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LOAN AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

Guarantee Agreement

LOAN AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT | Document Parties: (B) TOREADOR TURKEY LTD | (C) TOREADOR ROMANIA LTD | (F) TOREADOR INTERNATIONAL HOLDING LLC | (G) INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION | TOREADOR RESOURCES CORPORATION You are currently viewing:
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Title: LOAN AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
Date: 1/4/2007
Industry: Oil and Gas Operations     Law Firm: Haynes Boone     Sector: Energy

LOAN AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT, Parties: (b) toreador turkey ltd , (c) toreador romania ltd , (f) toreador international holding llc , (g) international finance corporation , toreador resources corporation
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Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

 

PROJECT NUMBER 25485

Loan and Guarantee Agreement

among

TOREADOR RESOURCES CORPORATION
as Guarantor

TOREADOR TURKEY LTD.
as Borrower and Guarantor

TOREADOR ROMANIA LTD.
as Borrower and Guarantor

MADISON OIL FRANCE SAS
as Borrower and Guarantor

TOREADOR ENERGY FRANCE S.C.S
as Borrower and Guarantor

TOREADOR INTERNATIONAL HOLDING L.L.C.
as Guarantor

and

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION

Dated December 28, 2006

 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article/

 

 

 

 

Section

 

Item

 

Page No.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Definitions and Interpretation

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1.01.

 

Definitions

 

 

2

 

Section 1.02.

 

Financial Calculations

 

 

32

 

Section 1.03.

 

Interpretation

 

 

32

 

Section 1.04.

 

Business Day Adjustment

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Facility

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 2.01.

 

The Facility

 

 

33

 

Section 2.02.

 

Facility Procedure and Rollover

 

 

34

 

Section 2.03.

 

Interest

 

 

35

 

Section 2.04.

 

Change in Interest Period

 

 

37

 

Section 2.05.

 

Default Rate Interest

 

 

37

 

Section 2.06.

 

Repayment

 

 

38

 

Section 2.07.

 

Prepayment and Mandatory Prepayment

 

 

38

 

Section 2.08.

 

Fees

 

 

41

 

Section 2.09.

 

Currency and Place of Payments

 

 

42

 

Section 2.10.

 

Allocation of Partial Payments

 

 

43

 

Section 2.11.

 

Increased Costs

 

 

43

 

Section 2.12.

 

Unwinding Costs

 

 

43

 

Section 2.13.

 

Suspension or Cancellation by IFC

 

 

44

 

Section 2.14.

 

Cancellation by the Borrowers

 

 

45

 

Section 2.15.

 

Taxes

 

 

45

 

Section 2.16.

 

Expenses

 

 

45

 

Section 2.17.

 

Limitation of Liability

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guarantee

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.01.

 

Guarantee

 

 

47

 

Section 3.02.

 

Indemnity

 

 

48

 

Section 3.03.

 

Continuing Guarantee

 

 

48

 

Section 3.04.

 

No Set-off

 

 

48

 

Section 3.05.

 

Taxes

 

 

48

 

Section 3.06.

 

Currency and Place of Payment

 

 

49

 



 

 

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Article/

 

 

 

 

Section

 

Item

 

Page No.

Section 3.07.

 

Certificate Conclusive

 

 

50

 

Section 3.08.

 

Allocation

 

 

50

 

Section 3.09.

 

Waivers and Defenses

 

 

50

 

Section 3.10.

 

Immediate Recourse

 

 

51

 

Section 3.11.

 

Non-Competition

 

 

51

 

Section 3.12.

 

Bankruptcy or Liquidation of Company

 

 

52

 

Section 3.13.

 

Appropriation of Monies

 

 

52

 

Section 3.14.

 

Reinstatement

 

 

52

 

Section 3.15.

 

Additional Security

 

 

53

 

Section 3.16.

 

Limitation of Liability

 

 

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

 

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 4.01.

 

Representations and Warranties of Each Obligor

 

 

53

 

Section 4.02.

 

Representations and Warranties of Madison Oil and Toreador France

 

 

57

 

Section 4.03.

 

IFC Reliance

 

 

58

 

 

           

ARTICLE V

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conditions of Disbursement

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 5.01.

 

Conditions of First Disbursement

 

 

58

 

Section 5.02.

 

Conditions of All Disbursements

 

 

60

 

Section 5.03.

 

Additional Conditions of the first A Loan

 

 

63

 

Section 5.04.

 

Certification

 

 

64

 

Section 5.05

 

Conditions for IFC Benefit

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Particular Covenants

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 6.01.

 

Affirmative Covenants

 

 

64

 

Section 6.02.

 

Negative Covenants

 

 

70

 

Section 6.03.

 

Reporting Requirements

 

 

77

 

Section 6.04.

 

Insurance

 

 

80

 

 

           

ARTICLE VII

 

 

83

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Events of Default

 

 

83

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 7.01.

 

Acceleration after Default

 

 

83

 



 

 

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Article/

 

 

 

 

Section

 

Item

 

Page No.

Section 7.02.

 

Events of Default

 

 

84

 

Section 7.03.

 

Bankruptcy

 

 

87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

 

87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 8.01.

 

Saving of Rights

 

 

87

 

Section 8.02.

 

Notices

 

 

88

 

Section 8.03.

 

English Language

 

 

89

 

Section 8.04.

 

Term of Agreement

 

 

89

 

Section 8.05.

 

Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

 

 

90

 

Section 8.06.

 

Disclosure of Information

 

 

91

 

Section 8.07.

 

Indemnification

 

 

92

 

Section 8.08.

 

Successors and Assignees

 

 

92

 

Section 8.09.

 

Amendments, Waivers and Consents

 

 

93

 

Section 8.10.

 

Counterparts

 

 

93

 



 

 

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Article/

 

 

 

 

Section

 

Item

 

Page No.

ANNEX A

 

 

96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROJECT COST AND FINANCIAL PLAN

 

 

96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX B

 

 

97

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KEY AUTHORIZATIONS

 

 

97

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX C

 

 

99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

 

 

99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX D

 

 

102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

 

 

102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

 

104

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF INCUMBENCY AND AUTHORITY

 

 

104

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 2

 

 

106

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORM OF REQUEST FOR LOANS

 

 

106

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 3

 

 

109

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORM OF LOAN RECEIPT

 

 

109

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 4

 

 

110

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORM OF SERVICE OF PROCESS LETTER

 

 

110

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 5

 

 

112

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IFC BASE CASE ASSUMPTIONS

 

 

112

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6

 

 

115

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORM OF LETTER TO COMPANY’S AUDITORS

 

 

115

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 7

 

 

117

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL REVIEW OF OPERATIONS

 

 

117

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 8

 

 

123

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GROUP OWNERSHIP

 

 

123

 



 

 

 

LOAN AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

LOAN AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") dated December 28, 2006, between:

(A)

 

TOREADOR RESOURCES CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, as a guarantor (the "Company");

 

   

(B)

 

TOREADOR TURKEY LTD., a company organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, as a borrower, and as a guarantor ("Toreador Turkey");

 

   

(C)

 

TOREADOR ROMANIA LTD., a company organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, as a borrower, and as a guarantor ("Toreador Romania");

 

   

(D)

 

MADISON OIL FRANCE SAS, a sociétés par actions simplifies, organized and existing under the laws of France, as a borrower and a guarantor ("Madison Oil");

 

   

(E)

 

TOREADOR ENERGY FRANCE S.C.S, a sociétés en commandite simple, organized and existing under the laws of France, as a borrower and a guarantor ("Toreador France");

 

   

(F)

 

TOREADOR INTERNATIONAL HOLDING L.L.C., a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of Hungary, as a guarantor ("Toreador International"); and

 

   

(G)

 

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION, an international organization established by Articles of Agreement among its member countries including the Cayman Islands ("IFC"),

the parties listed as (B), (C), (D) and (E) being each a "Borrower" and the parties listed as (A) to (F) being each a "Guarantor" (in the case of the parties listed as (B), (C), (D) and (E), such parties being a Guarantor with respect to the obligations of the other Borrowers) and the Borrowers and the Guarantors together being the "Obligors".

