EXHIBIT 10.1
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
April 30, 2007
among
ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.,
as Borrower
The Lenders Party Hereto
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., and CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Co-Syndication Agents
and
BANK OF MONTREAL and BNP PARIBAS,
as Co-Documentation Agents
 
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,
as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
    1  
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms
    1  
SECTION 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings
    18  
SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally
    19  
SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP
    19  
SECTION 1.05 Oil and Gas Definitions
    19  
ARTICLE II THE CREDITS
    19  
SECTION 2.01 Commitments
    19  
SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings
    20  
SECTION 2.03 Requests for Borrowings
    20  
SECTION 2.04 Increase in Commitments
    21  
SECTION 2.05 [Intentionally Omitted]
    23  
SECTION 2.06 Letters of Credit
    23  
SECTION 2.07 Funding of Borrowings
    26  
SECTION 2.08 Interest Elections
    27  
SECTION 2.09 Termination and Reduction of Commitments
    28  
SECTION 2.10 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
    29  
SECTION 2.11 Prepayment of Loans
    29  
SECTION 2.12 Fees
    30  
SECTION 2.13 Interest
    31  
SECTION 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest
    32  
SECTION 2.15 Increased Costs
    32  
SECTION 2.16 Break Funding Payments
    33  
SECTION 2.17 Taxes
    34  
SECTION 2.18 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
    35  
SECTION 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
    36  
SECTION 2.20 Present Value; Redetermination
    38  
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
    39  
SECTION 3.01 Organization; Powers
    39  
SECTION 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability
    39  

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SECTION 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts
    39  
SECTION 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change
    39  
SECTION 3.05 Properties
    40  
SECTION 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters
    40  
SECTION 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements
    41  
SECTION 3.08 Investment Company Status
    41  
SECTION 3.09 Taxes
    41  
SECTION 3.10 ERISA
    41  
SECTION 3.11 Disclosure
    42  
SECTION 3.12 Labor Matters
    42  
SECTION 3.13 Capitalization; Corporate Locations; Subsidiaries
    42  
SECTION 3.14 Margin Stock
    42  
SECTION 3.15 Advance Payment Contracts
    42  
SECTION 3.16 Insurance
    42  
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS
    43  
SECTION 4.01 Effective Date
    43  
SECTION 4.02 Each Credit Event
    44  
ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
    45  
SECTION 5.01 Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information
    45  
SECTION 5.02 Notices of Material Events
    47  
SECTION 5.03 Existence; Conduct of Business
    47  
SECTION 5.04 Payment of Obligations
    47  
SECTION 5.05 Maintenance of Non Oil and Gas Properties
    47  
SECTION 5.06 Maintenance and Operation of Oil and Gas Properties
    48  
SECTION 5.07 Insurance
    48  
SECTION 5.08 Books and Records; Inspection Rights
    48  
SECTION 5.09 Compliance with Laws
    48  
SECTION 5.10 Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit
    48  
SECTION 5.11 Guarantors
    49  
SECTION 5.12 Further Assurances in General
    49  

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SECTION 5.13 Management of Unrestricted Subsidiaries
    49  
ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS
    49  
SECTION 6.01 Indebtedness
    49  
SECTION 6.02 Liens
    50  
SECTION 6.03 Fundamental Changes
    51  
SECTION 6.04 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions
    52  
SECTION 6.05 Swap Agreements
    53  
SECTION 6.06 Restricted Payments
    53  
SECTION 6.07 Transactions with Affiliates
    53  
SECTION 6.08 Restrictive Agreements
    54  
SECTION 6.09 Financial Condition
    54  
SECTION 6.10 Sale and Leaseback Transactions and other Off-Balance Sheet
Liabilities
    54  
SECTION 6.11 Disposition of Assets
    55  
SECTION 6.12 Subsidiaries
    56  
SECTION 6.13 Amendments to Organizational Documents
    56  
SECTION 6.14 No Prepayment of Material Indebtedness
    56  
SECTION 6.15 Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; Investments in
Unrestricted Subsidiaries
    57  
ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT
    58  
ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
    60  
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS
    63  
SECTION 9.01 Notices
    63  
SECTION 9.02 Waivers; Amendments
    63  
SECTION 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
    64  
SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns
    66  
SECTION 9.05 Survival
    69  
SECTION 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
    69  
SECTION 9.07 Severability
    69  
SECTION 9.08 Right of Setoff
    70  

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SECTION 9.09 GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
    70  
SECTION 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
    71  
SECTION 9.11 Headings
    71  
SECTION 9.12 Confidentiality
    71  
SECTION 9.13 Interest Rate Limitation
    72  
SECTION 9.14 Termination of Commitments Under Existing Credit Agreement
    72  
SECTION 9.15 USA Patriot Act
    72  

SCHEDULES:
Schedule 1.01 — Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 2.01 — Commitments
Schedule 3.06 — Disclosed Matters
Schedule 3.13 — Guarantors Locations
Schedule 6.02 — Existing Liens
Schedule 6.04 — Existing Investments
Schedule 6.08 — Existing Restrictions
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A – Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B – Form of Opinion of Counsel to Borrower
Exhibit C – Form of Additional Commitment Certificate

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     This CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of April 30, 2007, among ULTRA RESOURCES,
INC., a Wyoming corporation, as borrower (the “Borrower”), the financial
institutions from time to time party hereto as lenders (the “Lenders”), JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent and Issuing Bank.
     The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
     SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
have the meanings specified below:
     “ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether
such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a
rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
     “Adjusted LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for
any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period
multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
     “Additional Commitment Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 2.04.
     “Additional Commitment Effective Date” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.04.
     “Administrative Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereunder, together
with its successors and assigns.
     “Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a
form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
     “Advance Payment Contract” means (a) any production payment (whether
volumetric or dollar denominated) granted or sold by any Person payable from a
specified share of proceeds received from production from specified Oil and Gas
Properties, together with all undertakings and obligations in connection
therewith or (b) any contract whereby any Person receives or becomes entitled to
receive (either directly or indirectly) any payment (an “Advance Payment”) as
consideration for (i) Hydrocarbons produced or to be produced from Oil and Gas
Properties owned by such Person or its Affiliates in advance of the delivery of
such Hydrocarbons (and regardless of whether such Hydrocarbons are actually
produced or actual delivery is required) to or for the account of the purchaser
thereof or (ii) a right or option to receive such Hydrocarbons (or a cash
payment in lieu of such Hydrocarbons); provided that inclusion of customary and
standard “take or pay” provisions in any gas sales or purchase contract or any
other similar contract shall not, in and of itself, cause such gas sales or
purchase contract to constitute an Advance Payment Contract for the purposes of
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     “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
     “Aggregate Commitment Amount” means at any time the sum of all of the
Lender’s Commitments.
     “Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2007, as it
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
     “Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the
greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds
Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate
Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate
shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the
Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
     “Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage
of the Aggregate Commitment Amount represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If
the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be
determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to
any assignments.
     “Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan or
Eurodollar Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as
the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption
“ABR Spread”, “Eurodollar Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the case may be,
based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent
Borrower certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(c):

                             Consolidated   Commitment Fee          Leverage
Ratio   Rate   Eurodollar Spread   ABR Spread
< 1.0
    0.175 %     0.875 %     0.000 %
< 1.5, but > 1.0
    0.200 %     1.000 %     0.000 %
< 2.0 but > 1.5
    0.250 %     1.250 %     0.000 %
> 2.0
    0.300 %     1.500 %     0.000 %

     The Applicable Rate for any date shall be determined by reference to the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most
recently ended for which financial statements are available and any change shall
(a) become effective on the date on which the Borrower delivers to the
Administrative Agent the certificate required pursuant to Section 5.01(c) for
such quarter and (b) shall apply (i) in the case of ABR Loans, to ABR Loans
outstanding on such delivery date or made on and after such delivery date for
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commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date
immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change, and (ii) in
the case of Eurodollar Loans, to Eurodollar Loans made, continued or converted
on and after such delivery date for the period commencing on the date such
Eurodollar Loans are made, continued or converted and ending on the last day of
the Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loans.
     “Approved Fund” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.
     “Approved Petroleum Engineer” means (i) with respect to each Reserve Report
delivered pursuant to Section 2.20(b), Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc., or
any other reputable firm of independent petroleum engineers selected by the
Borrower and approved by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders in
the exercise of their reasonable discretion and (ii) with respect to each other
Reserve Report, the chief petroleum engineer of the Borrower.
     “Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into
by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is
required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form
of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
     “Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective
Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of
termination of the Commitments.
     “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States of America.
     “Borrower” means Ultra Resources, Inc., a Wyoming corporation.
     “Borrowing” means Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on
the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single
Interest Period is in effect.
     “Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in
accordance with Section 2.03.
     “Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in New York City or Houston, Texas, are authorized or
required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a
Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which
banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank
market.
     “Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such
Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement
conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof,
which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital
leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such
obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance
with GAAP.
     “Change in Control” means any of the following events: (a) Ultra Petroleum
shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding
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Borrower, (b) at any time that UP Energy Corporation, a Nevada corporation,
shall own any equity interests in the Borrower, Ultra Petroleum shall cease to
own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests
of UP Energy Corporation, (c) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of
Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”) but excluding any employee benefit plan or any fiduciary or
administrator thereof) has become, directly or indirectly, the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that
a Person shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all such shares that
any such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time), by way of merger, consolidation
or otherwise, of a 35% or more of the common stock of Ultra Petroleum on a
fully-diluted basis, after giving effect to the conversion and exercise of all
outstanding warrants, options and other securities of such Parent Guarantor
(whether or not such securities are then currently convertible or exercisable)
or (d) during any period of two consecutive calendar years, individuals who at
the beginning of such period constituted the board of directors of such Parent
Guarantor cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the directors of such
Parent Guarantor then in office unless (i) such new directors were elected or
approved by a majority of the directors of such Parent Guarantor who constituted
the board of directors of such Parent Guarantor at the beginning of such period
(or by directors so elected) or (ii) the reason for such directors failing to
constitute a majority is a result of retirement by directors due to age, death
or disability.
     “Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after
the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in
the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after
the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank
(or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by
such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request,
guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.
     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
     “Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such
Lender to make Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit
hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of
such Lender’s Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced
from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09, (b) reduced or increased from time
to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04 or
(c) increased pursuant to Section 2.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s
Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 (including any supplemental
Schedule 2.01 delivered by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.04),
or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have
assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the
Lenders’ Commitments is $500,000,000.
     “Consolidated EBITDAX” means, with respect to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for any period based solely on the consolidating financial
statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered with the financial
statements of Ultra Petroleum pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of Section 5.01,
Consolidated Net Income for such period; plus, without duplication and to the
extent deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period,
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(a) Taxes imposed on or measured by income and franchise Taxes paid or accrued;
(b) Consolidated Interest Expense; (c) amortization, depletion and depreciation
expense; (d) any non-cash losses or charges on any Swap Agreement resulting from
the requirements of FASB Statement 133 for that period; (e) oil and gas
exploration expenses (including all drilling, completion, geological and
geophysical costs) for such period; (f) losses from sales or other dispositions
of assets (other than Hydrocarbons produced in the ordinary course of business)
and other extraordinary or non-recurring losses; (g) workover expenses for such
period; and (h) other non-cash charges (excluding accruals for cash expenses
made in the ordinary course of business); minus, to the extent included in the
calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period; (j) any non-cash gains
on any Swap Agreements resulting from the requirements of FASB Statement 133 for
that period; (k) extraordinary or non-recurring gains; (l) gains from sales or
other dispositions of assets (other than Hydrocarbons produced in the ordinary
course of business) and (m) other non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net
Income for such period (excluding accruals for cash revenues in the ordinary
course of business); provided, however, that Consolidated EBITDAX shall be
calculated on a pro forma basis acceptable to the Administrative Agent to give
effect to any acquisitions or divestitures (in a single transaction or a series
of related transactions) of Oil and Gas Properties having an aggregate fair
market value equal to or exceeding $50,000,000 made during the relevant
calculation period as if such acquisition or divestiture had occurred on the
first day of such calculation period.
     “Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date and without
duplication, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis of the type described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) or
(k) of the definition of Indebtedness; provided, however, that Consolidated
Funded Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness consisting of obligations in
respect of Advance Payment Contracts to the extent that such Indebtedness is
non-recourse to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Such Indebtedness shall be
considered “non-recourse” only if the non-recourse provisions thereof are
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders in their sole
discretion.
     “Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for any period based solely on the consolidating financial
statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered with the financial
statements of Ultra Petroleum pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of Section 5.01,
without duplication, the aggregate of all interest paid or accrued by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, in respect of
Indebtedness of any such Person, on a consolidated basis, including all
interest, fees and costs payable with respect to the obligations related to such
Indebtedness (other than fees and related costs which may be capitalized as
transaction costs in accordance with GAAP) and the interest component of
Capitalized Lease Obligations, all as determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided, however, that Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated on a
pro forma basis acceptable to the Administrative Agent to give effect to any
acquisitions or divestitures (in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions) of the Oil and Gas Properties having an aggregate fair market
value equal to or exceeding $50,000,000 made during the relevant calculation
period as if such acquisition or divestiture had occurred on the first day of
such calculation period.
     “Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the
ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
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basis as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDAX for the period of the four
fiscal quarters most recently ended.
     “Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for any period based solely on the consolidating financial
statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered with the financial
statements of Ultra Petroleum pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of Section 5.01,
the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as
applicable, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided
that there shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person accrued
prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, or is merged into or
consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable,
(b) the income (or deficit) of any Person in which any other Person (other than
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) has an Equity Interest, except to the
extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such period and (c) the undistributed
earnings of any Subsidiary of the Borrower, to the extent that the declaration
or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at
the time permitted by the terms of any contractual obligation (other than under
any Loan Document) or by any law applicable to such Subsidiary; provided,
however, that Consolidated Net Income shall be calculated on a pro forma basis
acceptable to the Administrative Agent to give effect to any acquisitions or
divestitures (in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of
the Oil and Gas Properties having an aggregate fair market value equal to or
exceeding $50,000,000 made during the relevant calculation period as if such
acquisition or divestiture had occurred on the first day of such calculation
period.
     “Control” means either the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person,
whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
     “Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of
the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Loans and its LC Exposure at
such time.
     “Credit Parties” means the Borrower and the Guarantors. “Credit Party”
means any of the Borrower or any Guarantor.
     “Crude Oil” means all crude oil and condensate.
     “Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of
Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or
waived, become an Event of Default.
     “Disclosed Matters” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the
environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06.
     “dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
     “Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in
Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

