Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

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EX-10.7 3 d54280exv10w7.htm THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT exv10w7
 

Exhibit 10.7
[EXECUTION]
THIRD AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
     THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (herein called this “Amendment”) dated as of December 19, 2007, by and among Devon Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “US Borrower”), Northstar Energy Corporation, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company, and Devon Canada Corporation, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company (the “Canadian Borrowers” and, together with the US Borrower, the “Borrowers”), Bank of America, N.A., individually and as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the Lenders party to this Amendment.
WITNESSETH:
     WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders entered into that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement effective as of April 7, 2006 (as amended or supplemented to the date hereof, the “Original Agreement”), for the purpose and consideration therein expressed, whereby the Lenders became obligated to make loans to the Borrowers as therein provided; and
     WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party to this Amendment desire to amend the Original Agreement as set forth herein;
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Original Agreement, in consideration of the Loans which may hereafter be made by the Lenders to the Borrowers, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND REFERENCES
     § 1.1. Terms Defined in the Original Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise expressly defined herein, the terms defined in the Original Agreement shall have the same meanings whenever used in this Amendment.
     § 1.2. Other Defined Terms. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms when used in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to them in this section.
     “Amendment” means this Third Amendment to the Original Agreement.
     “Credit Agreement” means the Original Agreement as amended hereby.

 


 

ARTICLE II.
     § 2.1 Defined Terms. Subsection (x) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” and the portion of such definition following subsection (x) set forth in Section 1.01 of the Original Agreement are hereby deleted and the following is hereby added to the definition of “Permitted Liens” immediately after subsection (w) thereof to read as follows:
     “(x) Liens securing obligations permitted by Section 9.01(o) on assets of the Restricted Subsidiaries which have incurred such obligations; and
     (y) in addition to Liens permitted by clauses (a) through (x) above, Liens on property or assets if the aggregate liabilities secured thereby do not exceed two percent (2%) of Consolidated Assets;
provided that nothing in this definition shall in and of itself constitute or be deemed to constitute an agreement or acknowledgment by the Administrative Agent or any Lender that the Indebtedness subject to or secured by any such Permitted Lien ranks (apart from the effect of any Lien included in or inherent in any such Permitted Liens) in priority to the Obligations.”
     § 2.2 Indebtedness. Subsection (o) of Section 9.01 of the Original Agreement is hereby deleted and the following new subsections (o) and (p) are hereby added immediately after subsection (n) thereof to read as follows:
     “(o) Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiaries owed to a Guarantor arising under securities purchase or repurchase agreements between such Persons, which relate to securities evidencing equity interests in the Subsidiaries; and
     (p) miscellaneous items of Indebtedness of all Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted in subsections (a) through (o) which do not exceed at any one time an aggregate outstanding amount equal to the greater of US $800,000,000 and five percent (5%) of Consolidated Net Worth determined as of the end of the most recent Fiscal Quarter.”
ARTICLE III.
 
CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS
     §3.1. Documents to be Delivered.
     (a) This Amendment shall become effective as of the date set forth above (the “Effective Date”) when the Administrative Agent shall have received all of the following, at the Administrative Agent’s office:
     (i) This Amendment duly executed and delivered by the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.
     (ii) The Consent and Agreement attached hereto duly executed and delivered by Devon Financing, U.L.C.

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     (iii) A Certificate of the US Borrower of even date herewith signed by a Responsible Officer of the US Borrower (i) certifying that Borrowers have taken all action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Amendment and (ii) certifying that before and after giving effect to this Amendment, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article IV of this Amendment, in Article VII of the Original Agreement and in the other Loan Documents made by it are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and (B) no Default exists.
     (b) All commitment, facility, agency, and to the extent invoiced prior to the Effective Date, legal and other fees that are due on or before the date hereof and are required to be paid or reimbursed to any Lender pursuant to any Loan Documents or any commitment agreement heretofore entered into shall have been paid.
ARTICLE IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
     § 4.1. Representations and Warranties of the Borrowers. In order to induce each Lender to enter into this Amendment, each Canadian Borrower represents and warrants to each Lender with respect to the following matters applicable to it and its Subsidiaries that, and the US Borrower represents and warrants to each Lender with respect to all of the following matters that:
     (a) The representations and warranties contained in Article VII of the Original Agreement and the other Loan Documents made by it are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date.
     (b) Each Borrower is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Amendment and is duly authorized to borrow monies and to perform its obligations under the Original Agreement. Each Borrower has duly taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Amendment and to authorize the performance of the obligations of such Borrower hereunder.
     (c) The execution and delivery by each Borrower of this Amendment, the performance by such Borrower of its obligations hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) conflict with any provision of (A) any Law, (B) the Organization Documents of such Borrower, or (C) any agreement, judgment, license, order or permit applicable to or binding upon such Borrower unless such conflict would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) result in the acceleration of any Indebtedness of such Borrower which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in or require the creation of any Lien upon any assets or properties of such Borrower which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except

