Obsidian Energy amends debt terms with C$350M cap
Certain distributions and junior-debt repayments are conditioned on leverage no greater than 1.50:1.00 and undrawn availability of at least 20% of Total Commitment.
Obsidian Energy Ltd. entered into a second amendment to its credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Montreal and ICBC Standard Bank plc, dated August 4, 2026. The amendments are subject to conditions precedent, including delivery of signed documents and guarantee and security confirmations, no continuing default, accurate credit-agreement representations, and no event reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect since April 28, 2026. The April 28, 2026 amended and restated agreement provides for Cdn.$235,000,000 in credit facilities.
The amendment caps aggregate Permitted Junior Debt outstanding at Cdn.$350,000,000 and expands the definition of 2025 Notes to include 8.125% senior unsecured notes due December 3, 2030, issued July 22, 2026. Certain distributions and optional junior-debt repayments require debt-to-EBITDA ratios no greater than 1.50:1.00 and undrawn availability of at least 20% of Total Commitment, alongside other conditions. Obsidian Energy must notify the agent of defaults under junior-debt agreements within three Banking Days after becoming aware.
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549
___________________ Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of September 2026 Commission File Number 1-32895 ___________________
Obsidian Energy Ltd. (Translation of registrant's name into English)
Suite 200, 207 – 9th Avenue SW Canada (Address of principal executive offices) ___________________
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F ☐ Form 40-F ☑
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) ☐
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DOCUMENTS INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS FORM 6-K
See the Exhibit Index hereto.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on September 23, 2026.
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OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD. |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit |
Description |
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99.1 |
Material Contract - Second Amending Credit Agreement, dated August 4, 2026 |
99.2 |
Material Contract - Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated April 28, 2026 |
Execution Version
Exhibit 99.1
SECOND AMENDING AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made effective as of August 4, 2026
BETWEEN:
OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD., a corporation subsisting under the laws of the Province of Alberta (hereinafter referred to as the "Borrower"),
OF THE FIRST PART,
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, BANK OF MONTREAL and ICBC STANDARD BANK PLC (hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Lenders" and individually as a "Lender"),
OF THE SECOND PART,
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, a Canadian chartered bank, as agent of the Lenders (hereinafter referred to as the "Agent"),
OF THE THIRD PART.
WHEREAS the parties hereto have agreed to amend and supplement certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth;
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby conclusively acknowledged by each of the parties hereto, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
"Agreement" means this second amending agreement, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.
"Credit Agreement" means the amended and restated credit agreement made as of April 28, 2026 between the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent, as amended by a first amending agreement made effective as of June 23, 2026.
Capitalized terms used herein without express definition shall have the same meanings herein as are ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Agreement.
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Schedule A – Form of Confirmation of Guarantee and Security; and
Schedule B – Form of Compliance Certificate.
""2025 Notes" means (i) the 8.125% senior unsecured notes due December 3, 2030 issued by the Borrower on December 3, 2025 under and pursuant to the 2025 Note Indenture (and, for certainty, 2025 Notes includes Additional Notes (under and as defined in the 2025 Note Indenture) issued on the same terms and conditions) and (ii) the 8.125% senior unsecured notes due December 3, 2030 issued by the Borrower on July 22, 2026 under and pursuant to a supplemental indenture dated July 22, 2026 to the 2025 Note Indenture."