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     “Environmental Laws” means (a) the following federal laws as they may be
cited, referenced and amended from time to time: the Clean Air Act, the Clean
Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Endangered Species Act, the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act,
the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990; (b) any and all environmental statutes of any state in which property
of the Borrower is situated, as they may be cited, referenced and amended from
time to time; (c) any rules or regulations promulgated under or adopted pursuant
to the above federal and state laws; and (d) any other federal, state or local
statute or any requirement, rule, regulation, code, ordinance or order adopted
pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, those relating to the
generation, transportation, treatment, storage, recycling, disposal, handling or
release of Hazardous Materials.
     “Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines,
penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or
indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law,
(b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials,
(d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the
environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement
pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
     “Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests,
membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a
trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options
or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such
equity interest.
     “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
     “ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section
414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and
Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of
the Code.
     “ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043
of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than
an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with
respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the
filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an
application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any
Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any
liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan;
(e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan
administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or
Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the
Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the
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partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by
the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any
Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice,
concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a
Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization,
within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
     “Eurodollar”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
     “Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
     “Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any
Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or
on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise
taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of
America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is
organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any
Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch
profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed
by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case
of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the
Borrower under Section 2.19(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts
payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party
to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to
such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(e), except to the
extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the
time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive
additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax
pursuant to Section 2.17(a).
     “Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of June 9, 2004, among the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. (successor by merger to Bank One, N.A. (Main Office Chicago)), as
administrative agent, and the other financial institutions party thereto, as
amended.
     “Existing Letters of Credit” means those certain letters of credit listed
on Schedule 1.01 issued under the Existing Credit Agreement, together with all
renewals, replacements, extensions and substitutions thereof.
     “FASB” means Financial Accounting Standards Board.
     “Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on
overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business
Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such
transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds
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     “Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting
officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.
     “Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of
this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the
District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America.
     “Gas Balancing Agreement” means any agreement or arrangement whereby any
Credit Party, or any other party having an interest in any Hydrocarbons to be
produced from Oil and Gas Properties in which any Credit Party owns an interest,
has a right to take more than its proportionate share of production therefrom.
     “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of
America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court,
central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government.
     “Guarantee” of or by any Person (in this definition, the “guarantor”) means
any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having
the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any
other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect,
(a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment
of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or
supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to
purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring
the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof,
(c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement
condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary
obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party
in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such
Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include
endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
     “Guarantor(s)” means each Parent Guarantor, and each other Person that
executes and delivers a Guaranty hereunder.
     “Guaranty” means each guaranty agreement of Obligations, in form and in
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, duly executed by each
Guarantor.
     “Hazardous Materials” means flammables, explosives, radioactive materials,
hazardous wastes, asbestos or any material containing asbestos, polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs), toxic substances or related materials, petroleum and petroleum
products and associated oil or natural gas exploration, production and
development wastes or any substances defined as “hazardous substances,”
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as
amended, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, as amended, the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, or
any other Environmental Laws now or hereafter enacted or promulgated by any
regulatory authority or governmental body, but only to the extent any such law
is or becomes applicable to the Borrower or any of its property.
     “Hydrocarbons” means all Crude Oil and Natural Gas produced from or
attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
     “Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or
advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person
upon which interest charges are customarily paid (excluding current accounts
payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (d) all obligations of
such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating
to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in
respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding
current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all
Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness
has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on
property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness
secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of
Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person,
(i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party
in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances and
(k) all obligations of such Person with respect to Advance Payment Contracts to
which such Person is a party. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the
Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person
is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result
of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity,
except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is
not liable therefor.
     “Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
     “Index Debt” means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed
money of the Borrower that is not guaranteed by any other Person other than a
subsidiary or subject to any other credit enhancement.
     “Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum
dated April 12, 2007 relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.
     “Initial Reserve Report” means that certain engineering report dated as of
January 1, 2007, prepared by Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc., regarding
certain of the Borrower’s Oil and Gas Properties.
     “Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or
continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.

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     “Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last
day of each March, June, September and December, and (b) with respect to any
Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing
of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an
Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last
day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration
after the first day of such Interest Period.
     “Interest Period” means with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the
period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months
(or, with the consent of each Lender, nine or twelve months or such other
shorter period (including periods of less than one month)) thereafter, as the
Borrower may elect; provided, that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day
other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing only, such
next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which
case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and
(ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing that commences on
the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest
Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such
Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be
the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective
date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
     “Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect investment by
such Person by means (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was
not a Subsidiary of such Person prior to such merger) of (a) the purchase or
other acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person, or
(b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt
of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation
or interest in, another Person. “Investment” shall not include travel and
similar advances to officers, directors and employees in the ordinary course of
business, or extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes
receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of
business, or debt or equity received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction
thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably
necessary in order to prevent or limit loss.
     “Investment Grade Status” means the status or condition of the Borrower’s
Index Debt being rated BBB- or better by S&P or Baa3 or better by Moody’s, in
each case, without negative outlook or negative watch, provided that if one of
the two ratings is two or more categories higher than the other, then the higher
rating must be BBB or Baa2 or better.
     “Issuing Bank” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as the
issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as
provided in Section 2.06(i). The Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange
for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing
Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate
with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
     “LC Disbursement” means a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a
Letter of Credit.

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     “LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn
amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate
amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf
of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be
its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.
     “Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person
that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption,
other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an
Assignment and Assumption.
     “Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this
Agreement, including any Existing Letter of Credit.
     “LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any
Interest Period, the rate appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any
successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute
for such Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently
provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the Administrative Agent
from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates
applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to
such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time
for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing
for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar deposits of
$5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by
the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available
funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time,
two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
     “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust,
lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or
of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional
sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing
lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing)
relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option,
call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
     “Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.03.
     “Loan Documents” means this Agreement, any promissory notes executed in
connection herewith, the Letters of Credit (and any applications therefore and
reimbursement agreements related thereto), each Borrowing Request, any fee
letter and any other agreements executed in connection with this Agreement.
     “Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to
this Agreement.
     “Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the
business, property, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations of
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taken as a whole or a Parent Guarantor, or (ii) the ability of the Borrower or a
Guarantor to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a
party.
     “Material Gas Imbalance” means, with respect to all Gas Balancing
Agreements to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any Oil and Gas
Interests owned by any Credit Party is bound, that the Credit Parties have in
the aggregate a net overproduced gas imbalance in excess of the number of cubic
feet of Natural Gas which equals five percent (5%) of the aggregate Natural Gas
production of the Credit Parties during the previous twelve month period.
     “Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and
Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of
any one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal
amount exceeding $50,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness,
the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in
respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount
(giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary
would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
     “Maturity Date” means April 30, 2012.
     “Maximum Commitment Amount” means $750,000,000.
     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
     “Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
     “Natural Gas” means all natural gas, distillate or sulphur, natural gas
liquids and all products recovered in the processing of natural gas (other than
condensate) including, without limitation, natural gasoline, coalbed methane
gas, casinghead gas, iso-butane, normal butane, propane and ethane (including
such methane allowable in commercial ethane).
     “Net Investment” means, with respect to Sino-America, at any day of
determination (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of loans and advances made
directly or indirectly by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, after the Effective
Date to the date of determination, to Sino-American, plus (ii) the aggregate
amount of any Restricted Payments paid by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries,
after the Effective Date to the date of determination, to any Parent Guarantor
for the purposes of direct or indirect investment in or contribution to
Sino-American, minus (b) the sum of (i) all repayments to the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries, made after the Effective Date to the date of determination, of
such loans and advances, (ii) dividends or distributions in respect of interests
in Sino-American made directly or indirectly to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries
after the Effective Date to the date of determination, and (iii) all capital
contributions by Parent Guarantors to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries made
after the Effective Date to the date of determination.
     “Obligations” means any and all obligations of every nature, contingent or
otherwise, whether now existing or hereafter arising, of any Credit Party from
time to time owed to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, or the Lenders
or any of them arising under or in connection with any Loan Document, whether
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drawn under any Letter of Credit, funding indemnification amounts, fees,
expenses, indemnification or otherwise.
     “Off-Balance Sheet Liability” means, with respect to a Person, (i) any
repurchase obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or
notes receivable sold by such Person, (ii) any liability under any Sale and
Leaseback Transaction that is not a Capital Lease Obligation, (iii) any
liability under any so-called “synthetic lease” transaction entered into by such
Person, or (iv) any Advance Payment Contract.
     “Oil and Gas Properties” means fee, leasehold or other interests in or
under mineral estates or oil, gas and other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon leases
with respect to properties situated in the United States of America, including,
without limitation, overriding royalty and royalty interests, leasehold estate
interests, net profits interests, production payment interests and mineral fee
interests, together with contracts executed in connection therewith and all
tenements, hereditaments, appurtenances and properties, real or personal,
appertaining, belonging, affixed or incidental thereto.
     “Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising
from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement
of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.
     “Parent Guarantor” means either of Ultra Petroleum or UP Energy
Corporation, a Nevada corporation. “Parent Guarantors” means both of them
collectively.
     “Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
     “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and
defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
     “Permitted Encumbrances ” means:

  (a)   Liens for taxes, assessments, or similar charges, incurred in the
ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable;     (b)   Liens of
mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, landlords or other like liens,
securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not
yet due and payable;     (c)   Pledges or deposits in connection with or to
secure workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, pensions or other
employee benefits;     (d)   Encumbrances consisting of covenants, zoning
restrictions, rights, easements, liens, governmental environmental permitting
and operation restrictions, operating restrictions under leases consistent with
other leases in the same geographical area, the exercise by governmental bodies
or third parties of eminent domain or condemnation rights, or any other
restrictions on the use of real property, none of which materially impairs the
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      Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the operation of its business, and none of
which is violated in any material respect by existing or proposed operations;  
  (e)   Liens of operators and/or co-working interest owners under joint
operating agreements or similar contractual arrangements with respect to the
Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ proportionate share of the expense of
exploration, development and operation of oil, gas and mineral leasehold or fee
interests owned jointly with others, to the extent that same relate to sums not
yet overdue, or if they relate to sums that are overdue, then to the extent that
the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with
respect to which adequate reserves are set aside on its books;     (f)   The
following, if the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by
appropriate and lawful proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves
are set aside on its books, and so long as they do not, in the aggregate,
materially detract from the value of the property of the Borrower, or materially
impair the use thereof in the operation of its business:

