Document:

Exhibit 10.1

 

OFFICE LEASE

between

 

WILMONT, INC,

a California corporation

 

(Landlord)

 

and

 

WILSHIRE BANK,

a California banking corporation

 

(Tenant)

 

 

OFFICE LEASE

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS
    	
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ARTICLE II - PREMISES
    	
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ARTICLE III - TERM
    	
5
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE IV - RENTAL
    	
5
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE V - SECURITY DEPOSIT
    	
11
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VI - USE OF PREMISES
    	
11
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VII - UTILITIES AND SERVICES
    	
13
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE VIII - MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
    	
14
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE IX - ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS
    	
15
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE X - INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
    	
16
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XI - DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION
    	
18
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XII - CONDEMNATION
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XIII - RELOCATION
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XIV - ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XV - DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
    	
21
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XVI - ATTORNEYS’ FEES: COSTS OF SUIT
    	
23
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XVII - SUBORDINATION AND ATTORNMENT
    	
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ARTICLE XVIII - QUIET ENJOYMENT
    	
25
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XIX - RULES AND REGULATIONS
    	
25
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XX - ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES
    	
25
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XXI - ENTRY BY LANDLORD
    	
26
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XXII
    	
26
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XXIII - HOLDOVER TENANCY
    	
27
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XXIV - NOTICES
    	
27
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XXV - BROKERS
    	
27
    

 

 

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ARTICLE XXVI - ELECTRONIC SERVICES
    	
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ARTICLE XXVII - PARKING
    	
29
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
ARTICLE XXVIII - MISCELLANEOUS
    	
30
    

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A                                             Floor Plan

Exhibit B                                             Work Letter

Exhibit C                                             Rules and Regulations

Exhibit D                                             Intentionally Omitted

Exhibit E                                              Suite Acceptance Agreement

Exhibit F                                               Intentionally Omitted

Addendum to Lease

 

 

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OFFICE LEASE

 

THIS OFFICE LEASE (“Lease”), dated April 4, 2014, is made and entered into by and between WILMONT, INC, a California corporation, c/o Jamison Services, Inc., a California corporation (“Landlord”) and WILSHIRE BANK, a California banking corporation (“Tenant”) upon the following terms and conditions:

 

ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS

 

Unless the context otherwise specifies or requires, the following terms shall have the meanings specified herein;

 

1.01                        Building.  The term “Building” shall mean that certain office building located at 3200 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California commonly known as the Towers on Wilshire together with any related land, improvements, parking facilities, common areas, driveways, sidewalks and landscaping.  The Building consists of two towers called the North Tower and the South Tower.

 

1.02                        Premises.  The term “Premises” shall mean Suites 400, 500, 600, 601, 602, 604, 606, 609, 610, 690, 700, 800, 802, 818, 880, 888, 1400, 1410, 1430, 1440, and 1460 in the North Tower of the Building, as more particularly outlined on the drawing attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.  As used herein, “Premises” shall not include any storage area in the Building, which shall be leased or rented pursuant to separate agreement.

 

1.03                        Rentable Area of the Premises.  The term “Rentable Area of the Premises” shall mean approximately 68,555 rentable square feet, without deduction for columns or projections, multiplied by a load factor to reflect a share of certain areas, which may include lobbies, corridors, mechanical, utility, janitorial, boiler and service rooms and closets, restrooms and other public, common and service areas of the Building.  For purposes of this Lease, the Rentable Area of the Premises shall be calculated using the Standard Method for Measuring Floor Area in Office Buildings, ANS165.0-1996 (“BOMA”).  Tenant’s architect shall have the right to confirm the foregoing measurement within thirty (30) days following the Commencement Date and all such measurements shall be made in accordance with this Section 1.03 (the “Remeasurement Period”.  In the event Landlord’s measurement and Tenant’s measurement are materially different, the parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to attempt to resolve such dispute (but in no event to exceed 15 days).  If the parties cannot reach an agreement, then within fifteen (15) days thereafter, they shall elect an independent third certified architect or space planner whose determination shall be final.  If the final determination of the Rentable Area of the Premises is different from the Rentable Area of the Premises set forth above, the Base Rent and Tenant’s Percentage Share shall be adjusted accordingly.  If Tenant fails to verify the Rentable Area of the Premises set forth above before the expiration of the Remeasurement Period, Tenant shall be deemed to have accepted the Rentable Area of the Premises set forth above and waived its right to remeasure the Premises.  Landlord and Tenant acknowledge that of the Premises, Suite 400 consists of 12,018 rentable square feet and Suites 606 and 690 consist of 3,184 rentable square feet.

 

1.04                        Lease Term.  The term “Lease Term” shall mean the period between the Commencement Date and the Expiration Date (as such terms are hereinafter defined), unless sooner terminated as otherwise provided in this Lease.

 

1.05                        Commencement Date.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Article 3, the term “Commencement Date” shall mean (i) April 1, 2015 for Suites 500, 600, 601, 602, 604, 609, 610, 700, 800, 802, 818, 880, 888, 1400, 1410, 1430, 1440, and 1460 (“Existing Premises Commencement Date”); and (ii) May 1, 2014 for Suites 400, 606 and 690 (“Suites 400/606/690 Commencement Date”).

 

1.06                        Expiration Date.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Article 3, the term “Expiration Date” shall mean March 31, 2022.

 

1.07                        Base Rent.  Commencing from the Suites 400/606/690 Commencement Date to March 31, 2015, the term “Base Rent” for the Premises shall mean Twenty-One Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Two and 80/100 Dollars ($21,282.80) per month (which is at a rate of $1.40 per rentable square foot per month for the then leased 

 

 

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portion of the Premises, which shall be limited to Suite 400, 606 and 690).  Commencing from the Existing Premises Commencement Date, the term “Base Rent” for the Premises shall mean $1.40 per rentable square foot per month, with an annual increase of $0.03 per rentable square foot of the Premises thereafter as set forth in the following table:

 

	
Months of Lease Term
    	
 
    	
Monthly Installment
   of Base Rent
    	
 
    	
Monthly Rental Rate per Rentable
   Square Foot of the Premises
    	
 
    
	
1-12
    	
 
    	
$
    	
95,977.00
    	
 
    	
$
    	
1.40
    	
 
    
	
13-24
    	
 
    	
$
    	
98,033.65
    	
 
    	
$
    	
1.43
    	
 
    
	
25-36
    	
 
    	
$
    	
100,090.30
    	
 
    	
$
    	
1.46
    	
 
    
	
37-48
    	
 
    	
$
    	
102,146.95
    	
 
    	
$
    	
1.49
    	
 
    
	
49-60
    	
 
    	
$
    	
104,203.60
    	
 
    	
$
    	
1.52
    	
 
    
	
61-72
    	
 
    	
$
    	
106,260.25
    	
 
    	
$
    	
1.55
    	
 
    
	
73-84
    	
 
    	
$
    	
108,316.90
    	
 
    	
$
    	
1.58
    	
 
    

 

1.08                        Tenant’s Percentage Share.  Effective as of the Existing Premises Commencement Date, the term “Tenant’s Percentage Share” shall mean seventeen and one hundred sixty five thousandths percent (17.165%) with respect to increases over the Base Year in Property Taxes and Operating Expenses (as such terms are hereinafter defined).  Landlord may reasonably re-determine Tenant’s Percentage Share from time to time to reflect reconfigurations, additions or modifications to the Building, provided such re-determination does not increase Tenant’s liability, financial or otherwise, under the terms of the Lease.  Landlord represents that the Building contains approximately 399,381 square feet of Rentable Area.

 

1.09                        Security Deposit.   None.

 

1.10                        Tenant’s Permitted Use.  The term “Tenant’s Permitted Use” shall mean banking, general office and no other uses.

 

1.11                        Business Hours.  The term “Business Hours” shall mean the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M., Monday through Friday (federal and state holidays excepted) and Saturdays 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.  Holidays are defined as the following: New Years Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, and to the extent of utilities or services provided by union members engaged at the Building, such other holidays observed by such unions.

 

1.12                        Landlord’s Address for Notices.  The term “Landlord’s Address for Notices” shall mean 3200 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 920 NT, Los Angeles, CA, 90010 Attn: Steve Chong, Property Manager, with a copy to 3424 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1200, Los Angeles, California, 90010, Attn: Jason Cha, Esq.

 

1.13                        Tenant’s Address for Notices.  The term “Tenant’s Address for Notices” shall mean 3200 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA, 90010, Attn: Elaine Jeon.

 

1.14                        Broker.  The term “Broker” shall mean Jamison Services, Inc. for Landlord, and Travers Realty Corporation for Tenant.

 

1.15                        Guarantor.  None.

 

1.16                        Tenant’s Parking Passes: The term “Tenant’s Parking Passes” shall mean Tenant has a right to up to 183 unreserved parking stalls, 20 reserved parking stalls, and up to an additional 50 parking stalls for Tenant’s employees, at the Building’s prevailing parking rates.  Additionally, Tenant shall continue to have 10 designated parking stalls for customers of Tenant, free of any charge.  Such 10 designated parking stalls shall remain in its current locations, which are nearest to the ground floor retail branch.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall maintain its discount for all parking validation passes equal to 50% of the total monthly cost for such validations.  Tenant shall have a right to lease additional parking passes on a monthly basis and at Building’s prevailing parking rates, subject to availability.

 

 

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1.17                        Signage. Tenant shall be entitled, at its sole cost and expense, to identification signage outside of the Premises on the floor on which the Premises are located.  The location, quality, design, style, lighting and size of such signage shall be consistent with the Landlord’s Building standard signage program.  In addition, Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall have identification in the Building’s lobby directory to display Tenant’s name and location in the Building.  Landlord also grants to Tenant the additional signage rights described in the Addendum to Lease attached hereto.

 

ARTICLE II - PREMISES

 

2.01                        Lease of Premises.  Landlord hereby leases the Premises to Tenant, and Tenant hereby leases the Premises from Landlord, upon all of the terms, covenants and conditions contained in this Lease.  On the Commencement Date described herein, Landlord shall deliver the Premises to Tenant in substantial conformance with the Work Letter Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

2.02                        Acceptance of Premises.  Tenant acknowledges that Landlord has not made any representation or warranty with respect to the condition of the Premises with respect to the suitability or fitness for the conduct of Tenant’s Permitted Use or for any other purpose.  Prior to Tenant’s taking possession of the Premises, Landlord or its designee and Tenant will walk the Premises for the purpose of reviewing the condition of the Premises; after such review, Tenant shall execute a Suite Acceptance Letter, in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto, accepting the Premises.  Except as is expressly set forth in this Section 2.02 or the Work Letter Agreement attached hereto, if any, or as may be expressly set forth in Suite Acceptance Letter, Tenant agrees to accept the Premises in its “as is” said physical condition without any agreements, representations, understandings or obligations on the part of Landlord to perform any alterations, repairs or improvements (or to provide any allowance for same).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Lease, Landlord shall deliver the Premises to Tenant clean and free of debris and represents and warrants to Tenant that to the best of its knowledge, as of the Commencement Date, the existing structure, including the Premises, (including without limitation the roof, foundations, exterior walls), and all building systems (including without limitation, the plumbing, electrical, ventilating, air conditioning, heating, and loading doors, if any) are (a) in good operating condition and free of any leakage; and (b) in compliance with all applicable laws, including the Americans With Disabilities Act.

 

ARTICLE III - TERM

 

3.01                        Lease Term. Except as otherwise provided in this Lease, the Lease Term shall be for the period described in Section 1.04 of this Lease, commencing on the Commencement Date described in Section 1.05 of this Lease and ending on the Expiration Date described in Section 1.06 of this Lease; provided, however, that, if, for any reason, Landlord is unable to deliver possession of the Premises on the date described in Section 1.05 of this Lease, Landlord shall not be liable for any damage caused thereby, nor shall the Lease be void or voidable, but, rather, the Lease Term shall commence upon, and the Commencement Date shall be the date that possession of the Premises is so tendered to Tenant (except for Tenant-caused delays which shall not be deemed to delay commencement of the Lease Term), and, unless Landlord elects otherwise, the Expiration Date described in Section 1.06 of this Lease shall be extended by an equal number of days.

 

ARTICLE IV - RENTAL

 

4.01                        Definitions.  As used herein,

 

(A)  “Base Year” shall mean calendar year 2022.

 

(B)  “Property Taxes” or “Taxes” shall mean the aggregate amount of all real estate taxes, assessments (whether they be general or special), sewer rents and charges, transit taxes, taxes based upon the receipt of rent and any other federal, state or local governmental charge, general, special, ordinary or extraordinary (but not including income or franchise taxes, capital stock, inheritance, estate, gift, or any other taxes imposed upon or measured by Landlord’s gross income or profits, unless the same shall be imposed in lieu of real estate taxes or other

 

 

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ad valorem taxes), which Landlord shall pay or become obligated to pay in connection with the Building, or any part thereof.  Property Taxes shall also include all fees and costs, including attorneys’ fees, appraisals and consultants’ fees, incurred by Landlord in seeking to obtain a reassessment, reduction of, or a limit on the increase in, any Property Taxes, regardless of whether any reduction or limitation is obtained.  Property Taxes for any calendar year shall be Property Taxes which are due for payment or paid in such year, rather than Property Taxes which are assessed or become a lien during such year.  Property Taxes shall include any tax, assessment, levy, imposition or charge imposed upon Landlord and measured by or based in whole or in part upon the Building or the rents or other income from the Building, to the extent that such items would be payable if the Building was the only property of Landlord subject to same and the income received by Landlord from the Building was the only income of Landlord.  Property Taxes shall also include any personal property taxes imposed upon the furniture, fixtures, machinery, equipment, apparatus, systems and appurtenances of Landlord used in connection with the operation of the Building.

 

(C)  “Operating Expenses” shall mean all reasonable costs, fees, disbursements and expenses paid or incurred by or on behalf of Landlord in the operation, ownership, maintenance, insurance, management, replacement and repair of the Building (excluding Property Taxes), subject to all exclusions set forth herein and  including without limitation:

 

(i)                                     Premiums for property, earthquake, casualty, liability, rent interruption or other reasonable types of insurance carried by Landlord.

 

(ii)                                  Salaries, wages and other amounts paid or payable for personnel including the Building manager, superintendent, operation and maintenance staff, and other employees of  Landlord involved in the maintenance and operation of the Building, including contributions and premiums towards fringe benefits, unemployment, disability and worker’s compensation insurance, pension plan contributions and similar premiums and contributions and the total charges of any independent contractors or property managers engaged in the operation, repair, care, maintenance and cleaning of any portion of the Building.

 

(iii)                               Cleaning expenses, including without limitation janitorial services, window cleaning, and garbage and refuse removal.

 

(iv)                              Landscaping expenses, including without limitation irrigating, trimming, mowing, fertilizing, seeding, and replacing plants.

 

(v)                                 Heating, ventilating, air conditioning and steam/utilities expenses, including fuel, gas, electricity, water, sewer, telephone, and other services.

 

(vi)                              Subject to the provisions of Section 4.01(C)(xii) below, the cost of maintaining, operating, repairing and replacing components of equipment or machinery, including without limitation heating, refrigeration, ventilation, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, elevator, escalator, sprinklers, fire/life safety, security and energy management systems, including service contracts, maintenance contracts, supplies and parts.

 

(vii)                           Other items of repair or maintenance of elements of the Building.

 

(viii)                        The costs of policing, security and supervision of the Building.

 

(ix)                              Fair market rental and other costs with respect to the management office for the Building.

 

(x)                                 The cost of the rental of any machinery or equipment and the cost of supplies used in the maintenance and operation of the Building.

 

(xi)                              Audit fees and the cost of accounting services incurred in the preparation of statements referred to in this Lease and financial statements, and in the computation of the rents and charges payable by tenants of the Building.

 

 

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(xii)                           Capital expenditures (a) made to reduce and actually reduce Operating Expenses, or to comply with any laws or other governmental requirements subsequent to the Commencement Date, provided, all such permitted capital expenditures (together with reasonable financing charges) shall be amortized in accordance with GAAP.

 

(xiii)                        Legal fees and expenses.

 

(xiv)                       Payments under any easement, operating agreement, declaration, restrictive covenant, or instrument pertaining to the sharing of costs in any planned development.

 

(xv)                          A fee for the administration and management of the Building.

 

Operating Expenses shall not include: (1)                    The cost to repair or rebuild the Building, including the Premises, to the extent the cost of the repairs is reimbursed by insurance or condemnation proceeds, covered by warranty or otherwise reimbursed by third parties other than as a part of Operating Expenses;  (2)  All items and services for which Tenant or any other tenant in the Building reimburses Landlord other than through Operating Expenses (or is so obligated to reimburse Landlord) and all items and services supplied selectively to any tenant without reimbursement, provided that, any item or service supplied selectively to Tenant shall be paid for by Tenant; (3)   Advertising and marketing costs, including, without limitation, leasing commissions, attorneys’ fees in connection with the negotiation and preparation of letters, deal memos, letters of intent, leases, subleases and/or assignments, space planning costs, and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the lease, sublease and/or assignment negotiations and transactions with present or prospective tenants of the Building or their successors;  (4)  The cost of improving or renovating space for tenants (including Tenant) or space vacated by any tenant (including Tenant), including, without limitation, architects’, engineers’ and space planners’ fees and expenses, and costs of permits and inspections;  (5)  The cost of utilities charged to individual tenants (including Tenant), including any and all costs for electrical usage and HVAC usage, and payroll, material and contract costs of other services charged to tenants (including Tenant), and the cost of repairs or replacements to utility systems dedicated to the use of a single tenant to the extent such costs are separately payable or reimbursable by such tenant(s) as a separately stated charge and not as a part of such tenant’s proportionate share of Operating Expenses;  (6)  The depreciation of the Building;  (7)  Principal, interest, points and fees on debt or amortization payments, and late payment penalties and interest on any real property mortgages or deeds of trust and ground lease payments, and other costs of financing or refinancing the Building;  (8)  Legal, accounting, consulting and other related expenses associated with the enforcement of leases, disputes with tenants or prospective tenants, or the defense of Landlord’s title to the Building, including the costs of defending any lawsuits with any mortgagee (except as the actions of the Tenant may be in issue), including costs of judgment or settlement in connection with such disputes;  (9)  Landlord’s general overhead for operating its entity and general administrative expenses not related to the operation of the Building, including accounting and legal costs, costs of preparing corporate, partnership or other tax returns, or financial statements not related to the operation of the Building, including costs of selling, syndicating, financing, mortgaging or hypothecating any of the Landlord’s interest in the Building;  (10)  All compensation to executives, officers or partners of Landlord or to persons who are executives or officers of partners of Landlord or to any other person at or above the level of building manager, other than the building manager of the Building;  (11)  Any compensation paid to clerks, attendants or other persons in commercial concessions except for any costs directly related to the operation of the Building’s parking facilities;  (12)  Fines, penalties, and interest assessed by a third party or governmental agency as a result of Landlord’s failure to make payments in a timely manner or to comply with applicable laws;  (13)  Except for making repairs or keeping permanent systems in operation while repairs are being made, rentals and other related expenses incurred in leasing air-conditioning systems, elevators or other equipment ordinarily considered to be of a capital nature, except equipment not affixed to the Building which is used in providing janitorial or similar services;  (14)  Costs of capital improvements, except to the extent such costs are incurred either to (a) comply with Laws passed after the Commencement Date; or (b) for capital improvements made to reduce Operating Expenses to the extent the projected costs of such improvements exceeds the amount reasonably anticipated to be saved as a result of such capital improvements;  (15)  Costs of purchasing, installing and replacing artwork;  (16)  Liability covered by insurance carried by Landlord the premiums for which are included in Operating Expenses, or which would have been covered by insurance otherwise required to be carried by Landlord under this Lease but for failure to insure as a result of Landlord’s intentional acts or omissions or negligence (17)  Expenses resulting directly from the willful misconduct or negligence of Landlord or its employees or costs incurred due to Landlord’s violation of a lease;  (18)  Operating Expenses incurred to bring the Building or

 

 

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Premises into in full compliance with all governmental regulations, ordinances and laws that were in effect at the effective date of this Lease;  (19)  Any bad debt loss, rent loss or reserves for bad debts or rent loss and reserves for Operating Expenses or capital improvements;  (20)  The cost of goods or services paid to Landlord, or to any subsidiary or affiliate of Landlord, to the extent such costs exceed the costs of comparable goods or services delivered or rendered by unaffiliated third parties;  (21)  Costs arising from Landlord’s charitable or political contributions;  (22)  Costs incurred in connection with upgrading the Building to comply with any governmental regulation including but not limited to handicap, life, fire and safety codes in effect as of the Commencement Date;  (23)  Costs for which Landlord has been compensated by a management fee, including labor, office rent, supplies, and improvements in the Building;  (24)  Any Operating Expenses in connection with retail space in the Building, unless there is an equitable allocation;  (25)  Costs arising from repairs for defects in the Building (including original construction and subsequent improvements) or in tenant improvements installed by Landlord;  (26)  The wages and benefits of any employee who does not devote substantially all of his or her employed time to the Building unless such wages and benefits are prorated to reflect time spent on operating and managing the Building; (27)  Management fees and reimbursements payable to Landlord (including its affiliates) that exceed one hundred percent (100%) of an arms length management fee;  (28)  Any dues or charges for professional associations of property owners, managers, or tenants in the Building; (29)  The cost of insurance on leasehold improvements to the premises of tenants of the Building (unless the cost of such insurance on Tenant’s leasehold improvements is also included within Operating Expenses), or any cost or expense for which insurance reimbursement would be available but for the decision of Landlord to not make or pursue a valid claim thereon;  (30)  Rent for space occupied as a management office to the extent such rent exceeds the fair market rental for such space or to the extent the space utilized therefore materially exceeds the average space so utilized by comparable buildings;  (31)  New or additional landscaping (other than normal plant replacements);  (32)  Automobile or travel expense for Landlord or its employees or agents;  (33)  Any other expenses which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, would not normally be treated as Operating Expenses by landlords of comparable buildings located in the vicinity of the Building; and to the extent that an expenses is not specifically included or excluded as a component of Operating Expenses pursuant to the Lease, whether such expenses shall be treated as Operating Expenses shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied; and to the extent that an expense is included as Operating Expenses under the Lease, but a method for the treatment or calculation of such expense is not specifically set forth in the Lease, then the treatment and calculation of such expense shall be done in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied; (34)   With respect to any assessments or taxes for which Landlord has the right to elect to make a lump sum payment, or cause such assessment or tax to be amortized and paid over a period of time, Landlord shall include in the definition of Operating Expenses only the amortized portion (calculated at the longest period of time permitted by such taxing authority) of such taxes and assessments (regardless of any applicable interest charges).

 

(D)  If the Building does not have one hundred percent (100%) occupancy during an entire calendar year, including the Base Year, then the variable cost component of “Property Taxes” and “Operating Expenses” shall be equitably adjusted so that the total amount of Property Taxes and Operating Expenses equals the total amount which would have been paid or incurred by Landlord had the Building been one hundred percent (100%) occupied for the entire calendar year.  In no event shall Landlord be entitled to receive from Tenant and any other tenants in the Building an aggregate amount in excess of actual Property Taxes and Operating Expenses as a result of the foregoing provision.

 

4.02                        Base Rent.

 

(A)  During the Lease Term, Tenant shall pay to Landlord as rental for the Premises the Base Rent described in Section 1.07 above, subject to the following annual adjustments (herein called the “Rent Adjustments”):

 

(B)  Annual Adjustments of Base Rent.  (see Section 1.07)

 

(a)                                 Tax and Operating Expense Adjustment.  During each calendar year subsequent to the Base Year, the Base Rent payable by Tenant to Landlord, shall be increased by (collectively, the “Tax and Operating Expense Adjustment”): (i) Tenant’s Percentage Share of the dollar increase, if any, in Property Taxes for such year over Property Taxes for the Base Year; and (ii) Tenant’s Percentage Share of the dollar increase, if any, in any category of Operating Expenses paid or incurred by Landlord during such year over the respective category of

 

 

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Operating Expenses paid or incurred by Landlord during the Base Year.  A decrease in Property Taxes or any category of Operating Expenses below the Base Year amounts shall not decrease the amount of the Base Rent due hereunder or give rise to a credit in favor of Tenant.  Notwithstanding anything in the contrary contained in this Article IV, the aggregate Operating Expenses in any calendar year after the Base Year shall not increase by more than five percent (5%) over the actual aggregate Operating Expenses for the preceding calendar year.

 

4.03                        Tax and Operating Expense Adjustment Procedure; Estimates.  The Tax and Operating Expense Adjustment specified in Section 4.02(B)(a) shall be determined and paid as follows:

 

(A)  During each calendar year subsequent to the Base Year, Landlord shall give Tenant written notice of its estimate of any increased amounts payable under Section 4.02(B)(a) for that calendar year.  On or before the first day of each calendar month during the calendar year, Tenant shall pay to Landlord one-twelfth (1/12th) of such estimated amounts; provided, however, that, not more often than twice during each calendar year, Landlord may, by written notice to Tenant, revise its estimate for such year, and subsequent payments by Tenant for such year shall be based upon such revised estimate.

 

(B)  Within one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of each calendar year or as soon thereafter as is practicable, Landlord shall deliver to Tenant a statement of that year’s Property Taxes and Operating Expenses, and the actual Tax and Operating Expense Adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 4.02(B)(a) for such calendar year, as determined by Landlord (the “Landlord’s Statement”) and such Landlord’s Statement shall be binding upon Tenant, except as provided in Section 4.04 below.  If the amount of the actual Tax and Operating Expense Adjustment is more than the estimated payments for such calendar year made by Tenant, Tenant shall pay the deficiency to Landlord upon receipt of Landlord’s Statement.  If the amount of the actual Tax and Operating Expense Adjustment is less than the estimated payments for such calendar year made by Tenant, any excess shall be credited against Rent (as hereinafter defined) next payable by Tenant under this Lease or, if the Lease Term has expired, any excess shall be paid to Tenant within thirty (30) days of the expiration of the Lease Term.  No delay in providing the statement described in this subparagraph (B) shall act as a waiver of Landlord’s right to payment under Section 4.02(B)(a) above.

 

(C)  If this Lease shall terminate on a day other than the end of a calendar year, the amount of the Tax and Operating Expense Adjustment to be paid pursuant to Section 4.02(B)(a) that is applicable to the calendar year in which such termination occurs shall be prorated on the basis of the number of days from January 1 of the calendar year to the termination date bears to 365.  The termination of this Lease shall not affect the obligations of Landlord and Tenant pursuant to Section 4.03(B) to be performed after such termination.

 

4.04                        Audit of Landlord’s Statement.  Provided that Tenant is not then in default beyond any applicable cure period of its obligations to pay Base Rent, additional rent described in Section 4.02(B), or any other payments required to be made by it under this Lease and provided further that Tenant strictly complies with the provisions of this Section 4.04, Tenant shall have the right, once each calendar year, to reasonably review supporting data for any portion of a Landlord’s Statement (provided, however, Tenant may not have an audit right to all documentation relating to Building operations as this would far exceed the relevant information necessary to properly document a pass-through billing statement, but real estate tax statements, and information on utilities, repairs, maintenance and insurance will be available), in accordance with the following procedure:

 

(A)  Tenant shall, within ninety (90) days after any such Landlord’s Statement is delivered, deliver a written notice to Landlord specifying the portions of the Landlord’s Statement that are claimed to be incorrect, and Tenant shall simultaneously pay to Landlord all amounts due from Tenant to Landlord as specified in the Landlord’s Statement.  Except as expressly set forth in subsection (C) below, in no event shall Tenant be entitled to withhold, deduct, or offset any monetary obligation of Tenant to Landlord under the Lease (including, without limitation, Tenant’s obligation to make all payments of Base Rent and all payments of Tenant’s Tax and Operating Expense Adjustment) pending the completion of any review of records under this Section 4.04.  The right of Tenant under this Section 4.04 may only be exercised once for any Landlord’s Statement, and if Tenant fails to meet any of the above conditions as a prerequisite to the exercise of such right, the right of Tenant under this Section 4.04 for a particular Landlord’s Statement shall be deemed waived.

 

 

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(B)  Tenant acknowledges that Landlord maintains its records for the Building at Landlord’s manager’s corporate offices presently located at the address set forth in Section 1.12 and Tenant agrees that any audit of records under this Section 4.04 shall be conducted by an independent certified public accountant(s) that is not being compensated on a contingency fee basis.  Tenant acknowledges and agrees that any records reviewed under this Section 4.04 constitute confidential information of Landlord, which shall not be disclosed to anyone other than the accountants performing the review and the principals of Tenant who receive the results of the review. If requested by Landlord, Tenant shall require its employees or agents inspecting Landlord’s books and records to sign Landlord’s commercially reasonable confidentiality agreement as a condition of Landlord making Landlord’s relevant accounting records available to them.

 

(C)  Any errors disclosed by the review shall be promptly corrected by Landlord, provided, however, that if Landlord disagrees with any such claimed errors, Landlord shall have the right, at its sole cost and expense, to cause another review to be made by an independent firm of certified public accountants.  In the event of a disagreement between the two accounting firms, the average of the two amounts of deviation from the Landlord’s Statement shall be deemed to be correct.  In the event that the results of the review of records (taking into account, if applicable, the results of any additional review caused by Landlord) reveal that Tenant has overpaid obligations for a preceding period, the amount of such overpayment shall be credited against Tenant’s subsequent installment obligations to pay the estimated Tax and Operating Expense Adjustment, or if no further payments are due, shall be refunded to Tenant within thirty (30) days.  In the event that such results show that Tenant has underpaid its obligations for a preceding period, Tenant shall be liable for Landlord’s actual accounting fees, and the amount of such underpayment shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord with the next succeeding installment obligation of estimated Tax and Operating Expense Adjustment. The cost of such audit shall be borne by Tenant unless such audit discloses an error that favors Tenant in excess of five percent (5%) of the Operating Costs, in which event Landlord shall bear the cost of such audit.  In the case of a dispute whereby the average amount is used as the correct amount, each party shall pay their accountant(s).

 

4.05                        Payment.  Concurrently with the execution hereof, Tenant shall pay Landlord Base Rent for the first calendar month of the Lease Term in which Tenant is obligated to pay Base Rent.  Thereafter the Base Rent described in Section 1.07, as adjusted in accordance with Section 4.02, shall be payable in advance on the First (1st) Day of each calendar month.  If the Commencement Date is other than the first day of a calendar month, the prepaid Base Rent for such partial month shall be prorated in the proportion that the number of days this Lease is in effect during such partial month bears to the total number of days in the calendar month.  All Rent, and all other amounts payable to Landlord by Tenant pursuant to the provisions of this Lease, shall be paid to Landlord, without notice, demand, abatement, deduction or offset, in lawful money of the United States at Landlord’s office in the Building or to such other person or at such other place as Landlord may designate from time to time by written notice given to Tenant.  No payment by Tenant or receipt by Landlord of a lesser amount than the correct Rent due hereunder shall be deemed to be other than a payment on account; nor shall any endorsement or statement on any check or any letter accompanying any check or payment be deemed to effect or evidence an accord and satisfaction; and Landlord may accept such check or payment without prejudice to Landlord’s right to recover the balance or pursue any other remedy in this Lease or at law or in equity provided.

 

4.06                        Late Charge; Interest.  Tenant acknowledges that the late payment of Base Rent or any other amounts payable by Tenant to Landlord hereunder (all of which shall constitute additional rental to the same extent as Base Rent) will cause Landlord to incur administrative costs and other damages, the exact amount of which would be impracticable or extremely difficult to ascertain.  Landlord and Tenant agree that if Landlord does not receive any such payment on or before ten (10) days after the date the payment is due, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as additional rent, (a) a late charge equal to ten percent (10%) of the overdue amount to cover such additional administrative costs; and (b) interest on the delinquent amounts at the lesser of the maximum rate permitted by law if any or twelve percent (12%) per annum from the date due to the date paid.

 

4.07                        Additional Rent.  For purposes of this Lease, all amounts payable by Tenant to Landlord pursuant to this Lease, whether or not denominated as such, shall constitute Base Rent.  Any amounts due Landlord shall sometimes be referred to in this Lease as “Rent”.

 

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to:  any Tenant fixtures or personal property located in the Premises; any leasehold improvements made in or to the Premises by or for Tenant; the Rent payable hereunder, including, without limitation, any gross receipts tax, license fee or excise tax levied by any governmental authority, but excluding any income tax; the possession, leasing, operation, management, maintenance, alteration, repair, use or occupancy of any portion of the Premises (including without limitation any applicable possessory interest taxes); or this transaction or any document to which Tenant is a party creating or transferring an interest or an estate in the Premises.

 

ARTICLE V - SECURITY DEPOSIT

 

5.01                        Upon the execution of this Lease, Tenant shall deposit with Landlord the Security Deposit described in Section 1.09 above.  The Security Deposit is made by Tenant to secure the faithful performance of all the terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease to be performed by Tenant.  If Tenant shall default with respect to any covenant or provision hereof, Landlord may use, apply or retain all or any portion of the Security Deposit to cure such default or to compensate Landlord for any loss or damage which Landlord may suffer thereby. If Landlord so uses or applies all or any portion of the Security Deposit, Tenant shall immediately upon written demand deposit cash with Landlord in an amount sufficient to restore the Security Deposit to the full amount hereinabove stated.  Landlord shall not be required to keep the Security Deposit separate from its general accounts and Tenant shall not be entitled to interest on the Security Deposit.  Tenant expressly agrees to waive the protections afforded under California Civil Code Section 1950.7, thus allowing Landlord to apply the Security Deposit towards future rents owing in the case of Tenant’s default.  Upon termination of this Agreement or vacancy of the premises, Landlord reserves the right to utilize a reasonable portion of the security deposit to cover cleaning expenses.  Within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Lease Term and the vacation of the Premises by Tenant, the Security Deposit, or such part as has not been applied to cure the default, shall be returned to Tenant.

 

ARTICLE VI - USE OF PREMISES

 

6.01                        Tenants Permitted Use.  Tenant shall use the Premises only for Tenant’s Permitted Use as set forth in Section 1.10 above and shall not use or permit the Premises to be used for any other purpose.  Tenant shall, at its sole cost and expense, obtain all governmental licenses and permits required to allow Tenant to conduct Tenant’s Permitted Use.  Landlord disclaims any warranty that the Premises are suitable for Tenant’s use and Tenant acknowledges that it has had a full opportunity to make its own determination in this regard.

 

6.02                        Compliance With Laws and Other Requirements.

 

(A)  During the term of the Lease (and any extensions), Landlord shall maintain the Building, Building systems, common areas, and structural elements of the Premises in compliance with this Lease and all applicable laws, rules, regulations, ordinance, directives, covenants, easements and restrictions of record, building codes, and the requirements of any applicable fire insurance underwriter or rating bureau, now in effect or which may hereafter come into effect (collectively “Applicable Laws”).  Subject to Landlord’s representations set forth herein and Operating Expense exclusion (28), Tenant shall, with respect to the condition of the Premises and at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, comply with (a) all Applicable Laws relating solely to Tenant’s specific nature of use of the Premises (other than general office uses); and to (b) all building codes requiring modifications to the Premises or Building due any improvements made in the Premises by Tenant pursuant to this Lease.    Each party shall immediately notify the other party in writing, as soon as it becomes aware of a violation of any Applicable Laws pertaining to that party’s obligations under the Lease.

 

(B)  Tenant shall not use the Premises, or permit the Premises to be used, in any manner which:  (a) violates any Applicable Law; (b) causes or is reasonably likely to cause damage to the Building or the Premises; (c) violates a requirement or condition of any fire and extended insurance policy covering the Building and/or the Premises, or increases the cost of such policy; (d) constitutes or is reasonably likely to constitute a nuisance, annoyance or inconvenience to other tenants or occupants of the Building or its equipment, facilities or systems; (e) interferes with, or is reasonably likely to interfere with, the transmission or reception of microwave, television, radio, telephone or other communication signals by antennae or other facilities located in the Building; or (f) violates the Rules and Regulations described in Article XIX.

 

 

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6.03                        Hazardous Materials.

 

(A)  No Hazardous Materials, as defined herein, shall be Handled, as also defined herein, upon, about, above or beneath the Premises or any portion of the Building by or on behalf of Tenant, its subtenants or its assignees, or their respective contractors, clients, officers, directors, employees, or agents.  Any such Hazardous Materials so Handled shall be known as Tenant’s Hazardous Materials.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, normal quantities of Tenant’s Hazardous Materials customarily used in the conduct of general administrative and executive office activities (e.g., copier fluids and cleaning supplies) may be Handled at the Premises without Landlord’s prior written consent.  Tenant’s Hazardous Materials shall be Handled at all times in compliance with the manufacturer’s instructions therefor and all applicable Environmental Laws, as defined herein.

 

(B)  Notwithstanding the obligation of Tenant to indemnify Landlord pursuant to this Lease, Tenant shall, at its sole cost and expense, promptly take all actions required by any Regulatory Authority, as defined herein, which requirements or necessity arises from the Handling of Tenant’s Hazardous Materials upon, about, above or beneath the Premises or any portion of the Building.  Such actions shall include, but not be limited to, the investigation of the environmental condition of the Premises or any portion of the Building, the preparation of any feasibility studies or reports and the performance of any cleanup, remedial, removal or restoration work.  Tenant shall take all actions necessary to restore the Premises or any portion of the Building to the condition existing prior to the introduction of Tenant’s Hazardous Materials, notwithstanding any less stringent standards or remediation allowable under applicable Environmental Laws.  Tenant shall nevertheless obtain Landlord’s written approval prior to undertaking any actions required by this Section, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld so long as such actions would not potentially have a material adverse long-term or short-term effect on the Premises or any portion of the Building.

 

(C)  Tenant agrees to execute affidavits, representations, and the like from time to time at Landlord’s request stating Tenant’s best current knowledge and belief regarding the presence of Hazardous Materials on the Premises.

 

(D)  “Environmental Laws”  means and includes all now and hereafter existing statutes, laws, ordinances, codes, regulations, rules, rulings, orders, decrees, directives, policies and requirements by any Regulatory Authority regulating, relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning public health and safety or the environment.

 

(E)  “Hazardous Materials” means:  (a) any material or substance:  (i) which is defined or becomes defined as a “hazardous substance,” “hazardous waste,” “infectious waste,” “chemical mixture or substance,” or “air pollutant” under Environmental Laws; (ii) containing petroleum, crude oil or any fraction thereof; (iii) containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s); (iv) containing asbestos; (v) which is radioactive; (vi) which is infectious; or (b) any other material or substance displaying toxic, reactive, ignitable or corrosive characteristics, as all such terms are used in their broadest sense, and are defined, or become defined by Environmental Laws; or (c) materials which cause a nuisance upon or waste to the Premises or any portion of the Building.

 

(F)  “Handle,” “handle,” “Handled,” “handled,” “Handling,” or “handling” shall mean any installation, handling, generation, storage, treatment, use, disposal, discharge, release, manufacture, refinement, presence, migration, emission, abatement, removal, transportation, or any other activity of any type in connection with or involving Hazardous Materials.

 

(G)                               “Regulatory Authority” shall mean any federal, state or local governmental agency, commission, board or political subdivision.

 

Tenant acknowledges that the Landlord has advised Tenant that the Building contains, or is likely to contain, materials which contain asbestos. Asbestos may be found in all building materials excluding those materials made from wood, glass, metal, rubber, and plastic. If Tenant undertakes any alterations, additions, or improvements to the Premises, Tenant shall undertake the alterations, additions, or improvements in a manner that avoids disturbing any materials which may contain asbestos. If materials which may contain asbestos are likely to be disturbed in the course of such work Tenant shall remove or encapsulate the materials in accordance with an asbestos abatement plan

 

 

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approved by Landlord and otherwise in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. Tenant also acknowledges that materials which contain asbestos do not pose a significant risk of creating exposures which exceed the Permissible Exposure Limits unless they are improperly disturbed, damaged, or deteriorated. Tenant shall promptly report to Landlord damage or deterioration of materials which may contain asbestos.

 

ARTICLE VII - UTILITIES AND SERVICES

 

7.01                        Building Services.  Landlord agrees to furnish or cause to be furnished to the Premises the following utilities and services, subject to the conditions and standards set forth herein:

 

(A)  Non-attended automatic elevator service (if the Building has such equipment serving the Premises), in common with Landlord and other tenants and occupants and their agents and invitees.

 

(B)  During Business Hours, as defined in Section 1.11 of this Lease, such air conditioning, heating and ventilation as, in Landlord’s reasonable judgment, are required for the comfortable use and occupancy of the Premises.  Landlord may make available to Tenant heating, ventilation or air conditioning in excess of that which Landlord shall be required to provide hereunder.  If Tenant needs HVAC during non-Business Hours, Tenant shall provide no less than forty-eight (48) hours’ prior notice to Landlord and pay as additional rent the cost of after-hour HVAC at the Building’s rate defined in Addendum Paragraph 5.  Said Landlord’s fee for any such additional HVAC provided to Tenant, will be separate from and in addition to the Tax and Operating Expenses Adjustment provided in Article IV.

 

(C)  Water for the Premises and for restroom purposes.

 

(D)  Reasonable janitorial and cleaning services, provided that the Premises are used exclusively for office purposes and are kept reasonably in order by Tenant.  If the Premises are not used exclusively as offices, Landlord, at Landlord’s sole discretion, may require that the Premises be kept clean and in order by Tenant, at Tenant’s expense, to the satisfaction of Landlord and by persons approved by Landlord; and, in all events, Tenant shall pay to Landlord the cost of removal of Tenant’s refuse and rubbish, to the extent that the same exceeds the refuse and rubbish attendant to normal office usage.

 

(E)  At all reasonable times, electric current of not less than 3.5 watts per square foot for building standard lighting and fractional horsepower office machines; provided, however, that (i) without Landlord’s consent, Tenant shall not install, or permit the installation, in the Premises of any computers, word processors, electronic data processing equipment or other type of equipment or machines which will increase Tenant’s use of electric current in excess of that which Landlord is obligated to provide hereunder (provided, however, that the foregoing shall not preclude the use of personal computers or similar office equipment); (ii) if Tenant shall require electric current which may disrupt the provision of electrical service to other tenants, Landlord may refuse to grant its consent or may condition its consent upon Tenant’s payment of the cost of installing and providing any additional facilities required to furnish such excess power to the Premises and upon the installation in the Premises of electric current meters to measure the amount of electric current consumed, in which latter event Tenant shall pay for the cost of such meter(s) and the cost of installation, maintenance and repair thereof, as well as for all excess electric current consumed at the rates charged by the applicable local public utility, plus a reasonable amount to cover the additional expenses incurred by Landlord in keeping account of the electric current so consumed; and (iii) if Tenant’s increased electrical requirements will materially affect the temperature level in the Premises or the Building, Landlord’s consent may be conditioned upon Tenant’s requirement to pay such amounts as will be incurred by Landlord to install and operate any machinery or equipment necessary to restore the temperature level to that otherwise required to be provided by Landlord, including but not limited to the cost of modifications to the air conditioning system.  Landlord shall not, in any way, be liable or responsible to Tenant for any loss or damage or expense which Tenant may incur or sustain if, for any reasons beyond Landlord’s reasonable control, either the quantity or character of electric service is changed or is no longer available or suitable for Tenant’s requirements.  Tenant covenants that at all times its use of electric current shall never exceed the capacity of the feeders, risers or electrical installations of the Building.  If submetering of electricity in the Building will not be permitted under future laws or regulations, the Rent will then be equitably and periodically adjusted to include an additional payment to Landlord reflecting the cost to Landlord for furnishing electricity to Tenant in the Premises.

 

 

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Any amounts which Tenant is required to pay to Landlord pursuant to this Section 7.01 shall be payable within ten (10) business days from the receipt of written notice from Landlord and shall constitute additional rent.

 

7.02                        Interruption of Services.  Landlord shall not be liable for any failure to furnish, stoppage of, or interruption in furnishing any of the services or utilities described in Section 7.01, when such failure is caused by accident, breakage, repairs, strikes, lockouts, labor disputes, labor disturbances, governmental regulation, civil disturbances, acts of war, moratorium or other governmental action, or any other cause beyond Landlord’s reasonable control, and, in such event, Tenant shall not be entitled to any damages nor shall any failure or interruption abate or suspend Tenant’s obligation to pay Base Rent and additional rent required under this Lease or constitute or be construed as a constructive or other eviction of Tenant.  Further, in the event any governmental authority or public utility promulgates or revises any law, ordinance, rule or regulation, or issues mandatory controls or voluntary controls relating to the use or conservation of energy, water, gas, light or electricity, the reduction of automobile or other emissions, or the provision of any other utility or service, Landlord may take any reasonably appropriate action to comply with such law, ordinance, rule, regulation, mandatory control or voluntary guideline and Tenant’s obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any such action of Landlord.  The parties acknowledge that safety and security devices, services and programs provided by Landlord, if any, while intended to deter crime and ensure safety, may not in given instances prevent theft or other criminal acts, or ensure safety of persons or property.  The risk that any safety or security device, service or program may not be effective, or may malfunction, or be circumvented by a criminal, is assumed by Tenant with respect to Tenant’s property and interests, and Tenant shall obtain insurance coverage to the extent Tenant desires protection against such criminal acts and other losses, as further described in this Lease.  Tenant agrees to cooperate in any reasonable safety or security program developed by Landlord or required by Law.  As of the date of this Lease, the Building has not been inspected by a Certified Access Specialist pursuant to California Civil Code Section 55.53.

 

ARTICLE VIII - MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

 

8.01                        Landlord’s Obligations.  Except as provided in Sections 8.02 and 8.03 below, Landlord shall maintain the Building in good order and repair throughout the Lease Term;and make all necessary repairs both structural and nonstructural) to keep the Base Building (defined below) and common areas in good condition and operating order.  For purposes of this Lease, the “Base Building” shall mean the following: (a) roof structure and membrane; (b) exterior walls and glass; (c) floor/ceiling slabs and other structural portions of the Building, including, without limitation, the foundation, curtain wall, exterior glass, and mullions, columns, beams, shafts (including elevator shafts); (d) Building Systems; and (e) all parking areas and facilities.  Landlord shall repair any defects in the above within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from Tenant describing such defects, unless the defect constitutes an emergency (which shall include, but shall not be limited to, a defect that interferes with Tenant’s permitted use), in which case Landlord shall cure the defect as quickly as possible..

 

8.02                        Tenant’s Obligations.  During the Lease Term, Tenant shall, at its sole cost and expense, maintain the non-structural portions of the Premises in good order and repair (including, without limitation, the carpet, wall-covering, doors, plumbing and other fixtures, equipment, alterations and improvements, whether installed by Landlord or Tenant).  Further, Tenant shall be responsible for, and upon demand by Landlord shall promptly reimburse Landlord for, any damage to any portion of the Building or the Premises caused by (a) Tenant’s activities in the Building or the Premises; (b) the performance or existence of any alterations, additions or improvements made by Tenant in or to the Premises; (c) the installation, use, operation or movement of Tenant’s property in or about the Building or the Premises; or (d) any act or omission by Tenant or its officers, partners, employees, agents, contractors or invitees.

 

8.03                        Landlord’s Rights.  Landlord and its contractors shall have the right, at all reasonable times and upon prior written notice to Tenant at the Premises, other than in the case of any emergency in which case no notice shall be required, to enter upon the Premises, provided that Landlord and its contractors are accompanied by a bank representative or employee (other than in the case of any emergency in which case no bank representative or employee shall be required),to make any repairs to the Premises or the Building reasonably required or deemed reasonably necessary by Landlord and to erect such equipment, including scaffolding, as is reasonably necessary to effect such repairs.

 

 

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ARTICLE IX - ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS

 

9.01                        Landlord’s Consent; Conditions.  Tenant shall not make or permit to be made any alterations, additions, or improvements in or to the Premises (“Alterations”) without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent, with respect to non-structural alterations, shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.  Landlord may impose as a condition to making any Alterations such requirements as Landlord in its reasonable discretion deems necessary or desirable including without limitation:  Tenant’s submission to Landlord, for Landlord’s prior written approval, of all plans and specifications relating to the Alterations; Landlord’s prior written approval of the time or times when the Alterations are to be performed; Landlord’s prior written approval of the contractors and subcontractors performing work in connection with the Alterations; Tenant’s receipt of all necessary permits and approvals from all governmental authorities having jurisdiction over the Premises prior to the construction of the Alterations; Tenant’s delivery to Landlord of such insurance as Landlord shall reasonably require; and Tenant’s payment to Landlord of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Landlord because of Tenant’s Alterations, including but not limited to costs incurred in reviewing the plans and specifications for, and the progress of, the Alterations, which shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500).  Tenant is required to provide Landlord written notice of whether the Alterations include the Handling of any Hazardous Materials and whether these materials are of a customary and typical nature for industry practices.  Upon completion of the Alterations, Tenant shall provide Landlord with copies of as-built plans.  Neither the approval by Landlord of plans and specifications relating to any Alterations nor Landlord’s supervision or monitoring of any Alterations shall constitute any warranty by Landlord to Tenant of the adequacy of the design for Tenant’s intended use or the proper performance of the Alterations.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, Tenant shall have the right, without Landlord’s consent but upon five (5) business days’ prior written notice to Landlord, to make cosmetic, non-structural additions and alterations (“Cosmetic Alterations”) to the Premises that do not (i) involve the expenditure of more than $20,000.00 in any one instance; (ii) affect the exterior appearance of the Premises or Building or (iii) affect the Building Systems or the Building Structure.

 

9.02                        Performance of Alterations Work.  All work relating to the Alterations shall be performed in compliance with the plans and specifications approved by Landlord, all applicable laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and directives of all governmental authorities having jurisdiction (including without limitation Title 24 of the California Administrative Code) and the requirements of all carriers of insurance on the Premises and the Building, the Board of Underwriters, Fire Rating Bureau, or similar organization.  All work shall be performed in a diligent, first class manner and so as not to unreasonably interfere with any other tenants or occupants of the Building.  All costs incurred by Landlord relating to the Alterations shall be payable to Landlord by Tenant as additional rent upon demand.  No asbestos-containing materials shall be used or incorporated in the Alterations.  No lead-containing surfacing material, solder, or other construction materials or fixtures where the presence of lead might create a condition of exposure not in compliance with Environmental Laws shall be incorporated in the Alterations.

 

9.03                        Liens.  Tenant shall pay when due all costs for work performed and materials supplied to the Premises.  Tenant shall keep Landlord, the Premises and the Building free from all liens, stop notices and violation notices relating to the Alterations or any other work performed for, materials furnished to or obligations incurred by or for Tenant and Tenant shall protect, indemnify, hold harmless and defend Landlord, the Premises and the Building of and from any and all loss, cost, damage, liability and expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to any such liens or notices.  Further, Tenant shall give Landlord not less then seven (7) business days prior written notice before commencing any Alterations in or about the Premises to permit Landlord to post appropriate notices of non-responsibility.  If requested by Landlord, Tenant shall also secure, prior to commencing any Alterations that exceed the cost of three (3) months Base Rent, at Tenant’s sole expense, a completion and lien indemnity bond satisfactory to Landlord for such work. During the progress of such work, Tenant shall, upon Landlord’s request, furnish Landlord with sworn contractor’s statements and lien waivers covering all work theretofore performed.  Tenant shall satisfy or otherwise discharge all liens, stop notices or other claims or encumbrances within thirty (30) days after Landlord notifies Tenant in writing that any such lien, stop notice, claim or encumbrance has been filed.  If Tenant fails to pay and remove such lien, claim or encumbrance within such thirty (30) days, Landlord, at its election, may pay and satisfy the same and in such event the sums so paid by Landlord, with interest from the date of payment at the rate of five percent (5%) per annum and shall be deemed to be additional rent due and payable by Tenant at once without notice or demand.

 

 

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9.04                        Lease Termination.  Except as provided in this Section 9.04, upon expiration or earlier termination of this Lease Tenant shall surrender the Premises to Landlord in the same condition as existed on the date Tenant first occupied the Premises, (whether pursuant to this Lease or an earlier lease), subject to reasonable wear and tear.  All Alterations installed by Tenant and/or which have been paid for by Landlord shall become a part of the Premises and shall become the property of Landlord upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, unless Landlord shall, by written notice given to Tenant, require Tenant to remove some or all of Tenant’s Alterations, in which event Tenant shall promptly remove the designated Alterations and shall promptly repair any resulting damage, all at Tenant’s sole expense.  All business and trade fixtures, machinery and equipment, furniture, movable partitions and items of personal property owned by Tenant or installed by Tenant at its expense in the Premises shall be and remain the property of Tenant; upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant shall, at its sole expense, remove all such items and repair any damage to the Premises or the Building caused by such removal.  If Tenant fails to remove any such items (“Abandoned Items”) or repair such damage promptly after the expiration or earlier termination of the Lease, Landlord may, but need not, do so with no liability to Tenant, and Tenant shall pay Landlord the cost thereof upon demand.  Tenant agrees to indemnify Landlord for any and all loss, cost, damage, liability or expense as incurred (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal costs) arising out of or related to any claim, suit or judgment brought by or in favor of any person or persons for damage, loss or expense which arises out of, is occasioned by or is in any way attributable to the Abandoned Items.  Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, in the event that Landlord gives its consent, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.01 of this Lease, to allow Tenant to make an Alteration in the Premises, Landlord agrees, upon Tenant’s written request, to notify Tenant in writing at the time of the giving of such consent whether Landlord will require Tenant, at Tenant’s cost, to remove such Alteration at the end of the Lease Term.

 

ARTICLE X - INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE

 

10.01                 Indemnification.

 

(A)  Tenant agrees to protect, indemnify, hold harmless and defend Landlord and any Mortgagee (except outside of Tenant’s premises), as defined herein, and each of their respective partners, directors, officers, agents and employees, successors and assigns, (except to the extent of the losses described below are caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord, its agents and employees), from and against:

 

(i)                                     any and all loss, cost, damage, liability or expense as incurred (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal costs) arising out of or related to any claim, suit or judgment brought by or in favor of any person or persons for damage, loss or expense due to, but not limited to, bodily injury, including death, or property damage sustained by such person or persons which arises out of, is occasioned by or is in any way attributable to the use or occupancy of the Premises or any portion of the Building by Tenant or the acts or omission of Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors, clients, invitees or subtenants except that caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord or its agents or employees.  Such loss or damage shall include, but not be limited to, any injury or damage to, or death of, Landlord’s employees or agents or damage to the Premises or any portion of the Building.

 

(ii)                                  any and all environmental damages which arise from:  (i) the Handling of any Tenant’s Hazardous Materials, as defined in Section 6.03 or (ii) the breach of any of the provisions of this Lease by Tenant, its employees or agents.  For the purpose of this Lease, “environmental damages” shall mean (a) all claims, judgments, damages, penalties, fines, costs, liabilities, and losses; (b) all reasonable sums paid for settlement of claims, attorneys’ fees, consultants’ fees and experts’ fees; and (c) all costs incurred by Landlord in connection with investigation or remediation relating to the Handling of Tenant’s Hazardous Materials.  Tenant’s obligations and liabilities pursuant to this Section 10.01 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.

 

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damage or injury to persons or property at the Premises, caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord or its authorized agents or employees.

 

(C)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing shall be interpreted or used to in any way affect, limit, reduce or abrogate any insurance coverage provided by any insurers to either Tenant or Landlord.

 

(D)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Lease, nothing herein shall be construed to infer or imply that Tenant is a partner, joint venturer, agent, employee, or otherwise acting by or at the direction of Landlord.

 

10.02                 Property Insurance.

 

(A)  At all times during the Lease Term, Tenant shall procure and maintain, at its sole expense, “all-risk” property insurance, for damage or other loss caused by fire or other casualty or cause including, but not limited to, vandalism and malicious mischief, theft, water damage of any type, rental interruption insurance including sprinkler leakage, bursting of pipes, explosion, in an amount not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the replacement cost covering (a) all Alterations made by or for Tenant in the Premises; and (b) Tenant’s trade fixtures, equipment and other personal property from time to time situated in the Premises.  The proceeds of such insurance shall be used for the repair or replacement of the property so insured, except that if not so applied or if this Lease is terminated following a casualty, the proceeds applicable to the leasehold improvements shall be paid to Landlord and the proceeds applicable to Tenant’s personal property shall be paid to Tenant.

