Exhibit 10.1
EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT AND MASTER ASSIGNMENT, RESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT AGREEMENT
This Eighth Amendment to Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Master Assignment, Resignation and Appointment Agreement (this “Eighth Amendment”), effective as of November 2, 2021 (the “Eighth Amendment Effective Date”), is entered into among (i) Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC (“TD”) as existing Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Existing Administrative Agent”) under the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined below), (ii) Alter Domus (US) LLC (“Alter Domus”), as successor Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Successor Administrative Agent”) under the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below) and the Security Documents (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement), (iii) W&T Offshore, Inc. (the “Borrower”) under the Existing Credit Agreement and the Amended Credit Agreement, (iv) each Guarantor Subsidiary under the Existing Credit Agreement and the Amended Credit Agreement and (v) BP Energy Company, as the sole Lender under the Existing Amendment and the Amended Credit Agreement (the “Lender”).
(i) each of the Existing Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement assigned its entire Revolving Loan Commitment to the Lender in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Existing Credit Agreement (the “Commitment Assignment”), and upon giving effect to the Commitment Assignment, (i) the Lender constitutes the sole Lender as defined in and under the Existing Credit Agreement, (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) equals $0 and (iii) the Aggregate Commitments equal $1,000,000; and
(ii) the Borrower cash collateralized or otherwise provided credit support for each of the existing Letters of Credit under the Existing Credit Agreement and terminated the Letter of Credit Commitments of all Existing Issuers in full, in each case, pursuant to arrangements satisfactory to the Existing Agent and the applicable Existing Issuers (collectively, the “LC Transactions”) and
upon giving effect to LC Transactions, (i) no Letter of Credit remains issued and outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, (ii) the Letter of Credit Outstandings equal $0 and (iii) the Letter of Credit Commitment Amount equals $0; and
F.Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the parties hereto, as applicable, have agreed to amend the Existing Credit Agreement in accordance with Section 2 hereof.
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Security Interests and the Collateral unto the Successor Administrative Agent, for its and the other Successor Lender Parties’ benefit and for the benefit of their successors and assigns, forever; provided, however, that the Existing Administrative Agent, and its Affiliates, and its and their respective officers, directors, trustees, employees, advisors, sub-agents, agents, controlling Persons, counsel, members and attorneys-in-fact shall retain their non-exclusive rights to reimbursement, indemnification and other similar obligations or contingent obligations and any other provisions of the Loan Documents (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) that survive the satisfaction of the Obligations (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) to the extent expressly provided for under the Loan Documents (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement), as more specifically described in Section 6 of this Eighth Amendment (such obligations being collectively, the “Surviving Obligations”).
(e) To the extent not previously delivered, the Borrower agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver executed originals (or, to the extent that executed originals are not readily available, copies thereto) of all material Secured Documents to the Successor Administrative Agent within thirty (30) days after the Eighth Amendment Effective Date (or such later date as may be reasonably agreed between the Borrower and the Successor Administrative Agent). The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Successor Administrative Agent shall not have any obligation with respect to any Loan Document that has not been delivered to the Successor Administrative Agent.
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The parties hereto have caused this Eighth Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year first written above.
TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC, as the Existing Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Wallace Wong
Name:Wallace Wong
Title:Authorized Signatory
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Eighth Amendment to Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Master Assignment, Resignation and Appointment Agreement
ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, as the Successor Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Matthew Trybula
Name: Matthew Trybula
Title: Associate Counsel
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Eighth Amendment to Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Master Assignment, Resignation and Appointment Agreement
W&T OFFSHORE, INC., as the Borrower
By: /s/ Janet Yang
Name: Janet Yang
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
W & T ENERGY VI, LLC, as a Guarantor Subsidiary
By: /s/ Shahid Ghauri
Name: Shahid Ghauri
Title: Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
W & T ENERGY VII, LLC, as a Guarantor Subsidiary
By: /s/ Shahid Ghauri
Name: Shahid Ghauri
Title: Vice President, General Counsel
And Corporate Secretary
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Eighth Amendment to Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Master Assignment, Resignation and Appointment Agreement
BP ENERGY COMPANY, as the Lender
By: /s/ William Shoppley
Name: William Shoppley
Title: Vice President
Signature Page to
Eighth Amendment to Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Master Assignment, Resignation and Appointment Agreement
ANNEX A
FORM OF AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Annex A has been omitted. Reference is made to the Form of Amended Credit Agreement included as Annex A to that certain Ninth Amendment to Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement which became effective after the effectiveness of the Ninth Amendment.
SCHEDULE I
OUTSTANDING AMOUNTS
A.Principal of Loans$-0-
B. Outstanding accrued interest on Loans$-0-
C.Outstanding fees under Existing Credit Agreement$-0-
(End of Schedule I)
SCHEDULE II
Security Documents
(Omitted – includes lists of security agreements, deeds of trust, mortgages, chattel mortgages, pledges, deposit account control agreements, guaranties, financing statements, continuation statements, extension agreements and other agreements or instruments now, heretofore, or hereafter delivered by the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any other Person to Administrative Agent in connection with the Amended Credit Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby to secure or guarantee the payment of any part of the Obligations or the performance of the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s other duties and obligations under the loan documents, including the Amended Credit Agreement.)
SCHEDULE III
POSSESSORY COLLATERAL
None.