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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
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ARTICLE I
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Definitions and Interpretation
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Section 1.01.
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Definitions
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Section 1.02.
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Financial Calculations
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Section 1.03.
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Interpretation
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Section 1.04.
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Business Day Adjustment
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ARTICLE II
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The Facility
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Section 2.01.
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The Facility
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Section 2.02.
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Facility Procedure and Rollover
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Section 2.03.
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Interest
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Section 2.04.
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Change in Interest Period
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Section 2.05.
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Default Rate Interest
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Section 2.06.
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Repayment
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Section 2.07.
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Prepayment and Mandatory
Prepayment
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Section 2.08.
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Fees
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Section 2.09.
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Currency and Place of Payments
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Section 2.10.
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Allocation of Partial Payments
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Section 2.11.
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Increased Costs
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Section 2.12.
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Unwinding Costs
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Section 2.13.
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Suspension or Cancellation by
IFC
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Section 2.14.
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Cancellation by the Borrowers
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Section 2.15.
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Taxes
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Section 2.16.
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Expenses
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Section 2.17.
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Limitation of Liability
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ARTICLE III
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Guarantee
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Section 3.01.
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Guarantee
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Section 3.02.
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Indemnity
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Section 3.03.
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Continuing Guarantee
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Section 3.04.
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No Set-off
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Section 3.05.
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Taxes
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Section 3.06.
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Currency and Place of Payment
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Section 3.07.
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Certificate Conclusive
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Section 3.08.
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Allocation
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Section 3.09.
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Waivers and Defenses
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Section 3.10.
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Immediate Recourse
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Section 3.11.
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Non-Competition
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Section 3.12.
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Bankruptcy or Liquidation of
Company
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Section 3.13.
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Appropriation of Monies
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Section 3.14.
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Reinstatement
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Section 3.15.
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Additional Security
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Section 3.16.
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Limitation of Liability
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ARTICLE IV
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Representations and Warranties
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Section 4.01.
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Representations and Warranties of Each
Obligor
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Section 4.02.
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Representations and Warranties of Madison Oil
and Toreador France
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Section 4.03.
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IFC Reliance
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ARTICLE V
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Conditions of Disbursement
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Section 5.01.
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Conditions of First
Disbursement
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Section 5.02.
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Conditions of All Disbursements
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Section 5.03.
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Additional Conditions of the first A
Loan
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Section 5.04.
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Certification
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Section 5.05
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Conditions for IFC Benefit
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ARTICLE VI
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Particular Covenants
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Section 6.01.
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Affirmative Covenants
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Section 6.02.
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Negative Covenants
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Section 6.03.
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Reporting Requirements
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Section 6.04.
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Insurance
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ARTICLE VII
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Events of Default
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Section 7.01.
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Acceleration after Default
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Section 7.02.
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Events of Default
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Section 7.03.
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Bankruptcy
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ARTICLE VIII
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Miscellaneous
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Section 8.01.
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Saving of Rights
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Section 8.02.
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Notices
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Section 8.03.
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English Language
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Section 8.04.
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Term of Agreement
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Section 8.05.
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Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
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Section 8.06.
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Disclosure of Information
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Section 8.07.
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Indemnification
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Section 8.08.
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Successors and Assignees
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Section 8.09.
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Amendments, Waivers and
Consents
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Section 8.10.
