INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
This
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT is dated as of August 20, 2007, and entered into among
Aurora Oil & Gas Corporation, a Utah corporation (“Borrower”),
the
other parties hereto as Guarantors (together with the Borrower, the
“Obligors”),
BNP
Paribas, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Senior Indebtedness
(including its successors and assigns from time to time, the “Senior
Indebtedness Representative”),
the
Term Lenders party hereto, each acting in its individual capacity as a lender
under the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement, and BNP Paribas, in its capacity
as
administrative agent for the Subordinated Obligations (including its successors
and assigns from time to time, the “Term
Administrative Agent”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the
Borrower, the Senior Indebtedness Representative, as administrative agent,
and
the Senior Revolving Lenders, are entering into that certain Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of even date herewith providing for a
revolving credit facility of up to $100 million (as amended, restated,
supplemented, modified or Refinanced from time to time in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, the “Senior
Revolving Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
the
Borrower, the Term Administrative Agent, as administrative agent, and the Term
Lenders, are entering into that certain Second Lien Term Loan Agreement dated
as
of even date herewith providing for a $50 million term loan (as amended,
restated, supplemented, modified or Refinanced from time to time in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, the “Second
Lien Term Loan Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
the
obligations of the Borrower under the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement and
any
Eligible Swap Agreements will be secured by all of the equity interests in
each
Guarantor and substantially all the assets of the Borrower and each Guarantor,
pursuant to the terms of the Senior Revolving Collateral Documents;
WHEREAS,
the
obligations of the Borrower under the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement and the
other Subordinated Obligations will be secured by all of the equity interests
in
each Guarantor and substantially all the assets of the Borrower and each
Guarantor, pursuant to the terms of the Term Collateral Documents;
WHEREAS,
the
Senior Revolving Credit Documents and the Term Credit Documents provide, among
other things, that the parties thereto shall set forth in this Agreement their
respective rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral; and
WHEREAS,
in
order to induce the Senior Indebtedness Representative and the Senior Revolving
Claimholders to consent to the incurring of the Subordinated Obligations and
to
induce the Senior Revolving Claimholders to extend credit and other financial
accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Borrower, the Term
Lenders party hereto, and the Term Administrative Agent on behalf of the Term
Claimholders has agreed to the Lien subordination, intercreditor and other
provisions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
in
consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein
set
forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally
bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.1 Defined
Terms.
Terms
defined above shall have the meaning ascribed them. Unless otherwise indicated,
capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning given
such
terms in the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement; if not defined therein, such
terms shall have the meaning given such terms in the Second Lien Term Loan
Agreement. As used in the Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“Agreement”
means
this Agreement, as amended, renewed, extended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Bankruptcy
Code”
means
Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter
in effect, or any successor statute.
“Bankruptcy
Law”
means
the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief
of debtors.
“Business
Day”
means
any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under
the laws of the State of New York or the State of Texas or is a day on which
banking institutions located in such state are authorized or required by law
or
other governmental action to close.
“Collateral”
means
all of the assets and property of any Obligor, whether real, personal or mixed,
constituting both Senior Revolving Collateral and Term Collateral.
“DIP
Financing”
has
the
meaning ascribed such term in Section 6.1.
“Discharge
of Senior Indebtedness”
means
(a) satisfaction by payment in full in cash or otherwise of the principal of
and
interest (including allowed interest accruing on or after the commencement
of
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), expenses (including, without
limitation, all legal fees) and premium, if any, on all Indebtedness outstanding
under the Senior Revolving Credit Documents and termination of the Commitments
(as defined in the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement), (b) satisfaction by
payment in full in cash or otherwise of all other Senior Indebtedness that
is
due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such
principal and interest are paid and (c) termination or cash collateralization
of
letters of credit, or the issuance of back-to-back letters of credit from an
issuing bank acceptable to the Senior Revolving Claimholders in their sole
discretion, consistent with all other Loan Documents of all letters of credit
issued and outstanding under the Senior Revolving Credit Documents.
“Eligible
Swap Agreement”
means
any present or future Swap Agreement between the Borrower or any Subsidiary
that
is a Guarantor and any Senior Revolving Lender or any affiliate of any Senior
Revolving Lender. For the avoidance of doubt, a Swap Agreement ceases to be
an
Eligible Swap Agreement if the Person that is the counterparty to the Borrower
or one of its Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor under a Swap Agreement ceases
to
be a Senior Revolving Lender under the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement (or,
in
the case of an affiliate of a Senior Revolving Lender, either such Person ceases
to be affiliated with a Senior Revolving Lender or its affiliated lender ceases
to be a Senior Revolving Lender under the Senior Revolving Credit
Agreement).
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“Enforcement
Action”
means,
with respect to any Subordinated Obligations: (a) any action by any Person
to
foreclose on the Lien of such Person in any Collateral, (b) any action to take
possession or control of, or sell or otherwise realize upon the Collateral
(including, without limitation, the exercise of any right under any lockbox
agreement, account control agreement, letter-in-lieu, bailee’s letter or similar
agreement or arrangement to which the Term Administrative Agent or any Term
Lender may be a party), or (c) the commencement of (or join with any other
Person in commencing) any legal proceedings or actions against any Collateral
to
facilitate the actions described in clauses (a) and (b) above.
“Exigent
Circumstances”
means
an event or circumstance that materially and imminently threatens the ability
of
Senior Indebtedness Representative to realize upon all or any material portion
of the Collateral, such as, without limitation, fraudulent or intentional
removal, concealment, or abscondment thereof, destruction or material waste
thereof, any material misstatement by any Obligor or any of its representatives
in writing regarding any calculation of the Borrowing Base under the Senior
Revolving Credit Agreement or the diversion of funds in violation of the Senior
Revolving Credit Documents.
“Governmental
Authority”
means
any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental
department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or
political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state
of
the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or
government.
“Guarantors”
means
each Subsidiary of the Borrower required to guarantee the Indebtedness under
either the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement or the Second Lien Term Loan
Agreement, as applicable.
“Hedging
Obligation”
means
any obligation of the Borrower or any other Obligor pursuant to any Eligible
Swap Agreements.
“Indebtedness”
means
and includes all Obligations that constitute “Indebtedness” within the meaning
of the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement or the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement,
as applicable, in each case as amended, restated, supplemented, modified or
Refinanced from time to time as permitted pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
“Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding”
means
(a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code
with respect to any Obligor, (b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency,
reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership,
liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect
to
any Obligor or with respect to a material portion of their respective assets,
(c) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Obligor
whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or
bankruptcy or (d) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other
marshalling of assets and liabilities of any Obligor.
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“Lenders”
means
the Senior Revolving Lenders and the Term Lenders.
“Lien”
means
any interest in Property (as defined in the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement
as
in effect on the date hereof) securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by,
a
Person other than the owner of the Property, whether such interest is based
on
the common law, statute or contract, and whether such obligation or claim is
fixed or contingent, and including but not limited to (a) the lien or security
interest arising from a mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, security agreement,
conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease, consignment or bailment for
security purposes or (b) production payments and the like payable out of oil
and
gas properties.
“Maximum
Priority Senior Revolving Amount”
means,
as
of any date of determination, the amount in respect of principal of the Senior
Indebtedness not to exceed the sum of (a) the
least
of (i) the most recently established “Borrowing Base” under the Senior Revolving
Credit Agreement, (ii) the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts less any reductions
thereof, or (iii) $130,000,000 and (b) any of the following which is applicable
(but without duplication) (i) the principal amount of any Borrowing Base
Deficiency, or (ii) any outstanding principal under the Senior Revolving Credit
Agreement not repaid in connection with a reduction of the Aggregate Maximum
Credit Amounts which results in the Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the
Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts;
provided however, the amount set forth in clause (b) shall not include (A)
any
additional amounts in respect of principal to the extent such excess is the
result of additional Loans advanced or letters of credit issued (other than
renewal of outstanding letters of credit in amounts not exceeding the
outstanding face amounts) while Borrowing Base Deficiency is in effect or (B)
any Loans or letters of credit to the extent advancing such funds or issuing
such letter of credit (other than renewal of outstanding letters of credit
in
amounts not exceeding the outstanding face amounts) would cause a Borrowing
Base
Deficiency, would exceed the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts then in effect.
For the avoidance of doubt the calculation of “Maximum
Priority Senior Revolving Amount”
refers
only to the outstanding principal balance of Loans and the face amount of
outstanding Letters of Credit under the Senior Revolving Credit Documents and
does not include interest, fees, other amounts due under the Senior Revolving
Credit Agreement and amounts due in respect of Eligible Swap
Agreements.
“Obligations”
means
any and all obligations with respect to the payment of (a) any principal of
or
interest or premium on any Indebtedness, including any reimbursement obligation
in respect of any letter of credit, or any other liability, including, without
limitation, interest accruing after the filing of a petition initiating any
proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, (b) any fees, indemnification obligations,
expense reimbursement obligations or other liabilities payable under the
documentation governing any Indebtedness, (c) any obligation to post cash
collateral in respect of letters of credit or any other obligations constituting
Indebtedness and (d) any Hedging Obligations.
“Obligors”
means
has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
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“Person”
means
natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships,
limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock
companies, joint ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust
companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or
not
legal entities, and Governmental Authorities.