""Permitted Junior Debt" means all Debt created, incurred or issued by the Borrower and which is owing to the Junior Debt Creditors pursuant to the terms of a Junior Debt Financing Agreement, which Debt complies with all of the following criteria:
(a) the aggregate principal amount of all such Debt at any one time outstanding shall not exceed Cdn.$350,000,000 (or the Equivalent Amount thereof in United States Dollars or the Equivalent Amount thereof in any other currency) (to be determined using the exchange rate in effect on the date of incurrence of such Debt);
(b) such Debt shall either be unsecured or secured by Security Interests ranking as a second lien behind the Security Interests created by the Security; provided that, such second lien Security Interests are subject to a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;
(c) such Debt shall have an initial final maturity in respect of repayment of principal later than the date which is six months after the end of the then current earliest Maturity Date in effect at the time such Permitted Junior Debt is created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed;
(d) no scheduled cash principal payments thereunder prior to the date which is six months after the then latest Maturity Date in effect at the time such Permitted Junior Debt is created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed;
(e) no Default, Event of Default or Borrowing Base Shortfall is continuing at the time of creation, incurrence or issuance of such Debt or would exist immediately thereafter;
(f) no mandatory redemption, purchase for cancellation or other repayment thereof (including any defeasance) in a circumstance when the Borrower is not also required to repay all Obligations, Cash Management Obligations and Lender Financial Instrument Obligations prior thereto;
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(g) no cross-default to other Debt (as opposed to a cross-acceleration thereto or a principal payment default on maturity or interest payment default) or any maintenance financial tests (as opposed to an incurrence test); and
(h) such Permitted Junior Debt shall otherwise be on customary terms and conditions for the "high yield" market, "second lien" market or "institutional term loan" market, as applicable, and, in any event, which are satisfactory to the Agent, acting reasonably,
and, for certainty, includes the 2025 Notes."
"(c) Distributions which are not otherwise permitted pursuant to subparagraph (a) or (b) above; provided that, on the date of any such Distribution, in each case the following additional conditions are satisfied:
(i) neither the Syndicated Facility nor the Operating Facility has reached its respective Term Out Date and there are then no Non-Extending Lenders;
(ii) no Default, Event of Default or Borrowing Base Shortfall is continuing or would exist after giving effect to such Distribution;
(iii) no event or circumstance has occurred or is continuing which has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect and the making of such Distribution would not have and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(e)(iv) hereof demonstrated that the Consolidated Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio determined as at the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter for which such Officer's Certificate was delivered was, at the end of such fiscal quarter, not greater than 1.50:1.00;
(v) the Consolidated Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Distribution is not greater than 1.50:1.00; and
(vi) the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries shall have undrawn availability under the Credit Facilities, which is not less than 20% of the Total Commitment on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Permitted Distribution."
""Permitted Prepayment" means any optional principal payment, repurchase, redemption or other retirement of principal amounts in respect of Permitted Junior Debt (including, for certainty, the 2025 Notes); provided that, at the time of any such payment, repurchase, redemption or other retirement, and on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto:
(a) neither the Syndicated Facility nor the Operating Facility has reached its respective Term Out Date and there are then no Non-Extending Lenders;
(b) no Default, Event of Default or Borrowing Base Shortfall is continuing or would exist after giving effect to any such payment, repurchase, redemption or other retirement of such Permitted Junior Debt;
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(c) no event or circumstance has occurred or is continuing which has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect and the making of any such payment, repurchase, redemption or other retirement of such Permitted Junior Debt would not have and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(e)(iv) hereof demonstrated that the Consolidated Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio determined as at the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter for which such Officer's Certificate was delivered was, at the end of such fiscal quarter, not greater than 1.50:1.00;
(e) the Consolidated Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such principal payment, repurchase, redemption or other retirement of principal amounts is not greater than 1.50:1.00; and
(f) the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries shall have undrawn availability under the Credit Facilities, which is not less than 20% of the Total Commitment on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Permitted Prepayment."
"(k) Notice of Permitted Junior Debt
The Borrower shall promptly provide to the Agent:
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The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Agent and to each Lender, and the Borrower acknowledges and confirms that the Agent and each Lender are relying upon such representations and warranties, as follows:
The representations and warranties set out herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of each Drawdown under the Credit Agreement, notwithstanding any investigations or examinations which may be made by or on behalf of the Agent, the Lenders or Lenders' Counsel. Such representations and warranties shall survive until the Credit Agreement has been terminated.
The amendments and supplements to the Credit Agreement contained herein shall be effective upon, and shall be subject to, the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
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The foregoing conditions precedent are inserted for the sole benefit of the Lenders and the Agent and may be waived in writing by the Lenders, in whole or in part (with or without terms and conditions).
