AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of July 19, 2016 by and among WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD., a Bermuda exempted company (“WIL-Bermuda”), WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL PLC, an Irish public limited company (“WIL‑Ireland” and, together with WIL-Bermuda, the “Obligor Parties”), the Lenders listed on the signature pages attached hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “Administrative Agent”).

WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Term Loan Agreement dated as of May 4, 2016 by and among the Obligor Parties, the lenders named therein and the Administrative Agent (as heretofore amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Obligor Parties have requested that the Lenders agree to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, and the Required Lenders have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth.

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Section 1.    Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

Section 2.    Amendments to Credit Agreement.

(a)    Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order:

“Amendment No. 1” means that certain Amendment No. 1 to Term Loan Agreement entered into as of July 19, 2016 by and among the Obligor Parties, the Lenders listed on the signature pages attached thereto and the Administrative Agent.

“Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” means July 19, 2016.

“Angolan Bond Investment” means the purchase of Dollar-linked or inflation-protected Angolan government sovereign bonds by WIL-Ireland or a Restricted Subsidiary.

“Convertible Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of WIL-Ireland or any of its Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Agreement that is either (a) convertible or exchangeable into ordinary shares of WIL-Ireland (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such ordinary shares) or (b) sold as units with call options, warrants or rights to purchase (or substantially equivalent derivative transactions) that are exercisable for ordinary shares of WIL-Ireland and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock).

“Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction” means any call or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the ordinary shares of WIL-Ireland purchased by WIL-Ireland or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Convertible Indebtedness; provided that the purchase price for such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, less the proceeds received by WIL-Ireland or any of its Subsidiaries from the sale of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction, does not exceed the net proceeds received by WIL-Ireland or any of its Subsidiaries from the sale of the Convertible Indebtedness issued in connection with such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.

“Permitted Warrant Transaction” means any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on WIL-Ireland’s ordinary shares sold by WIL-Ireland substantially concurrently with any purchase by WIL-Ireland or any of its Subsidiaries of a related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.

(b)    Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(i)    The definition of “Excluded Account” is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“Excluded Account” means (a) any deposit account of an Obligor that is used solely for payroll funding and other employee wage and benefit payments (including flexible spending accounts), tax payments, escrow or trust purposes, or any other fiduciary purpose and (b) any deposit account of an Obligor that has been pledged to secure Indebtedness or other obligations to the extent permitted by Section 8.04 and is exclusively used for such purpose.

(ii)    The definition of “Permitted Liens” is hereby amended by amending and restating clause (h) thereof in its entirety to read as follows:

“(h)    (i) Liens incurred to secure the performance of tenders, bids, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided that no Liens incurred under this sub-clause (i) shall secure obligations for the payment of borrowed money and (ii) Liens solely on cash and Cash Equivalents not to exceed $50,000,000 at any one time securing letters of credit, letter of credit facilities, bank guaranties, bank guarantee facilities or similar instruments or facilities supporting the obligations described in the preceding sub-clause (i);;”

(iii)    The definition of “Swap Agreement” is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof:

“Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, Angolan Bond Investments shall be deemed to be Swap Agreements.”

    

(c)    Section 7.08 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new Section 7.08(i) of the Credit Agreement as follows:

“(i)    Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary (including any representation, warranty, covenant or Event of Default requiring the Obligors to maintain a perfected or prior Lien on all or any portion of the Collateral), (i) at no time shall any deposit account of any Obligor that is maintained in any jurisdiction that is not a Specified Jurisdiction be required to be subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement (as defined in the US Security Agreement), any other similar tri-party control agreement or any security instrument governed by the laws of such jurisdiction and (ii) no Obligor shall be required to take any actions in, or under the laws of, such jurisdiction in order to create, maintain or perfect a security interest in such deposit account.”

(d)    Section 8.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “and” at the end of Section 8.04(e) of the Credit Agreement, re-numbering Section 8.04(f) of the Credit Agreement as Section 8.04(g), and adding a new Section 8.04(f) of the Credit Agreement as follows:

“(f)    Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents (and deposit accounts in which such cash and Cash Equivalents are held) to secure obligations (contingent or otherwise) in respect of letters of credit or letter of credit facilities, bank guarantees or bank guarantee facilities, bid bonds, surety bonds, performance bonds, customs bonds, advance payment bonds and similar instruments and facilities permitted under Section 8.15 so long as the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by such Liens does not at any time exceed $25,000,000; and”