“Pledged
Collateral”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.5 hereof.
“Purchase
Notice”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a) hereof.
“Purchase
Period”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.6(b) hereof.
“Recovery”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 6.5 hereof.
“Refinance”
means
any refinancing of the outstanding Senior Indebtedness under the Senior
Revolving Credit Documents provided that the financing documentation entered
into by the Obligors in connection with such Refinancing constitute Refinancing
Documents. “Refinanced”
and
“Refinancing”
shall
have correlative meanings.
“Refinancing
Documents”
means
any financing documentation which amends, restates, supplements or otherwise
replaces the Senior Revolving Credit Documents and pursuant to which the
outstanding Senior Indebtedness (including continuing Liens to secure directly
or indirectly Eligible Swap Agreements) under the Senior Revolving Credit
Documents are refinanced in their entirety, as such financing documentation
may
be amended, supplemented, restated, refinanced or otherwise modified from time
to time in compliance with this Agreement, but specifically excluding any such
financing documentation to the extent that it contains, either initially or
by
amendment or other modification, any terms, conditions, covenants or defaults
other than those which (a) then exist in the Senior Revolving Credit Documents
or (b) could be included in the Senior Revolving Credit Documents by an
amendment or other modification that would not be prohibited by the terms of
this Agreement.
“Second
Lien Term Loan Agreement”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
“Senior
Indebtedness”
means
all Obligations outstanding under the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement and
the
other Senior Revolving Credit Documents, including, without limitation, Eligible
Swap Agreements. To the extent any payment with respect to the Senior
Indebtedness (whether by or on behalf of any Obligor, as proceeds of security,
enforcement of any right of set off or otherwise) is declared to be fraudulent
or preferential in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to a debtor
in
possession, trustee, receiver or similar Person, then the Obligation or part
thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be deemed to be reinstated
and
outstanding as if such payment had not occurred. “Senior
Indebtedness”
shall
include all interest accrued or accruing (or which would, absent commencement
of
an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after commencement of an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with the rate specified
in
the relevant Senior Revolving Credit Document whether or not the claim for
such
interest is allowed as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding.
“Senior
Indebtedness Representative”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
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“Senior
Revolving Claimholders”
means,
at any relevant time, the holders of Senior Indebtedness at such time, including
without limitation the Senior Revolving Lenders and the agents under the Senior
Revolving Credit Agreement.
“Senior
Revolving Collateral”
means
all of the assets and property of any Obligor, whether real, personal or mixed,
with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any Senior
Indebtedness.
“Senior
Revolving Collateral Documents”
means
the Security Instruments (as defined in the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement
as
in effect on the date hereof) and any other agreement, document or instrument
pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Senior Indebtedness or under
which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed.
“Senior
Revolving Credit Agreement”
has
the
meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.
“Senior
Revolving Credit Documents”
means
the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents (as defined in
the
Senior Revolving Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) and each
of
the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing
any
other Senior Indebtedness, and any other document or instrument executed or
delivered at any time in connection with any Senior Indebtedness, including
any
intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of Senior Indebtedness, to
the
extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be modified from
time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Senior
Revolving Lenders”
means
the “Lenders” under and as defined in the Senior Revolving Credit
Agreement.
“Senior
Revolving Mortgages”
means
a
collective reference to each mortgage, deed of trust and any other document
or
instrument under which any Lien on real property owned by any Obligor is granted
to secure any Senior Indebtedness or under which rights or remedies with respect
to any such Liens are governed.
“Standstill
Period”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1 hereof.
“Subordinated
Obligations”
means
all Obligations outstanding under the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement and the
other Term Credit Documents. To the extent any payment with respect to the
Subordinated Obligations (whether by or on behalf of any Obligor, as proceeds
of
security, enforcement of any right of set off or otherwise) is declared to
be
fraudulent or preferential in any respect, set aside or required to be paid
to a
debtor in possession, trustee, receiver or similar Person, then the Obligation
or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be deemed to be
reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred. “Subordinated
Obligations”
shall
include all interest accrued or accruing (or which would, absent commencement
of
an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after commencement of an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with the rate specified
in
the relevant Term Credit Document whether or not the claim for such interest
is
allowed as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
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“Subsidiary”
shall
have the meaning assigned in the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement and Second
Lien Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
“Swap
Agreement”
means
any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative
transaction or option or similar agreement, whether exchange traded,
“over-the-counter” or otherwise, involving, or settled by reference to, one or
more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities,
or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial
or
pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these
transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for
payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors,
officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
shall be a Swap Agreement.
“Term
Administrative Agent”
has
the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
“Term
Claimholders”
means,
at any relevant time, the holders of Subordinated Obligations at such time,
including without limitation the Term Lenders and the agents under the Second
Lien Term Loan Agreement.
“Term
Collateral”
means
all of the assets and property of any Obligor, whether real, personal or mixed,
with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any Subordinated
Obligations.
“Term
Collateral Documents”
means
the Security Instruments (as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement
as
in effect on the date hereof) and any other agreement, document or instrument
pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Subordinated Obligations or
under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are
governed.
“Term
Credit Documents”
means
the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement and the Loan Documents (as defined in the
Second Lien Term Loan Agreement) and each of the other agreements, documents
and
instruments providing for or evidencing any other Subordinated Obligation,
and
any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection
with any Subordinated Obligations, as the same may be modified from time to
time
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Term
Lenders”
means
the “Lenders” under and as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan
Agreement.
“Term
Mortgages”
means
a
collective reference to each mortgage, deed of trust and any other document
or
instrument, if any, under which any Lien on real property owned by any Obligor
is granted to secure any Subordinated Obligations or under which rights or
remedies with respect to any such Liens are governed.
“Uniform
Commercial Code”
or
“UCC”
means
the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in
effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
Section
1.2 Terms
Generally.
The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural
forms
of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise
(a)
any
definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein
shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document
as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (b)
any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s
successors and assigns, (c)
the
words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular
provision hereof, (d)
all
references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this
Agreement and (e)
the
words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and
properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract
rights.
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ARTICLE
II
LIEN
PRIORITIES
Section
2.1 Relative
Priorities.
Notwithstanding the date, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection
of
any Liens securing the Subordinated Obligations granted on the Collateral or
of
any Liens securing the Senior Indebtedness granted on the Collateral and
notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, or any applicable law or the Term
Credit Documents or any other circumstance whatsoever, the Term Administrative
Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Claimholders, and the Senior
Indebtedness Representative, on behalf of itself and the Senior Revolving
Claimholders, hereby agree that: (a)
any Lien
on the Collateral securing any Senior Indebtedness (in the case of principal
of
Senior Indebtedness up to the Maximum Priority Senior Revolving Amount) now
or
hereafter held by or on behalf of the Senior Indebtedness Representative, any
Senior Revolving Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor, regardless
of
how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law,
subrogation or otherwise, shall be senior in all respects and prior to any
Lien
on the Collateral securing any of the Subordinated Obligations; (b)
any Lien
on the Collateral now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Term
Administrative Agent, any Term Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor
regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation
of
law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects
to all Liens on the Collateral securing any Senior Indebtedness (but in the
case
of principal of Senior Indebtedness up to the Maximum Priority Senior Revolving
Amount) and (c)
any Lien
on the Collateral now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Senior
Indebtedness Representative, any Senior Revolving Claimholders or any agent
or
trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession,
statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, that secures any portion
of
Senior Indebtedness representing principal in excess of the Maximum Priority
Senior Revolving Amount shall be subordinate in all respects to all Liens on
the
Collateral securing the Subordinated Obligations. All Liens on the Collateral
securing any Senior Indebtedness shall be and remain senior in all respects
and
prior to all Liens on the Collateral securing any Subordinated Obligations
for
all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any Senior Indebtedness are
subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligations of the Borrower, any
other Obligor or any other Person. The foregoing provisions of this Section
2.1
and the other provisions of this Agreement shall not be interpreted or construed
to suggest or imply any intent of any party or either the Senior Revolving
Claimholders or the Term Claimholders to subordinate their Liens to any Liens
other than as set forth in Section 2.1 (and nothing in this Agreement shall
be
construed to suggest or imply that the Subordinated Obligations themselves
are
subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness or vice
versa).
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Section
2.2 Prohibition
on Contesting Liens.
Each of
the Term Administrative Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Term
Claimholder, and the Senior Indebtedness Representative, for itself and on
behalf of each Senior Revolving Claimholder, agrees that it shall not (and
hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting,
in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the
priority, validity or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any
of
the Senior Revolving Claimholders in the Senior Revolving Collateral or by
or on
behalf of any of the Term Claimholders in the Term Collateral, as the case
may
be; provided that
nothing
in this Agreement (a)
shall be
construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Senior Indebtedness
Representative or any Senior Revolving Claimholder to enforce this Agreement,
including the priority of the Liens securing the Senior Indebtedness as provided
in Sections 2.1 and 3.1, or vote on a plan of reorganization in an Insolvency
or
Liquidation Proceeding; or (b)
shall be
construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Term Administrative Agent
or
any Term Claimholder to enforce this Agreement, including the priority of the
Liens securing the Subordinated Obligations as provided in Sections 2.1 and
3.1,
or vote on a plan of reorganization in an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding.