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Counterparts
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ANNEX A
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PROJECT COST AND FINANCIAL PLAN
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ANNEX B
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KEY AUTHORIZATIONS
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ANNEX C
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INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
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ANNEX D
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PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
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102
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SCHEDULE 1
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF INCUMBENCY AND
AUTHORITY
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SCHEDULE 2
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FORM OF REQUEST FOR LOANS
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SCHEDULE 3
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FORM OF LOAN RECEIPT
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SCHEDULE 4
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FORM OF SERVICE OF PROCESS LETTER
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SCHEDULE 5
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IFC BASE CASE ASSUMPTIONS
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SCHEDULE 6
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FORM OF LETTER TO COMPANY’S
AUDITORS
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SCHEDULE 7
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN QUARTERLY AND
ANNUAL REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
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SCHEDULE 8
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GROUP OWNERSHIP
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LOAN AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
LOAN AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") dated
December 28, 2006, between:
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(A)
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TOREADOR RESOURCES CORPORATION, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, as a guarantor
(the "Company");
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(B)
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TOREADOR TURKEY LTD., a company organized and
existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, as a borrower, and
as a guarantor ("Toreador Turkey");
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(C)
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TOREADOR ROMANIA LTD., a company organized and
existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, as a borrower, and
as a guarantor ("Toreador Romania");
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(D)
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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");
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(E)
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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");
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(F)
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TOREADOR INTERNATIONAL HOLDING L.L.C., a limited
liability company organized and existing under the laws of Hungary,
as a guarantor ("Toreador International"); and
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(G)
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INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION, an
international organization established by Articles of Agreement
among its member countries including the Cayman Islands
("IFC"),
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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:
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"A Loan"
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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;
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"A Loan Facility"
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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;
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"A Loan Interest Rate"
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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 );
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"Accounting Standards"
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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;
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"Accounts Agreements"
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upon execution, the French Accounts Agreement,
the Turkish Accounts Agreement and the Romanian Accounts
Agreement;
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"Additional Compensation"
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as of the date of any calculation, an amount
equal to:
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(i)
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(A)
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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
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(B)
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the product of two (2) and Adjusted Tangible
Net Worth in respect of the immediately preceding Financial
Year;
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multiplied by
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(ii)
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EBITDAX for the Company in respect of the
immediately preceding Financial Year;
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"Adjusted Financial Debt"
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Financial Debt on a Consolidated Basis, excluding
any Financial Debt incurred in respect of the Existing Convertible
Senior Notes;
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"Adjusted Tangible Net Worth"
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as of the date of any calculation:
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(i)
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Tangible Net Worth of the Company as at
December 31, 2005 as reflected in its audited annual financial
statements for Financial Year 2005; plus
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(ii)
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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)
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the amount of any dividend or distribution made
by the Company in the Financial Year referred to in
(ii) above,
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as such calculation is determined by the Auditors
and agreed by IFC;
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"Affiliate"
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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);
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"Annual Monitoring Report"
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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;
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"Applicable Margin"
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(i)
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with respect to the A Loan, two percent (2%) per
annum; and
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(ii)
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with respect to the C Loan:
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(x)
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one point five percent (1.5%) per annum, until
the date of disbursement of the first A Loan; and
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(y)
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zero point five percent (0.5%) per annum, on and
after the date of disbursement of the first A Loan;
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"Auditors"
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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);
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"Authority"
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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);
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"Authorization"
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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;
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"Authorized Representative"
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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;
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"Available Amount"
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the lesser of:
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(i)
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(A)
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the C Loan in an amount not to exceed
$10,000,000, plus
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(B)
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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
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(ii)
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the Borrowing Base Amount,
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minus:
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(1
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the amount of any outstanding Loans under the
Facility; and
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(2
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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;
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"Availability Period"
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(i
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with respect to the A Loan Facility, the period
from the date of this Agreement to June 30, 2011;
and
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(ii)
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with respect to the C Loan Facility, the period
from the date of this Agreement to June 30, 2007;
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"Borrowing Base Amount"
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for the relevant Calculation Period:
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(i
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the Loan-Life NPV; divided by
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(ii)
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(A)
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1.2 for Financial Years 2006 and 2007;
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(B)
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1.3 for Financial Year 2008; and
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(C)
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1.4 for Financial Year 2009 and
thereafter;
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"Borrowing Base Assets"
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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;
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"Business Day"
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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;
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"C Loan"
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the principal amount of the C Loan Facility or,
as the context requires, the principal amount outstanding of that
facility;
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"C Loan Facility"
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the facility specified in
Section 2.01(a)(ii) ( The Facility ) or, as the context
requires, its principal amount from time to time
outstanding;
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"C Loan Interest Rate"
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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 );
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"Calculation Period"
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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 );
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"CAO"
