Exhibit 10.1

 

NINTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS NINTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (hereinafter called this “Amendment”)
is entered into as of October 14, 2015, by and among MIDSTATES PETROLEUM
COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”), MIDSTATES PETROLEUM
COMPANY LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the Lenders
party hereto, and SUNTRUST BANK, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in
such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the
“Administrative Agent”), as an Issuing Lender and as Swing Line Lender.

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, Parent, Borrower, Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swing
Line Lender and the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”) are parties to that
certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 8, 2012
(as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time prior to the
date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), whereby the Lenders have agreed to make
certain loans to Borrower upon the terms and conditions set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, Administrative Agent has recommended, and Borrower and the Required
Lenders have agreed, that the Conforming Borrowing Base be ratified and
maintained at an amount equal to $252,024,575;

 

WHEREAS, Parent and Borrower are considering the sale or other disposition of
those certain Oil and Gas Properties more particular described to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders in writing on or prior to the date hereof
(the “Subject Assets” and such sale or other disposition, the “Subject Asset
Sale”), and has requested that the Administrative Agent and Lenders comprising
at least the Required Lenders confirm in advance (i) the amount of the reduction
in the Conforming Borrowing Base (as in effect after giving effect to this
Amendment) that would result from the consummation of the Subject Asset Sale
provided that the Subject Asset Sale is completed prior to the earlier of the
next scheduled redetermination of the Conforming Borrowing Base and any special
redetermination of the Conforming Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 2.04(e) of
the Credit Agreement and (ii) other conditions related thereto;

 

WHEREAS, Parent and Borrower have asked Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender and
the Lenders to amend the Credit Agreement as described herein; and

 

WHEREAS, Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender and the Lenders are willing to
amend the Credit Agreement as requested by Parent and Borrower, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
herein contained, the parties to this Amendment hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                                 Terms Defined in Credit Agreement. 
As used in this Amendment, except as may otherwise be provided herein, all
capitalized terms that are defined in the Credit

 

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Agreement (as amended hereby) shall have the same meaning herein as therein
defined, all of such terms and their definitions being incorporated herein by
reference.

 

Section 2.                                 Amendments to Credit Agreement. 
Subject to the occurrence of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a)                                 Section 7.15 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

“7.15  Accounts.  The Loan Parties shall maintain all of their respective
operating and other depository and securities accounts (other than Excluded
Accounts) with banks or securities intermediaries that are either (a) the
Administrative Agent or (b) if subject to the Administrative Agent’s control
pursuant to an account control agreement (which shall provide for activation of
exclusive control only upon an Event of Default), (i) a Lender or an Affiliate
of the Administrative Agent or a Lender or (ii) any other financial institution;
provided that in the case of any such account established after the Seventh
Amendment Effective Date, any such account control agreement shall be executed
and delivered within 45 days of such establishment; provided further that the
Administrative Agent may extend such 45 day deadline by up to an additional 45
days in its reasonable discretion.”

 

(b)                                 Clause (iii) of the proviso to clause (d) of
Section 8.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

 

“(iii) if such sale or other disposition (whether individually or in the
aggregate with all related sales and dispositions) during any period between two
successive redeterminations of the Conforming Borrowing Base will result in the
Combined Disposition/Derivative Threshold being exceeded, Parent or Borrower
shall have provided Administrative Agent notice of such sale or disposition not
less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the consummation thereof,”.

 

(c)                                  Clause (b) of Section 8.05 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the reference to “$1,000,000” therein
and inserting “$2,500,000” in place thereof.

 

Section 3.                                 Scheduled Borrowing Base
Redetermination.

 

(a)                                 Pursuant to Section 2.04(a) of the Credit
Agreement, on and as of October 1, 2015, but subject to the occurrence of the
Ninth Amendment Effective Date, the Conforming Borrowing Base shall be
maintained at $252,024,575, until adjusted in accordance with Section 2.04(f) of
the Credit Agreement or otherwise redetermined.

 

(b)                                 Both Parent and Borrower, on the one hand,
and Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, on the other hand, agree that
the redetermination of the Conforming Borrowing Base pursuant to clause (a) of
this Section 3 shall constitute the regularly scheduled redetermination of the
Conforming Borrowing Base for October 1, 2015 (and shall not constitute a
discretionary redetermination of the Conforming Borrowing Base by either
Borrower, on the

 

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one hand, or Administrative Agent or Lenders, on the other hand, pursuant to
Section 2.04(e) of the Credit Agreement).

 

(c)                                  Both the Parent and the Borrower, on the
one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, on the other
hand, further agree that in the event that the Borrower sells or disposes of the
Subject Assets as permitted by and otherwise in accordance with
Section 8.02(d) of the Credit Agreement, then so long as (i) such sale is
consummated prior to the earlier of (x) the Scheduled Borrowing Base
Determination scheduled for April 1, 2016 and (y) any discretionary
redetermination of the Conforming Borrowing Base by either Borrower, on the one
hand, or Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders), on the
other hand, pursuant to Section 2.04(e) of the Credit Agreement, and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to the proceeds of the Subject Asset Sale
the sum of (x) the Available Commitment plus (y) the aggregate amount of cash
and Cash Equivalents of the Loan Parties shall not be less than $425,000,000,
the amount of the reduction in the Conforming Borrowing Base then in effect as a
result of the Subject Asset Sale shall be deemed to be equal to $27,024,575.

