Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION VERSION
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED EQUITY
CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”),
dated as of October 13, 2006, among EXCO RESOURCES, INC., a Texas
corporation (the “ Equity Contributor ”), EXCO
PARTNERS OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
(the “ Borrower ”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent ”) for the banks and other
financial institutions or entities (the “ Lenders
”) from time to time parties to the Senior Term Credit
Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit
Agreement ”), among the Borrower, the Guarantors party
thereto, the Lenders, certain other entities and the Administrative
Agent.
W I T N
E S S E
T H :
WHEREAS, the Equity Contributor
owns, indirectly, 100% of the partners equity of the
Borrower;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit
Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of
credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth therein;
WHEREAS, the Equity Contributor will
derive substantial benefit from the making of the extensions of
credit under the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered
into an Equity Contribution Agreement dated as of October 2, 2006
(as amended and restated by the Amended and Restated Equity
Contribution Agreement dated as of October 4, 2006) and wish to
amend and restate such Agreement pursuant to this
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises set forth above and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
SECTION
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms and
Principles of Construction . (a) Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement (such definitions
to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of
the terms defined), and the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“ Administrative Agent
”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Agreement
”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Credit Agreement
”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Debt Incurrence
Amount ”: as defined in Section 2.1(a)
hereof.
“ Equity Contribution
”: as defined in Section 2.1 hereof.
“ Equity Contributor
”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Equity Contribution
Date ”: the date that is eighteen months after the
Effective Date.
“ Limitation Sentence
”: as defined in Section 2.1(a) hereof.
“ Measurement Date
”: as defined in Section 2.1(a) hereof.
“ Option ”:
as defined in Section 2.1(b) hereof.
“ RP Baskets
”: the baskets described in Section 4.05(a) or
4.05(b)(1) of the Senior Note Indenture, in each case as in effect
on the date hereof.
“ Senior Credit
Agreement ”: the Credit Agreement dated as of March
17, 2006 among the Equity Contributor, certain of its Subsidiaries,
the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, as amended by the First Amendment thereto
dated as of October 2, 2006.
“ Senior Note Indenture
: the Senior Note Indenture dated as of January 20, 2004
among the Equity Contributor, certain of its Subsidiaries and
Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee, as supplemented by the First
Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of January 27, 2004,
pursuant to which the Senior Notes were issued.
“ Senior Notes
”: the Equity Contributor’s 7-1/4% Senior Notes
due 2011.
(b)
The words “hereof”, “herein”, and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement.
SECTION
2. OBLIGATIONS OF THE EQUITY CONTRIBUTOR
2.1 Equity
Contribution . (a) Subject in all respects to the
next sentence hereof (the “ Limitation Sentence
”), if any Loans shall remain outstanding on the Equity
Contribution Date, the Equity Contributor hereby agrees, for the
benefit of the Borrower and the Secured Parties, to make a cash
common equity contribution to the Borrower on the Equity
Contribution Date in an amount equal to the lesser of (i)
$150,000,000 and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans
then outstanding (the “ Equity Contribution
”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the agreement of the
Equity Contributor in this Section 2.1(a) shall be of no force or
effect, and shall not constitute an obligation of any nature, in an
amount that exceeds, on each day from and after the date hereof
(each, a “ Computation Day ”), the highest
Interim Contribution Amount computed on any day during the period
from the date hereof to such Computation Day. As used herein,
“ Interim Contribution Amount ” means, on each
Computation Day, the lesser of (i) the amount available under the
RP Baskets on such Computation Day and (ii) the amount of
Indebtedness that may be incurred under Section 4.04(a) of the
Senior Note Indenture as of the most recent Measurement Date (as
defined below) occurring on or prior to such Computation Day (the
“ Debt Incurrence Amount ”). The Debt
Incurrence Amount shall be calculated on the date hereof, on the
Equity Contribution Date and, whether before or after the Equity
Contribution Date, on each date on which quarterly or annual
financial statements of the Equity Contributor become available and
on each date on which any amount becomes available under any RP
Basket (each such calculation date, a “ Measurement
Date ”). On the Equity Contribution Date, the
amount of the Equity Contribution required to be made shall equal
the lesser of (i) the full amount of the Equity Contribution and
(ii) the highest Interim Computation Amount as of any Computation
Day occurring on or prior to the Equity Contribution Date.
If, due to the Limitation Sentence, the full amount of
the Equity Contribution cannot be made on the Equity Contribution
Date, then, on each subsequent Measurement Date, the Equity
Contributor shall make an additional portion of the Equity
Contribution in an amount equal the lesser of (i) the theretofore
unfunded portion of the Equity Contribution, (ii) the amount
available under the RP Baskets on such
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Measurement Date and (iii) the Debt
Incurrence Amount as of such Measurement Date. The Limitation
Sentence shall cease to be applicable if the Senior Notes are
redeemed or defeased. For avoidance of doubt, it is
understood that, if (i) the Senior Note Indenture does not permit
the funding of the full amount of the Equity Contribution
on the Equity Contribution Date and (ii) the Equity
Contributor has not redeemed or defeased all of the Senior
Notes on or prior to the Equity Contribution Date, then the Equity
Contributor will be in violation of Section 4.2(e)
hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 2.1(a), all or a portion of the Equity Contribution may be
funded by the Borrower’s parent, EXCO Partners, LP (the
“ Parent ”), so long as (i) the proceeds thereof
are contributed to the Borrower in the form of common equity and
(ii) no more than 25% of the direct or indirect voting or economic
interest in the Parent may be issued or sold in connection
therewith.