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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"
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(i)
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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
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(ii)
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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;
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"Certificate of Incumbency and
Authority"
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a certificate provided to IFC by each of the
Company and the Borrowers in the form of
Schedule 1;
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"Charter"
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with respect to any Obligor, the memorandum and
articles of association, statutes, or other constitutive document
of such Obligor;
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"Change of Control"
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any of the following circumstances:
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(i)
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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
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(ii)
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Control of any Obligor is otherwise transferred
without IFC’s prior written consent, other than a transfer of
Control to another Obligor; or
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(iii)
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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
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(iv)
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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;
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"Consolidated" or "Consolidated Basis"
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(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;
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"Contingent Facility Amount"
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fifteen million Dollars ($15,000,000);
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"Contract Assignment(s)"
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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;
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"Control"
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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;
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"Corrective Action Plan"
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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;
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"Derivative Transaction"
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any swap agreement, cap agreement, collar
agreement, futures contract, forward contract or similar
arrangement with respect to interest rates, currencies or commodity
prices;
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"Discount Rate"
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ten per cent (10%) per annum;
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"Dollars" and "$"
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the lawful currency of the United States of
America;
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"EBITDA"
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in respect of any period, earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization;
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"EBITDAX"
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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);
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"Environmental and Social
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Manager"
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a technically qualified Person, satisfactory to
IFC, appointed by the Obligors pursuant to Section 6.01(q) (
Affirmative Covenants );
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"Environmental, Health and Safety
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Guidelines"
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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;
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"Event of Default"
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any one of the events specified in
Section 7.02 ( Events of Default );
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"ESRS"
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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;
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"Existing Convertible Senior
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Notes"
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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);
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"Facility"
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together, the facilities described in
Section 2.01 ( The Facility ) comprising the A Loan
Facility and the C Loan Facility;
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"Final Maturity Date"
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June 15, 2015;
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"Financial Debt"
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with respect to any Person:
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(i)
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any indebtedness of such Person for borrowed
money;
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(ii)
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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;
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(iii)
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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);
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(iv)
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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);
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(v)
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the amount of any obligation of such Person in
respect of any Financial Lease;
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(vi)
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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;
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(vii)
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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);
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(viii)
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any premium payable by such Person on a mandatory
redemption or replacement of any of the foregoing items;
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(ix)
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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)
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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);
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(xi)
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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
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(xii)
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the amount of any obligation in respect of any
guarantee or indemnity for any of the foregoing items incurred by
any other Person;
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"Financial Lease"
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any lease or hire purchase contract which would,
under the Accounting Standards, be treated as a finance or capital
lease;
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"Financial Plan"
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the proposed sources of financing for the Project
as set out in Annex A ( Project Cost and Financial Plan
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"Financial Year"
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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;
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"Financing Documents"
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together:
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(i)
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this Agreement; and
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(ii)
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the Security Documents;
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"French Accounts Agreement"
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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;
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"Gas Prices"
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in respect of any Obligor in any
jurisdiction:
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(i)
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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
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(ii)
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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;
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"Gas Sales Agreements"
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together, the Romania Gas Sales Agreement and,
upon execution, the Turkish Gas Sales Agreement;
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"Guarantee"
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the Guarantors’ guarantee of the Guaranteed
Obligations, as set forth in Article III;
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"Guaranteed Obligations"
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all present and future Obligations of the
Borrowers;
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"Guarantors"
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each entity identified as a Guarantor in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement (including the Borrowers
in the capacity of Guarantor);
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"IFC Base Case Assumptions"
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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;
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"Increased Costs"
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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:
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(i)
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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
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(ii)
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compliance with any request from, or requirement
of, any central bank or other monetary or other
Authority;
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which, in either case, after the date of this
Agreement:
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(A)
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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;
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(B)
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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;
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(C)
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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
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(D)
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imposes on IFC any other condition regarding the
making or maintaining of the Loans;
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"Increased Costs Certificate"
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a certificate provided from time to time by IFC,
certifying:
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(i)
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the circumstances giving rise to the Increased
Costs;
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(ii)
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that the costs of IFC have increased or the rate
of return of either of them has been reduced;
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(iii)
