing Lender under the Agreement and the other Finance Documents which
relate to that portion of the Existing Lender’s Commitments and
participations in Loans under the Agreement as specified in the
Schedule.
|
(b)
|
The
Existing Lender is released from all the obligations of the Existing
Lender which correspond to that portion of the Existing Lender’s
Commitments and participations in Loans under the Agreement specified in
the Schedule.
|
(c)
|
The
New Lender becomes a Party as a Lender and is bound by obligations
equivalent to those from which the Existing Lender is released under
paragraph (b) above.
|
3.
|
The
proposed Transfer Date is [•].
|
4.
|
On
the Transfer Date the New Lender becomes Party to the Finance Documents as
a Lender.
|
5.
|
The
Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices
of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 31.2 (Addresses) are set out
in the Schedule.
|
6.
|
The
New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender’s
obligations set out in paragraph (c) of Clause 24.4 (Limitation of responsibility
of Existing Lenders).
|
7.
|
The
New Lender confirms, for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to
any Obligor, that it is:
|
(a)
|
[a
Qualifying Lender falling within paragraph (i)(A) [or paragraph (ii) of
the definition of Qualifying
Lender;]
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(b)
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[a
Treaty Lender;]
|
(c)
|
[not
a Qualifying Lender].2
|
8.
|
[The
New Lender confirms that the person beneficially entitled to interest
payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance Document
is either:
|
(a)
|
a
resident in Poland;
|
(b)
|
acting
through a Facility office established in Poland and constituting a
permanent establishment within the meaning of the relevant double taxation
agreement; or
|
a Treaty
Lender which has provided the Borrower with the Certificate of
Residence.]
[8/9].
|
This
Assignment Agreement acts as notice to the Agent (on behalf of each
Finance Party) and, upon delivery in accordance with Clause 24.7 (Copy of Transfer Certificate
or Assignment Agreement to Borrower), to the Borrower (on behalf of
each Obligor) of
the assignment referred to in this Assignment
Agreement.
|
[9/10].
|
This
Assignment Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and
this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on
a single copy of this Assignment
Agreement.
|
[10/11].
|
This
Assignment Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or
in connection with it is governed by English
law.
|
[11/12].
|
This
Assignment Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the
beginning of this Assignment
Agreement.
|
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|
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THE
SCHEDULE
Rights
to be assigned and obligations to be released and undertaken
[insert relevant
details]
[Facility
office address, fax number and attention details for notices and account details
for payments]
[Existing
Lender]
|
[New
Lender]
|
By:
|
By:
|
This
Assignment Agreement is accepted by the Agent and the Transfer Date is
confirmed as [•].
|
|
Signature
of this Assignment Agreement by the Agent constitutes confirmation by the
Agent of receipt of notice of the assignment referred to herein, which
notice the Agent receives on behalf of each Finance
Party.
|
|
[Agent]
|
|
By:
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SCHEDULE
9
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
To: [•]
as Agent
From: FX
Energy, Inc.
Dated:
Dear
Sirs
FX
Energy Poland sp. z o.o – USD 55,000,000 Facility Agreement
dated
[•] August 2010 (the “ Agreement”)
1.
|
We
refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance
Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same
meaning when used in this Compliance Certificate unless given a different
meaning in this Compliance
Certificate.
|
2.
|
We
confirm that as of the date of the last Monthly Cash Flow Projection, we
have sufficient funds available to meet all of the Group’s obligations as
and when they fall due for each month falling during the 12 month period
following the date of such Monthly Cash Flow
Projection.
|
3.
|
We
confirm that no Default or Event of Default is
continuing.
|
Signed:
|
|
Director
of
FX
ENERGY, INC.
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10
FORM OF GUARANTOR ACCESSION LETTER
FORM OF GUARANTOR ACCESSION LETTER
To: [Agent]
From: [Subsidiary]
and [Borrower]
Dated:
Dear
Sirs
FX Energy Poland sp. z o.o – USD
55,000,000 Facility
Agreement
dated
[•] August 2010 (the “Agreement”)
1.
|
We
refer to the Agreement. This is an Accession
Letter. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in
this Accession Letter unless given a different meaning in this Accession
Letter.
|
2.
|
[Subsidiary]
agrees to become an Additional Guarantor and to be bound by the terms of
the Agreement as an Additional Guarantor pursuant to Clause 25.2 (Additional Guarantors)
of the Agreement. [Subsidiary] is a company duly incorporated
under the laws of [name of relevant
jurisdiction].
|
3.
|
[Subsidiary’s]
administrative details are as
follows:
|
Address:
Fax
No:
Attention:
4.
|
This
Accession Letter is governed by English
law.
|
[This
Guarantor Accession Letter is entered into by deed.]