Section
2.3 No
New
Liens.
So long
as the Discharge of Senior Indebtedness has not occurred, the parties hereto
agree that the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor to,
(a)
grant or
permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any Subordinated
Obligation unless it has granted a senior Lien on such asset or property to
secure the Senior Indebtedness, and (b)
grant or
permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to secure any Senior
Indebtedness unless it has granted a junior Lien on such asset or property
to
secure the Subordinated Obligations and any such Lien referred to in this
Section 2.3 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.1 and Section 3.1.
To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any
reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the Senior
Indebtedness Representative and/or the Senior Revolving Claimholders, the Term
Administrative Agent, on behalf of Term Claimholders, agrees that any amounts
received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens
granted in contravention of this Section 2.3 shall be subject to Section
4.2.
Section
2.4 Similar
Liens and Agreements.
The
parties hereto agree that it is their intention that the Senior Revolving
Collateral and the Term Collateral be identical. To the extent that,
notwithstanding this Section 2.4, the Senior Revolving Collateral and Term
Collateral are not identical, the Term Administrative Agent, on behalf of Term
Claimholders, agrees that any amounts received by or distributed to any of
them
after an Enforcement Action pursuant to or as a result of Liens on Term
Collateral that is not Senior Revolving Collateral, shall be subject to Section
4.2. In furtherance of the foregoing and of Section 8.9, the parties hereto
agree, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement:
(a) upon
request by the Senior Indebtedness Representative or the Term Administrative
Agent, to cooperate in good faith (and to direct their counsel to cooperate
in
good faith) from time to time in order to determine the specific items included
in the Senior Revolving Collateral and the Term Collateral and the steps taken
to perfect their respective Liens thereon and the identity of the respective
parties obligated under the Senior Revolving Credit Documents and the Term
Credit Documents; and
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(b) that
the
documents and agreements creating or evidencing the Senior Revolving Collateral
and the Term Collateral and guarantees for the Senior Indebtedness and the
Subordinated Obligations shall be in all material respects the same forms of
documents other than with respect to the first Lien and the second Lien nature
of the Obligations and Collateral thereunder.
ARTICLE
III
ENFORCEMENT
Section
3.1 Exercise
of Remedies.
(a)
So long
as the Discharge of Senior Indebtedness has not occurred, whether or not any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the
Borrower or any other Obligor:
(i) the
Term
Administrative Agent and the Term Claimholders:
(x)
will
not exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies (including setoff)
with
respect to any Collateral (including, without limitation, the exercise of any
right under any lockbox agreement, account control agreement, letter in-lieu,
bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which the Term
Administrative Agent or any Term Claimholder is a party), or institute any
action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies against the
Collateral (including any action of foreclosure); provided,
however,
that
the Term Administrative Agent may exercise any or all such rights and remedies
after (1) the passage of a period of 179 days from the date of delivery of
a
notice in writing to the Senior Indebtedness Representative that an Event of
Default (as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement) has occurred under
the Term Credit Documents (with respect to each individual Event of Default,
each a “Standstill
Period”)
which
notice may only be delivered following the occurrence of and during the
continuation of an Event of Default (as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan
Agreement) under the Term Credit Documents or (2) upon payment in full in cash
of all Senior Indebtedness (in the case of principal, up to the Maximum Senior
Revolving Credit Amount); provided,
further,
however,
notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Term
Administrative Agent or any Term Claimholder exercise or continue to exercise
any rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral if, notwithstanding the
expiration of any outstanding Standstill Period, the Senior Indebtedness
Representative or Senior Revolving Claimholders shall have commenced and are
diligently pursuing the exercise of any of their rights or remedies with respect
to all or any material portion of the Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise
to be given to the Term Administrative Agent);
(y)
will
not contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought
by the Senior Indebtedness Representative or any Senior Revolving Claimholder
or
any other exercise by the Senior Indebtedness Representative or any Senior
Revolving Claimholder, of any rights and remedies relating to the Collateral
under the Senior Revolving Credit Documents or otherwise; and
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(z)
subject to its rights under clause (i)(x) above, will not object to the
forbearance by the Senior Indebtedness Representative or the Senior Revolving
Claimholders from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action
or
any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Collateral, in
each
case so long as the respective interests of the Term Claimholders attach to
the
proceeds thereof subject to the relative priorities described in Section 2
hereof; and
(ii) the
Senior Indebtedness Representative and the Senior Revolving Claimholders shall
have the right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including set off and
the
right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the release,
disposition, or restrictions with respect to the Collateral as provided for
under the Senior Revolving Credit Documents without any consultation with or
the
consent of the Term Administrative Agent or any Term Claimholder;
provided,
that (A)
in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced
by or against the Borrower or any other Obligor,
the
Term Administrative Agent may file a claim or statement of interest with respect
to the Subordinated Obligations, (B)
the Term
Administrative Agent may accelerate the Subordinated Obligations and take any
action (not adverse to the prior Liens on the Collateral securing the Senior
Indebtedness, or the rights of the Senior Indebtedness Representative or any
Senior Revolving Claimholder to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order
to preserve or protect its Lien on the Collateral, (C)
the Term
Claimholders shall be entitled to file any necessary responsive or defensive
pleadings in opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other
pleading made by any person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance
of the claims of the Term Claimholders, including without limitation any claims
secured by the Collateral, if any, in each case in accordance with the terms
of
this Agreement, (D)
the Term
Claimholders shall be entitled to file any pleadings, objections, motions or
agreements which assert rights or interests available to unsecured creditors
of
the Obligors arising under either the Bankruptcy Law or applicable
non-bankruptcy law, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
(E)
the Term
Claimholders shall be entitled to file any proof of claim and other filings
and
make any arguments and motions that are, in each case, in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, with respect to the Subordinated Obligations and the
Collateral, (F)
the Term
Administrative Agent or any Term Claimholder may exercise any of its rights
or
remedies with respect to the Collateral after the termination of each then
outstanding Standstill Period to the extent permitted by clause (i)(x) above
and
(G) the Term Administrative Agent may charge default interest pursuant to the
terms of the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement. In exercising rights and remedies
with respect to the Collateral, the Senior Indebtedness Representative and
the
Senior Revolving Claimholders may enforce the provisions of the Senior Revolving
Credit Documents, and the Term Administrative Agent and the Term Claimholders
may enforce the provisions of the Term Credit Documents, in each case, as
applicable, and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such
manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion. Such
exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by
them
to sell or otherwise dispose of Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur reasonable
expenses (including, without limitation, all reasonable legal fees) in
connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and
remedies of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code of any
applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of
any
applicable jurisdiction.
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(b) The
Term
Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Claimholders, agrees
that, it will not take or receive any Collateral or any proceeds of Collateral
in connection with an Enforcement Action, unless and until the Discharge of
Senior Indebtedness has occurred, except as expressly provided in Section 3.1(a)
of this Agreement.
(c) Subject
to Section 3.1(a) of this Agreement, (i)
the Term
Administrative Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Term Claimholders, agrees
that the Term Administrative Agent and the Term Claimholders will not take
any
action that would hinder any exercise of remedies under the Senior Revolving
Credit Documents or is otherwise prohibited hereunder, including any sale,
lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Collateral, whether by
foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii)
the Term
Administrative Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Term Claimholders, hereby
waives any and all rights it or the Term Claimholders may have as a junior
lien
creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the Senior Indebtedness
Representative or the Senior Revolving Claimholders seek to enforce or collect
the Senior Indebtedness or the Liens granted in any of the Senior Revolving
Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf
of the Senior Indebtedness Representative or Senior Revolving Claimholders
is
adverse to the interest of the Term Administrative Agent or Term
Claimholders.
(d) The
Senior Indebtedness Representative shall provide at least ten (10) days’ notice
to the Term Administrative Agent of its intent to exercise and enforce its
rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral.
(e) Each
Term
Lender agrees that upon termination of a Standstill Period if any Term Lender
or
the Term Administrative Agent or other representative of such Term Lender
intends to commence any Enforcement Action, then such Term Lender or the Term
Administrative Agent or other representative shall first deliver notice thereof
in writing to the Senior Indebtedness Representative both (i)
not less
than ten (10) days prior to taking any such Enforcement Action, and (ii)
one (1)
Business Day after such Enforcement Action is taken. Such notices may be given
during a Standstill Period.
Section
3.2 Cooperation.
Subject
to its rights after the expiration of each outstanding Standstill Period and
subject to Section 3.1(a) of this Agreement, the Term Administrative Agent,
on
behalf of itself and the Term Claimholders, agrees that, unless and until the
Discharge of Senior Indebtedness has occurred, it will not commence, or join
with any Person in commencing, any enforcement, collection, execution, levy
or
foreclosure action or proceeding (including, without limitation, any Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding) with respect to any Lien held by it under the Term
Collateral Documents or any other Term Credit Document or
otherwise.
Section
3.3 Coordination
of Enforcement Efforts.
