Purchase, Payoff and
Termination Agreement
This PURCHASE, PAYOFF AND TERMINATION AGREEMENT (as the same
may be amended, modified or supplemented, this " Agreement
") is entered into as of February 7, 2007, by and among
BJ SERVICES EQUIPMENT, L.P ., a Delaware limited partnership
(the " Partnership "), BJ SERVICES COMPANY ,
U.S.A. , a Delaware corporation (" BJ USA " or "
Indemnitor ," and in its capacity as general partner of the
Partnership, the " General Partner "), BJ SERVICES
OPERATING & MAINTENANCE COMPANY, L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company (the " Operator "), BJ SERVICES,
L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the "
Affiliated Partner "), and BJ SERVICES COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation (the " Guarantor " and together with BJ
USA, the Operator, the Service Taker, the Affiliated Partner and
the Partnership, collectively, the " BJ Parties "); BANC
OF AMERICA LEASING & CAPITAL, LLC , a Delaware limited
liability company (successor to BA Leasing & Capital
Corporation, a California corporation), NATIONAL CITY COMMERCIAL
CAPITAL COMPANY, LLC , an Indiana limited liability
company (successor to National City Leasing Corporation, a Kentucky
corporation), and TRANSIT LEASING CORPORATION , a Delaware
corporation (collectively, the " Beneficiaries ");
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY , a Colorado
corporation, AIG SUN AMERICA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY , an Arizona corporation (formerly known as, and doing
business as, Anchor National Life Insurance Company), SUNAMERICA
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY , an Arizona corporation (including as
successor by merger to CalAmerica Life Insurance Company (formerly
CalFarm Life Insurance Company) and to John Alden Life Insurance
Company, AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY , a New York
corporation (formerly known as The Equitable Life Assurance Society
of the United States), AXA LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY, a
Colorado corporation (formerly known as The Equitable of Colorado,
Inc.), and THE UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Ohio
corporation (collectively, the " Holders "); WELLS FARGO
BANK NORTHWEST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association (formerly known as First Security Bank, National
Association), not in its individual capacity except as expressly
provided in the "Transaction Documents" (hereinafter defined) (the
" Nonaffiliated Partner Trustee" ); and U.S. BANK,
N.A. , a national banking association as successor to State
Street Bank and Trust Company, not in its individual capacity
except as expressly provided in the Transaction Documents (the "
Indenture Trustee "). Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
Appendix A to the "Participation Agreement" (hereinafter
defined).
WITNESSETH :
WHEREAS , the BJ Parties, the Beneficiaries (or their
respective predecessors in interest), the Holders (or their
respective predecessors in interest), the Nonaffiliated Partner
Trustee and the Indenture Trustee entered into that certain
Participation Agreement dated as of August 7, 1997 (as the same may
have been amended, modified, supplemented, or otherwise changed
from time to time, the " Participation Agreement ");
WHEREAS , pursuant to the Participation Agreement, the
parties thereto respectively entered into the Basic Documents (the
Basic Documents, as the same may have been amended, modified,
supplemented or otherwise changed from time to time, together with
any and all other agreements, instruments and other documents
entered into in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the Basic Documents, but excluding this Agreement, the "
Transaction Documents ");
WHEREAS , the parties hereto (collectively, the "
Parties " and each, a " Party ") have agreed, and
hereby agree, to enter into this Agreement and consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the entering into
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, the "
New Transactions ") as of the "Closing Date" (hereinafter
defined), notwithstanding that the New Transactions are not
provided for in the Transaction Documents; and
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to set forth herein the terms and
provisions of the New Transactions;
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged and confessed, the Parties hereby
agree as follows:
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Sale and Purchase of Partnership Interest . Nonaffiliated
Partner, acting herein through Nonaffiliated Partner Trustee,
hereby agrees to sell and transfer to General Partner, and General
Partner hereby agrees to purchase and accept from Nonaffiliated
Partner, on and as of the Closing Date, the Partnership Interest of
Nonaffiliated Partner. THE SALE AND TRANSFER OF THE PARTNERSHIP
INTEREST OF NONAFFILIATED PARTNER TO GENERAL PARTNER IS WITHOUT
RECOURSE, REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY OR AGAINST NONAFFILIATED PARTNER OR ANY
BENEFICIARY, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT OR IN THE "ASSIGNMENT OF PARTNERSHIP INTEREST"
(hereinafter defined).