The Credit Agreement and the other Documents to which the Borrower is a party and all covenants, terms and provisions thereof, except as expressly amended and supplemented by this Agreement, shall be and continue to be in full force and effect and the Credit Agreement as amended and supplemented by this Agreement and each of the other Documents to which the Borrower is a party is hereby ratified and confirmed and shall from and after the date hereof continue in full force and effect as herein amended and supplemented, with such amendments and supplements being effective from and as of the date hereof upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 hereof.
The parties hereto shall from time to time do all such further acts and things and execute and deliver all such documents as are reasonably required by the Agent (acting reasonably) in order to effect the full intent of and fully perform and carry out the terms of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by fax or other electronic transmission of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words "execution", "execute", "signed", "signature", and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including, without limitation, as provided in Parts 2 and 3 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada), the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 (Ontario), the Electronic Transactions Act (British Columbia), the Electronic Transactions Act (Alberta), or any other similar laws based on the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada. The Agent may, in its discretion, require that any such documents and signatures executed electronically or delivered by fax or other electronic transmission be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature executed electronically or delivered by fax or other electronic transmission.
[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement.
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OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD. |
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Chief Financial Officer |
Signature Page to the Second Amending Agreement
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LENDERS: |
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA |
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BANK OF MONTREAL |
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ICBC STANDARD BANK PLC |
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AGENT: |
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, |
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Signature Page to the Second Amending Agreement
SCHEDULE A
Form of Confirmation of Guarantee and Security
CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTEE AND SECURITY
TO: The Lenders, Hedging Affiliates and each Cash Manager (together with the Agent (as defined below), collectively, the "Lender Secured Parties")
AND TO: Royal Bank of Canada, as agent of the Lenders (the "Agent")
DATE: August 4, 2026
WHEREAS Obsidian Energy Ltd. (the "Borrower") entered into an amended and restated credit agreement made as of April 28, 2026, as amended by a first amending agreement effective as of June 23, 2026 between the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent (the "Existing Credit Agreement");
AND WHEREAS each of the undersigned guaranteed: (a) (except in the case of the Borrower), all of the Obligations of the Borrower under, pursuant or relating to the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Documents; (b) all of the Lender Financial Instrument Obligations; and (c) all Cash Management Obligations, (collectively, the "Guaranteed Obligations"), in each case, pursuant to one or more guarantees, each made as of July 27, 2022 (collectively, the "Guarantees" and each a "Guarantee"), granted by each of the undersigned (either directly or through one or more of its amalgamation predecessors) in favour of the Agent and each of the other Lender Secured Parties;
AND WHEREAS as collateral security for, among other things, all of its Obligations (including, without limitation, its obligations arising under its respective Guarantee), Lender Financial Instrument Obligations and Cash Management Obligations (collectively, the "Lender Secured Obligations"), each of the undersigned (either directly or through one or more of its amalgamation predecessors) executed and delivered to the Agent, for and on behalf of the Lender Secured Parties, in each case, one or more floating charge demand debentures, debenture pledge agreements and general security agreements, each dated July 27, 2022 (together with all other Security (under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement), collectively, the "Security");
AND WHEREAS pursuant to a second amending agreement (the "Second Amending Agreement") made as of even date herewith, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent have agreed to amend and supplement the Existing Credit Agreement;
AND WHEREAS each of the undersigned has been provided with a true, correct and complete copy of the Second Amending Agreement;
AND WHEREAS each of the undersigned wishes to confirm to the Lender Secured Parties that: (a) its respective Guarantee continues to apply to the Guaranteed Obligations and (b) the Security continues to apply to the Lender Secured Obligations (including, for certainty, its obligations arising under its respective Guarantee);
IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of Cdn.$10.00 now paid by the Lender Secured Parties to each of the undersigned and other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby conclusively acknowledged), each of the undersigned hereby confirms and agrees that: (a) each of its respective Guarantees and the Security is and shall remain in full force and effect in all respects notwithstanding the amendment of the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to the Second Amending Agreement, (b) each of its respective Guarantees shall continue to exist and apply to all of the Guaranteed Obligations and the Security shall continue to exist and apply to all of the Lender Secured Obligations (in each case, including, without limitation, the Obligations of the Borrower under, pursuant or relating to the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by the Second Amending Agreement). This Confirmation of Guarantee and Security is in addition to and shall not limit, derogate from or otherwise affect any provisions of any Guarantee or the Security including, without limitation, Article 2 and Article 3 of each Guarantee.