(b)
If Lenders holding at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Loans (excluding for such purpose any Loans held by
(1) any Lender that owns, or has one or more affiliates that owns,
greater than 10% of the voting or economic interest in the Equity
Contributor (determined in the aggregate with respect to any Lender
and its affiliates) or (2) any Lender that holds, or has an
affiliate that holds, a seat on the Board of Directors of the
Equity Contributor)so determine (the “ Option
”), then, in lieu of complying with Section 2.1(a) hereof, on
the Equity Contribution Date, (i) the Equity Contributor shall be
required to add the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
“Restricted Subsidiaries” under and as defined in the
Senior Credit Agreement and the Senior Note Indenture and (ii) the
Equity Contributor shall provide, and cause the Restricted
Subsidiaries as so defined to provide, guarantees secured by
blanket liens on all of their properties and assets in respect of
the Loans on terms substantially consistent with the guarantees and
collateral provided under the Credit Agreement, in each case
pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Option shall be available only if compliance with this Section
2.1(b) is permitted by the Senior Credit Agreement (if still in
effect). The Equity Contributor agrees to use commercially
reasonable efforts to seek the requisite consent of lenders under
the Senior Credit Agreement to the exercise of the Option. If
the Option is exercised, then upon and during the effectiveness of
the aforementioned guarantees and liens, any provision of this
Agreement specifically relating to the Equity Contribution shall
cease to be effective.
2.2
Application of the Cash Equity Contribution . The
proceeds of the Equity Contribution shall be used by the Borrower
to prepay the Loans in accordance with the terms of Section 2.10 of
the Credit Agreement.
2.3 Obligations
Unconditional; Waiver of Defenses .
(a)
Except as provided in Section 2.1, the obligations of the Equity
Contributor to make, and the Borrower’s right to receive, the
Equity Contribution pursuant to Section 2.1(a), and, if applicable,
the obligation of the Equity Contributor to comply with Section
2.1(b), are irrevocable, absolute and unconditional. The
Equity Contributor hereby unconditionally waives notice of
acceptance hereof, of any action taken or omitted in reliance
hereon and of any defaults by the Borrower or any other Person in
the payment of any amounts due under any Loan Document, and further
unconditionally waives diligence, protest, presentment, filing of
claims with a court in the event of the bankruptcy of the Borrower
or any other Person, any right to require a proceeding against the
Borrower or any other Person or that the Borrower or any other
Person be joined in any proceeding, any marshaling of assets of the
Borrower or any other Person, the Borrower’s or any other
Person’s providing security for any of the obligations
hereunder or any notice of default with respect thereto, or any
other act or omission or requirement or delay to do any other act
or thing which might in any manner or to any extent operate as a
discharge of any of the obligations of the Equity Contributor
hereunder. The Equity Contributor agrees that this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall
not be affected or impaired by, any invalidity, irregularity or
unenforceability in whole or in part of, or any default
under,
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any Loan Document
which may now or hereafter be caused or imposed in any manner
whatsoever, or the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Borrower or any
other Person.
(b)
The obligations of the Equity Contributor under this Agreement
shall not be subject to (and the Equity Contributor hereby
unconditionally waives) any notice of non-payment, demand,
abatement, reduction, limitation, impairment, termination, set-off,
defense, counterclaim or recoupment whatsoever or any right to any
thereof, and shall not be released, discharged or in any way
affected by any reorganization, arrangement, compromise,
composition or plan affecting the Borrower or any other Person, or
by any compromise, settlement, release, amendment, waiver,
addition, modification, or termination of any or all of the
obligations, conditions, covenants or agreements of the Borrower or
any other Person under or in respect of any Loan Document or by the
taking or omission of any action referred to in any Loan Document
(including, without limitation, the enforcement, assertion or
exercise of any such right, power or remedy), or by the exchange,
surrender, substitution or modification of any security for the
Obligations, whether or not the undersigned shall have notice or
knowledge of any of the foregoing.
2.4 Overdue
Amounts . From the date the Equity Contribution shall be
due and payable under this Agreement until the date the Equity
Contributor shall have paid the Equity Contribution in full,
interest shall accrue on the unpaid amount thereof at a rate per
annum equal to the rate then applicable to ABR Loans plus 2%
and shall be payable by the Equity Contributor to the Borrower upon
demand by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
3. SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
3.1 Subrogation
. The Borrower will not exercise any rights which it may have
acquired by way of subrogation under this Agreement, by any payment
made hereunder or otherwise, or accept any payment on account of
any such subrogation rights, unless and until all Obligations shall
have been paid in full.
3.2 Reinstatement
. This Agreement and the obligations of the Equity
Contributor hereunder shall automatically be reinstated if and to
the extent that for any reason any payment made pursuant to this
Agreement is rescinded or must otherwise be restored to the Equity
Contributor by any beneficiary of this Agreement, whether as a
result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reor