 

 

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ARTICLE I

Definitions and Interpretation

     Section 1.01. Definitions . Wherever used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings opposite them:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"A Loan"

 

the principal amount of each borrowing under the A Loan Facility or, as the context requires, the principal amount outstanding of that borrowing; provided that for avoidance of doubt, and in accordance with Section 2.02(c) hereof, on each Interest Payment Date all A Loans (including Rollover Loans) outstanding prior to such Interest Payment Date shall (to the extent not repaid and subject to the fulfillment of the conditions for the making of each Rollover Loan set forth in Section 5.02 ( Conditions of All Disbursements ) and Section 5.04 ( Certification )) be rolled over into a single A Loan on such Interest Payment Date;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"A Loan Facility"

 

the facility specified in Section 2.01(a)(i) ( Loan Procedure and Rollover ) or, as the context requires, its principal amount from time to time outstanding thereunder;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"A Loan Interest Rate"

 

for any Interest Period, the rate at which interest is payable on each A Loan during that Interest Period, determined in accordance with Section 2.03 ( Interest ) and, if applicable, Section 2.04 ( Change in Interest Period );

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Accounting Standards"

 

United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB"), together with pronouncements thereon from time to time by FASB and applied on a consistent basis;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Accounts Agreements"

 

upon execution, the French Accounts Agreement, the Turkish Accounts Agreement and the Romanian Accounts Agreement;



 

 

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"Additional Compensation"

 

as of the date of any calculation, an amount equal to:

 

           

 

 

(i)

 

(A)

 

US$10,000,000 (except in respect of any calculation made in respect of the payments due after December 15, 2014, in which case such number shall be US$5,000,000); divided by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(B)

 

the product of two (2) and Adjusted Tangible Net Worth in respect of the immediately preceding Financial Year;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

multiplied by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

EBITDAX for the Company in respect of the immediately preceding Financial Year;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Adjusted Financial Debt"

 

Financial Debt on a Consolidated Basis, excluding any Financial Debt incurred in respect of the Existing Convertible Senior Notes;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Adjusted Tangible Net Worth"

 

as of the date of any calculation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

Tangible Net Worth of the Company as at December 31, 2005 as reflected in its audited annual financial statements for Financial Year 2005; plus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

the positive or negative amount of net income in any subsequent Financial Year as reflected in the annual audited financial statements of the Company for that Financial Year; provided that for the purpose of this definition, any income derived from any revaluation of assets, disposal of assets or other extraordinary gains shall not be counted in net income; less



 

 

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(iii)

 

the amount of any dividend or distribution made by the Company in the Financial Year referred to in (ii) above,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

as such calculation is determined by the Auditors and agreed by IFC;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Affiliate"

 

with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such Person (for purposes of this definition, "control" means the power to direct the management or policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of shares or other securities, by contract or otherwise, provided that the direct or indirect ownership of fifty one per cent (51%) or more of the voting share capital of a Person shall be deemed to constitute control of that Person, and "controlling" and "controlled" have corresponding meanings);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Annual Monitoring Report"

 

the annual monitoring report setting out the specific social, environmental and developmental impact information to be provided by the Company in respect of the Project, which form shall be in form and substance satisfactory to IFC, and as such form may be amended or supplemented from time to time with IFC’s consent;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Applicable Margin"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

with respect to the A Loan, two percent (2%) per annum; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

with respect to the C Loan:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(x)

 

one point five percent (1.5%) per annum, until the date of disbursement of the first A Loan; and



 

 

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(y)

 

zero point five percent (0.5%) per annum, on and after the date of disbursement of the first A Loan;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Auditors"

 

Grant Thornton or such other firm that the Company appoints from time to time as its auditors pursuant to Section 6.01(e) (Affirmative Covenants);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Authority"

 

any national, supranational, regional or local government or governmental, administrative, fiscal, judicial, or government-owned body, department, commission, authority, tribunal, agency or entity, or central bank (or any Person, whether or not government owned and howsoever constituted or called, that exercises the functions of a central bank);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Authorization"

 

any consent, registration, filing, agreement, notarization, certificate, license, approval, permit, authority or exemption from, by or with any Authority, whether given by express action or deemed given by failure to act within any specified time period and all corporate, creditors’ and shareholders’ approvals or consents;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Authorized Representative"

 

in respect of any Obligor, any natural person who is duly authorized by the relevant Obligor to act on its behalf for the purposes specified in, and, in respect of the Company and each Borrower, whose name and a specimen of whose signature appear on, the Certificate of Incumbency and Authority most recently delivered by such Person to IFC;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Available Amount"

 

the lesser of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

(A)

 

the C Loan in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000, plus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(B)

 

the Maximum Facility Amount, as cancelled in accordance with Section 2.13



 

 

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(Suspension or Cancellation by IFC) or Section 2.14 ( Suspension or Cancellation by the Borrowers ), or as reduced in accordance with Section 2.06(b) ( Repayment ) from time to time; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

the Borrowing Base Amount,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

minus:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

the amount of any outstanding Loans under the Facility; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

 

in relation to any proposed Loan (other than a Rollover Loan), the amount of any Loans that have been requested by the Borrowers and are due to be made under the Facility on or before the date of the proposed Loan;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Availability Period"

 

 

(i

)

 

with respect to the A Loan Facility, the period from the date of this Agreement to June 30, 2011; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

with respect to the C Loan Facility, the period from the date of this Agreement to June 30, 2007;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Borrowing Base Amount"

 

for the relevant Calculation Period:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i

)

 

the Loan-Life NPV; divided by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

(A)

 

1.2 for Financial Years 2006 and 2007;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(B)

 

1.3 for Financial Year 2008; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(C)

 

1.4 for Financial Year 2009 and thereafter;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Borrowing Base Assets"

 

all oil and gas assets (including concessions) with respect to which the Company or any of the other



 

 

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Obligors has from time to time any Proved Reserves determined in accordance with the Reserves Criteria, and, includes for avoidance of doubt, any assets in France, Hungary, Turkey, Romania and the United States of America, which are, more fully described in the most current Reserves Certification;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Business Day"

 

a day when banks are open for business in New York, New York or, solely for the purpose of determining the applicable Interest Rate other than pursuant to Section 2.03 (d) (ii) ( Interest ), London, England;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"C Loan"

 

the principal amount of the C Loan Facility or, as the context requires, the principal amount outstanding of that facility;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"C Loan Facility"

 

the facility specified in Section 2.01(a)(ii) ( The Facility ) or, as the context requires, its principal amount from time to time outstanding;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"C Loan Interest Rate"

 

for any Interest Period, the rate at which interest is payable on the C Loan during that Interest Period, determined in accordance with Section 2.03 ( Interest ) and, if applicable, Section 2.04 ( Change in Interest Period );

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Calculation Period"

 

for any calculation, a period of four (4) consecutive quarters most recently ended prior to the event requiring the calculation for which financial statements have been or should have been delivered to IFC pursuant to Section 6.03 ( Reporting Requirements );

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"CAO"

 

Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, the independent accountability mechanism for IFC that impartially responds to environmental and social concerns of affected communities and aims to enhance outcomes;



 

 

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"CAO’s Role"

 

(i)

 

to respond to complaints by persons who have been or are likely to be directly affected by the social or environmental impacts of IFC projects; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

to oversee audits of IFC’s social and environmental performance, particularly in relation to sensitive projects, and to ensure compliance with IFC’s social and environmental policies, guidelines, procedures and systems;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Certificate of Incumbency and Authority"

 

a certificate provided to IFC by each of the Company and the Borrowers in the form of Schedule 1;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Charter"

 

with respect to any Obligor, the memorandum and articles of association, statutes, or other constitutive document of such Obligor;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Change of Control"

 

any of the following circumstances:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

any Obligor sells, transfers, pledges or otherwise disposes of any shares held by it in another Obligor as of the date hereof, other than a transfer from such Obligor to another Obligor; or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

Control of any Obligor is otherwise transferred without IFC’s prior written consent, other than a transfer of Control to another Obligor; or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

 

any of the Obligors ceases to be the Operator of the respective Borrowing Base Assets of which it is the Operator as of the date hereof (except (A) in Turkey where TPAO may take operatorship over certain of the concessions listed in the most recent Reserve Certification, and (B) for a sale or



 

 

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transfer permitted under Section 6.02 (o) ( Negative Covenants )); or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iv)

 

the board of directors at any date of the Company shall cease to consist of a majority of directors who have continued in such capacity for at least one (1) year as of such date;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Consolidated" or "Consolidated Basis"

 


(with respect to any financial statements to be provided, or any financial calculation to be made, under or for the purposes of this Agreement and any other Transaction Document) the method referred to in Section 1.02 (c) ( Financial Calculations ); and the entities whose accounts are to be consolidated are the Company and all of its Subsidiaries or other entities which are required to be consolidated in accordance with the Accounting Standards;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Contingent Facility Amount"

 

fifteen million Dollars ($15,000,000);

 

           

"Contract Assignment(s)"

 

the instrument or instruments pursuant to which the relevant Obligors grant to IFC a first ranking security interest in all of their respective rights, interests and benefits under certain gas sales agreements, marketing agreements and oil sales agreement identified therein, and all warranties, guarantees and undertakings issued thereunder, together with the notices and acknowledgements and consents in the forms attached thereto, which instrument shall be in form and substance satisfactory to IFC;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Control"

 

the power to direct the management or policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of shares or other securities, by contract or otherwise, provided that the direct or indirect ownership of fifty-one per cent (51%) or more of the voting share capital of a Person is deemed to



 

 

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constitute control of that Person, and "Controlling" and "Controlled" have corresponding meanings;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Corrective Action Plan"

 

the plan dated November 3, 2006, a copy of which is attached hereto as an annex to ESRS setting out specific social and environmental measures to be undertaken by the Company and certain of the Obligors, to enable the Project to be in compliance with the Performance Standards, as such action plan may be amended or supplemented from time to time with IFC’s consent;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Derivative Transaction"