[Company] [Subsidiary]
By: By:
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11
EXISTING FINANCIAL INDEBTEDNESS
EXISTING FINANCIAL INDEBTEDNESS
1.
|
A
loan agreement with an effective date of 1 January 2006 between FX Energy
Netherlands B.V. and FX Energy Poland sp. z o.o. and all amendments
thereto.
|
2.
|
A
loan agreement with an effective date of 1 January 2006, between FX Energy
Netherlands Partnership C.V. and FX Energy Netherlands B.V. and all
amendments thereto.
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SCHEDULE
12
SCHEDULE OF FIELD DOCUMENTS
SCHEDULE OF FIELD DOCUMENTS
1.
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ZANIEMYŚL
FIELD
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(a)
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Licences
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(i)
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License
No. 12/2008 dated 16 September 2008 issued by the Minister of Environment
to the benefit of PGNiG.
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(b)
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Mining
usufruct
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(i)
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Mining
usufruct agreement dated 16 September 2008 between the State Treasury and
PGNiG; and
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(ii)
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Agreement
dated 30 June 2009 between PGNiG, the Borrower and CalEnergy
Resources Poland sp. z o.o. transferring 24.5 per cent. interest in the
mining usufruct to the Borrower.
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(c)
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Other
documents
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(i)
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The
Joint Operating Agreement covering the Greater Zaniemysl Area between
PGNiG, the Borrower and CalEnergy Resources Poland sp. z o.o., dated 27
October 2005;
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(ii)
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The
gas sale agreement dated 8 December 2005 relating to the Greater Zaniemysl
Area between the Borrower and PGNiG, as amended from time to
time.
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2.
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ROSZKÓW
FIELD
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(a)
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Licences
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(i)
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License
No. 3/2009 dated 26 February 2009 issued by the Minister of Environment to
the benefit of PGNiG.
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(b)
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Mining
usufruct
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(i)
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Mining
usufruct agreement dated 26 February 2009 between the State Treasury and
PGNiG; and
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(ii)
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Agreement
dated 28 May 2009 between PGNiG and the Borrower transferring
49 per cent. interest in the mining usufruct to the
Borrower.
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(c)
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Other
documents
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(i)
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The
joint operating agreement covering areas in the Foresudetic Moncline
between PGNiG and the Borrower, dated 12 May 2000;
and
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(ii)
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The
gas sale agreement relating the Roszków Field dated 19 June 2009 between
the Borrower and PGNiG.
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3.
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KROMOLICE
FIELD, KROMOLICE S FIELD AND ŚRODA WIELKOPOLSKA
FIELD
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(a)
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Licences
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(i)
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License
No. 32/96/p dated 19 July 1996 issued by the Minister of Environment to
the benefit of PGNiG, relating to exploration and processing in the
Xxxxxx-Xxxxx Area;
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(ii)
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License No. 8/2010
dated 9 July 2010 issued by the Minister of Environment in favour
of PGNiG, relating to exploitation from the Środa Wielkopolska
Field;
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(iii)
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License
No. 9/2010 dated 9 July 2010 issued by the Minister of Environment in
favour of PGNiG, relating to exploitation from the Kromolice Field;
and
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(iv)
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License
No. 10/2010 dated 9 July 2010 issued by the Minister of Environment in
favour of PGNiG, relating to exploitation from the Kromolice S
Field.