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that IFC has, in its opinion, exercised
reasonable efforts to minimize or eliminate the relevant increase
or reduction, as the case may be; and
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(iv)
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the amount of Increased Costs and describing in
reasonable detail, the basis and calculation of such Increased
Costs;
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"Independent Reserve Engineer"
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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;
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"Interest Coverage Ratio"
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for any Calculation Period, the result obtained
by dividing the:
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EBITDA for such Calculation Period; by
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(ii)
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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;
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"Interest Determination Date"
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except as otherwise provided in Section 2.03
(d) (ii) ( Interest ), the second Business Day before the
beginning of each Interest Period;
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"Interest Payment Date"
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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;
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"Interest Period"
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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;
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"Interest Rate"
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(i)
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with respect to the A Loan, the A Loan Interest
Rate; and
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(ii)
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with respect to the C Loan, the C Loan Interest
Rate;
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"Joint Operating Agreements"
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together:
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(i)
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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)
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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
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(iii)
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the joint operating agreement dated May 2,
2005 between Madison Oil Turkey Inc. and HEMA Enerji
A.S;
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"Liabilities"
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the aggregate of all obligations of any Person to
pay or repay money, including, without limitation:
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(i)
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Financial Debt of such Person;
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(ii)
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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;
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(iii)
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taxes (including deferred taxes) of such
Person;
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(iv)
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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);
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(v)
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accrued expenses of such Person, including wages
and other amounts due to employees and other services
providers;
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(vi)
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the amount of all liabilities of such Person
howsoever arising to redeem any of its shares; and
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(vii)
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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;
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"Liabilities to Tangible
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Net Worth Ratio"
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the result obtained by dividing Liabilities by
Tangible Net Worth; Ratio"
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"LIBOR"
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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 );
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"Lien"
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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;
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"Life of Loan Coverage Ratio"
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as at any date of determination, the ratio
obtained by dividing:
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(i)
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the Loan-Life NPV calculated as of the most
recent calculation date on or prior to such date of determination;
by
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(ii)
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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;
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"Loan Currency"
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Dollars;
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"Loan-Life NPV"
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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;
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"Local Development Impact
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Data Sheet"
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a report which details benefits of the Project to
the local community, including local employment generated by the
Project;
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"Long Term Contracts"
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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;
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"Loans"
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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;
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"Marketing Contract(s)"
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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"
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a material adverse effect on:
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(i)
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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;
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(ii)
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the implementation of the Project or the
Financial Plan; or
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(iii)
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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;
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"Maximum Facility Amount"
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in respect of the A Loan:
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(i)
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prior to the Phase II Effectiveness Date, twenty
five million Dollars ($25,000,000); and
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(ii)
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following the Phase II Effectiveness Date, forty
million Dollars ($40,000,000);
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"NATIXIS Facility"
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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;
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"Net Cash Flow"
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for any period of determination, the net cash
flow during such period determined on a Consolidated Basis,
including the sum of:
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(i)
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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)
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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
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(iii)
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the net proceeds of Loans borrowed less the Loans
repaid during such period;
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"Obligations"
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(i)
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the outstanding principal of, and interest on,
the Loans (including, without limitation, interest accruing under
Section 2.05 ( Default Rate Interest )); and
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(ii)
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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;
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"Official"
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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;
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"Oil Equivalent Price"
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the oil equivalent price of gas is derived
through the equation: one (1) barrel of oil = six thousand
(6,000) cubic feet of gas;
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"Operator"
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with respect to any Borrowing Base Asset, the
party designated as such pursuant to the relevant operating
agreement for such Borrowing Base Asset;
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"Performance Standards"
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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;
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"Permitted Lien"
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a Lien permitted in Section 6.02(g) (
Permitted Liens );
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"Person"
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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;
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"Phase II Effectiveness Date"
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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;
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"Policy on Disclosure of Information"
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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;
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"Potential Event of Default"
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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;
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"Prohibited Activities"
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the activities specified in Annex D;
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"Prohibited Payments"
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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);
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"Project"
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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;
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"Project Accounts"
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together, accounts to be created under the
Accounts Agreements;
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"Project Cost"
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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 );
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"Project Documents"
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each of the following:
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(i)
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the Joint Operating Agreements;
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(ii)
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the Gas Sales Agreements;
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(iii)
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the Royalty Agreement; and
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(iv)
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the Marketing Contracts.