 

any swap agreement, cap agreement, collar agreement, futures contract, forward contract or similar arrangement with respect to interest rates, currencies or commodity prices;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Discount Rate"

 

ten per cent (10%) per annum;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Dollars" and "$"

 

the lawful currency of the United States of America;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"EBITDA"

 

in respect of any period, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"EBITDAX"

 

in respect of any period, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and expensed exploration expenditures (and for the avoidance of doubt, EBITDAX excludes any write-off of exploration costs);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Environmental and Social

 

 

Manager"

 

a technically qualified Person, satisfactory to IFC, appointed by the Obligors pursuant to Section 6.01(q) ( Affirmative Covenants );

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Environmental, Health and Safety

 

 

Guidelines"

 

IFC Guidelines for Oil and Gas Developments (Offshore) (December 2000), IFC Occupational Health and Safety Guidelines (June 2003), and World Bank Guidelines for Oil and Gas Development (Onshore) (July 1998) copies of



 

 

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which have been delivered to, and receipt of which have been acknowledged by, the Company by letter dated November 3, 2006, which guidelines are incorporated herein by reference;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Event of Default"

 

any one of the events specified in Section 7.02 ( Events of Default );

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"ESRS"

 

the Environmental and Social Review Summary dated November 3, 2006 and the Corrective Action Plan attached thereto prepared by IFC and approved by the Obligors;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Existing Convertible Senior

 

 

Notes"

 

5% Convertible Senior Notes due October 1, 2025, issued by Toreador Resources Corporation in an aggregate principal amount of eighty six million and two hundred and fifty thousand Dollars ($86,250,000);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Facility"

 

together, the facilities described in Section 2.01 ( The Facility ) comprising the A Loan Facility and the C Loan Facility;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Final Maturity Date"

 

June 15, 2015;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Financial Debt"

 

with respect to any Person:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

any indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

the outstanding principal amount of any bonds, debentures, notes, loan stock, commercial paper, acceptance credits, bills or promissory notes drawn, accepted, endorsed or issued by such Person;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

 

any indebtedness of such Person for the deferred purchase price of assets or services (except trade accounts incurred and payable in the ordinary course of business to trade creditors within ninety (90) days of the date



 

 

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they are incurred and which are not more than thirty (30) days overdue);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iv)

 

non-contingent obligations of such Person to reimburse any other Person for amounts paid by that Person under a letter of credit or similar instrument (excluding any letter of credit or similar instrument issued for the account of such Person with respect to trade accounts incurred and payable in the ordinary course of business to trade creditors within ninety (90) days of the date they are incurred and which are not more than thirty (30) days overdue);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(v)

 

the amount of any obligation of such Person in respect of any Financial Lease;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(vi)

 

amounts raised by such Person under any other transaction having the financial effect of a borrowing and which would be classified as a borrowing under the Accounting Standards;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(vii)

 

the amount of the obligations of such Person under derivative transactions entered into in connection with the protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (but only the net amount owing by such Person after marking the relevant derivative transactions to market);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(viii)

 

any premium payable by such Person on a mandatory redemption or replacement of any of the foregoing items;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ix)

 

all indebtedness of the types described in the foregoing items secured by a lien on any property owned by such Person, whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed by such Person;



 

 

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(x)

 

all obligations of such Person to pay a specified purchase price for goods and services, whether or not delivered or accepted (i.e., take or pay or similar obligations);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(xi)

 

any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, any liability of such Person under any sale and leaseback transactions that do not create a liability on the balance sheet of such Person, any obligation under a "synthetic lease" or any obligation arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the balance sheet of such Person; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(xii)

 

the amount of any obligation in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the foregoing items incurred by any other Person;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Financial Lease"

 

any lease or hire purchase contract which would, under the Accounting Standards, be treated as a finance or capital lease;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Financial Plan"

 

the proposed sources of financing for the Project as set out in Annex A ( Project Cost and Financial Plan );

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Financial Year"

 

the accounting year of the Obligors commencing each year on January 1 and ending on the following December 31, or such other period as any Obligor, with IFC’s consent, from time to time designates as its accounting year;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Financing Documents"

 

together:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

this Agreement; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

the Security Documents;



 

 

 

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"French Accounts Agreement"

 

the agreement or agreements between certain of the Obligors, IFC and an account bank in France acceptable to IFC providing for the establishment of accounts in France into which all of the revenues of Madison Oil and/or Toreador France will be deposited, and the Reserve Account, and security over such accounts in favour of IFC, which agreement shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to IFC;

 

 

 

 

 

"Gas Prices"

 

in respect of any Obligor in any jurisdiction:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

if such Obligor has entered into any Long Term Contracts, as of any date, the lower of (A) the average of contracted price determined in accordance with such Long Term Contracts and (B) the World Bank Group forecast Oil Equivalent Price; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

if such Obligor has not entered into any Long Term Contract, as of any date, the lower of (A) such Obligor’s average gas sale price in the prior four (4) quarters and (B) the World Bank forecast Oil Equivalent Price;

 

 

 

 

 

"Gas Sales Agreements"

 

together, the Romania Gas Sales Agreement and, upon execution, the Turkish Gas Sales Agreement;

 

 

 

 

 

"Guarantee"

 

the Guarantors’ guarantee of the Guaranteed Obligations, as set forth in Article III;

 

 

 

 

 

"Guaranteed Obligations"

 

all present and future Obligations of the Borrowers;

 

 

 

 

 

"Guarantors"

 

each entity identified as a Guarantor in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement (including the Borrowers in the capacity of Guarantor);

 

 

 

 

 

"IFC Base Case Assumptions"

 

the economic and technical assumptions and principles used in respect of the IFC Base Case, as



 

 

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set forth in Schedule 5 and as applied in a manner acceptable to IFC;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Increased Costs"

 

the amount certified in an Increased Costs Certificate to be the net incremental costs of, or reduction in return to, IFC in connection with the making or maintaining of the Loans that result from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

any change in any applicable law or regulation or directive (whether or not having the force of law) or in its interpretation or application by any Authority charged with its administration; or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

compliance with any request from, or requirement of, any central bank or other monetary or other Authority;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

which, in either case, after the date of this Agreement:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A)

 

imposes, modifies or makes applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirements against assets held by, or deposits with or for the account of, or loans made by, IFC;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(B)

 

imposes a cost on IFC as a result of IFC having made the Loans or reduces the rate of return on the overall capital of IFC that it would have achieved, had IFC not made the Loans;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(C)

 

changes the basis of taxation on payments received by IFC in respect of the Loans (otherwise than by a change in taxation of the overall net income of IFC imposed by the jurisdiction of its incorporation or in



 

 

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any political subdivision of any such jurisdiction); or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(D)

 

imposes on IFC any other condition regarding the making or maintaining of the Loans;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Increased Costs Certificate"

 

a certificate provided from time to time by IFC, certifying:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

the circumstances giving rise to the Increased Costs;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

that the costs of IFC have increased or the rate of return of either of them has been reduced;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

 

that IFC has, in its opinion, exercised reasonable efforts to minimize or eliminate the relevant increase or reduction, as the case may be; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iv)

 

the amount of Increased Costs and describing in reasonable detail, the basis and calculation of such Increased Costs;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Independent Reserve Engineer"

 

Laroche Petroleum Consultants Ltd. or such other independent reserves engineer selected by the Company and acceptable to IFC who shall from time to time carry out the Reserve Certification and other services reasonably required by IFC;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Interest Coverage Ratio"

 

for any Calculation Period, the result obtained by dividing the:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

EBITDA for such Calculation Period; by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

the aggregate amount of all interest paid or payable for such period, net of any interest actually earned during such Calculation Period,



 

 

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all such amounts calculated on a Consolidated Basis;

 

 

 

 

 

"Interest Determination Date"

 

except as otherwise provided in Section 2.03 (d) (ii) ( Interest ), the second Business Day before the beginning of each Interest Period;

 

 

 

 

 

"Interest Payment Date"

 

June 15 and December 15 in each year or, in the case of any Interest Period of less than six (6) months, pursuant to Section 2.04 (Change in Interest Period) , any day that is the 15 th day of the month in which the relevant Interest Period ends;

 

 

 

 

 

"Interest Period"

 

each period of six (6) months or, in the circumstances referred to in Section 2.04 ( Change in Interest Period ), each period of three (3) months or one (1) month determined pursuant to that Section, in each case beginning on an Interest Payment Date and ending on the day immediately before the next following Interest Payment Date, except in the case of the first period applicable to each Loan when it means the period beginning on the date on which that Loan is made and ending on the day immediately before the next following Interest Payment Date;

 

 

 

 

 

"Interest Rate"

 

(i)

 

with respect to the A Loan, the A Loan Interest Rate; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

with respect to the C Loan, the C Loan Interest Rate;

 

 

 

 

 

"Joint Operating Agreements"

 

 

