Exhibit 10.12(b)
AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND AGREEMENT
TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN
AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 1 and
Agreement dated as of June 12, 2008 to the Revolving Credit
and Term Loan Agreement (this “ Amendment No. 1 and
Agreement ”), is entered into among Atlas Pipeline
Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“
Borrower ”), the Subsidiaries of the Borrower
identified as “Guarantors” on the signature pages
hereto (the “ Guarantors ”), the Lenders
signatory hereto and Wachovia Bank, National Association, in its
capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity,
the “ Administrative Agent ”) and amends the
Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated as of July 27,
2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) entered into
among the Borrower, the Guarantors named therein (collectively, the
“ Guarantors ”), the institutions from time to
time party thereto as Lenders (the “ Lenders ”),
the Administrative Agent and the other agents and arrangers named
therein. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit
Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Section 12.04 of the
Credit Agreement provides that the Credit Agreement may be amended,
modified and waived from time to time;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested
that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree to amend the
Credit Agreement in certain respects as set forth herein and the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent are agreeable to the same,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and for other good and valuable consideration (the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Amendment to
Credit Agreement
(a) Amendments to
Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement .
Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
as follows:
(i) The definition of “
Consolidated EBITDA ” is hereby amended and restated
as follows:
“ Consolidated
EBITDA means, for any trailing twelve-month period, the sum
of (i) Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus
without duplication (ii) the following expenses or charges to
the extent deducted from Consolidated Net Income in such period:
interest, income taxes, depreciation, depletion, amortization,
non-cash compensation on long-term incentive plans,
extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring charges relating to
premiums or penalties paid to counterparties, in connection with
the breakage, termination or unwinding of Hedging Agreements to the
extent such charges are financed with or paid for out of proceeds
of an Equity Offering by the Borrower and other non-cash
charges (other than a non-cash charge resulting from an accrual of
a reserve for any cash charge in any future period) to Consolidated
Net Income including non-cash losses resulting from mark to market
accounting of Hedging Agreements, minus without duplication
(iii) non-cash credits to Consolidated Net Income including
non cash gains resulting from mark to market accounting of hedging
agreements; provided that with respect to that portion of
the Borrower’s Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the
Acquired Business, (a) such portion of Consolidated EBITDA for
the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2007 shall be
calculated by
annualizing the Consolidated EBITDA
of the Acquired Business for such fiscal quarter and the previous
fiscal quarter and (b) such portion of Consolidated EBITDA for
the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2008 shall be calculated
by annualizing the Consolidated EBITDA of the Acquired Business for
such fiscal quarter and the two previous fiscal quarters. For
purposes of this Agreement, Consolidated EBITDA shall be adjusted
on a pro forma basis, in a manner reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, to include, as of the first day of any
applicable period, without duplication, (x) the Anadarko
Formation or any acquisition permitted pursuant to
Section 9.03(i) closed during such period, including, without
limitation, adjustments reflecting any non-recurring costs and any
extraordinary expenses of the Anadarko Formation or any acquisition
permitted pursuant to Section 9.03(i) closed during such
period calculated on a basis consistent with GAAP and Regulation
S-X of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or as
approved by the Administrative Agent and (y) any Pro Forma
Cost Savings.
(ii) The definition of “
Loan Documents ” is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
“ Loan Documents
means this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty Agreements, all
Letters of Credit, all Letter of Credit Agreements, the Fee Letter,
the Security Instruments, the Increase Joinder, if any, and each
other document, instrument, certificate and agreement executed and
delivered by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in connection
with this Agreement or otherwise referred to herein or contemplated
hereby (excluding any Hedging Agreement and Cash Management
Agreements), all as may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.”
The definition of “
Revolver Facility ” is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
“ Revolver
Facility means the credit facility as described in and
subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 2.01(a)(i) hereof (as the same may be
decreased pursuant to Section 2.03(a) or
increased pursuant to Section 2.12(a)
).”
(iii) The following definitions
shall be added in alphabetical order to read as follows:
“ Decline
Commitment ” means the agreement of each Term Lender
who has executed clause (2)(A) of the signature page to the
Amendment No. 1 and Agreement dated as of June 10, 2008
to the Credit Agreement to decline the entire portion of the
prepayment of its Term Loans pursuant to Section 3.01(b)(vii)
of this Agreement.
“ Increase Effective
Date has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.12(a) .
“ Incremental
Loan ” has the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(c)
.
“ Incremental Loan
Commitment ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.12(a) .
“ Incremental Loan
Maturity Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 2.12(c) .
“ Increase
Joinder ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.12(c) .”
“ OID ”
has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.12(c) .
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(b) Amendments to
Section 3.01(b) of the Credit Agreement .