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Purchase Price; Payment . General Partner agrees to pay by
not later than 11:00 a.m. New York time on February 9, 2007, the
"Closing Date" (hereinafter defined) the aggregate sum of
Forty-seven Million Seven Hundred Fifty-five Thousand Three Hundred
Ninety-five and 28/100 Dollars (U.S.$47,755,395.28) (the "
Purchase Price ") to the Indenture Trustee in immediately
available funds by wire transfer in accordance with the Indenture
Trustee's wire instructions set forth in Schedule 1 hereto in
exchange and consideration for the sale and transfer by
Nonaffiliated Partner of its Partnership Interest comprising (i)
Thirty Million Five Hundred Sixty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred
Sixty-seven and 40/100 Dollars (U.S.$30,567,567.40) in the
aggregate in respect of amounts payable to the Indenture Trustee
and the Holders as more particularly set forth in Schedule 2 hereto
and (ii) Seventeen Million, One Hundred Eighty-seven Thousand Eight
Hundred Twenty-seven and 88/100 Dollars (U.S.$17,187,827.88) in the
aggregate in respect of amounts payable to the Nonaffiliated
Partner Trustee and the Beneficiaries as more particularly set
forth in Schedule 3 hereto. As used herein, the term "
Dollars " and " U.S.$ " shall mean the legal currency
of the United States of America.
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Undertaking by Indenture Trustee to Remit Amounts .
Indenture Trustee hereby undertakes and agrees to receive the
Purchase Price from General Partner for the respective accounts of
itself, the Holders, the Nonaffiliated Partner, the Nonaffiliated
Partner Trustee and the Beneficiaries and to remit to each the
amounts payable to each of them as specified in Schedules 2 and 3
hereto by wire transfer of immediately available funds in
accordance with the wire instructions of such institutions set
forth in Schedule 4 hereto.
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Satisfaction of Obligations; Payoff and Release . Subject to
the provisions of Section 5 below, each of the specified Parties
hereto hereby agrees as follows:
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Holders of Outstanding Notes . Each Holder severally (and
not jointly) acknowledges and agrees that upon receipt of the
amount set forth opposite its name in Schedule 2 hereto,
(i) all Obligations and any and all other obligations, whether
now owed or due to it or that at anytime hereafter become owed or
due to it, under or pursuant to the Transaction Documents,
including, without limitation, in respect of the Current Principal
Amount, accrued interest thereon (to, but not including, the
Closing Date), Premium and any and all other Secured Obligations,
have been paid and satisfied in full (except to the extent set
forth in Section 5 below), (ii) it shall, and hereby does,
direct the Indenture Trustee to apply the Purchase Price in
accordance with Section 3.2 of the Indenture and it hereby releases
and discharges all of its right, title and interest in and to the
Indenture Estate, (iii) it shall, and hereby does, direct the
Indenture Trustee to release, discharge and terminate the Indenture
(except to the extent set forth in Section 5 below) and all Liens
created thereunder or under any other Transaction Document
encumbering the Indenture Estate, and (iv) it shall, and
hereby does, authorize and direct the Indenture Trustee to take
such further actions and execute such further documents or
agreements to evidence or effectuate such release, discharge or
termination as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine,
including executing such additional instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture in respect of the Notes
and the Indenture Estate, returning to the General Partner any and
all certificates of title with respect to the Units, together with
such completed forms and other documentation as may be required to
remove the notation of the Indenture Trustee's Lien thereon, all
certificates evidencing the Nonaffiliated Partner's Partnership
Interest and all certificates evidencing the General Partner's
Partnership Interest that are in its possession and authorizing the
General Partner to prepare and file appropriate termination
statements with respect to any and all Uniform Commercial Code ("
U.C.C. ") Financing Statements evidencing or perfecting the
Liens created under the Indenture or under any other Transaction
Document and to and to take all steps and actions necessary or
appropriate to cause the Lien of the Indenture Trustee noted on the
certificates of title of the Units to be removed therefrom
(provided that in no event shall the Indenture Trustee execute or
deliver any agreement or undertaking that releases or terminates
the provisions of the Basic Documents described in Section 5 below
or this Agreement (whether in whole or in part) or that imposes on
any Holder, or subjects any Holder, to any obligation to which such
Holder has not expressly consented, and (v) it shall, and
hereby does, discharge the Indenture Trustee and the Nonaffiliated
Partner Trustee from their respective obligations with respect to
the Notes (except as set forth in Section 10.2 of the
Indenture).