 

together:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

the Operating Agreement dated September 28, 1995, as amended from time to time, among Arco Turkey Inc., TPAO and Stratic Energy Corporation;



 

 

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(ii)

 

the joint operating agreement dated March 15, 1985, as amended from time to time, between Arco Turkey Inc. and TPAO with respect to the Cendere field in Turkey; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

 

the joint operating agreement dated May 2, 2005 between Madison Oil Turkey Inc. and HEMA Enerji A.S;

 

 

 

 

 

"Liabilities"

 

the aggregate of all obligations of any Person to pay or repay money, including, without limitation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

Financial Debt of such Person;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

the amount of all liabilities of such Person (actual or contingent) under any conditional sale or a transfer with recourse or obligation to repurchase, including, without limitation, by way of discount or factoring of book debts or receivables;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

 

taxes (including deferred taxes) of such Person;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iv)

 

trade accounts incurred and payable in the ordinary course of business to trade creditors within ninety (90) days of the date they are incurred and which are not more than thirty (30) days overdue (including letters of credit or similar instruments issued for the account of such Person with respect to such trade accounts);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(v)

 

accrued expenses of such Person, including wages and other amounts due to employees and other services providers;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(vi)

 

the amount of all liabilities of such Person howsoever arising to redeem any of its shares; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(vii)

 

to the extent (if any) not included in the definition of Financial Debt, the amount of all liabilities of any Person to the extent



 

 

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such Person guarantees them or otherwise obligates itself to pay them;

 

 

 

 

 

"Liabilities to Tangible

 

 

 

 

Net Worth Ratio"

 

the result obtained by dividing Liabilities by Tangible Net Worth; Ratio"

 

 

 

 

 

"LIBOR"

 

the British Bankers’ Association ("BBA") interbank offered rates for deposits in the Loan Currency which appear on the relevant page of the Telerate Service (currently page 3750) or, if not available, on the relevant pages of any other service (such as Reuters Service or Bloomberg Financial Markets Service) that displays such BBA rates; provided that if BBA for any reason ceases (whether permanently or temporarily) to publish interbank offered rates for deposits in the Loan Currency, "LIBOR" shall mean the rate determined pursuant to Section 2.03 (d) ( Interest );

 

 

 

 

 

"Lien"

 

any mortgage, pledge, charge, assignment, hypothecation, security interest, title retention, preferential right, trust arrangement, right of set-off, counterclaim or banker’s lien, privilege or priority of any kind having the effect of security, any designation of loss payees or beneficiaries or any similar arrangement under or with respect to any insurance policy or any preference of one creditor over another arising by operation of law;

 

 

 

 

 

"Life of Loan Coverage Ratio"

 

as at any date of determination, the ratio obtained by dividing:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

the Loan-Life NPV calculated as of the most recent calculation date on or prior to such date of determination; by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

the aggregate amount of principal outstanding (excluding principal outstanding under the Existing Convertible Senior Notes), and any



 

 

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overdue interest and other amounts owing on that date on or in respect of Financial Debt;

 

 

 

"Loan Currency"

 

Dollars;

 

 

 

"Loan-Life NPV"

 

as of any calculation date, the present value, discounted at the Discount Rate, of the projected Net Cash Flow of the Company on a Consolidated Basis derived from the Proved Reserves of the Borrowing Base Assets, as certified in the most recent Reserve Certification and calculated using the Proved Reserves Criteria, the World Bank Group forecast oil prices, as updated from time to time, and Gas Price(s), and other IFC Base Case Assumptions, for the period commencing on the day immediately following such calculation date up to and including the Final Maturity Date;

 

 

 

"Local Development Impact

 

 

Data Sheet"

 

a report which details benefits of the Project to the local community, including local employment generated by the Project;

 

 

 

"Long Term Contracts"

 

any gas sales agreement, marketing agreement or any other agreement for a term of not less than twelve (12) months, entered into by any of the Obligors for the sale of oil and gas produced from the Borrowing Base Assets;

 

 

 

"Loans"

 

together, the A Loan and the C Loan or, as the context requires, their principal amount from time to time outstanding and "Loan" means either of them or, as the context requires, its principal amount from time to time outstanding;

 

 

 

"Marketing Contract(s)"

 

at any time, the agreement(s) entered into by any of Madison Oil and Toreador France for the marketing and transportation of their share of the oil and gas produced from the relevant Borrowing Base Assets;



 

 

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"Material Adverse Effect"

 

a material adverse effect on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

any of the Obligors’ respective businesses, operations, properties, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or the carrying on of any of the Obligors’ respective businesses or operations;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

the implementation of the Project or the Financial Plan; or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

 

the ability of any Obligor to comply with its respective material obligations under this Agreement or under any other Transaction Document to which any of them is a party;

 

 

 

 

 

"Maximum Facility Amount"

 

in respect of the A Loan:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

prior to the Phase II Effectiveness Date, twenty five million Dollars ($25,000,000); and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

following the Phase II Effectiveness Date, forty million Dollars ($40,000,000);

 

 

 

 

 

"NATIXIS Facility"

 

the US$15,000,000 reserve base revolving facility agreement dated December 23, 2004 among Toreador France as the borrower, Madison Oil as the guarantor, the Company and Toreador International as the obligors, and NATIXIS as the lender, agent, arranger, and technical bank;

 

 

 

 

 

"Net Cash Flow"

 

for any period of determination, the net cash flow during such period determined on a Consolidated Basis, including the sum of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

all proceeds received from the sale of the share of oil and gas production from the Borrowing Base Assets; minus



 

 

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(ii)

 

the share of operating costs, administrative costs, transportation costs, cash fund contributions as required under any concessions or service agreements relating to the Borrowing Base Assets, taxes, royalties, exploration and capital expenditures paid for in the same period, but excluding, for the purpose of this definition, any payments in respect of Financial Debt (whether principal, interest or other fees and charges) for the same period, but including for the purpose of this definition any interest on Existing Convertible Senior Notes; plus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

 

the net proceeds of Loans borrowed less the Loans repaid during such period;

 

 

 

 

 

"Obligations"

 

(i)

 

the outstanding principal of, and interest on, the Loans (including, without limitation, interest accruing under Section 2.05 ( Default Rate Interest )); and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

all other amounts owing or which may be owing by the Borrowers to IFC as a result of the Borrowers’ obligations under the Financing Documents to which it is a party, whether absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which arise under the Financing Documents to which it is a party, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, in each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, charges, expenses (including legal and judicial fees and expenses) or otherwise;

 

 

 

 

 

"Official"

 

any officer of a political party or candidate for political office in any country or any officer or employee (i) of any government (including any legislative, judicial, executive or administrative



 

 

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department, agency or instrumentality thereof) or (ii) of a public international organization;

 

 

 

"Oil Equivalent Price"

 

the oil equivalent price of gas is derived through the equation: one (1) barrel of oil = six thousand (6,000) cubic feet of gas;

 

 

 

"Operator"

 

with respect to any Borrowing Base Asset, the party designated as such pursuant to the relevant operating agreement for such Borrowing Base Asset;

 

 

 

"Performance Standards"

 

IFC’s Performance Standards on Social & Environmental Sustainability, dated April 30, 2006, copies of which have been delivered to the Borrowers each of whom hereby acknowledges receipt thereof;

 

 

 

"Permitted Lien"

 

a Lien permitted in Section 6.02(g) ( Permitted Liens );

 

 

 

"Person"

 

any natural person, corporation, company, partnership, firm, voluntary association, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, Authority or any other entity whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity;

 

 

 

"Phase II Effectiveness Date"

 

the date on which the Company shall have provided to IFC a new Reserve Certification with augmented Proved Reserves and an updated IFC Base Case satisfactory to IFC, reflecting a projected total Borrowing Base Amount which, for each Calculation Period from such date until the Final Maturity Date, exceeds fifty million Dollars ($50,000,000) for such Calculation Period;

 

 

 

"Policy on Disclosure of Information"

 

IFC’s Policy on Disclosure of Information, dated April 30, 2006, copies of which have been delivered



 

 

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to and receipt of which has been acknowledged by the Company;

 

 

 

"Potential Event of Default"

 

any event or circumstance which would, with notice, lapse of time, the making of a determination or any combination thereof, become an Event of Default;

 

 

 

"Prohibited Activities"

 

the activities specified in Annex D;

 

 

 

"Prohibited Payments"

 

any offer, gift, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money or anything of value, directly or indirectly, to or for the use or benefit of any Official (including to or for the use or benefit of any other Person if any Obligor knows, or has reasonable grounds for believing, that the other Person would use such offer, gift, payment, promise or authorization of payment for the benefit of any such Official), for the purpose of influencing any act or decision or omission of any Official in order to obtain, retain or direct business to, or to secure any improper benefit or advantage for, any Obligor, its Affiliates or any other Person; provided that any such offer, gift, payment, promise or authorization of payment shall not be considered a Prohibited Payment if, in IFC’s reasonable opinion, it (i) is lawful under applicable written laws and regulations or (ii) is made for the purpose of expediting or securing the performance of a routine governmental action (as such term is construed under applicable law);

 

 

 

"Project"

 

the financing of capital expenditure, working capital requirements, debt repayments and other general corporate purposes for the Borrowers’ operations in Turkey and Romania as further detailed in Annex A;

 

 

 

"Project Accounts"

 

together, accounts to be created under the Accounts Agreements;



 

 

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"Project Cost"

 

the total estimated cost of the Project, not less than the equivalent of two hundred and three million Dollars ($203,000,000), as set forth in Annex A ( Project Cost and Financial Plan );

 

 

 

 

 

"Project Documents"

 

each of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

the Joint Operating Agreements;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

the Gas Sales Agreements;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

 

the Royalty Agreement; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iv)

 

the Marketing Contracts.