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(b)
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Mining
usufruct
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(i)
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Mining
usufruct agreement dated 16 July 1996, as amended from time to time,
between the State Treasury and PGNiG,
relating to exploration and processing in the Xxxxxx-Xxxxx
Area;
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(ii)
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Agreement
regarding cooperation within the Xxxxxx Xxxx 0 January 2003 between PGNiG
and the Borrower transferring 49 per cent. interest in the
mining usufruct for exploration and processing in the
Xxxxxx-Xxxxx Area to the
Borrower;
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(iii)
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Mining
usufruct agreement dated 9 July 2010 between the State Treasury and PGNiG,
relating to exploitation from the Środa Wielkopolska Field;
and
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(iv)
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Mining
usufruct agreement dated 9 July 2010 between the State Treasury and PGNiG,
relating to exploitation from the Kromolice Field;
and
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(v)
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Mining
usufruct agreement dated 9 July 2010 between the State Treasury and PGNiG,
relating to exploitation from the Kromolice S
Field.
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(c)
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Other
documents
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(i)
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The
Joint Operating Agreement covering Poznan Area between PGNiG and the
Borrower, dated 1 June 2004.
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LMA FORM OF CONFIDENTIALITY UNDERTAKING
LMA FORM OF CONFIDENTIALITY UNDERTAKING
[Letterhead
of Seller]
To:
[insert
name of Potential Purchaser]
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Re: The Agreement
Company: (the
“Company”)
Date:
Amount:
Agent:
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Dear
Sirs
We
understand that you are considering acquiring an interest in the Agreement
which, subject to the Agreement, may be by way of novation, assignment, the
entering into, whether directly or indirectly, of a sub-participation or any
other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by
reference to one or more Finance Documents and/or one or more Obligors or by way
of investing in or otherwise financing, directly or indirectly, any such
novation, assignment, sub-participation or other transaction (the “Acquisition”). In
consideration of us agreeing to make available to you certain information, by
your signature of a copy of this letter you agree as follows:
1.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
UNDERTAKING
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You
undertake (a) to keep all Confidential Information confidential and not to
disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by paragraph 2 below and to
ensure that all Confidential Information is protected with security measures and
a degree of care that would apply to your own confidential information, and (b)
until the Acquisition is completed to use the Confidential Information only for
the Permitted Purpose.
2.
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PERMITTED
DISCLOSURE
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We agree
that you may disclose:
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to
any of your Affiliates and any of your or their officers, directors,
employees, professional advisers and auditors such Confidential
Information as you shall consider appropriate if any person to whom the
Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph 2.1 is
informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of
such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information, except
that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is
subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the
information or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in
relation to the Confidential
Information;
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2.2
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subject
to the requirements of the Agreement, to any
person:
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(a)
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to
(or through) whom you assign or transfer (or may potentially assign or
transfer) all or any of your rights and/or obligations which you may
acquire under the Agreement such Confidential Information as you shall
consider appropriate if the person to whom the Confidential Information is
to be given pursuant to this sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 2.2 has
delivered a letter to you in equivalent form to this
letter;
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(b)
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with
(or through) whom you enter into (or may potentially enter into) any
sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which
payments are to be made or may be made by reference to the Agreement or
any Obligor such Confidential Information as you shall consider
appropriate if the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be
given pursuant to this sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 2.2 has delivered a
letter to you in equivalent form to this
letter;
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(c)
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to
whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any
governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar
body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any
applicable law or regulation such Confidential Information as you shall
consider appropriate; and
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2.3
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notwithstanding
paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2 above, Confidential Information to such persons to
whom, and on the same terms as, a Finance Party is permitted to disclose
Confidential Information under the Agreement, as if such permissions were
set out in full in this letter and as if references in those permissions
to Finance Party were references to
you.
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3.
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NOTIFICATION
OF DISCLOSURE
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You agree
(to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform us:
3.1
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of
the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made
pursuant to sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 2.2 above except where such
disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph
during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function;
and
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3.2
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upon
becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach
of this letter.
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RETURN
OF COPIES
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If you do
not enter into the Acquisition and we so request in writing, you shall return
all Confidential Information supplied to you by us and destroy or permanently
erase (to the extent technically practicable) all copies of Confidential
Information made by you and use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that anyone
to whom you have supplied any Confidential Information destroys or permanently
erases (to the extent technically practicable) such Confidential Information and
any copies made by them, in each case save to the extent that you or the
recipients are required to retain any such Confidential Information by any
applicable law, rule or regulation or by any competent judicial, governmental,
supervisory or regulatory body or in accordance with internal policy, or where
the Confidential Information has been disclosed under sub-paragraph (c) of
paragraph 2.2 above.