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Beneficiaries . Each Beneficiary severally (and not jointly)
acknowledges and agrees that upon receipt of the amount set forth
opposite its name in Schedule 3 hereto, (i) all Obligations
and any and all other obligations, whether now owed or due to it or
that at anytime hereafter become owed or due to it, under or
pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including, without
limitation, in respect of all Priority Distributions, Supplemental
Distributions and Special Distributions, have been paid and
satisfied in full (except to the extent set forth in Section 5
below), (ii) it shall, and hereby does, authorize and direct
the Nonaffiliated Partner Trustee to instruct the Indenture Trustee
to return to the General Partner any and all certificates of title
with respect to the Units, together with such completed forms and
other documentation as may be required to remove the notation of
the Indenture Trustee's Lien thereon, and all certificates
evidencing the General Partner's Partnership Interest (and further
agrees to return to the General Partner promptly following receipt
from the Indenture Trustee of the confirmation specified in
clause (e)(ii) of this Section 4 any of the same that are
in its possession), (iii) it shall, and hereby does, authorize
the Nonaffiliated Partner Trustee to execute and deliver to the
General Partner an Assignment of Partnership Interest substantially
in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the " Assignment of
Partnership Interest "), (iv) it shall, and hereby does,
authorize and direct the Nonaffiliated Partner Trustee to take such
further actions and execute such further documents or agreements to
evidence or effectuate such sale and transfer of the Nonaffiliated
Trustee's Partnership Interest as the Nonaffiliated Partner Trustee
may reasonably determine (provided that in no event shall the
Nonaffiliated Partner Trustee execute or deliver (or direct the
Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver) any agreement or
undertaking that releases or terminates the provisions of the
Transaction Documents described in Section 5 below or this
Agreement (whether in whole or in part) or that imposes on the
Nonaffiliated Partner, the Nonaffiliated Partner Trustee or any
Beneficiary, or subjects any of the Nonaffiliated Partner, the
Nonaffiliated Partner Trustee or any Beneficiary, to any obligation
to which the Nonaffiliated Partner, the Nonaffiliated Partner
Trustee or such Beneficiary has not expressly consented), and
(v) it shall, and hereby does, authorize and direct the
Nonaffiliated Trustee to wind-up, dissolve and liquidate the Trust
in accordance with the Trust Agreement as promptly as reasonably
practical following the Closing Date.
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Nonaffiliated Partner Trustee . The Nonaffiliated Partner
Trustee acknowledges and agrees that upon receipt of the amount set
forth opposite its name in Schedule 3 hereto, (i) all
Obligations and any and all other obligations, whether now owed or
due to it or that at anytime hereafter become owed or due to it,
including, without limitation, in respect of all Priority
Distributions, Supplemental Distributions and Special
Distributions, have been paid and satisfied in full (except to the
extent set forth in Section 5 below), (ii) all amounts owed to
it by the Beneficiaries in respect of Section 6.2 of the Trust
Agreement (except to the extent set forth in Section 5 below) have
been paid and satisfied in full, (iii) it shall, and hereby
does, authorize and direct the Indenture Trustee to return to the
General Partner any and all certificates of title with respect to
the Units, together with such completed forms and other
documentation as may be required to remove the notation of the
Indenture Trustee's Lien thereon, (iv) it shall execute and
deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to General Partner
the Assignment of Partnership Interest, together with any and all
certificates evidencing its Partnership Interest that are in its
possession, promptly following receipt from the Indenture Trustee
of the confirmation specified in clause (e)(ii) of this
Section 4, and (v) it shall, and hereby does, authorize
and direct the Indenture Trustee to return to the General Partner
all certificates evidencing the Nonaffiliated Partner's Partnership
Interest that are in the possession of the Indenture Trustee.
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Indenture Trustee . The Indenture Trustee acknowledges and
agrees that upon confirmation of receipt, respectively, by
(x) itself and each Holder of the amounts respectively set
forth opposite their names in Schedule 2 hereto and
(y) the Nonaffiliated Partner Trustee and each Beneficiary of
the amounts respectively set forth opposite their names in
Schedule 3 hereto (i) all Obligations and any and all
other obligations, whether now owed or due to it or that at anytime
hereafter become owed or due to it, under or pursuant to the
Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, in respect of
the Secured Obligations, have been paid and satisfied in full
(except to the extent set forth in Section 5 below), (ii) it
shall, and hereby does, release, discharge and terminate the
Indenture and the Liens created thereunder or under any other of
the Transaction Documents encumbering the Indenture Estate,
(iii) it shall promptly deliver to the General Partner all
certificates of title with respect to the Units, together with such
completed forms and other documentation as may be required to
remove the notation of the Indenture Trustee's Lien thereon, all
certificates evidencing th
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