 

 

 

 

 

"Proved Reserves"

 

at any date, the estimated quantities of hydrocarbons which geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions. Proved Reserves are limited to those quantities of hydrocarbons which can be estimated, with reasonable certainty, to be recoverable commercially at current prices and costs, under existing regulatory practices and with existing conventional equipment and operating methods (taking into account applicable laws and regulations to which the relevant Obligor is subject);

 

 

 

 

 

"Proved Reserves Criteria"

 

100% of the Proved Reserves as certified by the Independent Reserve Engineer or such criteria as IFC may accept in its sole discretion;

 

 

 

 

 

"Required Ratios"

 

has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 6.01(m) ( Affirmative Covenants );

 

 

 

 

 

"Reserve Account"

 

the account established in the French Accounts Agreement in which the Obligors shall ensure that such account is funded in accordance with Section 6.01(r) ( Accounts Agreement; Reserve Accounts ) hereof;



 

 

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"Reserve Tail Ratio"

 

for any calculation date, with respect to any Borrowing Base Asset(s), the ratio obtained by dividing:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

the Proved Reserves from such Borrowing Base Asset(s), forecasted to be extracted beyond the Final Maturity Date, as applicable, as certified in the latest Reserves Certification prepared in respect of such Borrowing Base Asset(s), as applicable; by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

the Proved Reserves from such Borrowing Base Asset(s), as certified in the Reserves Certification dated June 30, 2006 prepared in respect of such Borrowing Base Asset(s), or as certified in the updated Reserves Certification provided that the Proved Reserves in it are higher than the Reserves Certification dated June 30, 2006;

 

 

 

 

 

"Reserves Certification"

 

the certification of any or all of the Borrowing Base Assets’ Proved Reserves prepared from time to time by the Independent Reserve Engineer (subject to Section 6.03(l) ( Reserve Certification ));

 

 

 

 

 

"Restricted Payment"

 

with respect to any Person, the:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

declaration or payment of a dividend, distribution or return of any equity capital to its stockholders, partners or members or authorization or making of any other distribution, payment or delivery of property (other than common stock of such Person) or cash to its stockholders, partners or members in their capacity as such; or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition of, or permitting of any Subsidiary to redeem, retire, purchase, or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of any class of its capital stock



 

 

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outstanding on or after the date of this Agreement (or any options or warrants issued by such person with respect to its capital stock), or setting aside of any funds for any of the foregoing purposes; or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

 

making of any payment of any kind on or in respect of Financial Debt held by any Affiliate or shareholder of such Person;

 

 

 

 

 

"Rollover Loan"

 

a Loan made on an Interest Payment Date in the same amount as all or a portion of an outstanding Loan or Loans maturing on such Interest Payment Date, and which is applied solely in refinancing all or a portion of such maturing Loan, all in accordance with Section 2.02(c) ( Loan Procedure and Rollover );

 

 

 

 

 

"Romanian Accounts Agreement"

 

the agreement or agreements between Toreador Romania, IFC and an account bank in Romania acceptable to IFC providing for the establishment of accounts in Romania into which all of the revenues generated from the activities of the Company and/or Toreador Romania in Romania will be deposited, and security over such account in favour of IFC, which agreement shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to IFC;

 

 

 

 

 

"Romania Gas Sales Agreement"

 

the Gas Sales Agreement dated August 1, 2006 between Toreador Romania and Petrom Gas SRL and any gas sales agreement entered into in the future by Toreador Romania;

 

 

 

 

 

"Romanian Concession Transfer Date"

 

the date when IFC receives evidence satisfactory to it that the Romanian Concessions are legally transferred to Toreador Romania by the Company;



 

 

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"Romanian Concessions"

 

the following concession agreements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

the concession agreement for petroleum exploration, development, and exploitation in the zone of E V-1 Moinesti between Agentia Nationala Pentru Resurse Minerale (National Agency for Mineral Resources of Romania) and Toreador Resources;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

the concession agreement for petroleum exploration, development, and production on the block E IV-2 Viperesti between the Agentia Nationala Pentru Resurse Minerale and Toreador Resources; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

 

the concession agreement of the oil exploitation perimeter DEE V-11 Fauresti between Agentia Nationala Pentru Resurse Minerale and Toreador Resources;

 

 

 

 

 

"Royalty Agreement"

 

the Royalty Agreement dated November 30, 2001 between Madison (Turkey) Inc. and Aladdin Middle East with respect to the Zeynel Field in Turkey;

 

 

 

 

 

"S&E Management System"

 

the social and environmental management system of the Company and the Borrowers enabling them to identify, assess and manage risks on an ongoing basis;

 

 

 

 

 

"Security"

 

(i)

 

a first ranking security interest in certain proceeds, receivables and contract rights of the Obligors, relating to and from the sale of their share of oil and gas production from the Borrowing Base Assets in France, Turkey and Romania;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

first ranking security interest in the funds (including any Authorized Investments made with such funds) held from time to time in the Project Accounts, upon execution of the relevant Accounts



 

 

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Agreements in accordance with Section 6.01(r) ( Accounts Agreements; Reserves Accounts ) hereof;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

 

an assignment by way of security of all rights and claims to any compensation or other special payments in respect of all the concessions other than those arising in the normal course of operations which are payable to the Borrowers’ by the governments of Turkey and Romania or any of its agencies or by any other party and for whatever reason;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iv)

 

a first ranking pledge by Toreador International of all its shares in the Borrowers;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(v)

 

a first ranking pledge by Madison Oil of all its shares in Toreador France; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(vi)

 

a first ranking pledge by the Company of all its shares in Toreador International;

 

 

 

 

 

"Security Documents"

 

the documents providing for the Security consisting of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

the Share Pledges;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

the Contracts Assignments; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(iii)

 

the Accounts Agreements;

 

 

 

 

 

"Series A-1 Convertible

 

 

 

 

Preferred Stock"

 

the 72,000 shares of the Company’s Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding as of June 30, 2006;

 

 

 

 

 

"Share Pledges"

 

together, the instruments providing for a pledge in favour of IFC of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Toreador International, Toreador Turkey, Toreador Romania, Madison Oil and Toreador



 

 

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France, each in form and substance satisfactory to IFC, together with, as applicable, original share certificates and instruments of transfer in respect of all such shares executed in blank;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Subsidiary"

 

with respect to any Person, an Affiliate over fifty per cent (50%) of whose capital is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Tangible Net Worth"

 

the aggregate of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

(A)

 

the amount paid up or credited as paid up on the share capital of any Person; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(B)

 

the amount standing to the credit of the reserves of such Person (including, without limitation, any share premium account, capital redemption reserve funds and any credit balance on the accumulated profit and loss account);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

after deducting from the amounts in (A) and (B):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(w)

 

any debit balance on the profit and loss account or impairment of the issued share capital of such Person (except to the extent that deduction with respect to that debit balance or impairment has already been made);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(x)

 

amounts set aside for dividends to the extent not already deducted from equity;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(y)

 

amounts of deferred tax assets; and



 

 

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(z)

 

amounts attributable to capitalized items such as goodwill, trademarks, deferred charges, licenses, patents and other intangible assets; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

if applicable, that part of the net results of operations and the net assets of any Subsidiary of such Person attributable to interests that are not owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Taxes"

 

any present or future taxes, withholding obligations, duties and other charges of whatever nature levied by any Authority;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Texas Facility"

 

the US$25,000,000 credit agreement dated December 30, 2004 between Toreador Exploration & Production Inc. and Toreador Acquisition Corporation as the borrowers and Texas Capital Bank, N.A. as the lender;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"TPAO"

 

Turikye Petrolleri A.O., the national oil & natural gas company of Turkey;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Transaction Documents"

 

together:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

 

the Financing Documents; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

 

the Project Documents;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Turkey"

 

the Republic of Turkey;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Turkey Gas Sales Agreement"

 

any gas sales agreement to be entered into by either TPAO or Toreador Turkey for the sale of gas in Turkey;



 

 

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"Turkish Accounts Agreement"

 

the agreement or agreements between Toreador Turkey, IFC and an account bank in Turkey acceptable to IFC providing for the establishment of accounts in Turkey into which all of the revenues of Toreador Turkey will be deposited, and security over such account in favour of IFC, which agreement shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to IFC; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"World Bank"

 

the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, an international organization established by Articles of Agreement among its member countries.