Without
providing any rights or benefits to the Borrower or any Obligor, the Senior
Indebtedness Representative, for itself and on behalf of the Senior Revolving
Claimholders, and the Term Administrative Agent, for itself and on behalf of
the
Term Claimholders, agree that in the event enforcement proceedings are
necessary, such parties shall reasonably discuss the possibility of undertaking
a coordinated enforcement process, including an effort to attempt to sell the
Collateral for fair market value as a going concern and to reasonably enter
into
arrangements between themselves so as to permit the ongoing operation of the
business of the Borrower and the other Obligors. Failure to enter into such
discussions shall in no way affect the rights and/or obligations of any party
as
set forth in this Agreement. In addition, the Term Administrative Agent and
the
Term Claimholders may join in (but not control) any judicial foreclosure
proceeding or other judicial lien enforcement proceeding with respect to the
Collateral initiated by the Senior Indebtedness Representative or any Senior
Revolving Claimholder, to the extent that any such action could not reasonably
be expected, in any material respect, to restrain, hinder, limit, delay for
any
material period or otherwise interfere with the exercise of such remedy or
remedies by the Senior Indebtedness Representative or such Senior Revolving
Claimholder.
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ARTICLE
IV
PAYMENTS
Section
4.1 Application
of Proceeds.
So long
as the Discharge of Senior Indebtedness has not occurred, any proceeds of
Collateral received by the Senior Indebtedness Representative or any Senior
Revolving Claimholders in connection with the sale or other disposition of,
or
collection on, such Collateral upon the exercise of remedies, shall be applied
by the Senior Indebtedness Representative to the Senior Indebtedness in such
order as specified in the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement up to, in the case
of principal, the Maximum Priority Senior Revolving Amount. Upon the Discharge
of the Senior Indebtedness (other than amounts in respect of principal in excess
of the Maximum Priority Senior Revolving Amount), the Senior Indebtedness
Representative shall deliver to the Term Administrative Agent any proceeds
of
Collateral held by it in the same form as received, with any necessary
endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct to
be
applied by the Term Administrative Agent to the Subordinated Obligations in
such
order as specified in the Term Collateral Documents. Upon the payment in full
of
the Subordinated Obligations, the Term Administrative Agent shall deliver to
the
Senior Indebtedness Representative any proceeds of Collateral held by it in
the
same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct to be applied to any amounts owed
in
respect of amounts of principal in excess of the Maximum Priority Senior
Revolving Amount.
Section
4.2 Payments
Over.
So long
as the Discharge of Senior Indebtedness has not occurred, any Collateral or
proceeds thereof (together with assets or proceeds subject to Liens referred
to
in the final sentence of Section 2.3) received by the Term Administrative Agent
or any Term Claimholders in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy
(including set off) with respect to the Collateral shall be segregated and
held
in trust and forthwith paid over to the Senior Indebtedness Representative
for
the benefit of the Senior Revolving Claimholders in the same form as received,
with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
otherwise direct. The Senior Indebtedness Representative is hereby authorized
to
make any such endorsements as agent for the Term Administrative Agent or any
such Term Claimholders. This authorization is limited to the specific matters
described in the preceding sentence and is coupled with an interest and is
irrevocable until such time as this Agreement is terminated in accordance with
its terms.
Section
4.3 Scheduled
Payments of Subordinated Obligations.
The
parties hereto agree that nothing in this Agreement or any Senior Revolving
Credit Document shall be construed to prohibit, restrict or otherwise limit
the
ability of the Borrower or any Guarantor to pay, and the ability of the Term
Lenders to receive, scheduled principal and interest payments in accordance
with
the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement and the other Term Credit
Documents.
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ARTICLE
V
OTHER
AGREEMENTS
Section
5.1 Releases.
(a) If,
in
connection with:
(i) any
sale
of any Collateral permitted under the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement to cure
a
Borrowing Base Deficiency under the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement;
or
(ii) any
sale,
lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of any Collateral permitted
under
the terms of both the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement and the Second Lien
Term
Loan Agreement,
the
Senior Indebtedness Representative, for itself or on behalf of any of the Senior
Revolving Claimholders, releases any of its Liens on any part of the Collateral,
or releases any Obligor from its obligations under its guaranty of the Senior
Indebtedness, in each case other than in connection with the Discharge of Senior
Indebtedness, then the Term Administrative Agent, for itself or for the benefit
of the Term Claimholders, shall release the Liens (if any) of the Term
Administrative Agent on such Collateral, and the obligations of such Obligor
under its guaranty of the Subordinated Obligations, shall be automatically,
unconditionally and simultaneously be released and the Term Administrative
Agent, for itself or on behalf of any such Term Claimholders, promptly shall
execute and deliver to the Senior Indebtedness Representative or such Obligor
such termination statements, releases and other documents as may be reasonably
necessary to effectively confirm such release.
(b) Until
the
Discharge of Senior Indebtedness occurs, the Term Administrative Agent, for
itself and on behalf of the Term Claimholders, hereby irrevocably constitutes
and appoints the Senior Indebtedness Representative and any officer or agent
of
the Senior Indebtedness Representative, with full power of substitution, as
its
true and lawful attorney in fact with full irrevocable power and authority
in
the place and stead of the Term Administrative Agent or such holder or in the
Senior Indebtedness Representative’s own name, from time to time in the Senior
Indebtedness Representative’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the
terms of this Section 5.1, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute
any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary to accomplish
the
purposes of this Section 5.1, including any endorsements or other instruments
of
transfer or release.
(c) Until
the
Discharge of Senior Indebtedness occurs, to the extent that the Senior Revolving
Claimholders (i)
have
released any Lien on Collateral or any Obligor from its obligation under its
guaranty and any such Liens or guaranty are later reinstated or (ii)
obtain
any new first priority Liens or additional guaranties from Obligors, then the
Term Claimholders shall be immediately granted a second priority lien on any
such Collateral and an additional guaranty, as the case may be.
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Section
5.2 Insurance.
The
Senior Indebtedness Representative and the Senior Revolving Claimholders shall
have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Obligors under
the Senior Revolving Credit Documents, to adjust settlement for any insurance
policy covering the Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to
approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding (or any
deed
in lieu of condemnation) affecting the Collateral until the earliest to occur
of
(a)
a
Discharge of Senior Indebtedness, (b)
the
Senior Indebtedness Representative, in a written instrument, waives or otherwise
confers such right to the Term Administrative Agent or a Term Claimholder or
(c)
after
the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default which has
resulted in a Standstill Period, such Standstill Period has elapsed. Unless
and
until the Discharge of Senior Indebtedness has occurred, and subject to the
rights of the Obligors under the Senior Revolving Collateral Documents, all
proceeds of any such policy and any such award (or any payments with respect
to
a deed in lieu of condemnation) if in respect to the Collateral shall be paid
to
the Senior Indebtedness Representative for the benefit of the Senior Revolving
Claimholders pursuant to the terms of the Senior Revolving Credit Documents
(including, without limitation, for purposes of cash collateralization of
letters of credit and Eligible Swap Agreements) and thereafter, to the extent
no
Senior Indebtedness is outstanding, and subject to the rights of the Obligors
under the Term Collateral Documents, to the Term Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Term Claimholders to the extent required under the Term
Collateral Documents and then, to the extent no Subordinated Obligations are
outstanding, to the owner of the subject property, such other Person as may
be
entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
Until the Discharge of Senior Indebtedness has occurred, if the Term
Administrative Agent or any Term Claimholders shall, at any time, receive any
proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award or payment in
contravention of this Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds over to the Senior
Indebtedness Representative in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2 of
this
Agreement.
Section
5.3 Amendments
to Credit Documents.
(a) Unless
a
similar amendment, supplement or modification to the applicable Senior Revolving
Credit Document(s) has been, or is concurrently being, made, without the prior
written consent of the Senior Indebtedness Representative, no Term Credit
Document may be assigned, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered
into to the extent such assignment, amendment, supplement or modification,
or
the terms of any new Term Credit Document, if (i)
the
effect thereof would be to shorten the maturity of the Subordinated Obligations
or shorten the average life or increase the amount of any payment of principal
thereof or increase the interest rate or scheduled recurring fee or add call
or
pre-payment premiums or shorten any period for payment of interest thereon,
(ii)
such
action requires the payment of a consent fee (howsoever described) in excess
of
two percent (2%) per annum, (iii)
such
action adds additional Property as collateral to secure the Subordinated
Obligations unless the Borrower complies with Section 8.14(e) of the Senior
Revolving Credit Agreement or (iv)
such
action adds any covenants or defaults without the Senior Revolving Credit
Agreement being contemporaneously amended to add substantially similar covenants
or defaults, provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit the execution of
supplemental agreements to add guarantors if required by the terms thereof
provided that any such guarantor also guarantees the Senior
Indebtedness.
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The
Borrower agrees that each Term Collateral Document shall include the following
language (or language to similar effect approved by the Senior Indebtedness
Representative):
“Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to
the
Term Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any
right or remedy by the Term Administrative Agent hereunder are subject to the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2007 as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Intercreditor
Agreement”),
among
Aurora Oil & Gas Corporation, BNP Paribas, as Senior Indebtedness
Representative, BNP Paribas, as Term Administrative Agent, and certain other
persons party or that may become party thereto from time to time.”
