Denbury
Onshore, LLC
5100 Tennyson Parkway
Suite 3000
Plano, Texas 75024
Attention: Mr. Phil Rykhoek
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Re:
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Sixth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement (as amended, the “ Credit Agreement
”) dated as of September 14, 2006, among Denbury
Onshore, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
Borrower ”), Denbury Resources Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“ Parent ”), the financial
institutions party thereto as lenders (“ Banks
”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent
(“ Administrative Agent ”), and the other
agents party thereto. Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms
used herein which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have
the meaning assigned to such terms in the Credit
Agreement.
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1.
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Subject Disposition and Request for
Borrowing Base Redetermination . Borrower (a) has advised
Administrative Agent and Banks that Borrower intends to sell
approximately sixty percent (60%) of the Barnett Shale Assets to
Talon Oil & Gas LLC (“ Purchaser ”)
pursuant to that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “
Sale Agreement ”) dated as of May 13, 2009
and dated effective as of June 1, 2009 between Borrower and
Purchaser and attached hereto (along with all schedules and
exhibits thereto) as Exhibit A (such sale, the “
Subject Disposition ”), which Subject
Disposition is subject to Section 10.5 of the Credit
Agreement, (b) has requested a Special Redetermination of the
Borrowing Base in connection with the Subject Disposition as
required by Section 5.3(a)(2) of the Credit Agreement,
(c) has advised Administrative Agent and Banks that the
Subject Disposition will result in Parent, Borrower and/or another
Credit Party hedging more than the percentage of such party’s
“forecasted production from Proved Mineral Interests”
(as defined in the Credit Agreement) permitted under
Section 10.11 of the Credit Agreement for calendar year 2010
(the “ Temporary Hedging Noncompliance ”)
during the period commencing on the projected date of the
consummation the Subject Disposition (such date, the “
Subject Disposition Closing Date ”) and
continuing through but not including July 1, 2009 (such
period, the “ Specified Period ”), which
Temporary Hedging Noncompliance is prohibited by Section 10.11 of
the Credit Agreement, and (d) requests that the Banks enter
into this letter agreement (this “ Letter
Agreement ”) to (i) consent to the Subject
Disposition and to the Temporary Hedging Noncompliance for the
Specified Period and (ii) redetermine the Borrowing Base in
connection with the Subject Disposition as required by
Section 5.3(a)(2) of the Credit Agreement, which redetermined
Borrowing Base will be effective as of the Subject Disposition
Closing Date.
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2.
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Agreements and Borrowing Base
Redetermination . In reliance on the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in
this Letter Agreement, and subject to the conditions set forth
below and possible future adjustments made pursuant to
Article V of the Credit Agreement, the Required Banks hereby
(a) consent to the Subject Disposition and to the Temporary
Hedging Noncompliance for the Specified Period and (b) agree
that the Borrowing Base shall be redetermined on and effective as
of the Subject Disposition Closing Date to be $900,000,000 and
shall remain at $900,000,000 until the next Redetermination
thereafter.
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In
order to induce Banks and Administrative Agent to enter into this
Letter Agreement, grant the consents and agree to the
Redetermination contained herein, Parent and Borrower hereby
represent, warrant and covenant to Banks and Administrative Agent
as follows:
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Denbury
Onshore, LLC
June 8, 2009
Page 2
(a) Subject
Disposition . The Subject Disposition (i) will be
consummated in accordance with the Sale Agreement, all applicable
Laws and the articles or certificate of organization, limited
liability company agreement and other charter documents of Borrower
and (ii) does not, and will not, result in a breach or
violation of any material contract, agreement, indenture, mortgage
or other instrument to which any Credit Party is a party. The
Subject Disposition Closing Date will occur on or prior to
August 1, 2009
(b) Limited
Consent . The consents set forth in this Section 2
are limited solely to the extent that (i) during the Specified
Period, the Parent and Borrower do not, and Parent and/or Borrower
do not permit any other Credit Party to hedge more than 85% of its
“forecasted production from Proved Mineral
Interests”
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