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Exhibit 4.1    
  


 
 

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT    
  


        THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (hereinafter referred to as the "Amendment") executed as of the 22nd day of November, 2002, by and between EXCO
RESOURCES, INC., a Texas corporation ("EXCO") and EXCO OPERATING, LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Operating") (EXCO and Operating are hereinafter collectively referred to as "Borrowers"
and individually as a "Borrower") and BANK ONE, NA, a national banking association ("Bank One"), and each of the financial institutions which is a party thereto (as evidenced by the signature pages to
the Agreement) or which may from time to time become a party hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 28 thereof or any successor or assignee thereof (hereinafter collectively referred to
as "Lenders", and individually, "Lender") and Bank One, as Administrative Agent (the "Agent") and BNP Paribas, as Syndication Agent, and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as Documentation Agent and Banc One
Capital Markets, Inc., as Lead Arranger and Bookrunner ("Arranger"). 


WITNESSETH:  


        WHEREAS, as of April 26, 2001, EXCO, as Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent entered into a Credit Agreement
pursuant to which the Lenders made available to the Borrowers certain credit facilities in the form therein described; and 


        WHEREAS, as of December 18, 2001, Borrowers, Lenders and Agent entered into a Restated Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement");
and 



        WHEREAS, the Borrowers, Lenders and Agent have heretofore entered into an Amendment to Restated Credit Agreement, a Second Amendment to
Restated Credit Agreement and a Third Amendment to Restated Credit Agreement; and 


        WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Lenders agree to make certain additional amendments to the Credit Agreement and the
Lenders, together with an additional financial institution that shall become a party to the Credit Agreement at the Amendment Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), have agreed to do so on the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forth. 


        NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree to amend the Credit Agreement as follows: 


        1.    Unless
otherwise defined herein all defined terms used herein shall have the same meaning as ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement. 


        2.    The
Lenders have agreed among themselves to reallocate their respective Commitments and to allow Union Bank of California, N.A. to acquire an interest in the Commitments
and the Loans. After such reallocation of the Commitments, the Lenders shall own the Revolving Commitment Percentages set forth on Schedule 1 hereto at the Amendment Effective Date. Each Lender
shall surrender its existing Note and be issued a new Note in a face amount equal to each Lender's Revolving Commitment Percentage times $124,000,000. Each said Note to be in the form of
Exhibit "B" to the Credit Agreement with appropriate insertions. 


        3.    As
of the Amendment Effective Date, the Borrowing Base shall be $82,000,000 until redetermined pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(b) of the Credit Agreement. 


        4.    Except
to the extent its provisions are specifically amended, modified or superseded by this Amendment and all previous Amendments, the representations, warranties and
affirmative and negative covenants of the Borrowers contained in the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes as if copied herein in full. The Borrowers hereby restate
and reaffirm each and every term and provision of the Credit Agreement, as amended, including, without limitation, all representations, warranties and affirmative and negative covenants. Except to the
extent its provisions are specifically amended, modified or superseded by this Amendment, the Credit Agreement, as 





 




amended, and all terms and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect, and the same in all respects are confirmed and approved by the Borrowers and the Lenders. 



        5.    This
Amendment shall be effective as of the date first above written (the "Amendment Effective Date"), but only upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set
forth in Paragraph 6 hereof. 


        6.    The
obligations of Lenders under this Amendment shall be subject to the following conditions precedent: 



        (a)    Execution and Delivery.    The Borrowers shall have executed and delivered this Amendment, and other required
documents, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent; 



        (b)    Representations and Warranties.    The representations and warranties of the Borrowers under this Amendment are
true and correct in all material respects as of such date, as if then made (except to the extent that such representations and warranties related solely to an earlier date); 


        (c)    No Event of Default.    No Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing nor shall any event have
occurred or failed to occur which, with the passage of time or service of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default; 



        (d)    Other Documents.    The Agent shall have received such other instruments and documents incidental and
appropriate to the transaction provided for herein as the Agent or its counsel may reasonably request, and all such documents shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent; 


        (e)    Legal Matters Satisfactory.    All legal matters incident to the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory to special counsel for the Agent retained at the expense of Borrowers. 




        7.    Borrowers
hereby represent and warrant that all factual information heretofore and contemporaneously furnished by or on behalf of Borrowers to Agent for purposes of or in
connection with this Amendment does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to keep the statements contained herein or therein from being
misleading. Each of the foregoing representations and warranties shall constitute a representation and warranty of Borrowers made under the Credit Agreement, and it shall be an Event of Default if any
such representation and warranty shall prove to have been incorrect or false in any material respect at the time given. Each of the representations and warranties made under the Credit Agreement
(including those made herein) shall survive and not be waived by the execution and delivery of this Amendment or any investigation by Lenders. 