(e)    Section 8.05(k) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“(k)    Dispositions of surplus property in the ordinary course of business shall be permitted so long as (i) the aggregate fair market value of all such surplus property Disposed of pursuant to this Section 8.05(k) during the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2016 does not exceed $75,000,000, (ii) the aggregate fair market value of all such surplus property Disposed of pursuant to this Section 8.05(k) during the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2017 does not exceed $50,000,000 and (iii) the aggregate fair market value of all such surplus property Disposed of pursuant to this Section 8.05(k) during any Fiscal Year thereafter does not exceed $25,000,000 for each such Fiscal Year;”

(f)    Section 8.05 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “and” at the end of Section 8.05(l) of the Credit Agreement, replacing the “.” at the end of Section 8.05(m) of the Credit Agreement with “; and” and adding a new Section 8.05(n) as follows:

“(n)    WIL-Ireland and its Restricted Subsidiaries may Dispose of any individual piece of personal or real property with a fair market value not in excess of $30,000.”

        

(g)    Section 8.06 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “and” at the end of Section 8.06(m) of the Credit Agreement, replacing the “.” at the end of Section 8.06(n) of the Credit Agreement with “; and” and adding a new Section 8.06(o) as follows:

“(o)    Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions which constitute Investments.”

(h)    Section 8.07 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“Section 8.07    Swap Agreements. WIL-Ireland shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which WIL-Ireland or any Restricted Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Capital Stock of WIL-Ireland or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), including to hedge or mitigate foreign currency and commodity price risks to which WIL-Ireland or any Restricted Subsidiary has actual exposure, (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of WIL-Ireland or any Restricted Subsidiary and (c) any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and any Permitted Warrant Transaction.”

(i)    Section 8.08 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “and” at the end of Section 8.08(i) of the Credit Agreement, replacing the “.” at the end of Section 8.08(j) of the Credit Agreement with “;” and adding new Sections 8.08(k) and 8.08(l) as follows:

“(k)    so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, WIL-Ireland and its Restricted Subsidiaries may repay or prepay intercompany loans or advances; provided that, to the extent such intercompany loans or advances are Subordinated, such repayment or prepayment shall not violate the subordination terms applicable thereto; and

(l)    WIL-Ireland and its Restricted Subsidiaries may (i) pay the purchase price for any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and (ii) settle any related Permitted Warrant Transaction (A) by delivery of shares of WIL-Ireland’s common stock upon settlement thereof or (B) by (x) set-off against the related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or (y) payment of an early termination amount thereof in common stock upon any early termination thereof.”

Section 3.    Amendment No. 1 Effective Date; Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective on the date (the “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date”) on which the following conditions have been satisfied:

(a)    The Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, a counterpart of this Amendment executed by the Obligor Parties and the Required Lenders;

    

(b)    the Obligor Parties shall have paid (i) to the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers and the Lenders, as applicable, all fees and other amounts agreed upon by such parties to be paid on or prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and (ii) to the extent invoiced at or before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, all out‑of‑pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Obligor Parties pursuant to Section 11.03 of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document; and

(c)    no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Section 4.    Representations and Warranties. To induce the other parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, each of the Obligor Parties represents and warrants that, after giving effect to each of the amendments set forth in this Amendment:

(a)    the representations and warranties set forth in Article VI of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case such applicable representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) as of, and as if such representations and warranties were made on, the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (unless such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall continue to be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect, in which case such applicable representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date);

(b)    no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date; and

(c)    this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Obligor Parties, enforceable against each of the Obligor Parties in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles of general applicability.

Section 5.     Confirmation of Loan Documents. Except as expressly contemplated hereby, the terms, provisions, conditions and covenants of the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, and the other Loan Documents remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed, and the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly set forth in this Amendment, operate as a waiver of, consent to or amendment of any term, provision, condition or covenant thereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except pursuant hereto or as expressly contemplated or amended hereby, nothing contained herein shall be deemed (a) to constitute a waiver of compliance or consent to noncompliance by any Obligor with respect to any term, provision, condition or covenant of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document; (b) to prejudice any right or remedy that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document; or (c) to constitute a waiver of compliance or consent to noncompliance by

any Obligor with respect to the terms, provisions, conditions and covenants of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents made the subject hereof. Each Obligor Party represents and acknowledges that it has no claims, counterclaims, offsets, credits or defenses to the Loan Documents or the performance of its obligations thereunder.