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"Proved Reserves"
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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);
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"Proved Reserves Criteria"
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100% of the Proved Reserves as certified by the
Independent Reserve Engineer or such criteria as IFC may accept in
its sole discretion;
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"Required Ratios"
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has the meaning assigned thereto in Section
6.01(m) ( Affirmative Covenants );
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"Reserve Account"
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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"
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for any calculation date, with respect to any
Borrowing Base Asset(s), the ratio obtained by dividing:
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(i)
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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
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(ii)
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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;
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"Reserves Certification"
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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 ));
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"Restricted Payment"
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with respect to any Person, the:
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(i)
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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
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(ii)
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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
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(iii)
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making of any payment of any kind on or in
respect of Financial Debt held by any Affiliate or shareholder of
such Person;
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"Rollover Loan"
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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 );
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"Romanian Accounts Agreement"
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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;
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"Romania Gas Sales Agreement"
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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;
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"Romanian Concession Transfer Date"
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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"
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the following concession agreements:
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(i)
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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;
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(ii)
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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
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(iii)
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the concession agreement of the oil exploitation
perimeter DEE V-11 Fauresti between Agentia Nationala Pentru
Resurse Minerale and Toreador Resources;
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"Royalty Agreement"
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the Royalty Agreement dated November 30,
2001 between Madison (Turkey) Inc. and Aladdin Middle East with
respect to the Zeynel Field in Turkey;
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"S&E Management System"
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the social and environmental management system of
the Company and the Borrowers enabling them to identify, assess and
manage risks on an ongoing basis;
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"Security"
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(i)
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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;
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(ii)
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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;
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(iii)
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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;
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(iv)
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a first ranking pledge by Toreador International
of all its shares in the Borrowers;
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(v)
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a first ranking pledge by Madison Oil of all its
shares in Toreador France; and
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(vi)
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a first ranking pledge by the Company of all its
shares in Toreador International;
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"Security Documents"
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the documents providing for the Security
consisting of:
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(i)
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the Share Pledges;
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(ii)
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the Contracts Assignments; and
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(iii)
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the Accounts Agreements;
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"Series A-1 Convertible
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Preferred Stock"
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the 72,000 shares of the Company’s
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding as of
June 30, 2006;
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"Share Pledges"
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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;
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"Subsidiary"
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with respect to any Person, an Affiliate over
fifty per cent (50%) of whose capital is owned, directly or
indirectly, by such Person;
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"Tangible Net Worth"
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the aggregate of:
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(i)
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(A)
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the amount paid up or credited as paid up on the
share capital of any Person; and
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(B)
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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);
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after deducting from the amounts in (A) and
(B):
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(w)
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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);
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(x)
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amounts set aside for dividends to the extent not
already deducted from equity;
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(y)
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amounts of deferred tax assets; and
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(z)
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amounts attributable to capitalized items such as
goodwill, trademarks, deferred charges, licenses, patents and other
intangible assets; and
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(ii)
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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;
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"Taxes"
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any present or future taxes, withholding
obligations, duties and other charges of whatever nature levied by
any Authority;
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"Texas Facility"
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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;
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"TPAO"
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Turikye Petrolleri A.O., the national oil &
natural gas company of Turkey;
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"Transaction Documents"
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together:
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(i)
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the Financing Documents; and
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(ii)
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the Project Documents;
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"Turkey"
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the Republic of Turkey;
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"Turkey Gas Sales Agreement"
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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"
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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
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"World Bank"
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the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, an international organization established by Articles
of Agreement among its member countries.