 

Section 4.                                 Conditions of Ninth Amendment
Effective Date.  This Amendment will become effective on the date on which each
of the following conditions precedent are satisfied or are waived by
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders in their sole discretion (the
“Ninth Amendment Effective Date”).

 

(a)                                 Borrower, Parent and Lenders comprising at
least the Required Lenders shall have delivered to Administrative Agent duly
executed counterparts of this Amendment;

 

(b)                                 Borrower shall have made payment of all fees
and expenses then due and payable under the Credit Agreement, including any fees
and expenses then due and payable in connection with this Amendment pursuant to
Section 12.04(a) of the Credit Agreement, in the case of expenses to the extent
invoiced at least three business days prior to the Ninth Amendment Effective
Date (except as otherwise reasonably agreed by Borrower); and

 

(c)                                  Borrower and Parent shall have acknowledged
and confirmed to Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and by its execution and
delivery of this Amendment each of Borrower and Parent does hereby acknowledge
and confirm to Administrative Agent and the Lenders, that, after giving effect
to this Amendment (i) the representations and warranties in Article VI of the
Credit Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for
representations and warranties already qualified by materiality or Material
Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects), on and as of
the Ninth Amendment Effective Date with the same effect as if made on and as of
such date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly
refer to an earlier date in which case they shall be true and correct as of such
earlier date in all material respects, except for representations and warranties
already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true
and correct in all respects as of such earlier date), and (ii) no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

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Section 5.                                 Representations and Warranties.  On
the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, each of Parent and Borrower represents and
warrants to Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders that:

 

(a)                                 Each Loan Party: (i) is validly existing and
(ii) has the power and authority to execute, deliver, and perform its
obligations under this Amendment and each other Loan Document to which it is a
party except where such failure does not constitute a Default and could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                 The execution, delivery and performance by
each of Parent and Borrower of this Amendment and each other Loan Document to
which it is a party has been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability
company or corporate action of Parent or Borrower, as applicable, and does not
and will not contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization
Documents.

 

(c)                                  This Amendment and each other Loan Document
to which each Loan Party is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligations of such Person to the extent it is a party thereto, enforceable
against such Person in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may
be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating
to enforceability.

 

Section 6.                                 Reference to and Effect on the Credit
Agreement.

 

(a)                                 Upon the Ninth Amendment Effective Date and
thereafter, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,”
“hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein,” or words of like import, shall mean and be a
reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

 

(b)                                 Except as specifically amended by this
Amendment, the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is
hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

Section 7.                                 Cost and Expenses.  Each of Parent
and Borrower agrees to pay fees and expenses in connection with this Amendment
pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 12.04(a) of the Credit
Agreement.

 

Section 8.                                 Extent of Amendments.  Except as
specifically set forth in this Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents are not amended, waived, modified or affected hereby.  Each of
Parent and Borrower hereby ratifies and confirms that (i) except as specifically
set forth in this Amendment, all of the terms, conditions, covenants,
representations, warranties and all other provisions of the Credit Agreement
remain in full force and effect, (ii) each of the other Loan Documents are and
remain in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms,
(iii) the Collateral is unimpaired by this Amendment, and (iv) except as
specifically set forth in this Amendment, each of Administrative Agent, each
Issuing Lender and each Lender shall have and retain unimpaired any and all
rights that it may now or hereafter have under or in connection with the Credit
Agreement (as modified hereby) or any other Loan Document (including its right
to insist on strict compliance with the Credit Agreement (as modified hereby) or
other Loan Document).

 