Capitalized terms used herein without express definition shall have the same meanings herein as are ascribed thereto in the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by the Second Amending Agreement, as the context requires.
This Confirmation of Guarantee and Security shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without prejudice to or limitation of any other rights or remedies available under the laws of any jurisdiction where property or assets of any of the undersigned may be found. Delivery by fax or other electronic transmission of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Confirmation shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Confirmation.
DATED as of the date first written above.
OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD.
OBSIDIAN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP, by its managing partner, OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD.
1647456 ALBERTA LTD.
each of the foregoing by the undersigned |
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SCHEDULE B
SCHEDULE C
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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Royal Bank of Canada, in its capacity as agent of the Lenders (the "Agent") |
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Each of the Lenders |
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I give this Compliance Certificate on behalf of the Borrower and in my capacity as the [●] [insert title] of the Borrower, and no personal liability is created against or assumed by me in the giving of this Compliance Certificate.
Dated at [●], this [●] day of [●], [●].
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Exhibit 99.2
Execution Version
CDN.$235,000,000 CREDIT FACILITIES
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD.
as Borrower
AND
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
BANK OF MONTREAL,
ICBC STANDARD BANK PLC,
and such other persons as become parties hereto as lenders, as Lenders
AND
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
as Agent of the Lenders
MADE AS OF APRIL 28, 2026
RBC Capital Markets and Bank of Montreal
as Co-Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CREDIT AGREEMENT
ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION |
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Definitions |
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Headings; Articles and Sections; Table of Contents |
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Number; persons; including; successors; in writing |
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1.4 |
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Accounting Principles |
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1.5 |
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References to Agreements and Enactments |
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Per Annum Calculations |
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Currency References in Determination of Consolidated Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio and Thresholds |
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Schedules |
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Changes in Liability Management Systems |
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Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification |
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1.11 |
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Amendment and Restatement |
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ARTICLE 2 THE CREDIT FACILITIES |
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The Credit Facilities |
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Types of Availments; Overdraft Loans |
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Purpose |
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Availability and Nature of the Credit Facilities |
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Minimum Drawdowns |
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Notice Periods for Drawdowns, Conversions and Rollovers |
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Conversion Option |
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2.8 |
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Rollovers; Selection of Interest Periods |
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2.9 |
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Rollovers and Conversions not Repayments |
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Agent's Obligations with Respect to Canadian Prime Rate Loans and CORRA Loans Under the Syndicated Facility and with Respect to U.S. Base Rate Loans and SOFR Loans Under the Syndicated Facility |
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Lenders' and Agent's Obligations with Respect to Loans Under the Syndicated Facility |
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Irrevocability |
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Optional Cancellation or Reduction of Credit Facilities |
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Optional Repayment of Credit Facilities |
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Mandatory Repayment of Credit Facilities |
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Additional Repayment Terms |
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Currency Excess |
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Hedging with Lenders and Hedging Affiliates |
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Extension of Syndicated Facility Term Out Date |
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Extension of Operating Facility Term Out Date |
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Replacement of Lenders |
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Hostile Acquisitions |
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Determinations of the Borrowing Base; Removal of Certain Lenders |
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Accordion for Increase in Syndicated Facility Commitment |
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ARTICLE 3 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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Conditions Precedent for all Drawdowns |
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Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Amendment and Restatement |
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Waiver |
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ARTICLE 4 EVIDENCE OF DRAWDOWNS |
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Account of Record |
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ARTICLE 5 PAYMENTS OF INTEREST AND FEES |
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Interest on Canadian Prime Rate Loans |
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Interest on U.S. Base Rate Loans |
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Interest on SOFR Loans |
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Interest on CORRA Loans |
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Interest Act (Canada); Conversion of 360 Day Rates |
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Nominal Rates; No Deemed Reinvestment |
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Standby Fees |
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Agent's Fees |
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Interest on Overdue Amounts |
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Waiver |
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Maximum Rate Permitted by Law |
