Eighth Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 7, 2018, between Sanchez Midstream Partners LP, the Lenders party thereto and Royal Bank of Canada, as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent

Exhibit 10.1

EIGHTH AMENDMENT
TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of May 7, 2018, is among SANCHEZ MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), the guarantors party hereto (the “Guarantors”), each of the Lenders party hereto, and ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), and relates to that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2015 (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”; and as amended hereby, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as letter of credit issuer.

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to make certain amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement to allow the Borrower to make quarterly distributions to its Equity Interest holders under Section 9.04(iii) of the Existing Credit Agreement for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2018 (the “Subject Distribution”), notwithstanding that the unused borrowing capacity at the time of such distributions may be less than 10% of the Loan Limit; and

WHEREAS, Section 12.02 of the Existing Credit Agreement provides that the Borrower and the Lenders may amend the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents for certain purposes;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

(a)    Section 7.23 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating clause (b) therein to read as follows:

“(b) for general business purposes, including Restricted Payments, provided that if the Borrower would have unused borrowing capacity that can be accessed under this Agreement in an amount less than 10% of the amount of the Loan Limit in effect at such time before or after giving effect to the requested Loan or Letter of Credit, then no proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit may be used to fund Restricted Payments under Section 9.04,  provided however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any quarterly cash

distributions made by the Borrower for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2018 (to be paid on or before May 31, 2018),”

(b)    Section 9.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating clause (iii) therein to read as follows: 

“(iii) so long as (A) no Borrowing Base Deficiency, Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom (after giving effect to such dividend or distributions and any redetermination of the Borrowing Base as a result of such dividend) and (B) the Borrower would have unused borrowing capacity that can be accessed under this Agreement in an amount not less than 10% of the amount of the Loan Limit in effect at such time, the Borrower may declare and pay, or incur a liability to make, quarterly cash distributions in an amount equal to Available Cash (provided that subclause (B) shall not apply to any quarterly cash distributions made by the Borrower for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2018 (to be paid on or before May 31, 2018)),”

(a)    the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment executed by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Majority Lenders;

(b)    the Borrower and each Guarantor shall have confirmed and acknowledged to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and by its execution and delivery of this Amendment the Borrower and each Guarantor do hereby confirm and acknowledge to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, that (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment has been duly authorized by all requisite limited partnership or limited liability company action, as applicable,

on the part of the Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, (ii) the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party constitute valid and legally binding agreements enforceable against the Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity, (iii) the representations and warranties of the Borrower or such Guarantor, if any, set forth in the Credit Agreement and in each other Loan Document to which it is a party, shall be true and correct on and as of the Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct as of such specified earlier date, (iv) no Default or Event of Default exists under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and (v) since December 31, 2014, there has been no event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(a)    On and after the Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import, referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in each other Loan Document to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Existing Credit Agreement as amended or otherwise modified by this Amendment.  This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for purposes of the Credit Agreement.

(b)    The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any default of the Borrower  or any Guarantor or any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents.

(c)    Each of the Borrower and each Guarantor represents and warrants that as of the date hereof (i) it has the limited partnership or limited liability company power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the terms and provisions of this Amendment, has taken all necessary limited partnership or limited liability company action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, delivery and performance of this Amendment does not and will

not contravene the terms of the Borrower’s or such Guarantor’s, as applicable, organizational documents; (ii) it has duly executed and delivered this Amendment and this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower or such Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law); (iii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and (iv) no action, suit, investigation or other proceeding is pending or threatened before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority seeking to restrain, enjoin or prohibit or declare illegal, or seeking damages from the Borrower in connection with this Amendment or which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Amendment to be executed by its officer(s) thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.