FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Exhibit 4.1
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of August 28,
2008, among Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C. (the “New Subsidiary Guarantor”), a Delaware
limited liability company and subsidiary of Stone Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor
trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, a New York banking corporation, under the Indenture referred to
below (the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture (the
“Indenture”) dated as of December 10, 2001, providing for the issuance of an unlimited
aggregate principal amount of 81/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 (the “Securities”);
WHEREAS Section 4.13 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Company is
required to cause the New Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental
indenture pursuant to which the New Subsidiary Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the
Company’s obligations under the Securities pursuant to a Subsidiary Guaranty on the terms and
conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee and the Company are authorized
to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Subsidiary Guarantor, the
Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the
holders of the Securities as follows:
1. Agreement to Guarantee. The New Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and
severally with all other Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, to unconditionally guarantee the Company’s
obligations under the Securities on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 11
of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture.
2. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as
expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the
terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental
Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Securities
heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
3. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT WOULD OTHERWISE REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
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4. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
5. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental
Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.
6. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall
not effect the construction thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
STONE ENERGY OFFSHORE, L.L.C. | ||||||
By: | STONE ENERGY CORPORATION | |||||
its Sole Member | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Beer | |||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Beer | |||||
Title: | Senior Vice President and | |||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
STONE ENERGY CORPORATION | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Beer | |||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Beer | |||||
Title: | Senior Vice President and | |||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
THE BANK OF NEW YORK | ||||||
MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. | ||||||
as Trustee | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X.Xxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx-Xxxxx | |||||
Title: | Assistant Treasurer |
Signature Page to First Supplemental Indenture