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as expressly contemplated or permitted in the Loan Documents. Except as expressly contemplated in the Loan Documents, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or third party is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by such Borrower of this Amendment or to consummate any transactions contemplated by this Amendment, unless failure to obtain such consent would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (d) When duly executed and delivered, each of this Amendment and the Original Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) will be a legal and binding obligation of each Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by Debtor Relief Laws.
     (e) No Default exists on the Effective Date.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
     § 5.1. Ratification of Agreements. The Original Agreement, as hereby amended, is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. The Loan Documents, as they may be amended or affected by this Amendment, are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. Any reference to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document shall be deemed to be a reference to the Original Agreement, as hereby amended. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Lenders under the Original Agreement or any other Loan Document nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Original Agreement or any other Loan Document.
     § 5.2. Survival of Agreements. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Borrowers herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the performance hereof, including without limitation the making or granting of the Loans, and shall further survive until all of the Obligations are paid in full. All statements and agreements contained in any certificate or instrument delivered by any Loan Party hereunder or under the Original Agreement to any Lender shall be deemed to constitute representations and warranties by, and/or agreements and covenants of, such Loan Party under this Amendment and under the Original Agreement.
     § 5.3. Loan Documents. This Amendment is a Loan Document, and all provisions in the Original Agreement pertaining to Loan Documents apply hereto.
     § 5.4. Governing Law. This amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the state of New York; provided that the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall retain all rights arising under federal law.
     § 5.5. Counterparts; Fax. This Amendment may be separately executed in counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to constitute one and the same Amendment. This Amendment may be validly executed by facsimile or other electronic transmission.

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     § 5.5. Ratification of Canadian Guaranty of Devon Energy Corporation. Devon Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation, hereby (i) ratifies and confirms the Canadian Guaranty effective as of April 7, 2006 made by it for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Lenders, (ii) agrees that all of its respective obligations and covenants thereunder shall remain unimpaired by the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other documents and instruments executed in connection herewith, and (iii) agrees that such Canadian Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect.
     THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment is executed as of the date first above written.
             
    DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION,    
          as the US Borrower    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey A. Agosta    
 
  Name:  
 
Jeffrey A. Agosta
   
    Title:   Vice President — Corporate Finance and Treasurer
 
           
    NORTHSTAR ENERGY CORPORATION,    
          as a Canadian Borrower    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey A. Agosta    
 
  Name:  
 
Jeffrey A. Agosta
   
 
  Title:   Vice President — Treasurer    
 
           
    DEVON CANADA CORPORATION,    
          as a Canadian Borrower    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey A. Agosta    
 
  Name:  
 
Jeffrey A. Agosta
   
 
  Title:   Vice President — Treasurer    

 


 

CONSENT AND AGREEMENT
     Devon Financing Corporation, U.L.C., a Nova Scotia unlimited company, hereby (i) consents to the provisions of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated herein, (ii) ratifies and confirms the Guaranty effective as of April 7, 2006 (the “Guaranty”) made by it for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, (iii) agrees that all of its respective obligations and covenants thereunder shall remain unimpaired by the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other documents and instruments executed in connection herewith, and (iv) agrees that the Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect.
             
    DEVON FINANCING CORPORATION,    
    U.L.C.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Jeffrey A. Agosta    
 
  Name:  
 
Jeffrey A. Agosta
   
 
  Title:   Vice President and Treasurer    

 


 

             
    BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Renita Cummings    
 
  Name:  
 
Renita Cummings
   
 
  Title:   Agency Management Office, AVP.    
 
           
    BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., by its Canada branch, as Administrative Agent    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Medina Sales de Andrade    
 
  Name:  
 
Medina Sales de Andrade
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
    BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, a US L/C Issuer, and a US Swing Line Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Gabe Gomez    
 
  Name:  
 
Gabe Gomez
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
    BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., by its Canada branch, as a Canadian Lender, a Canadian L/C Issuer, and a Canadian Swing Line Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Medina Sales de Andrade    
 
  Name:  
 
Medina Sales de Andrade
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
             
 
           
    JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender and a US L/C Issuer    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Robert Traband    
 
  Name:  
 
Robert Traband
   
 
  Title:   Executive Director    
 
           
    JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., Toronto Branch, as a Canadian Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Drew McDonald    
 
