WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION And the Guarantors named herein 5.750% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2021 SUPPLEMENTALINDENTURE AND AMENDMENT SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE DATED AS OF DECEMBER 11, 2014 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., Trustee
Exhibit 4.3
WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION
And
the Guarantors named herein
5.750% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2021
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND AMENDMENT SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 11, 2014
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
Trustee
This SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of December 11, 2014 is among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), each of the parties identified under the caption Guarantors on the signature page hereto (the Guarantors) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as Trustee.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company, the initial Guarantors and the Trustee entered into a Senior Indenture, dated as of September 12, 2013 (the Original Indenture), as supplemented and amended by the Second Supplemental Indenture (herein so called) thereto, dated as of September 12, 2013 (the Original Indenture as so supplemented and amended being called herein the Indenture), pursuant to which the Company has issued $1,200,000,000 in principal amount of 5.750% Senior Notes due 2021 (the Notes); and
WHEREAS, Section 901(vii) of the Original Indenture provides that the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture in order to add Guarantors with respect to the Notes, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things prescribed by the Indenture, by law and by the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) of the Company, of the Guarantors and of the Trustee necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument legally binding on the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, have been duly done and performed;
NOW, THEREFORE, to comply with the provisions of the Indenture and in consideration of the above premises, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders of the Notes as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Section 1.01. This Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Indenture and does and shall be deemed to form a part of, and shall be construed in connection with and as part of, the Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 1.02. This Supplemental Indenture shall become effective immediately upon its execution and delivery by each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee.
ARTICLE 2
From this date, by executing this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantors whose signatures appear below shall be Guarantors with respect to the Notes on terms contemplated by and subject to the provisions of Article 10 of the Indenture.
ARTICLE 3
Section 3.01. Except as specifically modified herein, the Indenture and the Notes are in all respects ratified and confirmed (mutatis mutandis) and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms with all capitalized terms used herein without definition having the same respective meanings ascribed to them as in the Indenture.
Section 3.02. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated at length herein and made applicable to the Trustee with respect hereto.
Section 3.03. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 3.04. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of such executed copies together shall represent the same agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.
WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Michael J. Stevens | |
Name: Michael J. Stevens | ||
Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
GUARANTORS: | ||
WHITING CANADIAN HOLDING COMPANY ULC | ||
By: | /s/ Michael J. Stevens | |
Name: Michael J. Stevens | ||
Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
WHITING RESOURCES CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Michael J. Stevens | |
Name: Michael J. Stevens | ||
Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
WHITING US HOLDING COMPANY | ||
By: | /s/ Michael J. Stevens | |
Name: Michael J. Stevens | ||
Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Michael Countryman | |
Name: Michael Countryman | ||
Title: Vice President |