 

(B)  Intentionally Ommitted.

 

(C)  Landlord shall, at all times during the Lease Term, procure and maintain “all-risk” property insurance in the amount not less than ninety percent (90%) of the total insurable value covering the Building in which the Premises are located and such other insurance as may be required by a Mortgagee or otherwise desired by Landlord.

 

10.03                 Liability Insurance.

 

(A)  At all times during the Lease Term, Tenant shall procure and maintain, at its sole expense, commercial general liability insurance applying to the use and occupancy of the Premises and the business operated by Tenant.  Such insurance shall have a minimum combined single limit of liability of at least One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and a general aggregate limit of at least One Million Dollars ($1,000,000).  All such policies shall be written to apply to all bodily injury, property damage, personal injury losses and shall be endorsed to include Landlord and its agents, beneficiaries, partners, employees, and any deed of trust holder or mortgagee of Landlord or any ground lessor as additional insureds.  Such liability insurance shall be written as primary policies, not excess or contributing with or secondary to any other insurance as may be available to the additional insureds.

 

(B)  Prior to the sale, storage, use or giving away of alcoholic beverages on or from the Premises by Tenant or another person, Tenant, at its own expense, shall obtain a policy or policies of insurance issued by a responsible insurance company and in a form acceptable to Landlord saving harmless and protecting Landlord and the Premises against any and all damages, claims, liens, judgments, expenses and costs, including actual attorneys’ fees, arising under any present or future law, statute, or ordinance of the State of California or other governmental authority having jurisdiction of the Premises, by reason of any storage, sale, use or giving away of alcoholic beverages on or from the Premises.  Such policy or policies of insurance shall have a minimum combined single limit of One Million ($1,000,000) per occurrence and shall apply to bodily injury, fatal or nonfatal; injury to means of support; and injury to property of any person.  Such policy or policies of insurance shall name Landlord and its agents, beneficiaries, partners, employees and any mortgagee of Landlord or any ground lessor of Landlord as additional insureds.

 

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combined single limit of liability of at least Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) per occurrence, and a general aggregate limit of at least Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000).

 

10.04                 Workers’ Compensation Insurance.  At all times during the Lease Term, Tenant shall procure and maintain Workers’ Compensation Insurance in accordance with the laws of the State of California, and Employer’s Liability insurance with a limit not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) Bodily Injury Each Accident; One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) Bodily Injury By Disease - Each Person; and One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) Bodily Injury to Disease - Policy Limit.

 

10.05                 Policy Requirements.  All insurance required to be maintained by Tenant shall be issued by insurance companies authorized to do insurance business in the State of California and rated not less than A-VIII in Best’s Insurance Guide.  A certificate of insurance evidencing the insurance required under this Article X shall be delivered to Landlord not less than thirty (30) days prior to the Commencement Date.  No such policy shall be subject to cancellation or modification without thirty (30) days prior written notice to Landlord and to any deed of trust holder, mortgagee or ground lessor designated by Landlord to Tenant except ten (10) days for non-payment of any applicable premiums.  Tenant shall furnish Landlord with a replacement certificate with respect to any insurance not less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the current policy.  Tenant shall have the right to provide the insurance required by this Article X pursuant to self insurance or blanket policies, but only if such policies expressly provide coverage to the Premises and Landlord as required by this Lease.

 

10.06                 Waiver of Subrogation.  Each party hereby waives any right of recovery against the other for injury or loss due to hazards to the extent covered by insurance or required to be covered, to the extent of the injury or loss covered thereby.  Any policy of insurance to be provided by Tenant or Landlord pursuant to this Article X shall contain a clause denying the applicable insurer any right of subrogation against the other party.

 

10.07                 Failure to Insure.  If Tenant fails to maintain any insurance which Tenant is required to maintain pursuant to this Article X, Tenant shall be liable to Landlord for any loss or cost resulting from such failure to maintain.

 

ARTICLE XI - DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION

 

11.01                 Total Destruction.  Except as provided in Section 11.03 below, this Lease shall automatically terminate if the Building is totally destroyed.

 

11.02                 Partial Destruction of Premises.  If the Premises are damaged by any casualty and, in Landlord’s opinion, the Premises (exclusive of any Alterations made to the Premises by Tenant) can be restored to its pre-existing condition within two hundred ten (210) days after the date of the damage or destruction, Landlord shall, upon written notice from Tenant to Landlord of such damage, except as provided in Section 11.03, promptly and with due diligence repair any damage to the Premises (exclusive of any Alterations to the Premises made by Tenant, which shall be promptly repaired by Tenant at its sole expense) and, until such repairs are completed, the Rent shall be abated from the date of damage or destruction in the same proportion that the rentable area of the portion of the Premises which is unusable by Tenant in the conduct of its business bears to the total rentable area of the Premises.  If such repairs cannot, in Landlord’s opinion, be made within said two hundred ten (210) day period, then the Rent shall be abated as provided in the preceding sentence and, then either Landlord or Tenant shall have the right, by written notice given to the other within sixty (60) days after the date of the damage or destruction, to terminate this Lease as of the date of the damage or destruction.

 

11.03                 Exceptions to Landlord’s Obligations.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article XI, Landlord shall have no obligation to repair the Premises if either: (a) the Building in which the Premises are located is so damaged as to require repairs to the Building exceeding twenty percent (20%) of the full insurable value of the Building; or (b) Landlord elects to demolish the Building in which the Premises are located or (c) the damage or destruction occurs less than two (2) years prior to the Termination Date, exclusive of option periods; or (d) the damage or destruction is caused by an uninsured event.  Further, Tenant’s Rent shall not be abated if either (i) the damage or destruction is repaired within five (5) business days after Landlord receives written

 

 

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notice from Tenant of the casualty, or (ii) Tenant, or any officers, partners, employees, agents or invitees of Tenant, or any assignee or subtenant of Tenant, is, in whole or in part, responsible for the damage or destruction.

 

11.04                 Waiver.  The provisions contained in this Lease shall supersede any contrary laws (whether statutory, common law or otherwise) now or hereafter in effect relating to damage, destruction, self-help or termination, including California Civil Code Sections 1932 and 1933.

 

ARTICLE XII - CONDEMNATION

 

12.01                 Taking.  If the entire Premises or so much of the Premises as to render the balance unusable by Tenant shall be taken by condemnation, sale in lieu of condemnation or in any other manner for any public or quasi-public purpose (collectively “Condemnation”), and if Landlord, at its option, is unable or unwilling to provide substitute premises containing at least as much rentable area as described in Section 1.02 above, then this Lease shall terminate on the date that title or possession to the Premises is taken by the condemning authority, whichever is earlier.

 

12.02                 Award.  In the event of any Condemnation, the entire award for such taking shall belong to Landlord.  Tenant shall have no claim against Landlord or the award for the value of any unexpired term of this Lease or otherwise.  Tenant shall be entitled to independently pursue a separate award in a separate proceeding for Tenant’s relocation costs directly associated with the taking, provided such separate award does not diminish Landlord’s award.

 

12.03                 Temporary Taking.  No temporary taking of the Premises shall terminate this Lease or entitle Tenant to any abatement of the Rent payable to Landlord under this Lease; provided, further, that any award for such temporary taking shall belong to Tenant to the extent that the award applies to any time period during the Lease Term and to Landlord to the extent that the award applies to any time period outside the Lease Term.

 

ARTICLE XIII - RELOCATION

 

13.01                 Intentionally Omitted.

 

ARTICLE XIV - ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING

 

14.01                 Restriction.  Without the prior written consent of Landlord, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, Tenant shall not, either voluntarily or by operation of law, assign, encumber, or otherwise transfer this Lease or any interest herein, or sublet the Premises or any part thereof, or permit the Premises to be occupied by anyone other than Tenant or Tenant’s employees (any such assignment, encumbrance, subletting, occupation or transfer is hereinafter referred to as a “Transfer”).  For purposes of this Lease, the term “Transfer” shall also include (a) if Tenant is a partnership, the withdrawal or change, voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law, of a majority of the partners, or a transfer of a majority of partnership interests, within a twelve month period, or the dissolution of the partnership, (b) if Tenant is a closely held corporation (i.e. whose stock is not publicly held and not traded through an exchange or over the counter) or a limited liability company, the dissolution, merger, consolidation, division, liquidation or other reorganization of Tenant, or within a twelve month period:  (i)  the sale or other transfer of more than an aggregate of 50% of the voting securities of Tenant (other than to immediate family members by reason of gift or death) or (ii) the sale, mortgage, hypothecation or pledge of more than an aggregate of 50% of Tenant’s net assets, and (c) any change by Tenant in the form of its legal organization under applicable state law (such as, for example, a change from a general partnership to a limited partnership or from a corporation to a limited liability company).  An assignment, subletting or other action in violation of the foregoing shall be void.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article XIV to the contrary, Tenant shall have the right to assign the Lease or sublease the Premises, or any part thereof, to an “Affiliate” without the prior written consent of Landlord (free of Additional Rent as specified in Section 14.05, Landlord’s recapture rights, or any restrictions on the options to extend), but upon at least ten (10) days’ prior written notice to Landlord. For purposes of this provision, the term “Affiliate” shall mean any corporation or other entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with

 

 

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(directly or indirectly) Tenant, including, without limitation, any parent corporation controlling Tenant or any subsidiary that Tenant controls, or merger.  The term “control,” as used herein, shall mean the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the controlled entity through the ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities in such controlled entity.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article XIV to the contrary, Tenant expressly covenants and agrees not to enter into any lease, sublease, license, concession or other agreement for use, occupancy or utilization of the Premises which provides for rental or other payment for such use, occupancy or utilization based in whole or in part on the net income or profits derived by any person from the property leased, used, occupied or utilized (other than an amount based on a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts or sales), and that any such purported lease, sublease, license, concession or other agreement shall be absolutely void and ineffective as a conveyance of any right or interest in the possession, use, occupancy or utilization of any part of the Premises.

 

14.02                 Notice to Landlord.  If Tenant desires to assign this Lease or any interest herein, or to sublet all or any part of the Premises, then at least thirty (30) days but not more than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the effective date of the proposed assignment or subletting, Tenant shall submit to Landlord in connection with Tenant’s request for Landlord’s consent:

 

(A)  A statement containing (i) the name and address of the proposed assignee or subtenant; (ii) such financial information with respect to the proposed assignee or subtenant as Landlord shall reasonably require; (iii) the type of use proposed for the Premises; and (iv) all of the principal terms of the proposed assignment or subletting; and

 

(B)  Four (4) originals of the assignment or sublease on a form approved by Landlord and four (4) originals of the Landlord’s Consent to Sublease or Assignment and Assumption of Lease and Consent.

 

14.03                 Landlord’s Recapture Rights.  At any time within five (5) business days after Landlord’s receipt of all Tenant’s intent to market the Premises pursuant to Section 14.02 above, Landlord may, at its option by written notice to Tenant, elect to terminate the Lease as to the portion of the Premises proposed to be assigned or sublet, with a proportionate adjustment in the Rent payable hereunder if the Lease is terminated as to less than all of the Premises.  If Landlord does not exercise any of the options described in the preceding sentence, then, during the above-described twenty (20) business day period, Landlord shall either consent or deny its consent to the proposed assignment or subletting.

 

14.04                 Landlord’s Consent; Standards.  Landlord’s consent to a proposed assignment or subletting shall not be unreasonably withheld; but, in addition to any other grounds for denial, Landlord’s consent shall be deemed reasonably withheld if, in Landlord’s good faith judgment:  (i)  the proposed assignee or subtenant does not have the financial strength to perform its obligations under this Lease or any proposed sublease; (ii) the business and operations of the proposed assignee or subtenant are not of comparable quality to the business and operations being conducted by other tenants in the Building; (iii) the proposed assignee or subtenant intends to use any part of the Premises for a purpose not permitted under this Lease; (iv) either the proposed assignee or subtenant, or any person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the proposed assignee or subtenant occupies space in the Building, or is negotiating with Landlord to lease space in the Building; (v) the proposed assignee or subtenant is disreputable; or (vi) the use of the Premises or the Building by the proposed assignee or subtenant would, in Landlord’s reasonable judgment, impact the Building in a negative manner including but not limited to significantly increasing the pedestrian traffic in and out of the Building or requiring any alterations to the Building to comply with applicable laws; (vii) the subject space is not regular in shape with appropriate means of ingress and egress suitable for normal renting purposes; (viii) the transferee is a government (or agency or instrumentality thereof) or (ix) Tenant has failed to cure a default at the time Tenant requests consent to the proposed Transfer.

 

14.05                 Additional Rent.  If Landlord consents to any such assignment or subletting, one half (1/2) of the amount by which all sums or other economic consideration received by Tenant after the deduction for Tenant’s actual costs of the assignment or sublease, including, without limitation, (i) any changes, alterations and improvements to the Premises in connection with the assignment or subletting, (ii) any free rent or other concessions reasonably provided to the assignee or sublesseee, and (iii) any attorneys’ fees, brokerage commissions and/or marketing costs in connection with the assignment or subletting, in connection with such assignment or subletting,

 

 

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whether denominated as rental or otherwise, exceeds, in the aggregate, the total sum which Tenant is obligated to pay Landlord under this Lease (prorated to reflect obligations allocable to less than all of the Premises under a sublease) shall be paid to Landlord promptly after receipt as additional Rent under the Lease without affecting or reducing any other obligation of Tenant hereunder.

 

14.06                 Landlord’s Costs.  If Tenant shall Transfer this Lease or all or any part of the Premises or shall request the consent of Landlord to any Transfer, Tenant shall pay to Landlord as additional rent Landlord’s costs related thereto, including Landlord’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and a minimum fee to Landlord of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

 

14.07                 Continuing Liability of Tenant.  Notwithstanding any Transfer, including an assignment or sublease to an Affiliate, Tenant shall remain as fully and primarily liable for the payment of Rent and for the performance of all other obligations of Tenant contained in this Lease to the same extent as if the Transfer had not occurred; provided, however, that any act or omission of any transferee, other than Landlord, that violates the terms of this Lease shall be deemed a violation of this Lease by Tenant.

 

14.08                 Non-Waiver.  The consent by Landlord to any Transfer shall not relieve Tenant, or any person claiming through or by Tenant, of the obligation to obtain the consent of Landlord, pursuant to this Article XIV, to any further Transfer.  In the event of an assignment or subletting, Landlord may collect rent from the assignee or the subtenant without waiving any rights hereunder and collection of the rent from a person other than Tenant shall not be deemed a waiver of any of Landlord’s rights under this Article XIV, an acceptance of assignee or subtenant as Tenant, or a release of Tenant from the performance of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease.  If Tenant shall default under this Lease and fail to cure within the time permitted,  Landlord is irrevocably authorized, as Tenant’s agent and attorney-in-fact, to direct any transferee to make all payments under or in connection with the Transfer directly to Landlord (which Landlord shall apply towards Tenant’s obligations under this Lease) until such default is cured.

 

ARTICLE XV - DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

 

15.01                 Events of Default By Tenant.  The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute a material default and breach of this Lease by Tenant:

 

(A)  The failure by Tenant for a period of three (3) days after written notice from Landlord to pay Base Rent or make any other payment required to be made by Tenant hereunder as and when due (provided that such 3 day written notice shall be in lieu of an not in addition to any legally required 3 day notice).

 

(B)  The abandonment of the Premises by Tenant or the vacation of the Premises by Tenant for fourteen (14) consecutive days.

 

(C)  The making by Tenant of any assignment of this Lease or any sublease of all or part of the Premises, except as expressly permitted under Article XIV of this Lease.

 

(D)  The failure by Tenant to observe or perform any other provision of this Lease to be observed or performed by Tenant, other than those described in Sections 15.01(A), 15.01(B) or 15.01 (C) above, if such failure continues for fifteen (15) days after written notice thereof by Landlord to Tenant; provided, however, that if the nature of the default is such that it cannot be cured within the fifteen (15) day period, no default shall exist if Tenant commences the curing of the default within the fifteen (15) day period and thereafter diligently prosecutes the same to completion.

 

(E)  The making by Tenant or its Guarantor of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, the filing by or against Tenant or its Guarantor of a petition under any federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency laws (unless, in the case of a petition filed against Tenant or its Guarantor the same is dismissed within thirty (30) days after filing); the appointment of a trustee or receiver to take possession of substantially all of Tenant’s assets at the Premises or Tenant’s interest in this Lease or the Premises, when possession is not restored to Tenant within thirty

 

 

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(30) days; or the attachment, execution or other seizure of substantially all of Tenant’s assets located at the Premises or Tenant’s interest in this Lease or the Premises, if such seizure is not discharged within thirty (30) days.

 

(F)  Any material misrepresentation herein, or material misrepresentation or omission in any financial statements or other materials provided by Tenant or any Guarantor in connection with negotiating or entering into this Lease or in connection with any Transfer under Section 14.01.

 

15.02                 Landlord’s Right to Terminate Upon Tenant Default.  In the event of any default by Tenant as provided in Section 15.01 above, Landlord shall have the right to terminate this Lease and recover possession of the Premises by giving written notice to Tenant of Landlord’s election to terminate this Lease, in which event Landlord shall be entitled to receive from Tenant:

 

(A)  The worth at the time of award of any unpaid Rent which had been earned at the time of such termination; plus

 

(B)  The worth at the time of award of the amount by which the unpaid Rent which would have been earned after termination until the time of award exceeds the amount of such rental loss Tenant proves could have been reasonably avoided; plus

 

(C)  The worth at the time of award of the amount by which the unpaid Rent for the balance of the term after the time of award exceeds the amount of such rental loss that Tenant proves could be reasonably avoided; plus

 

(D)  Any other amount necessary to compensate Landlord for all the detriment proximately caused by Tenant’s failure to perform its obligations under this Lease or which in the ordinary course of things would be likely to result therefrom; and

 

(E)  At Landlord’s election, such other amounts in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as may be permitted from time to time by applicable law.

 

As used in subparagraphs (A) and (B) above, “worth at the time of award” shall be computed by allowing interest on such amounts at the then highest lawful rate of interest, but in no event to exceed one percent (1%) per annum plus the rate established by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on advances made to member banks under Sections of the Federal Reserve Act (“discount rate”) prevailing at the time of the award.  As used in paragraph (C) above, “worth at the time of award” shall be computed by discounting such amount by (i) the discount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco prevailing at the time of award plus (ii) one percent (1%).

 

15.03                 Mitigation of Damages.Irrespective of whether Landlord terminates, or does not terminate, this Lease or Tenant’s right to possession of the Premises, Landlord shall have the obligation to mitigate its damages to the extent required by applicable law.  If Landlord is required to mitigate damages as provided herein:  (i) Landlord shall be required only to use reasonable efforts to mitigate, which shall not exceed such efforts as Landlord generally uses to lease other space in the Building, (ii) Landlord will not be deemed to have failed to mitigate if Landlord or its affiliates lease any other portions of the Building or other projects owned by Landlord or its affiliates in the same geographic area, before reletting all or any portion of the Premises, and (iii) any failure to mitigate as described herein with respect to any period of time shall only reduce the Rent and other amounts to which Landlord is entitled hereunder by the reasonable rental value of the Premises during such period.  In recognition that the value of the Building depends on the rental rates and terms of leases therein, Landlord’s rejection of a prospective replacement tenant based on an offer of rentals below Landlord’s published rates for new leases of comparable space at the Building at the time in question, or at Landlord’s option, below the rates provided in this Lease, or containing terms less favorable than those contained herein, shall not give rise to a claim by Tenant that Landlord failed to mitigate Landlord’s damages.

 

15.04                 Landlord’s Right To Continue Lease Upon Tenant Default.  In the event of a default of this Lease and abandonment of the Premises by Tenant, if Landlord does not elect to terminate this Lease as provided in Section 15.02 above, Landlord may from time to time, without terminating this Lease, enforce all of its rights and remedies under this Lease.  Without limiting the foregoing, Landlord has the remedy described in California Civil

 

 

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Code Section 1951.4 (Landlord may continue this Lease in effect after Tenant’s default and abandonment and recover Rent as it becomes due, if Tenant has the right to Transfer, subject to reasonable limitations).  In the event Landlord re-lets the Premises, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the proceeds of any reletting shall be applied first to pay to Landlord all reasonable costs and expenses of such reletting; second, to the payment of any indebtedness of Tenant to Landlord other than Rent due and unpaid hereunder; third, to the payment of Rent due and unpaid hereunder; and the residue, if any, shall be held by Landlord and applied in payment of other or future obligations of Tenant to Landlord as the same may become due and payable, and Tenant shall not be entitled to receive any portion of such revenue.

 

15.05                 Right of Landlord to Perform.  All covenants and agreements to be performed by Tenant under this Lease shall be performed by Tenant at Tenant’s sole cost and expense.  If Tenant shall fail to pay any sum of money, other than Rent, required to be paid by it hereunder or shall fail to perform any other act on its part to be performed hereunder, Landlord may, but shall not be obligated to, make any payment or perform any such other act on Tenant’s part to be made or performed, without waiving or releasing Tenant of its obligations under this Lease.  Any sums so paid by Landlord and all necessary incidental costs, together with interest thereon at the lesser of the maximum rate permitted by law if any or five percent (5%) per annum from the date of such payment, shall be payable to Landlord as additional rent on demand and Landlord shall have the same rights and remedies in the event of nonpayment as in the case of default by Tenant in the payment of Rent.

 

15.06                 Intentionally Omitted.

 

15.07                 Non-Waiver.  Nothing in this Article shall be deemed to affect Landlord’s rights to indemnification for liability or liabilities arising prior to termination of this Lease or Tenant’s right to possession of the Premises for personal injury or property damages under the indemnification clause or clauses contained in this Lease.  No acceptance by Landlord of a lesser sum than the Rent then due shall be deemed to be other than on account of the earliest installment of such rent due, nor shall any endorsement or statement on any check or any letter accompanying any check or payment as rent be deemed an accord and satisfaction, and Landlord may accept such check or payment without prejudice to Landlord’s right to recover the balance of such installment or pursue any other remedy in the Lease provided.  The delivery of keys to any employee of Landlord or to Landlord’s agent or any employee thereof shall not operate as a termination of this Lease or a surrender of the Premises.

 

15.08                 Cumulative Remedies.  The specific remedies to which Landlord may resort under the terms of the Lease are cumulative and are not intended to be exclusive of any other remedies or means of redress to which it may be lawfully entitled in case of any breach or threatened breach by Tenant of any provisions of the Lease.  In addition to the other remedies provided in the Lease, Landlord shall be entitled to a restraint by injunction of the violation or attempted or threatened violation of any of the covenants, conditions or provisions of the Lease or to a decree compelling specific performance of any such covenants, conditions or provisions.

 

15.09                 Default by Landlord.  Landlord’s failure to perform or observe any of its obligations under this Lease shall constitute a default by Landlord under this Lease only if such failure shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days (or the additional time, if any, that is reasonably necessary to promptly and diligently cure the failure) after Landlord receives written notice from Tenant specifying the default.  The notice shall give in reasonable detail the nature and extent of the failure and shall identify the Lease provision(s) containing the obligation(s).  If Landlord shall default in the performance of any of its obligations under this Lease (after notice and opportunity to cure as provided herein), Tenant may pursue any remedies available to it under the law and this Lease, except that, in no event, shall Landlord be liable for punitive damages, lost profits, business interruption, speculative, consequential or other such damages.  In recognition that Landlord must receive timely payments of Rent and operate the Building, Tenant shall have no right of self-help to perform repairs or any other obligation of Landlord, and shall have no right to withhold, set-off, or abate Rent.

 

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ARTICLE XVI - ATTORNEYS’ FEES:  COSTS OF SUIT

 

16.01                 Attorneys Fees.  If either Landlord or Tenant shall commence any action or other proceeding against the other arising out of, or relating to, this Lease or the Premises, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the losing party, in addition to any other relief, its reasonable attorneys’ fees irrespective of whether or not the action or other proceeding is prosecuted to judgment and irrespective of any court schedule of reasonable attorneys’ fees.

 

16.02                 Indemnification.  Should Landlord be made a party to any litigation instituted by Tenant against a party other than Landlord, or by a third party against Tenant, and if such litigation is not related to Landlord’s obligations or Tenant’s rights under this Lease, Tenant shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend Landlord from any and all loss, cost, liability, damage or expense incurred by Landlord, including attorneys’ fees, in connection with the litigation.

 

ARTICLE XVII - SUBORDINATION AND ATTORNMENT

 

17.01                 Subordination; Non-Disturbance.  This Lease, and the rights of Tenant hereunder, are and shall be subject and subordinate to the interest of (i) all present and future ground leases and master leases of all or any part of the Building; (ii) present and future mortgages and deeds of trust encumbering all or any part of the Building; (iii) all past and future advances made under any such mortgages or deeds of trust; and (iv) all renewals, modifications, replacements and extensions of any such ground leases, master leases, mortgages and deeds of trust; provided, however, that any lessor under any such ground lease or master lease or any mortgagee or beneficiary under any such mortgage or deed of trust (any such lessor, mortgagee or beneficiary is hereinafter referred to as a “Mortgagee”) shall have the right to elect, by written notice given to Tenant, to have this Lease made superior in whole or in part to any such ground lease, master lease, mortgage or deed of trust (or subject and subordinate to such ground lease, master lease, mortgage or deed of trust but superior to any junior mortgage or junior deed of trust).  Upon demand, Tenant shall execute, acknowledge and deliver any instruments reasonably requested by Landlord or any such Mortgagee to effect the purposes of this Section 17.01.  Such instruments may contain, among other things, provisions to the effect that such Mortgagee (hereafter, for the purposes of this Section 17.01, a “Successor Landlord”) shall (i) not be liable for any act or omission of Landlord or its predecessors, if any, prior to the date of such Successor Landlord’s succession to Landlord’s interest under this Lease; (ii) not be subject to any offsets or defenses which Tenant might have been able to assert against Landlord or its predecessors, if any, prior to the date of such Successor Landlord’s succession to Landlord’s interest under this Lease; (iii)  be entitled to receive notice of any Landlord default under this Lease plus a reasonable opportunity to cure such default prior to Tenant having any right or ability to terminate this Lease as a result of such Landlord default; and (iv) not be bound by any rent or additional rent which Tenant might have paid for more than the current month to Landlord; (v) not be bound by any amendment or modification of the Lease or any cancellation or surrender of the same made without Successor Landlord’s prior written consent.  Any obligations of any Successor Landlord under its respective lease shall be non-recourse as to any assets of such Successor Landlord other than its interest in the Premises and improvements.   Promptly following the full execution of this Lease, Landlord shall use diligent, commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a Non-Disturbance Agreement from any lender under any existing mortgages or deeds of trust encumbering the Building.  Such Non-Disturbance Agreement may be embodied in the lender’s customary form of Subordination and Non-Disturbance Agreement.  If, after exerting diligent, commercially reasonable efforts, Landlord is unable to obtain a Non-Disturbance Agreement from any such lender, Landlord shall have no further obligation to Tenant with respect thereto.

 

17.02                 Attornment.  If the interests of Landlord under the Lease shall be transferred to any superior Mortgagee or other purchaser or person taking title to the Building by reason of the termination of any superior lease or the foreclosure of any superior mortgage or deed of trust, Tenant shall be bound to such Successor Landlord under all of the terms, covenants and conditions of the Lease for the balance of the term thereof remaining and any extensions or renewals thereof which may be effected in accordance with any option therefor in the Lease, with the same force and effect as if Successor Landlord were the landlord under the Lease, and Tenant shall attorn to and recognize as Tenant’s landlord under this Lease such Successor Landlord, as its landlord, said attornment to be effective and self-operative without the execution of any further instruments upon Successor Landlord’s succeeding to the interest of Landlord under the Lease.  Tenant shall, upon demand, execute any documents reasonably requested by any such person to evidence the attornment described in this Section 17.02.  Concurrently, upon

 

 

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written request from Tenant, and provided Tenant is not in default under this Lease, Landlord agrees to use diligent, commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a Non-Disturbance Agreement from the Successor Landlord.  Such Non-Disturbance Agreement may be embodied in the Mortgagee’s customary form of Subordination and Non-Disturbance Agreement.  If, after exerting diligent, commercially reasonable efforts, Landlord is unable to obtain a Non-Disturbance Agreement from any such Mortgagee, Landlord shall have no further obligation to Tenant with respect thereto.

 

17.03                 Mortgagee Protection.  Tenant agrees to give any Mortgagee, by registered or certified mail, a copy of any notice of default served upon Landlord by Tenant, provided that prior to such notice Tenant has been notified in writing (by way of service on Tenant of a copy of Assignment of Rents and Leases, or otherwise) of the address of such Mortgagee (hereafter the “Notified Party”).  Tenant further agrees that if Landlord shall have failed to cure such default within twenty (20) days after such notice to Landlord (or if such default cannot be cured or corrected within that time, then such additional time as may be necessary if Landlord has commenced within such twenty (20) days and is diligently pursuing the remedies or steps necessary to cure or correct such default), then the Notified Party shall have an additional thirty (30) days within which to cure or correct such default (or if such default cannot be cured or corrected within that time, then such additional time as may be necessary if the Notified Party has commenced within such thirty (30) days and is diligently pursuing the remedies or steps necessary to cure or correct such default).  Until the time allowed, as aforesaid, for the Notified Party to cure such default has expired without cure, Tenant shall have no right to, and shall not, terminate this Lease on account of Landlord’s default.

 

ARTICLE XVIII - QUIET ENJOYMENT

 

18.01                 Provided that Tenant performs all of its obligations hereunder, Tenant shall have and peaceably enjoy the Premises during the Lease Term free of claims by or through Landlord, subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in this Lease.

 

ARTICLE XIX - RULES AND REGULATIONS

 

19.01                 The Rules and Regulations attached hereto as Exhibit C are hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof.  Tenant shall abide by, and faithfully observe and comply with the Rules and Regulations and any reasonable and non-discriminatory amendments, modifications and/or additions thereto as may hereafter be adopted and published by written notice to tenants by Landlord for the safety, care, security, good order and/or cleanliness of the Premises and/or the Building.  Landlord shall not be liable to Tenant for any violation of such rules and regulations by any other tenant or occupant of the Building.

 

ARTICLE XX - ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES

 

20.01                 Tenant agrees at any time and from time to time upon not less than ten (10) business days’ prior written notice from Landlord to execute, acknowledge and deliver to Landlord a statement in writing addressed and certifying to Landlord, to any current or prospective Mortgagee or any assignee thereof, to any prospective purchaser of the land, improvements or both comprising the Building, and to any other party designated by Landlord, that this Lease is unmodified and in full force and effect (of if there have been modifications, that the same is in full force and effect as modified and stating the modifications); that Tenant has accepted possession of the Premises, and that any improvements required by the terms of this Lease to be made by Landlord have been completed to the satisfaction of Tenant; that Tenant is in full occupancy of the Premises; that no rent has been paid more than thirty (30) days in advance; that the first month’s Base Rent has been paid; that Tenant is entitled to no free rent or other concessions except as stated in this Lease; that Tenant has not been notified of any previous assignment of Landlord’s or any predecessor landlord’s interest under this Lease; the dates to which Base Rent, additional rental and other charges have been paid; that Tenant, as of the date of such certificate, has no charge, lien or claim of setoff under this Lease or otherwise against Base Rent, additional rental or other charges due or to become due under this Lease; that Landlord is not in default in performance of any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Lease; or any other matter relating to this Lease or the Premises or, if so, specifying each such default.  If there is a Guaranty under this Lease, said Guarantor shall confirm the validity of the Guaranty by joining

 

 

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in the execution of the Estoppel Certificate or other documents so requested by Landlord or Mortgagee.  In addition, in the event that such certificate is being given to any Mortgagee, such statement may contain any other provisions customarily required by such Mortgagee including, without limitation, an agreement on the part of Tenant to furnish to such Mortgagee, written notice of any Landlord default and a reasonable opportunity for such Mortgagee to cure such default prior to Tenant being able to terminate this Lease.  Any such statement delivered pursuant to this Section may be relied upon by Landlord or any Mortgagee, or prospective purchaser to whom it is addressed and such statement, if required by its addressee, may so specifically state.

 

ARTICLE XXI - ENTRY BY LANDLORD

 

21.01                 Landlord may enter the Premises at all reasonable times to, provided that Landlord is accompanied by a bank representative or employee (except to provide janitorial services to the Premises or in the event of an emergency):  inspect the same; exhibit the same to prospective purchasers, Mortgagees or tenants; determine whether Tenant is complying with all of its obligations under this Lease; supply janitorial and other services to be provided by Landlord to Tenant under this Lease; post notices of non-responsibility; and make repairs or improvements in or to the Building or the Premises; provided, however, that all such work shall be done as promptly as reasonably possible and so as to cause as little interference to Tenant as reasonably possible.  Tenant hereby waives any claim for damages for any injury or inconvenience to, or interference with, Tenant’s business, any loss of occupancy or quiet enjoyment of the Premises or any other loss occasioned by such entry.  Landlord shall at all times have and retain a key with which to unlock all of the doors in, on or about the Premises (excluding Tenant’s vaults, safes and similar areas designated by Tenant in writing in advance), and Landlord shall have the right to use any and all means by which Landlord may deem proper to open such doors to obtain entry to the Premises, and any entry to the Premises obtained by Landlord by any such means, or otherwise, shall not under any circumstances be deemed or construed to be a forcible or unlawful entry into or a detainer of the Premises or an eviction, actual or constructive, of Tenant from any part of the Premises.  Such entry by Landlord shall not act as a termination of Tenant’s duties under this Lease.  If Landlord shall be required to obtain entry by means other than a key provided by Tenant, the cost of such entry shall by payable by Tenant to Landlord as additional rent.

 

ARTICLE XXII

 

LANDLORD’S LEASE UNDERTAKINGS-EXCULPATION FROM PERSONAL LIABILITY;

TRANSFER OF LANDLORD’S INTEREST

 

22.01                 Landlord’s Lease Undertakings.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Lease or in any exhibits, Riders or addenda hereto attached (collectively the “Lease Documents”), it is expressly understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that: (a)  the recourse of Tenant or its successors or assigns against Landlord with respect to the alleged breach by or on the part of Landlord of any representation, warranty, covenant, undertaking or agreement contained in any of the Lease Documents or otherwise arising out of Tenant’s use of the Premises or the Building (collectively, “Landlord’s Lease Undertakings”) shall extend only to Landlord’s interest in the real estate of which the Premises demised under the Lease Documents are a part (“Landlord’s Real Estate”) and not to any other assets of Landlord or its officers, directors or shareholders; and (b) except to the extent of Landlord’s interest in Landlord’s Real Estate, no personal liability or personal responsibility of any sort with respect to any of Landlord’s Lease Undertakings or any alleged breach thereof is assumed by, or shall at any time be asserted or enforceable against, Landlord, Jamison Services, Inc., or against any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, constituent partners, beneficiaries, trustees or representatives.

 

22.02                 Transfer of Landlord’s Interest.  In the event of any transfer of Landlord’s interest in the Building, Landlord shall be automatically freed and relieved from all applicable liability with respect to performance of any covenant or obligation on the part of Landlord following the date of such transfer, provided any deposits or advance rents held by Landlord are turned over to the grantee and said grantee expressly assumes, subject to the limitations of this Section 22, all the terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease to be performed on the part of Landlord, it being intended hereby that the covenants and obligations contained in this Lease on the part of Landlord shall, subject to all the provisions of this Section 22, be binding on Landlord, its successors and assigns, only during their respective periods of ownership.

 

 

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ARTICLE XXIII - HOLDOVER TENANCY

 

23.01                 If Tenant holds possession of the Premises after the expiration or termination of the Lease Term, by lapse of time or otherwise, Tenant shall become a tenant at sufferance upon all of the terms contained herein, except as to Lease Term and Rent.  During such holdover period, Tenant shall pay to Landlord a monthly rental equivalent to one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the Rent payable by Tenant to Landlord with respect to the last month of the Lease Term.  The monthly rent payable for such holdover period shall in no event be construed as a penalty or as liquidated damages for such retention of possession.  All options, rights of first refusal, concessions and discounts, if any, granted under this Lease shall be deemed terminated and of no force or effect during such month-to-month tenancy.  Without limiting the foregoing, Tenant hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Landlord, its beneficiary, and their respective agents, contractors and employees, from and against any and all claims, liabilities, actions, losses, damages (including without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental and consequential) and expenses (including, without limitation, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees) asserted against or sustained by any such party and arising from or by reason of such retention of possession, which obligations shall survive the expiration or termination of the Lease Term.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential damages in connection with or by reason of such retention of possession unless it has first received written notice from Landlord that Landlord is in active negotiation with another party for the Premises and that Tenant’s retention of possession of the Premises may jeopardize such negotiations and subject Tenant to indirect, incidental or consequential damages as a result.

 

ARTICLE XXIV - NOTICES

 

24.01                 All notices which Landlord or Tenant may be required, or may desire, to serve on the other may be served, by mailing the same by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to Landlord at the address for Landlord set forth in Section 1.12 above and to Tenant at the address for Tenant set forth in Section 1.13 above.  Any notice shall be deemed to have been served at the time the same was posted.

 

ARTICLE XXV - BROKERS

 

25.01                 The parties recognize as the broker(s) who procured this Lease the firm(s) specified in Section 1.14 and agree that Landlord shall be solely responsible for the payment of any brokerage commissions to said broker(s), and that Tenant shall have no responsibility therefor unless written provision to the contrary has been made a part of this Lease.  If Tenant has dealt with any other person or real estate broker in respect to leasing, subleasing or renting space in the Building, Tenant shall be solely responsible for the payment of any fee due said person or firm and Tenant shall protect, indemnify, hold harmless and defend Landlord from any liability in respect thereto.

 

ARTICLE XXVI - ELECTRONIC SERVICES

 

26.01                 Tenant’s Lines.  Tenant may, in a manner consistent with the provisions and requirements of this Lease, install, maintain, replace, remove or use any communications or computer or other electronic service wires, cables and related devices (collectively the “Lines”) at the Building in or serving the Premises, provided:  (a) Tenant shall obtain Landlord’s prior written consent, which consent may be reasonably conditioned as required by Landlord, (b) if Tenant at any time uses any equipment that may create an electromagnetic field exceeding the normal insulation ratings of ordinary twisted pair riser cable or cause radiation higher than normal background radiation, the Lines therefor (including riser cables) shall be appropriately insulated to prevent such excessive electromagnetic fields or radiation, and (c) Tenant shall pay all costs in connection therewith.  Landlord reserves the right to require that Tenant remove any Lines which are installed in violation of these provisions.  Tenant shall not, without the prior written consent of Landlord in each instance, grant to any third party a security interest or lien in or on the Lines, and any such security interest or lien granted without Landlord’s written consent shall be null and void.

 

 

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26.02                 Definition of Electronic Services.  As used herein “Electronic Services Provider” means a business which provides telephone, telegraph, telex, video, other telecommunications or other services which permit Tenant to receive or transmit information by the use of electronics and which require the use of wires, cables, antennas or similar devices in or on the Building.  The services of Electronic Services Providers are sometimes referred to herein as “Electronic Services.”

 

26.03                 No Right to Specific Services. Landlord shall have no obligation (i) to install any Electronic Services equipment or facilities, (ii) to make available to Tenant the services of any particular Electronic Services Provider, (iii) to allow any particular Electronic Services Provider access to the Building, (iv) to continue to grant access to an Electronic Services Provider once such provider has been given access to the Building.  Landlord may (but shall not have the obligation to): (x) install new Lines at the property, (y) create additional space for Lines at the property, and (z) adopt reasonable and uniform rules and regulations with respect to Lines.

 

26.04                 Limitation of Landlord’s Responsibility.  Tenant acknowledges and agrees that all Electronic Services desired by Tenant shall be ordered and utilized at the sole expense of Tenant.  Unless Landlord otherwise requests or consents in writing, all of Tenant’s Electronic Services equipment shall be and remain solely in the Tenant’s premises and the telephone closet(s) on the floor(s) on which the Tenant’s premises is located, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by Landlord from time to time.  Unless otherwise specifically agreed to in writing, Landlord shall have no responsibility for the maintenance of Tenant’s Electronic Services equipment, including Lines; nor for any Lines or other infrastructure to which Tenant’s Electronic Services equipment may be connected.  Tenant agrees that, except to the extent caused by Landlord’s negligence, willful misconduct or default of this Lease, to the extent any Electronic Services are interrupted, curtailed or discontinued, Landlord shall have no obligation or liability with respect thereto and it shall be the sole obligation of Tenant at its own expense to obtain substitute service. Except to the extent arising from the intentional or grossly negligent acts of Landlord or Landlord’s agents or employees, Landlord shall have no liability for damages arising from, and Landlord does not warrant that Tenant’s use of any Lines will be free from the following (collectively called “Line Problems”): (x) any eavesdropping or wire-tapping by unauthorized parties, (y) any failure of any Lines to satisfy Tenant’s requirements, or (z) any shortages, failures, variations, interruptions, disconnection’s, loss or damage caused by the installation, maintenance, replacement, use or removal of Lines by or for other tenants or occupants at the property.

 

26.05                 Necessary Service Interruptions.  Landlord shall have the right, upon reasonable prior written notice to Tenant, to interrupt or turn off Electronic Services facilities in the event of emergency or as necessary in connection with maintenance, repairs or construction at the Building or installation of Electronic Services equipment for other Tenants of the Building or on account of violation by the Electronic Services Provider or owner of the Electronic Services equipment of any obligation to Landlord or in the event that Tenant’s use of the Electronic Services infrastructure of the Building materially interferes with the Electronic Services of other tenants of the Building.

 

26.06                 Removal of Equipment, Wiring and Other Facilities.  Any and all Electronic Services equipment installed in the Tenant’s Premises or elsewhere in the Building by or on behalf of Tenant, including Lines, or other facilities for Electronic Services reception or transmittal, shall be removed prior to the expiration or earlier termination of the Lease term, by Tenant at its sole cost or, at Landlord’s election, by Landlord at Tenant’s reasonable cost, with the cost thereof to be paid as additional rent.  Landlord shall have the right, however, upon written notice to Tenant given no later than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration or earlier termination of the Lease term (except that the notice period shall extend to thirty (30) days beyond the date of termination of the Lease if it is terminated by either party due to a default by the other), to require Tenant to abandon and leave in place, without additional payment to Tenant or credit against rent, any and all Electronic Services Lines and related infrastructure, or selected components thereof, whether located in the Tenant’s premises or elsewhere in the Building.

 

26.07                 New Provider Installations.  In the event that Tenant wishes at any time to utilize the services of an Electronic Services Provider whose equipment is not then servicing the Building, no such Electronic Services Provider shall be permitted to install its Lines or other equipment within the Building without first securing the prior written approval of the Landlord, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.  Landlord’s approval shall not be deemed any kind of warranty or representation by Landlord, including, without limitation, any warranty or representation as to the suitability, competence, or financial strength of the Electronic Services Provider.  Without limitation of the foregoing standard, unless all of the following conditions are satisfied

 

 

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to Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction, it shall be reasonable for Landlord to refuse to give its approval: (i) Landlord shall incur no current expense or risk or future expense whatsoever with respect to any aspect of the Electronic Services Provider’s provision of its Electronic Services, including without limitation, the costs of installation, materials and services; (ii) prior to commencement of any work in or about the Building by the Electronic Services Provider, the Electronic Services Provider shall supply Landlord with such written indemnities, insurance, financial statements, and such other items as Landlord reasonably determines to be necessary to protect its financial interests and the interests of the Building relating to the proposed activities of the Electronic Services Provider; (iii) the Electronic Services Provider agrees to abide by such rules and regulations, Building and other codes, job site rules and such other requirements as are reasonably determined by Landlord to be necessary to protect the interests of the Building, the Tenants in the Building and Landlord, in the same or similar manner as Landlord has the right to protect itself and the Building with respect to proposed alterations as described in Article IXof this Lease; (iv) Landlord reasonably determines that, considering other potential uses for space in the Building, there is sufficient space in the Building for the placement of all of the provider’s equipment, conduit, Lines and other materials; (v) the Electronic Services Provider agrees to abide by Landlord’s requirements, if any, that provider use existing Building conduits and pipes or use Building contractors (or other contractors approved by Landlord); (vi) Landlord receives from the Electronic Services Provider such compensation as is reasonably determined by Landlord to compensate it for space used in the Building for the storage and maintenance of the Electronic Services Provider’s equipment, for the fair market value of a Electronic Services Provider’s access to the Building, for the use of common or core space within the Building and the costs which may reasonably be expected to be incurred by Landlord; (vii) the provider agrees to deliver to Landlord detailed “as built” plans immediately after the installation of the provider’s equipment is complete; and (viii) all of the foregoing matters are documented in a written license agreement between Landlord and the provider, the form and content of which is reasonably satisfactory to Landlord.”

 

26.08                 Limit of Default or Breach.  Notwithstanding any provision of the proceeding paragraphs to the contrary, the refusal of Landlord to grant its approval to any prospective Electronic Services Provider shall not be deemed a default or breach by Landlord of its obligation under this Lease unless and until Landlord is adjudicated to have acted recklessly or maliciously with respect to Tenant’s request for approval, and in that event, Tenant shall still have no right to terminate the Lease or claim an entitlement to rent abatement, but may as Tenant’s sole and exclusive recourse seek a judicial order of specific performance compelling Landlord to grant its approval as to the prospective provider in question.  The provisions of this paragraph may be enforced solely by Tenant and Landlord, are not for the benefit of any other party, and specifically but without limitation, no telephone or other Electronic Services Provider shall be deemed a third party beneficiary of this Lease.

 

26.09                 Installation and Use of Wireless Technologies. Tenant shall not utilize any wireless Electronic Services equipment (other than usual and customary cellular telephones), including antennae and satellite receiver dishes, within the Tenant’s premises, within the Building or attached to the outside walls or roof of the Building, without Landlord’s prior written consent.  Such consent may be conditioned in such a manner so as to protect Landlord’s financial interests and the interests of the Building, and the other tenants therein, in a manner similar to the arrangements described in the immediately preceding paragraphs.

 

26.10                 Limitation of Liability For Equipment Interference.  In the event that Electronic Services equipment, Lines and facilities or satellite and antennae equipment of any type installed by or at the request of Tenant within the Tenant’s premises, on the roof, or elsewhere within or on the Building causes interference to equipment used by another party, Tenant shall cease using such equipment, Lines and facilities or satellite and antennae equipment until the source of the interference is identified and eliminated and Tenant shall assume all liability related to such interference.  Tenant shall cooperate with Landlord and other parties, to eliminate such interference promptly.  In the event that Tenant is unable to do so, Tenant will substitute alternative equipment which remedies the situation.  If such interference persists, Tenant shall, at Landlord’s sole discretion, remove such equipment.

 

ARTICLE XXVII - PARKING

 

27.01                 During the term of this Lease, Tenant shall be entitled to rent the number of Tenant’s Parking Stalls described in Section 1.16 of this Lease in the parking facilities located within the Building.  Tenant’s visitors shall have the right to use the parking facilities, subject to availability and to the rates, rules and regulations

 

 

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ARTICLE XXVIII - MISCELLANEOUS

 

28.01                 Entire Agreement.  This Lease contains all of the agreements and understandings relating to the leasing of the Premises and the obligations of Landlord and Tenant in connection with such leasing.  Landlord has not made, and Tenant is not relying upon, any warranties, or representations, promises or statements made by Landlord or any agent of Landlord, except as expressly set forth herein.  This Lease supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings between Landlord and Tenant and alone expresses the agreement of the parties.

 

28.02                 Amendments.  This Lease shall not be amended, changed or modified in any way unless in writing executed by Landlord and Tenant.  Landlord shall not have waived or released any of its rights hereunder unless in writing and executed by Landlord.

 

28.03                 Successors.  Except as expressly provided herein, this Lease and the obligations of Landlord and Tenant contained herein shall bind and benefit the successors and assigns of the parties hereto.

 

28.04                 Force Majeure.Neither party shall incur any liability with respect to, and shall not be responsible for any failure to perform, any obligations hereunder (except for monetary obligations) if such failure is caused by any reason beyond the control such party including, but not limited to, strike, labor trouble, governmental rule, regulations, ordinance, statute or interpretation, or by fire, earthquake, civil commotion, or failure or disruption of utility services.  The amount of time to perform any obligations shall be extended by the amount of time such party is delayed in performing such obligation by reason of any force majeure occurrence whether similar to or different from the foregoing types of occurrences.

 

28.05                 Survival of Obligations.  Any obligations accruing prior to the expiration of the Lease shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of the Lease, and the parties shall promptly perform all such obligations whether or not this Lease has expired or been terminated.

 

28.06                 Light and Air.  No diminution or shutting off of any light, air or view by any structure now or hereafter erected shall in any manner affect this Lease or the obligations of Tenant hereunder, or increase any of the obligations of Landlord hereunder.

 

28.07                 Governing Law.  This Lease shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California.

 

28.08                 Severability.  In the event any provision of this Lease is found to be unenforceable, the remainder of this Lease shall not be affected, and any provision found to be invalid shall be enforceable to the extent permitted by law.  The parties agree that in the event two different interpretations may be given to any provision hereunder, one of which will render the provision unenforceable, and one of which will render the provision enforceable, the interpretation rendering the provision enforceable shall be adopted.

 

28.09                 Captions.  All captions, headings, titles, numerical references and computer highlighting are for convenience only and shall have no effect on the interpretation of this Lease.

 

28.10                 Interpretation.  Tenant acknowledges that it has read and reviewed this Lease and that it has had the opportunity to confer with counsel in the negotiation of this Lease.  Accordingly, this Lease shall be construed neither for nor against Landlord or Tenant, but shall be given a fair and reasonable interpretation in accordance with the meaning of its terms and the intent of the parties.

 

28.11                 Independent Covenants.  Each covenant, agreement, obligation or other provision of this Lease to be performed are separate and independent covenants, and not dependent on any other provision of the Lease.

 

 

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28.12                 Number and Gender.  All terms and words used in this Lease, regardless of the number or gender in which they are used, shall be deemed to include the appropriate number and gender, as the context may require.

 

28.13                 Time is of the Essence.  Time is of the essence of this Lease and the performance of all obligations hereunder.

 

28.14                 Joint and Several Liability.  If Tenant comprises more than one person or entity, or if this Lease is guaranteed by any party, all such persons shall be jointly and severally liable for payment of rents and the performance of Tenant’s obligations hereunder.  If Tenant comprises more than one person or entity and fewer than all of the persons or entities comprising Tenant abandon the Premises, Landlord, at its sole option, may treat the abandonment by such person or entities as an event of default and exercise with respect to such persons the rights and remedies provided in Article XV without affecting the right or obligations of the persons or entities comprising Tenant which have not abandoned the property.

 

28.15                 Exhibits.  Exhibits A (Outline of Premises), B (Work Letter Agreement), C (Rules and Regulations), D (Guaranty), E (Suite Acceptance Letter), F (Asbestos Notification) and Addendum are incorporated into this Lease by reference and made a part hereof.

 

28.16                 Offer to Lease.  The submission of this Lease to Tenant or its broker or other agent, does not constitute an offer to Tenant to lease the Premises.  This Lease shall have no force and effect until (a) it is executed and delivered by Tenant to Landlord and (b) it is fully reviewed and executed by Landlord.

 

28.17                 Choice of Laws.  Tenant hereby submits to local jurisdiction in the State of California and agrees that any action by Tenant against Landlord shall be instituted in the State of California and that Landlord shall have personal jurisdiction over Tenant for any action brought by Landlord against Tenant in the State of California.

 

28.18                 Electrical Service to the Premises.  Anything set forth in Section 7.01 or elsewhere in this Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, electricity to the Premises shall not be furnished by Landlord, but shall be furnished by the approved electric utility company serving the Building.  Landlord shall permit Tenant to receive such service directly from such utility company at Tenant’s cost (except as otherwise provided herein) and shall permit Landlord’s wire and conduits, to the extent available, suitable and safely capable, to be used for such purposes.

 

28.19                 Rights Reserved by Landlord.  Landlord reserves the following rights exercisable without notice (except as otherwise expressly provided to the contrary in this Lease) and without being deemed an eviction or disturbance of Tenant’s use or possession of the Premises or giving rise to any claim for set-off or abatement of Rent:  (i ) to change the name or street address of the Building; (ii) to install, affix and maintain all signs on the exterior and/or interior of the Building; (iii) to designate and/or approve prior to installation, all types of signs, window shades, blinds, drapes, awnings or other similar items, and all internal lighting that may be visible from the exterior of the Premises and, notwithstanding the provisions of Article IX, the design, arrangement, style, color and general appearance of the portion of the Premises visible from the exterior, and contents thereof, including, without limitation, furniture, fixtures, signs, art work, wall coverings, carpet and decorations, and all changes, additions and removals thereto, shall, at all times have the appearance of premises having the same type of exposure and used for substantially the same purposes that are generally prevailing in comparable office buildings in the area; (iv) to change the arrangement of entrances, doors, corridors, elevators and/or stairs in the Building, provided no such change shall materially adversely affect access to the Premises; (v) to grant any party the exclusive right to conduct any business or render any service in the Building, provided such exclusive right shall not operate to prohibit Tenant from using the Premises for the purposes permitted under this Lease; (vi) to prohibit the placement of vending or dispensing machines of any kind in or about the Premises other than for use by Tenant’s employees; (vii) to prohibit the placement of video or other electronic games in the Premises; (viii) to have access for Landlord and other tenants of the Building to any mail chutes and boxes located in or on the Premises according to the rules of the United States Post Office and to discontinue any mail chute business in the Building; (ix) to close the Building after normal business hours, except that Tenant and its employees and invitees shall be entitled to admission at all times under such rules and regulations as Landlord prescribes for security purposes; (x) to install, operate and maintain security systems which monitor, by close circuit television or otherwise, all persons entering or leaving the Building; (xi) to install and maintain pipes, ducts, conduits, wires and structural elements located in the Premises which serve other

 

 

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parts or other tenants of the Building; and (xii) to retain at all times master keys or pass keys to the Premises; (xiii) to establish and, from time to time, to change, alter and amend, and to enforce, against Tenant and the other users of the common areas, including automobile parking areas and structures, the parking spaces therein, driveways, entrances and exits and the sidewalks and pedestrian passageways, such reasonable rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary or advisable by Landlord for the proper and efficient operation and maintenance of the common areas

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this lease as of the date first above written.

 

 

	
LANDLORD:
    	
 
    	
TENANT:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Equitable   Plaza LLC,
    	
 
    	
Wilshire   Bank,
    
	
a   California limited liability company
    	
 
    	
a   California Banking Corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
Jamison   Services, Inc.,
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
a   California Corporation
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
It’s   Authorized Agent
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Paul   T. Kim, C.P.M.
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
President
    	
 
    	
Its:
    	
 
    
						

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

WORK LETTER AGREEMENT

 

[Tenant Performs Work]

 

This WORK LETTER AGREEMENT (this “Work Letter”) is executed simultaneously with that certain Office Lease dated April 4, 2014  (the “Lease”) by and between WILMONT, INC, a California corporation (“Landlord”) and  WILSHIRE BANK, a California banking corporation (“Tenant”), relating to demised premises commonly known as Suites  400, 500, 600, 601, 602, 604, 606, 609, 610, 690, 700, 800, 802, 818, 880, 888, 1400, 1410, 1430, 1440, and 1460 (the “Premises”) at the building located at  3200 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90010 (the “Building”), which Premises are more fully identified in the Lease.  Capitalized terms used herein, unless otherwise defined in this Work Letter, shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Lease.