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Section 9.                                 Release.  In consideration of the
amendments set forth in this Amendment, each of Borrower and Parent, on behalf
of themselves and their respective subsidiaries, as well as their respective
heirs, predecessors in interest, successors and assigns (each individually, a
“Releasing Party” and collectively, the “Releasing Parties”) hereby irrevocably
releases, acquits, forever discharges, and covenants not to sue, Administrative
Agent, each Issuing Lender, Swing Line Lender and each Lender, along with all of
their Affiliates, officers, directors, agents, employees, and attorneys-in-fact,
as well as their respective heirs, predecessors in interest, successors and
assigns (each individually, a “Released Party” and collectively, the “Released
Parties”) from any and all claims, demands, debts, liabilities, contracts,
agreements, obligations, accounts, defenses, investigations, proceedings, suits,
offsets against the indebtedness evidenced by the Loan Documents, actions,
causes of action or claims for damages or relief of whatever kind or nature,
whether equitable or monetary, whether known or unknown, suspected or
unsuspected by Borrower or Parent, which Borrower, Parent, any Guarantor or any
Subsidiary of any of them, ever had or now has, may have or that may hereafter
accrue against any Released Party, in each case, for or by reason of any matter,
cause or thing whatsoever arising or occurring on or prior to the date of this
Amendment in any way relating to, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly
(a) the Credit Agreement, any Note, any Security Document, any other Loan
Document or the transactions evidenced thereby, including, without limitation,
any disbursements under the Credit Agreement, any Notes, the negotiation of any
of the Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Mortgages or the other Loan Documents,
the terms thereof, or the approval, administration or servicing thereof, or
(b) any notice of default, event of default in reference to any Loan Document or
any other matter pertaining to the collection or enforcement by any Released
Party of the indebtedness evidenced by any Loan Document or any right or remedy
under any Loan Document, or (c) any purported oral agreements or understandings
by and between any Released Party and Borrower or Parent in reference to any
Loan Document (the “Released Claims”).  The Releasing Parties understand and
acknowledge that they may hereafter discover facts in addition to or different
from those which they know or believe to be true with respect to the Released
Claims, but the Releasing Parties expressly acknowledge and agree that any such
discovery shall not affect the validity or enforceability of their release
herein, including their release of any unknown claims that constitute Released
Claims.  The Releasing Parties acknowledge that the foregoing release was
separately bargained for and is a key element of this Amendment.

 

Section 10.                          Execution and Counterparts.  This Amendment
may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but
one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of this
Amendment by facsimile or .pdf shall be equally as effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

Section 11.                          Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be
governed by, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York, except to the extent that federal laws of the United States of
America apply.

 

Section 12.                          Headings.  Section headings in this
Amendment are included herein for convenience and reference only and shall not
constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose.

 

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Section 13.                          No Waiver.  Borrower hereby agrees that
except as expressly set forth in this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default
has been waived or remedied by the execution of this Amendment by Administrative
Agent, the Swing Line Lender, any Issuing Lender or any Lender, and any such
Default or Event or Default heretofore arising and currently continuing shall
continue after the execution and delivery hereof.  Nothing contained in this
Amendment nor any past indulgence by Administrative Agent, the Swing Line
Lender, any Issuing Lender or any Lender, nor any other action or inaction on
behalf of Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, any Issuing Lender or any
Lender shall constitute or be deemed to constitute an election of remedies by
Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, any Issuing Lender or any Lender.

 

Section 14.                          Loan Document.  This Amendment is a Loan
Document.

 

Section 15.                          Severability.  The illegality or
unenforceability of any provision of this Amendment or any instrument or
agreement required hereunder shall not in any way affect or impair the legality
or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Amendment or any
instrument or agreement required hereunder.

 

Section 16.                          NO ORAL AGREEMENTS.  THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE DETERMINED
SOLELY FROM WRITTEN AGREEMENTS, DOCUMENTS, AND INSTRUMENTS, AND ANY PRIOR ORAL
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN SUCH PARTIES ARE SUPERSEDED BY AND MERGED INTO SUCH
WRITINGS.  THIS AMENDMENT, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER WRITTEN LOAN
DOCUMENTS EXECUTED BY PARENT, BORROWER, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE SWING LINE
LENDER, ANY ISSUING LENDER AND/OR LENDERS (TOGETHER WITH THE FEE LETTERS)
REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT REGARDING THE MATTERS HEREIN BETWEEN SUCH PARTIES,
AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT
ORAL AGREEMENTS BY SUCH PARTIES.  THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
SUCH PARTIES.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly
executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officer(s) as of the
day and year first above written,

 

 

MIDSTATES PETROLEUM COMPANY LLC, a

 

Delaware limited liability company, as Borrower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nelson M. Haight

 

 

Name:

Nelson M. Haight

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President and CFO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIDSTATES PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC., a

 

Delaware corporation, as Parent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nelson M. Haight

 

 

Name:

Nelson M. Haight

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President and CFO

 

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SUNTRUST BANK, as Administrative Agent,

 

as Swing Line Lender and as an Issuing Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Shannon Juhan

 

 

Name:

Shannon Juhan

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUNTRUST BANK, as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Shannon Juhan

 

 

Name:

Shannon Juhan

 

 

Title:

Director

 

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Raza Jafferi

 

 

Name:

Raza Jafferi

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

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CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew Molero

 

 

Name:

Matthew Molero

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jamie Minieri

 

 

Name:

Jamie Minieri

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

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KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Stephen J. Jones

 

 

Name:

Stephen J. Jones

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

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NATIXIS, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Stuart Murray

 

 

Name:

Stuart Murray

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mary Lou Allen

 

 

Name:

Mary Lou Allen

 

 

Title:

Director

 

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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leslie P. Vowell

 

 

Name:

Leslie P. Vowell

 

 

Title:

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/a/ Alan Dawson

 

 

Name:

Alan Dawson

 

 

Title:

Director

 

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