     Section 1.02. Financial Calculations . (a) All financial calculations to be made under, or for the purposes of, this Agreement and any other Transaction Document on a Consolidated Basis shall be made in accordance with the Accounting Standards and, except as otherwise required to conform to any provision of this Agreement, shall be calculated from the then most recently issued quarterly financial statements which the Company is obligated to furnish to IFC under Section 6.03(a) ( Reporting Requirements ).

     (b) Where quarterly financial statements from the last quarter of a Financial Year are used for the purpose of making certain financial calculations then, at IFC’s option, those calculations may instead be made from the audited financial statements for such Financial Year.

     (c) If a financial calculation is to be made under or for the purposes of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document on a Consolidated Basis, that calculation shall be made by reference to the sum of all amounts of similar nature reported in the relevant financial statements of each of the entities whose accounts are to be consolidated (as stated in the definition of Consolidated Basis plus or minus the consolidation adjustments customarily applied to avoid double counting of transactions among any of those entities).

     Section 1.03. Interpretation . In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

     (a) headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement;

 

 

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     (b) words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa;

     (c) a reference to an Annex, Article, party, Schedule or Section is a reference to that Article or Section of, or that Annex, party or Schedule to, this Agreement;

     (d) a reference to a document includes an amendment or supplement to, or replacement or novation of, that document but disregarding any amendment, supplement, replacement or novation made in breach of this Agreement; and

     (e) a reference to a party to any document includes that party’s successors and permitted assigns.

     Section 1.04. Business Day Adjustment . (a) When an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then such Interest Payment Date shall be automatically changed to the next Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).

     (b) When the day on or by which a payment (other than a payment of principal or interest) is due to be made is not a Business Day, that payment shall be made on or by the next Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).

ARTICLE II

The Facility

     Section 2.01. The Facility . (a) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, IFC agrees to make available to

 

(i)

 

the Borrowers, the Facility consisting of the A Loan Facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to the Maximum Facility Amount; and

 

     

 

(ii)

 

Toreador Turkey Ltd and Toreador Romania Ltd, the C Loan Facility of ten million Dollars ($10,000,000).

     (b) Each Loan under each Facility shall be used solely for the Project.

 

 

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     (c) The A Loan Facility is a revolving facility. Accordingly, any amount of the A Loan which is prepaid or repaid may, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, be reborrowed. For the avoidance of doubt, amounts:

 

(i)

 

cancelled pursuant to Section 2.13 ( Suspension or Cancellation by IFC ) or Section 2.14 ( Cancellation by the Borrowers );

 

     

 

(ii)

 

repaid pursuant to Section 2.06(b) ( Repayment ); or

 

     

 

(iii)

 

repaid following the issuance of a notice pursuant to Section 7.01 ( Acceleration after Default );

     may not be re-borrowed.

     (d) Any amount of the C Loan that is prepaid, repaid or canceled may not be reborrowed; provided that for avoidance of doubt, the C Loan may not be prepaid without the consent of IFC in accordance with Section 2.07(b) ( Prepayment and Mandatory Prepayment ).

     Section 2.02. Facility Procedure and Rollover .

     (a) Subject to Section 2.01 ( The Facility ), any Borrower may request Loans during the Availability Period by delivering to IFC, at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the proposed date of a Loan, a Loan request substantially in the form of Schedule 2. Such Borrower shall deliver to IFC within five (5) Business Days of the disbursement of such Loan a receipt substantially in the form of Schedule 3. No Loan shall exceed the Available Amount, and each Loan shall:

 

(i)

 

with respect to the A Loan Facility, be in an amount of not less than five million Dollars ($5,000,000); and

 

     

 

(ii)

 

with respect to the C Loan Facility, be for the full amount of the C Loan.

     (b) Each Loan shall be made by IFC at a bank in New York, New York for further credit to the relevant Borrower’s account at a bank in a place reasonably acceptable to IFC, all as specified by the Borrower in the relevant Loan request.

 

 

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     (c) Where any A Loan is outstanding on any Interest Payment Date, then, in respect of that A Loan, the Borrowers, on a joint and several basis, will be conclusively deemed to have requested, and IFC shall be deemed to make, a Rollover Loan (of an aggregate amount equal to the outstanding amount of all A Loans, including any Rollover Loan, which are scheduled to mature on that Interest Payment Date) which will be applied in refinancing the outstanding A Loan or A Loans in full unless:

 

(i)

 

no later than thirty (30) days prior to such Interest Payment Date, the relevant Borrower which borrowed such A Loan(s) or any other Obligor irrevocably notifies IFC that it will pay all or part of the outstanding amount of the relevant A Loan(s) on or prior to such Interest Payment Date;

 

     

 

(ii)

 

the aggregate outstanding amount of all Loan(s) exceeds the Available Amount on the such Interest Payment Date, in which case a Rollover Loan may only be deemed to be requested and made under this Section 2.02(c) in an amount which would not cause the Available Amount to be exceeded (and any amount of any A Loan(s) which are not so refinanced by Rollover Loans shall be repaid by the Borrowers in accordance with Section 2.06(a)( Repayment )); or

 

     

 

(iii)

 

an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

     Section 2.03. Interest. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.05 ( Default Rate Interest ), each of the Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, pay interest on each Loan in accordance with this Section 2.03:

     (a) During each Interest Period, the Loans shall bear interest at the applicable Interest Rate for that Interest Period.

     (b) Interest on each Loan shall accrue from day to day, be prorated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days in the relevant Interest Period and be payable in arrears on the Interest Payment Date immediately following the end of that Interest Period; provided that with respect to any Loan made less than fifteen (15) days before an Interest Payment Date, interest on that Loan shall be payable on the second Interest Payment Date following the date of that Loan.

 

 

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     (c) The Interest Rate for any Interest Period shall be the rate which is the sum of:

 

(i)

 

the Applicable Margin; and

 

     

 

(ii)

 

LIBOR on the Interest Determination Date for that Interest Period for six (6) months (or, in the case of the first Interest Period for any Loan, for one (1) month, two (2) months, three (3) months or six (6) months, whichever period is closest to the duration of the relevant Interest Period (or, if two periods are equally close, the longer one)) rounded upward to the nearest three decimal places.

     (d) If, for any Interest Period, IFC cannot determine LIBOR by reference to the Telerate Service or any other service that displays BBA rates, IFC shall notify Borrowers and shall instead determine LIBOR:

 

(i)

 

on the second Business Day before the beginning of the relevant Interest Period by calculating the arithmetic mean (rounded upward to the nearest three decimal places) of the offered rates advised to IFC on or around 11:00 a.m., London time, for deposits in the Loan Currency and otherwise in accordance with Section 2.03 (c) (ii), by any four (4) major banks active in the Loan Currency in the London interbank market, selected by IFC; provided that if less than four quotations are received, IFC may rely on the quotations so received if not less than two (2); or

 

     

 

(ii)

 

if less than two (2) quotations are received from the banks in London in accordance with subsection (i) above, on the first day of the relevant Interest Period, by calculating the arithmetic mean (rounded upward to the nearest three decimal places) of the offered rates advised to IFC on or around 11:00 a.m., New York time, for loans in the Loan Currency and otherwise in accordance with Section 2.03(c)(ii), by a major bank or banks in New York, New York selected by IFC.

     (e) On each Interest Determination Date for any Interest Period, IFC shall determine the Interest Rate applicable to that Interest Period and promptly notify the Borrowers of those rates.

 

 

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     (f) The determination by IFC, from time to time, of the applicable Interest Rate shall be final and conclusive and bind the Borrowers (unless the Borrowers show to IFC’s satisfaction that the determination involves manifest error).

     Section 2.04. Change in Interest Period . Without prejudice to the provisions of Section 2.05 ( Default Rate Interest ), if at any time any of the Borrowers fails to pay any amount of principal of, or interest on, any Loan when due (whether at stated maturity or upon acceleration), and any part of that amount remains unpaid on the third Business Day immediately preceding any Interest Payment Date falling after that amount became due, then:

     (a) IFC may elect that the duration of the Interest Period commencing on that Interest Payment Date and, subject to Section 2.04 (c), any subsequent Interest Period shall be either three (3) months or one (1) month and shall notify the Borrowers of that election in the notice referred to in Section 2.03 (e) ( Interest );

     (b) the Interest Rates applicable to any Interest Period which is three (3) months or one (1) month shall be determined in accordance with Section 2.03 ( Interest ) in all respects, except that any reference in Section 2.03 (c) (ii) to six (6) months shall be deemed to be a reference to three (3) months or, as the case may be, one (1) month; and

     (c) unless an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, IFC shall reinstate Interest Periods of six (6) months as of the first Interest Payment Date which is June 15 or December 15 falling at least three (3) Business Days after the payment default is remedied in full and shall inform the Borrowers of that reinstatement in the notice referred to in Section 2.03 (e) ( Interest ).