  (1)   Claims or liens for taxes, assessments, or charges due and payable and
subject to interest or penalty;     (2)   Claims, liens, and encumbrances upon,
and defects of title to, real or personal property, including any attachment of
personal or real property or other legal process prior to adjudication of a
dispute on the merits;     (3)   Claims or liens of mechanics, materialmen,
warehousemen, carriers, or other like liens; and     (4)   Adverse judgments on
appeal; and

  (i)   Inchoate liens in respect of royalty owners;

provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien
securing Indebtedness.
     “Permitted Investments ” means:
     (a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on
which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any
agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year
from the date of acquisition thereof;
     (b) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date
of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest
credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody’s;
     (c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time
deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or
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with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, a Lender or any
domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus
and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
     (d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than
30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a
financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above;
     (e) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in
Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of
1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P or Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio
assets of at least $5,000,000,000; and
     (f) investments in money market investment programs registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, which are administered by financial institutions
that have the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P, and the
portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of the character, quality
and maturity described in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this definition.
     “Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company,
trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority
or other entity.
     “Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer
Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code
or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of
ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
     “Present Value” means, at any time, the present value of projected future
cash flows from all of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ Oil and Gas
Properties located in (or offshore of) the United States of America constituting
Proved Reserves based on (i) the most recently delivered Reserve Report dated as
of January 1 or (ii) if the provisions of Section 2.20(c) shall have been
implemented, a Reserve Report dated as of such other date as shall be required
pursuant to Section 2.20(c), as applicable, in each case calculated in
accordance with the methodology described in Section 2.20(b).
     “Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from
time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its
principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be
effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being
effective.
     “Redetermination” means any redetermination of the Present Value pursuant
to Section 2.20.
     “Redetermination Date” means, at any time that the Borrower does not have
Investment Grade Status (a) with respect to any Redetermination pursuant to
Section 2.20(b), the later of April 1 of each year, commencing April 1, 2008 (or
such date promptly thereafter as reasonably possible based on the engineering
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and the Lenders) or 30 days after the date on which the Borrower ceases to have
Investment Grade Status, as applicable, and (b) with respect to any
Redetermination pursuant to Section 2.20(c), the date specified by the
Administrative Agent as the redetermination date applicable thereto or such
other date as may be consented to by the Required Lenders. For purposes of the
calculations set forth in Section 6.10(b)(ii)(A), Section 6.11(d)(i) and
Section 6.15(c), the first “Redetermination Date” shall mean the Effective Date.
     “Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
     “Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such
Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents
and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
     “Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Credit Exposures and
unused Commitments representing more than 50.0% of the sum of the total Credit
Exposures and unused Commitments at such time.
     “Reserve Report” means the Initial Reserve Report and each engineering
report delivered pursuant to Section 2.20(b) or Section 2.20(c).
     “Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in
cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other
property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the
purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of
any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any option, warrant or other right
to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower.
     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s.
     “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any sale or other transfer of any
property or asset owned by a Person with the intent to lease such property as
lessee, whether concurrently with such sale or other transfer or within a
reasonable time thereafter.
     “Sino-American” means Sino-American Energy Corporation, a Texas
corporation.
     “Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the
numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number
one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any
marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal
established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject with
respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred
to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve
percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.
Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be
subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration,
exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender
under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate
shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in
any reserve percentage.

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     “subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date,
any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other
entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in
the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were
prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
(a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50%
of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a
partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such
date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise
Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the
parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
     “Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Borrower other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
     “Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward,
future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or
settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or
debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or
measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar
transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom
stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services
provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of
the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
     “Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
     “Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower of this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds
thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
     “Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether
the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is
determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
     “Ultra Petroleum” means Ultra Petroleum Corp., a corporation organized
under the laws of the Yukon Territory of Canada.
     “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means each subsidiary of the Borrower that has
been designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to
Section 6.15, and each subsidiary of such Unrestricted Subsidiary.
     “Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result
of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms
are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
     SECTION 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this
Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar
Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Type (e.g., a
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     SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply
equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall
be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will”
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.
Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any
agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such
amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference
herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and
assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar
import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to
any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles,
Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and
Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words
“asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect
and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties,
including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
     SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in
accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the
Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an
amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change
occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the
operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof
for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision
shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately
before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been
withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
     SECTION 1.05 Oil and Gas Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the
terms “proved reserves,” “proved developed reserves,” “proved undeveloped
reserves,” “proved developed nonproducing reserves” and “proved developed
producing reserves,” whether or not such terms are capitalized, have the meaning
given such terms from time to time and at the time in question by the Society of
Petroleum Engineers of the American Institute of Mining Engineers.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
     SECTION 2.01 Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, each Lender agrees to make Loans to the Borrower from time to time
during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not
result in such Lender’s Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment.
Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
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     SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Loan shall be made as part of a
Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with
their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan
required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations
hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no
Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as
required.
     (b) Subject to Section 2.14, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of
ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance
herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any
domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan;
provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the
Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
     (c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar
Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. At the time that each ABR
Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that an
ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused
balance of the total Commitments or that is required to finance the
reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e).
Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided
that there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten (10) Eurodollar
Borrowings outstanding.
     (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower
shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any
Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after
the Maturity Date.
     SECTION 2.03 Requests for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing, the Borrower
shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the
case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Houston time, three
Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an
ABR Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., Houston time, on the date of the
proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Borrowing to finance
the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e) may
be given not later than 10:00 a.m., Houston time, on the date of the proposed
Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall
be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent
of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent
and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request
shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
     (i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
     (ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
     (iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar
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     (iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to
be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of
the term “Interest Period”; and
     (v) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to
be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.07.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested
Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with
respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed
to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following
receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the
amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
     SECTION 2.04 Increase in Commitments.
     (a) Provided that no Default or Event of Default shall then exist, upon
notice to, and with the consent of, the Administrative Agent (not to be
unreasonably withheld), the Borrower may from time to time increase the
Aggregate Commitment Amount by (i) requesting that one or more Lenders increase
its or their respective Commitments or (ii) inviting one or more additional
financial institutions to become Lenders party to the Agreement and to provide
additional Commitments hereunder, provided that, in either case, the Borrower
shall not exercise its rights under this Section 2.04 on more than three
separate occasions and the minimum amount by which the Aggregate Commitment
Amount shall be increased shall not be less than $75,000,000 (unless the excess
of the Maximum Commitment Amount over the Aggregate Commitment Amount in effect
immediately prior to any such increase in Commitments is less than $75,000,000,
in which case the Borrower may request an increase in the amount of such
excess), and further provided that the Aggregate Commitment Amount after giving
effect to any such increase shall not exceed the Maximum Commitment Amount. For
the avoidance of doubt, it is agreed that the Administrative Agent may withhold
its consent to the Borrower’s exercise of the foregoing right as to any
particular existing Lender or additional Lender based on the amount of the
requested increase in such existing Lender’s or additional Lender’s Commitment
or the Administrative Agent’s assessment of the credit worthiness of such
existing Lender or additional Lender.
     (b) If the Borrower has requested that all of the Lenders increase their
respective Commitments pro rata, the Borrower (in consultation with the
Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is
requested to respond to such request (which shall in no event be less than ten
Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders). Each
Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within the specified time period
whether or not such Lender agrees to increase its respective Commitment and, if
so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Applicable
Percentage of such requested increase in the Aggregate Commitment Amount (based
on the Aggregate Commitment Amount then in effect). Any Lender not responding
within such specified time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase
its respective Commitment. Anything herein contained to the contrary
notwithstanding, no Lender shall have any obligation whatsoever to increase its
respective Commitment hereunder and the Borrower shall have no obligation to
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in the Commitments of all Lenders or to offer to increase the Commitment of any
particular Lender. The consent of the Lenders shall not be required in order for
any Lender to increase its Commitment or for one or more additional financial
institutions to become Lenders party to the Agreement and to provide additional
Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.04.
     (c) If the Aggregate Commitment Amount is increased in accordance with this
Section 2.04, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the
effective date of such increase (the “Additional Commitment Effective Date”).
The Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall promptly notify the Lenders of
the final allocation of such increase and the Additional Commitment Effective
Date. Each existing Lender that increases its Commitment and each additional
Lender, if any, and the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent (which the Administrative Agent shall also execute to acknowledge its
acceptance thereof) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto
(an “Additional Commitment Certificate”). Upon receipt by the Administrative
Agent of Additional Commitment Certificates from existing Lenders or additional
Lenders, if any, in an amount sufficient to effectuate the increase requested by
the Borrower: (1) the Aggregate Commitment Amount shall be increased, (2) the
Administrative Agent shall amend and distribute to the Borrower and the Lenders
a revised Schedule 2.01 adding or amending, as applicable, the Commitment(s) of
any Lender executing the Additional Commitment Certificate and the increased
Aggregate Commitment Amount (which shall be deemed incorporated into, and made a
part of, this Agreement), (3) each additional Lender shall be deemed to be a
party in all respects as of the Additional Commitment Effective Date to this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Lenders are party and
(4) upon the Additional Commitment Effective Date, any increasing or additional
Lender party to the Additional Commitment Certificate shall purchase from each
of the (other) Lenders party to the Agreement immediately prior to the
Additional Commitment Effective Date a pro rata portion of all outstanding Loans
(and participation interests in Letters of Credit) of each such (other) Lender
such that each Lender (including any additional Lender, if any) shall hold its
ratable share of all outstanding Loans (and participation interests in Letters
of Credit) after giving effect to its increased or additional Commitment and the
resulting increase in the Aggregate Commitment Amount, provided that the
Borrower shall pay any amounts due under Section 2.16 to the extent that any
such purchase gives rise to the costs indemnified thereby, and any other amounts
due under Section 9.03.
     (d) As a condition precedent to such increase, the Borrower shall deliver
to the Administrative Agent a certificate dated as of the Additional Commitment
Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by an officer of
the Borrower (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the
Borrower approving or consenting to such increase, (ii) including a certificate
of the type described in Section 5.01(c) demonstrating pro forma compliance with
Section 6.09 after giving effect to such increase and (iii) certifying that,
before and after giving effect to such increase, the representations and
warranties contained in Article III are true and correct on and as of the
Additional Commitment Effective Date and no Default or Event of Default exists.
The Borrower shall execute and deliver replacement Notes if requested in
accordance with Section 2.10(e) reflecting such Lender’s Commitment, which Notes
shall be dated as of the date of this Agreement.
     (e) This Section shall supersede any provision in Section 9.02 to the
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     SECTION 2.05 [Intentionally Omitted].
     SECTION 2.06 Letters of Credit. (a) General. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of
Credit for its own account or the account of a Subsidiary, in a form reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and
from time to time during the Availability Period. In the event of any
inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms
and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement
submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing
Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this
Agreement shall control.
     (b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions.
To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or
extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver
or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing
so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the
Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of
Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended,
and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which
shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire
(which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such
Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other
information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter
of Credit. If requested by the Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a
letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection
with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued,
amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension of each Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall be deemed to represent
and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $250,000,000 and (ii) the sum of
the total Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Commitments. All Existing
Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from
and after the Effective Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and
conditions hereof.
     (c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the
close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the
issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension
thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is
five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.
     (d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment
to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further
action on the part of the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby
grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a
participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of
Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby
absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for
the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC
Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the
date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement
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Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations
pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever,
including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the
occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the
Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset,
abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
     (e) Reimbursement. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in
respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement
by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement
not later than 12:00 noon, Houston time, on the date that such LC Disbursement
is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement
prior to 10:00 a.m., Houston time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been
received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than
12:00 noon, Houston time, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives
such notice, if such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m., Houston time, on
the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that
the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such
time on the day of receipt; provided that, if such LC Disbursement is not less
than $1,000,000, the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set
forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 that such payment be
financed with an ABR Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so
financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and
replaced by the resulting ABR Borrowing. If the Borrower fails to make such
payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the
applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect
thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following
receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its
Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same
manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender
(and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of
the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing
Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt
by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this
paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing
Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this
paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing
Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to
this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than
the funding of ABR Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and
shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC
Disbursement.
     (f) Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC
Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and
irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of
Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or
other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of
Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply
with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for
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this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right
of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related
Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in
connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment
or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the
circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission,
interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or
other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any
document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of
technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the
Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the
Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages
(as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby
waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by
the Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s (x) gross negligence or
willful misconduct, or (y) failure to exercise care when determining whether
drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the
terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross
negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank (as finally
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be
deemed to have exercised care in each such determination (PROVIDED THAT IT IS
THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT THE ISSUING BANK BE INDEMNIFIED IN THE
CASE OF ITS OWN NEGLIGENCE (OTHER THAN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT),
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH NEGLIGENCE IS SOLE OR CONTRIBUTORY, ACTIVE OR
PASSIVE, IMPUTED, JOINT OR TECHNICAL). In furtherance of the foregoing and
without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to
documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance
with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole
discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without
responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such
documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such
Letter of Credit.
     (g) Disbursement Procedures. The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its
receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for
payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of
such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC
Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving
such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the
Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
     (h) Interim Interest. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement,
then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the
date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear
interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made
to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at
the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Loans; provided that, if the Borrower
fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of
this Section, then Section 2.13(d) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to
this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that
interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to
paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the
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     (i) Replacement of the Issuing Bank. The Issuing Bank may be replaced at
any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the
replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent
shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing Bank. At the
time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all
unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to
Section 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement,
(i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the
Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued
thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed
to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor
and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the
replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain
a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an
Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it
prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters
of Credit.
     (j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans
has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50.0%
of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to
this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative
Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of itself,
the Issuing Bank and the Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure as
of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the
obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately,
and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or
other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with
respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII. Such
deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment
and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the
Borrower does hereby grant a security interest in favor of the Administrative
Agent in and to such cash collateral as security for the Obligations. The
Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the
exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned
on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the
option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s
risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if
any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such
account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing
Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the
extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement
obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity
of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC
Exposure representing greater than 50.0% of the total LC Exposure), be applied
to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the
Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a
result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not
applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business
Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.
     SECTION 2.07 Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to
be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of
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available funds by 3:00 p.m., Houston time, to the account of the Administrative
Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders.
The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by
promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the
Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City and
designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that
ABR Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in
Section 2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing
Bank.
     (b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a
Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not
make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such
Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section
and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share
of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the
applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative
Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for
each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the
Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at
(i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate
and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower,
the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to
the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan
included in such Borrowing.
     SECTION 2.08 Interest Elections. (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of
the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a
Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such
Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing
to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a
Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in
this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different
portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be
allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing,
and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate
Borrowing.
     (b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify
the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a
Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were
requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on
the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election
Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or
telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a
form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.
     (c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the
following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
     (i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if
different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof,
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thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the
information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be
specified for each resulting Borrowing);
     (ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest
Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
     (iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a
Eurodollar Borrowing; and
     (iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest
Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which
shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does
not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have
selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
     (d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such
Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
     (e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request
with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at
the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR
Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of
the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of
Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or
continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar
Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest
Period applicable thereto.
     SECTION 2.09 Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless
previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
     (b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce,
the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in
an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than
$5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments
if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance
with Section 2.11, the sum of the Credit Exposures would exceed the Aggregate
Commitment Amount.
     (c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to
terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least
three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or
reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly
following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the
Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant
to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of
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Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of
other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the
Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified
effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction
of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall
be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective
Commitments.
     SECTION 2.10 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan on the Maturity Date.
     (b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an
account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender
resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal
and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
     (c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall
record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the
Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest
due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender
hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent
hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
     (d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph
(b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and
amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any
Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error
therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay
the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
     (e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a
promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver
to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if
requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a
form approved by the Administrative Agent.
     SECTION 2.11 Prepayment of Loans. (a) The Borrower shall have the right at
any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part,
subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section.
     (b) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone
(confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of
prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Houston time,
three Business Days before the date of prepayment, or (ii) in the case of
prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Houston time, on the
date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the
prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to
be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with
a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by
Section 2.09, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of
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receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent
shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any
Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an
advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each
prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the
prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the
extent required by Section 2.13.
     SECTION 2.12 Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the
Applicable Rate on the daily amount of the Commitment Exposure of such Lender
during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the
date on which such Commitment terminates; provided that, if such Lender
continues to have any Credit Exposure after its Commitment terminates, then such
commitment fee shall continue to accrue on the daily amount of such Lender’s
Credit Exposure from and including the date on which its Commitment terminates
to but excluding the date on which such Lender ceases to have any Credit
Exposure. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of
March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the
Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date
hereof; provided that any commitment fees accruing after the date on which the
Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. All commitment fees shall be
computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual
number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
     (b) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in
Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate used to
determine the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Loans on the average daily
amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable
to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the
Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s
Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC
Exposure, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the
rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure
(excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements)
during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the
later of the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there
ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing Bank’s standard fees with
respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit
or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees
accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and
December of each year shall be payable on the third Business Day following such
last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date;
provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the
Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the
Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the
Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after
demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis
of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed
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     (c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own
account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon
between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
     (d) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Lenders such upfront fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in
writing in the amounts so specified.
     (e) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in
immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing
Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of
commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be
refundable under any circumstances.
     SECTION 2.13 Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall
bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
     (b) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest in
the case of a Eurodollar Loan, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period
in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
     (c) [Intentionally Omitted.]
     (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any
Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid
when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such
overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate
per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the
rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs
of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate
applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.
     (e) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Loans, upon termination
of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph
(d) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any
repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Loan
prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal
amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or
prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior
to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such
Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
     (f) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of
360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate
at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be
computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in
each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the
first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate,
Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent,
and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