 

For and in consideration of the agreement to lease the Premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and in the Lease, Landlord and Tenant hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Work.  Tenant shall, at Tenant’s sole cost (subject to Landlord’s provision of the TI Allowance as set forth in Section 8 below), construct certain tenant improvements to Suites 400, 606 and 690 of the Premises in accordance with the Plans (as defined below), which shall generally consist of private offices, work stations, conference rooms, and ancillary space (the “Work”).  Other than as expressly stated in this Work Letter, the parties mutually acknowledge and agree that no work shall be performed by Landlord.  Tenant agrees to accept Suites 500, 600, 601, 602, 604, 609, 610, 700, 800, 802, 818, 880, 888, 1400, 1410, 1430, 1440, and 1460 in their AS-IS condition.

 

2.                                      Pre-Construction Activities.

 

(a)                                 Landlord, at Tenants option and Landlord’s sole cost, shall cause its architect to prepare a full and detailed space plan and working drawings for the Work (the “Plans”).  Tenant shall cooperate with Landlord and Landlord’s architect to prepare the Plans and shall promptly (and in no event more than 5 business days after request by Landlord) furnish such additional information or documentation as Landlord may reasonably request to enable Landlord’s architect to complete the Plans.  Further, Tenant shall cooperate with Landlord and Landlord’s architect to perform test fits in order to determine the preliminary costs of construction of the Work.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, at Tenant’s sole cost, to cause its architect to prepare the Plans.

 

(b)                                 Promptly following completion of the Plans and prior to commencing the Work, Tenant shall submit the following information and items to Landlord for Landlord’s review and approval:

 

(i)  A detailed critical path construction schedule containing the major components of the Work and the time required for each, including the scheduled commencement date of construction of the Work, milestone dates and the estimated date of completion of construction.

 

(ii)  An itemized statement of estimated construction cost, including fees for permits and architectural and engineering fees.

 

(iii)  The names and addresses of Tenant’s contractors (and said contractor’s subcontractors) and material men to be engaged by Tenant for the Work (individually, a “Tenant Contractor,” and collectively, “Tenant’s Contractors”).  Landlord has the right to approve or disapprove all or any one or more of Tenant’s Contractors.  Landlord may, at its election, designate a list of approved contractors for performance of those portions of work involving electrical, mechanical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning or life safety systems, from which Tenant must select its contractors for such designated portions of work.

 

(iv)   Certified copies of insurance policies or certificates of insurance as hereinafter described.  Tenant shall not permit Tenant’s Contractors to commence work until the required insurance has been obtained and certified copies of policies or certificates have been delivered to Landlord.

 

(c)                                  No Work shall be undertaken or commenced by Tenant in the Premises until (i) Tenant has delivered, and Landlord has approved, all items set forth in Paragraph 2(b) above, (ii) all necessary building

 

 

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permits have been applied for and obtained by Tenant, and (iii) proper provision has been made by Tenant for payment in full of the cost of the Work, which is satisfactory to Landlord.

 

3.                                      Delays.  In the event Tenant, for any reason, fails to complete the Work on or before the Commencement Date, Tenant shall be responsible for Rent and all other obligations as set forth in the Lease regardless of the degree of completion of the Work on such date, and no such delay in completion of the Work shall relieve Tenant of any of its obligations under the Lease.

 

4.                                      Standards Of Design And Construction And Conditions Of Tenant’s Performance.  All work done in or upon the Premises by Tenant shall be done according to the standards set forth in this Paragraph 4, except as the same may be modified in the Plans approved by or on behalf of Landlord and Tenant.

 

(a)                                 The Work shall comply with all applicable statutes, ordinances, regulations, laws, codes and industry standards, including, but not limited to, requirements of Landlord’s fire insurance underwriters.

 

(b)                                 Tenant shall, at its own cost and expense, obtain all required building permits and occupancy permits.  Tenant’s failure to obtain such permits shall not cause a delay in the commencement of the Lease Term or the obligation to pay Rent or any other obligations set forth in the Lease.

 

(c)                                  Tenant’s Contractors shall be licensed contractors, possessing good labor relations, capable of performing quality workmanship and working in harmony with Landlord’s contractors and subcontractors and with other contractors and subcontractors in the Building.  All work shall be coordinated with any other construction or other work in the Building in order not to adversely affect construction work being performed by or for Landlord or its tenants.

 

(d)                                 Landlord shall have the right, but not the obligation, to perform, on behalf of and for the account of Tenant, subject to reimbursement by Tenant, any work which pertains to patching of the Work and other work in the Building.

 

(e)                                  Tenant shall use only materials consistent with the Building’s standard material in the Work, except where explicitly shown in the Plans.  All Work shall be done in a good and workmanlike manner.  Tenant shall obtain contractors’ warranties of at least one (1) year duration from the completion of the Work against defects in workmanship and materials on all work performed and equipment installed in the Premises as part of the Work.

 

(f)                                   Tenant and Tenant’s Contractors shall make all efforts and take all steps appropriate to assure that all construction activities undertaken comport with the reasonable expectations of all tenants and other occupants of a fully-occupied (or substantially fully occupied) first-class building and do not unreasonably interfere with the operation of the Building or with other tenants and occupants of the Building.  In any event, Tenant shall comply with all reasonable rules and regulations existing from time to time at the Building.  Tenant and Tenant’s Contractors shall take all precautionary steps to minimize dust, noise and construction traffic, and to protect their facilities and the facilities of others affected by the Work and to properly police same.  Construction equipment and materials are to be kept within the Premises and delivery and loading of equipment and materials shall be done at such locations and at such time as Landlord shall direct so as not to burden the construction or operation of the Building.  If and as required by Landlord, the Premises shall be sealed off from the balance of the space on the floor(s) containing the Premises so as to minimize the disbursement of dirt, debris and noise.

 

(g)                                  Landlord shall have the right to order Tenant or any of Tenant’s Contractors who violate the requirements imposed on Tenant or Tenant’s Contractors in performing work to cease work and remove its equipment and employees from the Building.  No such action by Landlord shall delay the commencement of the Lease or the obligation to pay Rent or any other obligations therein set forth.

 

(h)                                 Any above-standard utility costs or charges for any service (including HVAC, hoisting or freight elevator and the like) to the Premises shall be the responsibility of Tenant from the date Tenant is obligated to commence or commences the Work and shall be paid for by Tenant at Landlord’s standard rates then in effect.  Tenant shall apply and pay for all utility meters required.  Tenant shall pay for all support services provided by Landlord’s contractors at Tenant’s request or at Landlord’s discretion resulting from breaches or defaults by Tenant under this Work Letter Agreement.  All use of freight elevators is subject to scheduling by Landlord and the rules and regulations of the Building.  Tenant shall arrange and pay for removal of construction debris and shall not place 

 

 

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debris in the Building’s waste containers.  If required by Landlord, Tenant shall sort and separate its waste and debris for recycling and/or environmental law compliance purposes.

 

(i)                                     Tenant shall permit access to the Premises, and the Work shall be subject to inspection, by Landlord and Landlord’s architects, engineers, contractors and other representatives, at all times during the period in which the Work is being constructed and installed and following completion of the Work.

 

(j)                                    Tenant shall proceed with its work expeditiously, continuously and efficiently, and shall use its best efforts to complete the same on or before (i) July 1, 2014 for Suite 400; and (iii) August 1, 2014 for Suite 606 and 690.  Tenant shall notify Landlord upon completion of the Work and shall furnish Landlord and Landlord’s title insurance company with such further documentation as may be necessary under Paragraphs 5 and 6 below.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall pay Base Rent for Suites 400, 606 and 690 commencing from the Suites 400/606/690 Commencement Date regardless of the date Tenant completes the Work.

 

(k)                                 Tenant shall have no authority to deviate from the Plans in performance of the Work, except as authorized by Landlord and its designated representative in writing.  Tenant shall furnish to Landlord “as-built” drawings of the Work within thirty (30) days after completion of the Work.

 

(l)                                     Landlord shall have the right to run utility lines, pipes, conduits, duct work and component parts of all mechanical and electrical systems where necessary or desirable through the Premises, to repair, alter, replace or remove the same, and to require Tenant to install and maintain proper access panels thereto.

 

(m)                             Tenant shall impose on and enforce all applicable terms of this Work Letter against Tenant’s architect and Tenant’s Contractors.

 

(n)                                 Tenant and Tenant’s contractors shall have use of the freight elevators during the construction period at no cost.  Additionally, Tenant and Tenant’s contractors shall have use of parking at no cost, which such parking space shall be designated by Landlord.

 

5.                                      Insurance And Indemnification.

 

(a)                                 In addition to any insurance which may be required under the Lease, Tenant shall secure, pay for and maintain or cause Tenant’s Contractors to secure, pay for and maintain during the continuance of construction and fixturing work within the Building or Premises, insurance in the following minimum coverages and the following minimum limits of liability:

 

(i)  Worker’s Compensation and Employer’s Liability Insurance with limits of not less than $500,000.00, or such higher amounts as may be required from time to time by any Employee Benefit Acts or other statutes applicable where the work is to be performed, and in any event sufficient to protect Tenant’s Contractors from liability under the aforementioned acts.

 

(ii)               Comprehensive General Liability Insurance (including Contractors’ Protective Liability) in an amount not less than $1,000,000.00 per occurrence, whether involving bodily injury liability (or death resulting therefrom) or property damage liability or a combination thereof with a minimum aggregate limit of $2,000,000.00, and with umbrella coverage with limits not less than $2,000,000.00.  Such insurance shall provide for explosion and collapse, completed operations coverage and broad form blanket contractual liability coverage and shall insure Tenant’s Contractors against any and all claims for bodily injury, including death resulting therefrom, and damage to the property of others and arising from its operations under the contracts whether such operations are performed by Tenant’s Contractors or by anyone directly or indirectly employed by any of them.

 

(iii)                 Comprehensive Automobile Liability Insurance, including the ownership, maintenance and operation of any automotive equipment, owned, hired, or non-owned in an amount not less than $500,000.00 for each person in one accident, and $1,000,000.00 for injuries sustained by two or more persons in any one accident and property damage liability in an amount not less than $1,000,000.00 for each accident.  Such insurance shall insure Tenant’s Contractors against any and all claims for bodily injury, including death resulting therefrom, and damage to the property of others arising from its operations under the contracts, whether such operations are performed by Tenant’s Contractors, or by anyone directly or indirectly employed by any of them.

 

(iv)           “All-risk” builder’s risk insurance upon the entire Work to the full insurable value thereof.  This insurance shall include the interests of Landlord and Tenant (and their respective contractors and 

 

 

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subcontractors of any tier to the extent of any insurable interest therein) in the Work and shall insure against the perils of fire and extended coverage and shall include “all-risk” builder’s risk insurance for physical loss or damage including, without duplication of coverage, theft vandalism and malicious mischief.  If portions of the Work are stored off the site of the Building or in transit to said site are not covered under said “all-risk” builder’s risk insurance, then Tenant shall effect and maintain similar property insurance on such portions of the Work.  Any loss insured under said “all-risk” builder’s risk insurance is to be adjusted with Landlord and Tenant and made payable to Landlord, as trustee for the insureds, as their interests may appear.

 

All policies (except the worker’s compensation policy) shall be endorsed to include as additional insured parties the parties listed on, or required by, the Lease, Landlord’s contractors, Landlord’s architects, and their respective beneficiaries, partners, directors, officers, employees and agents, and such additional persons as Landlord may designate.  The waiver of subrogation provisions contained in the Lease shall apply to all insurance policies (except the workmen’s compensation policy) to be obtained by Tenant pursuant to this paragraph.  The insurance policy endorsements shall also provide that all additional insured parties shall be given thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of any reduction, cancellation or non-renewal of coverage (except that ten (10) days’ notice shall be sufficient in the case of cancellation for non-payment of premium) and shall provide that the insurance coverage afforded to the additional insured parties thereunder shall be primary to any insurance carried independently by said additional insured parties.  Additionally, where applicable, each policy shall contain a cross-liability and severability of interest clause.

 

(b)                                 Without limitation of the indemnification provisions contained in the Lease, to the fullest extent permitted by law Tenant agrees to indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless Landlord, the parties listed, or required by, the Lease to be named as additional insureds, Landlord’s contractors, Landlord’s architects, and their respective beneficiaries, partners, directors, officers, employees and agents, from and against all claims, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses of whatever nature arising out of or in connection with the Work or the entry of Tenant or Tenant’s Contractors into the Building and the Premises, including, without limitation, mechanic’s liens, the cost of any repairs to the Premises or Building necessitated by activities of Tenant or Tenant’s Contractors, bodily injury to persons (including, to the maximum extent provided by law, claims arising under the California Structural Work Act) or damage to the property of Tenant, its employees, agents, invitees, licenses or others.  It is understood and agreed that the foregoing indemnity shall be in addition to the insurance requirements set forth above and shall not be in discharge of or in substitution for same or any other indemnity or insurance provision of the Lease.

 

6.                                      Cost of Work.  Tenant shall pay for the Work when required under its contracts for the Work and shall not permit the Premises or the Building to become subject to any lien or claim of lien on account of labor, material or services furnished to or for the benefit of Tenant.

 

7.                                      Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                                 If the Plans for the Work require the construction and installation of more fire hose cabinets or telephone/electrical closets than the number regularly provided by Landlord in the core of the Building in which the Premises are located, Tenant agrees to pay all costs and expenses arising from the construction and installation of such additional fire hose cabinets or telephone/electrical closets.

 

(b)                                 Time is of the essence of this Work Letter.

 

(c)                                  Any person signing this Work Letter on behalf of Landlord and Tenant warrants and represents he has authority to sign and deliver this Work Letter and bind the party on behalf of which he has signed.

 

(d)                                 If Tenant fails to make any payment relating to the Work as required hereunder, Landlord, at its option, may complete the Work pursuant to the Plans and continue to hold Tenant liable for the costs thereof and all other costs due to Landlord.  Tenant’s failure to pay any amounts owed by Tenant hereunder when due or Tenant’s failure to perform its obligations hereunder shall also constitute a default under the Lease and Landlord shall have all the rights and remedies granted to Landlord under the Lease for nonpayment of any amounts owed thereunder or failure by Tenant to perform its obligations thereunder.

 

(e)                                  Notices under this Work Letter shall be given in the same manner as under the Lease.

 

 

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(f)                                   The liability of Landlord hereunder or under any amendment hereto or any instrument or document executed in connection herewith (including, without limitation, the Lease) shall be limited to and enforceable solely against Landlord’s interest in the Building.

 

(g)                                  The headings set forth herein are for convenience only.

 

(h)                                 This Work Letter sets forth the entire agreement of Tenant and Landlord regarding the Work.  This Work Letter may only be amended if in writing, duly executed by both Landlord and Tenant.

 

8.                                      TI Allowance.  Upon completion of the Work, Tenant shall furnish Landlord with full and final waivers of liens and contractors’ affidavits and statements, in such form as may be reasonably required by Landlord, Landlord’s title insurance company and Landlord’s construction or permanent lender, if any, from all parties performing labor or supplying materials or services in connection with the Work showing that all of said parties have been compensated in full and waiving all liens in connection with the Premises and Building.  Tenant shall submit to Landlord a detailed breakdown of Tenant’s total construction costs, together with such evidence of payment as is reasonably satisfactory to Landlord.  Upon Tenant’s satisfaction of the requirements set forth in this Section 8 and completion of the Work, Landlord shall provide Tenant with a tenant improvement allowance in the maximum amount of $25.00 per rentable square foot of Suites 400 (which consists of 12,018 rentable square feet), and 606/690 (which consists of 3,184 rentable square feet) (the “TI Allowance”) for application to the extent thereof to the cost of the Work. If the cost of the Work exceeds the TI Allowance, Tenant shall have sole responsibility for the payment of such excess cost.  If the cost of the Work is less than the TI Allowance, Tenant shall not be entitled to any payment or credit for such excess amount.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord shall pay to Tenant the TI Allowance within thirty (30) days of satisfying the conditions set forth in this Paragraph 8.  In the event Landlord does not pay to Tenant the TI allowance within said thirty (30) days, then the TI Allowance shall be offered as a rent credit against Tenant’s Base Rent, and any additional rents due, until the full TI Allowance amount is credited.

 

10.                               Exculpation of Landlord.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Work Letter Agreement, it is expressly understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that:

 

(a)                                 The recourse of  Tenant or its successors or assigns against Landlord with respect to the alleged breach by or on the part of Landlord of any representation, warranty, covenant, undertaking or agreement contained in this Work Letter Agreement (collectively, “Landlord’s Work Letter Undertakings”) shall extend only to Landlord’s interest in the real estate of which the Premises demised under this Lease Documents are a part (hereinafter, “Landlord’s Real Estate”) and not to any other assets of Landlord or its beneficiaries; and

 

(b)                                 Except to the extent of Landlord’s interest in Landlord’s Real Estate, no personal liability or personal responsibility of any sort with respect to any of Landlord’s Work Letter Undertakings or any alleged breach thereof is assumed by, or shall at any time be asserted or enforceable against, Landlord, Jamison Services, Inc., or against any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, constituent partners, beneficiaries, trustees or representatives.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Addendum as of the date first above written.

 

 

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LANDLORD:
    	
TENANT:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Wilmont, Inc,
    	
Wilshire   Bank,
    
	
a   California corporation,
    	
a   California banking corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:   Jamison Services, Inc.,
    	
 
    
	
a   California Corporation
    	
 
    
	
Its:   Authorized Agent
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:   
    	
 
    	
 
    	
By:   
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Paul   T. Kim, C.P.M.
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
President
    	
 
    	
Its:
    	
 
    

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

RULES AND REGULATIONS

 

 

1.                                      The sidewalks, entrances, passages, courts, elevators, vestibules, stairways, corridors or halls shall not be obstructed or used for any purpose other than ingress and egress.  The halls, passages, entrances, elevators, stairways, balconies and roof are not for the use of the general public, and Landlord shall in all cases retain the right to control or prevent access thereto by all persons whose presence in the judgment of Landlord shall be prejudicial to the safety, character, reputation or interests of Landlord and its tenants, provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent such access by persons with whom the tenant normally deals in the ordinary course of its business unless such persons are engaged in illegal activities.  No tenant and no employees of any tenant shall go upon the roof of the Building without the written consent of Landlord.

 

2.                                      No awnings or other projections shall be attached to the outside walls or surfaces of the Building nor shall the interior or exterior of any windows be coated without the prior written consent of Landlord.  Except as otherwise specifically approved by Landlord, all electrical ceiling fixtures hung in offices or spaces along the perimeter of the Building must be fluorescent and of a quality, type, design and bulb color approved by Landlord.  Tenant shall not place anything or allow anything to be placed near the glass of any window, door, partition or wall which may appear unsightly from outside the Premises.

 

3.                                      No sign, picture, plaque, advertisement, notice or other material shall be exhibited, painted, inscribed or affixed by any tenant on any part of, or so as to be seen from the outside of, the Premises or the Building without the prior written consent of Landlord.  In the event of the violation of the foregoing by any tenant, Landlord may remove the same without any liability, and may charge the expense incurred in such removal to the tenant violating this rule.  Interior signs on doors and the directory tablet shall be inscribed, painted or affixed for each tenant by Landlord at the expense of such tenant, and shall be of a size, color and style acceptable to Landlord.

 

4.                                      The toilets and wash basins and other plumbing fixtures shall not be used for any purpose other than those for which they were constructed, and no sweepings, rubbish, rags or other substances shall be thrown therein.  All damage resulting from any misuse of the fixtures shall be borne by tenant who, or whose servants, employees, agents, visitors or licensees, shall have caused the same.

 

5.                                      No tenant or its officers, agents, employees or invitees shall mark, paint, drill into, or in any way deface any part of the Premises or the Building.  No boring, cutting or stringing of wires or laying of linoleum or other similar floor coverings shall be permitted except with the prior written consent of Landlord and as Landlord may direct.

 

6.                                      No bicycles, vehicles or animals of any kind shall be brought into or kept in or about the Premises and no cooking shall be done or permitted by any tenant on the Premises except that microwave cooking in a UL-approved microwave oven and the preparation of coffee, tea, hot chocolate and similar items for the tenant and its employees and business visitors shall be permitted.  Tenant shall not cause or permit any unusual or objectionable odors to escape from the Premises.

 

7.                                      The Premises shall not be used for manufacturing or for the storage of merchandise except as such storage may be incidental to the use of the Premises for general office purposes.  No tenant shall engage or pay any employees on the Premises except those actually working for such tenant on the Premises nor advertise for laborers giving an address at the Premises.  The Premises shall not be used for lodging or sleeping or for any immoral or illegal purposes.

 

8.                                      No tenant or its officers, agents, employees or invitees shall make, or permit to be made any unseemly or disturbing noises, sounds or vibrations or disturb or interfere with occupants of this or neighboring buildings or Premises or those having business with them whether by the use of any musical instrument, radio, phonograph, unusual noise, or in any other way.

 

9.                                      No tenant or its officers, agents, employees or invitees shall throw anything out of doors, balconies or down the passageways.

 

10.                               Tenant shall not maintain armed security in or about the Premises nor possess any weapons, explosives, combustibles or other hazardous devices in or about the Building and/or Premises.

 

 

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11.                               No tenant or its officers, agents, employees or invitees shall at any time use, bring or keep upon the Premises any flammable, combustible, explosive, foul or noxious fluid, chemical or substance, or do or permit anything to be done in the leased Premises, or bring or keep anything therein, which shall in any way increase the rate of fire insurance on the Building, or on the property kept therein, or obstruct or interfere with the rights of other tenants, or in any way injure or annoy them, or conflict with the regulations of the Fire Department or the fire laws, or with any insurance policy upon the Building, or any part thereof, or with any rules and ordinances established by the Board of Health or other governmental authority.

 

12.                               No additional locks or bolts of any kind shall be placed upon any of the doors or windows by any tenant, nor shall any changes be made in existing locks or the mechanism thereof.  Each tenant must, upon the termination of this tenancy, restore to Landlord all keys of stores, offices, and toilet rooms, either furnished to, or otherwise procured by, such tenant, and in the event of the loss of any keys so furnished, such tenant shall pay to Landlord the cost of replacing the same or of changing the lock or locks opened by such lost key if Landlord shall deem it necessary to make such change.

 

13.                               All removals, or the carrying in or out of any safes, freight, furniture, or bulky matter of any description must take place during the hours which Landlord may determine form time to time.  The moving of safes or other fixtures or bulky matter of any kind must be made upon previous notice to the manager of the Building and under his or her supervision, and the persons employed by any tenant for such work must be acceptable to Landlord.  Landlord reserves the right to inspect all safes, freight or other bulky articles to be brought into the Building and to exclude from the Building all safes, freight or other bulky articles which violate any of these Rules and Regulations or the Lease of which these Rules and Regulations are a part.  Landlord reserves the right to prohibit or impose conditions upon the installation in the Premises of heavy objects which might overload the building floors.  Landlord will not be responsible for loss of or damage to any safes, freight, bulky articles or other property from any cause, and all damage done to the Building by moving or maintaining any such safe or other property shall be repaired at the expense of the tenant.

 

14.                               No tenant shall purchase or otherwise obtain for use in the Premises water, ice, towel, vending machine, janitorial, maintenance or other like services, or accept barbering or bootblacking services, except from persons authorized by Landlord, and at hours and under regulations fixed by Landlord.

 

15.                               Landlord shall have the right to prohibit any advertising by any tenant which, in Landlord’s opinion, tends to impair the reputation of the Building or its desirability as an office building and upon written notice from Landlord any tenant shall refrain from or discontinue such advertising.  No tenant shall use any graphic image of the Building or any part of the Building for advertising or public relations without Landlord’s written permission.

 

16.                               Landlord reserves the right to exclude from the Building between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and at all hours of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays all persons who do not present a pass signed by Landlord.  Landlord shall furnish passes to persons for whom any tenant requests the same in writing.  Each tenant shall be responsible for all persons for whom he requests passes and shall be liable to Landlord for all acts of such persons.  Landlord shall in no case be liable for damages for any error with regard to the admission to or exclusion from the Building of any person.  In the case of invasion, mob, riot, public excitement or other commotion, Landlord reserves the right to prevent access to the Building during the continuance of the same, by closing of the gates and doors or otherwise, for the safety of the tenants and others and the protection of the Building and the property therein.

 

17.                               Any outside contractor employed by any tenant, shall, while in the Building, be subject to the prior written approval of Landlord and subject to the Rules and Regulations of the Building.  Tenant shall be responsible for all acts of such persons and Landlord shall not be responsible for any loss or damage to property in the Premises, however occurring.

 

18.                               All doors opening onto public corridors shall be kept closed, except when in use for ingress and egress, and left locked when not in use.

 

19.                               The requirements of tenants will be attended to only upon application to the Office of the Building.

 

20.                               Canvassing, soliciting and peddling in the Building are prohibited and each tenant shall cooperate to prevent the same.

 

 

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21.                               All office equipment of any electrical or mechanical nature shall be placed by tenants in the Premises in setting approved by Landlord, to absorb or prevent any vibration, noise or annoyance.

 

22.                               No air conditioning unit or other similar apparatus shall be installed or used by any tenant without the written consent of Landlord.

 

23.                               There shall not be used in any space, or in the public halls of the Building either by any tenant or others, any hand trucks except those equipped with rubber tires and side guards.

 

24.                               Landlord will direct electricians as to where and how telephone and telegraph wires are to be introduced.  No boring or cutting for wires or stringing of wires will be allowed without written consent of Landlord.  The location of telephones, call boxes and other office equipment affixed to the Premises shall be subject to the approval of Landlord.  All such work shall be effected pursuant to permits issued by all applicable governmental authorities having jurisdiction.

 

25.                               No vendor with the intent of selling such goods shall be allowed to transport or carry beverages, food, food containers, etc., on any passenger elevators.  The transportation of such items shall be via the service elevators in such manner as prescribed by Landlord.

 

26.                               Tenants shall cooperate with Landlord in the conservation of energy used in or about the Building, including without limitation, cooperating with Landlord in obtaining maximum effectiveness of the cooling system by closing drapes or other window coverings when the sun’s rays fall directly on windows of the Premises, and closing windows and doors to prevent heat loss.  Tenant shall not obstruct, alter or in any way impair the efficient operation of Landlord’s heating, lighting, ventilating and air conditioning system and shall not place bottles, machines, parcels or any other articles on the induction unit enclosure so as to interfere with air flow.  Tenant shall not tamper with or change the setting of any thermostats or temperature control valves, and shall in general use heat, gas, electricity, air conditioning equipment and heating equipment in a manner compatible with sound energy conservation practices and standards.

 

27.                               All parking ramps and areas, pedestrian walkways, plazas, and other public areas forming a part of the Building shall be under the sole and absolute control of Landlord with the exclusive right to regulate and control these areas.  Tenant agrees to conform to the rules and regulations that may be established by Landlord for these areas from time to time.

 

28.                               Landlord reserves the right to exclude or expel from the Building any person who, in the judgment of Landlord, is intoxicated or under the influence of liquor or drugs, or who shall in any manner do any act in violation of any of the rules and regulations of the Building.

 

29.                               Tenant and its employees, agents, subtenants, contractors and invitees shall comply with all applicable “no-smoking” ordinances and, irrespective of such ordinances, shall not smoke or permit smoking of cigarettes, cigars or pipes outside of Tenant’s Premises (including plaza areas) in any portions of the Building except areas specifically designated as smoking areas by Landlord.  If required by applicable ordinance, Tenant shall provide smoking areas within Tenant’s Premises.

 

 

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EXHIBIT D

PERSONAL GUARANTY

 

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EXHIBIT E

SUITE ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT

 

Building Name/Address:  Wilmont, Inc — 3200 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010

 

Tenant Name: Wilshire Bank, a California banking corporation

 

Tenant Code:                                                             Suite Number:      

 

Management’s Tenant Contact: Steve Chong, Property Manager Phone: (213) 385-3485

 

Gentlemen:

 

As a representative of the above referenced tenant, I/we have physically inspected the suite noted above and its improvements with                                                     , a representative of Wilmont, Inc.  I/we accept the suite improvements as to compliance with all the requirements indicated in our lease, also including the following verified information below:

 

Lease Commencement Date:                                                                                                                             Occupancy Date:

 

Lease Rent Start Date*:                                                                                                                                                          Actual Rent Start*:

Lease Expiration Date:                                                                                                                                                               Actual Expiration Date:

 

Date Keys Delivered: Tenant currently has possession of the Premises and has their own keys.

 

Items requiring attention:

 

 

*If these dates are not the same, attach documentation.

 

NOTE:  This inspection is to be made prior to tenant move-in.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
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Distribution

 

Tenant

Tenant Lease File

Leasing Manager:

Document Control:

 

 

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EXHIBIT F

 

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ADDENDUM TO LEASE

 

This ADDENDUM TO LEASE (this “Addendum”) is made and entered into as of April 4, 2014 by and between Wilmont, Inc, a California corporation,  c/o Jamison Services, Inc. a California corporation, (“Landlord”) and Wilshire Bank, a California banking corporation (“Tenant”).

 

In the event of any conflict between this Addendum and the Lease, the provisions of this Addendum shall prevail.

 

1.              SIGNAGE: Tenant shall have the right to the following signage during the Lease Term and any extensions thereof:

 

a)             Top Building Signage: Subject to Tenant obtaining the approval of all applicable governmental entities and Tenant’s compliance with all applicable governmental laws and ordinances and the Building’s standard signage program, Tenant shall have the exclusive right to display its name on the upper most portions of the North and South Towers façade of the Building (“Top Building Signage”). Commencing from July 1, 2014, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as additional rent, the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per month for such Top Building Signage.  Tenant shall have the right to install new illuminated Top Building Signage, which shall be in accordance with a mutually acceptable signage plan, which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld.  Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall be responsible for the installation and maintenance of its signage and shall remove its signage upon the expiration or earlier termination of the Lease (and repair any damage to the Building caused by such removal).  Tenant shall install separate meters or submeters for the Top Building Signage at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, and Tenant shall be responsible for paying the utility cost of powering such illuminated Top Building Signage.  The existing signage with Korean script shall be replaced with English script signage.

 

2.              OPTION TO EXTEND LEASE TERM:   Provided Tenant is not then in default under any term or provision contained in the Lease beyond any applicable notice and cure period, Tenant shall have three (3) options to extend the Lease Term (each, an “Extension Option”) for a period of five (5) years each (each, an “Option Term”) for all of the space then under the Lease under the same terms and conditions except for the Base Rent.  If Tenant wishes to exercise the Extension Option, Tenant shall deliver written notice to Landlord no less than six (6) months and no more than nine (9) months before the expiration of the then existing term (“Exercise Notice”).  If Tenant fails to timely deliver the Exercise Notice, Tenant shall be considered to have elected not to exercise the Extension Option.

 

The monthly Base Rent payable during each Option Term shall be determined for each option based on the following annual escalation schedule:

 

·                  First Option Term—  $0.03 per rentable square foot initial increase and annual escalations.

·                  Second Option Term - $0.04 per rentable square foot initial increase and annual escalations.

·                  Third Option Term - $0.05 per rentable square foot initial increase and annual escalations.

 

Except for Base Rent at the new rates, all of the terms and conditions of the Lease shall remain the same and shall remain in full force and effect throughout the Option Term; provided, however, that any free rent, improvement allowances, moving allowances, lease assumption payments, plan design allowances (or payments), expansion options, opportunity rights or other similar concessions provided for in the Lease shall not apply during any Option Term.

 

The rights contained in this Section shall be personal to the originally named Tenant and may be exercised only by the originally named Tenant (and not any assignee, sublessee, or other transferee of Tenant’s interest in this Lease).

 

3.              FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY PROGRAM: Tenant shall cooperate with Landlord in the Fire and Life Safety Program designed for the Building.  This includes making available one employee for Floor Warden Training and cooperating in fire drills and other procedures necessary to the Fire Safety and Emergency Evacuation Program.

 

 

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4.              RISER CABLE: Landlord will maintain the telephone cable it has installed inside the Property.  Landlord, however, shall not be responsible for interruption of service transmission, installation, and/or quality of intra-building network of cable.

 

5.              AFTER HOURS HVAC:  Notwithstanding anything contained in the Lease to the contrary, in the event Tenant needs HVAC during non-Business Hours, Tenant shall be responsible for the costs of such after-hours usage at the Building’s prevailing rates which is currently $150 per hour with a minimum increment of two (2) hours per request.  Tenant shall have the right to install an HVAC unit(s) in the plenum for after-hours use subject to Landlord’s review and approval of the engineering involved and Tenant’s installation plan, all of which shall be at the sole cost and expense of Tenant.  All such separate units shall be sub-metered and Tenant shall be responsible for the costs of its usage.

 

6.              COMMON AREA IMPROVEMENTS.

 

a.              Landlord, at Landlord’s sole cost and expense, agrees to make the following renovations to the common areas and restrooms on the fourth (4th), fifth (5th), sixth (6th), seventh (7th), eighth (8th), and fourteenth (14th) floors of the North Tower of the Building, per a mutually agreed to plan prepared by Landlord’s in-house corporate interior department, using building standard materials, quantities, and procedures then in use by Landlord.

 

i.                  Landlord shall commence the upgrades on the 14th floor upon execution of this Lease and complete the 14th floor upgrades by April 1, 2015.  Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to construct all other upgrades in a timely manner.

 

ii.               Brand new carpet throughout the entire common area portion.

 

iii.            Paint the entire common area walls.

 

iv.           Renovate restrooms.

 

v.              Furnish and install new vinyl wall coverings in the 14th floor elevator lobby.

 

vi.           Furnish and install new lighting fixtures in the 14th floor elevator lobby.

 

b.              Landlord agrees to make additional building renovations to the main lobby and corridor to the parking structure of the North Tower of the Building, per a mutually agreed plan prepared by Landlord’s in-house corporate interior department.

 

i.                  Landlord shall do the following work to the main lobby of the North Tower:

 

1.              Replace entrance doors from sidewalk with brand new all-glass entrance doors provided that such cost does not exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).

 

2.              Replace the stone floor with brand new white tile through the North Tower lobby and elevator section.

 

3.              Clean the existing marble walls.

 

4.              Replace lobby lighting fixtures with brand new fixtures.

 

5.              Paint the entire lobby, including the ceilings.

 

6.              Install a brand new security desk.

 

ii.               Landlord shall do the following work to the corridor from the North Tower to the parking structure for the Building:

 

1.              Replace flooring.

 

2.              Repaint the entire rear entrance lobby walls.

 

3.              Clean and replace ceiling tiles where needed.

 

c.               All work mentioned in Section 6(a) and 6(b) herein shall be collectively referred to as the “Common Area Improvements”.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, shall pay for any and all common area improvements that are above building standard materials, quantities, and procedures or that is beyond the scope of work mentioned in Section 6(a) and 6(b) herein.

 

i.                  With respect to the 14th floor, Tenant acknowledges that Tenant shall pay for any executive level finishes and stone floor and design walls above building standard.

 

ii.               Tenant, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense shall pay for any additional restroom fixtures above those required by building standard.

 

d.              Landlord agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to “Substantially Complete” (as defined herein) all Common Area Improvements in a timely manner.  All Common Area Improvements shall be substantially completed by April 1, 2015, subject to any Force Majeure Delays and/or Tenant Delays (as defined herein).  If the Common Area Improvements are not completed by June

 

 

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1, 2015 (“Outside Completion Date”), subject to any Force Majeure Delays and Tenant  Delays, then Tenant shall receive a ten percent (10%) rent credit against Base Rent for every day after the Outside Completion Date until Landlord Substantially Completes the Common Area Improvements.

 

e.               For purposes of this Lease, “Substantial Completion” of the Common Area Improvements shall occur when Landlord, in Landlord’s reasonable discretion, determines that Landlord has sufficiently completed all the work required to be performed by Landlord in accordance with Section 6 of this addendum with the exception of any punch list items and any tenant fixtures, work-stations, built-in furniture or equipment to be installed by Tenant.

 

f.                The term “Force Majeure Delay” as used in the Lease or this Addendum shall mean any delay in the completion of the Common Area Improvements which is attributable to any: (1) actual delay or failure to perform attributable to any strike, lockout or other labor or industrial disturbance (whether or not on the part of the employees of either party hereto), civil disturbance, future order claiming jurisdiction, act of a public enemy, war, riot, sabotage, blockade, embargo, inability to secure customary materials, supplies or labor through ordinary sources by reason of regulation or order of any government or regulatory body; (2) delay attributable to the failure of Landlord and/or Tenant to secure building permits and approvals within the same time period that normally prevailed for obtaining such permits at the time this Lease was negotiated; (3) delay in completing the final plans and/or the construction of the tenant improvements because of changes in any applicable laws (including, without limitation, the ADA), or the interpretation thereof; or (4) delay attributable to lightening, earthquake, fire, storm, hurricane, tornado, flood, washout, explosion, or any other similar industry-wide or Building-wide cause beyond the reasonable control of the party from whom performance is required, or any of its contractors or other representatives.  Any prevention, delay or stoppage due to any Force Majeure Delay shall excuse the performance of the party affected for a period of time equal to any such prevention, delay or stoppage (except the obligations of either party to pay money, including rental and other charges, pursuant to the Lease).

 

g.               The term “Tenant Delay” shall mean any delay that Landlord may encounter in the performance of Landlord’s obligations under this Addendum because of any act or omission of any nature by Tenant or its agents or contractors, including any: (1) delay attributable to changes in or additions to the space plan or to the common area improvements requested by Tenant; (2) delay attributable to the postponement of any common area improvements at the request of Tenant; (3) delay by Tenant in the submission of information or the giving of authorizations or approvals within the time limits set forth in this Addendum; and (4) delay attributable to the failure of Tenant to pay, when due, any amounts required to be paid by Tenant pursuant to this Addendum.

 

7.              CONTINGENCY.  This Lease is expressly contingent on the mutual execution by the relevant parties of the following other agreements at the same time as this Lease:

 

a.              That certain Retail Lease dated as of April 4, 2014 by and between Landlord and Tenant for the retail space commonly known as Suite 103 in the North Tower of the Building (“3200 Retail Lease”)

 

b.               That certain Termination of Lease dated as of April 4, 2014 by and between Paramount Plaza, LLC, as landlord, and Tenant (as successor in interest to Saehan Bank), as tenant, for the office space commonly known as Suite 600 located on the 6th floor and containing approximately 19,599 rentable square feet of the building commonly referred to as Paramount Plaza (“Paramount Plaza”) and located at 3580 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles (“Paramount Plaza Office Lease Termination”).

 

c.               That certain Second Amendment to Lease dated as April 4, 2014 by and between Paramount Plaza, LLC, as landlord, and Tenant (as successor in interest to Saehan Bank), as tenant, for the retail space commonly known as Suite 120 and containing approximately 3,523 rentable square feet in Paramount Plaza (“Paramount Plaza Retail Lease”).

 

8.              TERMINATION OF PRIOR LEASES.  Landlord and Tenant previously entered into the following agreements:

 

i.                  That certain Office Lease dated as of January 6, 2005 (“Suite 103 NT Lease”), whereby Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord certain retail space commonly known as Suite 103 North Tower located in the Building

 

 

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ii.     That certain Office Lease dated as of January 6, 2005 (“Suite 5th Floor NT Lease”), whereby Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord certain office space commonly known as Suite 5th Floor North Tower located in the Building;

 

iii.    That certain Addendum B dated as of February 16, 2012 (“Suite 600 and 602 NT Lease”), whereby Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord certain office space commonly known as Suites 600 and 602 North Tower located in the Building;

 

iv.    That certain Addendum C dated as of March 13, 2012 (“Suite 601 NT Lease”), whereby Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord certain office space commonly known as Suite 601 North Tower located in the Building;

 

v.     That certain Office Lease dated as of November 8, 2006 (“Suite 604 NT Lease”), whereby Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord certain office space commonly known as Suite 604 North Tower located in the Building;

 

vi.    That certain Office Lease dated as of December 14, 2005 (“Suite 609 NT Lease”), whereby Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord certain office space commonly known as Suite 609 North Tower located in the Building;

 

vii.   That certain Office Lease dated as of June 8, 2005 (“Suite 610 NT Lease”), whereby Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord certain office space commonly known as Suite 610 North Tower located in the Building;

 

viii.  That certain Office Lease dated as of January 6, 2005 (“Suite 7th Floor NT Lease”), whereby Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord certain office space commonly known as Suite 7th Floor North Tower located in the Building;

 

ix.    That certain Addendum A dated as of December 12, 2010 (“Suite 800, 802, 818 NT Lease”), whereby Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord certain office space commonly known as Suites 800, 802, and 818 North Tower located in the Building;

 

x.     That certain Office Lease dated as of October 26, 2007 (“Suite 880, 888 NT Lease”), whereby Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord certain office space commonly known as Suites 880 and 888 North Tower located in the Building;

 

xi.    That certain Office Lease dated as of January 6, 2005 (“Suite 1400 NT Lease”), whereby Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord certain office space commonly known as Suite 1400 North Tower located in the Building;

 

xii.   That certain Addendum D dated as of May 9, 2013 (“Suite 1410, 1430 NT Lease”), whereby Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord certain office space commonly known as Suites 1410 and 1430 North Tower located in the Building;

 

xiii.  That certain Office Lease dated as of October 14, 2011 (“Suite 1440 NT Lease”), whereby Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord certain office space commonly known as Suite 1440 North Tower located in the Building; and

 

xiv. That certain Office Lease dated as of August 11, 2006 (“Suite 1460 NT Lease”), whereby Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord certain office space commonly known as Suite 1460 North Tower located in the Building.

 

The Suite 103 NT Lease, Suite 5th Floor NT Lease , Suite 600 and 602 NT Lease, Suite 601 NT Lease, Suite 604 NT Lease, Suite 609 NT Lease, Suite 610 NT Lease, Suite 7th Floor NT Lease, Suite 800, 802, 818 NT Lease, Suite 880, 888 NT Lease, Suite 1400 NT Lease, Suite 1410, 1430 NT Lease, Suite 1440 NT Lease and Suite 1460 NT Lease shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Prior Leases”.  Effective as of March 31, 2015, the Prior Leases shall terminate and have no further force or effect.

 

Except as amended herein, all other provisions of the Lease remain in full force and effect.  This Addendum shall control in the event of any inconsistency with the original Lease.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Addendum as of the date first above written.

 

 

	
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Wilmont, Inc,
    	
Wilshire   Bank,
    
	
a   California corporation,
    	
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19Exhibit 10.1

 

DATED 14 March 2014

 

KOSMOS ENERGY LTD.

as Original Borrower

 

- and -

 

KOSMOS ENERGY OPERATING, KOSMOS ENERGY INTERNATIONAL, 

KOSMOS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, KOSMOS ENERGY GHANA HC AND 

KOSMOS ENERGY FINANCE INTERNATIONAL

as Original Guarantors

 

- and -

 

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

as Facility Agent

 

and

 

BNP PARIBAS

as Security and Intercreditor Agent

 

 

DEED OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT 

RELATING TO A USD 300 MILLION REVOLVING CREDIT 

FACILITY AGREEMENT 

DATED 23 NOVEMBER 2012

 

 

Slaughter and May

One Bunhill Row

London

EC1Y 8YY

(SRG/JKW)

 

 

CONTENTS

 

	
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SCHEDULE 1 AMENDED AND RESTATED FACILITY AGREEMENT
    	
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SCHEDULE 2 AMENDED AND RESTATED CHARGE OVER SHARES IN KEH
    	
 
    

 

 

DEED OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT

 

	
THIS DEED is dated 14 March 2014
    

 

AND MADE BY:

 

(1)                                KOSMOS ENERGY LTD. a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda with registered number 45011 and having its registered office at Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM11, Bermuda (the “Original Borrower”);

 

(2)                                KOSMOS ENERGY FINANCE INTERNATIONAL a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 253656 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands;

 

(3)                                KOSMOS ENERGY OPERATING a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 231417 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands;

 

(4)                                KOSMOS ENERGY INTERNATIONAL a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 218274 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands;

 

(5)                                KOSMOS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 225879 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands;

 

(6)                                KOSMOS ENERGY GHANA HC a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 135710 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands,  together, the “Original Guarantors”;

 

(7)                                STANDARD CHARTERED BANK in its capacity as agent of the Finance Parties under the Facility Agreement (the “Facility Agent”); and

 

(8)                                BNP PARIBAS in its capacity as agent of the Secured Parties on the terms set out in the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement (the “Security and Intercreditor Agent”).

 

WHEREAS:

 

(A)                              The Original Borrower, Original Guarantors, Facility Agent and Security and Intercreditor Agent, amongst others, entered into a facility agreement dated 23 November 2012 (the “Facility Agreement”) and the Charge over Shares in KEH.

 

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(B)                              The parties hereto have agreed to amend the terms of certain of the Finance Documents as set out in Clause 4 (Amendment and restatement) of this Deed.

 

IT IS AGREED as follows:

 

1.                                     INTERPRETATION

 

1.1                              Facility Agreement

 

(A)                              Terms defined in the Facility Agreement have the same meaning in this Deed, unless a contrary intention is stated.

 

(B)                              The principles of construction set out in the Facility Agreement shall have effect as if set out in this Deed.

 

1.2                              Definitions

 

Each of the defined terms set out below and in the above list of parties and the recitals to this Deed shall apply to this Deed.

 

“Effective Date” means the date on which the Facility Agent notifies the Company and the Lenders that it has received (or waived) all of the documents and other evidence listed in Clause 9 (Conditions precedent) below;

 

“Existing Facilities” means the Facility Agreement and the RBL Facility Agreement;

 

“RBL Deed of Amendment and Restatement” means the deed of amendment and restatement relating to the RBL Facility Agreement entered into on or around the date of this Deed.

 

1.3                              Scope and designation

 

This Deed is supplemental to and amends the Facility Agreement and the Charge over Shares in KEH.  In accordance with the Facility Agreement, the Original Borrower and the Facility Agent designate this Deed as a Finance Document.

 

2.                                     REQUISITE CONSENT

 

The Facility Agent confirms that it has been authorised by the Lenders to enter into this Deed as Facility Agent.

 

3.                                     EFFECTIVE DATE

 

(A)                              Other than Clause 1 (Interpretation), Clause 3 (Effective Date), Clause 10 (Miscellaneous), Clause 11 (Execution as a deed) and Clause 12 (Governing law), the provisions of this Deed shall be effective on and from the Effective Date.  Clause 1 (Interpretation), Clause 3 (Effective Date), Clause 10 (Miscellaneous), Clause 11 (Execution as a deed) and Clause 12 (Governing law), are effective on and from the date of this Deed.

 

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(B)                             The Facility Agent shall give notice to the “Facility Agent” under the RBL Facility Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable following satisfaction of all conditions precedent set out in Clause 9 (Conditions precedent) below, but for the condition at Clause 9(B).

 

4.                                     AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT

 

With effect from the Effective Date:

 

(A)                              the Facility Agreement shall be amended to take the form set out in Schedule 1 (Amended and restated Facility Agreement) to this Deed, which accordingly restates the Facility Agreement as amended by this Deed; and

 

(B)                              the Charge over Shares in KEH shall be amended to take the form set out in Schedule 2 (Amended and restated Charge over Shares in KEH) to this Deed, which accordingly restates the Charge over Shares in KEH as amended by this Deed.

 

5.                                     WAIVER

 

With effect from the Effective Date, the Lenders waive the requirements of Clause 20.23 (RBL Facility Agreement) of the Facility Agreement for the purposes of giving effect to the terms of the RBL Deed of Amendment and Restatement.

 

6.                                     FACILITY CONTINUATION

 

(A)                             The Facility Agreement, the Charge over Shares in KEH and any documents executed or entered into pursuant thereto, where applicable as amended and restated by this Deed, shall continue in full force and effect save as expressly amended and restated pursuant to this Deed.

 

(B)                             This Deed shall not prejudice or affect any liability of any parties which may have arisen under the Finance Documents prior to the date of this Deed or waive or modify any obligation thereunder to the extent that such obligation was to be performed or observed at any time prior to the date of this Deed.

 

7.                                     REPRESENTATIONS

 

Each Obligor makes the Repeating Representations to each Finance Party on the date of this Deed and on the Effective Date, based on the facts and circumstances existing at those times, and acknowledges that each Finance Party has entered into this Deed in full reliance on those Repeating Representations.

 

8.                                     FEES AND EXPENSES

 

All out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Finance Parties in relation to the negotiation and documentation of the amendments to the Existing Facilities, including those relating to legal fees (in accordance with the terms of appointment agreed to by KEL), will be for the account of the “Borrower” under and as

 

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defined in the relevant Existing Facility (provided that any Finance Party which is a party to more than one Existing Facility will receive reimbursement under only one such agreement).

 

9.                                     CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

This Deed shall not be effective unless and until the Facility Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed below in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent (acting reasonably), or their delivery has otherwise been waived by the Facility Agent.  The Facility Agent (acting reasonably) shall notify the Original Borrower and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.

 

(A)                             Provision of this Deed, duly executed by each of the parties to it.

 

(B)                               Receipt by the Facility Agent of confirmation of the occurrence of the “Effective Date” under and as defined in the RBL Deed of Amendment and Restatement, confirmed by the Borrower.

 

(C)                               Provision by each Obligor of copies of its constitutional documents (or certification that the same have not changed since last provided) and corporate resolutions authorising entry into and performance of this Deed and all other documents and notices required in connection with this Deed.

 

(D)                               Provision by each Obligor of the specimen signatures of the persons authorised to execute this Deed and all other documents and notices required in connection with this Deed.

 

(E)                                Receipt by the Facility Agent of appropriate legal opinions from Maples and Calder and Conyers Dill & Pearman, Clifford Chance LLP and Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah.

 

10.                              MISCELLANEOUS

 

10.1                       Construction

 

(A)                             With effect from the Effective Date, references to the Facility Agreement, however expressed, will be read and construed as references to the Facility Agreement as amended and restated in the form set out in Schedule 1 (Amended and restated Facility Agreement) to this Deed.

 

(B)                              With effect from the Effective Date, references to the Charge over Shares in KEH, however expressed, will be read and construed as references to the Charge over Shares in KEH as amended and restated in the form set out in Schedule 2 (Amended and restated Charge over Shares in KEH) to this Deed.

 

10.2                       Incorporation of terms

 

The provisions of Clause 1.4(A) and (B) (Third Party Rights), Clause 30 (Costs and Expenses), Clause 32 (Notices), Clause 35 (Partial Invalidity), Clause 36 (Remedies

 

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and waivers) and Clause 40 (Jurisdiction) of the Facility Agreement shall be incorporated into this Deed as if set out in full in this Deed and as if references in those Clauses to “this Agreement” or “the Finance Documents” are references to this Deed.

 

10.3                       Confirmation of Guarantees and Security

 

Each Obligor confirms for the benefit of the Finance Parties that with effect from the date of this Deed:

 

(A)                             subject to the terms of this Deed, the Facility Agreement, the Charge over Shares in KEH and the other Finance Documents will remain in full force and effect, and:

 

(i)                                    the Facility Agreement and this Deed will be read and construed as one document; and

 

(ii)                                 the Charge over Shares in KEH and this Deed will be read and construed as one document.

 

(B)                              the Security Interests created by it pursuant to the Security Documents to which it is a party shall:

 

(i)                                    remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the designation of any new document as a Finance Document or any additions, amendments, novation, substitution, or supplements of or to the Finance Documents and the imposition of any amended, new or more onerous obligations under the Finance Documents in relation to any Obligor including but not limited to the amendments referred to in this Deed; and

 

(ii)                                 continue to secure its Secured Liabilities under the Finance Documents as amended (including, but not limited to, under the Facility Agreement and Charge over Shares in KEH as amended pursuant to this Deed).

 

10.4                       Counterparts

 

(A)                             This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the parties on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each party has executed at least one counterpart.

 

(B)                              Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this Deed, but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

11.                             EXECUTION AS A DEED

 

Each of the parties intends this Deed to be a deed and confirms that it is executed and delivered as a deed, notwithstanding the fact that any one or more of the parties may only execute it under hand.

 

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12.                              GOVERNING LAW

 

This Deed (and any non-contractual obligations arising out of it or in connection with it) shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

 

IN WITNESS of which this document has been signed by the Facility Agent on behalf of the Finance Parties and the Security and Intercreditor Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and executed as a deed by the Original Borrower and each Original Guarantor and is delivered on the date stated at the beginning of this Deed.

 

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SIGNATORIES

 

Original Borrower

 

	
EXECUTED as a DEED by KOSMOS 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ENERGY LTD.
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
acting by Neal Shah expressly 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
authorised in accordance with a power 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
of attorney dated 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
in the presence of:
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Per:
    	
/s/ Neal Shah  
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Attorney-in-Fact  
    
	
/s/ James Wyatt 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness’s signature
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Neal Shah
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:James Wyatt
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address: Slaughter and May 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
One Bunhill Row 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
London EC1Y 8YY
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Occupation: Solicitor
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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Original Guarantors

 

	
EXECUTED as a DEED by KOSMOS 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ENERGY FINANCE INTERNATIONAL 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
acting by Neal Shah expressly 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
authorised in accordance with a power 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
of attorney dated 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
in the presence of:
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Per:
    	
/s/ Neal Shah  
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Attorney-in-Fact  
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Neal Shah
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/ James Wyatt 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness’s signature  
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:James Wyatt
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address: Slaughter and May 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
One Bunhill Row 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
London EC1Y 8YY
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Occupation: Solicitor
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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EXECUTED as a DEED by KOSMOS 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ENERGY OPERATING
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
acting by Neal Shah expressly 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
authorised in accordance with a power 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
of attorney dated 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
in the presence of:
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Per:
    	
/s/ Neal Shah
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Attorney-in-Fact
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Neal Shah
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/ James Wyatt 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness’s signature  
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:James Wyatt
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address: Slaughter and May 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
One Bunhill Row
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
London EC1Y 8YY
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Occupation: Solicitor
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

9

 

	
EXECUTED as a DEED by KOSMOS 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ENERGY INTERNATIONAL
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
acting by Neal Shah expressly 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
authorised in accordance with a power 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
of attorney dated
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
in the presence of:
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Per:
    	
/s/ Neal Shah
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Attorney-in-Fact
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Neal Shah
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/ James Wyatt
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness’s signature
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:James Wyatt
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address: Slaughter and May
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
One Bunhill Row
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
London EC1Y 8YY
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Occupation: Solicitor
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

10

 

	
EXECUTED as a DEED by KOSMOS 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
acting by Neal Shah expressly 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
authorised in accordance with a power 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
of attorney dated
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
in the presence of:
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Per:
    	
/s/ Neal Shah
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Attorney-in-Fact
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Neal Shah
    
	
/s/ James Wyatt
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness’s signature
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:James Wyatt
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address: Slaughter and May
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
One Bunhill Row
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
London EC1Y 8YY
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Occupation: Solicitor
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

11

 

	
EXECUTED as a DEED by KOSMOS 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ENERGY GHANA HC
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
acting by Neal Shah expressly 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
authorised in accordance with a power 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
of attorney dated
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
in the presence of:
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Per: 
    	
/s/ Neal Shah
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Title: 
    	
Attorney-in-Fact
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Name: 
    	
Neal Shah
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
/s/ James Wyatt
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness’s signature
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:James Wyatt
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address: Slaughter and May
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
One Bunhill Row
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
London EC1Y 8YY
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Occupation: Solicitor
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

Contact details:

 

	
Address:
    	
 
    	
P.O. Box 32322
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
4th Floor, Century Yard,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
George Town
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    	
+1 (345) 946 4090
    
	
Attention:
    	
 
    	
Andrew Johnson
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Copy:
    	
 
    	
c/o Kosmos Energy LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
8176 Park Lane
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Suite 500
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Dallas
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Texas 75231
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
USA
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    	
+1 (214) 445 9705
    
	
Attention:
    	
 
    	
Jason Doughty
    

 

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Facility Agent

 

	
Executed as a Deed by STANDARD 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Per: 
    	
/s/ Paul Thompson
    
	
CHARTERED BANK acting   by its duly 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
appointed attorneys in the presence of: 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Title: 
    	
Director
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Name: 
    	
Paul Thompson
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Witness’s Signature: 
    	
/s/ Bobby Singh
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
(Name)
    	
Bobby Singh
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
(Address)
    	
1 Sasunghall Avenue, London EC2U 5DD
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
(Occupation)
    	
Associate Director
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Contact details
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address:
    	
 
    	
1 Basinghall Avenue, London EC2V 5DD
    
	
Fax number:
    	
 
    	
020 7885 3632
    
	
Attention:
    	
 
    	
Asset Servicing— Manager
    
									

 

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Security and Intercreditor Agent

 

	
Executed as a Deed by BNP   PARIBAS 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Per: 
    	
/s/ Alexandre Pignolet de Fresne
    
	
acting by its duly appointed attorneys in 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Title: 
    	
Senior Agency Officer
    
	
the presence of: 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Name: 
    	
Alexandre Pignolet de Fresne
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Per: 
    	
/s/ Fabienne Delorme
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Title: 
    	
Senior Agency Manager
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
Name: 
    	
Fabienne Delorme
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Witness’s Signature: 
    	
/s/ Josse Xaviere
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
(Name)
    	
Josse Xaviere
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
(Address)
    	
16 Rue de Hanovre 75078 Paris
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
(Occupation)
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Witness’s Signature 
    	
/s/ Bitar Lime
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
(Name)
    	
Bitar Lime
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
(Address)
    	
16 Rue de Hanovre 75078 Paris
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
(Occupation)
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Contact details
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address:
    	
 
    	
BNP Paribas
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
16 rue de Hanovre
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
75078 Paris Cedex 2
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
France
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Fax number:
    	
 
    	
+33 1 42 98 49 25
    
	
Attention:
    	
 
    	
Alexandra Arhab
    
									

 

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SCHEDULE 1

AMENDED AND RESTATED FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

15

 

KOSMOS ENERGY LTD.

as Original Borrower

 

- and -

 

THE ENTITIES LISTED IN SCHEDULE 1

as Original Guarantors

 

- and -

 

BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, BNP PARIBAS,

HSBC BANK PLC, SOCIETE GENERALE, LONDON BRANCH, 

THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED 

AND STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

 

as Mandated Lead Arrangers

 

- and -

 

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

as Facility Agent

 

- and -

 

BNP PARIBAS

as Security and Intercreditor Agent

 

- and -

 

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LISTED IN SCHEDULE 2

as Original Lenders

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

UP TO US$300,000,000 REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY 

AGREEMENT

 

 

Slaughter and May

One Bunhill Row

London

EC1Y 8YY

(SRG/NSS)

 

 

CONTENTS

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
Page
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
PART 1 INTERPRETATION
    	
3
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.
    	