(b) The
Senior Revolving Credit Documents and any agreements relating to Eligible Swap
Agreements constituting Senior Indebtedness may be assigned, amended,
supplemented, waived or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms,
and
the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement may be Refinanced, in each case, without
the consent of the Term Administrative Agent or the Term Lenders; provided,
however,
that
any such assignment, amendment, supplement, waiver, modification or Refinancing
shall not: (i)
increase
the principal amount of the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement to an amount
in
excess of the Maximum Priority Senior Revolving Amount; (ii) increase any
applicable interest rate or scheduled recurring fees with respect to the Senior
Indebtedness more than 200 basis points, except in connection with the
imposition of a default rate of interest in accordance with the terms of the
Senior Revolving Credit Documents (as in effect on the date hereof); (iii)
require the payment of a consent fee (howsoever described) in excess of two
percent (2%) per annum; (iv) modify the scheduled amortization of any portion
of
the principal amount of the Senior Indebtedness (as set forth in the Senior
Revolving Credit Documents in effect on the date hereof); (v) add or make more
restrictive any event of default or any covenant with respect to the Senior
Indebtedness or make any change to any event of default or any covenant which
would have the effect of making such event of default or covenant more
restrictive, unless a corresponding amendment is offered to the Term Lenders;
(vi) change any redemption, put or prepayment provisions of the Senior
Indebtedness (other than in respect of Eligible Swap Agreements); (vii) directly
prohibit or restrict the payment of principal of, interest on, or other amounts
payable with respect to the Subordinated Obligations in a manner that is more
restrictive than the prohibitions and restrictions currently contained in the
Senior Revolving Credit Agreement; (viii) subordinate in right of payment any
of
the Senior Indebtedness, or subordinate the Lien on any of the Collateral
securing the Senior Indebtedness; (ix) change the definitions of “Borrowing
Base”, “Oil and Gas Properties”, or any of the component definitions thereof;
(x) add additional Property as collateral to secure the Notes (as defined in
the
Senior Revolving Credit Agreement) unless the Borrower complies with Section
8.14(d) of the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement; or (xi) extend the final
scheduled maturity of the Senior Indebtedness (other than Eligible Swap
Agreements) or any other scheduled payment date for principal, interest or
any
other amount in respect thereof; provided
that the
foregoing shall not prohibit the execution of supplemental agreements to add
guarantors if required by the terms thereof provided that any such guarantor
also guarantees the Subordinated Obligations.
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Section
5.4 Rights
as an Unsecured Creditor.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Term
Administrative Agent and the Term Lenders may exercise all rights and remedies
available to unsecured creditors in accordance with the terms of the Second
Lien
Term Loan Agreement, the Term Credit Documents and applicable law, and nothing
in this Agreement shall prohibit the acceleration of the Subordinated
Obligations or the receipt of the Term Administrative Agent or the Term Lenders
of the required payments of principal and interest and other amounts, so long
as
such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise of the Term
Administrative Agent or any Term Lenders of an Enforcement Action in
contravention of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement impairs or otherwise
adversely affects any rights or remedies the Senior Indebtedness Representative
or the Senior Revolving Claimholders may have with respect to the Senior
Revolving Collateral.
Section
5.5 Bailee
for Perfection.
(a) The
Senior Indebtedness Representative agrees to hold that part of the Collateral
that is in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its
agents or bailees) to the extent that possession or control thereof is taken
to
perfect a Lien thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code (such Collateral being
the “Pledged
Collateral”)
as
collateral agent for the Senior Revolving Claimholders and as bailee for the
Term Administrative Agent and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting
the security interest granted under the Senior Revolving Credit Documents and
the Term Credit Documents, respectively, subject to the terms and conditions
of
this Section 5.5.
(b) Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, until the Discharge of Senior Indebtedness
has
occurred, the Senior Indebtedness Representative shall be entitled to deal
with
the Pledged Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Senior Revolving
Credit Documents as if the Liens of the Term Administrative Agent under the
Term
Collateral Documents did not exist. The rights of the Term Administrative Agent
shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
(c) The
Senior Indebtedness Representative shall have no obligation whatsoever to the
Senior Revolving Claimholders and the Term Administrative Agent or any Term
Claimholder to ensure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by any
of
the Obligors or to preserve rights or benefits of any Person except as expressly
set forth in this Section 5.5. The duties or responsibilities of the Senior
Indebtedness Representative under this Section 5.5 shall be limited solely
to
holding the Pledged Collateral as bailee in accordance with this Section
5.5.
(d) The
Senior Indebtedness Representative acting pursuant to this Section 5.5 shall
not
have by reason of the Senior Revolving Collateral Documents, the Term Collateral
Documents, this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in
respect of the Senior Revolving Claimholders, the Term Administrative Agent
or
any Term Claimholder.
(e) Upon
the
Discharge of the Senior Indebtedness under the Senior Revolving Credit Documents
to which the Senior Indebtedness Representative is a party, the Senior
Indebtedness Representative shall deliver the remaining Pledged Collateral
(if
any) together with any necessary endorsements, to the Term Administrative Agent
to the extent Subordinated Obligations remain outstanding. The Senior
Indebtedness Representative further agrees to take all other action reasonably
requested by the Term Administrative Agent in connection with it obtaining
a
first priority interest in the Collateral.
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Section
5.6 Purchase
Option.
(a) The
Senior Indebtedness Representative, on behalf of itself and the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, agrees that if (i) an Event of Default under the Senior
Revolving Credit Documents has occurred and is continuing, and as a result
of
such Event of Default under the Senior Revolving Credit Documents (A) the Senior
Indebtedness has been accelerated and/or (B) the Majority Lenders are pursuing
remedies of foreclosure against the Collateral, (ii) an Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding is commenced by or against the Borrower or any other
Obligor or (iii) a Standstill Period is in effect (any of such events, a
“Trigger
Event”),
the
Term Claimholders shall have the right and option to purchase the aggregate
amount of outstanding Senior Indebtedness (including unfunded commitments)
up
to, in the case of principal, the Maximum Priority Senior Revolving Amount
at a
price of not less than par, plus all accrued and unpaid interest and fees,
together with cash collateral for all outstanding letters of credit in an amount
equal to 105% of the undrawn and available amount consistent with all other
Senior Revolving Credit Documents of all letters of credit outstanding under
the
Senior Revolving Credit Documents, and a payment for all then outstanding
Eligible Swap Agreements at a price equal to the sum of any unpaid amounts
then
due in respect of such Eligible Swap Agreements plus or minus a net amount
quoted by the Senior Revolving Claimholder party to such Eligible Swap Agreement
that would be paid to assign or novate each such Eligible Swap Agreement in
the
ordinary course of its business. Such sale shall be without warranty or
representation or recourse other than as provided in standard LSTA documentation
for par trades. To exercise the option following a Trigger Event, the Term
Administrative Agent shall deliver a written notice to the Senior Indebtedness
Representative and the Senior Revolving Lenders, which notice shall be deemed
an
irrevocable offer to the Senior Revolving Claimholders to purchase the Senior
Indebtedness on the terms set forth in this Section (the “Purchase
Notice”).
(b) Upon
receipt of a Purchase Notice the parties shall endeavor to close within twenty
(20) days after such acceptance (such entire period referred to as the
“Purchase
Period”).
Neither the Senior Indebtedness Representative nor the Senior Revolving
Claimholders shall commence any Enforcement Action during the Purchase Period;
provided,
however,
(i)
if the
holders of Subordinated Obligations reject such offer or do not timely accept
such offer, or (ii)
if, upon
expiration of the Purchase Period, the parties have not closed the transaction,
then the Senior Indebtedness Representative and the holders of Senior
Indebtedness shall have no further obligations pursuant to this Section and
may
commence any Enforcement Action in their sole discretion in accordance with
the
Senior Revolving Credit Documents and this Agreement; provided that if during
the Purchase Period, a Senior Revolving Claimholder determines Exigent
Circumstances exist, (A)
it may
or may direct the Senior Indebtedness Representative to take appropriate
Enforcement Actions to preserve the value of the Collateral or the amount which
could reasonably be expect to be recovered thereon and (B)
nothing
shall prevent the early termination of a Swap Agreement and the netting of
amounts due in respect thereof.
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ARTICLE
VI
INSOLVENCY
OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS
Section
6.1 Filing
of Claims; Finance and Sale Issues.
If no
proof of claim is filed in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with respect
to any Subordinated Obligations by the third (3rd) day prior to the bar date
for
any such proof of claim, the Senior Indebtedness Representative may, after
notice to the Term Lenders or the Term Administrative Agent or other
representative, file such a proof of claim on behalf of the Term Lenders, and
each Term Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Senior Indebtedness
Representative as its agent and attorney-in-fact for such limited purpose;
provided, that the foregoing shall not confer to the holder of any Senior
Indebtedness the right to vote on behalf of the Term Lenders in any Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceedings or any other right. Until the Discharge of Senior
Indebtedness has occurred, if the Borrower or any other Obligor shall be subject
to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and the Senior Indebtedness
Representative shall desire to permit the use of cash collateral on which the
Senior Indebtedness Representative or any other creditor has a Lien or to permit
the Borrower or any other Obligor to obtain financing, whether from the Senior
Revolving Claimholders under Section 363 or Section 364 of Title 11 of the
United States Code or any similar Bankruptcy Law (each, a “DIP
Financing”),
then
the Term Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Claimholders,
agrees that it will raise no objection to such use of cash collateral or DIP
Financing and will not request adequate protection or any other relief in
connection therewith (except as expressly agreed by the Senior Indebtedness
Representative or to the extent permitted by Section 6.3) and, to the extent
the
Liens securing the Senior Indebtedness are subordinated or pari
passu
with
such DIP Financing, the Term Administrative Agent will subordinate its Liens
in
the Collateral to the Liens securing such DIP Financing (and all Obligations
relating thereto); provided,
however,
that
the foregoing shall not prevent the Term Lenders from (a)
objecting to any DIP Financing relating to any provision or content of a plan
of
reorganization or (b)
proposing any other DIP Financing to the Borrower or the bankruptcy court,
and
provided
further
that the
sum of all outstanding principal of Loans and Letters of Credit under the Senior
Revolving Credit Agreement and any DIP Financing provided by the Senior
Revolving Lenders will not exceed the Maximum Priority Senior Revolving Amount.