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ARTICLE 6 LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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Availability |
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Currency, Type, Form and Expiry |
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No Conversion |
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Records |
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Reimbursement or Conversion on Presentation; |
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Fees and Expenses |
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Additional Provisions |
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ARTICLE 7 PLACE AND APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS |
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Place of Payment of Principal, Interest and Fees; Payments to Agent and the Operating Lender |
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Designated Accounts of the Lenders |
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Funds |
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Application of Payments |
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Payments Clear of Taxes; FATCA |
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Set-Off |
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Margin Changes; Adjustments for Margin Changes |
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ARTICLE 8 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Representations and Warranties |
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Deemed Repetition |
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Other Documents |
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Effective Time of Repetition |
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Nature of Representations and Warranties |
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ARTICLE 9 GENERAL COVENANTS |
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Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower |
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Negative Covenants of the Borrower |
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Agent May Perform Covenants |
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ARTICLE 10 SECURITY |
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Security on all Assets |
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Registration and Fixed Charge Security |
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Forms |
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Continuing Security |
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10.5 |
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Dealing with Security |
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Effectiveness |
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Release and Discharge of Security |
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10.8 |
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Transfer of Security |
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Hedging Affiliates and Cash Managers |
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10.10 |
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Security for Hedging with Former Lenders |
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10.11 |
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Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs |
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ARTICLE 11 EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND ACCELERATION |
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Events of Default |
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Acceleration |
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Conversion on Default |
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Remedies Cumulative and Waivers |
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Termination of Lenders' Obligations |
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Acceleration of All Lender Obligations |
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Application and Sharing of Payments Following Acceleration |
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11.8 |
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Calculations as at the Adjustment Time |
111 |
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11.9 |
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Sharing Repayments |
111 |
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11.10 |
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Adjustments Among Lenders |
111 |
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ARTICLE 12 CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES |
112 |
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12.1 |
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Benchmark Replacement Settings |
112 |
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12.2 |
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Change in Law |
114 |
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12.3 |
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Prepayment of Portion |
115 |
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12.4 |
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Illegality |
115 |
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12.5 |
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Temporary Market Disruption |
116 |
ARTICLE 13 COSTS, EXPENSES AND INDEMNIFICATION |
118 |
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13.1 |
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Costs and Expenses |
118 |
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13.2 |
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General Indemnity |
118 |
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13.3 |
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Environmental Indemnity |
119 |
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13.4 |
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Judgment Currency |
119 |
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13.5 |
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Limit on Liability of Indemnified Parties |
120 |
ARTICLE 14 THE AGENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE CREDIT FACILITY |
120 |
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14.1 |
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Authorization and Action |
120 |
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14.2 |
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Procedure for Making Loans under the Syndicated Facility |
121 |
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14.3 |
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Remittance of Payments |
121 |
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14.4 |
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Redistribution of Payment |
122 |
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14.5 |
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Duties and Obligations |
123 |
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14.6 |
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Prompt Notice to the Lenders |
124 |
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14.7 |
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Agent's and Lenders' Authorities |
124 |
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14.8 |
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Lender Credit Decision |
124 |
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14.9 |