Definitions   and Interpretation
    	
3
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
PART 2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT AND CONDITION   SUBSEQUENT
    	
31
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.
    	
Conditions   Precedent And Condition Subsequent
    	
31
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
PART 3 OPERATION OF THE FACILITY
    	
33
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.
    	
The   Facility
    	
33
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
4.
    	
Finance   Parties’ Rights and Obligations
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.
    	
Purpose
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.
    	
Utilisation
    	
36
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
PART 4 PAYMENTS, CANCELLATION, INTEREST AND   FEES
    	
38
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.
    	
Repayment
    	
38
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.
    	
Prepayment   and Cancellation
    	
39
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
9.
    	
Interest
    	
45
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.
    	
Interest   Periods
    	
46
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
11.
    	
Changes   to the Calculation of Interest
    	
46
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
12.
    	
Fees
    	
48
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
PART 5 TAXES, INCREASED COSTS AND   INDEMNITIES
    	
50
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
13.
    	
Tax   Gross Up and Indemnities
    	
50
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
14.
    	
Increased   Costs
    	
53
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
15.
    	
Other   Indemnities
    	
54
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
16.
    	
Mitigation   by the Lenders
    	
55
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
PART 6 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
    	
57
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
17.
    	
Information   Undertakings
    	
57
    

 

 

	
PART 7 REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS, EVENTS OF   DEFAULT
    	
62
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
18.
    	
Representations
    	
62
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
19.
    	
Financial   Covenants
    	
65
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
20.
    	
General   Undertakings
    	
66
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
21.
    	
Events   of Default
    	
71
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
PART 8 CHANGES TO LENDERS AND OBLIGORS AND ROLES
    	
76
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
22.
    	
Changes   to the Lenders
    	
76
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
23.
    	
Changes   to the Obligors
    	
81
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
24.
    	
Role   of the Facility Agent and the Arranger
    	
83
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
25.
    	
The   Security And Intercreditor Agent
    	
90
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
26.
    	
Change   Of Security And Intercreditor Agent And Delegation
    	
97
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
27.
    	
Intercreditor   Arrangements
    	
99
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
PART 9 ADMINISTRATION, COSTS AND EXPENSES
    	
101
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
28.
    	
Payment   Mechanics
    	
101
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
29.
    	
Set-Off
    	
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30.
    	
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Schedule 10 Form of Confidentiality Undertaking
    	
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Schedule 11 KEL Intercreditor Agreement
    	
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Schedule 12 Form of Lender Accession Notice
    	
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THIS AGREEMENT is dated          , 2012 and made between:
    

 

(1)                                KOSMOS ENERGY LTD. a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda with registered number 45011 and having its registered office at Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM11, Bermuda (the “Original Borrower”, the “Company” or “KEL”);

 

(2)                                THE ENTITIES listed in Schedule 1 as original guarantors (the “Original Guarantors”);

 

(3)                                BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, BNP PARIBAS, HSBC BANK PLC, SOCIETE GENERALE, LONDON BRANCH, THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED AND STANDARD CHARTERED BANK as mandated lead arrangers of the Facility (each a “Mandated Lead Arranger” and together, the “Mandated Lead Arrangers”);

 

(4)                                THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 2 as original lenders (the “Original Lenders”);

 

(5)                                STANDARD CHARTERED BANK as facility agent of the Finance Parties under this Agreement (the “Facility Agent”); and

 

(6)                                BNP PARIBAS as security and intercreditor agent for the Secured Parties on the terms and conditions set out in the Intercreditor Agreements (the “Security and Intercreditor Agent” which expression includes its successors in title and assigns or any person appointed as an additional trustee for the purposes of and in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreements).

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

(1)                              The Original Lenders have agreed to provide a secured, revolving credit facility for loans of up to no more than USD 300 million.

 

(2)                              The parties have agreed to enter into this Agreement for the purpose of setting out the provisions on which such facility will be provided.

 

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PART 1
 INTERPRETATION

 

1.                                     DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

1.1                              Definitions

 

Each of the defined terms and interpretative provisions set out below and in the above list of parties to this Agreement shall apply to this Agreement and each Finance Document, unless an express contrary intention appears in that Finance Document.

 

“1992 ISDA Master Agreement” means the Master Agreement (Multicurrency Cross Border) as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.

 

“2002 ISDA Master Agreement” means the 2002 Master Agreement as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.

 

“Accession Letter” means a document substantially in the form set out in Schedule 7 (Form of Accession Letter).

 

“Accounting Reference Date” means 31 December of each year.

 

“Additional Borrower” means a company which accedes to the terms of this Agreement as an additional borrower in accordance with clause 23.2 (Additional Borrowers).

 

“Additional Commitment” has the meaning given to it in clause 3.2 (Additional Commitments).

 

“Additional Commitment Date” has the meaning given to that term in clause 3.2 (Additional Commitments).

 

“Additional Debt” means, in relation to any debt, any money, debt or liability due, owing or incurred under or in connection with:

 

(A)                               any refinancing, deferral, novation or extension of that debt;

 

(B)                              any further advance which may be made under any document, agreement or instrument supplemental to any relevant Finance Document together with any related interest, fees and costs;

 

(C)                               any claim for damages or restitution in the event of rescission of that debt or otherwise in connection with any relevant Finance Document;

 

(D)                              any claim against the Company flowing from any recovery by the Company or any liquidator, receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, compulsory manager or other similar officer of a payment or discharge in respect of that debt on the grounds of preference or otherwise; and

 

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(E)                                any amount (such as post-insolvency interest) which would be included in any of the above but for any discharge, non-provability, unenforceability or non-allowability of the same in any insolvency or other proceedings.

 

“Additional Guarantor” means any Group member which becomes an Additional Guarantor in accordance with clause 23.4 (Additional Guarantor).

 

“Additional Lender” has the meaning given to that term in clause 3.2 (Additional Commitments).

 

“Additional Obligor” means an Additional Borrower or an Additional Guarantor.

 

“Affected Facility Agent” has the meaning given to that term in clause 24.12 (Replacement of Administrative Parties) of this Agreement.

 

“Affiliate” means, in relation to any person, a subsidiary of that person or a holding company of that person or any other subsidiary of that holding company.

 

“Agent” means each of the Facility Agent and the Security and Intercreditor Agent and “Agents” shall be construed accordingly.

 

“Agreement” means this facility agreement as amended, supplemented or otherwise varied from time to time.

 

“Amendment Notice Period” has the meaning given it in clause 27.4 (Accession to KEFI Intercreditor Agreement).

 

“Approved Accounting Principles” means US generally accepted accounting principles to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements.

 

“Approved Auditor” means any one of Deloitte LLP, Ernst & Young, PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP or such other internationally recognised auditor as the Majority Lenders may approve from time to time (acting reasonably).

 

“Authorisation” means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation or registration.

 

“Authorised Signatory” means, in relation to a company or other legal person:

 

(A)                            one or more directors who are duly authorised whether singly or jointly, to act to bind that company or other legal person; or

 

(B)                             a person or persons duly authorised by that company or other legal person to act to bind that company or other legal person.

 

“Authority” means any governmental, provincial or local government, department, authority, court, tribunal or other judicial or regulatory body, instrumentality or agency in any of the countries where the Borrower operates its business.

 

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“Availability Period” means the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and including the date falling one month before the Termination Date provided that if such date is not a Business Day, then it shall be deemed to be the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

“Available Commitment” means a Lender’s Commitment minus:

 

(A)                              the amount of its participation in any outstanding Loans; and

 

(B)                              in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the amount of its participation in any Loans that are due to be made on or before the proposed Utilisation Date,

 

other than that Lender’s participation in any Loans that are due to be repaid or prepaid on or before the proposed Utilisation Date.

 

“Available Facility” means the aggregate for the time being of each Lender’s Available Commitment.

 

“Base Currency” has the meaning given to it in clause 28.7 (Currency of account).

 

“Basel II” has the meaning given to it in clause 14.3 (Exceptions).

 

“Basel III” means the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems”, “Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring” and “Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on 16 December 2010.

 

“Borrower” means the Original Borrower or any Additional Borrower unless it has ceased to be a Borrower in accordance with clause 23 (CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS).

 

“Break Costs” means the amount (if any) by which:

 

(A)                              the interest which a Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in a Loan or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of that Loan or Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period;

 

exceeds:

 

(B)                              the amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the total sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in the London interbank market for a period starting on the date of receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period.

 

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The calculation of interest for the purposes of paragraph (A) shall exclude an amount equal to the Margin for the period referred to in that paragraph where the Company prepays a Loan in any of the following circumstances:

 

(1)                                under clause 8.1 (General) of this Agreement or if clause 8.11 (Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender) of this Agreement applies; or

 

(2)                                a Market Disruption Event has occurred in relation to that Loan and no substitute basis for determining the rate of interest has been agreed.

 

“Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) when banks are open for business in London, Johannesburg, Paris and New York.

 

“Calculation Date” means

 

(A)                               31 March and 30 September in each year commencing on and from 31 March 2013; and

 

(B)                               a date (selected by the Company) which is within 30 days before the occurrence of each of the following events:

 

(i)                                     the issuance of HY Notes;

 

(ii)                                 any increase of the “Total Available Facility Amount” (as defined in the RBL Facility Agreement) or any refinancing of the RBL Facility Agreement;

 

(iii)                              any increase of the amount available under the Facility or any refinancing of the Facility;

 

(iv)                              the incurrence by any member of the Group of any new Financial Indebtedness (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not including the refinancing of any existing Financial Indebtedness, except as provided for in paragraphs (ii) and (iii) above); or

 

(v)                                 a Ghana Petroleum Agreement Small Sale Event.

 

“Calculation Trigger Event” means any event listed in paragraphs B(i) to (v) of the definition of “Calculation Date”.

 

“Change of Control” has the meaning given to that term in clause 8.3 (Change of Control) of this Agreement.

 

“Charge over Shares in KEH” means the charge over shares in KEH dated on or about the date of this Agreement between the Company and the Security and Intercreditor Agent.

 

“Charged Property” means all of the assets which from time to time are, or are expressed to be, the subject of the Transaction Security.

 

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“Code” means the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

“Commitment” means:

 

(A)                               in relation to an Original Lender, the amount set opposite its name under the heading “Commitment” in Schedule 2 (The Original Lenders) of this Agreement, the amount of any other Commitment transferred to it, the amount of any Additional Commitment assumed by it pursuant to clause 3.2 (Additional Commitments) and the amount of any Commitment as increased pursuant to clause 37.2(B) (Exceptions); and

 

(B)                               in relation to any other Lender, the amount of any Commitment transferred to it , the amount of any Additional Commitment assumed by it pursuant to clause 3.2 (Additional Commitments) and the amount of any Commitment as increased pursuant to clause 37.2(B) (Exceptions),  

 

to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it.

 

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 9 (Form of Compliance Certificate) of this Agreement.

 

“Conditions Precedent” means the conditions precedent to initial utilisation of the Facility as set out in Part I of Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent) of this Agreement.

 

“Confidentiality Undertaking” means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in the form of Schedule 10 (Form of Confidentiality Undertaking) of this Agreement or in any other form agreed between the Company and the Mandated Lead Arrangers.

 

“Consolidated Cash and Cash Equivalents” means, in relation to the Group, at any time:

 

(A)                              cash in hand or on deposit including, for the avoidance of doubt, restricted cash;

 

(B)                              any investment in a liquidity fund, provided that such investment is capable of being withdrawn in cash on not more than 5 Business Days’ notice;

 

(C)                              certificates of deposit, maturing within one year after the relevant date of calculation;

 

(D)                              any investment in marketable obligations in Sterling, US Dollar or Euro having not more than three months to final maturity issued or guaranteed with a rating of A- or above by Standard and Poor’s (or its equivalent by Moody’s);

 

(E)                               any other instrument, security or investment approved in writing by the Majority Lenders.

 

“Consolidated Total Borrowings” means, in relation to the Group, at any time the aggregate of the following:

 

(A)                               the outstanding principal amount of any Financial Indebtedness incurred;

 

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(B)                               any fixed or minimum premium payable on the repayment or redemption of any instrument referred to in paragraph (A) above; and

 

(C)                               the outstanding principal amount of any indebtedness arising in connection with any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) which has the commercial effect of a borrowing,

 

including any interest treated as capitalised under applicable Approved Accounting Principles but without double-counting and, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any such amount or indebtedness owed by one member of the Group to another member of the Group.

 

“Consolidated Total Net Borrowings” means, for any Measurement Period, Consolidated Total Borrowings less Consolidated Cash and Cash Equivalents each as at the last day of that Measurement Period.

 

“Contractor” means the contractor under the WCTP PA and the DWT PA respectively from time to time.

 

“Deed of Guarantee” means the guarantee dated on or about the date of this Agreement pursuant to which the Guarantors guarantee the obligations and liabilities of each Obligor to the Finance Parties under this Agreement.

 

“Default” means an Event of Default or event which, with the giving of notice, lapse of time, or fulfilment of any condition, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

“Delegate” means any delegate, agent, attorney or co trustee appointed by the Security and Intercreditor Agent.

 

“Derivative Agreement” means an ISDA Master Agreement or similar agreement pursuant to which Derivative Transactions are entered into by the Borrower with a counterparty.

 

“Derivative Transaction” means any transaction entered into under a Derivative Agreement, including (but not limited to) any transaction which is a forward rate agreement, option, future, swap, cap, floor and any combination of the foregoing.

 

“Discharge Date” means the first date on which all liabilities (whether actual or contingent) owed to the Finance Parties have finally been discharged and such Finance Parties are under no further obligation to provide financial accommodation under the Finance Documents.

 

“Discharged Rights and Obligations” has the meaning given to it in clause 22.5 (Procedure for transfer).

 

“Dispute” has the meaning given to it in clause 40.1 (Submission).

 

“Disruption Event” means either or both of:

 

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(A)                              a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the Facility (or otherwise in order for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties; or

 

(B)                               the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (including, without limitation, disruption of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party preventing or severely inhibiting that or any other Party:

 

(i)                                    from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or

 

(ii)                                 from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents,

 

and which (in either such case) is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, the Party whose operations are disrupted.

 

“DWT Block” means the Deep Water Tano area offshore Ghana, being the area described in Annex 1 of the DWT PA, but excluding any portions of such area in respect of which the Contractor’s rights thereunder are from time to time relinquished or surrendered pursuant to the DWT PA.

 

“DWT PA” means the petroleum agreement dated 10 March 2006 between the Government of Ghana, represented by the Minister, the GNPC, Tullow Ghana Limited, Sabre Oil and Gas Limited and KEG in respect of the DWT Block (and all amendments and supplements thereto).

 

“EBITDAX” means, in relation to the Group for any Measurement Period, its consolidated income on ordinary activities before Tax for that period, but adjusted by:

 

(A)                              adding back Net Interest Payable;

 

(B)                              adding back depletion and depreciation charged to the consolidated profit and loss account of the Group;

 

(C)                              adding back amounts amortised to the consolidated profit and loss account of the Group;

 

(D)                              adding back any amount attributable to exploration expense (except to the extent that any such exploration expenses have been capitalised);

 

(E)                               adding back any amount attributable to unrealised losses, and deducting any amount attributable to unrealised gains on the value of any Derivative Transaction;

 

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(F)                                adding back any amount attributable to a loss and deducting any amount attributable to a gain against book value on the disposal of any non-current asset and any amount attributable to an impairment charge relating to a non current asset;

 

(G)                               adding back the amount attributable to any compensation which is paid by way of equity instruments in KEL;

 

(H)                             adding back or deducting (as applicable) the amount attributable to any other material item of an unusual or non-recurring nature which represent gains or losses, including (but not limited to) those arising on:

 

(i)                                      the refinancing of or the extinguishment of any financing, in relation to any cost associated with the original financing which is subsequently written off as a consequence of that refinancing or extinguishment; and

 

(ii)                                 the restructuring of the activities of an entity and the reversal of any provisions for the cost of restructuring,

 

for that Measurement Period.  In addition, for the purposes of the calculation of the financial covenant contained in clause 19 (Financial Covenants), EBITDAX in relation to the Group for any Measurement Period shall be adjusted by:

 

(I)                                   including the EBITDAX of a subsidiary of the Company or attributable to a business or asset acquired during that Measurement Period for the part of the Measurement Period when it was not a member of the Group and/or the business or asset was not owned by a member of the Group; and

 

(J)                                   excluding the EBITDAX attributable to any subsidiary of the Company or to any business or asset sold during that Measurement Period.

 

“Enforcement Action” shall have the meaning given to that term in the Intercreditor Agreements.

 

“EO” means the EO Group Limited, a Cayman Islands company with registered company number 219175 whose registered office is at PMB CT 123, Cantonments, 112A Adole Crescent Way, Airport, Accra, Ghana (formerly known as the KG Group Limited).

 

“Euro” means the single currency of the Participating Member States.

 

“Event of Default” means any event or circumstance specified as such in clause 21 (EVENTS OF DEFAULT) of this Agreement.

 

“Existing Lender” has the meaning given to it in clause 22.1 (Assignments and transfers and changes in Facility Office by the Lenders).

 

“Facility” means the revolving credit facility made available under this Agreement as described in clause 3 (THE FACILITY) of this Agreement.

 

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“Facility Office” means the office or offices notified by a Lender to the Facility Agent in writing on or before the date it becomes a Lender (or, following that date, by not less than five Business Days’ written notice where notice is required under clause 24.14 (Facility Agent relationship with the Lenders)) as the office or offices through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

“FATCA” means:

 

(A)                               sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code or any associated regulations or other official guidance;

 

(B)                               any treaty, law, regulation or other official guidance enacted in any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of paragraph (A) above; or

 

(C)                               any agreement pursuant to the implementation of paragraphs (A) or (B) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.

 

“FATCA Application Date” means:

 

(A)                               in relation to a “withholdable payment” described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 July 2014;

 

(B)                               in relation to a “withholdable payment” described in section 1473(1)(A)(ii) of the Code (which relates to “gross proceeds” from the disposition of property of a type that can produce interest from sources within the US), 1 January 2017; or

 

(C)                               in relation to a “passthru payment” described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraphs (A) or (B) above, 1 January 2017,

 

or, in each case, such other date from which such payment may become subject to a deduction or withholding required by FATCA as a result of any change in FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

“FATCA Deduction” means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a Finance Document required by FATCA.

 

“FATCA Exempt Party” means a Party that is entitled to receive payments free from any FATCA Deduction.

 

“FATCA FFI” means a foreign financial institution as defined in section 1471(d)(4) of the Code which, if any Finance Party is not a FATCA Exempt Party, could be required to make a FATCA Deduction.

 

“Fee Letter” means any letter or letters dated on or about the date of this Agreement between any Finance Party and the Company setting out any of the fees referred to in

 

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clause 12 (FEES) of this Agreement and any other fees payable by the Company to a Finance Party pursuant to a Finance Document or payable under the Facility.

 

“Finance Document” means this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreements, each Security Document, the Deed of Guarantee, any Fee Letter and any other document designated as such by the Facility Agent and the Company.

 

“Finance Party” means each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Lenders, the Facility Agent and the Security and Intercreditor Agent and “Finance Parties” shall be construed accordingly.

 

“Financial Covenants” means the financial covenants listed under clause 19 (Financial Covenants) of this Agreement.

 

“Financial Indebtedness” means any indebtedness for or in respect of:

 

(A)                               moneys borrowed;

 

(B)                               any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or dematerialised equivalent;

 

(C)                             any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument;

 

(D)                               the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract which would be treated in the accounts of the relevant entity as a finance or capital lease;

 

(E)                              receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis);

 

(F)                               any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the market to market value shall be taken into account);

 

(G)                             any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) of a type not referred to in any other paragraph of this definition but which is classified as a borrowing in the accounts of the relevant entity;

 

(H)                              any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution in respect of an underlying liability of an entity which is not a member of the Group and which underlying liability would fall within one of the other paragraphs of this definition if it were a liability of a member of the Group; and

 

(I)                                  the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (A) to (H) above (but only to the extent that

 

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the Financial Indebtedness supported thereby is or is at any time in the future capable of being outstanding).

 

“First Currency” has the meaning given to it in clause 15.1 (Currency indemnity).

 

“Ghana Petroleum Agreement Medium Sale Percentage Reduction” or “GPAMSPR” means the reduction of Ghana Petroleum Agreement Seller’s indirect or direct interest in the Ghana Petroleum Agreements, expressed as a percentage of such Ghana Petroleum Agreement Seller’s indirect or direct interest in the Ghana Petroleum Agreements as at the first date of this Agreement, which occurs as a result of a Ghana Petroleum Agreement Medium Sale Event.

 

“Ghana Petroleum Agreement Large Sale Event” means any event which reduces a Ghana Petroleum Agreement Seller’s indirect or direct interest in the Ghana Petroleum Agreements and where, following such reduction, a Ghana Petroleum Agreement Seller has an indirect or direct interest in the Ghana Petroleum Agreements which is 50 per cent. or less of such Ghana Petroleum Agreement Seller’s indirect or direct interest in the Ghana Petroleum Agreements as at the first date of this Agreement.

 

“Ghana Petroleum Agreement Medium Sale Event” means any event which reduces a Ghana Petroleum Agreement Seller’s indirect or direct interest in the Ghana Petroleum Agreements and where, following such reduction, a Ghana Petroleum Agreement Seller has an indirect or direct interest in the Ghana Petroleum Agreements which is less than 66 2/3 per cent. but more than 50 per cent. of such Ghana Petroleum Agreement Seller’s indirect or direct interest in the Ghana Petroleum Agreements as at the first date of this Agreement.

 

“Ghana Petroleum Agreement Medium Sale Event Cancellation Amount” means an amount equal to:

 

GPAMSPR x USD 300 million.

 

“Ghana Petroleum Agreement Medium Sale Event Prepayment Amount” means an amount equal to:

 

GPAMSPR x USD 300 million,

 

or, if less, the aggregate amount of all Loans outstanding at that time.

 

“Ghana Petroleum Agreement Seller” means KEI and/or KED and/or KEG, as applicable.

 

“Ghana Petroleum Agreement Small Sale Event” means any event which reduces a Ghana Petroleum Agreement Seller’s indirect or direct interest in the Ghana Petroleum Agreements  and where, following such reduction, a Ghana Petroleum Agreement Seller has an indirect or direct interest in the Ghana Petroleum Agreements which (before and after such reduction) is (i) 100 per cent. or less; and (ii) more than 66 2/3 per cent.

 

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“Ghana Petroleum Agreement Small Sale Percentage Reduction” means the reduction of a Ghana Petroleum Agreement Seller’s indirect or direct interest in the Ghana Petroleum Agreements, expressed as a percentage of  such Ghana Petroleum Agreement Seller’s indirect or direct interest in the Ghana Petroleum Agreements as at the first date of this Agreement, which occurs as a result of a Ghana Petroleum Agreement Small Sale Event.

 

“Ghana Obligor” means KEO, KEI, KEFI, KED, KEG and an “Obligor” from time to time, as defined under the RBL Facility Agreement.

 

“Ghana Petroleum Agreements” means, together, the DWT PA and the WCTP PA (and all other amendments and supplements thereto).

 

“GNPC” means the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, a public corporation established by Provisional National Defence Council Law 64 of 1983.

 

“Government” means the government of any country in which assets of the Group are situated.

 

“Group” means the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

“Guarantor” means an Original Guarantor or an Additional Guarantor.

 

“HY Note Guarantor” means any member of the Group which guarantees the obligations of the Company under any HY Notes.

 

“HY Notes” means any debenture, bond (other than performance bonds, bid bonds, retention bonds, advance payments bonds, letters of credit or trade credit related bonds), note, loan stock or other similar security issued by the Company.

 

“HY Noteholders” means the holders of HY Notes from time to time.

 

“HY Noteholder Trustee” means any collateral agent, trustee or other representative of the HY Noteholders.

 

“Illegality Lender” has the meaning given to that term in clause 8.2 (Illegality) of this Agreement.

 

“Increased Costs” has the meaning given to that term in clause 14.1 (Increased costs) of this Agreement.

 

“Insolvency Event” means, in relation to any Obligor, any circumstances described in clause 21.6 (Insolvency) of this Agreement.

 

“Insolvency Proceedings” means, in relation to any Obligor, any circumstances described in clause 21.7 (Insolvency proceedings) of this Agreement.

 

“Intercreditor Agreements” means both:

 

(A)                               the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement; and

 

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(B)                               the KEL Intercreditor Agreement.

 

“Interest Period” means, in relation to a Loan, each period determined in accordance with clause 10 (INTEREST PERIODS) and, in relation to an Unpaid Sum, each period determined in accordance with clause 9.3 (Default interest) of this Agreement.

 

“Interpolated Screen Rate” means, in relation to LIBOR for any Loan, the rate (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the two relevant Screen Rates) which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:

 

(A)                               the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and

 

(B)                               the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan,

 

each as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day for the currency of that Loan.

 

“IPO” means in relation to a company, a transaction in which shares in that company are sold or issued to investors and in connection with such sale or issue are admitted to trading on a regulated market or other stock exchange.

 

“IPO Reorganisation” means any Reorganisation implemented by the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time (or any group of them), which is undertaken for the purpose of facilitating an IPO.

 

“ISDA Master Agreement” means the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement or the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement, as the case may be.

 

“KED” means Kosmos Energy Development, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 225879 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands.

 

“KEFI” means Kosmos Energy Finance International, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 253656 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands.

 

“KEFI Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement dated on or about the date of this agreement between the Security and Intercreditor Agent for and on behalf of the Finance Parties and the RBL Security Agent for and on behalf of the “Finance Parties” under (and as defined in) the RBL Facility Agreement.

 

“KEG” means Kosmos Energy Ghana HC, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 135710 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands.

 

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“KEH” means Kosmos Energy Holdings, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 133483 and having its registered office at PO Box 32332, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands.

 

“KEI” means Kosmos Energy International, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 218274 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands.

 

“KEL Intercreditor Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement in the form set out in Schedule 11 (KEL Intercreditor Agreement).

 

“KEO” means Kosmos Energy Operating, a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registered number 231417 and having its registered office at P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1209, Cayman Islands.

 

“Lender” means:

 

(A)                               any Original Lender; and

 

(B)                               any bank or financial institution which has become a Party as a lender in accordance with clause 3.2 (Additional Commitments) or clause 22 (Changes to the Lenders) of this Agreement,

 

which in each case has not ceased to be a Party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

“Lender Accession Notice” means a notice substantially in the form set out under Schedule 12 (Form of Lender Accession Notice) to be delivered by an Additional Lender pursuant to and in accordance with clause 3.2 (Additional Commitments).

 

“Liabilities” means all present and future liabilities and obligations at any time of any Obligor to any Lender under the Finance Documents, both actual and contingent and whether incurred solely or jointly or in any other capacity together with any of the following matters relating to or arising in respect of those liabilities and obligations:

 

(A)                              any refinancing, novation, deferral or extension;

 

(B)                               any claim for breach of representation, warranty or undertaking or on an event of default or under any indemnity given under or in connection with any document or agreement evidencing or constituting any other liability or obligation falling within this definition;

 

(C)                              any claim for damages or restitution; and

 

(D)                              any claim as a result of any recovery by any Obligor of a Payment on the grounds of preference or otherwise,

 

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and any amounts which would be included in any of the above but for any discharge, non provability, unenforceability or non allowance of those amounts in any insolvency or other proceedings.

 

“LIBOR” means, in relation to any Loan:

 

(A)                               the applicable Screen Rate;

 

(B)                                (if no Screen Rate is available for the Interest Period of that Loan) the Interpolated Screen Rate for that Loan; or

 

(C)                               if:

 

(i)                                    no Screen Rate is available for the currency of that Loan; or

 

(ii)                                 no Screen Rate is available for the Interest Period of that Loan and it is not possible to calculate an Interpolated Screen Rate for that Loan,

 

the Reference Bank Rate,

 

as of, in the case of paragraphs (A) and (C) above, as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day for the offering of deposits in the currency of that Loan and for a period comparable to the Interest Period of that Loan if any such rate is less than zero, LIBOR shall be deemed to be zero.

 

“Loan” means a loan made or to be made under this Agreement or the principal amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.

 

“Majority Lenders” means, as applicable, those Lenders whose participation in advances under the Facility are equal to 66 2/3 per cent. of the aggregate advances then outstanding or, if there are no advances outstanding, whose Commitments then aggregate at least 66 2/3 per cent. of the Total Commitments under the Facility.

 

“Margin” means 6.00 per cent. per annum.

 

“Market Disruption Event” has the meaning given to that term in clause 11.2 (Market disruption) of this Agreement.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” means, in relation to any event (or series of events) or circumstance which occurs or arises, that event (or events) or circumstance (or any effect or consequence thereof) which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders, would reasonably be expected materially and adversely to affect the financial condition, operations, or business of any Obligor or the ability of any Obligor to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents in full and on the basis contemplated therein in a way which is materially prejudicial to the interests of the Lenders or results in the Obligors being unable to pay any amounts when due and payable under the Finance Documents.

 

“Measurement Period” means in respect of a Calculation Date, a period of 12 months ending on the Calculation Date in question.

 

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“Minister” means the Ghanaian Government’s Minister for Energy.

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a Delaware corporation and any successor thereto and if such corporation shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, Moody’s shall be deemed to refer to any other internationally recognised rating agency agreed by the Facility Agent and the Company (both acting reasonably).

 

“Net Interest Payable” means, in relation to the Group for any Measurement Period, Total Interest Payable less Total Interest Receivable for the Group during that Measurement Period.

 

“New Commitment Rebalancing” has the meaning given to it in clause 3.2 (Additional Commitments) of this Agreement.

 

“New Lender” has the meaning given to it in clause 22.1 (Assignments and transfers and changes in Facility Office by the Lenders).

 

“Non-Funding Lender” means:

 

(A)                             any Lender who fails to participate in any Utilisation in the amount and at the time required;

 

(B)                             any Lender who has indicated publicly or to the Facility Agent or an Obligor that it does not intend to participate in all or part of any Utilisation;

 

(C)                             any Lender which has repudiated its obligations under the Facility; or

 

(D)                             any Lender in respect of which or in respect of whose holding company any of the events specified in clause 21.6 (Insolvency) or clause 21.7 (Insolvency proceedings) of this Agreement (disregarding paragraph (B) of clause 21.7 (Insolvency proceedings)) applies or has occurred.

 

“Non-Ghana Obligor” means an Obligor which is not a Ghana Obligor.

 

“Notice Period” has the meaning given it in clause 27.2 (Execution of KEL Intercreditor Agreement).

 

“Obligor” means the Borrowers and the Guarantors.

 

“Original Guarantor” means KEO, KEI, KED, KEG and KEFI.

 

“Participating Member State” means any member state of the European Union that has the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.

 

“Payment” means, in respect of any Liabilities (or any other liabilities or obligations), a payment, prepayment, repayment, redemption, defeasance or discharge of those Liabilities (or other liabilities or obligations).

 

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“Party” means a party to a Finance Document.

 

“Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisitions or investments:

 

(A)                               which are made in the ordinary course of the day to day business of the acquiring company;

 

(B)                               which are funded by equity or debt subordinated on terms acceptable to the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably);

 

(C)                               which are permitted in accordance with the terms of the RBL Facility Agreement; or

 

(D)                               which are approved by the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably),

 

provided in each case that such acquisition or investment may not take place in Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Cuba, any country which is subject to Sanctions or any country designated by the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably).

 

“Permitted Disposals” means any sale, lease, transfer or other disposal:

 

(A)                              made in the ordinary course of business of the disposing entity;

 

(B)                              by a Non-Ghana Obligor of assets in exchange for other assets comparable or superior as to type, value and quality;

 

(C)                              by a Non-Ghana Obligor made for fair value and on an arm’s length basis;

 

(D)                              by a Non-Ghana Obligor which is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(E)                               of obsolete or redundant assets or waste;

 

(F)                                between a Non-Ghana Obligor and another member of the Group;

 

(G)                              made with the prior written consent of Majority Lenders;

 

(H)                             permitted in accordance with the terms of the RBL Facility Agreement or any “Finance Document” (as defined therein);

 

(I)                                  by a Non-Ghana Obligor where the higher of the market value or consideration receivable (when aggregated with the higher of the market value or consideration receivable for any other sale, lease, transfer or other disposal, other than any permitted under paragraphs (A) to (F) above) does not exceed USD 50 million (or its equivalent in another currency or currencies) in any financial year; or

 

(J)                                  of a Guarantor which is to retire pursuant to the terms of clause 23.7 (Resignation of a Guarantor on disposal).

 

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“Permitted Financial Indebtedness” means any Financial Indebtedness (which shall not, in aggregate, exceed USD 2,000 million):

 

(A)                               arising under or contemplated by the Finance Documents and/or which is permitted in accordance with the terms of the RBL Facility Agreement  or with the terms of any “Finance Document” (as defined therein);

 

(B)                               of any Ghana Obligor arising under any Project Finance; or

 

(C)                               subordinated to the Lenders on terms approved by the Majority Lenders (each acting reasonably).

 

“Permitted Party” has the meaning given to it in clause 22.7 (Disclosure of information).

 

“Permitted Security” means:

 

(A)                               any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any member of the Group in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances;

 

(B)                               any lien or right of set-off arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of business (including pursuant to the counterparty’s standard terms of business);

 

(C)                               any Security Interest over or affecting any asset acquired by a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement if:

 

(i)                                   the Security Interest was not created in contemplation of the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Group;

 

(ii)                                the principal amount secured has not been increased in contemplation of or since the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Group; and

 

(iii)                             the Security Interest is removed or discharged within six months of the date of acquisition of such asset;

 

(D)                               any Security Interest over or affecting any asset of any company which becomes a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement, where the Security Interest is created prior to the date on which that company becomes a member of the Group, if:

 

(i)                                   the Security Interest was not created in contemplation of the acquisition of that company;

 

(ii)                                the principal amount secured has not increased in contemplation of or since the acquisition of that company; and

 

(iii)                             the Security Interest is removed or discharged within six months of that company becoming a member of the Group;

 

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(E)                                any Security Interest entered into pursuant to any Finance Document;

 

(F)                                 any Security Interest over or affecting goods (or documents of title or contracts of insurance relating to such goods) arising in the course of trade or receivables financing in the ordinary course of business;

 

(G)                               any Security Interest provided in substitution for any Permitted Security over the same or substituted assets;

 

(H)                              any Security Interest arising as a result of a disposal which is not prohibited under clause 20.8 (Disposals);

 

(I)                                   any Security Interest created or permitted to subsist with the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders;

 

(J)                                   any Security Interest which is permitted in accordance with the terms of the RBL Facility Agreement or with the terms of any “Finance Document” (as defined therein); and

 

(K)                              any Security Interest which is granted in favour of the providers of any Project Finance to a Ghana Obligor.

 

“Permitted Transferee” shall have the meaning given to that term in clause 8.3 (Change of Control).

 

“Person” has the meaning given to it in clause 18.15 (OFAC).

 

“Process Agent” has the meaning given to it in clause 41 (SERVICE OF PROCESS).

 

“Project Finance” means any Financial Indebtedness to finance the ownership, acquisition, development, operation and/or maintenance of any asset or business (a “Project”) and incurred by an Obligor in respect of which the person or person to whom any such Financial Indebtedness is, or may be, owed has or have no recourse to any member of the Group for the repayment thereof other than:

 

(A)                               recourse to such Obligor for amounts limited to the cash flow from the Project; and/or

 

(B)                                recourse to such Obligor generally, which recourse is limited to a claim for damages (other than liquidated damages and damages required to be calculated in a specified way) for breach of an obligation, representation or warranty (not being a payment obligation, representation or warranty or an obligation, representation or warranty to procure payment by another or an obligation, representation or warranty to comply or to procure compliance by another with any financial ratios or other test of financial condition) by the person against whom such recourse is available; and/or

 

(C)                                if such Obligor has been established specifically for the purpose of constructing, developing, owning and/or operating the Project and such Obligor owns no other significant assets and carries on no other material business, recourse to

 

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all of the assets and undertaking of such Obligor and/or the shares in the capital of such Obligor and/or shareholder loans made to such Obligor and/or the shares in the capital of any direct or indirect holding company whose only material assets are a direct or indirect equity interest in such Obligor.

 

“Qualifying Bank” means an internationally recognised bank:

 

(A)                               which is not subject to Sanctions; or

 

(B)                               which does not have its principal place of business in a country which is subject to  Sanctions; or

 

(C)                               which is not a bank whose principal place of business is in a country notified by the Company to the Facility Agent prior to signing of this Agreement, or

 

(D)                               whose long-term unguaranteed, unsecured securities or debt is rated at least Baa3 (Moody’s) or a comparable rating from an internationally recognised credit rating agency (except that this shall not be a requirement if an Event of Default is continuing).

 

“Quotation Day” means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined two Business Days before the first day of that period.

 

“RBL Facility Agreement” means the facility agreement dated 28 March 2011 between, amongst others, KEFI as original borrower, KEO, KEI, KED and KEG as original guarantors, BNP Paribas as facility agent and the original lenders named therein, as amended on 17 February 2012 and as amended on or about the date of this Agreement.

 

“RBL Security Agent” means the “Security Agent” as defined in the RBL Facility Agreement.

 

“Receiver” means a receiver or receiver and manager or administrative receiver of the whole or any part of the Charged Property.

 

“Reference Banks” means the principal London offices of Societe Generale, London Branch and BNP Paribas, or such other Reference Banks appointed under clause 24.16 (Reference Banks) of this Agreement.

 

“Reference Bank Rate” means in relation to LIBOR, the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards to four decimal places) of the rates supplied to the Facility Agent at its request by the Reference Banks as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank could borrow funds in the London interbank market.

 

“Reorganisation” means (without limitation) any transaction, deemed transaction, step, procedure or agreement, including (but without limitation) the transfer, distribution, contribution or settlement of assets and/or liabilities.

 

“Repeating Representations” means the representations set out under:

 

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(A)                             clauses 18.1 (Status), 18.2 (Legal validity), 18.3 (Non-conflict) and 18.4 (Powers and authority) of this Agreement, each as at the time the power or authority was exercised only; and

 

(B)                             clauses 18.5 (Authorisations), 18.8 (Financial Statements and other factual information), 18.9 (Proceedings pending or threatened), 18.10 (Breach of laws), 18.11 (Ranking of security), 18.12 (Pari passu ranking), 18.13 (No immunity)  and 18.14 (Ownership of Obligors) of this Agreement.

 

“Replacement Lender” has the meaning given to that term in clause 8.11 (Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender) of this Agreement.

 

“Required Approvals” means all material approvals, licenses, consents and authorisations necessary in connection with the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of any Finance Document.

 

“Resignation Letter” means a letter substantially in the form set out in Schedule 8 (Form of Resignation Letter).

 

“Rollover Loan” means one or more Loans:

 

(A)                               made or to be made on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be repaid;

 

(B)                               the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the amount of the maturing Loan; and

 

(C)                               made or to be made to the same Borrower for the purpose of refinancing a maturing Loan.

 

“Sanctions” has the meaning given to it in clause 18.15 (OFAC).

 

“Screen Rate” means in relation to LIBOR, the London interbank offered rate administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant currency and period displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen (or any replacement Reuters page which displays that rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes that rate from time to time in place of Reuters).  If such page or service ceases to be available, the Facility Agent may specify another page or service displaying the relevant rate after consultation with the Company.

 

“Second Currency” has the meaning given to it in clause 15.1 (Currency indemnity).

 

“Secured Liabilities” means at any time and without double counting, all present and future obligations and liabilities (actual or contingent) of each Obligor (whether or not for the payment of money and including any obligation to pay damages for breach of contract) which are, or are expressed to be, or may become due, owing or payable to any or all of the Secured Parties under or in connection with any of the Finance Documents, together with all costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Security and Intercreditor Agent or any Secured Party which any Obligor is obliged to pay under any Finance Document.

 

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“Secured Party” means each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Lenders, the Facility Agent and the Security and Intercreditor Agent.

 

“Secured Property” means:

 

(A)                               the Transaction Security expressed to be granted in favour of the Security and Intercreditor Agent as trustee for the Secured Parties and all proceeds of that Transaction Security;

 

(B)                               all obligations expressed to be undertaken by an Obligor to pay amounts in respect of the Liabilities to the Security and Intercreditor Agent as trustee for the Secured Parties and secured by the Transaction Security together with all representations and warranties expressed to be given by an Obligor in favour of the Security and Intercreditor Agent as trustee for the Secured Parties; and

 

(C)                               any other amounts or property, whether rights, entitlements, choses in action or otherwise, actual or contingent, which the Security and Intercreditor Agent is required by the terms of the Finance Documents to hold as trustee on trust for the Secured Parties.

 

“Security and Intercreditor Agent’s Spot rate of Exchange” means, in respect of the conversion of one currency (the “First Currency”) into another currency (the “Second Currency”) the Security and Intercreditor Agent’s spot rate of exchange for the purchase of the Second Currency with the First Currency in the London foreign exchange market at or about 11:00 am (London time) on a particular day, which shall be notified by the Security and Intercreditor Agent in accordance with paragraph 25.7(C) (Security and Intercreditor Agent’s obligations).

 

“Security Document” means:

 

(A)                               the Charge over Shares in KEH;

 

(B)                               the Deed of Guarantee;

 

(C)                               any other document entered into at any time by any of the Obligors creating any guarantee, indemnity, Security Interest or other assurance against financial loss in favour of any of the Secured Parties as security for any of the Secured Liabilities; and

 

(D)                               any Security Interest granted under any covenant for further assurance in any of the documents set out in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above.

 

“Security Interest” means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.

 

“Service Document” has the meaning given to it in clause 41 (SERVICE OF PROCESS).

 

“Shareholder” means any funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus and Blackstone Capital Partners or the Blackstone Group.

 

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“Shareholder Affiliate” means any Affiliate of a Shareholder, any trust of which a Shareholder or any of its Affiliates is a trustee, any partnership of which a Shareholder or any of its Affiliates is a partner and any trust, fund or other entity which is managed by, or is under the control of, a Shareholder or any of its Affiliates, provided that any such trust, fund or other entity which has been established for at least 6 months solely for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans or debt securities and which is managed or controlled independently from all other trusts, funds or other entities managed or controlled by a Shareholder or any of its Affiliates which have been established for the primary or main purpose of investing in the share capital of companies shall constitute a Shareholder Affiliate.

 

“Shareholder Distribution” means the declaration, making or payment of a distribution to a shareholder (which shall include the payment of any loans provided by a shareholder).

 

“Signing Date” means the date on which each of the Finance Documents have been signed.

 

“Specified Time” means 11:00 a.m. London time on the relevant Quotation Day.

 

“Sterling” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

 

“Stock Exchange” means an organised and regulated financial market for the buying and selling of interests in financial instruments where any securities issued by any Obligor are listed from time to time.

 

“Sum” has the meaning given to it in clause 15.1 (Currency indemnity).

 

“Tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).

 

“Termination Date” means the date falling three years from the date of this Agreement or, if not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

“Third Parties Act” means the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties Act) 1999.

 

“Total Commitments” means the aggregate of the Commitments of the Lenders, being USD 260 million at the date of this Agreement.

 

“Total Interest Payable” means, in relation to the Group for any Measurement Period, all interest and other financing charges paid or payable and incurred by the Group during that Measurement Period.

 

“Total Interest Receivable” means, in relation to the Group for any Measurement Period, all interest and other financing charges received or receivable by the Group during that Measurement Period.

 

“Transaction Security” means the Security created or evidenced or expressed to be created or evidenced under or pursuant to the Security Documents.

 

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“Transfer Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 6 (Form of Transfer Certificate) of this Agreement or any other form agreed between the Facility Agent and the Company.

 

“Transfer Date” means, in relation to a transfer, the later of:

 

(A)                               the proposed Transfer Date specified in the Transfer Certificate; and

 

(B)                               the date on which the Facility Agent executes the Transfer Certificate.

 

“Unpaid Sum” means any sum due and payable but unpaid by an Obligor under the Finance Documents.

 

“USD” or “US Dollar” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

“US Tax Obligor” means:

 

(A)                               a Borrower which is resident for tax purposes in the United States of America; or

 

(B)                                an Obligor some or all of whose payments under the Finance Documents are from sources within the United States for US federal income tax purposes.

 

“Utilisation” means a utilisation of the Facility by way of a Loan.

 

“Utilisation Date” means the date of a Utilisation, being the date on which a Loan is to be made.

 

“Utilisation Request” means a notice substantially in the form set out in Schedule 4 (Utilisation Request) of this Agreement.

 

“VAT” means value added tax as provided for in the Value Added Tax Act 1994 or any regulations promulgated thereunder and any other tax of a similar nature.

 

“WCTP Block” means West Cape Three Points area offshore Ghana, being the area described in Annex 1 of the WCTP PA, but excluding any portions of such area in respect of which Contractor’s rights thereunder are from time to time relinquished or surrendered pursuant to the WCTP PA.

 

“WCTP PA” means the petroleum agreement dated 22 July 2004 between the Government of Ghana, represented by the Minister, the GNPC, KEG and EO in respect of the West Cape Three Points Block Off-shore Ghana (and all amendments and supplements thereto).

 

1.2                              Construction of particular terms

 

Unless a contrary indication appears, any reference in this Agreement to:

 

(A)                            “this Agreement” shall be construed as a reference to the agreement or document in which such reference appears together with all recitals and Schedules thereto;

 

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(B)                               a reference to “assets” includes properties, revenues and rights of every description;

 

(C)                               an “authorisation” or “consent” shall be construed as including any authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, permission, recording, notarisation, filing or registration;

 

(D)                               an “authorised officer” shall be construed, in relation to any Party, as a reference to a director or other person duly authorised by such Party as notified by such Party to the Facility Agent as being authorised to sign any agreement, certificate or other document or to take any decision or action, as applicable. The provision of any certificate or the making of any certification by any authorised officer of the Company shall not create for that authorised officer any personal liability to the Finance Parties;

 

(E)                                a “calendar year” is a reference to a period starting on (and including) 1 January and ending on (and including) the immediately following 31 December;

 

(F)                                 a “certified copy” shall be construed as a reference to a copy of that document, certified by an authorised officer of the relevant Party delivering it to be a complete, accurate and up-to-date copy of the original document;

 

(G)                               a “clause” shall, subject to any contrary indication, be construed as a reference to a clause of the agreement or document in which such reference appears;

 

(H)                              “continuing” shall, in relation to any Default or Event of Default, be construed as meaning that such Default or Event of Default has not been remedied or waived;

 

(I)                                   the “equivalent” on any given date in any currency (the “first currency”) of an amount denominated in another currency (the “second currency”) is a reference to the amount of the first currency which could be purchased with the amount of the second currency at the spot rate of exchange quoted by the Facility Agent in the normal course of business at or about 11.00 a.m. on such date for the purchase of the first currency with the second currency in the London foreign exchange markets for delivery on the second Business Day thereafter;

 

(J)                                   the “group” of any person, shall be construed as a reference to that person, its subsidiaries and any holding company of that person and all other subsidiaries of any such holding company, from time to time;

 

(K)                              a “holding company” of a company or corporation shall be construed as a reference to any company or corporation of which the first-mentioned company or corporation is a subsidiary;

 

(L)                                “include” or “including” shall be deemed to be followed by “without limitation” or “but not limited to” whether or not they are followed by such phrase or words of like import;

 

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(M)                            a “month” or “Month” is a reference to a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next succeeding calendar month save that, where any such period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, it shall end on the next succeeding Business Day, unless that day falls in the calendar month succeeding that in which it would otherwise have ended, in which case it shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day provided that, if a period starts on the last Business Day in a calendar month or if there is no numerically corresponding day in the month in which that period ends, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that later month (and references to “months” and “Months” shall be construed accordingly);

 

(N)                               a “person” shall be construed as a reference to any person, trust, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality) of two or more of the foregoing;

 

(O)                               a reference to a “regulation” includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of Law but, if not having the force of Law, being a regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline with which a prudent person carrying on the same or a similar business to the Company would comply) of any governmental body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;

 

(P)                                 a “right” shall be construed as including any right, title, interest, claim, remedy, discretion, power or privilege, in each case whether actual, contingent, present or future;

 

(Q)                               a “Schedule” shall, subject to any contrary indication, be construed as a reference to a schedule of the agreement or document in which such reference appears;

 

(R)                               a “subsidiary” of a company or corporation means a subsidiary undertaking within the meaning of section 1162 of the Companies Act 2006 which shall be construed as a reference to any company or corporation:

 

(i)                                    which is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the first-mentioned company or corporation;

 

(ii)                                 more than half the issued share capital of which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the first-mentioned company or corporation; or

 

(iii)                              which is a subsidiary of another subsidiary of the first-mentioned company or corporation,

 

and, for these purposes, a company or corporation shall be treated as being controlled by another if that other company or corporation is able to direct its affairs and/or to control the composition of its board of directors or equivalent body;

 

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(S)                                 the “winding-up”, “dissolution” or “administration” of a company or corporation shall be construed so as to include any equivalent or analogous proceedings under the law of the jurisdiction in which such company or corporation is incorporated or any jurisdiction in which such company or corporation carries on business including the seeking of liquidation, bankruptcy, winding-up, reorganisation, dissolution, administration, receivership, judicial custodianship, administrative receivership, arrangement, adjustment, protection or relief of debtors; and

 

(T)                                a “year” is a reference to a period starting on one day in a month in a calendar year and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the same month in the next succeeding calendar year, save that, where any such period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, it shall end on the next succeeding Business Day, unless that day falls in the month succeeding that in which it would otherwise have ended, in which case it shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day Provided that, if a period starts on the last Business Day in a month, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that later month (and references to “years” shall be construed accordingly).

 

1.3                              Interpretation

 

(A)                               Words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa.

 

(B)                               Words indicating any gender shall include each other gender.

 

(C)                               Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document to:

 

(i)                                  any party or person shall be construed so as to include its and any subsequent successors, permitted transferees and permitted assigns in accordance with their respective interests;

 

(ii)                               such agreement or document or any other agreement or document shall be construed as a reference to each such agreement or document or, as the case may be, such other agreement or document as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended, varied, novated or supplemented, in each case to the extent permitted under the Finance Documents; and

 

(iii)                            a time of day shall, save as otherwise provided in any agreement or document, be construed as a reference to London time.

 

(D)                              Section, Part, Clause and Schedule headings contained in, and any index or table of contents to, any agreement or document are for ease of reference only.

 

1.4                              Third Party Rights

 

(A)                               A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Third Parties Act to enforce or enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement.

 

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(B)                               Notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, this Agreement may be rescinded or varied without the consent of any person who is not a Party hereto.

 

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PART 2
 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT AND CONDITION SUBSEQUENT

 

2.                                     CONDITIONS PRECEDENT AND CONDITION SUBSEQUENT

 

2.1                              Conditions Precedent to first Utilisation

 

The Company may not deliver a Utilisation Request unless the Facility Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part I of Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent (acting reasonably), or their delivery has otherwise been waived in accordance with clause 2.4 (Waivers of Conditions Precedent).  The Facility Agent (acting reasonably) shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.

 

2.2                              Conditions Precedent to each Utilisation

 

The Lenders will only be obliged to comply with clause 6.5 (Lenders’ participation) if, on the proposed Utilisation Date:

 

(A)                              no Default or Event of Default is continuing or will result from the proposed Loan; and

 

(B)                              an Authorised Signatory of the Company certifies that the Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor are, in the light of the facts and circumstances then existing, true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of a Repeating Representation that contains a materiality concept, true and correct in all respects).

 

2.3                              Conditions Precedent to the KEL Intercreditor Agreement

 

The Company shall not enter into the KEL Intercreditor Agreement unless the Facility Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part III Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent (acting reasonably), or their delivery has otherwise been waived in accordance with clause 2.4 (Waivers of Conditions Precedent).  The Facility Agent (acting reasonably) shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied.

 

2.4                              Waivers of Conditions Precedent

 

(A)                              The Facility Agent, acting in accordance with the instructions of the Lenders, may waive the requirement under clause 2.1 (Conditions Precedent to first Utilisation) to deliver any one or more of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent) as applicable.

 

(B)                               Satisfaction of any of the conditions set out in clause 2.2 (Conditions Precedent to each Utilisation) may be waived by the Facility Agent acting in accordance with the instructions of the Majority Lenders.

 

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(C)                              Satisfaction of any of the conditions set out in clause 2.3 (Conditions Precedent to the KEL Intercreditor Agreement) may be waived by the Facility Agent acting in accordance with the instructions of the Majority Lenders.

 

(D)                              Any waiver effected by the Facility Agent in accordance with this clause shall be binding on all Parties.

 

(E)                               For the avoidance of doubt, no Utilisation may be made under the Facility, until the Facility Agent has confirmed all relevant Conditions Precedent have been satisfied (acting reasonably) or waived in accordance with this clause 2 (CONDITIONS PRECEDENT AND CONDITION SUBSEQUENT).

 

2.5                              Condition subsequent

 

The Company shall procure that KEH shall accede to this Agreement and the Deed of Guarantee as an Additional Guarantor no later than the date falling three months after the date of this Agreement.

 

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PART 3

OPERATION OF THE FACILITY

 

3.                                     THE FACILITY

 

3.1                              Facility Commitment amounts

 

(A)                              Subject to the terms of the Finance Documents, the Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrower a secured US Dollar revolving credit facility on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement (the “Facility”) in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Commitments.