The Term Administrative Agent on behalf of the Term Claimholders, agrees that
it
will raise no objection or oppose a sale or other disposition of any Collateral
free and clear of its Liens or other claims under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy
Code if the Senior Revolving Claimholders have consented to such sale or
disposition of such assets.
Section
6.2 Relief
from the Automatic Stay.
Until
the earlier of (a)
a
Discharge of Senior Indebtedness has occurred or (b)
179 days
after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding have elapsed,
the Term Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Claimholders,
agrees that none of them shall seek relief from the automatic stay or any other
stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Collateral,
without the prior written consent of the Senior Indebtedness Representative.
If
after the expiration of the foregoing period, the Term Administrative Agent
or
any Term Claimholder seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay,
the
Term Administrative Agent will provide prompt written notice
thereof.
Section
6.3 Adequate
Protection.
The
Term Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Claimholders, agrees
that none of them shall contest (or support any other person contesting)
(a)
any
request by the Senior Indebtedness Representative or the Senior Revolving
Claimholders for adequate protection or (b)
any
objection by the Senior Indebtedness Representative or the Senior Revolving
Claimholders to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the Senior
Indebtedness Representative or the Senior Revolving Claimholders claiming a
lack
of adequate protection. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions in this Section
6.3, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (i)
if the
Senior Revolving Claimholders (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate
protection in the form of additional collateral in connection with any DIP
Financing, then the Term Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself or any of
the
Term Claimholders, may seek or request adequate protection in the form of a
Lien
on such additional collateral, which Lien will be subordinated to the Liens
securing the Senior Indebtedness and such DIP Financing (and all Obligations
relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Subordinated
Obligations are so subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness under this Agreement,
and (ii)
in the
event the Term Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term
Claimholders, seeks or requests adequate protection in respect of Subordinated
Obligations and such adequate protection is granted in the form of additional
collateral, then the Term Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself or any
of
the Term Claimholders, agrees that the Senior Indebtedness Representative shall
also be granted a senior Lien on such additional collateral as security for
the
Senior Indebtedness and for any such DIP Financing provided by the Senior
Revolving Claimholders and that any Lien on such additional collateral securing
the Subordinated Obligations shall be subordinated to the Liens on such
collateral securing the Senior Indebtedness and any such DIP Financing provided
by the Senior Revolving Claimholders (and all Obligations relating thereto)
and
to any other Liens granted to the Senior Revolving Claimholders as adequate
protection on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Subordinated
Obligations are so subordinated to such Senior Indebtedness under this
Agreement. Except as set forth above, the Term Administrative Agent shall not
be
limited from seeking adequate protection with respect to its rights in the
Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (including, without
limitation, adequate protection in the form of cash payments of interest or
otherwise).
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Section
6.4 No
Waiver.
Subject
to Section 3.1(a) of this Agreement and other actions expressly permitted
hereunder, nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any way limit the
Senior Indebtedness Representative or any Senior Revolving Claimholder from
objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any action
taken by the Term Administrative Agent or any of the Term Claimholders,
including the seeking by the Term Administrative Agent or any Term Claimholders
of adequate protection or the asserting by the Term Administrative Agent or
any
Term Claimholders of any of its rights and remedies under the Term Credit
Documents or otherwise. If in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, the
Term
Administrative Agent or any Term Lender receives a secured claim in lieu of
a
set-off, then such Person shall, to the extent practicable, exercise its rights
in respect of such secured claim in a manner consistent with this
Agreement.
Section
6.5 Avoidance
Issues.
If any
Senior Revolving Claimholder is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the
Borrower or any other Obligor any amount (a “Recovery”),
then
such Senior Revolving Claimholders shall be entitled to a reinstatement of
Senior Indebtedness with respect to all such recovered amounts; provided that
the terms of this Agreement as between the parties shall not apply to any such
Liens as reinstated to the extent the court ordering such Recovery determines
such Recovery is due as the result of fraud, bad faith or the intentional
misconduct of such Senior Revolving Claimholder. If this Agreement shall have
been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated
in
full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release,
discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto
from
such date of reinstatement unless the court ordering such Recovery determines
such Recovery is due as the result of fraud, bad faith or the intentional
misconduct of such Senior Revolving Claimholder.
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Section
6.6 Reorganization
Securities.
If, in
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of the reorganized
debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor are
distributed, pursuant to a plan of reorganization or similar dispositive
restructuring plan, both on account of Senior Indebtedness and on account of
Subordinated Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed
on account of the Senior Indebtedness and on account of the Subordinated
Obligations are secured by Liens upon the same property, the provisions of
this
Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to
such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt
obligations.
Section
6.7 Post-Petition
Interest.
(a) Neither
the Term Administrative Agent nor any Term Claimholder shall oppose or seek
to
challenge any claim by the Senior Indebtedness Representative or any Senior
Revolving Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding
of Senior Indebtedness consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses
to
the extent of the value of the Senior Revolving Claimholder’s Lien, without
regard to the existence of the Lien of the Term Administrative Agent on behalf
of the Term Claimholders on the Collateral.
(b) Neither
the Senior Indebtedness Representative nor any other Senior Revolving
Claimholder shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the Term
Administrative Agent or any Term Claimholder for allowance in any Insolvency
or
Liquidation Proceeding of Subordinated Obligations consisting of post-petition
interest, fees or expenses to the extent of the value of the Lien of the Term
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Term Claimholders on the Collateral (after
taking into account the Lien of the Senior Indebtedness Representative on behalf
of the Senior Revolving Claimholders on the Collateral).
Section
6.8 Waiver.
The
Term Administrative Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Term Claimholders,
waives any claim it may hereafter have against any Senior Revolving Claimholder
arising out of the election of any Senior Revolving Claimholder of the
application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, and/or out of any
cash
collateral or financing arrangement or out of any grant of a security interest
in connection with the Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
The Senior Indebtedness Representative, for itself and on behalf of the Senior
Revolving Claimholders, waives any claim it may hereafter have against any
Term
Claimholder arising out of the election of any Term Claimholder of the
application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code (which is not in
contravention of this Agreement), and/or out of any cash collateral or financing
arrangement (which is not in contravention of this Agreement) or out of any
grant of a security interest of the appropriate priority (which is not in
contravention of this Agreement) in connection with the Collateral in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
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Section
6.9 Asset
Dispositions in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Neither
the Term Administrative Agent nor any other Term Lender shall, in an Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, oppose any sale or disposition of any
assets of any Obligor under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code that is supported
by the Senior Revolving Claimholders, and the Term Administrative Agent and
each
other Term Lender will be deemed to have consented under Section 363 of the
Bankruptcy Code to any such sale supported by the Senior Revolving Claimholders;
provided in any case, the cash proceeds of such sale are used to permanently
repay Senior Indebtedness and/or other permitted senior claims (i.e. “Excepted
Liens”) on the assets subject of such sale. Neither the Term Administrative
Agent nor any other Term Lender shall, in an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding or otherwise, assert in connection with any sale or disposition
of
any assets of any Obligor under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code any rights
under Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise credit bid any of
the
Subordinated Obligations unless such credit bid includes a cash portion for
any
amounts with respect to the Senior Indebtedness.
Section
6.10 Separate
Grants of Security and Separate Classification.
Each
Term Lender acknowledges and agrees that (a)
the
grants of Liens pursuant to the Senior Revolving Credit Documents and the Term
Credit Documents constitute two separate and distinct grants of Liens and
(b)
because
of, among other things, their differing rights in the Collateral, the
Subordinated Obligations are fundamentally different from the Senior
Indebtedness and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization
proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. To further
effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding
sentence, if it is held that the claims against the Senior Revolving
Claimholders and Term Lenders in respect of the Collateral constitute only
one
secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured
claims), then the Term Lenders hereby acknowledge and agree that all
distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of senior and
junior secured claims against the Borrower and/or other Obligors in respect
of
the Collateral with the effect being that (i)
to the
extent that the aggregate value of the Collateral is sufficient (for this
purpose ignoring all claims held by the Term Lenders), the Senior Revolving
Claimholders shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed
to
them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all
amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest before any distribution
is
made in respect of the claims held by the Term Lenders and (ii)
the Term
Lenders hereby acknowledge and agree to turn over to the Senior Revolving
Claimholders amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent
necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover
has
the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Term Lenders.