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Indemnification of Agent |
124 |
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14.10 |
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Successor Agent |
125 |
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14.11 |
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Taking and Enforcement of Remedies |
125 |
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14.12 |
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Reliance Upon Agent |
126 |
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14.13 |
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No Liability of Agent |
126 |
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14.14 |
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The Agent and Defaulting Lenders |
126 |
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14.15 |
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Article for Benefit of Agent and Lenders |
127 |
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14.16 |
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Erroneous Payments by the Agent |
127 |
ARTICLE 15 GENERAL |
130 |
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15.1 |
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Exchange and Confidentiality of Information |
130 |
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15.2 |
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Nature of Obligations under this Agreement; Defaulting Lenders |
131 |
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15.3 |
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Notices |
132 |
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15.4 |
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Governing Law |
134 |
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15.5 |
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Benefit of the Agreement |
134 |
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15.6 |
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Assignment |
134 |
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15.7 |
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Participations |
134 |
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15.8 |
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Severability |
135 |
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15.9 |
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Whole Agreement |
135 |
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15.10 |
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Amendments and Waivers |
135 |
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15.11 |
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Further Assurances |
137 |
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15.12 |
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Attornment |
137 |
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15.13 |
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Time of the Essence |
137 |
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15.14 |
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Waiver of Jury Trial |
137 |
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15.15 |
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Electronic Communications |
138 |
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15.16 |
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Platform |
138 |
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15.17 |
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Anti-Money Laundering/Know Your Customer Laws |
138 |
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15.18 |
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No Fiduciary Duty |
139 |
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15.19 |
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Credit Agreement Governs |
139 |
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15.20 |
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Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions |
139 |
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15.21 |
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Disruption Events |
140 |
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15.22 |
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Counterparts |
141 |
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15.23 |
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Electronic Execution |
141 |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of April 28, 2026
B E T W E E N:
OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD., a corporation subsisting under the laws of the Province of Alberta (hereinafter referred to as the "Borrower"),
OF THE FIRST PART,
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
BANK OF MONTREAL, and
ICBC STANDARD BANK PLC,
together with such other persons as become parties hereto as lenders (hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the "Lenders" and sometimes individually referred to as a "Lender"),
OF THE SECOND PART,
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, a Canadian chartered bank, as agent of the
Lenders hereunder (hereinafter referred to as the "Agent"),
OF THE THIRD PART.
WHEREAS the Lenders have agreed to provide the Credit Facilities to the Borrower on the terms and conditions herein set forth;
AND WHEREAS the Borrower, the Agent and certain other persons as Lenders are party to the Existing Credit Agreement;
AND WHEREAS the parties hereto have agreed to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions herein set forth;
AND WHEREAS the Lenders wish the Agent to act on their behalf with regard to certain matters associated with the Credit Facilities;
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby conclusively acknowledged by each of the parties hereto, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
"2025 Note Indenture" means the trust indenture dated as of December 3, 2025 between the Borrower, as issuer, and Odyssey Trust Company, as trustee.
"2025 Notes" means the 8.125% senior unsecured notes due December 3, 2030 issued by the Borrower on December 3, 2025 under and pursuant to the 2025 Note Indenture (and, for certainty, 2025 Notes includes Additional Notes (under and as defined in the 2025 Note Indenture) issued on the same terms and conditions).
"Abandonment and Reclamation Report" means a report pertaining to the ARO Liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, segmented and in sufficient detail as requested by the Agent or any of the Lenders, acting reasonably, and which shall include:
"Acceleration" has the meaning set out in Section 11.10(1).
"Acceleration Notice" means a written notice delivered by the Agent to the Borrower pursuant to Section 11.2 declaring all Obligations of the Borrower outstanding hereunder to be due and payable.
"Additional Compensation" has the meaning set out in Section 12.2(1).
"Adjusted Daily Compounded CORRA" means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Daily Compounded CORRA for such calculation plus (b) the Daily Compounded CORRA Adjustment; provided that, if Adjusted Daily Compounded CORRA as so determined for any day shall be less than the Floor, then Adjusted Daily Compounded CORRA shall be deemed to be the Floor for such day.
"Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR" means, for any day, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) Daily Simple SOFR for such day plus (b) the Daily Simple SOFR Adjustment provided that, if Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR as so determined above for any day shall be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor for such day.