Section 3.01(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended as follows:
(i) Clause (vii) is amended and
restated as follows:
“(vii) So long as any Term
Loans remain outstanding, any Term Loan Lender may elect to decline
the entire portion of the prepayment of its Term Loans pursuant to
Section 3.01(b) by delivery of a completed
Notice of Election to the Administrative Agent by telecopy at least
one Business Day prior to the applicable prepayment date, in which
case the aggregate amount of the prepayment that would have been
applied to prepay Term Loans but was so declined shall be
re-offered to those Term Loan Lenders under this Agreement who
have initially accepted such prepayment (such re-offer to be made
to each such Term Loan Lender based on the percentage which such
Term Loan Lender’s Term Loans represents of the aggregate
Term Loans of all such Term Loan Lenders who have initially
accepted such prepayment). In the event of such a re-offer, the
relevant Lenders may elect to decline in such Notice of Election
all of the amount of such prepayment that is re-offered to them, in
which case the aggregate amount of the prepayment that would have
been applied to prepay such Term Loans pursuant to such re-offer
but was so declined shall be applied to repay Revolver Loans;
provided that no reduction of the Revolver Commitments shall be
required in connection with such prepayment. Any amounts remaining
following repayment of the Revolver Loans shall be returned to the
Borrower. In the absence of delivery of a completed Notice of
Election with respect to any prepayment at least one Business Day
prior to the applicable prepayment date, such Lender shall
automatically be deemed to have accepted such prepayment and any
re-offer in respect thereof.”
(c) Amendments to Article II
of the Credit Agreement . Article II of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by adding Section 2.12 as
follows:
“ Section 2.12 Increase in
Commitments .
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a)
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Borrower
Request . Borrower may by
written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to request prior
to the Termination Date, an increase to the existing Revolver
Commitments (an “ Incremental Loan Commitment
”) by an amount not in excess of $140,000,000;
provided that the sum of the Incremental Loan Commitment and
the amount of Revolver Loans repaid by the Borrower with the
proceeds of a Specified Note Offering declined by the Term Loan
Lenders pursuant to Section 3.01(b)(vii) of this Agreement
shall not exceed $200,000,000; provided, however that the
limitation in the immediately preceding proviso shall cease to
apply 45 business days after the date of the Amendment No. 1
and Agreement. Each such notice shall specify (i) the date
(each, an “ Increase Effective Date ”) on
which Borrower proposes that the increased or new Commitments shall
be effective, which shall be a date not less than 10 Business Days
after the date on which such notice is delivered to the
Administrative Agent and (ii) the identity of each Eligible
Assignee to whom Borrower proposes any portion of such increased or
new Commitments be allocated and the amounts of such allocations;
provided that any existing Lender approached to provide all
or a portion of the increased or new Commitments may elect or
decline, in its sole discretion, to provide such increased or new
Commitment.
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b)
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Conditions . The increased or new Commitments shall become
effective, as of such Increase Effective Date; provided
that;
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i.
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each of the
conditions set forth in Section 6.02 shall be
satisfied;
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ii.
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no Default
would result from the borrowings to be made on the Increase
Effective Date;
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iii.
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after giving
pro forma effect to the borrowings to be made on the Increase
Effective Date and to any change in Consolidated EBITDA and any
increase in Indebtedness resulting from the consummation of any
acquisition permitted by Section 9.03(i) concurrently with
such borrowings as of the date of the most recent financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or
(b) , Borrower shall be in compliance with each of the
covenants set forth in Sections 9.13 and 9.14;
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iv.
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Borrower shall
make any payments required pursuant to Section 5.05 in
connection with any adjustment of Revolver Loans pursuant to
Section 2.12(d) ; and
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v.
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Borrower shall
deliver or cause to be delivered any legal opinions or other
documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in
connection with any such transaction.
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c)
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Terms of New
Loans and Commitments .
The terms and provisions of Loans made pursuant to the new
Commitments shall be as follows:
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i.
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terms and
provisions of Revolver Loans made pursuant to Incremental Loan
Commitments (“ Incremental Loans ”) shall
be, except as otherwise set forth herein or in the Increase
Joinder, identical to the Revolver Loans (it being understood that
Incremental Loans may be a part of the Loans);
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ii.
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the weighted
average life to maturity of any Incremental Loans shall be no
shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the existing
Revolver Loans;
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iii.
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the maturity
date of Incremental Loans (the “ Incremental Loan
Maturity Date ”) shall not be earlier than the
Termination Date;
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iv.
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the Applicable
Margins for the Incremental Loans shall be determined by Borrower
and the Lenders of the Incremental Loans; provided that in
the event that the Applicable Margins for any Incremental Loans are
greater than the Applicable Margins for the Revolver Loans, then
the Applicable Margins for the Revolver Loans shall be increased to
the extent necessary so that the Applicable Margins for the
Incremental Loans are equal to the Applicable Margins for the
Revolver Loans; provided , further , that in
determining the Applicable Margins applicable to the Revolver Loans
and the Incremental Loans, (x) original issue discount
(“ OID ”) shall be included (with OID being
equated to interest based on an assumed four-year life to
maturity), (y) upfront fees in excess of 1.0% (which shall be
deemed to constitute like amounts of OID) payable by Borrower to
the Lenders of the Loans or the Incremental Loans in the primary
syndication thereof shall be included and (z) customary
arrangement or commitment fees payable to the Lead Arranger (or its
affiliates) in connection with the Revolver Loans or to one or more
arrangers (or their affiliates) of the Incremental Loans shall be
excluded; and
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v.
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to the extent
that the terms and provisions of Incremental Loa
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