Section
6.11 Effectiveness
in Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.
This
Agreement shall be effective both before and after the commencement of an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references in this Agreement to any
Obligor shall include such Obligor as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver
or
trustee for such Obligor in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding.
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ARTICLE
VII
RELIANCE;
WAIVERS; ETC.
Section
7.1 Reliance.
Other
than any reliance on the terms of this Agreement, the Senior Indebtedness
Representative, on behalf of itself and the Senior Revolving Claimholders under
its Senior Revolving Credit Documents, acknowledges that it and such Senior
Revolving Claimholders have, independently and without reliance on the Term
Administrative Agent or any Term Claimholders, and based on documents and
information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and
decision to enter into such Senior Revolving Credit Documents and be bound
by
the terms of this Agreement and they will continue to make their own credit
decision in taking or not taking any action under the Senior Revolving Credit
Documents or this Agreement. The Term Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself
and the Term Claimholders under its Term Credit Documents, acknowledges that
it
and such Term Claimholders have, independently and without reliance on the
Senior Indebtedness Representative or any Senior Revolving Claimholder, and
based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own
credit analysis and decision to enter into each of the Term Credit Documents
and
be bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will continue to make their
own
credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the Term Credit
Documents or this Agreement.
Section
7.2 No
Warranties or Liability.
The
Senior Indebtedness Representative, on behalf of itself and the Senior Revolving
Claimholders under its Senior Revolving Credit Documents, acknowledges and
agrees that each of the Term Administrative Agent and the Term Claimholders
have
made no express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect
to
the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or
enforceability of any of the Term Credit Documents, the ownership of any
Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The Term
Claimholders will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans
and
extensions of credit under the Term Credit Documents in accordance with law
and
as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate. The Term
Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Claimholders under its
Term Credit Documents, acknowledges and agrees that each of the Senior
Indebtedness Representative and the Senior Revolving Claimholders have made
no
express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the
execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability
of
any of the Senior Revolving Credit Documents, the ownership of any Collateral
or
the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The Senior Revolving
Claimholders will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans
and
extensions of credit under their respective Senior Revolving Credit Documents
in
accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem
appropriate. The Term Administrative Agent and the Term Claimholders shall
have
no duty to the Senior Indebtedness Representative or any of the Senior Revolving
Claimholders, and the Senior Indebtedness Representative and the Senior
Revolving Claimholders shall have no duty to the Term Administrative Agent
or
any of the Term Claimholders, to act or refrain from acting in a manner which
allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default
or
default under any agreements with the Borrower or any other Obligor (including
the Senior Revolving Credit Documents and the Term Credit Documents), regardless
of any knowledge thereof which they may have or be charged with.
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Section
7.3 No
Waiver of Lien Priorities.
(a) No
right
of the Senior Revolving Claimholders, the Senior Indebtedness Representative
or
any of them to enforce any provision of this Agreement or any Senior Revolving
Credit Document shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any
act or failure to act on the part of the Borrower or any other Obligor or by
any
act or failure to act by any Senior Revolving Claimholder or the Senior
Indebtedness Representative, or by any noncompliance by any Person with the
terms, provisions and covenants of this Agreement, any of the Senior Revolving
Credit Documents or any of the Term Credit Documents, regardless of any
knowledge thereof which the Senior Indebtedness Representative or the Senior
Revolving Claimholders, or any of them, may have or be otherwise charged
with.
(b) Without
in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph (but subject
to
the rights of the Borrower and the other Obligors under the Senior Revolving
Credit Documents and subject to the provisions of Section 5.3(a), Section 5.3(b)
and Section 8.4), the Senior Revolving Claimholders, the Senior Indebtedness
Representative and any of them may, at any time and from time to time in
accordance with the Senior Revolving Credit Documents and/or applicable law,
without the consent of, or notice to, the Term Administrative Agent or any
Term
Claimholders, without incurring any liabilities to the Term Administrative
Agent
or any Term Claimholders and without impairing or releasing the Lien priorities
and other benefits provided in this Agreement (even if any right of subrogation
or other right or remedy of the Term Administrative Agent or any Term
Claimholders is affected, impaired or extinguished thereby) do any one or more
of the following:
(i) change
the manner, place or terms of payment or change or extend the time of payment
of, or amend, renew, exchange, increase or alter, the terms of any of the Senior
Indebtedness or any Lien on any Senior Revolving Collateral or guaranty thereof
or any liability of the Borrower or any other Obligor, or any liability incurred
directly or indirectly in respect thereof (including any increase in or
extension of the Senior Indebtedness, other than in the case of principal,
an
amount in excess of the Maximum Priority Senior Revolving Amount, without any
restriction as to the amount, tenor or terms of any such increase or extension),
or otherwise amend, renew, exchange, extend, modify or supplement in any manner
any Liens held by the Senior Indebtedness Representative or any of the Senior
Revolving Claimholders, the Senior Indebtedness or any of the Senior Revolving
Credit Documents;
(ii) sell,
exchange, release, surrender, realize upon, enforce or otherwise deal with
in
any manner and in any order any part of the Senior Revolving Collateral or
any
liability of the Borrower or any other Obligor to the Senior Revolving
Claimholders or the Senior Indebtedness Representative, or any liability
incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof;
(iii) settle
or
compromise any Senior Indebtedness or any security therefor or any liability
incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof and apply any sums by
whomsoever paid and however realized to payment of the Senior Indebtedness;
and
(iv) exercise
or delay in or refrain from exercising any right or remedy against the Borrower
or any security or any other Obligor or any other Person, elect any remedy
and
otherwise deal freely with the Borrower, any other Obligor or any Senior
Revolving Collateral and any security and any guarantor or any liability of
the
Borrower or any other Obligor to the Senior Revolving Claimholders or any
liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof.
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(c) The
Term
Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Claimholders, also agrees
that the Senior Revolving Claimholders and the Senior Indebtedness
Representative shall have no liability to the Term Administrative Agent or
any
Term Claimholders for actions taken in compliance with the terms of this
Agreement (excluding actions constituting the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Senior Indebtedness Representative or any Senior Revolving
Claimholder), and the Term Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Term Claimholders, hereby waives any such claim against any Senior Revolving
Claimholder or the Senior Indebtedness Representative, arising out of any and
all actions which the Senior Revolving Claimholders or the Senior Indebtedness
Representative may take or permit or omit to take in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement (excluding actions or inactions constituting the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Senior Indebtedness Representative
or
any Senior Revolving Claimholder) with respect to: (i)
the
Senior Revolving Credit Documents, (ii)
the
collection of the Senior Indebtedness or (iii)
the
foreclosure upon, or sale, liquidation or other disposition of, any Senior
Revolving Collateral. The Term Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and
the
Term Claimholders, agrees that the Senior Revolving Claimholders and the Senior
Indebtedness Representative have no duty to them in respect of the maintenance
or preservation of the Senior Revolving Collateral, the Senior Indebtedness
or
otherwise.
(d) The
Senior Indebtedness Representative, on behalf of itself and the Senior Revolving
Claimholders, also agrees that the Term Claimholders and the Term Administrative
Agent shall have no liability to the Senior Indebtedness Representative or
any
Senior Revolving Claimholders for actions taken in compliance with the terms
of
this Agreement (excluding actions constituting the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Term Administrative Agent or any Term Claimholder), and the
Senior Indebtedness Representative, on behalf of itself and the Senior Revolving
Claimholders, hereby waives any such claim against any Term Claimholder or
the
Term Administrative Agent, arising out of any and all actions which the Term
Claimholders or the Term Administrative Agent may take or permit or omit to
take
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (excluding actions or inactions
constituting the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Term
Administrative Agent or any Term Claimholder) with respect to: (i)
the Term
Credit Documents, (ii)
the
collection of the Subordinated Obligations or (iii)
the
foreclosure upon, or sale, liquidation or other disposition of, any Term
Collateral. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Senior Indebtedness
Representative, on behalf of itself and the Senior Revolving Claimholders,
agrees that the Term Claimholders and the Term Administrative Agent have no
duty
to them in respect of the maintenance or preservation of the Term Collateral,
the Subordinated Obligations or otherwise.
(e) The
Term
Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Claimholders, agrees
not
to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right
to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit
of,
any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise
be available under applicable law with respect to the Collateral or any other
similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable
law.
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ARTICLE
VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
8.1 Conflicts.
With
respect solely to the relative rights and obligations of the Senior Indebtedness
Representative and the Senior Revolving Claimholders, on one hand, and the
Term
Administrative Agent and the Term Claimholders, on the other hand, and not
with
respect to any right or obligation of the Borrower or any Guarantor or Obligor
under any Senior Revolving Credit Document or Term Credit Document, in the
event
of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions
of
the Senior Revolving Credit Documents or the Term Credit Documents, the
provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control.
Section
8.2 Effectiveness;
Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability.
