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ENERGY XXI GULF COAST,
INC.,
EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY
HERETO
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
Dated as of September 18,
2009
TO
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 8,
2007
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10% SENIOR NOTES DUE
2013
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of
September 18, 2009 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), to
the Indenture dated as of June 8, 2007 (the “Original
Indenture”) among Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), each of the Guarantors
party thereto and Well Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee
(the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered the Original
Indenture, and the Company has issued pursuant to the Original
Indenture its 10% Senior Notes due 2013 (the
“Notes”);
WHEREAS, Section 9.02 of the Original Indenture
provides that with the consent of the Holders (as defined in the
Original Indenture) of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class
(including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection
with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of the
Notes), the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the
Original Indenture, subject to certain limitations set forth in the
Original Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company has solicited the consents
of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to the confidential offering
circular and consent solicitation statement dated September 4, 2009
(as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the
“Offering Circular”), and the related letter of
transmittal and consent dated September 4, 2009 (as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Letter of
Transmittal” and, together with the Offering Circular, the
“Offering Documents”), to the proposed amendments to
the Original Indenture upon the terms and conditions set forth
therein (the “Amendments”);
WHEREAS, the Company has received and delivered
or caused to be delivered to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
consents of the Holders of at least a majority in outstanding
principal amount of the Notes to the Amendments in accordance with
the Offering Documents;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.06 of the
Original Indenture, the execution of this Supplemental Indenture
has been duly authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors
of the Company;
WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements
necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and
legal instrument in accordance with its terms have been performed
and fulfilled by the parties hereto and the execution and delivery
thereof have been in all respects duly authorized by the parties
hereto; and
WHEREAS, the Amendments contained herein will
become operative (the “Operative Date”) upon the
acceptance for exchange of at least a majority in outstanding
principal amount of the Notes that are validly tendered and not
withdrawn on or prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in the
Offering Documents).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and the covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other
good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Company and the Trustee hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
Capitalized terms used in this Supplemental
Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Original Indenture.
ARTICLE II
Section 2.1
Amendment of Certain Definitions in Article 1 of the
Original Indenture.
(a) Section 1.01 of
the Original Indenture is hereby amended by adding the following
definitions of terms, which shall read in their entirety as
follows:
“ Collateral ” means all
property mortgaged under the Mortgages and any other assets or
other right or other property, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, upon which a Lien securing the Obligations under the
Second Lien Notes Indenture, the Second Lien Notes or the Second
Lien Notes Guarantees is granted or purported to be granted under
the Security Agreement or any other Collateral
Agreement.
“ collateral agent ” means
the party named as such in the Second Lien Notes Indenture until a
successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of the
Second Lien Notes Indenture and thereafter means such
successor.
“ Collateral Disposition ”
means any sale, transfer or other disposition to the extent
involving assets or other rights or property that constitute
Collateral under the Security Documents. The sale or
issuance of Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary that owns
Collateral such that it thereafter is no longer a Restricted
Subsidiary shall be deemed to be a Collateral Disposition of the
Collateral owned by such Restricted Subsidiary.
“ First Lien Agent” means the
Administrative Agent and any successor designated as such by the
holders of First Lien Claims.
“ First Lien Claims ” means
(1) Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement permitted pursuant to
clause (1) of the definition of the term “Permitted
Debt,” (2) First Lien Hedging Obligations, and (3) all other
Obligations under the documents relating to Indebtedness described
in clauses (1) and (2) above.
“ Intercreditor Agreement ”
means the Intercreditor Agreement to be entered into concurrently
with the Second Lien Notes Indenture, among the First Lien Agent,
the trustee under the Second Lien Notes Indenture and the
collateral agent, the Company, Energy XXI (USA), Inc. and the
Subsidiaries giving Second Lien Guarantees, as same may be amended,
supplemented, restated or replaced from time to time.
“ First Lien Hedging Obligations
” means all Hedging Obligations secured by any Collateral
under the documents that secure Obligations under the Credit
Agreement.
“ Mortgages ” means the
mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure Indebtedness or other
similar documents granting Liens on the Company’s and its
Restricted Subsidiaries’ Oil and Gas Assets to secure the
Second Lien Notes and the Second Lien Guarantees.
“ PIK Notes ” means any
Second Lien Notes issued in partial payment of interest on Second
Lien Notes of any series.
“ PIK Payment ” means any
increase in the principal amount of Second Lien Notes in partial
payment of interest on Second Lien Notes of any series.
“ Second Lien Agent ” means
the collateral agent.
“ Second Lien Claims ” means
(1) Indebtedness under the Second Lien Notes of any series,
including any issued or added to the principal amount thereof in
payment of interest thereon, and the Guarantees permitted pursuant
to clause (3) of the definition of the term Permitted Debt and (2)
all other Obligations related to the Indebtedness described in
clause (1) above.
“ Second Lien Guarantees ”
means any guarantee of the Company’s Payment Obligations
under the Second Lien Indenture and the Second Lien
Notes.
“ Second Lien Notes Indenture
” means the indenture among the Company, the guarantors
parties thereto and the Second Lien Notes Trustee, relating to the
Second Lien Notes.
“ Second Lien Notes ” means
the Company’s 16% Second Lien Junior Secured Notes due 2014
of any series, including any additional Second Lien Notes issued or
added to the principal amount thereof in payment of interest on any
such series.
“ Second Lien Notes Trustee ”
means the party named as such in the Second Lien Notes Indenture
until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of
the Second Lien Notes Indenture and thereafter means such
successor.
“ Secured Obligations ” means
the First Lien Claims and Second Lien Claims.
“ Secured Parties ” means the
holders of the First Lien Claims, the First Lien Agent, the holders
of the Second Lien Claims, the collateral agent, the Second Lien
Notes Trustee and the Holders of the Second Lien Notes.