 

(B)                               The Facility may be utilised by way of Loans (which, during the Availability Period only, shall include Rollover Loans).

 

3.2                              Additional Commitments

 

(A)                               KEL may notify the Facility Agent (such notice being an “Additional Commitment Notice”) that it has agreed with any Lender or any other bank or financial institution (in each case, an “Additional Lender”) to increase the Total Commitments by the provision of additional commitments under the Facility (each such increase or, as the case may be, assumption in commitments being an “Additional Commitment”), provided that,

 

(i)                                   the Additional Commitment Notice shall be delivered prior to the expiry of the Availability Period;

 

(ii)                                 the increase in and/or, as the case may be, assumption of Additional Commitments is to take effect before the expiry of the Availability Period and the maximum aggregate amount of Additional Commitments (including all previous increases in and/or assumptions of Additional Commitments) shall not exceed US$40,000,000; and

 

(iii)                              no Event of Default is continuing or would arise as a result of the provision of the Additional Commitment; and

 

(iv)                            the terms of the Additional Commitment shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, be treated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement in the same manner as the existing Commitments.

 

(B)                               Each Additional Commitment Notice shall:

 

(i)                                   confirm that the requirements of clause 3.2(A) above are fulfilled; and

 

(ii)                                specify the date upon which the Additional Commitment is anticipated to be made available to the Borrower (the “Additional Commitment Date”); and

 

(C)                              In the event that an Additional Lender is not a Party to this Agreement, KEL shall procure that on or prior to the Additional Commitment Date, such

 

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Additional Lender: delivers a Lender Accession Notice in the form set out in Schedule 12 (Form of Lender Accession Notice) duly completed and signed on behalf of the Additional Lender and specifying its Additional Commitment to the Facility Agent.

 

(D)                              Subject to the conditions in paragraph (B) and (C) above being met, from the relevant Additional Commitment Date:

 

(i)                                   the Additional Lender shall make available the relevant Additional Commitment for Utilisation under the Facility in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (as amended);

 

(ii)                                the Additional Commitment shall rank pari passu with respect to existing Commitments; and

 

(iii)                              any necessary rebalancing of the Commitments and outstandings under the Facility and the Additional Commitment provided by the Additional Lender to ensure that they are pro rata (the “New Commitment Rebalancing”) will be made, at the Borrower’s election, by the Borrower either:

 

(a)                                 making utilisations from the Additional Commitment in priority to utilisations from Commitments under the Facility or to effect a prepayment under the Facility to the existing Lenders (which amount may be redrawn by the Borrower); or

 

(b)                                making its first utilisation under the Additional Commitment on the last day of the then Interest Period,

 

in each case to procure, as far as practicable, any New Commitment Rebalancing, following which all utilisations shall be made pro rata.

 

(E)                               Each Additional Lender shall become a party to the Finance Documents (and be entitled to share in the Security created under the Security Documents, and benefit from the Deed of Guarantee, in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents) if such Additional Lender accedes to the Finance Documents in accordance with the Finance Documents.

 

(F)                                Each party (other than the relevant Additional Lender) irrevocably authorises and instructs the Facility Agent to execute on its behalf any Lender Accession Notice which has been duly completed and signed on behalf of that proposed Additional Lender and each Party agrees to be bound by such accession.  The Facility Agent must promptly sign any such Lender Accession Notice (and in any event within three Business Days of receipt).

 

(G)                              The Facility Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Lender Accession Notice delivered to it by an Additional Lender once the Facility Agent (acting reasonably) has, to the extent that the necessary information is not already available to it, received all required information to comply with all necessary

 

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“know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the accession of such Additional Lender.

 

(H)                             On the date that the Facility Agent executes a Lender Accession Notice:

 

(i)                                   the Additional Lender party to that Lender Accession Notice, each other Finance Party and the Obligors shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had that Additional Lender been an Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of that accession and with the Commitment specified by it as its Additional Commitment;

 

(ii)                                that Additional Lender shall become a Party to this Agreement as a “Lender”.

 

(I)                                  Clause 22.4 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders) shall apply mutatis mutandis in this clause 3.2 in relation to an Additional Lender as if references in that clause to:

 

(i)                                   an “Existing Lender” were references to all the Lenders immediately prior to the relevant increase;

 

(ii)                                the “New Lender” were references to that “Additional Lender”; and

 

a “re-transfer” and “re-assignment” were references to respectively a “transfer” and “assignment”.

 

4.                                     FINANCE PARTIES’ RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

 

(A)                              The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several.  Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under any Finance Documents to which it is a Party does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents.  No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents.

 

(B)                              The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents to which it is a Party are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from an Obligor shall be a separate and independent debt.

 

(C)                              A Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under the Finance Documents.

 

5.                                     PURPOSE

 

5.1                              Purpose

 

(A)                              Subject to paragraph (B) below, the proceeds of any Loan may only be used by the Borrower towards the general corporate purposes of the Group.

 

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(B)                              For the avoidance of doubt, the Obligors shall not use the proceeds of any Loan for the purpose of making a Shareholder Distribution, except in instances where the payment of a Shareholder Distribution is mandatory under the rules of any Stock Exchange.

 

5.2                              Monitoring

 

No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any Loan made pursuant to the Finance Documents.

 

6.                                     UTILISATION

 

6.1                              Availability Period

 

Subject to the satisfaction of the relevant Conditions Precedent, the Facility shall be available for drawing during the Availability Period.

 

6.2                              Delivery of a Utilisation Request

 

A Borrower may borrow a loan under the Facility by delivery to the Facility Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than 10:00 am on the third Business Day prior to the proposed Utilisation Date and the Facility Agent shall deliver such Utilisation Request to the Lenders within one Business Day of receipt of the same by it.  For this purpose, if the Facility Agent receives the Utilisation Request on a day which is not a Business Day or after 10:00 am on a Business Day, it will be treated as having received the Utilisation Request on the following Business Day.

 

6.3                              Completion of a Utilisation Request

 

(A)                              Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:

 

(i)                                   the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period;

 

(ii)                                the amount of the Utilisation complies with clause 6.4 (Amount); and

 

(iii)                             the proposed Interest Period complies with clause 10 (INTEREST PERIODS).

 

(B)                              Only one Loan may be requested in each Utilisation Request and a maximum of 3 Utilisation Requests may be requested in any one month.

 

(C)                              A Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request if as a result of the proposed Utilisation 10 or more Loans would be outstanding.

 

6.4                              Amount

 

The amount of any proposed Loan under the Facility must be:

 

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(A)                              a minimum of USD 1 million (or, in any event, such lesser amount as the Facility Agent may agree acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders); and

 

(B)                              in integral multiples of USD 1 million (or, in any event, such lesser amount as the Facility Agent may agree acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders),

 

or, if less, the Available Facility.

 

6.5                              Lenders’ participation

 

(A)                              If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Lender shall make its participation in the relevant Loan available by the Utilisation Date through its Facility Office in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(B)                              The amount of a Lender’s participation in that Loan will be equal to the proportion borne by its Available Commitment to the Available Facility immediately prior to the making of the relevant Loan.

 

(C)                              In providing the notification to the Lender pursuant to clause 6.2 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request), the Facility Agent shall notify each Lender of the amount of each Loan and the amount of its participation in each such Loan.

 

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PART 4

PAYMENTS, CANCELLATION, INTEREST AND FEES

 

7.                                     REPAYMENT

 

7.1                              Repayment of Loans

 

(A)                              Each Borrower which has drawn a Loan shall repay that Loan on the last day of its Interest Period.

 

(B)                              Without prejudice to each Borrower’s obligation under paragraph (A) above, if:

 

(i)                                   one or more Loans are to be made available to a Borrower:

 

(a)                                on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be repaid by that Borrower;

 

(b)                                 in whole or in part for the purpose of refinancing the maturing Loan; and

 

(ii)                                the proportion borne by each Lender’s participation in the maturing Loan to the amount of that maturing Loan is the same as the proportion borne by that Lender’s participation in the new Loans to the aggregate amount of those new Loans,

 

the aggregate amount of the new Loans shall, unless the Company notifies the Facility Agent to the contrary in the relevant Utilisation Request, be treated as if applied in or towards repayment of the maturing Loan so that:

 

(c)                                  if the amount of the maturing Loan exceeds the aggregate amount of the new Loans:

 

(1)                                the relevant Borrower will only be required to make a payment under clause 28.1 (Payments to the Facility Agent) in an amount in the relevant currency equal to that excess; and

 

(2)                                each Lender’s participation in the new Loans shall be treated as having been made available and applied by the Borrower in or towards repayment of that Lender’s participation in the maturing Loan and that Lender will not be required to make a payment under clause 28.1 (Payments to the Facility Agent) in respect of its participation in the new Loans; and

 

(d)                                 if the amount of the maturing Loan is equal to or less than the aggregate amount of the new Loans:

 

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(1)                                the relevant Borrower will not be required to make a payment under clause 28.1 (Payments to the Facility Agent); and

 

(2)                                each Lender will be required to make a payment under clause 28.1 (Payments to the Facility Agent) in respect of its participation in the new Loans only to the extent that its participation in the new Loans exceeds that Lender’s participation in the maturing Loan and the remainder of that Lender’s participation in the new Loans shall be treated as having been made available and applied by the Borrower in or towards repayment of that Lender’s participation in the maturing Loan.

 

8.                                     PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION

 

8.1                              General

 

(A)                              Subject to there being no Event of Default outstanding and other than an obligation to make a prepayment upon a Change of Control, prepayments in respect of the Facility shall be paid at the end of the next Interest Period falling not less than 15 days after the date on which the event giving rise to the obligation to make the prepayment occurs.

 

(B)                              Any amount prepaid may only be redrawn if such prepayment and Utilisation occurs prior to the expiry of the Availability Period.

 

(C)                              Any prepayment shall be made with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to Break Costs (excluding any Margin), without premium or penalty.

 

8.2                              Illegality

 

(A)                              If it becomes unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for a Lender (an “Illegality Lender”) to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by the Finance Documents, or to fund or maintain its participation in any Utilisation:

 

(i)                                    that Lender shall promptly notify the Facility Agent upon becoming aware of that event;

 

(ii)                                 upon the Facility Agent notifying the Company, the Commitment of that Lender will be immediately cancelled; and

 

(iii)                              the Borrower shall either:

 

(a)                       if the Lender so requires, repay that Lender’s participation in the Utilisations made to the Borrower on the last day of the Interest Period for each Utilisation occurring after the Facility Agent has notified the Borrower or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Facility Agent

 

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(being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law); or

 

(b)                       replace that Lender in accordance with paragraph (B) of clause 8.11 (Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender) on or before the first date applicable under paragraph (i) above in respect of which a payment is due and payable.

 

(B)                              If it becomes unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction for the Borrower to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by the Finance Documents:

 

(i)                                   the Borrower shall promptly notify the Facility Agent upon becoming aware of that event;

 

(ii)                                the Facility Agent shall notify the Lenders; and

 

(iii)                             the Borrower shall repay each Utilisation made to it on the last day of the Interest Period for that Utilisation occurring after the Facility Agent have notified the Lenders or, if earlier, the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law.

 

8.3                              Change of Control

 

(A)                              Upon a Change of Control:

 

(i)                                   the Obligor shall promptly notify the Facility Agent upon becoming aware of the occurrence of that event; and

 

(ii)                                if the Majority Lenders so require, the Facility Agent shall, on not less than 30 days written notice to the Company, cancel the Commitments and the Borrower shall repay each Lender’s participation in any Utilisations on the last day of the then current period under the Facility, together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents.

 

(B)                              For the purpose of paragraph (A) above, “Change of Control” means any person (or persons with whom they act in concert) other than a Permitted Transferee acquiring, directly or indirectly, more than 50 per cent. of the ordinary share capital in any Ghana Obligor carrying a right to vote in general meetings of that company. For the avoidance of doubt, a Change of Control shall not occur on an IPO of any Shareholder (directly or indirectly) in the Borrower, or an IPO of any Ghana Obligor.

 

(C)                              For the purposes of paragraph (B) above, any persons includes more than one person acting in concert and a “Permitted Transferee” means:

 

(i)                                   a Shareholder;

 

(ii)                                a Shareholder Affiliate; or

 

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(iii)                             a person who is otherwise approved by the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably) provided that any Lender which does not grant its approval may, on not less than 30 days written notice to the Facility Agent and the Company, demand that its participation in the Facility be prepaid in full and that its Commitment be immediately cancelled, provided that the Company may, in accordance with paragraph (B) of clause 8.11 (Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender), procure the replacement of that Lender or the transfer of its participation and Commitment to another Lender (with that Lender’s consent) rather than such prepayment and cancellation provided that such replacement or transfer is completed within the relevant notice period given by the relevant Lender.  If such replacement or transfer does not occur within the relevant period, that Lender’s participation in the Facility shall be immediately due and payable in full by the Borrower and its Commitment immediately cancelled.

 

8.4                              Ghana Petroleum Agreement Medium Sale Event

 

Upon a Ghana Petroleum Agreement Medium Sale Event:

 

(A)                              the Borrower shall promptly notify the Facility Agent upon becoming aware of the occurrence of that event; and

 

(B)                              if the Majority Lenders so require, the Facility Agent shall, on not less than 30 days written notice to the Company, cancel the Commitments of the Lenders, on a pro rata basis, by the Ghana Petroleum Agreement Medium Sale Event Cancellation Amount and the Borrower shall repay each Lender’s participation in any Utilisations pro rata, by the Ghana Petroleum Agreement Medium Sale Event Prepayment Amount, on the last day of the then current interest period under the Facility, together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents.

 

8.5                              Ghana Petroleum Agreement Large Sale Event

 

Upon a Ghana Petroleum Agreement Large Sale Event:

 

(A)                              the Borrower shall promptly notify the Facility Agent upon becoming aware of the occurrence of that event; and

 

(B)                              the Facility Agent shall, on not less than 30 days written notice to the Company, cancel the Commitments of the Lenders, on a pro rata basis, and the Borrower shall repay each Lender’s participation in any Utilisations on the last day of the then current interest period under the Facility, together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents.

 

8.6                              Increase in Lender Commitment

 

In circumstances where the Commitment of any Lender is increased (excluding any increase as a result of an assumption of Additional Commitment pursuant to clause 3.2 (Additional Commitments) or a transfer made pursuant to clause 22 (Changes to the

 

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Lenders), any other Lender shall (provided that such Lender voted against such increase) have the unilateral right to instruct the Facility Agent to, on not less than 30 days written notice to the Company, cancel the Commitment of that other Lender and require the Borrower to repay that other Lender’s participation in any Utilisations in full, on the last day of the then current interest period under the Facility, together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents.

 

8.7                              Financial Covenants

 

In circumstances where the Majority Lenders have given their consent to amend any provision of clause 19 (FINANCIAL COVENANTS), any other Lender shall (provided that such Lender did not give such consent) have the unilateral right to instruct the Facility Agent to, on not less than 30 days written notice to the Company, cancel the Commitment of that other Lender and require the Borrower to repay that other Lender’s participation in any Utilisations in full, on the last day of the then current interest period under the Facility, together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents.

 

8.8                              Automatic Cancellation

 

At the close of business in London on the last Business Day of the Availability Period for the Facility, the undrawn Commitment of each Lender under the Facility at that time shall be automatically cancelled.

 

8.9                              Voluntary Cancellation

 

(A)                              The Company may, by giving not less than ten Business Days’ (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior written notice to the Facility Agent, without penalty, cancel the Available Facility in whole or in part (but if in part, in a minimum amount of USD 1 million or, if less, the relevant Commitments in the Available Facility).  The relevant Commitments in respect of the Facility will be cancelled on a date specified in such notice, being a date not earlier than ten Business Days after the relevant notice is received by the Facility Agent.

 

(B)                              Any valid notice of cancellation will be irrevocable and will specify the date on which the cancellation shall take effect.  No part of any Commitment which has been cancelled or which is the subject of a notice of cancellation may subsequently be utilised.

 

(C)                              When any cancellation of Commitments under the Facility takes effect, each Lender’s Available Commitment under the Facility will be reduced by an amount which bears the same proportion to the total amount being cancelled as its Available Commitment under the Facility bears to the Available Facility (at that time).

 

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8.10                       Voluntary Prepayment of Loans

 

(A)                              Subject to clause 8.1 (General), a Utilisation may be prepaid whether in whole or in part by the Borrower without penalty upon ten Business Days’ prior written notice to the Facility Agent.

 

(B)                              Any valid notice of prepayment will be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, will specify the date on which the cancellation shall take effect.  Any amount prepaid or repaid may not be redrawn if such prepayment or repayment and Utilisation occurs after the expiry of the Availability Period.

 

(C)                              Prepayment shall take effect:

 

(i)                                    on the last day of the then current Interest Period; or

 

(ii)                                 on any other date subject to payment by the Borrower, on demand, of Break Costs (if any), in accordance with clause 11.4 (Break Costs).

 

(D)                              Unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, when any prepayment of the whole or part of a Loan takes place, each Lender’s participation in the relevant Loan shall be reduced rateably.

 

8.11                       Right of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender

 

(A)                              If:

 

(i)                                   the Company reasonably believes that the sum payable to any Lender by an Obligor is required to be increased under clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up);

 

(ii)                                the Company receives a notice from the Facility Agent under clause 13.3 (Tax Indemnity) or clause 14.1 (Increased Costs);

 

(iii)                             any Lender is or becomes a Non-Funding Lender;

 

(iv)                            any Lender is or becomes entitled to increase its rate of interest further to clause 11.2 (Market disruption); or

 

(v)                               the rating of any Lender’s long-term unguaranteed, unsecured securities or debt is reduced to below Baa3 (Moody’s) or a comparable rating from an internationally recognised credit rating agency,

 

the Company may, while (in the case of paragraph (i) and (ii) above) the circumstance giving rise to the belief or notice continues or (in the case of (iii), (iv) or (v) above) the relevant circumstance continues:

 

(a)                              give the Facility Agent notice of cancellation of the Commitment of that Lender and its intention to procure the repayment of that Lender’s participation in the Utilisations;

 

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(b)                              in the case of a Non-Funding Lender or Illegality Lender, give the Facility Agent notice of cancellation of the Available Commitment of that Lender in relation to the Facility and reinstate all or part of such Available Commitment in accordance with paragraph (B) below; or

 

(c)                               replace that Lender in accordance with paragraph (B) below.

 

(B)                              The Company may:

 

(i)                                   in the circumstances set out in paragraph (A) above or pursuant to clause 8.1 (General) or clause 8.2 (Illegality) or clause 8.3(A)(ii) (Change of Control), replace an Existing Lender (as defined in clause 22 (Changes to the Lenders)), with one or more other Lenders (which need not be Existing Lenders) (each a “Replacement Lender”), which have agreed to purchase all or part of the Commitment and participations of that Existing Lender in Utilisations made to the Borrower pursuant to an assignment or transfer in accordance with the provisions of clause 22 (Changes to the Lenders); or

 

(ii)                                in the circumstances set out in paragraph (A)(iv)(a) of this clause 8.11, cancel the Available Commitments of the Non-Funding Lender or Illegality Lender in respect of the Facility and procure that one or more Replacement Lenders assume Commitments under the Facility in an aggregate amount not exceeding the Available Commitment of the relevant Non-Funding Lender or Illegality Lender in relation to the Facility,

 

in each case on condition that:

 

(a)                              each assignment or transfer under this paragraph (B) shall be arranged by the Company (with such reasonable assistance from the Existing Lender as the Company may reasonably request); and

 

(b)                              no Existing Lender shall be obliged to make any assignment or transfer pursuant to this paragraph (B) unless and until it has received payment from the Replacement Lender or Replacement Lenders in an aggregate amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the participations in the Utilisations owing to the Existing Lender, together with accrued and unpaid interest and fees (including, without limitation, any Break Costs to the date of payment) and all other amounts payable to the Existing Lender under this Agreement.

 

(C)                              On receipt of a notice from the Company referred to in paragraph (A) above, the Commitment of that Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.

 

(D)                              On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Company has given notice of cancellation under paragraph (A) above (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Company in that notice), the Company shall repay that Lender’s participation in the relevant Utilisation.

 

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(E)                               Paragraphs (A) and (B) do not in any way limit the obligations of any Finance Party under clause 16.1 (Mitigation).

 

9.                                     INTEREST

 

9.1                              Calculation of interest

 

The rate of interest on each Loan for each Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:

 

(A)                              Margin; and

 

(B)                              LIBOR.

 

9.2                              Payment of interest

 

The Borrower shall pay accrued interest on each Loan on the last day of each Interest Period (and, if the Interest Period is longer than six months, on the dates falling at six-monthly intervals after the first day of the Interest Period).

 

9.3                              Default interest

 

(A)                              If an Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which, subject to paragraph (B) below, is 1.0 per cent. higher than the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non payment, constituted a Loan in the currency of the overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably).  Any interest accruing under this clause shall be immediately payable by the Obligor on demand by that Facility Agent.

 

(B)                              If any overdue amount consists of all or part of a Loan which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to that Loan:

 

(i)                                   the first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to that Loan; and

 

(ii)                                the rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first Interest Period shall be 1.0 per cent. higher than the rate which would have applied if the overdue amount had not become due.

 

(C)                              Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that overdue amount but will remain immediately due and payable.

 

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9.4                              Notification of rates of interest

 

The Facility Agent shall promptly notify the relevant Lenders and Borrower of the determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement.

 

10.                              INTEREST PERIODS

 

10.1                       Selection of Interest Periods

 

(A)                              The Borrower shall select an Interest Period for a Loan in the Utilisation Request for that Loan.

 

(B)                              Subject to this clause, the Borrower may select an Interest Period of 1, 3 or 6 months or such other period as may be agreed between the Company and the Facility Agent.

 

(C)                              No Interest Period for a Loan under the Facility shall extend beyond the Termination Date.

 

10.2                       Non-Business Days

 

If an Interest Period ends on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period will instead end on the next Business Day, unless the next Business Day is in another month, in which case the Interest Period will end on the preceding Business Day.

 

11.                              CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST

 

11.1                       Absence of quotations

 

Subject to clause 11.2 (Market disruption), if LIBOR is to be determined by reference to the Reference Banks but a Reference Banks does not supply a quotation by the Specified Time, the applicable LIBOR shall be determined on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Reference Banks.

 

11.2                       Market disruption

 

(A)                              If a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to a Loan for any Interest Period, then the rate of interest on each Lender’s share of that Loan for the Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of:

 

(i)                                   the Margin; and

 

(ii)                                the rate notified to the Facility Agent by that Lender as soon as practicable and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period, to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to that Lender of funding its participation in that Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select.

 

(B)                              In this Agreement “Market Disruption Event” means if, on or about noon in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period, none or only one

 

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of the Reference Banks supplies a rate to the Facility Agent to determine LIBOR for the Interest Period, or the Facility Agent receives notifications from a Lender or Lenders (whose participations exceed 35 per cent. in aggregate of all participations) that the cost to it of obtaining matching deposits in the London interbank market would be materially in excess of LIBOR.

 

(C)                              The Facility Agent shall notify the Borrower immediately upon receiving notice from the Lender(s).

 

11.3                       Alternative basis of interest or funding

 

(A)                              If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Facility Agent or the Borrower so requires, the Facility Agent and the Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than thirty days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest.

 

(B)                              Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (A) above shall, with the prior consent of all the Lenders and the Borrower, be binding on all Parties.

 

11.4                       Break Costs

 

(A)                              The Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand by a Finance Party, pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by it on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum.

 

(B)                              Each Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the Facility Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in which they accrue.

 

(C)                              If, following a payment by the Borrower of all or part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum, a Lender realises a profit, and no Event of Default is continuing, that Lender must pay an amount equal to that profit to the Borrower as soon as practicable.

 

11.5                       FATCA Information

 

(A)                              Subject to paragraph (C) below, each Party shall, within ten Business Days of a reasonable request by another Party:

 

(i)                                   confirm to that other Party whether it is:

 

(a)                          a FATCA Exempt Party; or

 

(b)                          not a FATCA Exempt Party; and

 

(ii)                                supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA (including its applicable “passthru payment percentage” or other information required under the

 

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US Treasury Regulations or other official guidance including intergovernmental agreements) as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other Party’s compliance with FATCA.

 

(B)                              If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to clause 11.5(A)(i)(a) above that it is a FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not, or has ceased to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party shall notify that other Party reasonably promptly.

 

(C)                              Paragraph (A) above shall not oblige any Finance Party to do anything which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:

 

(i)                                   any law or regulation;

 

(ii)                                any fiduciary duty; or

 

(iii)                             any duty of confidentiality.

 

(D)                              If a Party fails to confirm its status or to supply forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with paragraph (A) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (C) above applies), then:

 

(i)                                   if that Party failed to confirm whether it is (and/or remains) a FATCA Exempt Party then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party; and

 

(ii)                                if that Party failed to confirm its applicable “passthru payment percentage” then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance Documents (and payments made thereunder) as if its applicable “passthru payment percentage” is 100%,

 

until (in each case) such time as the Party in question provides the requested confirmation, forms, documentation or other information.

 

12.                              FEES

 

12.1                       Commitment fee

 

(A)                              The Borrower shall pay to the Facility Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee at a rate equal to 40 per cent. per annum of the Margin.

 

(B)                              The accrued commitment fee is payable quarterly (on each of 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December) in arrears on any undrawn and uncancelled portion of the Commitments for the period from and including the date of this Agreement until and including the last day of the Availability Period.

 

(C)                              Notwithstanding paragraphs (A) and (B) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such commitment fees to the Facility Agent for the account of any Lender during the period in which such Lender is a Non-Funding Lender.

 

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12.2                       Front end fees

 

The Borrower shall pay to each Mandated Lead Arranger, front end fees in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.

 

12.3                       Facility Agent fee

 

The Borrower shall pay to the Facility Agent (for its own account) an agency fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.

 

12.4                       Security and Intercreditor Agent fee

 

The Borrower shall pay to the Security and Intercreditor Agent (for its own account) a fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.

 

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PART 5

TAXES, INCREASED COSTS AND INDEMNITIES

 

13.                              TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES

 

13.1                       Definitions

 

(A)                              In this Agreement:

 

“Tax Credit” means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax.

 

“Tax Deduction” means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under a Finance Document, other than a FATCA Deduction.

 

“Tax Payment” means either the increase in a payment made by an Obligor to a Finance Party under clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment under clause 13.3 (Tax Indemnity).

 

13.2                       Tax gross-up

 

(A)                              Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.

 

(B)                              The Company shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Facility Agent accordingly.

 

(C)                              If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.

 

(D)                              If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.

 

(E)                               Within thirty days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Facility Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party (acting reasonably) that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing Authority.

 

(F)                                If an Obligor makes any payment to a Finance Party in respect of or relating to a Tax Deduction, but such Obligor was not obliged to make such payment, the relevant Finance Party shall within five Business Days of demand refund such payment to such Obligor.

 

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13.3                       Tax Indemnity

 

(A)                              Except as provided below, the Borrower shall (within five Business Days of demand by the Facility Agent) indemnify a Finance Party against any loss, liability or cost which that Finance Party determines will be or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered by that Finance Party for or on account of Tax, by that Finance Party in respect of a Finance Document.

 

(B)                              Paragraph (A) above shall not apply:

 

(i)                                   with respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party under the law of the jurisdiction in which:

 

(a)                         that Finance Party is incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that Finance Party is treated as resident for tax purposes; or

 

(b)                         that Finance Party’s Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that jurisdiction,

 

if in either such case that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or receivable) by that Finance Party or that Finance Party’s Facility Office; or

 

(ii)                                to the extent a loss, liability or cost is compensated for by an increased payment under clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up); or

 

(iii)                             to the extent a loss, liability or cost relates to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party; or

 

(iv)                            with respect to any Tax assessed prior to the date which is 180 days prior to the date on which the relevant Finance Party requests such a payment from the Borrower, unless a determination of the amount claimed could only be made on or after the first of those dates.

 

(C)                              A Finance Party making, or intending to make a claim under paragraph (A) above shall promptly notify the Facility Agent of the event which will give, or has given, rise to the claim, following which the Facility Agent shall provide to the Company a copy of the notification by such Finance Party.

 

(D)                              A Finance Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this clause, notify the Facility Agent.  The Finance Parties will undertake to use reasonable endeavours to obtain reliefs and remissions for taxes and deductions and to reimburse the Company for reliefs, remissions or credits obtained (but without any obligation to arrange its tax affairs other than as it sees fit nor to disclose any information about its tax affairs).

 

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13.4                       Tax Credit

 

(A)                              If:-

 

(i)                                   an Obligor makes a Tax Payment, and

 

(ii)                                a Tax Credit is attributable either to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, or to that Tax Payment, and

 

(iii)                             that Finance Party has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax Credit,

 

the Finance Party shall pay an amount to the Obligor which that Finance Party reasonably determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as it would have been in but for its utilisation of the Tax Credit.

 

(B)                              Nothing in this clause will:

 

(i)                                   interfere with the rights of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit; or

 

(ii)                                oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its Tax affairs or computations.

 

13.5                       Stamp Taxes

 

(A)                              The Company shall, within five Business Days of demand, pay and indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability that Finance Party incurs in relation to all stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document other than in respect of an assignment or transfer by a Lender.

 

13.6                       Value added tax

 

(A)                              All consideration expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by any Party to a Finance Party shall be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT.  If VAT is chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party in connection with a Finance Document, that Party shall pay to the Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time as paying the consideration) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT against delivery of an appropriate VAT invoice.

 

(B)                              Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse a Finance Party for any costs or expenses, that obligation shall be deemed to extend to all VAT incurred by the Finance Party in respect of the costs or expenses to the extent that the Finance Party reasonably determines that neither the Finance Party nor any other member of any VAT group of which it is a member is entitled to credit or repayment of the VAT.

 

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13.7                       FATCA Deduction

 

(A)                              Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA Deduction.

 

(B)                              Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA Deduction) notify the Party to whom it is making the payment and, in addition, shall notify the Company, the Facility Agent and the other Finance Parties

 

14.                              INCREASED COSTS

 

14.1                       Increased costs

 

(A)                              Subject to clause 14.3 (Exceptions) the Borrower shall, within five Business Days of a demand by the Facility Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Costs incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application by any governmental body or regulatory Authority of) any law or regulation (whether or not having the force of law, but if not, being of a type with which that Finance Party or Affiliate is expected or required to comply), or as a result of the implementation or application of, or compliance with, Basel III or any law or regulation that implements or applies Basel III.

 

(B)                              In this Agreement “Increased Costs” means:

 

(i)                                   a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a Finance Party’s (or its Affiliate’s) overall capital;

 

(ii)                                an additional or increased cost; or

 

(iii)                             a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document,

 

which is (a) material and (b) incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates but only to the extent that it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered into its Commitment or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance Document.

 

14.2                       Increased cost claims

 

(A)                              A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to clause 14.1 (Increased costs) shall notify the Facility Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which the Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Company.

 

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(B)                              Each Finance Party shall provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs.

 

14.3                       Exceptions

 

(A)                              Clause 14.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost is:

 

(i)                                   attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by an Obligor provided that this clause is without prejudice to any rights which the affected Lender may have under clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up) to receive a grossed up payment;

 

(ii)                                attributable to a FATCA Deduction required to be made by a Party;

 

(iii)                             the subject of a claim under clause 13.3 (Tax Indemnity) (or might be or have been the subject of a claim under clause 13.3 (Tax Indemnity) but for any of the exclusions in paragraph (B) of clause 13.3 (Tax Indemnity));

 

(iv)                            incurred prior to the date which is 180 days prior to the date on which the Finance Party makes a claim in accordance with clause 14.2 (Increased cost claims), unless a determination of the amount incurred could only be made on or after the first of those dates;

 

(v)                               attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or any of its Affiliates of any law or regulation; or

 

(vi)                            attributable to the implementation or application of or compliance with the “International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, a Revised Framework” published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in June 2004 in the form existing on the date of this Agreement (but excluding any amendment contained in Basel III) (“Basel II”) or any other law or regulation which implements Basel II (whether such implementation, application or compliance is by a government, regulator, Finance Party or any of its Affiliates).

 

(B)                              In this clause 14.3 (Exceptions), a reference to a “Tax Deduction” has the same meaning given to the term in clause 13.1 (Definitions).

 

15.                              OTHER INDEMNITIES

 

15.1                       Currency indemnity

 

(A)                              If any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a “Sum”), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the “First Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of:

 

(i)                                   making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor; or

 

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(ii)                                obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,

 

that Obligor shall as an independent obligation, within five Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party to whom that Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (a) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (b) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of that Sum.

 

(B)                              Each Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.

 

15.2                       Other indemnities

 

Each Obligor shall, within five Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Finance Party as a result of:

 

(A)                              the occurrence of any Event of Default;

 

(B)                              a failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date;

 

(C)                              funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Utilisation requested by the Borrower in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of a Default or an act or omission on the part of an Obligor; and

 

(D)                              a Utilisation (or part of a Utilisation) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower.

 

15.3                       Indemnity to the Facility Agent

 

Each Obligor shall promptly on demand, indemnify the Facility Agent against any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably) as a direct result of:

 

(A)                              investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default; and

 

(B)                              acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised by an Obligor.

 

16.                              MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS

 

16.1                       Mitigation

 

(A)                              Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Company, use all reasonable endeavours to mitigate or remove any circumstances which arise and which would result in any facility ceasing to be available or any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of clause 8.2 (Illegality), clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up), clause 14.1 (Increased costs) or clause

 

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11.2 (Market disruption) including (but not limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office.

 

(B)                              Paragraph (A) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under the Finance Documents.

 

(C)                              Each Finance Party shall notify the Facility Agent as soon as it becomes aware that any circumstances of the kind described in paragraph (A) above have arisen or may arise.  The Facility Agent shall notify the Company promptly of any such notification from a Finance Party.

 

16.2                       Limitation of liability

 

(A)                              Each Obligor shall promptly indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under clause 16.1 (Mitigation).

 

(B)                              A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under clause 16.1 (Mitigation) if, in the bona fide opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might in any way be prejudicial to it.

 

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PART 6

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

17.                              INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS

 

The undertakings in this clause remain in force from the date of this Agreement until the Discharge Date.

 

17.1                       Books of account and auditors

 

Each Obligor shall:

 

(A)                              keep proper books of account relating to its business; and

 

(B)                              appoint and maintain as its auditors any Approved Auditor.

 

17.2                       Financial statements

 

(A)                              The Borrower shall supply to the Facility Agent (in sufficient copies as most recently notified by the Facility Agent as being sufficient to allow one copy for each Lender):

 

(i)                                   as soon as they become available, but in any event within 180 days of the end of each financial year, its audited consolidated financial statements for that financial year; and

 

(ii)                                within 90 days of the end of each quarter, its unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements for that period.

 

(B)                              If during any financial year of the Borrower there is a material change in the nature and extent of the accounting transactions which the Borrower enters into, it shall promptly inform the Facility Agent thereof and the Borrower shall, if instructed to do so by the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably)), supply to the Facility Agent (in sufficient copies for each Lender), as soon as they become available, but in any event within 180 days of request, its audited consolidated financial statements for its last financial year.

 

17.3                       Year-end

 

The Borrower shall not change its Accounting Reference Date without the consent of the Majority Lenders.

 

17.4                       Form of financial statements

 

(A)                              The Borrower must ensure that each set of financial statements supplied under this Agreement:

 

(i)                                   is certified by an Authorised Signatory of the relevant Borrower as a true and correct copy; and

 

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(ii)                                 gives (if audited) a true and fair view of, or (if unaudited) fairly represents, the financial condition of the relevant Borrower for the period to the date on which those financial statements were drawn up.

 

(B)                              Unless otherwise agreed with the Facility Agent, all accounts delivered under this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with the Approved Accounting Principles.

 

(C)                              The Borrower must notify the Facility Agent of any material change to the manner in which any audited financial statements delivered under this Agreement are prepared.

 

(D)                              If requested by the Facility Agent, the Borrower must supply to the Facility Agent:

 

(i)                                   a full description of any change notified under paragraph (B) above and the adjustments which would be required to be made to those financial statements in order to cause them to use the accounting policies, practices, procedures and reference period upon which such financial statements were prepared prior to such change; and

 

(ii)                                sufficient information, in such detail and format as may be required by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably), to enable the Lenders to make a proper comparison between the financial position shown by the set of financial statements prepared on the changed basis and its most recent audited financial statements delivered to the Facility Agent under this Agreement prior to such change.

 

17.5                       Compliance Certificate

 

(A)                              The Borrower must supply to the Facility Agent a Compliance Certificate with each set of financial statements sent to the Facility Agent under clauses 17.2 (Financial statements), above certifying the matters specified in clause 17.4(A) above and compliance with the financial covenants in clauses 19.1 (Debt cover ratio) and 19.2 (Interest cover ratio) below.

 

(B)                              A Compliance Certificate supplied in accordance with paragraph (A) above must be signed by two Authorised Signatories of the Borrower.

 

17.6                       Information: Miscellaneous

 

Each Obligor shall supply to the Facility Agent, in sufficient copies for all the Lenders, if the Facility Agent so requests:

 

(A)                              all documents dispatched by each Obligor to its Shareholders (or any class of them) or its creditors generally, at the same time as they are dispatched;

 

(B)                              promptly after becoming aware of them, the details of any material litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are currently threatened or pending against the Guarantor or any member of the Group; and

 

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(C)                              promptly, such further information regarding the financial condition, assets, business and operations of the Guarantor or any member of the Group as the Facility Agent may reasonably request.

 

17.7                       Notification of Default

 

Each Obligor must notify the Facility Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.

 

17.8                       “Know your customer” and “customer due diligence” requirements

 

(A)                              If:

 

(i)                                   the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application by any government or regulatory Authority of) any law or regulation (having the force of law) made after the date of this Agreement;

 

(ii)                                any change in the ownership of an Obligor after the date of this Agreement; or

 

(iii)                             a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer,

 

obliges the Facility Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of paragraph (C) below, any prospective new Lender) to comply with “know your customer”, “customer due diligence” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it (or, in the case of paragraph (C) below, cannot be provided by the transferring Lender from information already provided to it), the Company shall, as soon as reasonably practicable upon the request of the Facility Agent or the relevant Lender, supply, or procure the supply of, such reasonable documentation and other evidence as is within an Obligor’s possession and control to enable the Facility Agent or such Lender to comply with all necessary “know your customer”, “customer due diligence” or other similar checks required under the relevant laws and regulations.

 

(B)                              Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Facility Agent supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Facility Agent (for itself) in order for the Facility Agent, as the case may be, to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.

 

(C)                              The Borrower shall, by not less than 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Facility Agent, notify the Facility Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) of its intention to request that one of the subsidiaries becomes an Additional Guarantor pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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(D)                              Following the giving of any notice pursuant to paragraph (C) above, if the accession of such Additional Guarantor obliges the Facility Agent or any Lender to comply with “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the Borrower shall promptly upon the request of the Facility Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Facility Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for the Facility Agent or such Lender or any prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the accession of such subsidiary to this Agreement as an Additional Guarantor.

 

17.9                       Use of websites

 

(A)                              Except as provided below, each Obligor may deliver any information under the Facility Agreement to the Facility Agent by posting it on to an electronic website if:

 

(i)                                   it maintains or has access to an electronic website for this purpose and provides the Facility Agent with the details and password to access the website and the information; and

 

(ii)                                the information posted is in a format required by this Agreement or is otherwise agreed between each Obligor and the Facility Agent (whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

The Facility Agent must supply each relevant Lender with the address of and password for the website.

 

(B)                              Notwithstanding the above, the Company must supply to the Facility Agent in paper form a copy of any information posted on the website together with sufficient copies for:

 

(i)                                   any Lender who notifies the Facility Agent in writing (copied to each Obligor) that it does not wish to receive information via the website; and

 

(ii)                                within ten Business Days of request, any other Lender, if that Lender so requests.

 

(C)                              Each Obligor must promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence, notify the Facility Agent if:

 

(i)                                   the website cannot be accessed;

 

(ii)                                the website or any information on the website is infected by any electronic virus or similar software;

 

(iii)                             the password for the website is changed; or

 

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(iv)                            any information to be supplied under the Facility Agreement is posted on the website or amended after being posted.

 

If the circumstances in sub-paragraph (C)(i) or (C)(ii) above occur, an Obligor must supply any information required under this Agreement in paper form until the circumstances giving rise to the notification are no longer continuing and the information can be provided in accordance with paragraph (A) above.

 

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PART 7

REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS, EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

18.                              REPRESENTATIONS

 

Each Obligor makes the representations and warranties set out in this clause to each Finance Party and acknowledges that each Finance Party has entered into the Finance Documents in full reliance on those representations and warranties.

 

18.1                       Status

 

(A)                              It is a limited liability or, as the case may be, an exempted company, duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.

 

(B)                              It has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted.

 

18.2                       Legal validity

 

Each Finance Document to which it is a party constitutes, or will constitute when executed, its valid, legally binding and enforceable obligations in accordance with its terms (subject to any limitation on enforcement under law or general principles of equity or qualifications which are specifically set out in any legal opinion delivered as a Condition Precedent) and that, so far as it is aware having made all due and careful enquiries, each Finance Document is in full force and effect.

 

18.3                       Non-conflict

 

The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party do not conflict with:

 

(A)                              any applicable law or regulation;

 

(B)                              its constitutional documents; or

 

(C)                              any agreement binding upon it,

 

to the extent which has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

18.4                       Powers and authority

 

It has (or had at the relevant time) the power and authority to execute and deliver the Finance Documents to which it is a party and it has the power and authority to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

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18.5                       Authorisations

 

All Required Approvals (except to the extent already provided as a Condition Precedent, or where required by any Authority in respect of any Security Interest granted (or to be granted) under the Security Documents) have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect (where a failure to do so has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).

 

18.6                       Stamp and registration duties

 

Except for registration fees, if any, payable in relation to the Charge over Shares in KEH, there is no stamp or registration duty or similar Tax or charge in respect of any Finance Document, which has not been made or paid within applicable time periods (where a failure to do so has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect).

 

18.7                       No Default

 

No Default has occurred and is outstanding.

 

18.8                       Financial Statements and other factual information

 

(A)                               The most recent audited financial statements and interim financial statements delivered to the Facility Agent in accordance with clause 17.2 (Financial statements) (which, at the Signing Date, is the unaudited opening balance sheet of the Borrower as at 30 September 2012):

 

(i)                                    have been prepared in accordance with the Approved Accounting Principles (if relevant); and

 

(ii)                                 (if audited) give a true and fair view of, or (if unaudited) fairly represent, its financial condition for the relevant period.

 

(B)                               All factual information provided by or under the express direction of the Borrower to the Finance Parties in connection with the Facility was believed by the Borrower at the time it was so provided to be true in all material respects.

 

18.9                       Proceedings pending or threatened

 

Except as disclosed to the Facility Agent in writing prior to the Signing Date, no litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding is pending or threatened which could reasonably be expected to be adversely determined against it and which, if so determined, has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

18.10                Breach of laws

 

(A)                               It has not breached any law or regulation which has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(B)                               It is in compliance with all environmental laws, a breach of which could reasonably be expected to give rise to a liability on it which has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect and, so far as it is aware having made due and careful enquiry, there is no environmental claim outstanding against it which, if adversely determined, would give rise to a liability on it which has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

18.11                Ranking of security

 

Subject to any limitations on enforcement under law or general principles of equity or qualifications set out in any legal opinion delivered as a Condition Precedent, each Security Document when executed confers the Security Interests it purports to confer over the assets referred to in that document and those assets are not subject to any other Security Interest that is not permitted pursuant to clause 20.6 (Negative pledge).

 

18.12                Pari passu ranking

 

Its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with all its other present unsecured obligations, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally.

 

18.13                No immunity

 

In any proceedings taken in any relevant jurisdiction in relation to the Finance Documents (or any of them), it shall not be entitled to claim for itself or any of its assets immunity from suit, execution or attachment or other legal process.

 

18.14                Ownership of Obligors

 

(A)                               The Company beneficially owns, indirectly, all of the issued share capital of the Guarantors and the Borrowers (other than the Company).

 

(B)                               The issued share capital of the Guarantors and the Borrowers is fully paid up and, to the extent beneficially owned by the Company, free of all encumbrances or other third party rights (other than pursuant to the Charge over Shares in KEH).

 

18.15                OFAC

 

Each Obligor represents that neither it nor any of its subsidiaries or, to their knowledge, any director, officer, employee, agent or representative of it or any of its subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“Person”) currently the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is it or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions.

 

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18.16                Times for making representations

 

(A)                               The representations set out in this clause 18 (other than the representations in clauses 18.4 (Powers and authority) and 18.5 (Authorisations)) are made by each Obligor on the date of this Agreement. The representation in clause 18.4 (Powers and authority) will be made as at the time that the power or authority is exercised only.  Each Repeating Representation is deemed to be repeated by each Obligor on the date of each Utilisation Request, each Utilisation Date and on the first day of each Interest Period.

 

(B)                               When a representation is repeated, it is applied to the facts and circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

 

19.                              FINANCIAL COVENANTS

 

19.1                       Debt cover ratio

 

The Company undertakes that on each Calculation Date the ratio of Consolidated Total Net Borrowings to EBITDAX of the Group for the Measurement Period shall be less than or equal to 3.50 : 1.00.

 

19.2                       Interest cover ratio

 

The Company undertakes that on each Calculation Date the ratio of EBITDAX of the Group to the Net Interest Payable of the Group for the Measurement Period shall be greater than or equal to 2.25 : 1.00.

 

19.3                       Calculation of ratios on Calculation Date

 

(A)                              The Company will give written notice to the Facility Agent of the anticipated occurrence of any Calculation Date together with pro forma calculations of the ratio of Consolidated Total Net Borrowings to EBITDAX of the Group and EBITDAX of the Group to the Net Interest Payable of the Group for the relevant Measurement Period.

 

(B)                              The pro forma calculations referred to in paragraph (A) above will:

 

(i)                                    incorporate all debt and interest of the Group, ignoring any debt that must be mandatorily prepaid as a result of the relevant Calculation Trigger Event (and also ignoring any related interest) and including any debt envisaged to be incurred (and including any interest that would have been payable had that debt been incurred at the beginning of the relevant Measurement Period) by the Group pursuant to the relevant Calculation Trigger Event as though that debt had been incurred at the beginning of the relevant Measurement Period; and

 

(ii)                                 ignore, in instances where the relevant Calculation Trigger Event is a Ghana Petroleum Agreement Small Sale Event, the Ghana Petroleum Agreement Small Sale Percentage Reduction and any amounts payable

 

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to the Group in connection with a Ghana Petroleum Agreement Small Sale Event.

 

(C)                               The Company may only proceed with a Calculation Trigger Event which is listed in paragraph (B)(iv) or (B)(v) of the definition of Calculation Date if the pro forma calculations referred to in paragraph (A) above show that the financial covenants in clause 19.1 (Debt cover ratio) and in clause 19.2 (Interest cover ratio) would be met for the relevant Measurement Period, or otherwise only with the consent of the Majority Lenders.

 

(D)                               The Company may only proceed with a Calculation Trigger Event which is listed in paragraph (B)(i), (B)(ii) or (B)(iii) of the definition of Calculation Date if the pro forma calculations referred to in paragraph (A) above show that the financial covenants in clause 19.1 (Debt cover ratio) and in clause 19.2 (Interest cover ratio) would be met for the relevant Measurement Period, or otherwise only with the consent of each Lender.

 

20.                              GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS

 

The undertakings in this clause shall remain in force from the date of this Agreement until the Discharge Date.

 

20.1                       Corporate existence

 

Each Obligor shall maintain its corporate existence.

 

20.2                       Authorisations

 

Each Obligor shall promptly obtain and comply with Required Approvals where a failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

20.3                       Compliance with laws

 

Each Obligor shall comply with all laws and regulations (including compliance with environmental laws, permits and licences) applicable to it where failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

20.4                       Pari passu ranking

 

Each Obligor shall ensure that at all times its payment obligations to the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu as to priority of payment with all its other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated Financial Indebtedness, except for claims mandatorily preferred by operation of law applying generally.

 

20.5                       Security

 

Each Obligor shall undertake all actions reasonably necessary (including the making or delivery of filings and payment of fees) to maintain the Security Interests under the Security Documents to which it is party in full force and effect (including the priority thereof).

 

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20.6                       Negative pledge

 

Other than Permitted Security, a Ghana Obligor shall not create or permit to exist any Security Interest over any of its assets.

 

20.7                       Change of business

 

KEL shall procure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of the business of the Obligors or the Group taken as a whole from that carried on by the Group as at the date of this Agreement.

 

20.8                       Disposals

 

(A)                               Subject to clauses 8.4 (Ghana Petroleum Agreement Medium Sale Event), 8.5 (Ghana Petroleum Agreement Large Sale Event) and 19.3 (Calculation of ratios on Calculation Date), other than Permitted Disposals, an Obligor shall not, either in a single transaction or in a series of transactions and whether related or not, dispose of all or a material part of its assets.

 

(B)                               Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Finance Document KEO shall have full flexibility and discretion to deal with its subsidiaries and its and their assets, other than its interests in:

 

(i)                                    any other Obligor;

 

(ii)                                 the assets of any other Obligor; or

 

(iii)                              any asset which is the subject of a Security Document;

 

in such manner as it sees fit and at its discretion including, but without limitation, the flexibility to sell, farm-out, dispose of, transfer, grant Security Interests over, distribute by way of dividend, restructure, consolidate or merge or otherwise part with ownership and possession of such subsidiary and/or assets.

 

20.9                       Financial Indebtedness

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that the holders of HY Notes benefit from provisions relating to the restriction of Financial Indebtedness of the Group which are more onerous than those set out in this Agreement, KEL shall incorporate into this Agreement, mutatis mutandis, clauses which are equivalent to the relevant provisions of the HY Notes.

 

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20.10                Ghana Financial Indebtedness

 

Other than Permitted Financial Indebtedness, a Ghana Obligor shall not incur any Financial Indebtedness.

 

20.11                Guarantees

 

Except in the case of Permitted Financial Indebtedness, no Ghana Obligor may, without the approval of the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably), enter into guarantees or indemnities in respect of obligations or liabilities of any person (excluding Ghana Obligors).

 

20.12                Mergers

 

No Obligor may enter into any amalgamation, consolidation, demerger, merger or reconstruction or winding-up without the consent of the Majority Lenders, except on a solvent basis and in circumstances where the Obligor remains the legal entity following such amalgamation, consolidation, demerger, merger or reconstruction or winding-up.

 

20.13                Ghana Obligor loans

 

(A)                               Except as provided in paragraph (B) below, no Ghana Obligor may be a creditor in respect of any Financial Indebtedness.

 

(B)                               Paragraph (A) does not apply to:

 

(i)                                    any loans made pursuant to a loan agreement between any Ghana Obligors;

 

(ii)                                 any credit provided under a Project Agreement, the EO Participation Agreement or in relation to the FPSO located in the Jubilee Field (each term as defined in the RBL Facility Agreement);

 

(iii)                              any trade credit in the ordinary course of day to day business;

 

(iv)                             loans or other credit not exceeding USD 100 million in aggregate at any one time;

 

(v)                                any loans permitted under the RBL Facility Agreement; or

 

(vi)                             any other credit approved by the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably).

 

20.14                Non-Ghana Obligor loans

 

(A)                               Except as provided in paragraph (B) below, no Non-Ghana Obligor may be a creditor in respect of any Financial Indebtedness.

 

(B)                               Paragraph 20.14(A) does not apply to:

 

(i)                                    any loans made in the ordinary course of day to day business;

 

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(ii)                                 any loans made to a member of the Group;

 

(iii)                              loans or other credit not exceeding USD 50 million in aggregate at any one time; or

 

(iv)                             any other loans or credit approved by the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably).

 

20.15                Tax affairs

 

Each Obligor must promptly file all tax returns required by law within the requisite time limits except to the extent contested in good faith and subject to adequate reserve or provision.

 

20.16                Permitted Acquisitions

 

No Ghana Obligor may, without the prior written consent of the Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably)), make any acquisition of, or investment in, any assets, rights or property (but excluding for the avoidance of doubt any payment of Financing Costs or Project Costs (in each case as defined in the RBL Facility Agreement)) which is not a Permitted Acquisition.

 

20.17                Distributions

 

(A)                               Subject to paragraph (C) below, each Obligor may make, declare or pay a Shareholder Distribution, subject to there being no Default or Event of Default outstanding and provided that no Default or Event of Default would occur by making such Shareholder Distribution.

 

(B)                               For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in paragraph (A) above shall restrict an Obligor from making a Shareholder Distribution at any time (including at a time when a Default or an Event of Default is continuing) to the extent that the payment of such Shareholder Distribution is mandatory under the rules of any Stock Exchange.

 

(C)                               In the event that KEL issues HY Notes and agrees, under the terms of the HY Notes and any related documentation, to restrictions on the ability to make Shareholder Distributions which are different to those set out in this clause 20.17, KEL shall agree to be bound by the same restrictions set out therein as if those provisions were set out, mutatis mutandis, in full in this Agreement.

 

20.18                HY Note maturity date

 

KEL shall ensure that the maturity date of any HY Note issued will be after the Termination Date.

 

20.19                OFAC

 

Each Obligor represents and covenants that neither it nor any of its subsidiaries will, directly or, to such Obligor’s knowledge, indirectly, use the proceeds of the Facility, or 

 

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lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. Furthermore, each Obligor represents and covenants that it and each of its subsidiaries is in compliance with Council Regulation (EU) No 961/2010 of 25 October 2010 on restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EC) No 423/2007.

 

20.20                Insurance

 

The Company and each Ghana Obligor shall maintain insurances, with reputable independent insurance companies or underwriters, on and in relation to their respective business and assets against those risks and to the extent as is usual for companies carrying on the same or substantially similar business.

 

20.21                Information undertakings

 

In the event that the RBL Facility Agreement is repaid and either not replaced or replaced by a facility with obligations relating to the supply of information which are substantially less onerous than those set out in the RBL Facility Agreement, KEL shall incorporate into this Agreement for information purposes only, mutatis mutandis, clauses which are equivalent to the following clauses of the RBL Facility Agreement (as such clauses existed as at the first date of this Agreement): 24.6 (Project Information), 24.8 (Sources and Uses), 24.9 (Approved Development), and 24.10 (Compliance with Remedial Plan).

 

20.22                Constitutional documents

 

Each Obligor shall notify the Facility Agent of any amendment to any of its constitutional documents in a manner that has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

20.23                RBL Facility Agreement

 

KEL shall procure that no amendment or waiver of any term of the RBL Facility Agreement (or the “Finance Documents”, as defined therein) may be made if the amendment or waiver is:

 

(A)                               an amendment or waiver constituting an increase in the Margin (as defined in the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement), or the inclusion of an additional margin, relating to the Senior Liabilities (as defined in the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement) (as applicable) other than such an increase or addition which is contemplated by the original form of the Senior Finance Documents (as defined in the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement);

 

(B)                               an amendment or waiver constituting an increase in, or addition of, any fees or commission other than such an increase or addition which is contemplated by the original form of the Senior Finance Documents or which is as a result of a refinancing of the Senior Liabilities; or

 

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(C)                               any amendment or waiver of the equity cure provisions in Clause 29.2 (Breach of financial covenant) of the RBL Facility Agreement in relation to breaches of the “LLCR”, “FLCR”, “ICR” or “DCR” financial covenants (each as defined in the RBL Facility Agreement).

 

20.24                Additional Commitments

 

KEL shall use its reasonable endeavours to procure that, no later than 3 months after the date of this Agreement, the Total Commitments are increased by US$40,000,000 pursuant to clause 3.2 (Additional Commitments).

 

21.                              EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

Each of the events or circumstances set out in this clause is an Event of Default (save for clause 21.15 (Acceleration), unless otherwise stated.

