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AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND AGREEMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

Revolving Credit Agreement

AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND AGREEMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT | Document Parties: ATLAS PIPELINE HOLDINGS, L.P. | ATLAS ARKANSAS PIPELINE, LLC | ATLAS CHANEY DELL, LLC | ATLAS MIDKIFF, LLC | OZARK GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC | Wachovia Bank, National Association You are currently viewing:
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ATLAS PIPELINE HOLDINGS, L.P. | ATLAS ARKANSAS PIPELINE, LLC | ATLAS CHANEY DELL, LLC | ATLAS MIDKIFF, LLC | OZARK GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC | Wachovia Bank, National Association

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Title: AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND AGREEMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 8/10/2009
Industry: Conglomerates     Sector: Conglomerates

AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND AGREEMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, Parties: atlas pipeline holdings  l.p. , atlas arkansas pipeline  llc , atlas chaney dell  llc , atlas midkiff  llc , ozark gas transmission  llc , wachovia bank  national association
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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 .

 

 

a)

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.

 

 

b)

Conditions . The increased or new Commitments shall become effective, as of such Increase Effective Date; provided that;

 

 

i.

each of the conditions set forth in Section 6.02 shall be satisfied;

 

 

ii.

no Default would result from the borrowings to be made on the Increase Effective Date;

 

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iii.

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;

 

 

iv.

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

 

 

v.

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.

 

 

c)

Terms of New Loans and Commitments . The terms and provisions of Loans made pursuant to the new Commitments shall be as follows:

 

 

i.

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);

 

 

ii.

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;

 

 

iii.

the maturity date of Incremental Loans (the “ Incremental Loan Maturity Date ”) shall not be earlier than the Termination Date;

 

 

iv.

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

 

 

v.

to the extent that the terms and provisions of Incremental Loa


 
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