     Section 2.05. Default Rate Interest . (a) Without limiting the remedies available to IFC under this Agreement or otherwise (and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law), if the Borrowers fail to make any payment of principal or interest (including interest payable pursuant to this Section) or any other payment provided for in Section 2.08 ( Fees ) when due as specified in this Agreement (whether at stated maturity or upon acceleration), the Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, pay interest on the amount of that payment due and unpaid at the rate which shall be the sum of two per cent (2%) per annum and the Interest Rate in effect from time to time.

 

 

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     (b) Interest at the rate referred to in Section 2.05 (a) shall accrue from the date on which payment of the relevant overdue amount became due until the date of actual payment of that amount (as well after as before judgment), and shall be payable on demand or, if not demanded, on each Interest Payment Date falling after any such overdue amount became due.

     Section 2.06. Repayment .

     (a) Subject to Section 2.02(c) ( Loan Procedure and Rollover ) and to Section 2.07 ( Prepayment and Mandatory Prepayment ), the Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, repay each A Loan made under this Agreement in full on the Interest Payment Date immediately following the date on which such A Loan is made.

     (b) The Maximum Facility Amount shall be reduced to the following amounts on the following Interest Payment Dates:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Payment Date

 

Maximum Facility Amount

December 15, 2011

 

$

35,000,000

 

June 15, 2012

 

$

30,000,000

 

December 15, 2012

 

$

25,000,000

 

June 15, 2013

 

$

20,000,000

 

December 15, 2013

 

$

15,000,000

 

June 15, 2014

 

$

10,000,000

 

December 15, 2014

 

$

0

 



     (c) The Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, repay the C Loan on the following dates and in the following amounts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date Payment Due

 

Principal Amount Due

December 15, 2014

 

$

5,000,000

 

June 15, 2015

 

$

5,000,000

 

Total

 

$

10,000,000

 



     Section 2.07. Prepayment and Mandatory Prepayment Without prejudice to Section 6.04(c) ( Insurance ):

 

 

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     (a) any of the Borrowers may prepay all or any part of any A Loan, on not less than thirty (30) days’ prior notice to IFC, but only if:

 

(i)

 

such Borrower simultaneously pays all accrued interest and Increased Costs (if any) on the amount of any A Loan to be prepaid, together with all other amounts then due and payable under this Agreement, including the amount payable under Section 2.12 ( Unwinding Costs ), if the prepayment is not made on an Interest Payment Date;

 

     

 

(ii)

 

for a partial prepayment, that prepayment is an amount not less than five million Dollars ($5,000,000); and

 

     

 

(iii)

 

if requested by IFC, such Borrower delivers to IFC, prior to the date of prepayment, evidence satisfactory to IFC that all necessary Authorizations with respect to the prepayment have been obtained.

     (b) The Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, prepay all or part of the A Loans and, but only if IFC so requests, the C Loan in the following circumstances:

 

(i)

 

upon receipt of the proceeds (net of Taxes, costs and expenses) of any asset sales which are permitted under, and which are not being reinvested, in each case in accordance with Section 6.02(o) ( Negative Covenants ) in excess of one million Dollars ($1,000,000) in the aggregate (in any calendar year) by any Obligor, in which case, an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such proceeds will be applied in such prepayment; and

 

     

 

(ii)

 

unless otherwise agreed with IFC, upon receipt by any Obligor of property insurance proceeds which are required to be applied in such prepayment in accordance with Section 6.04(c) ( Insurance ) or the proceeds of compensation for any expropriation, taking or condemnation of any asset of any Obligor the proceeds of which are in aggregate of one million Dollars ($1,000,000) or more (in any calendar year), in which case, an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such proceeds will be applied in such prepayment other than in respect of insurance claims filed prior to the date hereof; and

 

 

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(iii)

 

if on any Interest Payment Date (taking into account any A Loans repaid on such Interest Payment Date) the aggregate outstanding amount of the Loans are in excess of the Available Amount as at such Interest Payment Date, then the Borrowers shall be required, on a joint and several basis, to prepay the A Loans, and if IFC so requests, the C Loan, in an amount equal to such excess;

and

 

(A)

 

the Borrowers (or other Obligor, as the case may be) shall simultaneously pay all accrued interest and Increased Costs (if any) on the amount of any Loan to be prepaid, together with all other amounts then due and payable under this Agreement, including the amount payable under Section 3.11 ( Unwinding Costs ), if the payment is not made on an Interest Payment Date; and

 

     

 

(B)

 

if requested by IFC, the Borrowers (or other Obligor, as the case may be) shall deliver to IFC, prior to the date of payment, evidence satisfactory to IFC that all necessary Authorizations with respect to the payment have been obtained; and

     (c) Amounts of principal prepaid under this Section shall be applied by IFC in reduction of the respective reduction installments of the Maximum Facility Amount set out in Section 2.06(a)( Repayment ) in inverse order.

     (d) Upon delivery of a notice in accordance with Section 2.07 (a), the Borrowers, on a joint and several basis, shall make the prepayment in accordance with the terms of that notice.

     (e) Any principal amount of any A Loan prepaid under Section 2.07(a) or Section 2.07(b) may be re-borrowed.

     (f) The C Loan may not be prepaid except following a request by IFC in accordance with Section 2.07(b). If, notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, any Obligor prepays all or any part of the C Loan, then the Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, also pay to IFC within thirty (30) days of the date of such prepayment the present value, calculated using the Discount Rate, of

 

 

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the Additional Compensation which would be payable if no prepayment of the C Loan was made, for the period commencing on the day immediately following the calculation date up to and including the Final Maturity Date.

     Section 2.08. Fees . (a) The Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, pay to IFC a commitment fee:

 

(i)

 

with respect to the A Loan Facility, at the rate(s) equal to:

 

(A)

 

one percent (1%) of the Maximum Facility Amount that from time to time has not been disbursed or canceled, beginning to accrue on the date of this Agreement; and

 

     

 

(B)

 

a half percent (0.5%) of the Contingent Facility Amount, beginning to accrue on the date of this Agreement and ceasing to accrue on the Phase II Effectiveness Date;

 

(ii)

 

with respect to the C Loan Facility, at the rate per annum equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Applicable Margin specified in paragraph (ii)(x) of the definition of "Applicable Margin", on that part of the C Loan that from time to time has not been disbursed or canceled, beginning to accrue on the date of this Agreement;

 

     

 

(iii)

 

in each case, pro rated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed; and

 

     

 

(iv)

 

payable semi-annually, in arrears, on each Interest Payment Date, the first such payment to be due on June 15, 2007.

     (b) The Borrowers shall also, on a joint and several basis, pay to IFC:

 

(i)

 

a front-end fee on the A Loan Facility of six hundred thousand Dollars ($600,000), to be paid on the earlier of (x) the date which is thirty (30) days after the date of this Agreement and (y) the date immediately preceding the date of disbursement of the first A Loan;

 

     

 

(ii)

 

a front-end fee on the C Loan Facility of one hundred and fifty thousand Dollars ($150,000), to be paid on the earlier

 

 

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of (x) the date which is thirty (30) days after the date of this Agreement and (y) the date immediately preceding the date of disbursement of the C Loan;

 

     

 

(iii)

 

a portfolio supervision fee of fifteen thousand Dollars ($15,000) per annum, payable on January 15 of each calendar year; and

 

     

 

(iv)

 

if the Obligors and IFC agree to restructure all or part of the Loans, the Borrowers and IFC shall negotiate in good faith an appropriate amount to compensate IFC for the additional work of IFC staff required in connection with such restructuring.

     (c) Following the disbursement of the C Loan and subject to Section 2.07(f), the Borrowers, on a joint and several basis, shall pay the Additional Compensation to IFC on April 30 of each year in respect of the previous Financial Year up to and including the Final Maturity Date (pro rated in respect of any partial Financial Year).

     Section 2.09. Currency and Place of Payments . (a) Each Obligor shall make all payments of principal, interest, fees, and any other amount due to IFC under this Agreement in the Loan Currency, in same day funds, to the account of IFC at Northern Trust International Banking Corporation, New York, New York, U.S.A., ABA#026001122, for credit to IFC’s account number 10215220300, or at such other bank or account in New York as IFC from time to time designates. Payments must be received in IFC’s designated account no later than 1:00 p.m. New York time.

     (b) The tender or payment of any amount payable under this Agreement (whether or not by recovery under a judgment) in any currency other than the Loan Currency shall not novate, discharge or satisfy the obligation of the Borrowers (or any other Obligor, as applicable) to pay in the Loan Currency all amounts payable under this Agreement except to the extent that (and as of the date when) IFC actually receives funds in the Loan Currency in the account specified in, or pursuant to, Section 2.09 (a).

     (c) The Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, indemnify IFC against any losses resulting from a payment being received or an order or judgment being given under this Agreement in any currency other than the Loan Currency or any place other than the account specified in, or pursuant to, Section 2.09 (a). The Borrowers shall, as a separate obligation, and on a joint and

 

 

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several basis, pay such additional amount as is necessary to enable IFC to receive, after conversion to the Loan Currency at a market rate and transfer to that account, the full amount due to IFC under this Agreement in the Loan Currency and in the account specified in, or pursuant to, Section 2.09 (a).