“ Security Agreement ” means
one or more Second Lien Security Agreements, dated as of the issue
date of the Second Lien Notes, made by the Company and certain
Guarantors in favor of the collateral agent for the benefit of the
Holders of the Second Lien Notes, as amended or supplemented from
time to time in accordance with its terms.
“ Security Documents ” means
any one or more of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Security
Agreement, each Mortgage and any other security agreements, pledge
agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust or other grants or transfers
for security executed and delivered by the Company, the guarantors
parties thereto or any other obligor under the Second Lien Notes
Indenture creating, or purporting to create, a Lien upon Collateral
in favor of the collateral agent for the benefit of the Holders of
the Second Lien Notes, in each case as amended, modified, renewed,
restated or replaced, in whole or part, from time to time, in
accordance with its terms.
“ Specified Ratios ” means,
collectively, (a) the Company’s Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which
internal financial statements are available, (b) the
Company’s Total Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit
Agreement as in effect on the issue date of the Second Lien Notes)
as of the most recent balance sheet date for which internal
financial statements are available, and (c) the ratio of the
Company’s Total Debt to Proven Reserves (as each such term is
defined in the Credit Agreement as in effect on the issue date of
the Second Lien Notes). For purposes of the calculations
in clause (c), (i) Total Debt will be as of the most recent balance
sheet date for which internal financial statements are available
and (ii) Proven Reserves will be as set forth in the
Company’s year-end reserve report in accordance with the
definition of “ACNTA,” prepared by the Company and one
or more of the Company’s independent petroleum engineers as
of the last date of the Company’s most recent fiscal year, as
adjusted for subsequent acquisitions, dispositions, discoveries,
extensions or revisions, if any, as provided for in the definition
of “ACNTA.”
(b) Section 1.01
of the Original Indenture is hereby amended by amending the
following definitions of terms, which shall read in their entirety
as follows.
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(1)
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Liens on any
property or assets of the Company and any Guarantor securing
Indebtedness and other obligations under Credit Facilities
permitted under the indenture;
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(2)
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Liens on any
property or assets of the Company and any Guarantor securing
Indebtedness under the Second Lien Notes, the Second Lien
Guarantees or other Obligations under the Second Lien Notes
Indenture and the Security Documents;
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(3)
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Liens in favor
of the Company or the Guarantors;
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(4)
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Liens on any
property or assets of a Person existing at the time such Person is
merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided that such
Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger
or consolidation and do not extend to any property or assets other
than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the
Company or the Restricted Subsidiary;
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(5)
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Liens on any
property or assets existing at the time of acquisition thereof by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,
provided that such Liens were not incurred in connection
with the contemplation of such acquisition;
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(6)
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Liens to secure
the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds,
performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in
the ordinary course of business;
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(7)
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Liens existing
on the Issue Date;
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(8)
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Liens arising
from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding
operating leases entered into by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
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(9)
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Liens securing
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance
Indebtedness that was previously so secured, provided that
any such Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or
assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or
distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the
written arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could
secure) the Indebtedness being refinanced or is in respect of
property that is the security for a Permitted Lien
hereunder;
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(10)
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Liens securing
Hedging Obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
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(11)
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Liens securing
Indebtedness incurred (a) in connection with the acquisition by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of assets used in the Oil and
Gas Business (including the office buildings and other real
property used by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in
conducting its operations); provided that (i) such Liens
attach only to the assets acquired with the proceeds of such
Indebtedness; (ii) such Indebtedness is not in excess of the
purchase price of such fixed assets; and (iii) such Indebtedness is
permitted to be incurred Section 4.09 or (b) pursuant to clause
(13) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”;
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(12)
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any Lien
incurred in the ordinary course of business incidental to the
conduct of the business of the Company or the Restricted
Subsidiaries or the ownership of their property (including (a)
easements, rights of way and similar encumbrances, (b) rights or
title of lessors under leases (other than Capital Lease
Obligations), (c) rights of collecting banks having rights of
setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback with respect to money or
instruments of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries on
deposit with or in the possession of such banks, (d) Liens imposed
by law, including Liens under workers’ compensation or
similar legislation and mechanics’, carriers’,
warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, suppliers’ and
vendors’ Liens, and (e) Liens incurred to secure performance
of obligations with respect to statutory or regulatory
requirements, performance or return-of-money bonds, surety bonds or
other obligations of a like nature and incurred in a manner
consistent with industry practice;
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(13)
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Liens for
taxes, assessments and governmental charges not yet due or the
validity of which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, promptly instituted and diligently conducted, and for
which adequate reserves have been established to the extent
required by GAAP as in effect at such time;
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(14)
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Capital Lease
Obligations not to exceed $10.0 million in aggregate principal
amount; and
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(15)
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Liens incurred
in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company with respect to obligations that do not
exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate
principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by the Permitted Liens
shall not exceed the sum of (1) the aggregate principal amount of
the Second Lien Notes, (2) the aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness available to be borrowed under the Credit Facilities
at the time such Indebtedness was incurred, (3) Hedging
Obligations, (4) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (13) of
the definition of Permitted Debt set forth in Section 4.09 of this
Indenture for the purposes set forth therein and (5) Capital Lease
Obligations not to exceed $10.0 million in aggregate principal
amount.
Section 2.2
Amendment of Certain Provisions
in Article 4 of the Original Indenture.
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(a)
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Section 4.08 (
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries ) of the Original Indenture is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:
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Section 4.08. Dividend and Other
Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries .
The Company will not, and will not permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or
permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary
to:
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(1)
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pay dividends
or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or pay any Indebtedness or
other obligations owed to the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
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(2)
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make loans or
advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
or
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