5.
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CONTINUING
OBLIGATIONS
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The
obligations in this letter are continuing and, in particular, shall survive and
remain binding on you until (a) if you acquire an interest in the Agreement by
way of novation, the date on which you acquire such an interest; (b) if you
enter into the Acquisition other than by way of novation, the date falling
twelve (12) months after termination of that Acquisition; or (c) in any other
case twelve (12) months after the date of this letter.
6.
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NO
REPRESENTATION; CONSEQUENCES OF BREACH,
ETC
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You
acknowledge and agree that:
6.1
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neither
we, nor any member of the Group nor any of our or their respective
officers, employees or advisers (each a “Relevant Person”) (i)
make any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to, or assume
any responsibility for, the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any
of the Confidential Information or any other information supplied by us or
the assumptions on which it is based or (ii) shall be under any obligation
to update or correct any inaccuracy in the Confidential Information or any
other information supplied by us or be otherwise liable to you or any
other person in respect of the Confidential Information or any such
information; and
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6.2
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we
or members of the Group may be irreparably harmed by the breach of the
terms of this letter and damages may not be an adequate remedy; each
Relevant Person may be granted an injunction or specific performance for
any threatened or actual breach of the provisions of this letter by
you.
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7.
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ENTIRE
AGREEMENT: NO WAIVER; AMENDMENTS,
ETC
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7.1
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This
letter constitutes the entire agreement between us in relation to your
obligations regarding Confidential Information and supersedes any previous
agreement, whether express or implied, regarding Confidential
Information.
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7.2
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No
failure or delay in exercising any right or remedy under this letter will
operate as a waiver thereof nor will any single or partial exercise of any
right or remedy preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right or remedy under this
letter.
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The
terms of this letter and your obligations under this letter may only be
amended or modified by written agreement between
us.
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8.
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INSIDE
INFORMATION
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You
acknowledge that some or all of the Confidential Information is or may be
price-sensitive information and that the use of such information may be
regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law
relating to insider dealing and market abuse and you undertake not to use any
Confidential Information for any unlawful purpose.
9.
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NATURE
OF UNDERTAKINGS
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The
undertakings given by you under this letter are given to us and are also given
for the benefit of the Company and each other member of the Group.
10.
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THIRD
PARTY RIGHTS
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10.1
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Subject
to this paragraph 10 and to paragraphs 6 and 9, a person who is not a
party to this letter has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Xxx 0000 (the “Third Parties Act”) to
enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this
letter.
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10.2
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The
Relevant Persons may enjoy the benefit of the terms of paragraphs 6 and 9
subject to and in accordance with this paragraph 10 and the provisions of
the Third Parties Act.
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10.3
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Notwithstanding
any provisions of this letter, the parties to this letter do not require
the consent of any Relevant Person to rescind or vary this letter at any
time.
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11.
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GOVERNING
LAW AND JURISDICTION
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11.1
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This
letter (including the agreement constituted by your acknowledgement of its
terms) (the “Letter”) and any
non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it
(including any non-contractual obligations arising out of the negotiation
of the transaction contemplated by this Letter) are governed by
English law.
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11.2
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The
courts of England have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute
arising out of or in connection with this Letter (including a dispute
relating to any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection
with either this Letter or the negotiation of the transaction contemplated
by this Letter).
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12.
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DEFINITIONS
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In this
letter (including the acknowledgement set out below) terms defined in the
Agreement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning
and:
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“Confidential Information”
means all information relating to the Company, any Obligor, the Group, the
Finance Documents, the Facility and/or the Acquisition which is provided to you
in relation to the Finance Documents or the Facility by us or any of our
affiliates or advisers, in whatever form, and includes information given orally
and any document, electronic file or any other way of representing or recording
information which contains or is derived or copied from such information but
excludes information that:
(a)
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is
or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of
any breach by you of this letter;
or
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(b)
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is
identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by us or
our advisers; or
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(c)
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is
known by you before the date the information is disclosed to you by us or
any of our affiliates or advisers or is lawfully obtained by you after
that date, from a source which is, as far as you are aware, unconnected
with the Group and which, in either case, as far as you are aware, has not
been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any
obligation of confidentiality.