This
Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties
hereto. Except as set forth herein, this is a continuing agreement of lien
subordination and the Senior Revolving Claimholders may continue, at any time
and without notice to the Term Administrative Agent or any Term Claimholder
subject to the Term Credit Documents, to extend credit and other financial
accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any
Obligor constituting Senior Indebtedness in reliance hereof. The Term
Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Claimholders, hereby
waives any right it may have under applicable law to revoke this Agreement
or
any of the provisions of this Agreement absent fraud or material
misrepresentation by any other party hereto with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall
continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such
prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. All references
to
the Borrower or any other Obligor shall include the Borrower or such Obligor
as
debtor and debtor in possession and any receiver or trustee for the Borrower
or
any other Obligor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and
effect, (a)
with
respect to the Term Administrative Agent, the Term Claimholders and the
Subordinated Obligations, upon the later of (i)
the date
upon which the obligations under the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement terminate
if there are no other Subordinated Obligations outstanding on such date and
(ii)
if there
are other Subordinated Obligations outstanding on such date, the date upon
which
such Subordinated Obligations terminate and (b)
with
respect to the Senior Indebtedness Representative, the Senior Revolving
Claimholders and the Senior Indebtedness, the date of Discharge of Senior
Indebtedness, subject to the rights of the Senior Revolving Claimholders under
Section 6.5.
Section
8.3 Amendments;
Waivers.
No
amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of any provision of this Agreement
by the Term Administrative Agent or the Senior Indebtedness Representative
shall
be deemed to be made unless the same shall be in writing signed on behalf of
each party hereto or its authorized agent and each waiver, if any, shall be
a
waiver only with respect to the specific instance involved and shall in no
way
impair the rights of the parties making such waiver or the obligations of the
other parties to such party in any other respect or at any other time.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Obligor shall have any right to consent to
or
approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement
except to the extent its rights are directly affected (which includes, but
is
not limited to any amendment to the Obligors’ ability to cause additional
obligations to constitute Senior Indebtedness or Subordinated Obligations as
the
Borrower may designate).
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Section
8.4 Information
Concerning Financial Condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.
The
Senior Indebtedness Representative and the Senior Revolving Claimholders, on
the
one hand, and the Term Claimholders and the Term Administrative Agent, on the
other hand, shall each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of
(a)
the
financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and all endorsers
and/or guarantors of the Senior Indebtedness or the Subordinated Obligations
and
(b)
all
other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Senior
Indebtedness or the Subordinated Obligations. The Senior Indebtedness
Representative and the Senior Revolving Claimholders shall have no duty to
advise the Term Administrative Agent or any Term Claimholder of information
known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or
otherwise. In the event the Senior Indebtedness Representative or any of the
Senior Revolving Claimholders, in its or their sole discretion, undertakes
at
any time or from time to time to provide any such information to the Term
Administrative Agent or any Term Claimholder, it or they shall be under no
obligation (w) to make, and the Senior Indebtedness Representative and the
Senior Revolving Claimholders shall not make, any express or implied
representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy,
completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided,
(x)
to provide any additional information or to provide any such information on
any
subsequent occasion, (y) to undertake any investigation or (z) to disclose
any
information which, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance
practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required
to maintain confidential. In addition, each of the Senior Indebtedness
Representative and the Term Administrative Agent shall promptly provide the
other with copies of any amendments or waivers to any of the Senior Revolving
Credit Documents or Term Credit Documents, as applicable and, upon request,
information regarding the amounts owing by the Borrower and the other Obligors
thereunder, and the Borrower hereby consents to all such disclosures on behalf
of itself and each other Obligor.
Section
8.5 Subrogation.
The
Term Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Claimholders, hereby
waives any rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment
hereunder until the Discharge of Senior Indebtedness has occurred.
Section
8.6 SUBMISSION
TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS.
(a) ALL
JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO
MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN XXX
XXXXX, XXXXXX XXX XXXX XX XXXXXXX, XXXXX. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS
AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES,
IRREVOCABLY (i)
ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE
OF
SUCH COURTS; (ii)
WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS; (iii)
AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT
MAY
BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE
APPLICABLE PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.7; AND
(iv)
AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (iii) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER
PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY
SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY
RESPECT.
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(b) EACH
OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY
TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER. THE
SCOPE
OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT
MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF,
INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER
COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER
IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS
ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH
WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY
HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH
ITS
LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS
FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING
THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL
WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 8.6(b) AND EXECUTED BY
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT
AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO. IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY
THE
COURT.
Section
8.7 Notices.
All
notices to the Term Claimholders and the Senior Revolving Claimholders permitted
or required under this Agreement shall also be sent to the Term Administrative
Agent and the Senior Indebtedness Representative, respectively. Unless otherwise
specifically provided herein, any notice hereunder shall be in writing and
may
be personally served, telexed or sent by telefacsimile (and confirmed by
telephone) or United States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to
have
been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of
telefacsimile (and confirmed by telephone) or telex, or three (3) Business
Days
after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly
addressed. For the purposes hereof, the addresses of each party hereto shall
be
as set forth under such party’s name on the signature pages hereof, or, as to
each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a
written notice to all of the other parties.
Section
8.8 Identity
of Term Lenders for Notice Purposes.
(a) For
purposes of any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder by the
holders of the Senior Indebtedness or the Senior Indebtedness Representative
to
the Term Lenders, or any of them, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and
the
Senior Indebtedness Representative shall be entitled to rely, conclusively,
on
the identity and address of each Term Lender as set forth in the Second Lien
Term Loan Agreement or as otherwise set forth in the most recent notice received
by the Senior Indebtedness Representative from a Term Lender referring to the
Second Lien Term Loan Agreement for purposes of providing the identity and
address of each Term Lender. The Term Lenders agree that any notices required
to
be given to the Term Lenders shall be effective if such notice is given to
the
Term Administrative Agent or other representative of the Term Lenders. For
so
long as the Subordinated Obligations are outstanding, the Term Lenders agree
to
designate and maintain an agent or other representative for such
purposes.
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(b) For
purposes of any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder by the
holders of the Subordinated Obligations or the Term Administrative Agent to
the
holders of the Senior Indebtedness or the Senior Indebtedness Representative,
the Term Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, conclusively, on the
identity and address of the Senior Indebtedness Representative as set forth
in
the Senior Revolving Credit Agreement or as otherwise set forth in the most
recent notice received from the Senior Indebtedness Representative. The Senior
Indebtedness Representative and the Senior Revolving Lenders agree that any
notices required to be given to the Senior Revolving Lenders shall be effective
if such notice is given to the Senior Indebtedness Representative or other
representative of the Senior Revolving Lenders.
Section
8.9 Further
Assurances.
The
Senior Indebtedness Representative, on behalf of itself and the Senior Revolving
Claimholders under its Senior Revolving Credit Documents, and the Term
Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Claimholders under its
Term Credit Documents, and the Borrower, agrees that each of them shall take
such further action and shall execute and deliver such additional documents
and
instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the Senior Indebtedness
Representative or the Term Administrative Agent may reasonably request to
effectuate the terms of and the lien priorities contemplated by this
Agreement.
Section
8.10 APPLICABLE
LAW.
THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
Section
8.11 Binding
on Successors and Assigns.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon the Senior Indebtedness Representative, the
Senior Revolving Claimholders, the Term Administrative Agent, the Term
Claimholders, the Borrower, and their respective successors and
assigns.
Section
8.12 Specific
Performance.
Each of
the Senior Indebtedness Representative and the Term Administrative Agent may
demand specific performance of this Agreement. The Senior Indebtedness
Representative, on behalf of itself and the Senior Revolving Claimholders under
its Senior Revolving Credit Documents, and the Term Administrative Agent, on
behalf of itself and the Term Claimholders, hereby irrevocably waives any
defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense which
might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action which
may be brought by any Senior Indebtedness Representative or the Term
Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
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Section
8.13 Headings.
Section
headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference
only
and shall not constitute a part hereof for any other purpose or be given any
substantive effect.
Section
8.14 Counterparts;
Effectiveness.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when
so
executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts
together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall
become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the
parties hereto and receipt by the Borrower, the Senior Indebtedness
Representative and the Term Administrative Agent of written or telephonic
notification of such execution and authorization of delivery
thereof.
Section
8.15 Authorization.
By its
signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto
represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized
to execute this Agreement.
Section
8.16 No
Third Party Beneficiaries.
This
Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of
each
of the parties hereto and its respective successors and assigns and shall inure
to the benefit of each of the Senior Revolving Claimholders and the Term
Claimholders. No other Person shall have or be entitled to assert rights or
benefits hereunder.
Section
8.17 Provisions
Solely to Define Relative Rights.
The
provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of
defining the relative rights of the Senior Revolving Claimholders on the one
hand and the Term Claimholders on the other hand. None of the Borrower, any
other Obligor or any other creditor thereof shall have any rights hereunder.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Intercreditor Agreement
as of the date first written above.
Senior
Indebtedness Representative:
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BNP
PARIBAS,
as Senior Indebtedness Representative
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By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Director | ||
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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Notice
Address:
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0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxx
0000
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Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
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Attention
of Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Telephone:
000.000.0000
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Facsimile:
713.659.6915
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Term
Administrative Agent:
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BNP
PARIBAS
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By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title: Director | ||
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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Notice
Address:
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0000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxx
0000
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Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
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Attention
of Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Telephone:
000.000.0000
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Facsimile:
713.659.6915
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The
Borrower
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AURORA
OIL & GAS CORPORATION,
as Borrower
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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
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Notice
Address:
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0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
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Attention:
Chief Financial
Officer;
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