        8.    The
Borrowers agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Lenders and their respective officers, employees, agents, attorneys and representatives (singularly, an
"Indemnified Party", and collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") from and against any loss, cost, liability, damage or expense (including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket
expenses of counsel to the Lender, including all local counsel hired by such counsel) ("Claim") incurred by the Lenders in investigating or preparing for, defending against, or
providing evidence, producing documents or taking any other action in respect of any commenced or threatened litigation, administrative proceeding or investigation under any federal securities law,
federal or state environmental law, or any other statute of any jurisdiction, or any regulation, or at common law or otherwise, which is alleged to arise out of or is based upon any acts, practices or
omissions or alleged acts, practices or omissions of the Borrowers or their agents or arises in connection with the duties, obligations or performance of the Indemnified Parties in negotiating,
preparing, executing, accepting, keeping, completing, countersigning, issuing, selling, delivering, releasing, assigning, handling, certifying, processing or receiving or taking any other action with
respect 


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to the Loan Documents and all documents, items and materials contemplated thereby even if any of the foregoing arises out of an Indemnified Party's ordinary negligence. The indemnity set forth herein
shall be in addition to any other obligations or liabilities of the Borrowers to the Lenders hereunder or at common law or otherwise, and shall survive any termination of this Amendment, the
expiration of the Loan and the payment of all indebtedness of the Borrowers to the Lenders hereunder and under the Notes, provided that the Borrowers shall have no obligation under this section to the
Lenders with respect to any of the foregoing arising out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Lenders. If any Claim is asserted against any Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party
shall endeavor to notify the Borrowers of such Claim (but failure to do so shall not affect the indemnification herein made except to the extent of the actual harm caused by such failure). The
Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ, at the Borrowers' expense, counsel of the Indemnified Parties' choosing and to control the defense of the Claim. The Borrowers may at their own
expense also participate in the defense of any Claim. Each Indemnified Party may employ separate counsel in connection with any Claim to the extent such Indemnified Party believes it reasonably
prudent to protect such Indemnified Party. The parties intend for the provisions of this Section to apply to and protect each Indemnified Party from the consequences of strict
liability imposed or threatened to be imposed on any Indemnified Party as well as from the consequences of its own negligence, whether or not that negligence is the sole, contributing, or concurring
cause of any Claim.


        9.    This
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. 


        10.  WRITTEN CREDIT AGREEMENT. THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED BY THIS AMENDMENT REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN AND
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 BETWEEN AND AMONG THE PARTIES. 


        11.    New Lenders.    Union Bank of California, N.A. hereby agrees to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, to
acquire the Commitment Percentage in the Commitments and the Loans as set forth on the signature page hereto and to be bound as a Lender by all of the provisions of the Credit Agreement. The Borrowers
and the Agent hereby consent to an assignment of a portion of the Commitment to Union Bank of California, N.A. 


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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to Restated Credit Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above
written. 



	

 	
 	
BORROWERS:
	

 	
 	

EXCO RESOURCES, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  J. DOUGLAS RAMSEY      
 J. Douglas Ramsey, Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer





	 	EXCO OPERATING, LP

a Delaware limited partnership
	

 	

By:        EXCO Investment II, LLC,

              its General Partner





	 	 	 	 	By:	/s/  T. W. EUBANK      
 T.W. Eubank, President




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LENDERS:
	

 	
 	

BANK ONE, NA

a national banking association

(Main Office Chicago)

as a Lender and as Administrative Agent
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  WM. MARK CRANMER      
 Wm. Mark Cranmer, Director

Capital Markets




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BNP PARIBAS
 as a Lender and as Syndication Agent
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  DAVID DODD      

	 	 	Name:	David Dodd

	 	 	Title:	Director

	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  BETSY JOCHER      

	 	 	Name:	Betsy Jocher

	 	 	Title:	Vice President





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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
 as a Lender and as Documentation Agent
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  N. BELL      

	 	 	Name:	N. Bell

	 	 	Title:	Senior Manager





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COMERICA BANK-TEXAS
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  MICHELE L. JONES      

	 	 	Name:	Michele L. Jones

	 	 	Title:	Vice President





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FLEET NATIONAL BANK
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  JEFFREY RATHKAMP      

	 	 	Name:	Jeffrey Rathkamp

	 	 	Title:	Vice President





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TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  JILL HALL      

	 	 	Name:	Jill Hall

	 	 	Title:	Vice President





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UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  RANDALL OSTERBERG      

	 	 	Name:	Randall Osterberg

	 	 	Title:	Senior Vice President

	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  ALI AHMED      

	 	 	Name:	Ali Ahmed

	 	 	Title:	Vice President





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SCHEDULE 1    
  



	Bank One, NA	 	21.18	%
	The Bank of Nova Scotia	 	8.98	%
	BNP Paribas	 	18.18	%
	Comerica Bank-Texas	 	12.12	%
	Fleet National Bank	 	24.39	%
	Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc.	 	6.06	%
	Union Bank of California, N.A.	 	9.09	%











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Exhibit 4.1


FOURTH AMENDMENT TO RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT



SCHEDULE 1