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     (g) In the event that any financial statements delivered pursuant to this
Agreement, or any certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(c), is shown to
be inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in
effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected,
would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Rate and/or a higher
Commitment Fee Rate on Commitments for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than
the Applicable Rate or Commitment Fee Rate on Commitments, as applicable,
applied for such Applicable Period, then (i) the Borrower shall immediately
deliver to the Administrative Agent a correct certificate in the form of the
certificate described in Section 5.01(c), and (ii) the Borrower shall
immediately pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest
owing as a result of such increased Applicable Rate and Commitment Fee Rate on
Commitments for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied
by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.18. This
Section 2.13(g) shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or the
other Lenders with respect to Section 2.13(d) or Article VII.
     SECTION 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of
any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:
     (a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not
exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable,
for such Interest Period; or
     (b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the
Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period
will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or
maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the
Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and,
until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest
Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or
continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective,
and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such
Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing; provided that if the circumstances
giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other
Type of Borrowings shall be permitted.
     SECTION 2.15 Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:
     (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or
similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or
credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in
the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the Issuing Bank; or
     (ii) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank
market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by
such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its
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increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Bank of participating in,
issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum
received or receivable by such Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of
principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or
the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such
additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
     (b) If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law
regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate
of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of
such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of
this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held
by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level
below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing
Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking
into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies
of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital
adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the
Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing
Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
     (c) A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the amount
or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its
holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent
manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the
case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days
after receipt thereof.
     (d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to
demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of
such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided
that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing
Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred
more than 270 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as
the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s
intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change
in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then
the 270-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of
retroactive effect thereof.
     SECTION 2.16 Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any
principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest
Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default),
(b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue
or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered
pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under
Section 2.11(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith), (d) the assignment of
any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, or
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increase in the Aggregate Commitment Amount pursuant to Section 2.04, then, in
any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and
expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss,
cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by
such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would
have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred,
at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the
period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest
Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue,
for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over
(ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such
period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the
commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and
period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender
setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive
pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount
shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
     SECTION 2.17 Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any
obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without
deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the
Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from
such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that
after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or
Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would
have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make
such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
     (b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
     (c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and
the Issuing Bank, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full
amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent,
such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect to any
payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to
amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable
expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted
by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such
payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the Issuing Bank,
or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the
Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
     (d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to
the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by
such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return
reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory
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     (e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction
of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is
located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to
payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such
properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or
reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made
without withholding or at a reduced rate.
     (f) If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole
discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to
which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the
Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, it shall pay
over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments
made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.17 with
respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without
interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority
with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of
the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to
the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the
relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in
the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such
refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be construed to
require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns
(or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to
the Borrower or any other Person.
     SECTION 2.18 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder
(whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or
of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to
12:00 noon, Houston time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds,
without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any
date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been
received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating
interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at
its offices at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York, except payments to be made
directly to the Issuing Bank as expressly provided herein and except that
payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly
to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any
such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the
appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment
hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any
payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of
such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars.
     (b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the
Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC
Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied
(i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably
among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest
and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal
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entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC
Disbursements then due to such parties.
     (c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim
or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any
of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender
receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans
and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon than the
proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater
proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans
and participations in LC Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent necessary
so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably
in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on
their respective Loans and participations in LC Disbursements; provided that
(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the
payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded
and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without
interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to
apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the
express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as
consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its
Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant,
other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which
the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the
foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable
law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing
arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and
counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were
a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
     (d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the
Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that the
Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that
the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may,
in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank,
as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in
fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the
case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to
it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the
greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation.
     (e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it
pursuant to Section 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b) or 2.18(d), then the Administrative
Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof),
apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the
account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections
until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
     SECTION 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any
Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required
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additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of
any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable
efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans
hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its
offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such
designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant
to Section 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not
subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise
be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such
designation or assignment.
     (b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the
Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17,
or if any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, then the
Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the
Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without
recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in
Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to
an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another
Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower
shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and
if a Commitment is being assigned, the Issuing Bank), which consent shall not
unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an
amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC
Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts
payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding
principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all
other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a
claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made
pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such
compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such
assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such
Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such
assignment and delegation cease to apply.
     (c) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, modification,
termination, waiver or consent with respect to any of the provisions of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document as contemplated by Section 9.02, the
consent of Lenders having Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing
more than 75.0% of the sum of the total Credit Exposures and unused Commitments
at such time shall have been obtained but the consent of one or more of such
other Lenders (each a “Non-Consenting Lender”) whose consent is required has not
been obtained, then the Borrower may elect to replace such Non-Consenting Lender
as a Lender party to this Agreement in accordance with and subject to the
restrictions contained in, and consents required by Section 9.04; provided that
such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding
principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other
amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such
outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the
case of all other amounts). A Lender shall not be required to make any such
assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such
Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such
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     SECTION 2.20 Present Value; Redetermination.
     (a) Initial Present Value. As of the Effective Date and until redetermined
pursuant to Section 2.20(b) or 2.20(c), the Present Value shall be
$2,313,113,333.
     (b) Annual Redeterminations of the Present Value. (i) Promptly after
January 1 of each calendar year (commencing January 1, 2008), and in any event
on or prior to April 1 of each calendar year, or, (ii) if the Borrower has
achieved Investment Grade Status and the Borrower shall thereafter cease to have
Investment Grade Status, then within 30 day immediately following the date on
which the Borrower ceased to have Investment Grade Status, the Borrower shall
furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender an engineering report
prepared at the sole cost and expense of Borrower by an Approved Petroleum
Engineer in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent with
respect to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
comprising Proved Reserves included therein and setting forth a projection of
the rate of production and net operating income with respect thereto and the
individual and aggregate present value of projected future cash flows from such
Proved Reserves which present value shall be determined using the Administrative
Agent’s customary discount rate for the valuation of Oil and Gas Properties
constituting Proved Reserves and the then-current commodity price deck (as
adjusted for basis differentials and Hydrocarbon quality) of the Administrative
Agent (in accordance with its customary lending practices) and taking into
account any Swap Agreements with respect to commodity prices for Hydrocarbons of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries then in effect (based on a schedule of such
Swap Agreements delivered in the discretion of the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and certified by a Financial Officer of the
Borrower); provided, however, that 75% of the aggregate present value shall, as
of the applicable January 1, be attributable to Oil and Gas Properties
constituting Proved Producing Reserves and no value shall be given to any Oil
and Gas Properties burdened by the interests conveyed by the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries pursuant to any Advance Payment Contracts permitted under
Section 6.10(b)(ii)(A). The aggregate present value as determined in accordance
with the foregoing, which shall constitute the “Present Value” for purposes of
this Agreement, shall remain in effect until the Present Value is redetermined
in accordance with this Agreement.
     (c) Special Discretionary Redeterminations. In addition to the
Redeterminations pursuant to Section 2.20(b), the Administrative Agent (in its
sole discretion or if requested in writing by the Required Lenders) may, at the
time that Investment Grade Status is not in effect, request for any reason an
additional special redetermination of the Present Value one time per each
calendar year. The Administrative Agent shall specify in such request the date
as of which the Borrower is to prepare an engineering report to be delivered in
connection with such redetermination, the date by which such engineering report
shall be prepared and delivered (which shall be not sooner than 30 days
following the date of such request) and the Redetermination Date applicable
thereto. Promptly following such request, the Borrower shall deliver such
requested engineering report to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, which
engineering report shall be prepared in the same manner as, and containing
comparable information to that contained in, the engineering reports required by
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ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
     The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
     SECTION 3.01 Organization; Powers. Each of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and
authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the
failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in,
and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is
required.
     SECTION 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within the
Borrower’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate and, if required, stockholder action. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law.
     SECTION 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do
not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any
other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained
or made and are in full force and effect, (b) will not violate any applicable
law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental
Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture,
agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the
Borrower or any Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower or its respective
assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.
     SECTION 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change. (a) The
Borrower or the Parent Guarantors have heretofore furnished to the Lenders the
consolidated and consolidating balance sheet and statements of income,
stockholders equity and cash flows of Ultra Petroleum and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, reported on
by Ernst & Young, LLP, independent public accountants, certified by its chief
financial officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of
Ultra Petroleum and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such
periods in accordance with GAAP.
     (b) Since December 31, 2006, there has been no material adverse change in
the business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the
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     SECTION 3.05 Properties. (a) Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has
good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all the real and personal
property other than its Oil and Gas Properties material to its business free and
clear of all Liens, except for (i) as permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 and
(ii) minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct
its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their
intended purposes.
     (b) Except for matters that could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries has
good and defensible title to all Oil and Gas Properties described in the most
recent Reserve Report provided to the Administrative Agent, free and clear of
all Liens except Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.02, (ii) all such Oil and
Gas Properties are valid, subsisting, and in full force and effect, and all
rentals, royalties, and other amounts due and payable in respect thereof have
been duly paid, and (iii) without regard to any consent or non-consent
provisions of any joint operating agreement covering any proved Oil and Gas
Properties of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, the Borrower’s or such
Subsidiaries’ share of (a) the costs for each proved Oil and Gas Properties
described in the Reserve Report is not materially greater than the decimal
fraction set forth in the Reserve Report, before and after payout, as the case
may be, and described therein by the respective designations “working
interests,” “WI,” “gross working interest,” “GWI,” or similar terms (except in
such cases where there is a corresponding increase in the net revenue interest),
and (b) production from, allocated to, or attributed to each such proved Oil and
Gas Properties is not materially less than the decimal fraction set forth in the
Reserve Report, before and after payout, as the case may be, and described
therein by the designations “net revenue interest,” “NRI,” or similar terms.
Each well drilled in respect of Proved Producing Reserves described in the
Reserve Report (1) is capable of, and is presently, either producing
Hydrocarbons in commercially profitable quantities or in the process of being
worked-over or enhanced, and the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries is
currently receiving payments for its share of production, with no funds in
respect of any thereof being presently held in suspense, other than any such
funds being held in suspense pending delivery of appropriate division orders,
and (2) has been drilled, bottomed, completed, and operated in compliance with
all applicable laws, in the case of clauses (1) and (2), except where any
failure to satisfy clause (1) or to comply with clause (2) would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, and no such well that is currently producing
Hydrocarbons is subject to any penalty in production by reason of such well
having produced in excess of its allowable production that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (c) Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use,
all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property
material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for
any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     SECTION 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) There are no
actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental
Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened
against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) as to which
there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if
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in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that
involve this Agreement or the Transactions.
     (b) Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any other
matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain,
maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any
Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii)
has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or
(iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.
     (c) Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the
status of the Disclosed Matters that, individually or in the aggregate, has
resulted in, or materially increased the likelihood of, a Material Adverse
Effect.
     SECTION 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any
Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures,
agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where
the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is
continuing.
     SECTION 3.08 Investment Company Status. None of the Borrower, any
Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is an “investment
company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company
Act of 1940.
     SECTION 3.09 Taxes. Each of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and each
Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is part of the Borrower’s
consolidated U.S. federal tax group has timely filed or caused to be filed all
Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be
paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower,
such Subsidiary or such Unrestricted Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on
its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     SECTION 3.10 ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected
to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which
liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated
benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date
of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by more
than $10,000,000 the fair market value of the assets of such Plan, and the
present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans
(based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial
statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by more than $10,000,000 the fair
market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans.