  Name:  
 
Drew McDonald
   
 
  Title:   Executive Director    
 
           
    ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ John D. Reed    
 
  Name:  
 
John D. Reed
   
 
  Title:   Director    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Todd D. Vaubel    
 
  Name:  
 
Todd V. Vaubel
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
    ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as a Canadian Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Margot Cordina    
 
  Name:  
 
Margot Cordina
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Daniel Cabrera    
 
  Name:  
 
Daniel Cabrera
   
 
  Title:   Assistant Vice President    

 


 

             
    BMO CAPITAL MARKETS FINANCING, INC. (formerly HARRIS NESBITT FINANCING, INC., as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Mary Lou Allen    
 
  Name:  
 
Mary Lou Allen
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
    BANK OF MONTREAL, as a Canadian Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Mary Lou Allen    
 
  Name:  
 
Mary Lou Allen
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
    BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Nikolai von Mengden    
 
  Name:  
 
Nikolai von Mengden
   
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Gina Hoey    
 
  Name:  
 
Gina Joey
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
  Address:   560 Lexington Ave.    
 
      New York, NY 10022    
 
  Contact:   Craig Anderson    
 
           
    BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Betsy Jocher    
 
  Name:  
 
Betsy Jocher
   
 
  Title:   Director    
             
 
  By:   /s/ Polly Schott    
 
  Name:  
 
Polly Schott
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
    BNP PARIBAS (CANADA), as a Canadian Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Edward Pak    
 
  Name:  
 
Edward Pak
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Krista McLeod    
 
  Name:  
 
Krista McLeod
   
 
  Title:   Assistant Vice President    
 
           
    CREDIT SUISSE, Cayman Islands Branch, as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Brian Caldwell    
 
  Name:  
 
Brian Caldwell
   
 
  Title:   Director    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Laurence Lapeyre    
 
  Name:  
 
Laurence Lapeyre
   
 
  Title:   Associate    
 
           
    CREDIT SUISSE TORONTO BRANCH, as a Canadian Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Alain Daoust    
 
  Name:  
 
Alain Daoust
   
 
  Title:   Director    

 


 

             
 
  By:   /s/ Bruce Wetherly    
 
  Name:  
 
Bruce Wetherly
   
 
  Title:   Director    
 
           
    DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Rainer Meier    
 
  Name:  
 
Rainer Meier
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Heidi Sandquist    
 
  Name:  
 
Heidi Sandquist
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
    DEUTSCHE BANK AG CANADA BRANCH, as a Canadian Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Robert A. Johnson    
 
  Name:  
 
Robert A. Johnson
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Marcellus Leung    
 
  Name:  
 
Marcellus Leung
   
 
  Title:   Assistant Vice President    
 
           
    THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Andrew Ostrov    
 
  Name:  
 
Andrew Ostrov
   
 
  Title:   Director    
             
 
           
    MERRILL LYNCH BANK USA, as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Louis Alder    
 
  Name:  
 
Louis Alder
   
 
  Title:   Director    
 
           
    ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Linda M. Stephens    
 
  Name:  
 
Linda M. Stephens
   
 
  Title:   Authorized Signatory    
 
           
    ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Canadian Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Debra A. Giles    
 
  Name:  
 
Debra A. Giles
   
 
  Title:   Authorized Signatory    
 
           
    SOCIETE GENERALE, as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Christian Nelly    
 
  Name:  
 
Christian Nelly
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
    SOCIETE GENERALE (CANADA BRANCH), as a Canadian Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ David Baldoni    
 
  Name:  
 
David Baldoni
   
 
  Title:   Managing Director    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Paul Primavesi    
 
  Name:  
 
Paul Primavesi
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    

 


 

             
 
           
    UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC, as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Irja R. Otsa    
 
  Name:  
 
Irja R. Otsa
   
 
  Title:   Associate Director    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ David B. Julie    
 
  Name:  
 
David B. Julie
   
 
  Title:   Associate Director    
 
           
    UBS AG CANADA BRANCH, as a Canadian Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Amy Fung    
 
  Name:  
 
Amy Fung
   
 
  Title:   Director    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ David Hanslip    
 
  Name:  
 
David Hanslip
   
 
  Title:   Controller    
 
           
    UMB BANK, N.A., as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Mary Wolf    
 
  Name:  
 
Mary Wolf
   
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President    
 
           
    WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Paul Pritchett    
 
  Name:  
 
Paul Pritchett
   
 
  Title:   Vice President    
             
    WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Christina Faith    
 
  Name:  
 
Christina Faith
   
 
  Title:   Vice President