Amendment No. 1
to
Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement
This FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”), effective
(subject to Section 2 below) as of June 30, 2008 (the
“ Amendment Effective Date ”), by and among NGAS
RESOURCES, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the
Province of British Columbia (“ Holdings ”),
DAUGHERTY PETROLEUM, INC., a Kentucky corporation (the “
Borrower ”), the several banks and other financial
institutions or entities from time to time party to the Credit
Agreement referred to below (the “ Lenders ”),
and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association
(“ KeyBank ”), as Administrative Agent for the
Lenders (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent
”).
Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent have entered into an Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of May 30, 2008 (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Credit Agreement ”); capitalized terms defined
therein and used herein having the meanings specified therein
unless otherwise defined herein.
Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent desire to amend Section 2.02(e) of the Credit
Agreement to increase the Conforming Borrowing Base from
$75,000,000 to $80,000,000 and to extend the date on which the
Borrowing Base is to equal the Conforming Borrowing Base from
June 30, 2008 to December 31, 2008.
Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent have agreed to make the amendments as provided
herein upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree
as follows:
ARTICLE XI Amendments to Credit Agreement
. The Credit Agreement is, as of the
Amendment Effective Date, but subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 hereof, hereby
amended as follows:
Section 11.01. Section 2.02(e) of the
Credit Agreement is amended by deleting such Section in its
entirety and replacing it with the following:
“(e) Conforming Borrowing Base .
The Conforming Borrowing Base is $80,000,000. The Conforming
Borrowing Base shall be utilized solely for purposes of determining
the Conforming Borrowing Base Usage under and for purposes of this
Agreement. The amount of the Conforming Borrowing Base may be
redetermined on or about October 1, 2008, by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the same manner as the
Borrowing Base may be redetermined on or about such date as
provided in this Section 2.02. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
beginning on December 31, 2008 and continuing through the
Termination Date, the Borrowing Base shall be an amount which is
equal to the Conforming Borrowing Base, as redetermined in
accordance with Section 2.02, unless all of the Lenders agree
in writing that the Conforming Borrowing Base should thereafter be
maintained at an amount which is lower than the amount of the
Borrowing Base then in effect.
Section 11.02. Schedule 1.01A of the
Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced
with Schedule 1.01A attached hereto.
ARTICLE XII Conditions of Effectiveness
. This Amendment shall become
effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, subject to the
satisfaction (or waiver in writing by the Administrative Agent) of
the following conditions precedent:
Section 12.01. the Administrative Agent
shall have received this Amendment duly executed by Holdings, the
Borrower and all of the Lenders, and acknowledged and consented to
by the Guarantors.
Section 12.02. the Administrative Agent
shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each
Loan Party, in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
certifying as of the Amendment Effective Date:
(a) the names and true signatures of the
officers of such Loan Party authorized to execute and deliver, in
the name of and on behalf of such Loan Party, this
Amendment;
(b) copies of the resolutions (or similar
authorizing documents) of the board of directors or other governing
body of such Loan Party approving and authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance by such Loan Party of this Amendment;
and
(c) other documents and matters as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
Section 12.03. the Borrower shall have paid
all reasonable accrued and unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with this
Amendment and any other agreements, instruments or documents
related hereto, and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby to the extent due and payable, including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and out of pocket expenses of legal
counsel for the Administrative Agent;
Section 12.04. the Administrative Agent
shall have received, for the ratable account of the Lenders,
payment by the Borrower of a fee for the increase of the Commitment
in immediately available funds in the amount of $140,000;
and
Section 12.05. the Administrative Agent and
each Lender shall have received copies of all other documents,
instruments and certificates which the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or its or their counsel may reasonably request in connection
herewith.
ARTICLE XIII Borrowing Base . The Lenders and the Borrower agree that the
amount of the Borrowing Base from and after the Amendment Effective
Date up to the next redetermination will be $90,000,000. This
provision does not limit the right of the parties to initiate
interim redeterminations of the Borrowing Base in accordance with
Section 2.02(c).
ARTICLE XIV Representations and Warranties
. The Borrower hereby represents and
warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as
follows:
Section 14.01. The Borrower is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Section 14.02. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Borrower of this Amendment is within the
Borrower’s general corporate powers, has been duly authorized
by all necessary action on the part of such Borrower and does not
contravene (i) such Borrower’s Organizational Documents,
or (ii) any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation
binding on or affecting the Borrower or any of its assets or
properties, or result in, or require, the creation or imposition of
any Lien or other charge, encumbrance or preferential arrangement
of any nature (other than pursuant to the Security Documents) upon
or with respect to any of the properties now owned or hereafter
acquired by such Borrower.
Section 14.03. No authorization, approval
or other action by, and no notice
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