Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of March 29, 2017

among

GULFPORT ENERGY CORPORATION,

as Borrower,

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,

as Administrative Agent

and

The Lenders Party Hereto

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Co-Syndication Agents

CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. and

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

as Co-Documentation Agents

 

 

 

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EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
“Amendment”) is entered into as of March 29, 2017, among GULFPORT ENERGY
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as
Administrative Agent (“Administrative Agent”) and L/C Issuer, and the Lenders
party hereto.

R E C I T A L S

A.    Borrower, the financial institutions signing as Lenders thereto,
Administrative Agent and the other agents party thereto are parties to an
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 27, 2013, as amended
by a First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
April 23, 2014, a Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of November 26, 2014, a Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of April 10, 2015, a Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement and Limited Consent and Waiver dated as of May 29, 2015, a
Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
September 18, 2015, a Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of February 19, 2016, and a Seventh Amendment to Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of December 13, 2016 (collectively, the “Original
Credit Agreement”; the Original Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment is
referred to herein as the “Credit Agreement”).

B.    The Lenders party hereto constitute Majority Lenders.

C.    The parties desire to amend the Original Credit Agreement as hereinafter
provided.

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

1.    Same Terms. All terms used herein that are defined in the Original Credit
Agreement shall have the same meanings when used herein, unless the context
hereof otherwise requires or provides. In addition, from and after the Effective
Date, (i) all references in the Original Credit Agreement and, where appropriate
in the context, in the other Loan Documents to the “Agreement” shall mean the
Original Credit Agreement, as amended and waived by this Amendment, as the same
may hereafter be amended and waived from time to time, and (ii) all references
in the Loan Documents to the “Loan Documents” shall mean the Loan Documents, as
amended and waived by the Modification Papers, as the same may hereafter be
amended and waived from time to time. In addition, the following terms have the
meanings set forth below:

“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 2
below are satisfied (or waived in writing by the Administrative Agent).

“Modification Papers” means this Amendment, and all of the other documents and
agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Amendment.

2.    Conditions Precedent. The obligations and agreements of the Lenders as set
forth in this Amendment are subject to the satisfaction, unless waived in
writing by Administrative Agent, of each of the following conditions (and upon
such satisfaction, this Amendment shall be deemed to be effective as of the
Effective Date):

(a)    Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement. This Amendment shall have been duly
executed and delivered by each of the parties hereto.

 

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(b)    Fees and Expenses. Administrative Agent shall have received payment of
all out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses) incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation,
negotiation and execution of the Modification Papers.

3.    Amendments to Original Credit Agreement. On the Effective Date, the
Original Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be amended as follows:

(a)    The definition of EBITDAX contained in Section 1.01 of the Original
Credit Agreement shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

“‘EBITDAX’ means net income, excluding (i) any non-cash revenue or expense
associated with Swap Contracts resulting from ASC 815 and (ii) any cash or
non-cash revenue or expense attributable to minority investments, plus without
duplication and, in the case of expenses, to the extent deducted from revenues
in determining net income, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of consolidated
Interest Expense for such period, (b) the aggregate amount of income, franchise,
capital or similar tax expense (other than ad valorem taxes) for such period,
(c) all amounts attributable to depletion, depreciation, amortization and asset
or goodwill impairment or writedown for such period, (d) all other non-cash
charges, (e) exploration costs deducted in determining net income under
successful efforts accounting, (f) actual cash distributions received from
minority investments (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not including proceeds
received from Dispositions of such minority investments), (g) to the extent
actually reimbursed by insurance, expenses with respect to liability on casualty
events or business interruption, and (h) all reasonable transaction expenses
related to Dispositions and acquisitions of assets, investments and debt and
equity offerings by any Loan Party (in each case whether or not successful,
provided that expenses related to unsuccessful Dispositions shall be limited to
$3,000,000 in the aggregate for the period from the Closing Date to the Maturity
Date), all determined on a consolidated basis with respect to Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, using the results of the twelve-month
period ending with that reporting period. For the purposes of calculating
EBITDAX for any test period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a
“Reference Period”), (i) if during such Reference Period Borrower or any
Subsidiary shall have made a Material Disposition or Material Acquisition,
EBITDAX for such Reference Period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as if
such Material Disposition or Material Acquisition had occurred on the first day
of such Reference Period, and (ii) solely with respect to calculations made in
connection with determining pro forma compliance with covenants set forth in the
Loan Documents, EBITDAX for a Reference Period shall be calculated on a pro
forma basis as if Material Dispositions and Material Acquisitions made during or
after the end of the Reference Period but on or before the date of determination
had occurred on the first day of such Reference Period.”

(b)    The following definitions shall be added in appropriate alphabetical
order to Section 1.01 of the Original Credit Agreement to read in their
respective entireties as follows:

“‘Material Acquisition’ means any acquisition of property or series of related
acquisitions of properties (including by way of merger or consolidation) that
involves the payment of consideration by Borrower and its Subsidiaries in excess
of $50,000,000.

 

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‘Material Disposition’ means any Disposition of property or series of related
Dispositions of properties that yields gross proceeds to Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in excess of $50,000,000.”