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     SECTION 3.11 Disclosure. The Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all
agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any
of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other
reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or
on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in
connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as
modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any
material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial
information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in
good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
     SECTION 3.12 Labor Matters. There are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns
against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of
the Borrower, threatened that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. The hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Credit
Parties have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other
Law dealing with such matters to the extent that such violation could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     SECTION 3.13 Capitalization; Corporate Locations; Subsidiaries. The
Borrower’s full legal name and its jurisdiction of organization are as set forth
in the preamble of this Agreement. The principal place of business and chief
executive office of (a) the Borrower is located at the address for the Borrower
set forth in Section 9.01 and (b) each Guarantor is located at the address for
such Guarantor set forth on Schedule 3.13, or, in each case, at such other
location as the Borrower or such Guarantor may have, with not less than 30 days
prior written notice, advised the Administrative Agent. The Borrower does not
have or own any Subsidiaries as of the date hereof.
     SECTION 3.14 Margin Stock. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the
Borrower is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the
business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin
stock (within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System), and no part of the proceeds of any Loan will be
used to purchase or carry any margin stock in violation of said Regulation T, U
or X or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
margin stock in violation of said Regulation T, U or X.
     SECTION 3.15 Advance Payment Contracts. Except as disclosed in writing to
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders prior to the
Effective Date or as permitted by Section 6.10, none of the Credit Parties is
obligated in any material respect by virtue of any Advance Payment Contract.
     SECTION 3.16 Insurance. The Borrower maintains insurance in full force and
effect, and all premiums due thereon have been paid with respect to the
properties and business of the Borrower providing coverage for such liabilities,
casualties, risks and contingencies and in such amounts as is customary in the
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ARTICLE IV
Conditions
     SECTION 4.01 Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans
and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become
effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied
(or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
     (a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (i) from
each party hereto, either a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of
such party (or written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which
may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement)
that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement) and (ii) from each
Parent Guarantor, a Guaranty duly executed by such Parent Guarantor.
     (b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written
opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders
and dated the Effective Date) of Haynes & Boone, LLP, special New York counsel
for the Borrower and the Guarantors, and Thomas S. Throne, special Wyoming
counsel for the Borrower, substantially in the forms of Exhibit B-1 and B-2, and
covering such other matters relating to the Borrower or the Guarantors (as
applicable), this Agreement or the Transactions as the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or Required Lenders shall reasonably request. The Borrower and the
Guarantors hereby request each such counsel to deliver such opinion.
     (c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and
certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request
relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower and
each Parent Guarantor, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal
matters relating to the Borrower and each Parent Guarantor, this Agreement or
the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and its counsel.
     (d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the
Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial
Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in
paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02.
     (e) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts
due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent
invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be
reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.
     (f) The Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that
contemporaneous with the funding of the initial Borrowing on the Effective Date,
all obligations outstanding under the Borrower’s Existing Credit Agreement
(other than Existing Letters of Credit) shall have been repaid in full, all
commitments thereunder shall have been terminated and all Liens securing such
obligations shall have been terminated and released (or arrangements
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent have been made for such termination and
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     (g) The Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Lender shall have
received the Initial Reserve Report.
     (h) The Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders shall have
received the financial statements of Ultra Petroleum described in Section 3.04
and a certificate demonstrating compliance by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
with the financial ratios set forth in Section 6.09 for the fiscal quarter
ending as of December 31, 2006.
     (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received lien search results with
respect to each Credit Party in the jurisdiction of its organization, all dated
reasonably close to the Effective Date, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent, and (if applicable) evidence reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent that any Liens indicated by such lien search results
are permitted by Section 6.02 or have been (or are concurrently being) released
(or arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent have been made for
such termination and release).
     (j) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Required Lenders may
reasonably require.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Article IX, for purposes of
determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, each
Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to,
approved or accepted, or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter
required hereunder to be consented to or approved by, or acceptable or
satisfactory to, a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice from such Lender prior to the Effective Date specifying its objection
thereto. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of
the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and
of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become
effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived
pursuant to Section 9.02) at or prior to 3:00 p.m., Houston time, on May 15,
2007 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the
Commitments shall terminate at such time).
     SECTION 4.02 Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a
Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (other than a continuation of an existing
Borrowing or a conversion of a Eurodollar Borrowing into an ABR Borrowing), and
of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
     (a) The representations and warranties of (i) the Borrower set forth in
this Agreement and (ii) each Credit Party set forth in the Loan Documents to
which such Credit Party is a party, shall be true and correct on and as of the
date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension
of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except to the extent that such
representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which
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     (b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or
the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as
applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
     (c) Both at the time of and immediately after giving effect to the
requested Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such
Letter of Credit, as applicable, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the
financial covenants set forth in Section 6.09(a) and, if then applicable,
Section 6.09(b).
Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of
Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the
Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a),
(b) and (c) of this Section.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
     Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of
and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in
full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all LC
Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders that:
     SECTION 5.01 Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information.
The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each
Lender:
     (a) Within 15 days following the date on which Ultra Petroleum submits or
files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but in any event not later
than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of Ultra Petroleum, Ultra
Petroleum’s audited consolidated (and, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, consolidating) balance sheet and related statements
of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such
year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
previous fiscal year, such consolidated statements to be reported on by Ernst &
Young, LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national
standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and
without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the
effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all
material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Ultra
Petroleum and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
     (b) Within 15 days following the date on which Ultra Petroleum submits or
files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but in any event not later
than 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year of Ultra Petroleum, Ultra Petroleum’s consolidated (and, for the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries, consolidating)
balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and
cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed
portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the
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year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all
material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Ultra
Petroleum and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit
adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
     (c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause
(a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (i) certifying
as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying
the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect
thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating
compliance with Section 6.09, (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the
application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial
statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if any such change has occurred,
specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying
such certificate, and (iv) stating whether the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries has any Material Gas Imbalances;
     (d) [Intentionally Omitted];
     (e) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all
periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by Ultra
Petroleum or any subsidiary of Ultra Petroleum with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the
functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or
distributed by Ultra Petroleum or any of its subsidiaries to Ultra Petroleum’s
shareholders generally, as the case may be;
     (f) promptly after Moody’s or S&P shall have announced a change in the
rating established or deemed to have been established for the Index Debt,
written notice of such rating change; and
     (g) at any time Investment Grade Status is not in effect (including if the
Borrower has achieved Investment Grade Status, but subsequently loses Investment
Grade Status)
     (i) on or before the later of (x) April 1 of each year, commencing April 1,
2008 (or such date promptly thereafter as reasonably possible based on the
engineering and other information available to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders) or (y) 30 days after the date on which the Borrower ceases to have
Investment Grade Status, as applicable, in each case, with respect to each
Reserve Report prepared as of January 1 in connection with a Redetermination
pursuant to Section 2.20(b), the Reserve Reports required pursuant to such
Section 2.20(b), and
     (ii) on or before the date specified by the Administrative Agent with
respect to each Reserve Report prepared in connection with a Redetermination
pursuant to Section 2.20(c), the Reserve Reports required pursuant to such
Section 2.20(c);
     (h) promptly following any request therefor, such other information
regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the
Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary, or compliance with the
terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may
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     SECTION 5.02 Notices of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Lender prompt written notice of
the following:
     (a) the occurrence of any Default;
     (b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or
before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the
Borrower or any Affiliate thereof that, if adversely determined, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
     (c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any
other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in
liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding
$50,000,000;
     (d) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected
to result in, a Material Adverse Effect;
     (e) any notice or claim to the effect that any Credit Party is or may be
liable to any Person as a result of the release by any Credit Party, or any
other Person of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment,
that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
     (f) any notice alleging any violation of any national, provincial or local
environmental, health or safety law or regulation by any Credit Party, that
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of
a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the
details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken
or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
     SECTION 5.03 Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary
to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the
rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of
its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger,
consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03.
     SECTION 5.04 Payment of Obligations. The Borrower will, and will cause each
of its Subsidiaries and all Unrestricted Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations,
including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could result in a Material Adverse
Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where
(a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower, such Subsidiary or such Unrestricted
Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in
accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     SECTION 5.05 Maintenance of Non Oil and Gas Properties. The Borrower will,
and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all property
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of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted, except where failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     SECTION 5.06 Maintenance and Operation of Oil and Gas Properties.
     (a) The Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, maintain,
develop and operate its Oil and Gas Properties in a good and workmanlike manner,
and observe and comply with all of the terms and provisions, express or implied,
of all oil and gas leases relating to such Oil and Gas Properties so long as
such Oil and Gas Properties are capable of producing Hydrocarbons in
commercially profitable quantities, except where such failure to comply could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (b) The Borrower shall, and shall cause the Subsidiaries to, comply in all
respects with all contracts and agreements applicable to or relating to its Oil
and Gas Properties or the production and sale of Hydrocarbons, except to the
extent a failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
     SECTION 5.07 Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily
maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in
the same or similar locations. Upon request of the Administrative Agent, each
Credit Party will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent
from time to time a summary of the respective insurance coverage of such Credit
Party in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
and, if requested, will furnish the Administrative Agent copies of the
applicable policies.
     SECTION 5.08 Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Borrower will, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account
in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and
transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower will, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, upon reasonable prior
notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from
its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with
its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as
often as reasonably requested, and, at any time during the existence of a
Default, at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower.
     SECTION 5.09 Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each
of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of
any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including all
Environmental Laws), except where the failure to do so, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
     SECTION 5.10 Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of the
Loans will be used only to repay Indebtedness outstanding under the Existing
Credit Agreement and for general corporate and working capital purposes
(including the acquisition of Oil and Gas Properties). No part of the proceeds
of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that
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Regulations T, U and X. Letters of Credit will be issued only to support general
corporate purposes of the Borrower.
     SECTION 5.11 Guarantors. In the event any Person becomes a Subsidiary of
the Borrower to the extent permitted by Section 6.12, the Borrower will promptly
(but in any event, within 30 days following request by the Administrative Agent)
take all action necessary to cause such Person (a) to execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent a Guaranty, (b) to take all such action and execute and
deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Administrative Agent all
such documents, instruments, agreements, opinions and certificates similar to
those described in Section 4.01(c) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request. With respect to each such Person that becomes a Guarantor, the Borrower
shall promptly send to the Administrative Agent written notice setting forth
with respect to such Person the date on which such Person became a Guarantor and
such other information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
     SECTION 5.12 Further Assurances in General. The Borrower shall, and shall
cause its Subsidiaries to, promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent (and the Issuing Bank and the Lenders, if applicable) all such other
documents, agreements and instruments reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent to comply with, cure any defects or accomplish the covenants and
agreements of such Credit Party in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
or to correct any omissions in any of the Loan Documents, or to further evidence
the Obligations, or to make any recordings, file any notices or obtain any
consents, all as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection
herewith or therewith.
     SECTION 5.13 Management of Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The Borrower will
cause the management, business and affairs of each of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries to be conducted in such a manner (including, without limitation, by
keeping separate books of account, furnishing separate financial statements of
Unrestricted Subsidiaries to creditors and potential creditors thereof and by
not permitting any assets or property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to be
commingled) so that each Unrestricted Subsidiary will be treated as an entity
separate and distinct from Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
     Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and
interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full and
all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall
have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders that:
     SECTION 6.01 Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any
Indebtedness unless:
     (a) such Indebtedness is issued or incurred under an agreement that does
not (i) contain terms and conditions (other than pricing) more burdensome on the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in any material respect (as determined, with
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constituting Material Indebtedness, by the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion) than the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and
(ii) require any mandatory payments or prepayments of principal prior to the
date that is one year after the Maturity Date; and
     (b) both before and after giving effect to the incurrence or issuance of
any such Indebtedness, and as of any date thereafter that the Borrower or such
Subsidiary permits such Indebtedness to exist, the Borrower shall continue to be
in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.09(a) and, if
Investment Grade Status is not in effect, Section 6.09(b), on a pro forma basis
calculated to include:
     (i) all Consolidated Funded Indebtedness outstanding on such date, and
     (ii) for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of such
date, “Consolidated EBITDAX for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently
ended” as used in clause (b) of the definition of “Consolidated Leverage Ratio”
shall mean Consolidated EBITDAX for the period of the four fiscal quarters most
recently ended, further adjusted to give effect to the adjustments to
Consolidated EBITDAX (as described in the proviso to the definition thereof) in
respect of any acquisitions of Oil and Gas Properties (or any interest therein)
or any dispositions of Oil and Gas Properties (or any interest therein)
permitted under Section 6.10(b)(ii)(A), Section 6.11(d)(i) or Section 6.15(c),
in each case, having an aggregate fair market value (whether in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions) equal to or exceeding
$50,000,000 made on or after the “as of” date of the most recently delivered
financial statements pursuant to clause (a) or (b) of Section 5.01 as if such
acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of such four fiscal
quarter calculation period;
provided that (x) the foregoing clause (a) shall not apply to Indebtedness
permitted to be secured pursuant to clauses (c), (d), (e), (f) or (h) of
Section 6.02, (y) the foregoing clause (a)(ii) shall not apply to other
unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount that, together with any
secured Indebtedness incurred in reliance on Section 6.02(h), does not exceed
$50,000,000 at any time outstanding, and (z) the foregoing clause (a)(ii) and
clause (b) shall not apply to Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Subsidiary owed
to another Credit Party.
Notwithstanding anything set forth herein, the Borrower shall not permit its
Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness other
than, without duplication, (1) Indebtedness owed to another Credit Party,
(2) Guarantees by any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower to the extent
that the Indebtedness of the Borrower is otherwise permitted under this
Agreement, (3) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary in respect of any Advance Payment
Contract otherwise permitted under this Agreement, and (4) other Indebtedness of
the Borrower’s Subsidiaries constituting Consolidated Funded Indebtedness that,
in the aggregate, does not exceed $25,000,000 at anytime outstanding.
     SECTION 6.02 Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property
or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or
revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof,
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     (a) Permitted Encumbrances;
     (b) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02; provided that
(i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it
secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof
that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
     (c) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition
thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset
of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time
such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in
contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming
a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other
property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien shall
secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition
or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and
extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the
outstanding principal amount thereof;
     (d) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by
the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests secure
Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01, (ii) such security interests and the
Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 90 days after such
acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the
Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing
or improving such fixed or capital assets, (iv) the aggregate amount of all
Indebtedness that is secured by Liens granted in reliance on this clause
(d) shall not exceed $200,000,000 at any time outstanding, and (v) such security
interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary;
     (e) Liens securing surety or other bonds required in the normal course of
business;
     (f) Liens on cash deposits securing obligations under Swap Agreements, not
to exceed $5,000,000.00 in the aggregate at any time in effect;
     (g) Liens securing payment and performance of the Obligations;
     (h) Liens securing payment of Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount
not exceeding $25,000,000 at any time outstanding, provided that the assets
encumbered by such Liens shall have an aggregate fair market value at the time
of incurrence of such Indebtedness not substantially in excess of the
Indebtedness secured thereby;
     (i) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an
Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII; and
     (j) Liens on the Oil and Gas Properties burdened by Advance Payment
Contracts permitted under this Agreement to secure performance obligations in
connection therewith.
     SECTION 6.03 Fundamental Changes. (a) The Borrower will not, and will not
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Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or
substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve,
except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto
no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) any Person (other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary) may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which
the Borrower is the surviving corporation and no Change in Control results,
(ii) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge into any other Subsidiary of the
Borrower, (iii) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of
its assets to the Borrower or to another Subsidiary and (iv) any Subsidiary may
liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such
liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not
materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.
     (b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries or
Unrestricted Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business
other than businesses of the type conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related
thereto.
     SECTION 6.04 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase,
hold or acquire any Investments, except:
     (a) Permitted Investments;
     (b) Loans or advances made directly or indirectly to Sino-American,
provided that both before and after giving effect to such loans or advances,
(i) no Event of Default shall then exist or result therefrom and (ii) the Net
Investment in Sino-American then outstanding shall not exceed $50,000,000;
     (c) Investments made by the Borrower in any Subsidiary and by any
Subsidiary in the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, provided that neither the
Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall make any such Investment in any other
Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary unless, after giving effect to
such Investment, the Credit Exposure shall not exceed 90% of the Aggregate
Commitment Amount then in effect;
     (d) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01;
     (e) Investments of the Borrower existing on the date hereof and set forth
on Schedule 6.04;
     (f) Investments by the Borrower in the Parent Guarantors, provided that
both before and after giving effect to such Investment, (i) no Event of Default
shall then exist or result therefrom and (ii) the Net Investment in
Sino-American then outstanding shall not exceed $50,000,000;
     (g) Investments in Persons (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) involved
in oil and gas exploration and production and related businesses in the ordinary
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     (h) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by
Section 6.15; and
     (i) other Investments (including Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries,
subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.15(a)) not exceeding
$50,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement provided that
both before and after giving effect to such Investment, (i) no Event of Default
shall then exist or result therefrom and (ii) the Credit Exposure shall not
exceed 90% of the Aggregate Commitment Amount then in effect.
     SECTION 6.05 Swap Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap
Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any
Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), and (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 the Borrower or
any Subsidiary.
     SECTION 6.06 Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make,
directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except (a) the Borrower may
declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in
additional shares of its common stock, (b) Subsidiaries may declare and pay
dividends (i) to the Borrower and to wholly-owned Subsidiaries and (ii) to other
Persons ratably with respect to their Equity Interests, provided that dividends
permitted pursuant to this clause (b)(ii) may be paid only if no Event of
Default shall then exist or result therefrom and the Credit Exposure after
giving effect to any such Restricted Payment shall not exceed 90% of the
Aggregate Commitment Amount then in effect, (c) the Borrower may make Restricted
Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit
plans for management or employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and
(d) the Borrower may declare, make or agree to pay or make Restricted Payments
provided that both before and after giving effect to any such Restricted
Payments made in reliance on this clause (d), no Event of Default shall then
exist or result therefrom and the Credit Exposure after giving effect to any
such Restricted Payment shall not exceed 90% of the Aggregate Commitment Amount
then in effect, and provided further that dividends may be paid by the Borrower
to any Parent Guarantors for the purpose of (whether direct, indirect or
incidental) investment in or contribution to Sino-American, only if, after
giving effect to such dividends, the Net Investment in Sino-American does not
exceed $50,000,000.
     SECTION 6.07 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will
not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any
property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or
assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its
Affiliates, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, except (a) on
terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than
would be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties,
(b) transactions between or among the Borrower and its wholly owned Subsidiaries
not involving any other Affiliate, (c) any Investment permitted by Section 6.04,
and (d) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.06.