 

21.1                       Non-payment

 

An Obligor does not pay any amount payable by it to any Finance Party (or to the Facility Agent for its own account) under the Finance Documents in the manner and on the date required under the Finance Documents within five Business Days of its due date.

 

21.2                       Breach of financial covenant

 

The Company does not comply with the provisions of the Financial Covenants, provided that where the debt cover ratio or interest cover ratio has been breached, the Borrower shall have 45 days within which to remedy any breach of the relevant financial covenant by means of a prepayment and/or a cancellation of the Facility where any prepayment is funded by the provision of Additional Debt subordinated on terms acceptable to the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably), or by the contribution of equity to the capital of the Borrower or by taking such other remedial action as may be approved by the Majority Lenders provided always that the Borrower shall be entitled to remedy any such breach not more than twice in total and not more than once in any 12 month period.

 

21.3                       Breach of other obligations

 

An Obligor does not comply with any other provision of the Finance Documents to which it is either a party or in respect of which it agrees to be bound pursuant to clauses 27.3 (Authority of Facility Agent, the Company and the Security and Intercreditor Agent) and 27.4 (Accession to the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement) and becomes bound pursuant to clauses 2.5 (Agreement binding on Junior Obligors) and 2.6 (Agreement binding on Senior Obligors) of the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement and clause 2.5 (Agreement binding on Obligors) of the KEL Intercreditor Agreement (other than in respect of non-payment or breach of a Financial Covenant), unless the non-compliance is:

 

(A)                               capable of remedy; and

 

(B)                               remedied within 30 days of the earlier of the Facility Agent giving notice or the Obligor becoming aware of the non-compliance.

 

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21.4                       Misrepresentation

 

Any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by an Obligor in the Finance Documents is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed to be made (or, in the case of a representation or statement that contains a materiality concept, is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any respect when made or deemed to be made), unless the misrepresentation is:

 

(A)                               capable of remedy; and

 

(B)                               remedied within 30 days of the earlier of the Facility Agent giving notice or the relevant Obligor becoming aware of the misrepresentation.

 

21.5                       Cross-default

 

(A)                               Any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is not paid when due nor within any applicable grace period.

 

(B)                               Any Financial Indebtedness of any Obligor is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described) and such amount is not paid when due.

 

(C)                               Notwithstanding paragraphs (A) and (B) above, no Event of Default will occur under this clause if the aggregate amount of Financial Indebtedness or commitment for Financial Indebtedness is less than USD 100 million (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) or if the relevant event or default has been waived, or if such event or default is caused by a Disruption Event, provided that, in the case of a Disruption Event the requisite payment is made within five Business Days.

 

21.6                       Insolvency

 

Any of the following occurs in respect of an Obligor:

 

(A)                               it is, or is deemed for the purposes of any law to be, unable to, or admits its inability to, pay its debts as they fall due or is or becomes insolvent or a moratorium is declared in relation to its indebtedness generally; or

 

(B)                               it stops or suspends or threatens to suspend, or announces an intention to stop or suspend making payment of all or any class of its debts as they fall due in default of the obligation to make the relevant payment.

 

21.7                       Insolvency proceedings

 

(A)                               Except as provided in paragraph (B) below, any of the following occurs in respect of an Obligor:

 

(i)                                    a written resolution is passed or a resolution is passed at a meeting of its shareholders, directors or other officers to petition for or to file

 

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documents with a court or any registrar for its winding-up, administration or dissolution;

 

(ii)                                 any person presents a petition, or files documents with a court or any registrar for its winding-up, administration or dissolution;

 

(iii)                              an order for its winding-up, administration or dissolution is made;

 

(iv)                             any liquidator, provisional liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian, compulsory manager, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or similar officer is appointed in respect of it or any material part of its assets;

 

(v)                                a moratorium is declared in relation to the indebtedness of an Obligor;

 

(vi)                             its shareholders, directors or other officers request the appointment of, or give notice of their intention to appoint a liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian, compulsory manager, provisional liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or similar officer;

 

(vii)                          any composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement is made with any of its creditors; or

 

(viii)                       any other analogous step or procedure is taken in any jurisdiction.

 

(B)                               Paragraph (A) does not apply to:

 

(i)                                    any step or procedure which is part of a re-organisation of an Obligor on a solvent basis with the consent of the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably); or

 

(ii)                                 an IPO Reorganisation; or

 

(iii)                              in the case of sub-paragraph (ii) or (iv) (or any step or procedure under sub-paragraph (vi) that is analogous to sub-paragraph (ii) or (iv)), if the relevant step, petition or filing is made by a person other than an Obligor, shareholder or their respective officers or directors and the relevant Obligor is taking steps in good faith and with due diligence for such proceedings or action to be stayed, discontinued, revoked or set aside and the same is stayed, discontinued, revoked or set aside within a period of 60 days; or

 

(iv)                             any Enforcement Action that applies to assets having an aggregate value of less than USD 100 million.

 

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21.8                       Creditors’ process

 

Any attachment, sequestration, distress, execution or analogous event affects any asset(s) of an Obligor, having an aggregate value of at least USD 15 million, and is not discharged within 45 days.

 

21.9                       Unlawfulness and Invalidity of the Finance Documents

 

If all or any part of a Finance Document is not, or ceases to be, a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of an Obligor, and

 

(A)                               the Company fails, within 30 days of becoming aware of the matter, to procure the execution of a substitute agreement or agreements on substantially the same terms and with a commercially qualified party or parties acceptable to the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably); or

 

(B)                               the matter is not otherwise remedied within 30 days of an Obligor becoming aware of the matter.

 

21.10                Cessation of Business

 

An Obligor ceases, or threatens to cease, all or a substantial part of its business (as carried on the date of this Agreement).

 

21.11                Expropriation

 

The Government (or any other official central or local government body with due authority) states officially that it will take any step with a view to the seizure, expropriation, nationalisation, requisition or compulsory acquisition all or a material part of the assets of the Ghana Obligors or all or a material part of the rights of the Ghana Obligors in relation thereto and such act has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

21.12                Repudiation of Finance Documents

 

Any Finance Document is repudiated or rescinded by an Obligor.

 

21.13                Material Litigation

 

Any material litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings are commenced, threatened or pending against an Obligor which could reasonably be expected to be adversely determined against it and which, if so determined, has, or would have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

21.14                Material Adverse Effect

 

Any event which, in the opinion of the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably), has a Material Adverse Effect but only following consultation between the Facility Agent and the Company over a period of not less than 30 days with a view to agreeing steps of 

 

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mitigation (each Party acting reasonably with a view to appropriate remedial action being taken).

 

21.15                Acceleration

 

Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, on and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, the Facility Agent may, and shall if so directed by the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrower:

 

(A)                               cancel the Total Commitments whereupon they shall immediately be cancelled;

 

(B)                               declare that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable; and/or

 

(C)                               declare that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand, whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand by the Facility Agent on the instructions of the Majority Lenders; and/or

 

(D)                               exercise or direct the Security and Intercreditor Agent to exercise any or all of its rights, remedies, powers or discretions under any of the Finance Documents.

 

21.16                Notification of Event of Default

 

The Facility Agent shall notify the Security and Intercreditor Agent of the occurrence of any Event of Default.

 

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PART 8
 CHANGES TO LENDERS AND OBLIGORS AND ROLES

 

22.                              CHANGES TO THE LENDERS

 

22.1                       Assignments and transfers and changes in Facility Office by the Lenders

 

Subject to this clause, a Lender (the “Existing Lender”) may:

 

(A)                               (i)                                    assign any of its rights; or

 

(ii)                                 transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations,

 

to an Affiliate, another Lender, an Affiliate of another Lender or a Qualifying Bank, another bank or financial institution or to a trust or other entity which is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other financial assets or such other institution as the Borrower may agree in writing (the “New Lender”), or

 

(B)                               change its Facility Office.

 

22.2                       Conditions of assignment and transfer or change in Facility Office

 

(A)                               The consent of the Company is required for an assignment or transfer by an Existing Lender, unless the assignment or transfer is (i) to, or in favour of, another Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or a Qualifying Bank, or (ii) made at a time when an Event of Default is continuing.

 

(B)                               The consent of the Company is required for a change in Facility Office to a different jurisdiction.  In the case of a change of Facility Office for which the Company’s consent is not required, the Lender must notify the Company of the new Facility Office promptly on the change taking effect.

 

(C)                               The consent of the Company to an assignment or transfer or change in Facility Office must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed (and will be deemed to have been given five Business Days after the relevant Lender has requested it unless consent is expressly refused by the Company within that time).

 

(D)                               An assignment will only be effective on:

 

(i)                                    receipt by the Facility Agent of written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent) that the New Lender will assume the same obligations to the other Finance Parties as it would have been under if it was an Original Lender; and

 

(ii)                                 the New Lender entering into the documentation required for it to accede as a party to the relevant Finance Documents (including, but not limited to, the Intercreditor Agreements).

 

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(E)                                A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in clause 22.5 (Procedure for transfer) is complied with.

 

(F)                                 If:

 

(i)                                    a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and

 

(ii)                                 as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, an Obligor would be obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office under clause 13 (TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES) or clause 14 (INCREASED COSTS),

 

then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only entitled to receive payment under those clauses to the same extent as the Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would have been if the assignment, transfer or change had not occurred.

 

(G)                               Each New Lender, by executing the relevant Transfer Certificate confirms, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Facility Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with the Finance Documents on or prior to the date on which the transfer or assignment becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement.

 

(H)                              Any assignment or transfer of part of the Existing Lender’s rights and/or obligations must be a minimum of USD 5 million (or, if less, the entire Commitment of the Existing Lender) and must not result in the Existing Lender retaining less than USD 5 million, unless the assignment or transfer is made at a time when an Event of Default is continuing.

 

22.3                       Assignment or transfer fee

 

The New Lender shall, on the date upon which an assignment or transfer takes effect, pay to the Facility Agent (for its own account) a fee of USD 2,500.

 

22.4                       Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders

 

(A)                               Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for:

 

(i)                                   the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance Documents or any other documents;

 

(ii)                                the financial condition of any Obligor;

 

(iii)                             the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or

 

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(iv)                            the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other document,

 

and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.

 

(B)                               Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it:

 

(i)                                    has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its related entities in connection with its participation in the Facility and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and

 

(ii)                                 will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.

 

(C)                               Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to:

 

(i)                                    accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this clause; or

 

(ii)                                 support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or otherwise.

 

22.5                       Procedure for transfer

 

(A)                            Subject to the conditions set out in clause 22.2 (Conditions of assignment and transfer or change in Facility Office) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (B) below when the Facility Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender.  The Facility Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Transfer Certificate on behalf of the other Finance Parties and the Obligors as well as itself, and notify the Company of the date of the transfer and name of the New Lender.  Each Finance Party and each Obligor irrevocably authorises the Facility Agent to sign such a Transfer Certificate on its behalf.

 

(B)                               On the Transfer Date:

 

(i)                                    to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents, each of the Obligors and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another

 

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under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the “Discharged Rights and Obligations”);

 

(ii)                                 each of the Obligors and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the Existing Lender;

 

(iii)                              the Facility Agent, each Mandated Lead Arranger, the New Lender and the other Finance Parties shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that extent such Finance Parties and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the Finance Documents; and

 

(iv)                             the New Lender shall become a Party as a “Lender”.

 

22.6                       Copy of Transfer Certificate or Lender Accession Notice to Borrower

 

The Facility Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has executed a Transfer Certificate or Lender Accession Notice, send to the Company a copy of that Transfer Certificate or Lender Accession Notice.

 

22.7                       Disclosure of information

 

Any Lender, its officers and agents may disclose to any of its Affiliates (including its head office, representative and branch offices in any jurisdiction) (each a “Permitted Party”) and:

 

(A)                               to any person (or through) whom that Lender assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (or any adviser on a need to know basis advising such person on any of the foregoing);

 

(B)                               to a professional adviser or a service provider of the Permitted Parties on a need to know basis advising such person on the rights and obligations under the Finance Documents or to an auditor of any Permitted Party on a need to know basis;

 

(C)                               with (or through) whom that Lender enters into (or may potentially enter into) any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to, this Agreement or any Obligor (or any adviser of any of the foregoing on a need to know basis advising such person on the rights and obligations under the Finance Documents);

 

(D)                               to any rating agency (provided only general terms are disclosed in relation to the rating of a portfolio of assets), insurer or insurance broker, a direct or

 

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indirect provider of credit protection in respect of the Lender’s participation in the Facility only on a need to know basis;

 

(E)                                to any court or tribunal or regulatory, supervisory, governmental or quasi-governmental authority with jurisdiction over the Permitted Parties who requires disclosure of that information (where the Permitted Party has a legal obligation to provide that information or, if not, is customarily obligated or required to comply with such requirement);

 

(F)                                 to whom, and to the extent that, information is required to be disclosed by any applicable law or regulation; or

 

(G)                               to any person who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in paragraphs (A) or (C) above,

 

any information about any Obligor, the Group and the Finance Documents as that Lender shall consider appropriate if, in relation to paragraphs (A) to (C) above, the person to whom the information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking (unless such person is already subject to professional confidentiality requirements which are no less stringent than those which are set out in a Confidentiality Undertaking) and provided that it shall itself ensure that all such information is kept confidential and is protected with security measures and a degree of care that would apply to its own confidential information.

 

22.8                       Security over Lenders’ rights

 

In addition to the other rights provided to Lenders under this clause 22, each Lender may without consulting with or obtaining consent from any Obligor, at any time charge, assign or otherwise create any Security Interest in or over (whether by way of collateral or otherwise) all or any of its rights under any Finance Document to secure obligations of that Lender including, without limitation:

 

(A)                               any charge, assignment or other Security Interest to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and

 

(B)                               in the case of any Lender which is a fund, any charge, assignment or other Security Interest granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Lender as security for those obligations or securities,

 

except that no such charge, assignment or Security Interest shall:

 

(i)                                    release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security Interest for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or

 

(ii)                                 require any payments to be made by an Obligor other than or in excess of, or grant to any person any more extensive rights than, those

 

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required to be made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.

 

23.                              CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS

 

23.1                       Assignments and transfers by Obligors

 

No Obligor may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents.

 

23.2                       Additional Borrowers

 

(A)                               Subject to compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (C) and (D) of clause 17.8 (“Know your customer” and “customer due diligence” requirements), the Company may request that any of its subsidiaries becomes an Additional Borrower.  That subsidiary shall become an Additional Borrower if:

 

(i)                                    the Majority Lenders (or, if that Additional Borrower is incorporated in a jurisdiction in which no other Borrower is incorporated, all the Lenders) approve the addition of that subsidiary;

 

(ii)                                 the Additional Borrower is, or simultaneously becomes, a Guarantor;

 

(iii)                              the Company delivers to the Facility Agent a duly completed and executed Accession Letter;

 

(iv)                             the Company confirms that no Default is continuing or would occur as a result of that subsidiary becoming an Additional Borrower; and

 

(v)                                the Facility Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of  Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent) in relation to that Additional Borrower, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent.

 

(B)                               The Facility Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied (acting reasonably) that it has received (in form and substance satisfactory to it) all the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of  Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent).

 

(C)                               In the event that an Additional Borrower becomes a party to this Agreement:

 

(i)                                    the Company, on behalf of all Obligors; and

 

(ii)                                 the Facility Agent on behalf of all Finance Parties,

 

are hereby authorised to effect all amendments required to be made to the Finance Documents to which they are party to reflect the fact that there may be multiple borrowers of the Facility.

 

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23.3                       Resignation of a Borrower

 

(A)                               The Company may request that a Borrower (other than the Company) ceases to be a Borrower by delivering to the Facility Agent a Resignation Letter.

 

(B)                               The Facility Agent shall accept a Resignation Letter and notify the Company and the Lenders of its acceptance if:

 

(i)                                    no Default is continuing or would result from the acceptance of the Resignation Letter (and the Company has confirmed this is the case); and

 

(ii)                                 the Borrower is under no actual or contingent obligations as a Borrower under any Finance Documents,

 

whereupon that company shall cease to be a Borrower and shall have no further rights or obligations under the Finance Documents.

 

23.4                       Additional Guarantor

 

(A)                               Subject to compliance with the provisions of paragraphs (C) and (D) of clause 17.8 (“Know your customer” and “customer due diligence” requirements), the Borrower may request that any of its subsidiaries becomes an Additional Guarantor and will procure that any HY Note Guarantor becomes an Additional Guarantor in accordance with, and as required under, clause 23.5.  That subsidiary shall become an Additional Guarantor if:

 

(i)                                    the Company delivers to the Facility Agent an Accession Letter duly completed and executed by that Additional Guarantor and the Company; and

 

(ii)                                 the Facility Agent have received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of  Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent) in relation to that Additional Guarantor, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Facility Agent.

 

(B)                               The Facility Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders promptly upon being satisfied (acting reasonably) that it has received (in form and substance satisfactory to it) all the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of  Schedule 3 (Conditions Precedent).

 

23.5                       HY Note Guarantor

 

(A)                               In the event that any member of the Group which is not already a Guarantor becomes a HY Note Guarantor, then, subject to paragraph (B) below, the Company shall procure that such Group member becomes an Additional Guarantor pursuant to the procedures set out in clause 23.4 (Additional Guarantor) within 30 days of such Group member becoming a HY Note Guarantor.

 

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(B)                          The Company shall only be required to procure that a Group member becomes an Additional Guarantor as provided for in paragraph (A) above:

 

(i)                                   to the extent that such accession is legally possible;

 

(ii)                                provided that no director or officer of the relevant Group member shall be personally liable to any person as a consequence of the provision of the guarantee; and

 

(iii)                            subject to any restrictions or limitations in any contracts to which the Group member is subject as at the date on which the obligation under paragraph (A) above arises (and which were not agreed to or imposed in contemplation of the guarantee being given).

 

23.6                       Repetition of Representations

 

Delivery of an Accession Letter constitutes confirmation by the relevant subsidiary that the Repeating Representations are true and correct in relation to it as at the date of delivery as if made by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing.

 

23.7                       Resignation of a Guarantor on disposal

 

(A)                        Where the Company intends to sell, transfer or dispose of its interest (whether direct or indirect) in a Guarantor to a third party, the Company may request that such Guarantor be released as a Guarantor by delivering to the Facility Agent a Resignation Letter.

 

(B)                        The Facility Agent shall accept a Resignation Letter and notify the Company and the Lenders of its acceptance, subject only to the completion of the sale, transfer or disposal of the interest in that Guarantor, provided that:

 

(i)                                    there is no Default outstanding at the relevant time (unless such Default would itself be cured by the release of the Guarantor and its disposal);

 

(ii)                                 no Default would result from the acceptance of such Resignation Letter; and

 

(iii)                              no payment is due from the Guarantor under the Deed of Guarantee.

 

(C)                        The resignation of that Guarantor shall not be effective until the date of the relevant disposal, at which time that company shall cease to be a Guarantor and shall have no further rights or obligations under this Agreement as a Guarantor.

 

24.                              ROLE OF THE FACILITY AGENT AND THE ARRANGER

 

24.1                       Appointment of the Facility Agent

 

(A)                        Each Finance Party (other than the Facility Agent) appoints the Facility Agent to act in that capacity under and in connection with the Finance Documents.

 

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(B)                        Each other Finance Party authorises the Facility Agent to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to it under or in connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions.

 

24.2                       Duties of the Facility Agent

 

(A)                        The Facility Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Facility Agent for that Party by any other Party.

 

(B)                        Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Facility Agent is not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another Party.

 

(C)                        If the Facility Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement, describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default, it shall promptly notify the Finance Parties.

 

(D)                        If the Facility Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest, commitment fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party (other than to an Agent or a Mandated Lead Arranger) under this Agreement it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties.

 

(E)                         The Facility Agent’s duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and administrative in nature.

 

24.3                       Role of the Mandated Lead Arrangers

 

Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, no Mandated Lead Arranger has obligations of any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any Finance Document.

 

24.4                       No fiduciary duties

 

(A)                        Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, nothing in this Agreement constitutes the Facility Agent or a Mandated Lead Arranger as a trustee or fiduciary of any other person.

 

(B)                        Neither the Facility Agent nor any Mandated Lead Arranger shall be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.

 

24.5                       Business with the Group

 

The Facility Agent and each Mandated Lead Arranger may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any member of the Group.

 

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24.6                       Rights and discretions of the Facility Agent

 

(A)                        The Facility Agent may rely on:

 

(i)                                  any representation, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; and

 

(ii)                               any statement made by a director, Authorised Signatory or employee of any person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his knowledge or within his power to verify.

 

(B)                        The Facility Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as agent for the Lenders) that:

 

(i)                                  no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under clause 21.1 (Non-payment));

 

(ii)                               any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the Lenders (or any consistent majority of Lenders) has not been exercised; and

 

(iii)                            any notice or request made by the Company (other than a Utilisation Request) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of all the Obligors.

 

(C)                        The Facility Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts.

 

(D)                        The Facility Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its personnel and agents.

 

(E)                         The Facility Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably believes it has received as agent under this Agreement.

 

(F)                          Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, neither the Facility Agent nor any Mandated Lead Arranger is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality.

 

24.7                       Lenders’ instructions

 

(A)                        Unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, the Facility Agent shall (i) exercise any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Facility Agent in accordance with any instructions given to it by the Lenders in accordance with this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreements (or, if so instructed, refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Facility Agent) and (ii) not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from taking any action) in accordance with such instructions.

 

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(B)                        The Facility Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with instructions given to it by the Lenders in accordance with this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreements until it has received such security as it may require for any cost, loss or liability (together with any associated VAT) which it may incur in complying with the instructions.

 

(C)                        In the absence of instructions in accordance with this Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreements the Facility Agent may act (or refrain from taking action) as it considers to be in the best interest of the Lenders.

 

(D)                        The Facility Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without first obtaining that Lender’s consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any Finance Document.

 

24.8                       Responsibility for documentation

 

Neither the Facility Agent nor any Mandated Lead Arranger:

 

(A)                        is responsible for the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) supplied by the Facility Agent, a Mandated Lead Arranger, an Obligor or any other person given in or in connection with any Finance Document; or

 

(B)                        is responsible for the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of or in connection with any Finance Document.

 

24.9                       Exclusion of liability

 

(A)                        Without limiting paragraph (B) below (and without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (E) of clause 28.9 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.), the Facility Agent shall not be liable (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) for any action taken by it under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

 

(B)                        No Party (other than the Facility Agent) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Facility Agent in respect of any claim it might have against it or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document and any officer, employee or agent of the Facility Agent may rely on this clause.

 

(C)                        The Facility Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents to be paid by it if the Facility Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by it for that purpose.

 

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24.10                Lenders’ indemnity to the Facility Agent

 

Each Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total Commitments or, if the Total Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Commitments immediately prior to their reduction to zero) indemnify the Facility Agent within three Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss or liability (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) incurred by it (otherwise than by reason of the Facility Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct) (or, in the case of any cost, loss or liability pursuant to clause 28.9 (Disruption to Payment Systems etc.) notwithstanding the Facility Agent’s negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Facility Agent) in acting as Facility Agent under the Finance Documents (unless the Facility Agent has been reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant to a Finance Document).

 

24.11                Resignation of the Facility Agent

 

(A)                        The Facility Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates acting through an office in the United Kingdom as successor by giving notice to the other Finance Parties and the Company.

 

(B)                        Alternatively, the Facility Agent may resign by giving notice to the other Finance Parties and the Company, in which case the Majority Lenders may appoint a successor Facility Agent.

 

(C)                        If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Facility Agent in accordance with paragraph (B) above within 30 days after notice of resignation was given, the Facility Agent may (with the prior written consent of the Company) appoint a successor Facility Agent (acting through an office in the United Kingdom).

 

(D)                        The retiring Facility Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor Facility Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Facility Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Facility Agent under the Finance Documents.  This obligation shall not apply in the event the Facility Agent is required to resign pursuant to paragraph (G) below.

 

(E)                         The Facility Agent’s resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment of a successor.

 

(F)                          Upon the appointment of a successor, a retiring Facility Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents but shall remain entitled to the benefit of this clause 24.11.  Its successor and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party.

 

(G)                        After consultation with the Company, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to the Facility Agent, require it to resign in accordance with paragraph (B) above.

 

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(H)                       The Facility Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (B) above (and, to the extent applicable, shall use reasonable endeavours to appoint a successor Facility Agent pursuant to paragraph (C) above) if on or after the date which is three months before the earliest FATCA Application Date relating to any payment to the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents, either:

 

(i)                                  the Facility Agent fails to respond to a request under clause 11.5 (FATCA Information) and the Company or a Lender reasonably believes that the Facility Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;

 

(ii)                               the information supplied by the Facility Agent pursuant to clause 11.5 (FATCA Information) indicates that the Facility Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date; or

 

(iii)                            the Facility Agent notifies the Company and the Lenders that the Facility Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;

 

(I)                            and (in each case) the Company or a Lender reasonably believes that a Party will be required to make a FATCA Deduction that would not be required if the Facility Agent were a FATCA Exempt Party, and the Company or that Lender, by notice to the Facility Agent, requires it to resign.

 

24.12                Replacement of Administrative Parties

 

(A)                          If:

 

(i)                                  in relation to the Facility Agent (or its holding company), clause 21.6 (Insolvency) or clause 21.7 (Insolvency proceedings) (disregarding paragraph (B) of that clause) applies or has occurred; or

 

(ii)                               if the Facility Agent or any of its Affiliates repudiates its obligations under the Facility or (in its capacity as Lender) becomes a Non-Funding Lender,

 

the Company shall be entitled to request that Majority Lenders appoint within 10 Business Days either a co-Facility Agent or a replacement Facility Agent from one of their number or (subject to reasonable consultation with the Company), from outside the Lender group.

 

(B)                        The Facility Agent to which either of the circumstances described in (A)(i) or (A)(ii) above applies (an “Affected Facility Agent”) shall cease to be entitled to fees in respect of its role upon becoming an Affected Facility Agent.

 

(C)                        The Affected Facility Agent shall provide all assistance and documentation reasonably required to the Company and the other Lenders to enable the uninterrupted administration of the Facility.  This shall include the provision to

 

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the Company on request and in any event, within five Business Days, of an up to date list of participants in the Facility including names and contact details.

 

24.13                Confidentiality

 

(A)                        In acting as agent for the Finance Parties, the Facility Agent shall be regarded as acting through its agency division performing the role which shall be treated as a separate entity from any other of its divisions or departments.

 

(B)                        If information is received by another division or department of the Facility Agent, it may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the Facility Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of it.

 

24.14                Facility Agent relationship with the Lenders

 

The Facility Agent may treat each Lender as a Lender, entitled to payments under this Agreement and acting through its Facility Office unless it has received not less than five Business Days’ prior notice from that Lender to the contrary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

24.15                Credit appraisal by the Lenders

 

Without affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender confirms to the Facility Agent and each Mandated Lead Arranger that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document including but not limited to:

 

(A)                        the financial condition, status and nature of the Guarantor and each member of the Group;

 

(B)                        the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document;

 

(C)                        whether that Lender has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and

 

(D)                        the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information provided by the Facility Agent, any Party or by any other person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document.

 

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24.16                Reference Banks

 

If a Reference Bank (or, if a Reference Bank is not a Lender, the Lender of which it is an Affiliate) ceases to be a Lender, the Facility Agent shall (in consultation with the Company) appoint another Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender to replace that Reference Bank.

 

24.17                Deductions from amounts payable by Agents

 

If any Party owes an amount to the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents, the Facility Agent may, after giving notice to that Party, deduct an amount not exceeding that amount from any payment to that Party which the Facility Agent would otherwise be obliged to make under the Finance Documents and apply the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the amount owed.  For the purposes of the Finance Documents, that Party shall be regarded as having received any amounts so deducted.

 

25.                              THE SECURITY AND INTERCREDITOR AGENT

 

25.1                       Trust

 

(A)                        The Security and Intercreditor Agent declares that it shall hold the Secured Property on trust for the Secured Parties on the terms contained in this Agreement.

 

(B)                        Each of the Secured Parties to this Agreement agree that the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall have only those duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly specified in this Agreement or in the Security Documents to which the Security and Intercreditor Agent is expressed to be a party (and no others shall be implied).

 

25.2                       No independent power

 

The Secured Parties shall not have any independent power to enforce, or have recourse to, any of the Transaction Security or to exercise any rights or powers arising under the Security Documents except through the Security and Intercreditor Agent.

 

25.3                       KEL Intercreditor Agreement

 

At any time, if the KEL Intercreditor Agreement is in force and effect, this clause 25, clause 26 (CHANGE OF SECURITY AND INTERCREDITOR AGENT AND DELEGATION) and clause 31 (INDEMNITIES) shall be ignored, shall have no force or effect and the Parties to this Agreement shall observe their respective rights and obligations under this Agreement as if this clause 25, clause 26 (CHANGE OF SECURITY AND INTERCREDITOR AGENT AND DELEGATION) and clause 31 (INDEMNITIES) were removed in their entirety.

 

25.4                       Instructions to Security and Intercreditor Agent and exercise of discretion

 

(A)                        Subject to paragraphs (D) and (E) below, the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall act in accordance with any instructions given to it by the Majority Lenders

 

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or, if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Security and Intercreditor Agent and shall be entitled to assume that (i) any instructions received by it from the Facility Agent or a group of Lenders are duly given in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents and (ii) unless it has received actual notice of revocation, that those instructions or directions have not been revoked.

 

(B)                        The Security and Intercreditor Agent shall be entitled to request instructions, or clarification of any direction, from the Majority Lenders as to whether, and in what manner, it should exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, powers, authorities and discretions and the Security and Intercreditor Agent may refrain from acting unless and until those instructions or clarification are received by it.

 

(C)                        Any instructions given to the Security and Intercreditor Agent by the Majority Lenders shall override any conflicting instructions given by any other Parties.

 

(D)                        Paragraph (A) above shall not apply:

 

(i)                                  where a contrary indication appears in this Agreement;

 

(ii)                               where this Agreement requires the Security and Intercreditor Agent to act in a specified manner or to take a specified action;

 

(iii)                            in respect of any provision which protects the Security and Intercreditor Agent’s own position in its personal capacity as opposed to its role of Security and Intercreditor Agent for the Secured Parties.

 

(E)                         In exercising any discretion to exercise a right, power or authority under this Agreement where either:

 

(i)                                  it has not received any instructions from the Majority Lenders as to the exercise of that discretion; or

 

(ii)                               the exercise of that discretion is subject to paragraph (D)(iii) above,

 

the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall do so having regard to the interests of all the Secured Parties.

 

25.5                       Security and Intercreditor Agent’s Actions

 

Without prejudice to the provisions of clause 25.4 (Instructions to Security and Intercreditor Agent and exercise of discretion), the Security and Intercreditor Agent may (but shall not be obliged to), in the absence of any instructions to the contrary, take such action in the exercise of any of its powers and duties under the Finance Documents as it considers in its discretion to be appropriate.

 

25.6                       Security and Intercreditor Agent’s discretions

 

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(A)                        assume (unless it has received actual notice to the contrary from the Facility Agent) that (i) no Default has occurred and no Obligor is in breach of or in default of its obligations under any of the Finance Documents and (ii) any right, power, authority or discretion vested by any Finance Document in any person has not been exercised;

 

(B)                        engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any legal advisers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other experts (whether obtained by the Security and Intercreditor Agent or by any other Secured Party) whose advice or services may at any time seem necessary, expedient or desirable;

 

(C)                        rely upon any communication or document believed by it to be genuine and, as to any matters of fact which might reasonably be expected to be within the knowledge of a Secured Party, any Lender or an Obligor, upon a certificate signed by or on behalf of that person; and

 

(D)                        refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of any Secured Party (including bringing any legal action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with the Finance Documents) until it has received any indemnification and/or Security that it may in its discretion require (whether by way of payment in advance or otherwise) for all costs, losses and liabilities which it may incur in so acting.

 

25.7                       Security and Intercreditor Agent’s obligations

 

The Security and Intercreditor Agent shall promptly:

 

(A)                        copy to the Facility Agent the contents of any notice or document received by it from any Obligor under any Finance Document;

 

(B)                        forward to a Secured Party the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Security and Intercreditor Agent for that Secured Party by any other Party provided that, except where a Finance Document expressly provides otherwise, the Security and Intercreditor Agent is not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another Party;

 

(C)                        to the extent that a Secured Party (other than the Security and Intercreditor Agent) is required to calculate a Dollar Currency Amount, and upon a request by that Secured Party, notify that Secured Party of the Security and Intercreditor Agent’s Spot Rate of Exchange.

 

25.8                       Excluded obligations

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary expressed or implied in the Finance Documents, the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall not:

 

(A)                        be bound to enquire as to (i) whether or not any Default has occurred or (ii) the performance, default or any breach by an Obligor of its obligations under any of the Finance Documents;

 

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(B)          be bound to account to any other Party for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account;

 

(C)          be bound to disclose to any other person (including but not limited to any Secured Party) (i) any confidential information or (ii) any other information if disclosure would, or might in its reasonable opinion, constitute a breach of any law or be a breach of fiduciary duty; or

 

(D)          have or be deemed to have any relationship of trust or agency with, any Obligor.

 

25.9        Exclusion of liability

 

None of the Security and Intercreditor Agent, any Receiver nor any Delegate shall accept responsibility or be liable for:

 

(A)          the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) supplied by the Security and Intercreditor Agent or any other person in or in connection with any Finance Document or the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents, or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document;

 

(B)          the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document, the Secured Property or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document or the Secured Property;

 

(C)          any losses to any person or any liability arising as a result of taking or refraining from taking any action in relation to any of the Finance Documents, the Secured Property or otherwise, whether in accordance with an instruction from the Facility Agent or otherwise unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct;

 

(D)          the exercise of, or the failure to exercise, any judgment, discretion or power given to it by or in connection with any of the Finance Documents, the Secured Property or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with, the Finance Documents or the Secured Property; or

 

(E)           any shortfall which arises on the enforcement or realisation of the Secured Property.

 

25.10     No proceedings

 

No Party (other than the Security and Intercreditor Agent, that Receiver or that Delegate) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Security and Intercreditor Agent, a Receiver or a Delegate in respect of any claim it might have against the Security and Intercreditor Agent, a Receiver or a Delegate or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document or any Secured Property and any officer, employee or agent

 

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of the Security and Intercreditor Agent, a Receiver or a Delegate may rely on this clause subject to the provisions of the Third Parties Rights Act.

 

25.11     Own responsibility

 

Without affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Secured Party confirms to the Security and Intercreditor Agent that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document including but not limited to:

 

(A)          the financial condition, status and nature of each Obligor;

 

(B)          the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy and enforceability of any Finance Document, the Secured Property and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document or the Secured Property;

 

(C)          whether that Secured Party has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Finance Document, the Secured Property, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document or the Secured Property;

 

(D)          the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information provided by the Security and Intercreditor Agent or by any other person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and

 

(E)           the right or title of any person in or to, or the value or sufficiency of any part of the Charged Property, the priority of any of the Transaction Security or the existence of any Security affecting the Charged Property,

 

and each Secured Party warrants to the Security and Intercreditor Agent that it has not relied on and will not at any time rely on the Security and Intercreditor Agent in respect of any of these matters.

 

25.12     No responsibility to perfect Transaction Security

 

The Security and Intercreditor Agent shall not be liable for any failure to:

 

(A)          require the deposit with it of any deed or document certifying, representing or constituting the title of any Obligor to any of the Charged Property;

 

(B)          obtain any licence, consent or other authority for the execution, delivery, legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any of the Finance Documents or the Transaction Security;

 

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(C)          register, file or record or otherwise protect any of the Transaction Security (or the priority of any of the Transaction Security) under any applicable laws in any jurisdiction or to give notice to any person of the execution of any of the Finance Documents or of the Transaction Security;

 

(D)          take, or to require any of the Obligors to take, any steps to perfect its title to any of the Charged Property or to render the Transaction Security effective or to secure the creation of any ancillary Security under the laws of any jurisdiction; or

 

(E)           require any further assurances in relation to any of the Security Documents.

 

25.13     Insurance by Security and Intercreditor Agent

 

(A)          The Security and Intercreditor Agent shall not be under any obligation to insure any of the Charged Property, to require any other person to maintain any insurance or to verify any obligation to arrange or maintain insurance contained in the Finance Documents.  The Security and Intercreditor Agent shall not be responsible for any loss which may be suffered by any person as a result of the lack of or inadequacy of any such insurance.

 

(B)          Where the Security and Intercreditor Agent is named on any insurance policy as an insured party, it shall not be responsible for any loss which may be suffered by reason of, directly or indirectly, its failure to notify the insurers of any material fact relating to the risk assumed by such insurers or any other information of any kind, unless the Facility Agent shall have requested it to do so in writing and the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall have failed to do so within fourteen days after receipt of that request.

 

25.14     Custodians and nominees

 

The Security and Intercreditor Agent may appoint and pay any person to act as a custodian or nominee on any terms in relation to any assets of the trust as the Security and Intercreditor Agent may determine, including for the purpose of depositing with a custodian this Agreement or any document relating to the trust created under this Agreement and the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall not be responsible for any loss, liability, expense, demand, cost, claim or proceedings incurred by reason of the misconduct, omission or default on the part of any person appointed by it under this Agreement or be bound to supervise the proceedings or acts of any person.

 

25.15     Acceptance of title

 

The Security and Intercreditor Agent shall be entitled to accept without enquiry, and shall not be obliged to investigate, any right and title that any of the Obligors or Group Companies may have to any of the Charged Property and shall not be liable for or bound to require any Obligor or Group Company to remedy any defect in its right or title.

 

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25.16     Refrain from illegality

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary expressed or implied in the Finance Documents, the Security and Intercreditor Agent may refrain from doing anything which in its opinion will or may be contrary to any relevant law, directive or regulation of any jurisdiction and the Security and Intercreditor Agent may do anything which is, in its opinion, necessary to comply with any such law, directive or regulation.

 

25.17     Business with the Obligors

 

The Security and Intercreditor Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any of the Obligors.

 

25.18     Winding up of trust

 

If the Security and Intercreditor Agent, with the approval of the Facility Agent, determines that (a) all of the Liabilities and all other obligations secured by the Security Documents have been fully and finally discharged and (b) none of the Secured Parties is under any commitment, obligation or liability (actual or contingent) to make advances or provide other financial accommodation to any Obligor pursuant to the Finance Documents:

 

(A)          the trusts set out in this Agreement shall be wound up and the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall release, without recourse or warranty, all of the Transaction Security and the rights of the Security and Intercreditor Agent under each of the Security Documents; and

 

(B)          any Retiring Security and Intercreditor Agent shall release, without recourse or warranty, all of its rights under each of the Security Documents.

 

25.19     Perpetuity period

 

The perpetuity period under the rule against perpetuities, if applicable to this Agreement, shall be the period of 125 years from the date of this Agreement.

 

25.20     Powers supplemental

 

The rights, powers and discretions conferred upon the Security and Intercreditor Agent by this Agreement shall be supplemental to the Trustee Act 1925 and the Trustee Act 2000 and in addition to any which may be vested in the Security and Intercreditor Agent by general law or otherwise.

 

25.21     Trustee division separate

 

(A)          In acting as trustee for the Secured Parties, the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall be regarded as acting through its trustee division which shall be treated as a separate entity from any of its other divisions or departments.

 

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department and the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of it.

 

25.22     Disapplication

 

Section 1 of the Trustee Act 2000 shall not apply to the duties of the Security and Intercreditor Agent in relation to the trusts constituted by this Agreement. Where there are any inconsistencies between the Trustee Act 1925 or the Trustee Act 2000 and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall, to the extent allowed by law, prevail and, in the case of any inconsistency with the Trustee Act 2000, the provisions of this Agreement shall constitute a restriction or exclusion for the purposes of that Act.

 

25.23     Obligors:  Power of Attorney

 

Each Obligor by way of security for its obligations under this Agreement irrevocably appoints the Security and Intercreditor Agent to be its attorney to do anything which that Obligor has authorised the Security and Intercreditor Agent or any other Party to do under this Agreement or is itself required to do under this Agreement but has failed to do (and the Security and Intercreditor Agent may delegate that power on such terms as it sees fit).

 

26.          CHANGE OF SECURITY AND INTERCREDITOR AGENT AND DELEGATION

 

26.1        Resignation of the Security and Intercreditor Agent

 

(A)          The Security and Intercreditor Agent may resign and appoint one of its affiliates as successor by giving notice to the Company and the Lenders.

 

(B)          Alternatively the Security and Intercreditor Agent may resign by giving notice to the other Lenders in which case the Majority Lenders may appoint a successor Security and Intercreditor Agent.

 

(C)          If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Security and Intercreditor Agent in accordance with paragraph (B) above within 30 days after the notice of resignation was given, the Security and Intercreditor Agent (after consultation with the Facility Agent) may appoint a successor Security and Intercreditor Agent.

 

(D)          The retiring Security and Intercreditor Agent (the “Retiring Security and Intercreditor Agent”) shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor Security and Intercreditor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Security and Intercreditor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Security and Intercreditor Agent under the Finance Documents.

 

(E)           The Security and Intercreditor Agent’s resignation notice shall only take effect upon (i) the appointment of a successor and (ii) the transfer of all of the Secured Property to that successor.

 

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(F)           Upon the appointment of a successor, the Retiring Security and Intercreditor Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents (other than its obligations under paragraph 25.18(B) (Winding up of trust) and under paragraph (D) above) but shall, in respect of any act or omission by it whilst it was the Security and Intercreditor Agent, remain entitled to the benefit of clauses 25 (THE SECURITY AND INTERCREDITOR AGENT), clause 31.1 (Obligors’ indemnity) and clause 31.3 (Lenders’ indemnity).  Its successor and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if that successor had been an original Party.

 

(G)          The Majority Lenders may, by notice to the Security and Intercreditor Agent, require it to resign in accordance with paragraph (B) above.  In this event, the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (B) above but the cost referred to in paragraph (D) above shall be for the account of KEL.

 

26.2        Delegation

 

(A)          Each of the Security and Intercreditor Agent, any Receiver and any Delegate may, at any time, delegate by power of attorney or otherwise to any person for any period, all or any of the rights, powers and discretions vested in it by any of the Finance Documents.

 

(B)          That delegation may be made upon any terms and conditions (including the power to sub delegate) and subject to any restrictions that the Security and Intercreditor Agent, that Receiver or that Delegate (as the case may be) may, in its discretion, think fit in the interests of the Secured Parties and it shall not be bound to supervise, or be in any way responsible for any loss incurred by reason of any misconduct or default on the part of any such delegate or sub delegate.

 

26.3        Additional Security and Intercreditor Agents

 

(A)          The Security and Intercreditor Agent may at any time appoint (and subsequently remove) any person to act as a separate trustee or as a co trustee jointly with it (i) if it considers that appointment to be in the interests of the Secured Parties or (ii) for the purposes of conforming to any legal requirements, restrictions or conditions which the Security and Intercreditor Agent deems to be relevant or (iii) for obtaining or enforcing any judgment in any jurisdiction, and the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall give prior notice to the Company and the Facility Agent of that appointment.

 

(B)          Any person so appointed shall have the rights, powers and discretions (not exceeding those conferred on the Security and Intercreditor Agent by this Agreement) and the duties and obligations that are conferred or imposed by the instrument of appointment.

 

(C)          The remuneration that the Security and Intercreditor Agent may pay to that person, and any costs and expenses (together with any applicable VAT)

 

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incurred by that person in performing its functions pursuant to that appointment shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be treated as costs and expenses incurred by the Security and Intercreditor Agent.

 

27.          INTERCREDITOR ARRANGEMENTS

 

27.1       Pari passu ranking

 

Any issue of HY Notes by the Company shall rank pari passu in terms of both payment and security with the rights and obligations of the Company under this Agreement, the Deed of Guarantee and the Charge over Shares in KEH in accordance with the terms set out in the KEL Intercreditor Agreement.

 

27.2       Execution of KEL Intercreditor Agreement

 

If the Company wishes to issue HY Notes, then within five Business Days (the “Notice Period”) of written request by the Company, the Facility Agent will, for and on behalf of all Finance Parties and the Company will, for and on behalf of the Obligors, enter into the KEL Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form set out in Schedule 11 (KEL Intercreditor Agreement) together with such amendments and/or additions as any collateral agent, trustee or other representative of the HY Noteholders (whether appointed at that time or not) may reasonably require, and provided that the Majority Lenders have not determined within the Notice Period that such amendments and/or additions would materially and adversely prejudice their interests.  If the Majority Lenders do make such a determination, then the Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Company in writing of that decision setting out in reasonable detail the basis and reasons for that decision and the changes which the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably) would require for the Security and Intercreditor Agent to enter into the KEL Intercreditor Agreement.  If such changes are made, then the Security and Intercreditor Agent will then promptly enter into the KEL Intercreditor Agreement reflecting the relevant amendments and/or additions together with the changes required by the Majority Lenders. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not issue any HY Notes unless on or prior to such issuance, the HY Noteholder Trustee enters into the KEL Intercreditor Agreement (as amended pursuant to this clause).

 

27.3       Authority of Facility Agent, the Company and the Security and Intercreditor Agent

 

The Facility Agent is irrevocably authorised for and on behalf of each Finance Party and the Company is irrevocably authorised for and on behalf of each Obligor to enter into the Intercreditor Agreements (including any amendments thereto) in a form as substantially approved by the Majority Lenders (in relation to the KEL Intercreditor Agreement, when required pursuant to clause 27.2 above). The Security and Intercreditor Agent is irrevocably authorised for and on behalf of each Finance Party and the Company is irrevocably authorised for and on behalf of each Obligor to enter into the Deed of Guarantee and any deed of subordination entered into pursuant to the requirements of clause 4(B) of the Deed of Guarantee. In all cases, each Finance Party and each Obligor shall be bound by the terms of each such agreements when executed by the Facility Agent or the Security and Intercreditor Agent and the Company respectively, including any terms which impose obligations upon the Finance Parties or the Obligors, respectively.

 

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27.4        Accession to the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement

 

(A)          Each Finance Party and each Obligor agrees that any collateral agent, trustee or other representative of the HY Noteholders may enter into and accede to the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement, the Deed of Guarantee and the Charge over Shares in KEH for and on behalf of itself and each HY Noteholder without the requirement for any consent or approvals from the Finance Parties or the Obligors (or any of them).  Such accession shall confer upon the HY Noteholders all of the rights and privileges set out in the relevant agreement.  The Company may by five Business Days written Notice (the “Amendment Notice Period”) to the Facility Agent request that such amendments and/or additions be made to the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement as any collateral agent, trustee or other representative of the HY Noteholders (whether appointed at that time or not) may reasonably require (the “HY Noteholder Trustee Amendments”). During the Amendment Notice Period, either:

 

(i)            the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall enter into any agreement effecting the HY Noteholder Trustee Amendments, on the instructions of the Majority Lenders; or

 

(ii)           the Facility Agent shall notify the Company in writing of any determination by the Majority Lenders that the HY Noteholder Trustee Amendments would materially and adversely prejudice their interests.

 

(B)          If, on the instructions of the Majority Lenders, the Facility Agent is required to make the notification described in paragraph (A)(ii) above, the Facility Agent shall promptly contact the Company in writing setting out in reasonable detail the basis and reasons for that decision and the changes which the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably) would require for the Security and Intercreditor Agent to enter into the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement with the HY Noteholder Trustee Amendments incorporated.  If such changes are made, then the Security and Intercreditor Agent will be deemed to have been instructed by the Majority Lenders promptly to enter into any agreement effecting the HY Noteholder Amendments, together with the changes required by the Majority Lenders.

 

(C)          For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not issue any HY Notes unless on or prior to such issuance, the HY Noteholder Trustee accedes to the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement (as amended pursuant to this clause 27.4).

 

27.5        Role of Facility Agent

 

The Facility Agent is irrevocably authorised for and on behalf of each Finance Party and the Company is irrevocably authorised for and on behalf of each Obligor to enter into any agreement amending the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement for the purpose of effecting any amendment as referred to in clause 27.4 above, and each Finance Party and each Obligor shall be bound by the terms of any such amendment.

 

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PART 9
 ADMINISTRATION, COSTS AND EXPENSES

 

28.          PAYMENT MECHANICS

 

28.1        Payments to the Facility Agent

 

(A)          On each date on which an Obligor or a Lender is required to make a payment under a Finance Document, that Obligor or Lender shall make the same available to the Facility Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Facility Agent as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment.

 

(B)          Payment shall be made to such account in London (or, as the case may be, Paris or New York) as the Facility Agent specifies.

 

28.2        Distributions by the Facility Agent

 

Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, each payment received by the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party shall be made available by the Facility Agent as soon as practicable after receipt to the Party entitled to receive payment (in the case of a Lender, for the account of its Facility Office), to such account as that Party may notify to the Facility Agent by not less than five Business Days’ notice with a bank in London (or, as the case may be, Paris or New York).

 

28.3        Clawback

 

(A)          Where a sum is to be paid to the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party, the Facility Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it has been able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that sum.

 

(B)          If the Facility Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case that the Facility Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid by the Facility Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Facility Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Facility Agent, calculated by the Facility Agent to reflect its cost of funds.

 

28.4        Partial Payments

 

(A)          If the Facility Agent receives a payment for application against amounts due in respect of any Finance Documents that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by an Obligor under those Finance Documents, the Facility Agent shall apply that payment towards the obligations of that Obligor under the Finance Documents in the following order:

 

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(i)            first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Facility Agent under the Finance Documents;

 

(ii)           secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement;

 

(iii)          thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement; and

 

(iv)          fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents.

 

(B)          The Facility Agent shall, if so directed by the Majority Lenders, vary the order set out in paragraphs (A)(ii) to (iv) above.

 

(C)          Paragraphs (A) and (B) above will override any appropriation made by an Obligor.

 

28.5        No set-off by Obligors

 

All payments to be made by an Obligor under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim.

 

28.6        Business Days

 

(A)          Subject to paragraph (C) below, any payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).

 

(B)          During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum under the Finance Documents, interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date.

 

(C)          Notwithstanding paragraph (A) above, a payment due on the Termination Date shall be made on the Termination Date.

 

28.7        Currency of account

 

(A)          Subject to paragraphs (B) to (E) below, the base currency is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from an Obligor under any Finance Document and is the US Dollar (“Base Currency”).

 

(B)          A repayment of a Utilisation or Unpaid Sum or a part of a Utilisation or Unpaid Sum shall be made in the currency in which that Utilisation or Unpaid Sum is denominated on its due date.

 

(C)          Each payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the sum in respect of which the interest is payable was denominated when that interest accrued.

 

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(D)          Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.

 

(E)           Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than the Base Currency shall be paid in that other currency.

 

28.8        Change of currency

 

(A)          Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that country, then:

 

(i)            any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the Facility Agent acting reasonably (after consultation with the Company); and

 

(ii)           any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably).

 

(B)          If a change in any currency of a country occurs, the Parties will enter negotiations in good faith with a view to agreeing any amendments which may be necessary to this Agreement to comply with any generally accepted conventions and market practice in the London interbank market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency.

 

28.9        Disruption to Payment Systems etc.

 

If the Facility Agent determine (acting reasonably) that a Disruption Event has occurred or the Facility Agent is notified by the Company that a Disruption Event has occurred:

 

(A)          the Facility Agent may, and shall if requested to do so by the Company, consult with the Company with a view to agreeing with the Company such changes to the operation or administration of the Facility (including, without limitation, changes to the timing and mechanics of payments due under the Finance Documents) as the Facility Agent may deem necessary in the circumstances;

 

(B)          the Facility Agent shall not be obliged to consult with the Company in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (A) above if, in its reasonable opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances and, in any event, shall have no obligation to agree to such changes;

 

(C)          the Facility Agent may consult with the Finance Parties in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (A) above but shall not be obliged to do so if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances;

 

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(D)          any such changes agreed upon by the Facility Agent and the Company shall (whether or not it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred) be binding upon the Parties as an amendment to (or, as the case may be, waiver of) the terms of the Finance Documents notwithstanding the provisions of clause 37 (AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS);

 

(E)           the Facility Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever (including, without limitation for negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Facility Agent) arising as a result of its taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to or in connection with this clause; and

 

(F)           the Facility Agent shall notify the Finance Parties of all changes agreed pursuant to paragraph (D) above.

 

29.          SET-OFF

 

Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and without prejudice to the rights of the Finance Parties at law, at any time after an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing, a Finance Party (other than a Non-Funding Lender) may, on giving notice to the Obligor, set off any matured obligation due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party) against any matured obligation owed by that Finance Party to that Obligor, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation.  If the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off.

 

30.          COSTS AND EXPENSES

 

30.1        Transaction expenses

 

The Company shall within fifteen Business Days of demand, pay the Facility Agent and each Mandated Lead Arranger the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing, and execution of:

 

(A)          this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement; and

 

(B)          any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement.

 

30.2        Amendment costs

 

If:

 

(A)          an Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent; or

 

(B)          an amendment is required pursuant to clause 28.8 (Change of currency),

 

the Company shall, within fifteen Business Days of demand, reimburse the Facility Agent for the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably

 

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incurred by the Facility Agent in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that request or requirement.

 

30.3        Enforcement costs

 

The Company shall, within five Business Days of demand, pay to each Finance Party the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by that Finance Party in connection with the enforcement or attempted enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document.

 

31.          INDEMNITIES

 

31.1        Obligors’ indemnity

 

Each Obligor shall promptly indemnify the Security and Intercreditor Agent and every Receiver and Delegate against any cost, loss or liability (together with any applicable VAT) incurred by any of them:

 

(A)          in relation to or as a result of:

 

(i)            any failure by the Company to comply with obligations under clause 30 (COSTS AND EXPENSES);

 

(ii)           the taking, holding, protection or enforcement of the Transaction Security;

 

(iii)          the exercise of any of the rights, powers, discretions and remedies vested in the Security and Intercreditor Agent, each Receiver and each Delegate by the Finance Documents or by law; or

 

(iv)          any default by any Obligor in the performance of any of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Finance Documents; or

 

(B)          which otherwise relates to any of the Secured Property or the performance of the terms of this Agreement (otherwise than as a result of its gross negligence or wilful misconduct).

 

31.2        Priority of indemnity

 

The Security and Intercreditor Agent and every Receiver and Delegate may, in priority to any payment to the Secured Parties, indemnify itself out of the Charged Property in respect of, and pay and retain, all sums necessary to give effect to the indemnity in clause 31.1 (Obligors’ indemnity) and shall have a lien on the Transaction Security and the proceeds of the enforcement of the Transaction Security for all moneys payable to it.

 

31.3        Lenders’ indemnity

 

Each Lender shall (in the proportion that the Liabilities due to it bears to the aggregate of the Liabilities due to all the Lenders for the time being (or, if the Liabilities due to each of those Lenders is zero, immediately prior to their being reduced to zero)), indemnify

 

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the Security and Intercreditor Agent and every Receiver and every Delegate, within three Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss or liability incurred by any of them (otherwise than by reason of the relevant Security and Intercreditor Agent’s, Receiver’s or Delegate’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct in acting as Security and Intercreditor Agent, Receiver or Delegate under the Finance Documents (unless the Security and Intercreditor Agent, Receiver or Delegate has been reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant to a Finance Document) and the Obligors shall jointly and severally indemnify each Lender against any payment made by it under this clause 31.

 

32.          NOTICES

 

32.1        Communications in writing

 

Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by fax or letter or, as appropriate, electronic mail.

 

32.2        Addresses

 

The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is:

 

(A)          in the case of the Obligors, that identified with its name below;

 

(B)          in the case of each Lender or any other Initial Obligor, that notified in writing to the Facility Agent on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Party; and

 

(C)          in the case of the Facility Agent, that identified with its name below,

 

or any substitute address or fax number or department or officer as the Party may notify to the Facility Agent (or the Facility Agent may notify to the other Parties, if a change is made by the Facility Agent) by not less than five Business Days’ notice.