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“Group” means the Company and
its subsidiaries for the time being (as such term is defined in the Companies
Act 2006).
“Permitted Purpose” means
considering and evaluating whether to enter into the Acquisition.
Please
acknowledge your agreement to the above by signing and returning the enclosed
copy.
Yours
faithfully
For and
on behalf of
[Seller]
To: [Seller]
The
Company and each other member of the Group
We
acknowledge and agree to the above:
For and
on behalf of
[Potential
Purchaser]
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14
GROUP STRUCTURE CHART
GROUP STRUCTURE CHART
Visio No. 2463598
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SCHEDULE
15
HEDGING POLICY
HEDGING POLICY
1.
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FOREIGN
EXCHANGE HEDGING
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1.1
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General
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(a)
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The
Borrower may from time to time enter into such Hedging Agreements as it
considers necessary, for the purposes of protecting its exposure to
fluctuations in foreign exchange
rates.
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(b)
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Any
Hedging Agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph 1.1.(a) above shall
be entered into by the Borrower by means of foreign exchange swaps, and/or
the purchase by the Borrower of foreign exchange put/call options, and/or
foreign exchange collar agreements.
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1.2
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Minimum
hedging requirement in relation to PLN/USD exchange rate
exposure:
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(a)
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If
on any Recalculation Date, the Projection shows that repayment of
principal will be due over the next 12 months (whether it is due to the
Borrowing Base Amount reducing or a scheduled Reduction Date occurring),
then the Borrower will be required to enter into Hedging Agreements to
cover its exposure to adverse fluctuations of PLN against USD over a 12
month period.
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(b)
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The
notional amount to be hedged will be 70% of the principal repayments due
over the next 12 months as shown in the then current
Projection.
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2.
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PETROLEUM
PRICE HEDGING
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2.1
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Objectives
for hedging
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The
Borrower may from time to time enter into such Hedging Agreements as it
considers necessary, for the purposes of protecting its exposure to fluctuations
in Petroleum prices, to ensure that it will be able to meet (i) its (and all
other Obligors’) payment obligations under the Facility Agreement when they fall
due and (ii) the Obligors’ ongoing expenditure and investment program in
relation to the Borrowing Base Assets.
2.2
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Limitation
on hedge volume
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In order
to avoid excessive exposure to hedging liabilities, each Obligor
shall:
(a)
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consult
with the Technical Bank prior to entering into any Hedging Agreement for
the purposes of hedging its or any other Obligor’s exposure to
fluctuations in Petroleum prices;
and
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(b)
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not
enter into any Hedging Agreement unless (a) a maximum volume profile has
been agreed between the Technical Bank and the relevant Obligor (each
acting reasonably) and (b) such Hedging Agreement is in compliance with
such maximum volume profile.
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Limitation
on hedge tenor
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No
Obligor may (without the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders) enter
into any Hedging Agreement for the purposes of hedging its or any other
Obligor’s exposure to fluctuations in Petroleum prices if such Hedging Agreement
results or could result in any Obligor and/or the Obligors’ collectively hedging
their exposure to fluctuations in Petroleum prices in respect of any period in
excess of three years following the end of the month in which such Hedging
Agreement is entered into.
2.4
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Permitted
Hedge Instruments
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Subject
to the above, any Hedging Agreement entered into by any Obligor shall be entered
into by means of any of the following:
(a)
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a
swap agreement by which the relevant Obligor agrees to sell a notional
quantity of oil or gas to a counterparty at a fixed, specified price and
to purchase the same notional quantity of oil or gas from such
counterparty at a floating price over a fixed, specified
period;
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(b)
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a
forward sale agreement by which the relevant Obligor agrees to sell a
specified quantity of oil or gas to a counterparty at a fixed, specified
price on a fixed, specified future
date;
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(c)
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a
put option agreement by which the relevant Obligor acquires the right to
sell a notional quantity of oil or gas to a counterparty at a fixed,
specified price over a fixed, specified
period;
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(d)
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a
collar agreement (including a “zero cost collar”) by which the relevant
Obligor acquires the right to sell a notional quantity of oil or gas to a
counterparty at a fixed, specified price (i.e. buys a put option) and
sells to such counterparty the right to purchase the same notional
quantity of oil or gas from the relevant Obligor at a fixed, specified
price (i.e. sells a call option) over a fixed, specified period (provided
that the call strike price is greater than the put strike price);
or
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(e)
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any
other hedging transaction as may be approved in writing by the Majority
Lenders (acting reasonably).