Section 6.    Ratification

(a)    Affiliate Guaranty. Each of the Obligor Parties hereby ratifies and confirms, on behalf of itself and each other Guarantor, the Guarantors’ obligations under the Affiliate Guaranty and hereby represents and acknowledges, on behalf of itself and each other Guarantor, that the Guarantors have no claims, counterclaims, offsets, credits or defenses to the Loan Documents or the performance of their obligations thereunder. Furthermore, each Obligor Party agrees, on behalf of itself and each other Guarantor, that nothing contained in this Amendment shall adversely affect any right or remedy of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Affiliate Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents. Each Obligor Party agrees, on behalf of itself and each other Guarantor, that all references in the Affiliate Guaranty to the “Guaranteed Obligations” shall include, without limitation, all of the obligations of WIL-Bermuda to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment. Finally, each Obligor Party hereby represents and warrants, on behalf of itself and each other Guarantor, that the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other documents executed in connection herewith shall in no way change or modify its or any other Guarantor’s obligations as a guarantor, debtor, pledgor, assignor, obligor and/or grantor under the Affiliate Guaranty and the other Loan Documents and shall not constitute a waiver by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of any of their rights against any Guarantor.

(b)    Collateral Documents. Each Obligor Party hereby acknowledges and ratifies, on behalf of itself and each other Obligor, the existence and priority of the Liens granted by the Obligors in and to the Collateral in favor of the Secured Parties and represents and warrants, on behalf of itself and each other Obligor, that such Liens and security interests are valid, existing and in full force and effect. Each of the Obligor Parties hereby ratifies and confirms, on behalf of itself and each other Obligor, each Obligor’s obligations under the Collateral Documents to which such Obligor is a party and hereby represents and acknowledges, on behalf of itself and each other Obligor, that the Obligors have no claims, counterclaims, offsets, credits or defenses to the Loan Documents or the performance of their obligations thereunder. Furthermore, each Obligor Party agrees, on behalf of itself and each other Obligor, that nothing contained in this Amendment shall adversely affect any right or remedy of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Collateral Documents or any of the other Loan Documents. Each Obligor Party agrees, on behalf of itself and each other Obligor, that all references in any Collateral Document to the “Secured Obligations” shall include, without limitation, all of the obligations of WIL-Bermuda to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment. Finally, each Obligor Party hereby represents and warrants, on behalf of itself and each other Obligor, that the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other documents executed in connection herewith shall in no way change or modify its or any other Obligor’s obligations as a debtor, pledgor, assignor, obligor, grantor, mortgagor and/or chargor under any Collateral Document and the other Loan Documents and shall not constitute a waiver by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of any of their rights against any Obligor.

 

Section 7.    Effect of Amendment. From and after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date hereof, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereof”, or “hereunder” or words of like import, and all references to the Credit Agreement in any and all agreements, instruments, documents, notes, certificates, guaranties and other writings of every kind and nature shall be deemed to mean the Credit Agreement as modified by this Amendment. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Section 8 .    Costs and Expenses. Pursuant to the terms of Section 11.03 of the Credit Agreement, WIL-Bermuda agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates in connection with the preparation, execution and enforcement of this Amendment.

Section 9.    Choice of Law. This Amendment and all other documents executed in connection herewith and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto and thereto, shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

Section 10.    Submission to Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

(a)    Each Obligor Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or the state courts sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the event the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction), and any appellate court from any thereof, in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Amendment or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final, non‑appealable judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Amendment (including this Section 11) or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Amendment or any other Loan Document against any Obligor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(b)    Each Obligor Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Amendment or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section. Each Obligor Party hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(c)    Each party to this Amendment irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 11.02 of the Credit Agreement other than by facsimile. Nothing in this Amendment or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Amendment or any other Loan Document to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. Notwithstanding any other provision

of this Amendment, each foreign Obligor Party hereby irrevocably designates C T Corporation System, 111 8th Avenue, New York, New York 10011, as the designee, appointee and agent of such Obligor Party to receive, for and on behalf of such Obligor Party, service of process in the State of New York in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Amendment or any other Loan Document.

(d)    Each Obligor Party agrees that any suit, action or proceeding brought by any Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries relating to this Amendment or any other Loan Document against the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates shall be brought exclusively in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or the state courts sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the event the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction), and any appellate court from any thereof, unless no such court shall accept jurisdiction.

(e)    The Administrative Agent and each Lender party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (or the state courts sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the event the Southern District of New York lacks subject matter jurisdiction), and any appellate court from any thereof, in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Amendment or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final, non-appealable judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

(f)    The Administrative Agent and each Lender party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Amendment or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (e) of this Section. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(g)    To the extent that any Obligor Party has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, such Obligor Party hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under the Loan Documents.

Section 11.    Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY

OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

Section 12.    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Amendment, the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Amendment shall become effective on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission (in .pdf form) shall be effective for all purposes as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.