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     SECTION 6.08 Restrictive Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or
permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or
imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to
create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, or
(b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with
respect to any shares of its capital stock or to make or repay loans or advances
to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee the Obligations of the
Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not
apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by this Agreement,
(ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on
the date hereof identified on Schedule 6.08 (but shall apply to any amendment or
modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition),
(iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions
contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale,
provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is
to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of the
foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement
relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such
restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such
Indebtedness and (v) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary
provisions imposed by any agreement relating to unsecured Indebtedness permitted
by this Agreement that provide for the imposition of equal and ratable Liens to
secure such Indebtedness if Liens are granted to secure the Obligations.
     SECTION 6.09 Financial Condition.
     (a) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio, determined as of the end of any fiscal quarter for
which financial statements required under Section 5.01(a) or (b), as applicable,
are available (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2006), to
be greater than 3.50 to 1.00.
     (b) Present Value to Funded Indebtedness Ratio. At any time that Investment
Grade Status is not in effect, the Borrower will not permit at any time the
ratio, as of any date of determination, of (i) the Present Value (as most
recently redetermined) to (ii) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of the end of
any fiscal quarter for which financial statements required under Section 5.01(a)
or (b), as applicable, are available (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending
December 31, 2006), to be less than 1.75 to 1.00.
     SECTION 6.10 Sale and Leaseback Transactions and other Off-Balance Sheet
Liabilities. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to,
enter into or suffer to exist any of the following with any Person other than
the Borrower or a Subsidiary:
     (a) any Sale and Leaseback Transaction; or
     (b) any other transaction pursuant to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary
incurs or has incurred Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities, except for
     (i) Swap Agreements permitted under the terms of Section 6.05, or
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     (A) at any time that the Borrower does not have Investment Grade Status,
the aggregate present value (as set forth in the most recently delivered Reserve
Report) of all of the Oil and Gas Properties burdened by the interests conveyed
(to Persons other than wholly-owned Subsidiaries) pursuant to all such Advance
Payment Contracts entered into since the most recent Redetermination Date, when
added to the aggregate present value (as set forth in the most recently
delivered Reserve Report) of (x) all Oil and Gas Properties sold, transferred,
conveyed, assigned or otherwise disposed of (to Persons other than wholly-owned
Subsidiaries) since such Redetermination Date (as permitted by
Section 6.11(d)(i)) and, without duplication, (y) all Oil and Gas Properties
contributed, conveyed, assigned or transferred to any Unrestricted Subsidiary
since the most recent Redetermination Date (as permitted by Section 6.15(c)),
shall not exceed 15% of the Present Value then in effect, and
     (B) at any time that the Borrower then has Investment Grade Status, the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries may enter into Advance Payment Contracts;
provided, however, that both before and after giving effect to any Advance
Payment Contract permitted by this clause (b)(ii), the Borrower shall be in
compliance with Section 6.09(a) calculated on a pro forma basis in the manner
set forth in Section 6.01(b) and            no Event of Default shall then exist
or would result therefrom.
     SECTION 6.11 Disposition of Assets. The Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary to, sell, transfer, convey, assign, lease or otherwise
dispose of, or enter into any agreement to sell, transfer, convey, assign, lease
or otherwise dispose of (each, a “Disposition”), any property or asset of such
Credit Party, except:
     (a) as permitted by Section 6.03;
     (b) surplus equipment for fair and adequate consideration and equipment
that is worthless or obsolete or that is replaced by equipment of equal
suitability and value;
     (c) inventory (including Hydrocarbons and seismic data) that is sold in the
ordinary course of business on ordinary trade terms;
     (d) any Disposition of Oil and Gas Properties to wholly-owned Subsidiaries
and any other Disposition of Oil and Gas Properties, provided that,
     (i) at any time that the Borrower does not have Investment Grade Status,
the aggregate present value (as set forth in the most recently delivered Reserve
Report) attributed to all such Oil and Gas Properties sold, transferred,
conveyed, assigned or otherwise disposed of (to Persons other than wholly-owned
Subsidiaries) since the most recent Redetermination Date, when added to the
aggregate present value (as set forth in the most recently delivered Reserve
Report) attributed to (x) all Oil and Gas Properties burdened by the interests
conveyed (to Persons other than wholly-owned Subsidiaries) pursuant to all
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permitted by Section 6.10(b)(ii)(A)) and, without duplication, (y) all Oil and
Gas Properties contributed, conveyed, assigned or transferred to any
Unrestricted Subsidiary since the most recent Redetermination Date (as permitted
by Section 6.15(c)), shall not exceed 15% of the Present Value then in effect;
and
     (ii) at any time that the Borrower then has Investment Grade Status, the
Borrower shall be in compliance with Section 6.09(a) calculated on a pro forma
basis in the manner set forth in Section 6.01(b) both before and after giving
effect to any such sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment or other disposition;
provided, however, that both before and after giving effect to any such sale,
transfer, conveyance, assignment or other disposition permitted by this clause
(d), no Event of Default shall then exist or would result therefrom.
     SECTION 6.12 Subsidiaries. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, create or acquire any additional Subsidiary except for
Subsidiaries organized under the laws of a U.S. State or any province of Canada,
provided that the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank and the Lenders not less than twenty (20) days prior written notice
of any such creation or acquisition and no Event of Default shall then exist or
would result from the creation or acquisition of such Subsidiary.
     SECTION 6.13 Amendments to Organizational Documents. The Borrower shall
not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into or permit any
modification or amendment of its Organizational Documents in any manner which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
     SECTION 6.14 No Prepayment of Material Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall
(a) make any payment or prepayment of principal of, or premium or interest on,
any Indebtedness that constitutes Material Indebtedness (i) other than the
stated, scheduled date for payment of principal or interest set forth in the
applicable agreement governing such Material Indebtedness, or (ii) that would
violate the terms of this Agreement or the applicable agreement governing such
Material Indebtedness; (b) redeem, retire, purchase, defease or otherwise
acquire any Indebtedness that constitutes Material Indebtedness other than on
the scheduled date for repayment thereof; or (c) make any deposit (including the
payment of amounts into a sinking fund or other similar fund) for any of the
foregoing purposes, or (d) amend the date on which any payments with respect to
any Indebtedness that constitutes Material Indebtedness (except for amendments
that extend a date for payment); provided, however, that notwithstanding the
foregoing clauses (a)(i), (b) and (c), any Credit Party may make any such
payments or prepayments, or redeem, retire, purchase, defease or otherwise
acquire Indebtedness that constitutes Material Indebtedness or make any deposit
for the foregoing if the Credit Exposure shall not exceed 90% of the Aggregate
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     SECTION 6.15 Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; Investments in
Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
     (a) The Borrower may designate any subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary
by delivery of a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent, which certificate shall name each subsidiary being
designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, state the effective date of such
designation, which shall be not earlier than the date of delivery of such
certificate, and certify that all of the conditions set forth in this
Section 6.15 have been satisfied. A subsidiary may be designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary only if (x) as of the effective date of such
designation, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries would be permitted to make
Investments in such Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.04 in an
amount equal to the net amount of all Investments previously made to such
Subsidiary, and to contribute, convey, assign or transfer Oil and Gas Properties
to such Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.15(c) having an aggregate
present value (as set forth in the most recently delivered Reserve Report) equal
to the aggregate present value of all Oil and Gas Properties then owned by such
subsidiary, and (y) after giving effect to such designation, no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence
thereof, and provided that each of the following conditions is satisfied with
respect to such subsidiary and all of its subsidiaries:
     (i) neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries provides any Guarantee
of, or any credit support for, any Indebtedness or other obligation (contingent
or otherwise) of such proposed Unrestricted Subsidiary (or any of its
subsidiaries), or otherwise is directly or indirectly liable for any
Indebtedness or other obligation (contingent or otherwise) of such proposed
Unrestricted Subsidiary (or any of its subsidiaries),
     (ii) no Indebtedness or other obligation (contingent or otherwise) of such
proposed Unrestricted Subsidiary (or any of its subsidiaries) is with recourse
to the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
     (iii) neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any direct or
indirect obligation to maintain or preserve the financial condition of such
proposed Unrestricted Subsidiary (or any of its subsidiaries) or to cause any
such proposed Unrestricted Subsidiary (or any of its subsidiaries) to achieve
any specified level of operating results,
     (iv) there are no Liens on any property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
securing, nor is any of their property otherwise subject (directly or
indirectly) to the satisfaction of, any Indebtedness or other obligation
(contingent or otherwise), of any such proposed Unrestricted Subsidiary (or any
of its subsidiaries), and
     (v) no Unrestricted Subsidiary (or any subsidiary thereof) owns any Equity
Interests in any Subsidiary.
     (b) If at any time any Unrestricted Subsidiary fails to meet any of the
requirements set forth in Section 6.15(a), then (i) it and each of its
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Unrestricted Subsidiaries and it and each of its subsidiaries shall be
Subsidiaries, and (ii) the Borrower shall promptly so notify the Administrative
Agent.
     (c) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries may contribute, convey, assign or
transfer to Unrestricted Subsidiaries Oil and Gas Properties, provided that
     (i) if the Borrower does not have Investment Grade Status, at the time of
such contribution, conveyance, assignment or transfer, the aggregate present
value (as set forth in the most recently delivered Reserve Report) attributed to
all such Oil and Gas Properties, when added to the aggregate present value (as
set forth in the most recently delivered Reserve Report) attributed to (x) all
Oil and Gas Properties burdened by the interests conveyed (to Persons other than
wholly-owned Subsidiaries) pursuant to all Advance Payment Contracts entered
into since such Redetermination Date (as permitted by Section 6.10(b)(ii)(A))
and, without duplication, (y) all Oil and Gas Properties sold, transferred,
conveyed, assigned or otherwise disposed of (to Persons other than wholly-owned
Subsidiaries) since such Redetermination Date (as permitted by
Section 6.11(d)(i)), shall not exceed 15% of the Present Value then in effect;
and
     (ii) if the Borrower does have Investment Grade Status, the Borrower shall
be in compliance with Section 6.09(a) calculated on a pro forma basis in the
manner set forth in Section 6.01(b) both before and after giving effect to any
such contribution, conveyance, assignment or transfer;
provided, however, that both before and after giving effect to any such
contribution, conveyance, assignment or transfer permitted by this clause (c),
no Event of Default shall then exist or would result therefrom.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
     If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur:
     (a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any
reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same
shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed
for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
     (b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or
any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this
Article) payable under this Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and
payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five days;
     (c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement or any
amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder, or in any report,
certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in
connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver
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connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification thereof or
waiver hereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect
when made or deemed made;
     (d) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition
or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to the Borrower’s
existence) or 5.10 or in Article VI;
     (e) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition
or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause
(a), (b) or (d) of this Article) or any other Loan Document, and such failure
shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the
Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will be given at the request
of any Lender);
     (f) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether
of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material
Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable;
     (g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness
becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or
without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders
of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to
cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment,
repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity;
provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that
becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or
assets securing such Indebtedness;
     (h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition
shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in
respect of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part
of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment
of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official
for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and,
in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for
60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall
be entered;
     (i) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any
proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other
relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of,
or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or
petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to
the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or
similar official for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of
its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition
filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of
the foregoing;
     (j) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing
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     (k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount
in excess of $50,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower, any Subsidiary
or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period
of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed,
or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy
upon any assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
     (l) an ERISA Event has resulted in liability of any Credit Party under
Title IV of ERISA to the Plan, the Multiemployer Plan, or the PBGC in an
aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000 and such amount is not paid when due;
     (m) a Change in Control shall occur; or
     (n) this Agreement or any Loan Document, at any time after its execution
and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or
thereunder, or with the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or
the Required Lenders, as applicable, or the satisfaction in full of all the
Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Credit Party contests
in any manner the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement
or any Loan Document; or any Credit Party denies that it has any or further
liability or obligation under this Agreement or any Loan Document, or purports
to revoke, terminate or rescind this Agreement or any Loan Document;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower
described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter
during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the
request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or
both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the
Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii)
declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part,
in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter
be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so
declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all
fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due
and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of
any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any
event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this
Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the
Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and
other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become
due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
     Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the
Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to
take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to
the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and
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     The bank serving as the Administrative Agent (or Issuing Bank) hereunder
shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other
Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent
(or Issuing Bank) hereunder, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept
deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with
the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the
Administrative Agent (or Issuing Bank) hereunder.
     The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except
those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or
other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is
continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any
discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary
rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is
required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such
other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the
circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set
forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and
shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the
bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken
by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other
number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the
circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross
negligence or wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to
have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given
to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative
Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into
(i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this
Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document
delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or
observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set
forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of
this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other
than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent.
     The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not
incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent,
statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent
also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed
by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for
relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who
may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts
selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it
in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
     The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise
its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may
perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their
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preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related
Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to
their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
     Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative
Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any
time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such
resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the
Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed
by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days
after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then
the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing
Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an
office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the
acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor,
such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent
shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed
between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s
resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall
continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its
sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken
or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative
Agent.
     Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance
upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents
and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it
will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time
to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not
taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any
document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
     None of the Co-Syndication Agents, Co-Documentation Agents, Managing
Agents, Sole Bookrunner or Sole Lead Arranger identified on the cover page of
this Agreement shall have any right, power, obligation, liability,
responsibility or duty under this Agreement in any such capacity. Without
limiting the foregoing, none of the Persons so identified shall have or be
deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender
acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Person so
identified (whether or not any such Person is also a Lender hereunder) in
deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action
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ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
     SECTION 9.01 Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other
communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to
paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein
shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service,
mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
     (i) if to the Borrower, to it at 363 N. Sam Houston Pkwy, Suite 1200,
Houston, Texas 77060, Attention of Marshall D. Smith (Telecopy No.
(281) 876-2831);
     (ii) if to the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, to JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., JPMorgan Loan Services, 10 South Dearborn, Floor 7, Chicago,
Illinois 60603, Attention of Claudia Kech (Telecopy No. (312) 385-7096), with a
copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 712 Main Street, Mailcode: TX2-SO38, 8th
Floor South, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention of Ronald Dierker (Telecopy
No. 713-216-7770); and
     (iii) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set
forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
     (b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be
delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures
approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not
apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the
Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the
Borrower may, in its respective discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be
limited to particular notices or communications.
     (c) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices
and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All
notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date
of receipt.
     SECTION 9.02 Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or
power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or
discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights
and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders
hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that
they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or
consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be
effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section,
and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance
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a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of
any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the
Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
     (b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended
or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered
into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no
such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the
written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or
LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees
payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected
thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of
any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable
hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or
postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written
consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.18(b) or
(c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required
thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the
provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other
provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to
waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant
any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, or
(vi) release any Guarantor from its Guaranty (except, in the case of any
subsidiary of the Borrower, if such Guarantor is no longer a Subsidiary of the
Borrower in compliance with this Agreement); provided further that no such
agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank hereunder without the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Lender that has failed to
fund any portion of the Loans or participations in LC Exposure for which it is
responsible under this Agreement or has otherwise failed to pay over to the
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, any other amount for
which it is responsible under this Agreement, in each case, within one Business
Day of the date such funding was required, shall have any right to approve or
disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the
Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent
of such Lender.
     SECTION 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Borrower shall pay
(i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent
and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the
credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, execution, delivery and
administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection
with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or
any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred
by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or
protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights
under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit
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out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or
negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
     (b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank
and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each
such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee
harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related
expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any
Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this
Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by
the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation
of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan
or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal
by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if
the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply
with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence
or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related
in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or
prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of
the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and
regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have
resulted (x) from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee
or (y) from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Credit Party against an
Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or
under any other Loan Document (PROVIDED THAT IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES
HERETO THAT THE INDEMNITEES BE INDEMNIFIED IN THE CASE OF THEIR OWN NEGLIGENCE
(OTHER THAN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT), REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH
NEGLIGENCE IS SOLE OR CONTRIBUTORY, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, IMPUTED, JOINT OR
TECHNICAL).
     (c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be
paid by it to the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank under paragraph
(a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable
unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount;
provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage,
liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted
against the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank in its capacity as such.
     (d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not
assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of
liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed
to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result
of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the
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     (e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than 10
Business Days after written demand therefor.
     SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of
the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower
may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment
or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and
(ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations
hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement,
expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than
the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby
(including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit),
Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to
the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
     (b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any
Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment
and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
     (A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be
required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, a Federal
Reserve Bank, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, any other assignee; and
     (B) the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the
Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Commitment to an
assignee that is a Lender with a Commitment immediately prior to giving effect
to such assignment or to any Affiliate of such Lender; and
     (C) the Issuing Bank, provided that no consent of the Issuing Bank shall be
required for an assignment of any Commitment to an assignee that is a Lender
with a Commitment immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment or to
any Affiliate of such Lender.
     (ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
     (A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a
Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of
the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or
Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of
the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is
delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless
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that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing;
     (B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a
proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in
respect of such Lender’s Commitment and such Lender’s Loan under this Agreement;
     (C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing
and recordation fee of $3,500; and
     (D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
     For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term “Approved Fund” has the
following meaning:
     “Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is
engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar
extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is
administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an
entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
     (iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph
(b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each
Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and,
to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have
the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning
Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement
(and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to
be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of
rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this
Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such
Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with
paragraph (c) of this Section.
     (iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the
Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and
Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and
addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the
Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof
from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the
Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to
the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement,
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shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and any
Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior
notice.
     (v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed
by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative
Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the
processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and
any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this
Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption
and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if
either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any
payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b),
2.18(d) or 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept
such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the
Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together
with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes
of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in
this paragraph.
     (c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, sell participations to one or more
banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s
obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall
remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of
such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a
participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to
enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of
any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may
provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree
to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to
Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of
this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 to the same extent as if it were a
Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of
this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided
such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a
Lender.
     (ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment
under Section 2.15 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled
to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless
the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s
prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a
Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless the Borrower
is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant
agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.17(e) as
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     (d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all
or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such
Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure
obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any
such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge
or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its
obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender
as a party hereto.
     SECTION 9.05 Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the certificates or other
instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be
considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans
and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by
any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or
knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any
credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as
long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any
other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any
Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired
or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and
Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the
Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the
Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
     SECTION 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement 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 Agreement 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 WRITTEN AGREEMENT
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 BETWEEN
THE PARTIES. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become
effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when
the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when
taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, 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 of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
     SECTION 9.07 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in
a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other
jurisdiction.