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3.
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INTEREST
RATE HEDGING
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3.1
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The
Borrower may from time to time enter into such Hedging Agreements as it
considers necessary, for the purposes of protecting its exposure to
fluctuations in interest rates.
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3.2
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Any
Hedging Agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph 3.1 above shall be
entered into by the Borrower by means of interest rate swaps, and/or the
purchase by the Borrower of interest rates put/call options, and/or
interest rates collar agreements.
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No
Obligor may (without the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders)
enter into any Hedging Agreement for the purposes of hedging its or any
other Obligor’s exposure to fluctuations in interest rates if such Hedging
Agreement results or could result in any Obligor and/or the Obligors’
collectively hedging their exposure to fluctuations in interest rates in
respect of any amounts in excess of 105% of the amount of debt outstanding
from time to time under the Facility
Agreement.
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16
TIMETABLES
TIMETABLES
Loans
in Dollars
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Delivery
of a duly completed Utilisation Request (Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation
Request)
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U-3
11.00am
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Agent
notifies the Lenders of the Loan in accordance with Clause 5.4 (Lenders’
participation)
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U-3
3.00pm
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LIBOR
is fixed
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Quotation
Day as of
11:00
a.m.
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“U” =
date of utilisation
“U - X” =
Business Days prior to date of utilisation
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SIGNATURES
THE
BORROWER
FX ENERGY
POLAND SP. Z O.O.
By: /s/
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Address:
Fax:
Attention:
THE
BORROWER
FX ENERGY
POLAND SP. Z O.O.
By: /s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Address:
Xx. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 0, 00-000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx
Fax:
0-000-000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
THE
ORIGINAL GUARANTORS
FX
ENERGY, INC.
By: /s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Address:
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, XX XXX
Fax:
0-000-000-0000
Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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FX
NETHERLANDS PARTNERSHIP C.V. by:
FX
DRILLING COMPANY, INC.
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FRONTIER
EXPLORATION COMPANY
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By:
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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as
authorised agent
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Address:
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Address:
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Fax:
0-000-000-0000
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Fax:
0-000-000-0000
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Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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acting in
their capacity as general partners of FX Netherlands Partnership
C.V.
FX ENERGY
NETHERLANDS B.V.
By: /s/
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Address:
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 0, 0000 XX Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Fax:
0-000-000-0000
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
THE
MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS
THE ROYAL
BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
By: /s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Address:
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX
Fax: x00
(0)00 0000 0000
Attention:
Shenth Ravindra / Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxxx
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ING BANK
N.V.
By:
/s/ M.F.E. de Haan
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Managing
Director
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Managing
Director
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Address:
Fax:
Attention:
KBC BANK
NV
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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By:
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Address:
Xxxxxxxxx 0, 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Fax:
00 0 000 0000
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Fax:
000 000 0000
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Attention:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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THE
TECHNICAL BANK
THE ROYAL
BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
By: /s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Address:
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX
Fax: x00
(0) 00 0000 0000
Attention:
Xxxxx Cowlrick
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THE
AGENT
THE ROYAL
BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
By: /s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Address:
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX0X 0XX
Fax: x00
(0) 00 0000 0000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
THE
SECURITY TRUSTEE
THE ROYAL
BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
By: /s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Address:
Fax:
Attention:
THE
ORIGINAL LENDERS
THE ROYAL
BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
By: /s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Address:
000 Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX
Fax: x00
(0)00 0000 0000
Attention:
Shenth Ravindra / Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxxx
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ING BANK
N.V.
By:
/s/ M.F.E. de Haan
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Managing
Director
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Managing
Director
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Address:
Fax:
Attention:
KBC BANK
NV
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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By:
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Address:
Xxxxxxxxx 0, 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Fax:
00 0 000 0000
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Fax:
000 000 0000
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Attention:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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