     (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.09 (a) and Section 2.09 (b), IFC may require the Borrowers, on a joint and several basis, to pay (or reimburse IFC) for any Taxes, fees, costs, expenses and other amounts payable under Section 2.15 (a) ( Taxes ) and Section 2.16 ( Expenses ) in the currency in which they are payable, if other than the Loan Currency.

     Section 2.10. Allocation of Partial Payments . If at any time IFC receives less than the full amount then due and payable to it under this Agreement, IFC may allocate and apply the amount received in any way or manner and for such purpose or purposes under this Agreement as IFC in its sole discretion determines, notwithstanding any instruction that any Borrower may give to the contrary.

     Section 2.11. Increased Costs . On each Interest Payment Date, the Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, pay, in addition to interest, the amount which IFC from time to time notifies to the Borrowers, on a joint and several basis, in an Increased Costs Certificate as being the aggregate Increased Costs of IFC accrued and unpaid prior to that Interest Payment Date.

     Section 2.12. Unwinding Costs . (a) If IFC incurs any cost, expense or loss as a result of the Borrower:

 

(i)

 

failing to borrow in accordance with a Loan request made pursuant to Section 2.02 ( Loan Procedure and Rollover );

 

     

 

(ii)

 

failing to prepay in accordance with a notice of prepayment;

 

     

 

(iii)

 

prepaying all or any portion of the Loans on a date other than an Interest Payment Date; or

 

     

 

(iv)

 

after acceleration of any Loan, paying all or a portion of the Loans on a date other than an Interest Payment Date;

then the Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, immediately pay to IFC the amount that IFC from time to time notifies to the Borrowers as being the amount of those costs, expenses or losses incurred; provided that such notice sets forth in

 

 

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reasonable detail the basis on which such costs, expenses or losses were calculated.

     (b) For the purposes of this Section, "costs, expenses or losses" include any premium, penalty or expense incurred to liquidate or obtain third party deposits, borrowings, hedges or swaps in order to make, maintain, fund or hedge all or any part of any drawing or prepayment of any Loan, or any payment of all or part of the Loans upon acceleration.

     Section 2.13. Suspension or Cancellation by IFC . (a) IFC may, by notice to the Borrowers, suspend the right of the Borrowers to borrow Loans or cancel the undisbursed portion of the Facility in whole or in part:

 

(i)

 

if the first Loan has not been made by June 30, 2007, or such other date as the parties agree;

 

     

 

(ii)

 

if any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or if the Event of Default specified in Section 7.02(f) ( Events of Default ) is, in the reasonable opinion of IFC, imminent; or

 

     

 

(iii)

 

if any event or condition has occurred which has or can be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (b) Upon the giving of any such notice referred to in Section 2.13(a), the right of each Borrower to draw the undisbursed portion of the Facility shall be suspended or canceled, as the case may be. The exercise by IFC of its right of suspension shall not preclude IFC from exercising its right of cancellation, either for the same or any other reason specified in Section 2.13(a) and shall not limit any other provision of this Agreement. Upon any cancellation the Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, subject to paragraph (d) of this Section 2.13, pay to IFC all fees and other amounts accrued (whether or not then due and payable) under this Agreement up to the date of that cancellation.

     (c) Any portion of the Facility that is cancelled under this Section 2.13 may not be reborrowed.

     (d) In the case of partial cancellation of the Facility pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 2.13, or Section 2.14(a) ( Cancellation by the Borrowers ), interest on the amount then outstanding of the Loans remains payable as provided in Section 2.03 ( Interest ).

 

 

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     Section 2.14. Cancellation by the Borrowers . (a) The Borrowers may, by notice to IFC, irrevocably request IFC to cancel the undisbursed portion of the Facility on the date specified in that notice (which shall be a date not earlier than thirty (30) days after the date of that notice).

     (b) IFC shall, by notice to the Borrowers, cancel the undisbursed portion of the Facility effective as of that specified date if, subject to Section 2.13(e) ( Suspension or Cancellation by IFC ), IFC has received all fees and other amounts accrued (whether or not then due and payable) under this Agreement up to such specified date.

     (c) Any portion of the Facility that is cancelled under this Section 2.14 may not be reborrowed.

     Section 2.15. Taxes . (a) The Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, pay or cause to be paid all Taxes (other than taxes, if any, payable on the overall income of IFC) on or in connection with the payment of any and all amounts due under this Agreement that are now or in the future levied or imposed by any governmental Authority or any jurisdiction through or out of which a payment is made.

     (b) All payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts due under this Agreement shall be made without deduction for or on account of any Taxes.

     (c) If any Borrower is prevented by operation of law or otherwise from making or causing to be made those payments without deduction, the principal or (as the case may be) interest, fees or other amounts due under this Agreement shall be increased to such amount as may be necessary so that IFC receives the full amount it would have received (taking into account any Taxes payable on amounts payable by such Borrower under this subsection) had those payments been made without that deduction.

     (d) If Section 2.15 (c) applies and IFC so requests, such Borrower shall deliver to IFC official tax receipts evidencing payment (or certified copies of them) within thirty (30) days of the date of that request.

     Section 2.16. Expenses . (a) The Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, pay or, as the case may be, reimburse IFC or its assignees any amount paid by them on account of, all taxes (including stamp taxes), duties, fees or other charges payable on or in connection with the execution, issue, delivery,

 

 

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registration or notarization of the Transaction Documents and any other documents related to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

     (b) The Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, pay to IFC or as IFC may direct fees and expenses reasonably incurred by IFC in respect of:

 

(i)

 

IFC’s technical and market consultants including the Independent Reserve Engineer and the public accountants incurred in connection with the investment by IFC provided for under this Agreement;

 

     

 

(ii)

 

IFC’s counsel in the Cayman Islands, Delaware, England, France, Hungary, Turkey and Romania, incurred in connection with:

 

(A)

 

the preparation of the investment by IFC provided for under this Agreement and any other Transaction Document;

 

     

 

(B)

 

the preparation and/or review, execution and, where appropriate, translation and registration of the Transaction Documents and any other documents related to them;

 

     

 

(C)

 

the giving of any legal opinions required by IFC under this Agreement and any other Transaction Document;

 

     

 

(D)

 

the administration by IFC of the investment provided for in this Agreement or otherwise in connection with any amendment, supplement or modification to, or waiver under, any of the Transaction Documents;

 

     

 

(E)

 

the registration (where appropriate) and the delivery of the evidences of indebtedness relating to the Loan and its disbursement;

 

     

 

(F)

 

the occurrence of any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default; and

 

 

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(G)

 

the release of the Security following repayment in full of the Loans;

 

(iii)

 

the costs and expenses reasonably incurred by IFC in relation to the supervision and administration of the Facility.

 

     

 

(iv)

 

the costs and expenses incurred by IFC in relation to efforts to enforce or protect its rights under any Transaction Document, or the exercise of its rights or powers consequent upon or arising out of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default, including legal and other professional consultants’ fees on a full indemnity basis.

     Section 2.17. Limitation of Liability . Any amounts required to be paid by either Toreador France or Madison Oil, as a result of its joint and several liability as a Borrower, shall not exceed fifty million Dollars ($50,000,000) in the aggregate; provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, this provision shall not apply to any other Borrower.

ARTICLE III

Guarantee

     Section 3.01. Guarantee . In consideration of IFC making available the Facility to the Borrowers, each of the Guarantors hereby irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally and on a joint and several basis (subject to Section 3.16 ( Limitation of Liability ):

     (a) guarantees to IFC the due and punctual payment of all of the Guaranteed Obligations or any unpaid portion thereof whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise; and

     (b) undertakes that whenever the Borrowers do not pay any amount of the Guaranteed Obligations when due, the Guarantors will immediately and in any event, forthwith upon demand by IFC, pay that amount to IFC, in the Loan Currency, and otherwise in the same manner in all respects as the Guaranteed Obligations are required to be paid by the Borrowers under this Agreement.

 

 

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     Section 3.02. Indemnity . Each of the Guarantors hereby irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally and on a joint and several basis agrees, as a primary obligation, to indemnify IFC from time to time on demand from and against any loss incurred by IFC as a result of any of the Guaranteed Obligations being or becoming void, voidable, unenforceable or ineffective for any reason whatsoever, whether or not known to IFC, the amount of such loss being the amount which IFC would otherwise have been entitled to recover from the Borrowers.

     Section 3.03. Continuing Guarantee . (a) The guarantee and indemnity contained in this Article 3 is each a continuing, separate and independent obligation of each of the Guarantors, notwithstanding any settlement of account or the occurrence of any other event or thing, and shall:

 

(i)

 

remain in full force and effect until the Guaranteed Obligations have been fully and irrevocably paid strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Transaction Documents, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part; and

 

     

 

(ii)

 

survive the termination of the Transaction Documents.

     (b) If for any reas


 
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