4.    Certain Representations. Borrower represents and warrants that, as of the
Effective Date: (a) Borrower has full power and authority to execute the
Modification Papers to which it is a party and such Modification Papers
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower enforceable in
accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by general
principles of equity and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally; (b) no authorization, approval, consent or other action by,
notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is
required for the execution, delivery and performance by Borrower thereof; and
(c) no Default has occurred and is continuing or will result from the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment. In addition,
Borrower represents that after giving effect to the Modification Papers, all
representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (provided that any
such representations or warranties that are, by their terms, already qualified
by reference to materiality shall be true and correct without regard to such
additional materiality qualification) on and as of the Effective Date as if made
on and as of such date except to the extent that any such representation or
warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation
or warranty is true and correct in all material respects (or true and correct
without regard to such additional materiality qualification, as applicable) as
of such earlier date.

5.    No Further Amendments. Except as previously amended or waived in writing
or as amended or waived hereby, the Original Credit Agreement shall remain
unchanged and all provisions shall remain fully effective between the parties
thereto.

6.    Acknowledgments and Agreements. Borrower acknowledges that on the date
hereof all outstanding Obligations, in each case as amended and waived hereby,
are payable in accordance with their terms, and Borrower waives any defense,
offset, counterclaim or recoupment with respect thereto. Borrower,
Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and each Lender that is a party hereto do
hereby adopt, ratify and confirm the Original Credit Agreement, as amended and
waived hereby, and acknowledge and agree that the Original Credit Agreement, as
amended and waived hereby, is and remains in full force and effect. Borrower
acknowledges and agrees that its liabilities and obligations under the Original
Credit Agreement and under the other Loan Documents, in each case as amended and
waived hereby, are not impaired in any respect by this Amendment.

7.    Limitation on Agreements. The consents, waivers and modifications set
forth herein are limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed (a) to be
a consent under or a waiver of or an amendment to any other term or condition in
the Original Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or (b) to
prejudice any other right or rights that Administrative Agent or the Lenders now
have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Original Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, each as amended and waived hereby, or
any of the other documents referred to herein or therein. The Modification
Papers shall constitute Loan Documents for all purposes.

8.    Confirmation of Security. Borrower hereby confirms and agrees that all of
the Collateral Documents that presently secure the Obligations shall continue to
secure, in the same manner and to the same extent provided therein, the payment
and performance of the Obligations as described in the Original Credit Agreement
as modified by this Amendment.

9.    Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be deemed an
original, but all of which constitute one instrument. In making proof of this
Amendment, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one
counterpart thereof signed by each of the parties hereto.

 

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10.    Incorporation of Certain Provisions by Reference. The provisions of
Section 11.15 of the Original Credit Agreement captioned “Governing Law,
Jurisdiction; Etc.” and Section 11.16 of the Original Credit Agreement captioned
“Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury” are incorporated herein by reference for all
purposes.

11.    Entirety, Etc. This Amendment, the other Modification Papers and all of
the other Loan Documents embody the entire agreement between the parties. THIS
AMENDMENT, THE OTHER MODIFICATION PAPERS AND ALL OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG 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 AMONG THE PARTIES.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment to be
effective as of the date and year first above written.

 

BORROWER GULFPORT ENERGY CORPORATION By:  

/s/ Keri Crowell

  Keri Crowell   Chief Financial Officer

 

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,

as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer

By:  

/s/ Alan Dawson

  Alan Dawson   Director LENDERS: THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Lender By:  

/s/ Alan Dawson

  Alan Dawson   Director

 

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KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender By:  

/s/ George E. McKean

Name:   George E. McKean Title:   Senior Vice President

 

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CREDIT SUISSE AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as a Lender By:  

/s/ Nupur Kumar

Name:   Nupur Kumar Title:   Authorized Signatory By:  

/s/ Warren Van Heyst

Name:   Warren Van Heyst Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender By:  

/s/ May Huang

Name:   May Huang Title:   Assistant Vice President

 

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WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as a Lender By:  

/s/ David C. Brooks

Name:   David C. Brooks Title:   Director

 

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ZB, N.A. dba AMEGY BANK, as a Lender By:  

/s/ Jill McSorley

Name:   Jill McSorley Title:   Senior Vice President – Amegy Bank Division

 

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COMPASS BANK, as a Lender By:  

/s/ Kathleen J. Bowen

Name:   Kathleen J. Bowen Title:   Managing Director

 

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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender By:  

/s/ Sandra Aultman

Name:   Sandra Aultman Title:   Managing Director

 

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Nicholas T. Hanford

Name:   Nicholas T. Hanford Title:   Vice President

 

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ASSOCIATED BANK, N.A., as a Lender By:  

/s/ Kyle Lewis

Name:   Kyle Lewis Title:   Vice President

 

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IBERIABANK, as a Lender By:  

/s/ Moni Collins

Name:   Moni Collins Title:   Senior Vice President

 

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MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as a Lender By:  

/s/ Patrick Layton

Name:   Patrick Layton Title:   Vice President

 

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BOKF, NA DBA BANK OF OKLAHOMA, as a Lender By:  

/s/ John Krenger

Name:   John Krenger Title:   Vice President

 

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