 

Contact details of the Original Borrower

 

	
Clarendon House
   2 Church Street
   Hamilton HM11
   Bermuda
    	
 
    	
c/o Kosmos Energy LLC
   8176 Park Lane
   Suite 500
   Dallas
   Texas 75231
   USA
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Fax: +1 441 292 4720
    	
 
    	
Fax: +1 214 445 9705
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Attention: Company Secretary
    	
 
    	
Attention: Jason Doughty
    

 

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Contact details of the Original Guarantors

 

	
P.O. Box   32322
   4th Floor, Century Yard
   Cricket Square
   Elgin Avenue
   George Town
   Grand Cayman
   KY1-1209
   Cayman Islands
    	
 
    	
c/o Kosmos Energy LLC
   8176 Park Lane
   Suite 500
   Dallas
   Texas 75231
   USA
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Fax: (345) 946 4090
    	
 
    	
Fax: +1 214 445 9705
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Attention: Andrew Johnson
    	
 
    	
Attention: Jason Doughty
    

 

Contact details of the Facility Agent

 

	
Address:
    	
 
    	
Standard Chartered   Bank
   5th Floor
   1 Basinghall Avenue
   London
   EC2V 5DD
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    	
+44 207 885 3632
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Attention:
    	
 
    	
Asset Service   Manager
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Contact details of the Security and Intercreditor   Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Address:
    	
 
    	
BNP Paribas
   16 Rue de Hanovre
   75078 Paris Cedex 2
   France
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Fax:
    	
 
    	
33 1 42 98 49 25
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Attention:
    	
 
    	
Alexandra Arhab
    

 

32.3        Delivery

 

(A)          Subject to clause 32.5 (Electronic communication), any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective:

 

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(i)            if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or

 

(ii)           if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five Business Days after being deposited in the post with postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address;

 

and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under clause 32.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer.

 

(B)          Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Facility Agent will be effective only when actually received by the Facility Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer identified with the Facility Agent’s signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Facility Agent shall specify for this purpose).

 

(C)          All notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through the Facility Agent.

 

(D)          Any communication or document made or delivered to the Company in accordance with this clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Obligors.

 

32.4        Notification of address and fax number

 

Promptly upon receipt of notification of an address or fax number or change of address or fax number pursuant to clause 32.2 (Addresses) or changing its own address or fax number, the Facility Agent shall notify the other Parties.

 

32.5        Electronic communication

 

(A)          Any communication to be made between the Facility Agent and a Lender under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means, if the Facility Agent and the relevant Lender:

 

(i)            agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication;

 

(ii)           notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by that means; and

 

(iii)          notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them.

 

(B)          Any electronic communication made between the Facility Agent and a Lender will be effective only when actually received in readable form and in the case of any electronic communication made by a Lender to the Facility Agent only if it is addressed in such a manner as the Facility Agent shall specify for this purpose.

 

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32.6        English language

 

(A)          Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English.

 

(B)          All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be:

 

(i)            in English; or

 

(ii)           if not in English, and if so required by the Facility Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document.

 

(C)          The Security and Intercreditor Agent and/or receiving party shall be entitled to assume the accuracy of and rely upon any English translation of any document provided pursuant to this clause 32.6 and the English translation shall prevail unless the document is a statutory or other official document.  Translation costs are for the account of the Obligors.

 

33.          CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES

 

33.1       Accounts

 

In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by a Finance Party are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.

 

33.2        Certificates and determinations

 

Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under any Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest or proven error, prima facie evidence of the matters to which it relates.

 

33.3        Day count convention

 

Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue from day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days.

 

34.          DISCLOSURE TO NUMBERING SERVICE PROVIDERS

 

(A)          Any Finance Party may disclose to any national or international numbering service provider appointed by that Finance Party to provide identification numbering services in respect of this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors the following information:

 

(i)            names of Obligors;

 

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(ii)           country of domicile of Obligors;

 

(iii)          place of incorporation of Obligors;

 

(iv)          date of this Agreement;

 

(v)           the names of the Facility Agent and Mandated Lead Arrangers;

 

(vi)          date of each amendment and restatement of this Agreement;

 

(vii)         amount of Total Commitments;

 

(viii)        currencies of the Facility;

 

(ix)          type of Facility;

 

(x)           ranking of Facility;

 

(xi)          Termination Date for the Facility;

 

(xii)         changes to any of the information previously supplied pursuant to paragraphs (i) to (xi) above; and

 

(xiii)        such other information agreed between such Finance Party and the Company,

 

to enable such numbering service provider to provide its usual syndicated loan numbering identification services.

 

(B)          The Parties acknowledge and agree that each identification number assigned to this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors by a numbering service provider and the information associated with each such number may be disclosed to users of its services in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of that numbering service provider.

 

(C)          The Company represents that none of the information set out in paragraphs (i) to (xiii) of paragraph (A) above is, nor will at any time be, unpublished price-sensitive information.

 

(D)          The Facility Agent shall notify the Company and the other Finance Parties of:

 

(i)            the name of any numbering service provider appointed by the Facility Agent in respect of this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors; and

 

(ii)           the number or, as the case may be, numbers assigned to this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors by such numbering service provider.

 

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35.          PARTIAL INVALIDITY

 

If, at any time, any provision of the Finance Documents is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.

 

36.          REMEDIES AND WAIVERS

 

No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Finance Party, any right or remedy under the Finance Documents shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy.  The rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

 

37.          AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

37.1        Required consents

 

(A)          Subject to clause 37.2 (Exceptions) and to paragraph (D) below, any term of the Finance Documents (other than a waiver of a Condition Precedent or a Condition Subsequent, which shall be made pursuant to clause 2.4 (Waivers of Conditions Precedent) may be amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the Obligors and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties.

 

(B)          The consent of the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall be required in relation to any proposed amendment or waiver of clause 25 (THE SECURITY AND INTERCREDITOR AGENT), clause 26 (CHANGE OF SECURITY AND INTERCREDITOR AGENT AND DELEGATION) or clause 31 (INDEMNITIES).

 

(C)          The Facility Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver permitted by this clause.

 

(D)          Notwithstanding the terms of this clause 37, in relation to an amendment, variation or waiver of the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements or the KEH Charge over Shares in KEH, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements shall prevail.

 

37.2        Exceptions

 

(A)          The following may not be effected without the consent of all the Lenders.

 

(i)            amending the definition of “Majority Lenders”;

 

(ii)           amending, varying or waiving clause 4 (FINANCE PARTIES’ RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS) and/or any other term of any Finance Document which relates to the rights and/or obligations of each Finance Party being several;

 

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(iii)          varying the date for, or altering the amount or currency of, any payment to Lenders under the Finance Documents;

 

(iv)          extending the Commitment of a Lender;

 

(v)           amending varying or waiving a term of any Finance Document which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders;

 

(vi)          amending, varying or waiving this clause; or

 

(vii)         any release of Security Interests granted pursuant to any Security Document or amendment, waiver or variation of the obligations of any Obligor pursuant to the Deed of Guarantee.

 

(B)          The Commitment of a Lender may not be increased (excluding any increase as a result of an assumption of Additional Commitment pursuant to clause 3.2 (Additional Commitments) or a transfer made pursuant to clause 22 (Changes to the Lenders) without the consent of that Lender and the Majority Lenders.

 

(C)          An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the Facility Agent may not be effected without the consent of the Facility Agent.

 

(D)          (i)            If a Lender becomes a Non-Funding Lender that Lender’s Commitment shall not be included for the purposes of calculating Total Commitments under the Facility when ascertaining whether a certain percentage of Total Commitments has been obtained to approve any requested amendment, waiver, consent or approval.

 

(ii)           If a Lender does not accept or reject a request for an amendment, waiver, consent or approval within fifteen Business Days (or such longer period as the Company may specify) of such request being made, that Lender shall be deemed to have granted its consent to the requested amendment, waiver, consent or approval. Promptly upon the expiration of such fifteen Business Day period (or such longer period as the Company may have specified), and in any event within two Business Days of the expiration of such period, the Facility Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders whether the requested amendment, waiver, consent or approval has been approved or given in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

37.3        Disenfranchisement of Shareholder Affiliates

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, for so long as a Shareholder Affiliate is a Lender and/or to the extent that a Shareholder Affiliate beneficially owns a Commitment or has entered into a sub-participation agreement relating to a Commitment or other agreement or arrangement having a substantially similar economic effect and such agreement or arrangement has not been terminated, such Shareholder Affiliate shall not be entitled to exercise any rights to vote as Lender in respect of any matters requiring decision by the Lenders under the terms of this

 

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Agreement or any of the Finance Documents. Each such Shareholder Affiliate acknowledges and agrees that:

 

(A)          in the event that a matter requires decision by one or more Lenders under this Agreement or any of the Finance Documents,

 

(i)            the Commitment of such Shareholder Affiliate and any associated participation of such Shareholder Affiliate in a Loan shall be deemed to be zero; and

 

(ii)           such Shareholder Affiliate shall be deemed not to be a Lender;

 

(B)          in relation to any meeting or conference call to which all or any number of Lenders are invited to attend or participate, it shall not attend or participate in the same if so requested by the Facility Agent or, unless the Facility Agent otherwise agree, be entitled to receive the agenda or any minutes of the same; and

 

(C)          it shall not, unless the Facility Agent otherwise agree, be entitled to receive any report or other document prepared at the behest of, or on the instructions of, the Facility Agent or one or more of the Lenders.

 

38.          COUNTERPARTS

 

(A)          This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the parties on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each Party has executed at least one counterpart.

 

(B)          Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this Agreement, but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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PART 10
 GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT

 

39.          GOVERNING LAW

 

This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

 

40.          JURISDICTION

 

40.1       Submission

 

The parties hereby irrevocably agree for the exclusive benefit of the Secured Parties that the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement, or any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it) (a “Dispute”).

 

40.2       Forum convenience

 

The parties hereby irrevocably agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly irrevocably agree not to argue to the contrary.

 

40.3       Concurrent jurisdiction

 

This clause 40 is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only.  As a result, no Secured Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction.  To the extent allowed by law, the Secured Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

 

41.          SERVICE OF PROCESS

 

(A)          Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each of the Obligors:

 

(i)            irrevocably appoints Trusec Limited of 2 Lambs Passage, London, EC1Y 8BB (the “Process Agent”) as its agent for service of process in relation to any Dispute before the English courts in connection with any  Finance Document;

 

(ii)           irrevocably agrees that any Service Document may be sufficiently and effectively served on it in connection with any Dispute in England and Wales by service on the Process Agent (or any replacement agent appointed pursuant to paragraph (B) of this clause 41 (SERVICE OF PROCESS); and

 

(iii)          irrevocably agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant Obligor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.

 

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(B)          If the agent referred to in paragraph (A) of this clause 41 (or any replacement agent appointed pursuant to this paragraph (B)) at any time ceases for any reason to act as such, as the case may be, each Obligor shall as soon as reasonably practicable appoint a replacement agent to accept service having an address for service in England or Wales and shall notify the Facility Agent of the name and address of the replacement agent; failing such appointment and notification, the agent referred to in paragraph (A) of this clause 41 (or any replacement agent appointed pursuant to this paragraph (B)) shall continue to be authorised to act as agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts on behalf of the relevant party and shall constitute good service.

 

(C)          Any document addressed in accordance with paragraph (A) of this clause 41 shall be deemed to have been duly served if:

 

(i)            left at the specified address, when it is left; or

 

(ii)           sent by first class post, two clear Business Days after posting.

 

(D)          For the purposes of this clause 41, “Service Document” means a writ, summons, order, judgment or other document relating to or in connection with any Dispute.  Nothing contained herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.

 

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Schedule 1
 The Original Guarantors

 

	
Name
    	
 
    	
Jurisdiction   of Incorporation
    	
 
    	
Registered   Number
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Kosmos Energy   Operating
    	
 
    	
Cayman Islands
    	
 
    	
231417
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Kosmos Energy   International
    	
 
    	
Cayman Islands
    	
 
    	
218274
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Kosmos Energy Development
    	
 
    	
Cayman Islands
    	
 
    	
225879
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Kosmos Energy Ghana   HC
    	
 
    	
Cayman Islands
    	
 
    	
135710
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Kosmos Energy   Finance International
    	
 
    	
Cayman Islands
    	
 
    	
253656
    

 

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Schedule 2
  The Original Lenders

 

	
Original Lender 

 
    	
  Commitment   (USD)
    
	
Bank of America, N.A. 

 
    	
  35,000,000
    
	
BNP Paribas 

 
    	
  50,000,000
    
	
Credit Suisse   International 

 
    	
  20,000,000
    
	
FBN Bank (UK) Ltd 

 
    	
  32,500,000
    
	
HSBC Bank Plc 

 
    	
  50,000,000
    
	
Societe Generale 

 
    	
  25,000,000
    
	
The Standard Bank of   South Africa Limited 

 
    	
  37,500,000
    
	
Standard Chartered Bank 

 
    	
  50,000,000
    

 

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Schedule 3
  Conditions Precedent

 

Part I
 Conditions Precedent to First Utilisation

 

1.                                     Provision of each of the following Finance Documents, duly executed by each of the parties to them:

 

(i)                                     this Agreement;

 

(ii)                                  the Charge over Shares in KEH;

 

(iii)                               the Deed of Guarantee;

 

(iv)                              the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(v)                                 the Facility Agent Fee Letter;

 

(vi)                              the front end Fee Letter; and

 

(vii)                          the Security and Intercreditor Agent Fee Letter.

 

2.                                    Provision of certified copies of each Obligor’s constitutional documents and the director and shareholder corporate resolutions authorising entry into and performance of the Finance Documents to which they are a party and certification as to solvency.

 

3.                                    Provision of the specimen signatures of the persons authorised by each of the Obligor’s corporate resolutions referred to at paragraph 2 above to execute the Finance Documents and all other documents and notices required in connection with such Finance Documents.

 

4.                                    Receipt by the Facility Agent of appropriate legal opinions from Maples and Calder, Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited, Clifford Chance LLP, Appleby (Bermuda) Limited and Walkers.

 

5.                                     The Charge over Shares in KEH entered into pursuant to condition precedent 1 above is perfected and fully valid and (a) blank stock transfer form and any share certificates (if any) is delivered to the Security and Intercreditor Agent; (b) a certified copy register of members is delivered to the Security and Intercreditor Agent in relation to KEH; and (c) a letter of undertaking from KEH is delivered to the Security and Intercreditor Agent in relation to KEH.

 

6.                                     Provision to the Security and Intercreditor Agent of executed but undated letters of resignation and release together with dated letters of authority to date the same from each of the directors of KEH in the forms set out in Parts I and II of Schedule 5 (Letters of Resignation) to the Charge over Shares in KEH.

 

7.                                    The Original Borrower shall provide a certified copy of its most recent audited accounts.

 

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8.                                     Provision of a certificate from the Borrower that all Required Approvals on the date of the proposed Utilisation have been obtained (including a schedule of all such Required Approvals).

 

9.                                     Provision of such documentation and other evidence to the satisfaction by the Facility Agent and the Lenders of their respective “know your customer” checks or similar identification procedures.

 

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Part II
 Conditions Precedent Required to be Delivered by an Additional Obligor

 

1.                                     Provision of an Accession Letter, duly executed by the Additional Obligor and the Borrower.

 

2.                                     Provision of certified copies of the Additional Obligor’s constitutional documents and certificates of incorporation (or equivalent).

 

3.                                     A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Additional Obligor approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Accession Letter and the Finance Documents and resolving that one or more specified persons execute the Accession Letter and any other documents and notices in connection with the Finance Documents.

 

4.                                     A specimen signature of each person authorised to execute the Accession Letter and any other documents and notices in connection with the Finance Documents.

 

5.                                     A certificate of the Additional Obligor (signed by a director) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing or securing, as appropriate, the Total Commitments would not cause any borrowing, guarantee, security or similar limit binding on it to be exceeded.

 

6.                                     A certificate of an Authorised Signatory of the Additional Obligor certifying that each copy document listed in this Part II of Schedule 3 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of the Accession Letter.

 

7.                                     A copy of any Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Facility Agent considers to be necessary or desirable in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by the Accession Letter or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document.

 

8.                                     If available, the latest audited financial statements of the Additional Obligor.

 

9.                                     Receipt by the Facility Agent of any appropriate legal opinions.

 

10.                              If the proposed Additional Obligor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales, evidence that the process agent specified in clause 41 (SERVICE OF PROCESS), if not an Obligor, has accepted its appointment in relation to the proposed Additional Obligor.

 

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Part III
 Conditions Precedent to KEL Intercreditor Agreement

 

1.                                    Provision of certified copies of each Obligor’s constitutional documents and the director and shareholder corporate resolutions and specimen signatures authorising entry into and performance of the KEL Intercreditor Agreement and certification as to solvency.

 

2.                                    Receipt by the Facility Agent of appropriate legal opinions.

 

3.                                    Provision of the specimen signatures of the persons authorised by each of the Obligor’s corporate resolutions referred to at paragraph 1 above to execute the KEL Intercreditor Agreement and all other documents and notices required in connection with the KEL Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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Schedule 4
 Utilisation Request

 

	
From:
    	
KOSMOS   ENERGY LTD. (the “Borrower”)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
To:
    	
Standard Chartered   Bank (the “Facility Agent”)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dated:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dear Sirs
    

 

KOSMOS ENERGY LTD. — Facility Agreement
  dated [             ] (the “Agreement”)

 

1.                                     We refer to the Agreement.  This is a Utilisation Request in respect of a Utilisation under the Facility.  Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning in this Utilisation Request.

 

2.                                     We wish to borrow a Loan under the Facility on the following terms:

 

	
Proposed   Utilisation Date:
    	
[            ] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Amount:
    	
[            ] under or, if less,   the Total Available Commitment
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Amount   attributable to Interest payments
    	
[            ]
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Interest Period:
    	
[            ]
    

 

3.                                      We hereby certify that:

 

(a)                               no Default or Event of Default is continuing or will result from the proposed Loan;

 

(b)                               [This Loan is to be made in [whole]/[part] for the purpose of refinancing [identify maturing Loan].]

 

(d)                               the making of the Utilisation would not result in the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Facility exceeding the Borrowing Base Amount; and

 

(e)                                the Repeating Representations are, in the light of the facts and circumstances then existing, true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of a Repeating Representation that contains a materiality concept, true and correct in all respects).

 

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4.                                     The proceeds of this Loan should be credited to [account] and to the extent an amount has been attributed to Interest payments above, such amount shall be applied towards the payment of Interest on the Facility.

 

5.                                      This Utilisation Request is irrevocable and is a Finance Document.

 

	
 
    	
Yours faithfully
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Authorised Signatory for
    
	
 
    	
KOSMOS ENERGY LTD.
    

 

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Schedule 5
  NOT USED

 

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Schedule 6
  Form of Transfer Certificate

 

 

	
To:
    	
Standard Chartered   Bank as the “Facility Agent”
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
From:
    	
[the Existing   Lender] (the “Existing Lender”) and [the New   Lender] (the “New Lender”)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dated:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dear Sirs
    

 

KOSMOS ENERGY LTD. — Facility Agreement
  dated [             ] (the “Agreement”)

 

1.                                      We refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Transfer Certificate.

 

2.                                      We refer to clause 22.5 (Procedure for transfer):

 

(a)                                The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender transferring to the New Lender by novation all or part of the Existing Lender’s Commitment, rights and obligations referred to in the Schedule in accordance with clause 22.5 (Procedure for transfer).

 

(b)                                The proposed Transfer Date is [                ].

 

(c)                                 The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices of the New Lender for the purposes of clause 32.2 (Addresses) are set out in the Schedule.

 

3.                                      The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender’s obligations set out in paragraph (C) of clause 22.4 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders).

 

4.                                      The New Lender confirms that it is a Qualifying Lender.

 

5.                                      This Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Transfer Certificate.

 

6.                                      This Transfer Certificate is governed by English law.

 

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THE SCHEDULE
  Commitments/rights and obligations to be transferred

 

[Insert relevant details]

 

[Facility Office address, fax number and attention details for notices and account details for payments]

 

	
[Existing Lender]
    	
[New Lender]
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
					

 

This Transfer Certificate is accepted by the Facility Agent and the Transfer Date is confirmed as [          ].

 

Standard Chartered Bank

 

	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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Schedule 7
  Form of Accession Letter

 

	
From:
    	
[name of subsidiary] (the “Company”)   and KOSMOS ENERGY LTD. (the “Borrower”)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
To:
    	
Standard Chartered   Bank (the “Facility Agent”)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dated:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dear Sirs
    

 

KOSMOS ENERGY LTD. — Facility Agreement
  dated [             ] (the “Agreement”)

 

1.                                     We refer to the Agreement.  This is an Accession Letter.  Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Accession Letter unless given a different meaning in this Accession Letter.

 

2.                                     The Company agrees to become an Additional [Borrower]/[Guarantor] and to be bound by the terms of the Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreements as an Additional [Borrower]/[Guarantor] pursuant to clause [23.2 [(Additional Borrowers)/23.4 (Additional Guarantor)] of the Agreement.  The Company is a company duly incorporated under the laws of [name of relevant jurisdiction].

 

3.                                     The Company’s administrative details are as follows:

 

Address:

 

Fax No:

 

Attention:

 

4.                                     This Accession Letter is governed by English law.

 

This Accession Letter is entered into by deed.

 

 

	
[name of subsidiary]
    	
KOSMOS   ENERGY LTD.
    

 

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Schedule 8
  Form of Resignation Letter

 

	
From:
    	
[resigning Obligor] and KOSMOS ENERGY LTD.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
To:
    	
Standard Chartered   Bank (the “Facility Agent”)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dated:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dear Sirs
    

 

KOSMOS ENERGY LTD. — Facility Agreement
  dated [             ] (the “Agreement”)

 

1.                                     We refer to the Agreement.  This is a Resignation Letter.  Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Resignation Letter unless given a different meaning in this Resignation Letter.

 

2.                                     Pursuant to clause [23.3 (Resignation of a Borrower)/23.7 (Resignation of a Guarantor on disposal)] of the Agreement, we request that [resigning Obligor] be released from its obligations as a [Borrower/Guarantor] under the Agreement.

 

3.                                     We confirm that:

 

(a)                               no Default is continuing or would result from the acceptance of this request; and

 

(b)                               [           ].

 

4.                                     This Resignation Letter is governed by English law.

 

 

	
[resigning Obligor]
    	
KOSMOS   ENERGY LTD.
    

 

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Schedule 9
 Form of Compliance Certificate

 

	
To:
    	
Standard Chartered   Bank (the “Facility Agent”)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
From:
    	
KOSMOS   ENERGY LTD. (the “Borrower”)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dated:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Dear Sirs
    

 

KOSMOS ENERGY LTD. — Facility Agreement
 dated [            ] (the “Agreement”)

 

1.                                     We refer to the Agreement.  This is a Compliance Certificate.  Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Compliance Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Compliance Certificate.

 

2.                                     We confirm that the financial statements supplied to the Facility Agent pursuant to clause 17.2 (Financial statements) of the Agreement:

 

(A)                              is certified by an Authorised Signatory of the Borrower as a true and correct copy; and

 

(B)                              [gives a true and fair view of](1) / [fairly represents](2) the financial condition of the Borrower for the period to the date on which those financial statements were drawn up.

 

3.                                     We confirm that as at [             ], being the last occurring Calculation Date:

 

(A)                                the debt cover ratio was [             ]; and

 

(B)                                the interest cover ratio was [             ].

 

4.                                      We set out below the calculations establishing the figures in paragraph 2 above:

 

[                 ]

 

5.                                     We confirm that as at [            ], so far as we are aware having made diligent enquiries, no Default has occurred or is continuing.(3)

 

(1)  Insert if audited.

 

(2)  Insert if unaudited.

 

(3)  Note — If this statement cannot be made, the certificate should identify any Default that has occurred or is continuing and the action taken, or proposed to be taken, to remedy it.

 

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Yours faithfully

 

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Authorised   Signatory for
    	
Authorised   Signatory for
    
	
KOSMOS   ENERGY LTD.
    	
KOSMOS   ENERGY LTD.
    

 

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Schedule 10
 Form of Confidentiality Undertaking

 

	
To:
    	
[Purchaser’s details]
    
	
 
    
	
Re:
    
	
 
    
	
KOSMOS ENERGY LTD. (the “Company”) and   its USD 300 million revolving credit facility dated [           ] 2012 (the “Facility”)
    
	
 
    
	
[insert date]
    
	
 
    
	
Dear Sirs
    

 

We understand that you are considering participating in the Facility.  In consideration of us agreeing to make available to you certain information, by your signature of a copy of this letter you agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Confidentiality Undertaking: You undertake:

 

(A)                             to keep the Confidential Information confidential and not to disclose it to anyone except as provided for by paragraph 2 below and to ensure that the Confidential Information is protected with security measures with a degree of care not less than that which you would apply to your own confidential information;

 

(B)                             to keep confidential and not disclose to anyone except as provided for by paragraph 2 below the fact that the Confidential Information has been made available or that discussions or negotiations are taking place or have taken place between us;

 

(C)                             to use the Confidential Information only for the Permitted Purpose;

 

(D)                             to ensure that any person to whom you pass any Confidential Information in accordance with paragraph 2 (unless disclosed under paragraph 2(B) below) acknowledges and complies with the provisions of this letter as if that person were also a party to it; and

 

(E)                              not to make enquiries in relation to the Confidential Information of any other person, whether a third party or any member of the Group or any of their officers, directors, employees or professional advisers, save for such officers, directors, employees or professional advisers as may be expressly nominated by us for this purpose, provided that this paragraph shall not prevent or restrict you from conducting and completing all necessary and appropriate due diligence in accordance with your normal credit and underwriting approval processes and as required to be performed in order to obtain any requisite credit or underwriting approvals in relation to your possible participation in the Facility.

 

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2.                                      Permitted Disclosure: We agree that you may disclose Confidential Information:

 

(A)                             to members of the Participant Group and their officers, directors, employees, consultants and professional advisers but only to the extent necessary for the proper fulfilment of the Permitted Purpose, provided that:

 

(i)                                  such information is disclosed strictly on a need to know basis and provided that the Confidential Information may not be disclosed to any person in the Participant Group who is not working directly on matters concerning your participation in the Facility; and

 

(ii)                               appropriate information barriers or other procedures as may be necessary are in place to ensure there can be no unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, the Confidential Information to any such person referred to in subparagraph (i) above;

 

(B)                             (i) where required by any court of competent jurisdiction or any competent judicial, governmental, supervisory or regulatory body, (ii) where required by the rules of any stock exchange on which the shares or other securities of any member of the Participant Group are listed or (iii) where required by the laws or regulations of any country with jurisdiction over the affairs of any member of the Participant Group; or

 

(C)                             with our prior written consent.

 

3.                                     Notification of Required or Unauthorised Disclosure: You agree (to the extent permitted by law) to inform us of the full circumstances of any disclosure under paragraph 2(b) (in advance where reasonable and practicable) or immediately upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this letter.

 

4.                                     Return of Copies:  If we so request in writing, you shall return all Confidential Information supplied to you by us or any member of the Group and destroy or permanently erase all copies of Confidential Information made by you and use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that anyone to whom you have supplied any Confidential Information destroys or permanently erases such Confidential Information and any copies made by them, in each case save to the extent that you or the recipients are required to retain any such Confidential Information by any applicable law, rule or regulation or by any competent judicial, governmental, supervisory or regulatory body, or where the Confidential Information has been disclosed in accordance with paragraph 2(B) above.

 

5.                                     Continuing Obligations:  The obligations in the preceding paragraphs of this letter are continuing and, in particular, shall survive the termination of any discussions or negotiations between you and us, irrespective of their outcome.  Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the obligations in this letter shall cease twelve months after you have returned all Confidential Information and destroyed or permanently erased all copies of Confidential Information made by you to the extent required pursuant to paragraph 4 above.

 

6.                                      No Representation; Consequences of Breach, etc:  You acknowledge and agree that:

 

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(A)                             neither we nor any of our officers, employees or advisers, and no other member of the Group and none of the officers, employees or advisers of any member of the Group (each a “Relevant Person”), (i) make any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to, or assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any of the Confidential Information or any other information supplied by us or any member of the Group or the assumptions on which it is based or (ii) shall be under any obligation to update or correct any inaccuracy in the Confidential Information or any other information supplied by us or any other member of the Group or be otherwise liable to you or any other person in respect of the Confidential Information or any such information; and

 

(B)                             we and other members of the Group may be irreparably harmed by the breach of the terms of this letter and damages may not be an adequate remedy; each Relevant Person may be granted an injunction or specific performance for any threatened or actual breach of the provisions of this letter by you or any other person.

 

7.                                     Inside Information:  You acknowledge that some or all of the Confidential Information is or may be price-sensitive information and that the use of such information may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation relating to insider dealing and you undertake not to use any Confidential Information for any unlawful purpose.  As a result of being given the Confidential Information you may well become insiders and, therefore, be unable to take certain actions which you would otherwise be able to take.

 

8.                                     No Waiver; Amendments, etc:  This letter shall not affect any other obligation owed by you to any member of the Group.  No failure or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege under this letter will operate as a waiver thereof nor will any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privileges under this letter.  The terms of this letter and your obligations under this letter may only be amended or modified by written agreement between us and you.

 

9.                                     Nature of Undertakings:  The undertakings and acknowledgements given by you under this letter are given to us and (without implying any fiduciary obligations on our part) are also given for the benefit of each other member of the Group.

 

10.                               Third party rights:

 

(A)                            Each other member of the Group and each Relevant Person (each a “Third Party”) may enforce the terms of this letter by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the “Third Parties Act”). This paragraph 10(A) confers a benefit on each Third Party, and, subject to the remaining provisions of this paragraph 10, is intended to be enforceable by each Third Party by virtue of the Third Parties Act.

 

(B)                            Subject to paragraph 10(a), a person who is not a party to this letter has no right under the Third Parties Act to enforce or enjoy the benefit of any term of this letter.

 

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(C)                            Notwithstanding any provisions of this letter, the parties to this letter do not require the consent of any person to rescind or vary this letter at any time.

 

11.                              Counterparts: This letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the parties on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each party has executed at least one counterpart.  Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this letter, but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

12.                              Governing Law and Jurisdiction:  Any matter, claim or dispute, whether contractual or non-contractual, arising out of or in connection with this letter (including the agreement constituted by your acknowledgement of its terms), is to be governed by and determined in accordance with English law, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

 

13.                              Definitions and Construction:  In this letter (including the acknowledgement set out below):

 

“Confidential Information” means any and all information relating to the Company, the Group and the Facility, provided to you by us or any member of the Group or any of our affiliates or advisers, in whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or any other way of representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied from such information and information regarding all discussions and negotiations between us (including information regarding the outcome of such discussions or negotiations), but excludes information that (a) is or becomes public knowledge other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach of this letter or (b) is known by you before the date the information is disclosed to you by us or any member of the Group or any of our affiliates or advisers or is lawfully obtained by you after that date, other than from a source which is connected with the Group and which, in either case, as far as you are aware, has not been obtained in violation of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality;

 

“Group” means, in respect of a person, that person and that person’s Holding Companies and each of their respective Subsidiaries;

 

“Holding Company” means, in relation to a company, any other company in respect of which it is a Subsidiary;

 

“Participant Group” means you, and each of your Holding Companies and Subsidiaries;

 

“Permitted Purpose” means considering and evaluating whether to enter into contracts with us in relation to your participation in the Facility; and

 

“Subsidiary” means a subsidiary within the meaning of section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006.

 

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Please acknowledge your agreement to the above by signing and returning the enclosed copy.

 

	
Yours faithfully
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
For and on behalf   of [Seller’s details].
    	
 
    

 

 

	
To:
    	
[Seller’s details]
    
	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
We acknowledge and   agree to the above:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
For and on behalf   of [Purchaser’s details]
    	
 
    
			

 

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Schedule 11
 KEL Intercreditor Agreement

 

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Schedule 12
 Form of Lender Accession Notice

 

To:                            STANDARD CHARTERED BANK as Facility Agent

 

From:              [Additional Lender]

 

Dated:

 

Dear Sirs,

 

Kosmos Energy Ltd. - Facility Agreement
 dated                 (the “Facility Agreement”)

 

1.                                     We refer to the Agreement and the Facility Agreement.  This is a Lender Accession Notice.  Terms defined in the Facility Agreement relating to the Agreement have the same meaning in this Lender Accession Notice unless given a different meaning in this Lender Accession Notice.

 

2.                                     [Additional Lender] agrees:

 

(a)                                 to be bound by the terms of the Finance Documents (other than the KEL Intercreditor Agreement [and the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement](4)) as a Lender pursuant to clause [3.2] (Additional Commitment) of the Facility Agreement;

 

(b)                                 to be bound by the terms of the KEL Intercreditor Agreement as a RCF Lender; and

 

(c)                                  [to be bound by the terms of the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement as a RCF Lender.]

 

3.                                     [Additional Lender]’s Additional Commitment is USD [                      ].

 

4.                                     [Additional Lender’s] administrative details are as follows:

 

	
Account details:
    	
 
    	
[
    	
]
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Facility Office   Address:
    	
 
    	
[
    	
]
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Telephone No.:
    	
 
    	
[
    	
]
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Fax No.:
    	
 
    	
[
    	
]
    

 

(4)  Exclude if KEFI Intercreditor Agreement is no longer in force.

 

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Attention:
    	
 
    	
[
    	
]
    

 

5.                                     The Additional Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Lenders’ obligations set out in paragraph (I) of clause 3.2 (Additional Commitments).

 

6.                                     This Lender Accession Notice may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Lender Accession Notice.

 

7.                                     This Lender Accession Notice is governed by English law.

 

8.                                     This Lender Accession Notice has been delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this Lender Accession Notice.

 

[Additional Lender]

 

By:

 

This Lender Accession Notice is accepted by the Facility Agent and the Additional Commitment Date is confirmed as [          ].

 

Standard Chartered Bank

 

By:

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Original Borrower

 

KOSMOS ENERGY LTD.

 

	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name: 
    	
Neal Shah 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
Attorney-in-fact
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

 

Original Guarantors

 

KOSMOS ENERGY OPERATING

 

	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name: 
    	
Neal Shah 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
Attorney-in-fact
    	
 
    

 

 

KOSMOS ENERGY INTERNATIONAL

 

	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name: 
    	
Neal Shah 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
Attorney-in-fact
    	
 
    

 

 

KOSMOS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT

 

	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
Neal Shah
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
Attorney-in-fact
    	
 
    

 

 

KOSMOS ENERGY GHANA HC

 

	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
Neal Shah
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
Attorney-in-fact
    	
 
    

 

 

KOSMOS ENERGY FINANCE INTERNATIONAL

 

	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name: 
    	
Neal Shah 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
Attorney-in-fact
    	
 
    

 

 

The Mandated Lead Arrangers

 

BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

 

	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

BNP PARIBAS

 

	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

HSBC BANK PLC

 

	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

SOCIETE GENERALE, LONDON BRANCH

 

	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name: 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED

 

	
By:
    	
 
    

 

 

	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

 

	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

The Original Lenders

 

Bank of America, N.A.

 

	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

BNP PARIBAS

 

	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE INTERNATIONAL

 

	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

FBN BANK (UK) LTD

 

	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

HSBC BANK PLC

 

	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

SOCIETE GENERALE, LONDON BRANCH

 

	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED

 

	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

 

	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

Facility Agent

 

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

 

	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

Security and Intercreditor Agent

 

BNP PARIBAS

 

	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

SCHEDULE 2

AMENDED AND RESTATED CHARGE OVER SHARES IN KEH

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED PURSUANT TO A DEED OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT DATED 14 MARCH 2014

 

DATED 23 November 2012

 

KOSMOS ENERGY LTD.
  as Chargor

 

- and -

 

BNP PARIBAS
  as Security and Intercreditor Agent

 

 

CHARGE OVER SHARES IN KOSMOS ENERGY HOLDINGS

 

 

Slaughter and May
 One Bunhill Row
 London
 EC1Y 8YY
 (SRG/ JKW) 

 

CONTENTS

 

	
Clause
    	
 
    	
Page
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
1.
    	
INTERPRETATION
    	
4
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.
    	
COVENANT   TO PAY AND CHARGE
    	
7
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.
    	
COVENANT   TO DEPOSIT AND FURTHER ASSURANCES
    	
8
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
4.
    	
REPRESENTATIONS   AND WARRANTIES
    	
10
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
5.
    	
COVENANTS
    	
13
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
6.
    	
CHARGOR’S   RIGHTS BEFORE ENFORCEMENT
    	
14
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
7.
    	
ENFORCEMENT
    	
15
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
8.
    	
DEALINGS   WITH CHARGED PROPERTY ON ENFORCEMENT
    	
15
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
9.
    	
APPLICATION   OF MONEYS
    	
17
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
10.
    	
GENERAL   RIGHTS OF SECURITY AGENT
    	
17
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
11.
    	
LIABILITY   OF SECURITY AGENT, DELEGATES AND NOMINEES
    	
19
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
12.
    	
PROTECTION   OF THIRD PARTIES
    	
20
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
13.
    	
ACCESSION   OF HY NOTEHOLDER TRUSTEE
    	
21
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
14.
    	
CONTINUING   SECURITY
    	
21
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
15.
    	
OTHER   SECURITY
    	
21
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
16.
    	
CHARGE   NOT TO BE AFFECTED
    	
22
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
17.
    	
RELEASE   OF CHARGED PROPERTY
    	
24
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
18.
    	
POWER   OF ATTORNEY
    	
25
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
19.
    	
CURRENCY   INDEMNITY
    	
25
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
20.
    	
CERTIFICATE   TO BE CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE
    	
26
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
21.
    	
COSTS AND EXPENSES
    	
26
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
22.
    	
STAMP TAXES
    	
26
    

 

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23.
    	
COMMUNICATIONS
    	
27
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
24.
    	
RIGHTS   AND WAIVERS
    	
28
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
25.
    	
INVALIDITY
    	
29
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
26.
    	
ASSIGNMENT
    	
29
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
27.
    	
GOVERNING   LAW
    	
29
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
28.
    	
JURISDICTION
    	
30
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
29.
    	
SERVICE   OF PROCESS
    	
31
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
30.
    	
CONTRACTS   (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
    	
32
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
31.
    	
COUNTERPARTS
    	
32
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SCHEDULE 1 ORIGINAL SHARES
    	
33
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SCHEDULE 2 FORM OF TRANSFER
    	
34
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
SCHEDULE 3 LETTER OF UNDERTAKING TO REGISTER SHARE   TRANSFER
    	
35
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
SCHEDULE 4 WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS OF THE SOLE   SHAREHOLDER OF THE COMPANY
    	
37
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
SCHEDULE 5 LETTERS OF RESIGNATION
    	
47
    

 

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THIS CHARGE OVER SHARES dated 23 November 2012 is made as a deed, as amended and restated on 14 January 2014 and as further amended and restated on

 

BETWEEN

 

1.                                     KOSMOS ENERGY LTD., a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda with registered number 45011 and having its registered office at Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM11, Bermuda (the “Chargor” or “KEL”);

 

AND

 

2.                                     BNP PARIBAS (in its capacity as Security and Intercreditor Agent for the Secured Parties on the terms and conditions set out in the RCF Agreement and the KEL Intercreditor Agreement) (the “Security and Intercreditor Agent” which expression includes its successors in title and assigns or any person appointed as an additional agent for the purpose of and in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreements).

 

RECITALS:

 

(A)                              It is intended by the parties to this Deed that this document will take effect as a deed despite the fact that a party to this Deed may only execute this Deed under hand.

 

(B)                              The Security and Intercreditor Agent is acting under and holds the benefit of the rights conferred upon it in this Deed on trust for the Secured Parties.

 

NOW THIS DEED WITNESSES  as follows:

 

1.                                     INTERPRETATION

 

1.1                              Definitions

 

Terms defined in Clause 1.1 (Definitions) of the RCF Agreement, as well as in the section setting out the parties to that agreement, shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meaning when used herein.

 

1.2                              Additional definitions

 

In this Deed:

 

“Charge” means all or any of the Security created, or which may at any time be created, under or pursuant to or evidenced by this Deed.

 

“Charged Property” means the Original Shares, any Further Shares, any Derived Assets and any Dividends.

 

“Company” means Kosmos Energy Holdings, a company duly incorporated with limited liability under the laws of the Cayman Islands with registration number 133483.

 

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“Deed of Guarantee” means the deed of guarantee entered into on or around the date of this Deed between, inter alios, the Security and Intercreditor Agent and certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company.

 

“Delegate” means a delegate or sub-delegate appointed pursuant to Clause 10.5.

 

“Derived Assets” means all Shares, rights or other property of a capital nature which accrue or are offered, issued or paid at any time (by way of bonus, rights, redemption, conversion, exchange, substitution, consolidation, reclassification, subdivision, preference, warrant, option, purchase, stock split or otherwise) in respect of:

 

(A)                               the Original Shares; or

 

(B)                               any Further Shares; or

 

(C)                               any Shares, rights or other property previously accruing, offered, issued or paid as mentioned in this definition.

 

“Dividends” means all dividends, and other distributions, interest and other moneys paid or payable after the date hereof in respect of the Original Shares, any Further Shares or any Derived Assets.

 

“Event of Default” means any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 21 (Events of Default) of the RCF Agreement and any event or circumstance described as an “event of default” in the HY Note Indenture.

 

“Fee Letter” means any letter or letters between the Company and any Finance Party setting out any fees payable by the Company to a Finance Party pursuant to a Finance Document.

 

“Finance Document” means this Deed, the RCF Agreement, the HY Note Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements, the Deed of Guarantee, any Fee Letter and any other document designated as such by the Security and Intercreditor Agent and the Chargor.

 

“Finance Party” means each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the Original Lenders, the Facility Agent, the Security and Intercreditor Agent, each HY Noteholder and any collateral agent, trustee or other representative of the HY Noteholders and “Finance Parties” shall be construed accordingly.

 

“Further Shares” means all Shares in the capital of the Company (other than the Original Shares and any Shares comprised in any Derived Assets) which the Chargor may from time to time legally or beneficially own during the Security Period.

 

“Guarantor” means a guarantor under the Deed of Guarantee.

 

“HY Noteholders” means the holders of the HY Notes from time to time.

 

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“HY Notes” means the senior secured notes issued by KEL from time to time pursuant to the terms of the HY Note Indenture.

 

“HY Note Indenture” means the indenture pursuant to which all or any of the HY Notes are constituted or any other agreement under which HY Notes are constituted or any other agreement under which any guarantee for the HY Notes is given.

 

“LPA” means the Law of Property Act 1925 of England and Wales.

 

“Obligor” means the Borrower, any issuer of HY Notes and any Guarantor, from time to time.

 

“Original Shares” means all of the Shares in the capital of the Company as listed in Schedule 1 (Original Shares).

 

“Permitted Transferee” means any person  falling within paragraph (iii) of the definition of “Permitted Transferee” in Clause 8.3 (Change of Control) of the RCF Agreement.

 

“Proceedings” means any proceeding, suit or action arising out of or in connection with this Deed.

 

“RCF Agreement” means the facility agreement dated on or about the date of this Deed and entered into between, inter alios, the Chargor (as Original Borrower) and the financial institutions listed therein as the Original Lenders.

 

“Register of Members” means the register of members of the Company maintained by the Company in accordance with the Companies Law (2012 Revision) of the Cayman Islands.

 

“Rights” means rights, benefits, powers, privileges, authorities, discretions and remedies (in each case, of any nature whatsoever).

 

“Secured Liabilities” means, at any time and without double counting, all present and future obligations and liabilities (actual or contingent) of each Obligor (whether or not for the payment of money and including any obligation to pay damages for breach of contract) which are, or are expressed to be, or may become due, owing or payable to any or all of the Secured Parties under or in connection with any of the Finance Documents, together with all costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Security and Intercreditor Agent or any Secured Party which any Obligor is obliged to pay under any Finance Document.

 

“Secured Party” means each party to a Finance Document (other than an Obligor).

 

“Security” includes any mortgage, fixed or floating charge, encumbrance, lien, pledge, hypothecation, assignment by way of security, or title retention arrangement (other than in respect of goods purchased in the ordinary course of trading), and any

 

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agreement or arrangement having substantially the same economic or financial effect as any of the foregoing (including any “hold back” or “flawed asset” arrangement).

 

“Security Period” means the period commencing on the date of execution of this Deed and terminating on the date the Charge is released in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents.

 

“Shares” means stocks, shares and other securities of any kind.

 

“Tax Deduction” has the meaning given to that term in Clause 13 (Tax Gross-up and Indemnities) of the RCF Agreement.

 

“Working Hours” means 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. London time on a Business Day.

 

1.3                              References and Construction

 

(A)                              The rules of interpretation and construction set out in Clause 1.2 (Construction of particular terms) and Clause 1.3 (Interpretation) of the RCF Agreement shall apply to this Deed as if set out in full herein.

 

(B)                              Except to the extent that the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Deed to “this Deed” or any other deed, agreement or instrument or “Finance Document” is a reference to this Deed or, as the case may be, the relevant deed, agreement, instrument or “Finance Document” as amended, supplemented, replaced or novated from time to time and includes a reference to any document which amends, supplements, replaces, novates or is entered into, made or given pursuant to or in accordance with any of the terms of this Deed or, as the case may be, the relevant deed, agreement or instrument.

 

2.                                     COVENANT TO PAY AND CHARGE

 

2.1                              Covenant to Pay

 

The Chargor covenants with the Security and Intercreditor Agent that it shall discharge each of the Secured Liabilities on their due date in accordance with their respective terms.

 

2.2                              Creation of charge

 

The Chargor, as continuing security for the payment and discharge of all Secured Liabilities, charges with full title guarantee all its Rights, title and interest in and to the Charged Property by way of a first ranking fixed equitable charge in favour of the Security and Intercreditor Agent.

 

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3.                                     COVENANT TO DEPOSIT AND FURTHER ASSURANCES

 

3.1                              Original Shares and Further Shares

 

The Chargor shall, immediately after the execution of this Deed in the case of the Original Shares, and upon the issue of any Further Shares, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Security and Intercreditor Agent:

 

(A)                              all share certificates (if any), documents of title and other documentary evidence of ownership representing such Original Shares or Further Shares and a certified copy of the Register of Members of the Company showing the Chargor as registered owner of such Original Shares or Further Shares;

 

(B)                              an executed but undated share transfer instrument in respect of the Original Shares or Further Shares in favour of the Security and Intercreditor Agent or its nominees (as the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall direct) substantially in the form set out in Schedule 2 to this Deed and any other documents which from time to time may be requested by the Security and Intercreditor Agent in order to enable the Security and Intercreditor Agent or its nominees or after the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing, any purchaser, to be registered as the owner or otherwise obtain legal title to the Original Shares or Further Shares in each case at the time and in the manner permitted under Clause 7 (Enforcement); and

 

(C)                              an executed irrevocable undertaking from the Company to register, and permit the Security and Intercreditor Agent to register transfers of the Original Shares or Further Shares to the Security and Intercreditor Agent or its nominee in the form set out in Schedule 3 to this Deed.

 

3.2                              The Chargor shall, immediately after execution of this Deed, procure that the following annotation be entered on the Register of Members of the Company:

 

“All the shares issued as fully paid up and registered in the name of Kosmos Energy Ltd. are charged in favour of BNP Paribas pursuant to a charge over shares dated [insert date of this Deed], as amended from time to time.”

 

3.3                              The Chargor shall, immediately after execution of this Deed, provide the Security and Intercreditor Agent with a certified true copy of the Register of Members of the Company with the annotation referred to in Clause 3.2.

 

3.4                              The Chargor shall, on or prior to the date of execution of this Deed, deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Security and Intercreditor Agent a certified copy of written resolutions of the sole shareholder of the Company in the form set out in Schedule 4 to this Deed.

 

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3.5                              Derived Assets

 

The Chargor shall, within two Business Days of the accrual, offer, issue or payment of any Derived Assets, deliver or pay to the Security and Intercreditor Agent or procure the delivery or payment to the Security and Intercreditor Agent of:

 

(A)                               all such Derived Assets or the share certificates, renounceable certificates, letters of allotment, documents of title and other documentary evidence of ownership in relation to them;

 

(B)                               an executed but undated share transfer certificate in respect of any Shares comprised in such Derived Assets in favour of the Security and Intercreditor Agent or its nominees (as the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall direct) substantially in the form set out in Schedule 2 to this Deed and any other documents which from time to time may be requested by the Security and Intercreditor Agent in order to enable the Security and Intercreditor Agent or its nominees or, after the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing, any purchaser to be registered as the owner or otherwise obtain legal title to the Shares comprised in such Derived Assets at the time or in the manner permitted under Clause 7 (Enforcement); and

 

(C)                               an executed irrevocable undertaking from the Company to register, and permit the Security and Intercreditor Agent to register transfers of the Shares comprised from any Derived Assets to the Security and Intercreditor Agent or its nominee in the form set out in Schedule 3 to this Deed.

 

3.6                              Further Assurances

 

(A)                               In addition to and without prejudice to anything else contained in this Deed, the Chargor shall, at its own cost, promptly execute and do all such deeds, instruments, transfers, assignments, mortgages, charges, renunciations, proxies, notices, documents, assurances, instructions, acts and things in such form as the Security and Intercreditor Agent may from time to time reasonably require:

 

(i)                                      for perfecting, preserving or protecting the Charge created or intended to be created in respect of the Charged Property or the priority of the Charge which may include the execution by the Chargor of a mortgage, charge, or assignment over all or any of the assets constituting or intended to constitute, the Charged Property; and

 

(ii)                                   for facilitating the realisation of the Charge or the exercise of any Rights vested in the Security and Intercreditor Agent,

 

provided that the Chargor shall be entitled to remain as the registered holder of the Charged Property unless the Charge becomes enforceable.

 

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(B)                               The following covenants shall be implied in respect of any action taken by the Chargor to comply with its obligations under Clause 3.6(A):

 

(i)                                      the Chargor has the right to take such action in respect of the Charged Property; and

 

(ii)                                   the Chargor will at its own cost do all that it reasonably can to give the Security and Intercreditor Agent or its nominee the title and/or rights that it purports to give.

 

3.7                              Resignation Letters

 

(A)                               The Chargor hereby agrees to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Security and Intercreditor Agent on the date hereof executed but undated letters of resignation and release together with dated letters of authority to date the same from each of the directors of the Company in the forms set out in Parts I and II of Schedule 5 (Letters of Resignation) to this Deed.

 

(B)                               The Chargor will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Security and Intercreditor Agent promptly after the appointment of any further director of the Company the items listed in paragraph (A) of this Clause 3.7 (Resignation Letters) (with respect to each newly appointed director).

 

(C)                               The Security and Intercreditor Agent hereby agrees not to date, deliver and/or give effect to any such letters of resignation as are to be provided pursuant to paragraphs (A) and (B) of this Clause 3.7 (Resignation Letters) unless and until the Charge has become enforceable (and so long as an Event of Default is continuing).

 

4.                                     REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

4.1                              Nature of security

 

The Chargor represents and warrants to the Security and Intercreditor Agent (and acknowledges that the Security and Intercreditor Agent has become a party to this Deed in full reliance on those representations and warranties) that:

 

(A)                               it is an exempted company with limited liability duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and it has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted;

 

(B)                               this Deed constitutes its valid, legally binding and enforceable obligations in accordance with its terms (subject to any limitation on enforcement under law or general principles of equity or qualifications which are specifically set out in any legal opinion delivered as a Condition Precedent) and that, so far as it is aware having made all due and careful enquiry, this Deed is in full force and effect;

 

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(C)                               subject to any limitations on enforcement under law or general principles of equity or qualifications set out in any legal opinion delivered as a Condition Precedent, the Charge constitutes a first ranking fixed equitable charge over the Charged Property and such Charged Property is not subject to any other Security Interest that is not permitted pursuant to the terms of the RCF Agreement;

 

(D)                               the entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, this Deed (including any transfer of the Original Shares, Further Shares or Derived Assets on creation or enforcement of the security constituted by this Deed) do not conflict with:

 

(i)                                    any applicable law or regulation;

 

(ii)                                 its constitutional documents; or

 

(iii)                              any agreement binding upon it,

 

to the extent which has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(E)                                it is the sole legal and beneficial owner of all of the Charged Property;

 

(F)                                 it has not sold, transferred, lent, assigned, parted with its interest in, disposed of, granted any option in respect of or otherwise dealt with any of its Rights, title and interest in and to the Charged Property, or agreed to do any of the foregoing (otherwise than pursuant to and in accordance with this Deed);

 

(G)                               the Original Shares, any Further Shares and any Shares comprised in any Derived Assets are fully paid non-assessable and there are no moneys or liabilities outstanding in respect of any of the Charged Property and the Original Shares, any Further Shares and any Shares comprised in any Derived Assets have not been redeemed nor cancelled in any way;

 

(H)                              the Original Shares, any Further Shares and any Shares comprised in any Derived Assets have been duly authorised and validly issued and are free from any restrictions on transfer or disposal, or rights of pre-emption or purchase, or similar rights or other restrictions upon disposal which would operate to restrict in any way their disposal by the Security and Intercreditor Agent, should it come to enforce its security over the Charged Property and are shares in the capital of a Cayman Islands exempted company;

 

(I)                                   it has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Deed and it has the power and authority to perform its obligations under this Deed and the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(J)                                   subject to any necessary registration of this Deed, all Required Approvals required for the creation, granting and perfection of the Security granted under

 

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this Deed have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect where a failure to do so has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(K)                              the rights attaching to the Original Shares, any Further Shares and any Shares comprised in any Derived Assets have not been revised, otherwise than pursuant to and in accordance with this Deed and the Original Shares, any Further Shares and any Shares comprised in any Derived Assets do not have any preferred, deferred or other special rights or restrictions whether in regard to Dividends, voting, return of any amount paid or on account of Shares or otherwise which are not expressly set out in the memorandum and articles of association of the Company;

 

(L)                                it has not taken any action whereby the rights attaching to the Original Shares, any Further Shares and any Shares comprised in any Derived Assets are altered or diluted;

 

(M)                            except as disclosed to the Security and Intercreditor Agent in writing prior to the date of this Deed, no litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding is pending or threatened which in relation to the Chargor could reasonably be expected to be adversely determined against the Chargor and which, if so determined, has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(N)                               to the best of its knowledge, except as disclosed to the Security and Intercreditor Agent in writing prior to the date of this Deed, no litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding is pending or threatened which in relation to the Company could reasonably be expected to be adversely determined against the Company and which, if so determined, has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.2                              Times for making representations

 

(A)                               Each of the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 4 is:

 

(i)                                      made by the Chargor on the date of this Deed; and

 

(ii)                                   deemed to be repeated by the Chargor on the date of each Utilisation Request, each Utilisation Date, on the first day of each Interest Period, on each date upon which HY Notes are issued and on the first day of each interest period under the HY Note Indenture other than the representation in Clause 4.1(I) which will be made as at the time that the power or authority is exercised only.

 

(B)                               When a representation is repeated, it is applied to the facts and circumstances existing at the time of repetition.