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     SECTION 9.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized
at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to
set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand,
provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing
by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower
against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing
under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such
Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such
obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are
in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff)
which such Lender may have.
     SECTION 9.09 GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
     (b) THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF
AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY
THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT, 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 OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF
THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL 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 AGREEMENT SHALL
AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK OR ANY LENDER
MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT
AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
     (c) THE BORROWER 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 AGREEMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN
PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES 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.
     (d) EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 9.01.

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NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT
TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
     SECTION 9.10 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 AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (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 AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
     SECTION 9.11 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of
Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this
Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
     SECTION 9.12 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information
(as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its
Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants,
legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom
such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such
Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the
extent requested by any regulatory authority or self-regulatory authority,
(c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena
or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in
connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder,
(f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as
those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any
prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations
under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its
advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its
obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such
Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of
this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the
Borrower. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information
received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business, other than
any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the
Borrower; provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower
after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of
delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of
Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied
with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of
care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would
accord to its own confidential information.

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     SECTION 9.13 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together
with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such
Loan under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum
lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken,
received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with
applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder,
together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the
Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have
been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the
operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges
payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased
(but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together
with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of
repayment, shall have been received by such Lender. For the avoidance of doubt,
in no event shall Chapter 346 of the Texas Finance Code (which regulates certain
revolving credit accounts (formerly Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. Art. 5069, Ch.
15)) apply to this Agreement or to any Loan, nor shall this Agreement or any
Loan be governed by or be subject to the provisions of such Chapter 346 in any
manner whatsoever.
     SECTION 9.14 Termination of Commitments Under Existing Credit Agreement.
The commitments of the lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement, shall
terminate on the Effective Date. Execution of this Agreement by a Lender who is
also a lender under the Existing Credit Agreement shall constitute a waiver by
such Lender of the notice provisions in Section 2.19(b) of the Existing Credit
Agreement.
     SECTION 9.15 USA Patriot Act. Each Lender that is subject to the
requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into
law October 26, 2001) (the “Act”) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to
the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record
information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name
and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to
identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.

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

            ULTRA RESOURCES, INC., as Borrower
      By         Name:         Title:        

S-1

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            JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent,
Issuing Bank and a Lender
      By         Name:         Title:        

S-2

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            BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
      By         Name:         Title:        

S-3

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            CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender
      By         Name:         Title:        

S-4

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            BMO CAPITAL MARKETS FINANCING, INC.,
as a Lender
      By         Name:         Title:        

S-5

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            BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender
      By         Name:         Title:        

            and
      By         Name:         Title:        

S-6

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            UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as a Lender
      By         Name:         Title:        

S-7

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            DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as a Lender
      By         Name:         Title:        

            and
      By         Name:         Title:        

S-8

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            COMPASS BANK, as a Lender
      By         Name:         Title:        

S-9

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            CAPITAL ONE, NA, as a Lender
      By         Name:         Title:        

S-10

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            COMERICA BANK, as a Lender
      By         Name:         Title:        

S-11

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            THE FROST NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender
      By         Name:         Title:        

S-12

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EXHIBIT A
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
     This Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated
as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between
[Insert name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the
“Assignee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the
“Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the
Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto
are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of
this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
     For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and
assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and
assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms
and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by
the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights
and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any
other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related
to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such
outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective
facilities identified below (including any letters of credit and guarantees
included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned
under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of
the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or
unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other
documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions
governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing,
including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and
all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold
and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and
assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein
collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without
recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment
and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

     
1. Assignor:
   
 
   
 
   
2. Assignee:
   
 
   
 
  [and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]2]
 
   
3. Borrower(s):
   
 
   
 
   
4. Administrative Agent:
                                          , as the administrative agent under
the Credit Agreement
 
   
5. Credit Agreement:
  The Credit Agreement dated as of April 30, 2007 among Ultra Resources, Inc.,
the Lenders parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent

 

2   Select as applicable.

 

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6. Assigned Interest:

                              Aggregate Amount of     Amount of            
Commitment/Loans for     Commitment/Loans     Percentage Assigned of   Facility
Assigned3   all Lenders     Assigned     Commitment/Loans4  
 
  $       $         %  
 
                       
 
  $       $         %  
 
                       
 
  $       $         %  

Effective Date:                                                              ,
20                      [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL
BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

              ASSIGNOR     [NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Title:
 
            ASSIGNEE
 
            [NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Title:

 

3   Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the
Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment (e.g. “Revolving
Commitment,” etc.)   4   Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of
the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

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          [Consented to and]5 Accepted:    
 
        [NAME OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT], as     Administrative Agent    
 
       
By
       
 
       
Title:
       

 

5   To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by
the terms of the Credit Agreement.

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ANNEX 1
[                                        ]6
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
     1. Representations and Warranties.
     1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the
legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest
is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it
has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and
deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document7, (ii) the execution, legality,
validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan
Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the
Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in
respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the
Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of
their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
     1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has
full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and
deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it
satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are
required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and
become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by
the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent
of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder,
(iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the
most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section ___ thereof, as
applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of
which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance
on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (v) if it is a Foreign
Lender8, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required
to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly
completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will,
independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or
any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or
not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in
accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the
Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
     2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent
shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments
of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts
which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for
amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
 

6   Describe Credit Agreement at option of Administrative Agent.   7   The term
“Loan Document” should be conformed to that used in the Credit Agreement.   8  
The concept of “Foreign Lender” should be conformed to the section in the Credit
Agreement governing withholding taxes and gross-up.

 

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     3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding
upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any
number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery
of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption
by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of
this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

 

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EXHIBIT B
OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE BORROWER

 

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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT CERTIFICATE
[To Come]