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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
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the Borrowers, the Facility consisting of the A
Loan Facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to the Maximum
Facility Amount; and
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(ii)
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Toreador Turkey Ltd and Toreador Romania Ltd, the
C Loan Facility of ten million Dollars ($10,000,000).
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(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:
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(i)
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cancelled pursuant to Section 2.13 (
Suspension or Cancellation by IFC ) or Section 2.14 (
Cancellation by the Borrowers );
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(ii)
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repaid pursuant to Section 2.06(b) (
Repayment ); or
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(iii)
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repaid following the issuance of a notice
pursuant to Section 7.01 ( Acceleration after Default
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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:
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with respect to the A Loan Facility, be in an
amount of not less than five million Dollars ($5,000,000);
and
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(ii)
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with respect to the C Loan Facility, be for the
full amount of the C Loan.
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(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:
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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;
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(ii)
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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
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(iii)
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an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
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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:
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the Applicable Margin; and
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(ii)
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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.
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(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:
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(i)
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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
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(ii)
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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.
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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
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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:
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Interest Payment Date
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Maximum Facility Amount
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December 15, 2011
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December 15, 2012
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June 15, 2013
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December 15, 2013
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June 15, 2014
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(c) The
Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis, repay the C Loan on
the following dates and in the following amounts:
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Date Payment Due
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Principal Amount Due
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December 15, 2014
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June 15, 2015
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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:
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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;
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(ii)
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for a partial prepayment, that prepayment is an
amount not less than five million Dollars ($5,000,000);
and
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(iii)
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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.
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(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:
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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
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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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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;
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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
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(B)
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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;
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(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:
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with respect to the A Loan Facility, at the
rate(s) equal to:
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(A)
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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
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(B)
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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;
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(ii)
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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;
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(iii)
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in each case, pro rated on the
basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed;
and
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(iv)
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payable semi-annually, in arrears, on each
Interest Payment Date, the first such payment to be due on
June 15, 2007.
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(b) The
Borrowers shall also, on a joint and several basis, pay to
IFC:
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(i)
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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;
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(ii)
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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;
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(iii)
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a portfolio supervision fee of fifteen thousand
Dollars ($15,000) per annum, payable on January 15 of each
calendar year; and
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(iv)
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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.
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(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:
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failing to borrow in accordance with a Loan
request made pursuant to Section 2.02 ( Loan Procedure and
Rollover );
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(ii)
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failing to prepay in accordance with a notice of
prepayment;
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(iii)
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prepaying all or any portion of the Loans on a
date other than an Interest Payment Date; or
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(iv)
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after acceleration of any Loan, paying all or a
portion of the Loans on a date other than an Interest Payment
Date;
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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
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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:
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if the first Loan has not been made by
June 30, 2007, or such other date as the parties
agree;
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(ii)
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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
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(iii)
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if any event or condition has occurred which has
or can be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(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 (
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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:
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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;
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(ii)
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IFC’s counsel in the Cayman Islands,
Delaware, England, France, Hungary, Turkey and Romania, incurred in
connection with:
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the preparation of the investment by IFC provided
for under this Agreement and any other Transaction
Document;
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(B)
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the preparation and/or review, execution and,
where appropriate, translation and registration of the Transaction
Documents and any other documents related to them;
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(C)
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the giving of any legal opinions required by IFC
under this Agreement and any other Transaction Document;
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(D)
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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;
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(E)
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the registration (where appropriate) and the
delivery of the evidences of indebtedness relating to the Loan and
its disbursement;
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the occurrence of any Event of Default or
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the release of the Security following repayment
in full of the Loans;
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(iii)
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the costs and expenses reasonably incurred by IFC
in relation to the supervision and administration of the
Facility.
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(iv)
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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.
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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
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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:
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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
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survive the termination of the Transaction
Documents.
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reas
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