 

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5.                                     COVENANTS

 

The Chargor shall, during the Security Period:

 

(A)                               comply with all laws and regulations applicable to it and the Charged Property where failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(B)                               not create or permit to subsist any Security Interest (other than the Charge)  over the Charged Property (other than as may be permitted in the Finance Documents);

 

(C)                               not either in a single transaction or a series of transactions and whether related or not, dispose of all or any part of the Charged Property (other than a Permitted Disposal);

 

(D)                               ensure that there are no moneys or liabilities outstanding in respect of any of the Charged Property;

 

(E)                                ensure that the Original Shares, any Further Shares and any Shares comprised in any Derived Assets are and remain free from any restriction on transfer (otherwise than pursuant to and in accordance with this Deed) or rights of pre-emption;

 

(F)                                 use reasonable endeavours to seek any Required Approvals required for the creation, granting, perfection and enforcement of the Security granted under this Deed where a failure to do so would have a Material Adverse Effect and provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that there shall be no fixed date on which any such Required Approvals must be obtained;

 

(G)                               undertake all actions reasonably necessary (including the making or delivery of filings and payment of fees) to ensure that the Charge will at all times be a first ranking fixed equitable charge over the Charged Property in full force and effect;

 

(H)                              without prejudice to Clause 4.1(G), punctually pay all calls, subscription moneys and other moneys payable on or in respect of any of the Charged Property and if the Chargor fails to make any such payment the Security and Intercreditor Agent may make that payment on behalf of the Chargor and the Chargor shall:

 

(i)                                      indemnify and keep indemnified the Security and Intercreditor Agent and its nominees against any cost, loss or liability incurred by it as a result of any failure by the Chargor to pay the same in accordance with Clause 15 (Other Indemnities) of the RCF Agreement; and

 

(ii)                                   without double counting, pay interest on any overdue amounts due to the Security and Intercreditor Agent calculated in accordance with Clause 9.3 (Default interest) of the RCF Agreement;

 

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(I)                                   deliver to the Security and Intercreditor Agent a copy of every circular, resolution, notice, report, set of accounts or other document received by the Chargor in respect of or in connection with any of the Charged Property forthwith upon receipt by the Chargor of such document;

 

(J)                                   promptly deliver to the Security and Intercreditor Agent all such information concerning the Charged Property as the Security and Intercreditor Agent may reasonably request from time to time;

 

(K)                              not, without the prior written consent of the Security and Intercreditor Agent:

 

(i)                                      cause or permit any rights attaching to the Original Shares, the Further Shares and any Shares comprised in any Derived Assets to be materially varied or abrogated; or

 

(ii)                                   cause or permit any of the Original Shares, the Further Shares and any Shares comprised in any Derived Assets to be consolidated, sub-divided or converted or the capital of the Company to be re-organised, exchanged or repaid;

 

(L)                                procure that there shall be no reduction in the authorised or issued share capital of the Company (and shall not cause or permit any reduction) without the prior written consent of the Security and Intercreditor Agent (such consent, in the case of a reduction in the authorised share capital of the Company, not to be unreasonably withheld);

 

(M)                            pay all calls or other payments when due in respect of the Charged Property; and

 

(N)                               not amend or permit the Company to amend any of the constitutional documents of the Company in a manner which could adversely affect the interests of the Finance Parties.

 

6.                                     CHARGOR’S RIGHTS BEFORE ENFORCEMENT

 

Until the Charge shall become enforceable, the Chargor shall be entitled to:

 

(A)                               receive and retain free from the Charge any Dividends paid to it; and

 

(B)                               exercise and control the exercise of all voting and other Rights relating to the Charged Property provided that the entitlement of the Chargor under this Clause 6(B) may at any time be terminated upon and to the extent of any notice by the Security and Intercreditor Agent to the Chargor evidencing the Security and Intercreditor Agent’s intention thenceforth to direct the exercise of such Rights for the purpose of preserving the value of the Charge.

 

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7.                                     ENFORCEMENT

 

7.1                              Charge shall become Enforceable

 

The Charge shall become immediately enforceable, and the powers conferred by section 101 of the LPA as varied and extended by this Deed shall be exercisable upon and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing.

 

7.2                              Section 101 LPA

 

The powers conferred by section 101 of the LPA, as varied and extended by this Deed, shall be deemed to have arisen immediately (and the Secured Liabilities shall be deemed due and payable for that purpose) on the execution of this Deed.

 

7.3                              Sections 93 and 103 LPA

 

Sections 93 and 103 of the LPA shall not apply to this Deed or the exercise by the Security and Intercreditor Agent of its right to consolidate all or any of the Security created by or pursuant to this Deed with any other Security created by or pursuant to any of the Finance Documents in existence at any time or to its power of sale.

 

8.                                     DEALINGS WITH CHARGED PROPERTY ON ENFORCEMENT

 

8.1                              Rights of Security and Intercreditor Agent

 

Subject to the terms of the KEL Intercreditor Agreement (or, if the KEL Intercreditor Agreement is not in force and effect, the RCF Agreement), if at any time after the Charge has become enforceable (and so long as an Event of Default is continuing) the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall have the right, in its absolute discretion without any notice to or consent of the Chargor or prior authorisation from any court, to enforce all or any part of its Security over the Charged Property and:

 

(A)                               Possession

 

to take possession of, collect and transfer, and in particular to take any steps necessary to secure and perfect its title or vest all or any of the Charged Property in the name of the Security and Intercreditor Agent or its nominee (including completing any share transfer instrument in respect of any Shares comprised in the Charged Property) and to receive and retain any Dividends;

 

(B)                               Sell

 

to sell, exchange, convert into money or otherwise dispose of or realise the Charged Property (whether by public offer or private contract) to any person and for such consideration (whether comprising cash, debentures or other obligations, Shares or other valuable consideration of any kind) and on such terms (whether payable or deliverable in a lump sum or by instalments) in the

 

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manner and at the time as it may think fit, and for this purpose to complete any transfers of the Charged Property;

 

(C)                               Voting Rights

 

for the purpose of preserving the value of the Charge or realising the same, to exercise or direct the exercise of all voting and other Rights relating to the Charged Property in such manner as it may think fit;

 

(D)                               Claims

 

to settle, adjust, refer to arbitration, compromise and arrange any claims, accounts, disputes, questions and demands relating in any way to the Charged Property;

 

(E)                                Legal actions

 

to bring, prosecute, enforce, defend and abandon actions, suits and proceedings in relation to the Charged Property; and

 

(F)                                 Other Rights

 

to do all such other acts and things it may consider necessary or expedient for the realisation of the Charged Property or incidental to the exercise of any of the Rights conferred on it under or in connection with this Deed and to concur in the doing of anything which it has the Right to do and to do any such thing jointly with any other person.

 

8.2                              Obligations of Chargor

 

After the Charge has become enforceable:

 

(A)                               all Dividends and other monies arising from the Charged Property shall be paid to and retained by the Security and Intercreditor Agent, and any such moneys which may be received by the Chargor shall, pending such payment, be segregated from any other property of the Chargor and held in trust for the Security and Intercreditor Agent; and

 

(B)                               the Chargor shall procure that all voting and other Rights relating to the Charged Property are exercised in accordance with such instructions (if any) as may from time to time be given to the Chargor by the Security and Intercreditor Agent, and the Chargor shall deliver to the Security and Intercreditor Agent such forms of proxy or other appropriate forms of authorisation to enable the Security and Intercreditor Agent to exercise such voting and other Rights.

 

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8.3                               Financial Collateral Arrangements

 

To the extent that any of the Charged Property constitutes “financial collateral” and this Deed and the obligations of the Chargor hereunder constitute a “security financial collateral arrangement” (in each case as defined in, and for the purposes of, the Financial Collateral Arrangements No.2 Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 NO. 3226) (the “Regulations”) the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall have the right at any time on or after the enforcement of this Deed, to appropriate all or any part of such financial collateral in or towards discharge of the Secured Liabilities.  For this purpose, the parties agree that the value of such financial collateral so appropriated shall be the market price of the Original Shares, any Further Shares and any Derived Assets determined by the Security and Intercreditor Agent by reference to a public index or by such other process as the Security and Intercreditor Agent may select, including independent valuation.  In each case, the parties agree that the method of valuation provided for in this Deed shall constitute a commercially reasonable method of valuation for the purposes of the Regulations.

 

9.                                     APPLICATION OF MONEYS

 

All amounts from time to time received or recovered by the Security and Intercreditor Agent in connection with the realisation or enforcement of all or part of the Security over the Charged Property shall be held by the Security and Intercreditor Agent on trust to apply them to the extent permitted by applicable law in the manner set out in the Finance Documents and Section 109(8) of the LPA 1925 shall be deemed varied and extended in such respect and shall be deemed incorporated herein as if they relate to a receiver of the Charged Property and not merely a receiver of the income thereof.

 

10.                              GENERAL RIGHTS OF SECURITY AGENT

 

10.1                       Chargee’s liability

 

The Security and Intercreditor Agent will not be liable to account as mortgagee or mortgagee in possession in respect of the Charged Property or be liable for any loss upon realisation or for any neglect or default of any nature whatsoever in connection with the Charged Property for which a mortgagee or mortgagee in possession might as such be liable.

 

10.2                       Statutory powers

 

The powers conferred by this Deed on the Security and Intercreditor Agent are in addition to and not in substitution for the powers conferred on mortgagees and mortgagees in possession under the LPA, the Insolvency Act 1986 or otherwise by law and in the case of any conflict between the powers contained in any such Act and those conferred by this Deed the terms of this Deed will prevail.

 

10.3                       Redemption of Security

 

The Security and Intercreditor Agent may at any time redeem any Security over the Charged Property having priority to the Charge or procure the transfer thereof to the

 

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Security and Intercreditor Agent and may settle the accounts of encumbrancers.  Any accounts so settled shall be conclusive and binding on the Chargor.  All (i) principal monies and (ii) costs, charges, losses, liabilities and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred and documented by the Security and Intercreditor Agent in connection with such redemption or transfer shall within five Business Days of demand be paid by the Chargor.

 

10.4                       New Account

 

At any time following

 

(A)                               the Security and Intercreditor Agent receiving notice (either actual or constructive) of any subsequent Security affecting the Charged Property; or

 

(B)                               the commencement of the insolvency, administration, reorganisation, liquidation or dissolution of, or any analogous proceeding in respect of, the Chargor,

 

any Secured Party may open a new account in the name of the Chargor (whether or not it permits any existing account to continue).

 

If that Secured Party does not open such a new account, it shall nevertheless be treated as if it had done so at the time when the notice was received or was deemed to have been received or, as the case may be, the insolvency, administration, reorganisation, liquidation, dissolution or other proceeding commenced.  Thereafter, all payments made by the Chargor to that Secured Party or received by that Secured Party for the account of the Chargor shall be credited or treated as having been credited to the new account and shall not operate to reduce the amount secured by this Deed at the time when that Secured Party received or was deemed to have received such notice or, as the case may be, the insolvency, administration, reorganisation, liquidation, dissolution or other proceeding commenced.

 

10.5                       Delegation

 

The Security and Intercreditor Agent may delegate in any manner to any person any of the Rights which are for the time being exercisable by the Security and Intercreditor Agent under this Deed.  Any such delegation may be made upon such terms and conditions (including power to sub-delegate) as the Security and Intercreditor Agent may think fit.

 

10.6                       Set-off by Security and Intercreditor Agent

 

The Security and Intercreditor Agent may at any time, without notice to the Chargor and without prejudice to any of the Security and Intercreditor Agent’s other Rights, set off any Secured Liabilities which are due and unpaid against any obligation (whether or not matured) owed by the Security and Intercreditor Agent to the Chargor, regardless of the place of payment or booking branch, and for that purpose the Security and Intercreditor Agent may convert one currency into another at the rate of

 

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exchange determined by the Security and Intercreditor Agent in its absolute discretion to be prevailing at the date of set-off.

 

11.                              LIABILITY OF SECURITY AGENT, DELEGATES AND NOMINEES

 

11.1                       Possession

 

If the Security and Intercreditor Agent or any Delegate shall take possession of the Charged Property, it may at any time relinquish such possession.

 

11.2                       Security and Intercreditor Agent’s Liability

 

The Security and Intercreditor Agent shall not in any circumstances (whether by reason of taking possession of the Charged Property or for any other reason whatsoever and whether as mortgagee in possession or on any other basis whatsoever):

 

(A)                              be liable to account to the Chargor or any other person for anything except the Security and Intercreditor Agent’s own actual receipts; or

 

(B)                               be liable to the Chargor or any other person for any costs, charges, losses, damages, liabilities or expenses arising from any realisation of the Charged Property or from any exercise or non-exercise by the Security and Intercreditor Agent of any Right conferred upon it in relation to the Charged Property or from any act, default of any nature, omission or misconduct of any nature of the Security and Intercreditor Agent, its officers, employees or agents in relation to the Charged Property except in the case of the fraud, gross negligence or wilful default upon the part of the Security and Intercreditor Agent or its officers, employees or agents.

 

11.3                       Delegate’s and Nominee’s Liability

 

All the provisions of Clause 11.2 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in respect of the liability of any Delegate or nominee of the Security and Intercreditor Agent or any officer, employee or agent of the Security and Intercreditor Agent, any Delegate or any nominee of the Security and Intercreditor Agent.

 

11.4                       Indemnity

 

The Security and Intercreditor Agent and every Delegate, attorney, manager, agent or other person appointed by the Security and Intercreditor Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any release or discharge of all or any part of the Charge, be entitled to be indemnified out of the Charged Property in respect of all liabilities and expenses incurred by any of them in the execution or purported execution of any of its Rights and against all actions, proceedings, costs, claims, losses, liabilities and demands in respect of any matter or thing done or omitted in anyway relating to the Charged Property, or as a consequence of any breach by the Chargor of any provision of this Deed and the Security and Intercreditor Agent and any such Delegate, attorney,

 

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manager, agent or other person appointed by the Security and Intercreditor Agent hereunder may retain and pay all sums in respect of the same out of any moneys received.

 

11.5                       Default Interest

 

If the Chargor fails to pay any amount payable by it under this Deed on its due date for payment of that sum the Original Borrower shall, without double counting, pay interest on such sum (before and after any judgment) at the rate and in accordance with Clause 9.3 (Default Interest) of the RCF Agreement.

 

11.6                       Tax Gross-up

 

(A)                              All payments to be made by the Chargor to the Security and Intercreditor Agent under this Deed shall be made free and clear of any Tax Deduction, unless such Tax Deduction is required by law.

 

(B)                               The Chargor shall promptly upon becoming aware that it must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Security and Intercreditor Agent accordingly.

 

(C)                               If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by the Chargor, the amount of the payment due from the Chargor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.

 

(D)                               If the Chargor is required to make a Tax Deduction, the Chargor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.

 

(E)                                If the Chargor makes any payment in respect of or relating to a Tax Deduction, but was no obliged to make such payment, the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall within five Business Days of demand refund such payment to the Chargor.

 

12.                              PROTECTION OF THIRD PARTIES

 

No person dealing with the Security and Intercreditor Agent or any Delegate shall be concerned to enquire whether any event has happened upon which any of the Rights conferred under or in connection with this Deed are or may be exercisable, whether any consents, regulations, restrictions or directions relating to such Rights have been obtained or complied with or otherwise as to the propriety or regularity of acts purporting or intended to be in exercise of any such Rights or as to the application of any money borrowed or raised or other proceeds of enforcement.

 

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13.                              ACCESSION OF HY NOTEHOLDER TRUSTEE

 

(A)                               Each party to this Deed agrees that any collateral agent, trustee or other representative of the HY Noteholders may enter into and accede to this Deed as a Secured Party for and on behalf of itself and each HY Noteholder without the requirement for any consent or approvals from the parties to this Deed (or any of them).  Such accession shall confer upon the HY Noteholders all of the rights and privileges set out in this Deed.  The Chargor may by not less than five Business Days’ written Notice (the “Amendment Notice Period”) to the Security and Intercreditor Agent request that such amendments and/or additions be made to this Deed as any collateral agent, trustee or other representative of the HY Noteholders (whether appointed at that time or not) may reasonably require (the “HY Noteholder Trustee Amendments”). During the Amendment Notice Period, either:

 

(i)                                      the Security Agent shall enter into any agreement effecting the HY Noteholder Trustee Amendments, on the instructions of the Majority Lenders; or

 

(ii)                                   the Facility Agent shall notify the Chargor in writing of any determination by the Majority Lenders that the HY Noteholder Trustee Amendments would materially and adversely prejudice their interests.

 

(B)                               If, on the instructions of the Majority Lenders, the Facility Agent is required to make the notification described in paragraph (A)(ii) above, the Facility Agent shall promptly contact the Chargor in writing, setting out in reasonable detail the basis and reasons for that decision and the changes which the Majority Lenders (acting reasonably) would require for the Security and Intercreditor Agent to enter into the revised version of this Deed with the HY Noteholder Trustee Amendments Incorporated.  If such changes are made, then the Security and Intercreditor Agent will be deemed to have been instructed by the Majority Lenders promptly to enter into any agreement effecting the HY Noteholder Amendments, together with the changes required by the Majority Lenders.

 

14.                              CONTINUING SECURITY

 

The Charge shall be a continuing security for the payment and discharge of the Secured Liabilities and shall not be satisfied, discharged or affected unless and until discharged by the Security and Intercreditor Agent in accordance with Clause 17, regardless of any intermediate payment or settlement of any part of the Secured Liabilities (whether or not any Secured Liabilities remain outstanding thereafter) or any other matter or thing whatsoever.

 

15.                              OTHER SECURITY

 

The Charge shall be in addition to, independent of, and shall not be prejudiced by, any other Security or any guarantee or indemnity or other document which the Security

 

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and Intercreditor Agent may at any time hold for the payment of the Secured Liabilities or any rights powers and remedies provided by law.  No prior Security held by the Security and Intercreditor Agent or any other Secured Party over the whole or any part of the Charged Property shall merge into the Security constituted by this Deed.

 

16.                              CHARGE NOT TO BE AFFECTED

 

16.1                       Charge not to be affected

 

Without prejudice to Clauses 14 and 15, the Charge or the liability of the Chargor for the Secured Liabilities under this Deed will not be affected or prejudiced by any act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this Clause 16.1, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under this Deed and this Security (whether or not known to the Chargor or the Security and Intercreditor Agent or any Secured Party) including:

 

(A)                              any variation, novation, amendment, supplement, extension (whether of maturity or otherwise) or restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) of any Finance Document or any consent, waiver or release granted under or in connection with, any Security, guarantee, indemnity, Finance Document or other document; or

 

(B)                               time being given, or any other indulgence or concession being granted, by the Security and Intercreditor Agent to the Chargor or any other person (including the other Obligors); or

 

(C)                               the taking, holding, failure to take or hold, varying, realisation, non-enforcement, non-perfection or release by the Security and Intercreditor Agent or any other person (including the Obligors) of any other Security, or any guarantee or indemnity or other document or any non-presentment or non-observance of formality or other requirement in respect of any instruments or any failure to realise the full value of any other Security; or

 

(D)                               the insolvency, administration, reorganisation, consolidation, merger, liquidation or dissolution of, or any analogous proceeding in respect of, the Chargor or any other person (including the other Obligors); or

 

(E)                                any change in the constitution of the Chargor; or

 

(F)                                 any amalgamation, merger or reconstruction that may be effected by the Security and Intercreditor Agent with any other person or any sale or transfer of the whole or any part of the undertaking, property and assets of the Security and Intercreditor Agent to any other person; or

 

(G)                               the existence of any claim, set-off or other right which the Chargor may have at any time against the Security and Intercreditor Agent or any other person; or

 

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(H)                              the making or absence of any demand for payment of any Secured Liabilities on the Chargor or any other person, whether by the Security and Intercreditor Agent or any other person; or

 

(I)                                   any arrangement or compromise entered into by the Security and Intercreditor Agent with the Chargor or any other person (including the other Obligors) or the release of the Charger or any other person (including the other Obligors) under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor; or

 

(J)                                   any incapacity or lack of powers, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of, the Chargor or any other person (including the other Obligors); or

 

(K)                              any replacement of any Finance Document or any other document or security including without limitation any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or other documents and any amendment, variation, waiver or release of any of the Secured Liabilities; or

 

(L)                                any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any document or Security; or

 

(M)                            any other thing done or omitted or neglected to be done by the Security and Intercreditor Agent or any other person or any other omission, dealing, fact, matter or thing which, but for this provision, might operate to prejudice, reduce, release or affect the liability of the Chargor for the Secured Liabilities whether or not known to the Chargor, the Security and Intercreditor Agent or any Secured Party.

 

16.2                       Non-competition

 

Until all the Secured Liabilities have been unconditionally and irrevocably paid and discharged in full, the Chargor shall not (other than in accordance with the RCF Agreement or the HY Note Indenture or with the prior written consent of the Security and Intercreditor Agent):

 

(A)                              claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of the Company or its estate; or

 

(B)                               receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment, distribution or security from or on account of the Company, or exercise any right of combination, counter-claim, “flawed-asset” arrangement or set-off as against the Company.

 

The Chargor will hold on trust for, and forthwith pay or transfer to, the Security and Intercreditor Agent all payments or benefits received by it contrary to the above.  If the Chargor exercises any right of set-off, counterclaim or combination contrary to the above, it will forthwith pay an amount equal to the amount set-off, counterclaimed or combined to the Security and Intercreditor Agent.

 

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17.                              RELEASE OF CHARGED PROPERTY

 

17.1                       Release of Charged Property

 

If, in accordance with the KEL Intercreditor Agreement (or, if the KEL Intercreditor Agreement is not in force and effect, the RCF Agreement), the Security and Intercreditor Agent is satisfied that:

 

(A)                              all Secured Liabilities have been irrevocably paid or discharged in full and the RCF Agreement and the HY Note Indenture have been terminated and the Security and Intercreditor Agent and the Secured Parties have no further actual or contingent obligations to make advances or provide other financial accommodation to the Borrower or any other person under the RCF Agreement or the HY Note Indenture;

 

(B)                               Security or a guarantee for the Secured Liabilities, in each case acceptable to the Security and Intercreditor Agent, has been provided in substitution for this Deed; or

 

(C)                               the Chargor has entered into legally binding arrangements to transfer all or part of the Charged Property to a Permitted Transferee and such Permitted Transferee has entered into legally binding arrangements with the Security and Intercreditor Agent to grant to the Security and Intercreditor Agent security over all or such part of the Charged Property (as the case may be) on substantially the same terms as those contained in this Deed,

 

then, the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall, at the request and cost of the Chargor and subject to Clause 17.2 execute such deeds and do all such acts and things as may be necessary to release the Charged Property (or, in the case of Clause 17.1(C), the relevant Charged Property) from the Charge.

 

17.2                       Retention of Deed

 

If the Chargor requests the Security and Intercreditor Agent to release the Charged Property from the Charge following any payment or discharge made or Security or guarantee given in relation to the Secured Liabilities by a person other than the Chargor (a “Relevant Transaction”) and the Security and Intercreditor Agent reasonably considers that the Relevant Transaction is capable of being avoided, reduced or invalidated by virtue of applicable law, the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall be entitled to retain this Deed (and all stock and share certificates, documents of title and other documentary evidence of ownership in relation to the Charged Property deposited with the Security and Intercreditor Agent pursuant to Clause 3) and shall not be obliged to release the Charged Property from the Charge until the expiry of the Retention Period in relation to that Relevant Transaction.  If at any time before the expiry of that Retention Period any material step has been taken for or with a view to the administration, liquidation or dissolution of such other person or any analogous proceeding in respect of such other person, the Security and Intercreditor Agent may continue to retain this Deed (and all such stock and share certificates, documents of

 

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title and documentary evidence) and shall not be obliged to release the Charged Property from the Charge for such further period as the Security and Intercreditor Agent may reasonably determine.

 

17.3                       Retention Period

 

For the purpose of Clause 17.2 “Retention Period” means, in relation to any Relevant Transaction, the period which commences on the date when that Relevant Transaction was made or given, and which ends on the date falling one month after the expiration of the maximum period within which that Relevant Transaction can be avoided, reduced or invalidated by virtue of any applicable law or for any other reason whatsoever.

 

18.                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

18.1                       Appointment

 

The Chargor hereby appoints, irrevocably and by way of security, the Security and Intercreditor Agent and any person nominated in writing by the Security and Intercreditor Agent as attorney of the Chargor severally to be the attorney of the Chargor (with full powers of substitution and delegation), on its behalf and in its name or otherwise, at such time and in such manner as the attorney may think fit:

 

(A)                               to do anything which the Chargor is or may be obliged to do (but has not done) under this Deed including, but without limitation, following an Event of Default that is continuing, to complete and execute under hand or as a deed any transfer of Shares and the execution and delivery of any deeds, charges, assignments or other Security; and

 

(B)                               generally to enable the exercise of all or any of the Rights conferred on the Security and Intercreditor Agent in relation to the Charged Property or under or in connection with this Deed.

 

18.2                       Ratification

 

The Chargor covenants to ratify and confirm whatever any attorney shall do or purport to do in the exercise or purported exercise of the power of attorney in Clause 18.1.

 

19.                              CURRENCY INDEMNITY

 

(A)                              If any sum due from the Chargor under this Deed (a “Sum”), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the “First Currency”) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the “Second Currency”) for the purpose of:

 

(i)                                     making or filing a claim or proof against the Chargor; or

 

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(ii)                                  obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,

 

the Chargor shall as an independent obligation, within five Business Days of demand, indemnify the Security and Intercreditor Agent against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of that Sum.

 

(B)                               The Chargor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount due under this Deed in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.

 

20.                              CERTIFICATE TO BE CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE

 

For all purposes, including any Proceedings, a copy of a certificate signed by an officer of the Security and Intercreditor Agent as to the amount of any indebtedness comprised in the Secured Liabilities for the time being shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence against the Chargor as to the amount thereof.

 

21.                              COSTS AND EXPENSES

 

21.1                       Transaction Expenses

 

The Chargor shall within fifteen Business Days of demand pay to the Security and Intercreditor Agent (or other relevant Finance Party) all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred:

 

(A)                              in connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of this Deed;

 

(B)                               in responding to evaluating, negotiating, preparing, printing, execution of or complying with, an amendment, waiver or consent requested by the Chargor relating to this Deed.

 

21.2                       Enforcement Costs

 

The Chargor shall within five Business Days of demand pay to the Security and Intercreditor Agent and each of the Secured Parties the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Security and Intercreditor Agent or the relevant Secured Party in connection with the enforcement or attempted enforcement of, or the preservation of rights under, this Deed.

 

22.                              STAMP TAXES

 

The Chargor shall, within five Business Days of demand, pay and indemnify the Security and Intercreditor Agent (or other relevant Finance Party) against any cost, 

 

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loss or liability that the Security and Intercreditor Agent (or other relevant Finance Party) incurs in relation to all stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of this Deed (other than in respect of an assignment or transfer by a Lender or a HY Noteholder) in accordance with Clause 13.5 (Stamp Taxes) of the RCF Agreement or in accordance with the relevant provisions of the HY Note Indenture.

 

23.                              COMMUNICATIONS

 

23.1                       Communications to be in Writing

 

Any communication given or made under or in connection with the matters contemplated by this Deed shall be in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by facsimile or letter.

 

23.2                       Deemed Delivery

 

Any such communication shall be addressed as provided in Clause 23.3 and, if so addressed, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made as follows:

 

(A)                              if sent by personal delivery, upon delivery at the address of the relevant party to this Deed; and

 

(B)                               if sent by fax, upon receipt by the relevant party to this Deed,

 

provided that if, in accordance with the above provisions, any such communication would otherwise be deemed to be given or made outside Working Hours, such communication shall be deemed to be given or made at the start of the next period of Working Hours.

 

23.3                       Parties’ Details

 

The relevant details of each party to this Deed for the purposes of this Deed, subject to Clause 23.4, are:

 

	
Party
    	
 
    	
Addressee(s)
    	
 
    	
Address
    	
 
    	
Fax No.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Kosmos Energy Ltd.
    	
 
    	
Company Secretary
    	
 
    	
Clarendon House
   2 Church Street
   Hamilton HM 11
   Bermuda
    	
 
    	
001 (441) 292 4720
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
c/o Kosmos Energy LLC
    	
 
    	
Jason Doughty
    	
 
    	
8176 Park Lane
   Suite 500
   Dallas
   Texas 75231
   USA
    	
 
    	
001 214 445 9705
    

 

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Party
    	
 
    	
Addressee(s)
    	
 
    	
Address
    	
 
    	
Fax No.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Security and Intercreditor Agent
    	
 
    	
Phoi-Van Phuong
    	
 
    	
BNP Paribas
   16 Rue de Hanovre
   75078 Paris Cedex 2
   France
    	
 
    	
33 1 42 98 49 25
    

 

23.4                       Change of Details

 

Either party to this Deed may notify the other party to this Deed at any time of a change to its details for the purposes of Clause 23.3 provided that such notification shall only be effective on:

 

(A)                              the date specified in the notification as the date on which the change is to take place; or

 

(B)                               if no date is specified or the date specified is less than five Business Days after the date on which notice is given, the date falling five Business Days after notice of any such change has been given.

 

24.                              RIGHTS AND WAIVERS

 

24.1                       Delay

 

No delay or omission on the part of the Security and Intercreditor Agent in exercising any Right provided by law or under this Deed shall impair such Right or operate as a waiver thereof or of any other Right.

 

24.2                       Amendment

 

This Deed may not be amended, modified or waived in any respect whatsoever, otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of the KEL Intercreditor Agreement (or, if the KEL Intercreditor Agreement is not in force and effect, the RCF Agreement), without the prior written consent of the Security and Intercreditor Agent given with express reference to this Clause 24.2 and expressly stated to be intended to operate as the Security and Intercreditor Agent’s consent to such amendment, modification or waiver and, in the case of an amendment or modification, without the written agreement of the Chargor.

 

24.3                       Single or Partial Exercise

 

The single or partial exercise by the Security and Intercreditor Agent of any Right provided by law or under this Deed shall not unless expressly stated otherwise preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other Right.

 

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24.4                       Rights to be Cumulative

 

The Rights provided in this Deed are cumulative with, and not exclusive of, any Rights provided by law.

 

25.                              INVALIDITY

 

If at any time any provision of this Deed is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, neither:

 

(A)                             the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other provision of this Deed; nor

 

(B)                             the legality, validity or enforceability under the law of any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Deed,

 

shall be affected or impaired.

 

26.                              ASSIGNMENT

 

26.1                       Assignment by Security and Intercreditor Agent

 

The Security and Intercreditor Agent may at any time, assign or transfer its rights and obligations under this Deed to any successor or additional Security and Intercreditor Agent appointed in accordance with the terms of the KEL Intercreditor Agreement (or, if the KEL Intercreditor Agreement is not in force and effect, the RCF Agreement) and upon such assignment and transfer taking effect, the replacement Security and Intercreditor Agent shall be and be deemed to be acting as agent and trustee for each Secured Party (as well as for itself) for the purposes of this Deed in the place of the previous Security and Intercreditor Agent.

 

26.2                       Other changes to the Security and Intercreditor Agent

 

All the provisions of this Deed and the Charge created by this Deed shall remain valid and binding on the Chargor notwithstanding any amalgamation, merger or reconstruction (however effected) relating to the Security and Intercreditor Agent.

 

26.3                       Disclosure

 

Subject to the terms of the RCF Agreement and the HY Note Indenture, the Security and Intercreditor Agent shall be entitled to disclose such information concerning the Chargor or any other person and this Deed as the Security and Intercreditor Agent considers appropriate to any actual or proposed, direct or indirect successor or to any person to whom information may be required to be disclosed by applicable law.

 

27.                              GOVERNING LAW

 

This Deed, and any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with it, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

 

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28.                              JURISDICTION

 

28.1                       Submission

 

The parties hereby irrevocably agree for the exclusive benefit of the Secured Parties that the courts of England shall have jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Deed (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Deed or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with it) (a “Dispute”).

 

28.2                       Forum convenience

 

The Chargor hereby irrevocably agrees that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly irrevocably agree not to argue to the contrary.

 

28.3                       Concurrent jurisdiction

 

This Clause 28.3 is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only.  As a result of and notwithstanding Clause 28.1, no Secured Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction.  To the extent allowed by law, the Secured Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

 

28.4                       Judgments

 

The Chargor unconditionally and irrevocably agrees, with respect to any final order or judgment in any Dispute brought in any court as is referred to in this Clause 28 (for the purposes of this Clause 28.4, a “Judgment”), that:

 

(A)                             it will not claim or permit a claim to be made on its behalf, and hereby irrevocably waives any right to claim, that a Judgment is not conclusive and binding upon it and may not be enforced in the courts of any other jurisdiction including, without limitation, the Cayman Islands;

 

(B)                             it shall be bound by and recognise any Judgment and shall do those things within its power which it can do, without exposing itself to any claim or additional obligation or liability to assist in the enforcement or execution of the Judgment in the Cayman Islands;

 

(C)                             it shall not claim, invoke or permit to be invoked on its behalf or for its benefit any right it may have under the laws of the Cayman Islands, or any other state or jurisdiction, to prevent, delay, hinder, nullify or in any other way obstruct the enforcement or execution of the Judgment; and

 

(D)                             to the extent permitted by law, it shall not, and shall irrevocably waive any right to, challenge the Judgment on any ground or the enforcement or execution of 

 

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the Judgment in any jurisdiction (other than by way of appeal in the original jurisdiction).

 

29.                              SERVICE OF PROCESS

 

(A)                               Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Chargor:

 

(i)                                   irrevocably appoints Trusec Limited of 2 Lambs Passage, London EC1Y 8BB (the “Process Agent”) as its agent for service of process in relation to any Dispute before the English courts in connection with any Finance Document;

 

(ii)                                irrevocably agrees that any Service Document may be sufficiently and effectively served on it in connection with any Dispute in England and Wales by service on the Process Agent (or any replacement agent appointed pursuant to paragraph (B) of this Clause 29); and

 

(iii)                             irrevocably agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Chargor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.

 

(B)                              If the agent referred to in paragraph (A) of this Clause 29 (or any replacement agent appointed pursuant to this paragraph (B)) at any time ceases for any reason to act as such, as the case may be, the Chargor shall as soon as reasonably practicable appoint a replacement agent to accept service having an address for service in England or Wales and shall notify the Security and Intercreditor Agent of the name and address of the replacement agent; failing such appointment and notification, the agent referred to in paragraph (A) of this Clause 29 (or any replacement agent appointed pursuant to this paragraph (B)) shall continue to be authorised to act as agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts on behalf of the relevant party to this Deed and shall constitute good service.

 

(C)                              Any document addressed in accordance with paragraph (A) of this Clause 29 shall be deemed to have been duly served if:

 

(i)                                   left at the specified address, when it is left; or

 

(ii)                                sent by first class post, two clear Business Days after posting.

 

(D)                              For the purposes of this Clause 29, “Service Document” means a writ, summons, order, judgment or other document relating to or in connection with any Dispute.  Nothing contained herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

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30.                              CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999

 

The parties to this Deed do not intend that any term of this Deed should be enforceable, by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, by any person who is not a party to this Deed, provided that the Secured Parties will be entitled to enforce and rely upon Clause 10.4 of this Deed.

 

31.                              COUNTERPARTS

 

(A)                             This deed may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the parties on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each Party to this Deed has executed at least one counterpart.

 

(B)                             Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this Deed, but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

IN WITNESS of which this Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this Deed.

 

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SCHEDULE 1
 ORIGINAL SHARES

 

	
Name of Company
    	
 
    	
No. of
   Shares
    	
 
    	
Class of
    Shares
    	
 
    	
Nominal Value
    of each Share
    	
 
    	
Registered holder(s)
    as at the date hereof
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
KOSMOS ENERGY HOLDINGS
    	
 
    	
100
    	
 
    	
Unclassified
    	
 
    	
US$1.00
    	
 
    	
KOSMOS ENERGY LTD.
    	
 
    

 

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SCHEDULE 2
 FORM OF TRANSFER

 

KOSMOS ENERGY HOLDINGS

 

(the “Company”)

 

Transfer of Shares

 

We, Kosmos Energy Ltd. (the “Transferor”), do hereby transfer to                                        (hereinafter called the “Transferee”) the                       Share (or Shares) numbered                        in the Company to hold the same unto the Transferee, subject to the several conditions on which we hold the same and we, the Transferee, do hereby agree to take the said Share (or Shares) subject to conditions aforesaid.

 

	
DATED:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SIGNED BY KOSMOS ENERGY LTD. IN THE PRESENCE OF:
    	
)
   )
   )
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
TRANSFEROR
    
	
WITNESS
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
)
    	
 
    
	
SIGNED BY                                      IN   THE PRESENCE OF:
    	
)
   )
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
TRANSFEREE
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
WITNESS
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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SCHEDULE 3
 LETTER OF UNDERTAKING TO REGISTER SHARE TRANSFER

 

BNP PARIBAS

 

Fax:       +33 1 43 16 99 43

 

For the attention of Olivier Warnan

 

Dear Sirs

 

Kosmos Energy Holdings (the “Company”)

 

We refer to the equitable fixed charge over shares in respect of Shares in the capital of the Company dated                                , 2012 between Kosmos Energy Ltd. as chargor (the “Chargor”) and BNP Paribas as chargee (the “Charge”) whereby, inter alia, the Chargor granted an equitable fixed charge over the Original Shares, the Further Shares and any Shares comprised in any Derived Assets in favour of the Security and Intercreditor Agent.

 

Capitalised words and expressions used in this letter which are not expressly defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Charge.

 

This letter of undertaking is given pursuant to Clause 3.1(C) of the Charge.

 

The Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally undertakes to register in the Company’s Register of Members any and all share transfers which are made pursuant to the terms of the Charge to the Security and Intercreditor Agent or its nominee in respect of the Original Shares, the Further Shares and any Shares comprised in any Derived Assets submitted to the Company by the Security and Intercreditor Agent, as soon as practical following submission of such transfer.

 

This letter is governed by the law of the Cayman Islands.

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

	
EXECUTED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED BY KOSMOS 
    	
)
    	
PER:
    	
 
    
	
ENERGY HOLDINGS IN THE PRESENCE   OF:
    	
)
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
)
   )
    	
TITLE: DIRECTOR / ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
NAME:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
WITNESS’S SIGNATURE
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(NAME)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(ADDRESS)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
(OCCUPATION)
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

 

SCHEDULE 4
 WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS OF THE SOLE SHAREHOLDER OF THE COMPANY

 

KOSMOS ENERGY HOLDINGS
 (the “Company”)

 

 

WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS OF THE SOLE SHAREHOLDER
 OF THE COMPANY MADE ON                                        2012

 

 

We, the undersigned, being the sole shareholder of the Company having the right to receive notice of, attend and vote at general meetings of the Company, do hereby:

 

RESOLVE AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION that the Company’s entry into the Documents (as defined in the draft minutes of a meeting of the board of directors of the Company (the “Resolutions”), a copy of which is attached hereto at Appendix 1) to which the Company is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby and as set out in the Resolutions and the approval of the same by the directors of the Company be and are hereby approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects.

 

RESOLVE AS A SPECIAL RESOLUTION that the existing Articles of Association of the Company (the “Articles of Association”) be and are hereby amended as follows:

 

1.                                     by adding in alphabetical order the following definitions to Article 2 of the Articles of Association:

 

	
““RCF Facility Agreement”
    	
 
    	
means   the USD 300 million revolving credit facility to be entered into by, among   others, Kosmos Energy Ltd. as original borrower, Kosmos Energy Operating, Kosmos   Energy International, Kosmos Energy Ghana HC and Kosmos Energy Development   (as guarantors) and the financial institutions listed therein as the Lenders   (as amended, varied, novated or supplemented from time to time);
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
“Security and Intercreditor Agent”
    	
 
    	
has   the meaning given thereto in the RCF Facility Agreement;
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
“Secured Party”
    	
 
    	
has   the meaning given thereto in the RCF Facility Agreement;
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
“Secured Share”
    	
 
    	
means   a share in the Company for so long as it is subject to the Share Charge;
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
“Share Charge”
    	
 
    	
means   the charge over shares in the Company to be entered into between Kosmos   Energy Ltd. and the Security and Intercreditor Agent (as amended, varied,   novated or supplemented from time to time);”
    

 

 

2.                                     the following be added as Article 21A of the Articles of Association immediately after the existing Article 21 of the Articles of Association:    

 

“21A.               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Articles, the Company shall recognise the interest in any Secured Share of the Security and Intercreditor Agent created pursuant to the Share Charge.”;

 

3.                                     the following be added as Article 25A of the Articles of Association immediately after the existing Article 25 of the Articles of Association:

 

“25A.               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Articles, any Secured Share shall be exempt from any present or future lien in favour of the Company that would otherwise have arisen under these Articles, and the Company shall not assert any lien against any Secured Share, while it remains subject to the security created pursuant to the Share Charge.”;

 

4.                                     the following be added as Article 34A of the Articles of Association immediately after the existing Article 34 of the Articles of Association:

 

“34A.                Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Articles, any Secured Share shall be exempt from any present or future call upon the members by the Company that would otherwise have arisen under these Articles, and the Company shall not make any call in respect of any Secured Share, while it remains subject to the security created pursuant to the Share Charge.”;

 

5.                                     the following be added after the words ‘‘which the Directors may approve” in Article 35 of the Articles of Association: 

 

“or in the form set out in Schedule 1 to these Articles”;

 

6.                                     the following be added as Article 41A of the Articles of Association immediately after the existing Article 41 of the Articles of Association:

 

“41A.                Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles, the Directors shall:

 

(a)                                promptly register any transfer of Secured Shares which is made pursuant to the Share Charge without payment of a fee;

 

(b)                                not register a transfer of any Secured Shares (other than a transfer of Secured Shares made pursuant to (a) above) without the prior written consent of the Security and Intercreditor Agent; and

 

(c)                                 not suspend or unreasonably delay registration of any transfer of Secured Shares made pursuant to (a) above.”;

 

 

7.                                     the following be added as Article 50A of the Articles of Association immediately after the existing Article 50 of the Articles of Association:

 

“50A.               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Articles, any Secured Share shall be exempt from the provisions of these Articles relating to forfeiture while it remains subject to the security created pursuant to the Share Charge.”; and

 

8.                                     the following be added as Schedule 1 to the Articles of Association immediately after Article 158 of the Articles of Association:

 

“SCHEDULE 1
 FORM OF TRANSFERS

 

KOSMOS ENERGY HOLDINGS
 (the “Company”)

 

Transfer of Shares

 

l/ we,                                      (the “Transferor”) do hereby transfer to                            (hereinafter called the “Transferee”) the       Share (or Shares) numbered               in the Company to hold the same unto the Transferee, subject to the several conditions on which l/ we hold the same and l/ we, the Transferee, do hereby agree to take the said Share (or Shares) subject to conditions aforesaid.

 

	
Dated:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

	
Signed by the   Transferor in the presence of:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Transferor
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Signed by the   Transferee in the presence of:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Transferee
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

“.

 

 

	
BY:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
for and on behalf   of
    	
 
    
	
KOSMOS   ENERGY LTD.
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    

 

 

APPENDIX 1

 

KOSMOS ENERGY HOLDINGS
 (the “Company”)

 

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY HELD AT                                    ON                                    2012, [VIA TELEPHONE]

 

 

Present:                [                        ]

 

In attendance:     [                        ]

 

1.            Officers of the Meeting

 

It was resolved that [                ] and [                 ] be appointed chairman and secretary, respectively, of the meeting.

 

2.            Constitution of the Meeting

 

The chairman noted that a quorum of the directors of the Company (the “Directors”) was present in person or by proxy or alternate and that each Director had been given notice of the meeting. Accordingly, the chairman declared the meeting duly constituted.

 

3.            Disclosure of Interests

 

Each of the Directors present at the meeting gave general notice that he was an employee, director, officer, member and/or shareholder of Kosmos Energy LLC and/or one or more of its affiliates and was regarded to be interested in any transaction involving Kosmos Energy LLC and/or any of its affiliates, including, without limitation, Kosmos Energy Ltd. (“KEL”), Kosmos Energy Finance International (“KEFI”), Kosmos Energy Operating (“KEO”), Kosmos Energy International (“KEI”), Kosmos Energy Ghana HC (“KEG”) and Kosmos Energy Development (“KED”).

 

4.            Background

 

(A)                             The chairman reminded the meeting that KEL was seeking commercial bank finance in an aggregate amount of USD 300 million (the “Financing”) to fund the general corporate purposes of itself and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

 

(B)                             The chairman also reminded the meeting that KEL intends to issue senior secured high yield notes (the “HY Notes”) from time to time in the future (the “HY Note Issuance”).

 

(C)                             The chairman explained that, pursuant to the terms of the Financing and HY Note Issuance, certain amendments to the existing finance documentation were necessary, including amendments to the USD 2 billion facility agreement 

 

 

(the “RBL Facility Agreement”) dated 28 March 2011 and made between, among others, KEFI and the “Lenders” (as defined therein).

 

(D)                             The chairman further explained that it was proposed that KEL enter into a charge over shares in the Company with the “Security and Intercreditor Agent” under the RCF Facility Agreement (as defined below) (the “Charge over Shares in KEH”).

 

(E)                              The chairman also explained that it was proposed that KEI, KEO, KED, KEG and KEFI (the “Guarantors”) and KEL enter into a deed of guarantee (the “Deed of Guarantee”) to provide a guarantee and indemnity in respect of the obligations of KEL as borrower under the Financing.

 

(F)                               The chairman also explained that it was proposed that KEL enter into an intercreditor agreement between, among others, the “RCF Agent” and the “Security and Intercreditor Agent” (each as defined therein), KEL and KEFI (the “KEFI Intercreditor Agreement”), which, among other things, sets out the intercreditor arrangements between the lenders under the RBL Facility Agreement on the one hand and the lenders under the RCF Facility Agreement (as defined below) and any future holders of HY Notes on the other hand.

 

(G)                             The chairman further explained that it was proposed that KEL enter into a form of intercreditor agreement between, among others, the facility agent under the RCF Facility Agreement, any trustee on behalf of the holders of HY Notes and KEL (the “Form of KEL Intercreditor Agreement”), which, among other things, sets out the future intercreditor arrangements as between the lenders under the RCF Facility Agreement on the one hand and any future holders of HY Notes on the other hand.

 

5.            The Transactions

 

(A)                             The chairman explained that it was proposed that the Financing comprise a revolving credit facility of USD 300 million to be entered into pursuant to a revolving credit facility agreement to be entered into by, among others, KEL as original borrower, the Guarantors and the Lenders named therein (the “RCF Facility Agreement”).

 

(B)                             The chairman informed the Directors that a term sheet (the “Term Sheet”), which set out the terms pursuant to which the Financing would be made available to KEL, had been agreed with the financial institutions proposing to participate in the Financing. The Term Sheet had been circulated to the Directors prior to the meeting and its terms were considered.

 

(C)                             The chairman explained that, pursuant to the Term Sheet, the Company, KEL and the Guarantors would be required to enter into further documentation to give effect to the Financing as substantially agreed in the Term Sheet.

 

 

(D)                             The chairman explained that it was proposed that the Company enter into a deed of amendment and restatement between, among others, KEFI and the other parties to the RBL Facility Agreement (the “Deed of Amendment and Restatement”) for the purposes of amending and restating the RBL Facility Agreement and amending and restating the charge over shares in KEO dated 28 March 2011 and made between the Company, KEO and BNP Paribas (the “Charge over Shares in KEO”).

 

(E)                              The chairman also explained that it was proposed that KEL would issue the HY Notes from time to time, as and when the need arise, pursuant to the terms of a form of indenture (the “Form of HY Note Indenture”).

 

6.            Purpose of Meeting

 

The chairman reported that the meeting had been convened in order to consider and, if thought fit, approve and authorise the entry by the Company into the Financing and the execution by the Company of the Documents (as defined below).

 

7.            Consideration of the Documents

 

Drafts of the following documents had been circulated to the Directors prior to the meeting:

 

(A)                              the Deed of Amendment and Restatement appending (i) the amended and restated RBL Facility Agreement, and (ii) the amended and restated Charge Over the Shares of KEO;

 

(B)                              a letter of undertaking from the Company in respect of the Charge over Shares in KEH (the “Undertaking”); and

 

(C)                              a power of attorney of the Company appointing Neal Shah to execute any documents to be entered into by the Company in connection with the Financing, the Documents (as defined below) or the Ancillary Documents (as defined below) on behalf of the Company (the “Power of Attorney”),

 

(together the “Documents”); and

 

(D)                               the Charge over Shares in KEH;

 

(E)                                the RCF Facility Agreement;

 

(F)                                 the Deed of Guarantee;

 

(G)                               the KEFI Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(H)                              the Form of KEL Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(I)                                   the Form of HY Note Indenture; and

 

 

(J)                                 certain fee letters between the finance parties under the RCF Facility Agreement and KEL, setting out the fees payable by KEL under the Financing.

 

8.            The Deed of Amendment and Restatement

 

(A)                             The terms of the Deed of Amendment and Restatement and the appended amended and restated RBL Facility Agreement and the amended and restated Charge over the Shares of KEO were considered in detail.

 

(B)                             In particular, it was noted that amendments were made in relation to the RCF Facility Agreement and the HY Note Issuance, such as additional covenants, cross-default provisions and provisions relating to the permission to service the debt incurred under the RCF Facility Agreement and any future issue of HY Notes.

 

9.            The Charge over Shares in KEH

 

(A)                             The terms of the Charge over Shares in KEH were considered in detail.

 

(B)                             It was noted that KEL’s shares in the Company are charged to the Security and Intercreditor Agent on behalf of the lenders under the RCF Facility Agreement as security for the payment and other obligations and liabilities of KEL.

 

(C)                             It was further noted that, pursuant to the Charge over Shares in KEH, the Company is to enter into the Undertaking, pursuant to which the Company would undertake to register any and all share transfers made pursuant to the Charge over Shares in KEH.

 

(D)                             It was also noted that, pursuant to the Charge over Shares in KEH, certain amendments (as more fully set out in Schedule 4 to the Charge over Shares in KEH) would be made to the Articles of Association of the Company.

 

10.          Approval of the Documents and Resolutions

 

Having carefully considered the Documents, it was noted that, although each of the Documents was in draft form, each Document was in a form substantially agreed to by the Company and the parties thereto.

 

Following discussion, and upon motion duly made, seconded and carried unanimously, IT WAS RESOLVED:

 

(A)                             THAT entry into the Financing was in the Company’s best interests and was for the benefit of the Company and would promote the success of the Company.

 

(B)                             THAT the Company should approve the entry into of the Financing and that the Financing and the transactions contemplated by the Documents be and 

 

 

are hereby approved on behalf of the Company and that the Company should take any steps necessary or desirable in connection with the Financing or with the Documents.

 

(C)                             THAT the Documents be approved on behalf of the Company, subject to such amendments and additions thereto as any Director, secretary of the Company (“Secretary”) or any attorney-in-fact of the Company appointed for such purpose pursuant to (H) below (“Attorney”) shall in his absolute discretion and sole opinion deem appropriate, the signature of any such person on any of the Documents being due evidence for all purposes of his approval of any such amendment or addition and of the final terms thereof on behalf of the Company.

 

(D)                             THAT any Director, Secretary or Attorney be authorised on behalf of the Company to give, make, sign, execute (under hand, under seal or as a deed) and deliver the Documents and all such notes, deeds, agreements, letters, notices, certificates, acknowledgements, receipts, authorisations, instructions, releases, waivers, proxies, appointments of agents for service of process and other documents (whether of a like nature or not) (“Ancillary Documents”) as may, in the sole opinion and absolute discretion of any Director, Secretary or Attorney, be considered necessary or desirable for or in connection with the Financing, any of the Documents or any of the Ancillary Documents or for the purpose of compliance with any condition precedent or the coming into effect of or otherwise giving effect to, consummating or completing or procuring the performance and completion of all or any of the transactions contemplated by or referred to in all or any of the Documents.

 

(E)                              THAT any Director, Secretary or Attorney be authorised on behalf of the Company to do all such acts and things (including, without limitation, determining and agreeing any fees and opening all necessary bank accounts, the standard resolutions required concerning opening bank accounts with the relevant banks being adopted as if set out herein in full and any Director, Secretary or Attorney or any other person authorised by resolution of the Directors, all acting singly (unless otherwise resolved), being appointed as authorised signatory with respect to any such accounts) as may in the sole opinion and absolute discretion of any Director, Secretary or Attorney be considered necessary or desirable for or in connection with the Financing, any of the Documents or any of the Ancillary Documents.

 

(F)                               THAT the Ancillary Documents be in such form as any Director, Secretary or Attorney shall in his absolute discretion and sole opinion approve, the signature of any such person on any of the Ancillary Documents being due evidence for all purposes of his approval of the terms thereof on behalf of the Company.

 

(G)                             THAT the Documents and Ancillary Documents (where required to be executed by the Company) be executed by the signature thereof of any Director, Secretary or Attorney or, where required to be executed as a deed or

 

 

under seal, be either (a) sealed by the affixing thereto of (i) the common seal of the Company in the presence of, and executed by, any Director, Secretary or Attorney or (ii) the personal seal of, and executed by, any Attorney or (b) executed as a deed by any Director, Secretary or Attorney on behalf of the Company.

 

(H)                            THAT Neal Shah be appointed as the Attorney for and on behalf of the Company to do all or any of the matters or things referred to in the foregoing resolutions and that a power of attorney in the form presented to the meeting in favour of the said Attorney and evidencing such appointment be executed as a deed and delivered on behalf of the Company by any Director.

 

(I)                                 THAT all the Documents and Ancillary Documents be valid, conclusive, binding on and enforceable against the Company when executed and delivered in the manner aforesaid.

 

(J)                                 THAT any Director or Secretary be authorised to execute a Director’s Certificate to be delivered as a condition precedent under the RCF Facility Agreement in such form as the Director or Secretary shall in his sole and absolute discretion determine.

 

(K)                            THAT the Company appoint Trusec Limited of 2 Lambs Passage, London, EC1Y 8BB as process agent in England in relation to any documents entered into by the Company in connection with the Financing that are governed by English law and that any Director, Secretary, Attorney or other person authorised by resolution of the Directors be authorised to enter into any documentation deemed in their sole and absolute discretion necessary or desirable to give effect to this resolution, any such signature on any such document to be conclusive evidence for all purposes of his approval of the terms thereof on behalf of the Company.

 

11.          Termination of Meeting

 

There being no further business, the chairman declared the meeting closed.

 

	
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Chairman
    	
Secretary
    

 

 

SCHEDULE 5
 LETTERS OF RESIGNATION

 

Part I

 

LETTER OF RESIGNATION FROM DIRECTOR

 

[DO NOT DATE]

 

Dated:

 

Board of Directors

 

KOSMOS ENERGY HOLDINGS
  P.O. Box 32322, 4th Floor
 Century Yard, Cricket Square
 Elgin Avenue
 George Town
 Grand Cayman
 KY1-1209
 Cayman Islands

 

Dear Sirs

 

LETTER OF RESIGNATION RE:  KOSMOS ENERGY HOLDINGS (THE “COMPANY”)

 

I hereby resign as a Director of the Company and confirm that I have no claims against the Company for loss of office, arrears of pay or otherwise howsoever arising, but to the extent that I may have any such claim, I hereby irrevocably waive the same.

 

This resignation is to be effective as at the date hereof.

 

Yours faithfully

 

Name of Director 
 Director

 

 

Part II

 

LETTER OF AUTHORISATION FROM DIRECTOR

 

Date:

 

Dear Sirs

 

SHARE CHARGE BETWEEN KOSMOS ENERGY LTD. AND BNP PARIBAS (IN ITS CAPACITY AS SECURITY AND INTERCREDITOR AGENT) (THE “CHARGE”) IN RESPECT OF SHARES IN KOSMOS ENERGY HOLDINGS (THE “COMPANY”)

 

I refer to my executed but undated letter of resignation as a Director of the Company provided in accordance with the Charge. Capitalised words and expressions used in this letter which are not expressly defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Charge.

 

I hereby authorise you to date, deliver, and give full effect to and otherwise complete the resignation letter referred to above subject always to the Security created by the Charge having become enforceable in accordance with the Charge (and so long as an Event of Default is continuing).

 

Subject as aforesaid, I hereby authorise you to send the resignation letter to the Company’s registered office thereby terminating my directorship of the Company without compensation for loss of office.  I acknowledge and agree that your discretion to act in this regard is to be exercised solely in the interests of the Security and Intercreditor Agent relating to the Charge executed over shares in the Company in your favour but subject always to the terms of the Charge.

 

I confirm that you may delegate the authority conferred by this letter to any of your successors and assigns as Security and Intercreditor Agent in relation to the Charge and charge granted or to be granted over shares in the Company.

 

Yours faithfully

 

Name of Director 
 Director

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