"Adjusted Term CORRA" means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term CORRA for such calculation plus (b) the Term CORRA Adjustment; provided that, if the Interest Period with respect to the applicable Term CORRA Loan is a Non-Standard Interest Period, then Adjusted Term CORRA shall be the CORRA Interpolated Rate; and provided further that, if Adjusted Term CORRA as so determined for any day shall be less than the Floor, then Adjusted Term CORRA shall be deemed to be the Floor for such day.
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"Adjusted Term SOFR" means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such calculation plus (b) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided that, if the Interest Period with respect to the applicable SOFR Loan is a Non-Standard Interest Period, then Adjusted Term SOFR shall be the SOFR Interpolated Rate; and provided further that, if Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined above for any day shall be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor for such day.
"Adjustment Time" means the time of occurrence of the last event necessary (including the delivery of a Demand for Payment) to ensure that all Secured Obligations are thereafter due and payable.
"Advance" means an advance of funds made by the Lenders or by any one or more of them to the Borrower (including by way of overdraft under the Operating Facility), but does not include any Conversion or Rollover.
"Affected Financial Institution" means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution. "Affected Loan" has the meaning set out in Section 12.3.
"Affected Party" has the meaning set out in the definition of "Disruption Event".
"Affiliate" means any person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with another person; and, for the purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlled by" or "under common control with") means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of any person, whether through the ownership of shares or other economic interests, the holding of voting rights or contractual rights or otherwise.
"Agency Fee Agreement" means the agency fee agreement dated as of July 27, 2022 between the Borrower and the Agent respecting the payment of certain fees and other amounts to the Agent for its own account.
"Agent Parties" has the meaning set out in Section 15.16.
"Agent's Accounts" means the following accounts maintained by the Agent to which payments and transfers in respect of the Syndicated Facility under this Agreement are to be effected:
[Redacted – Confidential Account Information]
[Redacted – Confidential Account Information]
or such other account or accounts as the Agent may from time to time designate by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.
"Aggregate Individual Commitment" means, in respect of each Lender as at any relevant date of determination, an amount equal to the aggregate Commitments of such Lender under the Credit Facilities.
"Agreement" means this amended and restated credit agreement, as the same may be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.
"AML/KYC Legislation" has the meaning set out in Section 15.17.
"Anti-Corruption Laws" means all laws concerning or relating to bribery or public corruption, including the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada), the UK Bribery Act, the FCPA and any similar laws currently in force or hereafter enacted (and including any regulations, rules, guidelines or orders thereunder) and, in any case, which are applicable to the Borrower, any Subsidiary, any Lender or Affiliate thereof, or the Agent.
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"Anti-Money Laundering/ Anti-Terrorist Financing Laws" means all laws concerning or relating to money laundering or terrorist financing, including the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the United Nations Act (Canada), the Criminal Code (Canada), the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. sections 5301 et seq., the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56 (a/k/a the USA Patriot Act), Laundering of Monetary Instruments, 18 U.S.C. section 1956, Engaging in Monetary Transactions in Property Derived from Specified Unlawful Activity, 18 U.S.C. section 1957, the Financial Recordkeeping and Reporting of Currency and Foreign Transactions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Chapter X (Parts 1000 et. seq.) and any similar laws currently in force or hereafter enacted (and including any regulations, rules, guidelines or orders thereunder) and, in any case, which are applicable to the Borrower, any Subsidiary, any Lender or Affiliate thereof, or the Agent.
"Applicable Laws" or "applicable law" means, in relation to any person, transaction or event:
"Applicable Pricing Rate", as regards any Loan or the standby fees payable in accordance with Section 5.7, means, subject to the provisos to this definition set forth below, when the Consolidated Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio (calculated as at the Quarter End for the most recently completed calendar quarter and for the 12 months ended on such date) is one of the following, the percentage rate per annum set forth opposite such ratio in the row and column applicable to the type of Loan in question or such standby fee:
Consolidated Senior Debt to |
Margin on |
Margin on |
Standby Fee on |
less than 0.50:1.00 |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
equal to or greater than 0.50:1.00 and less than 1.00:1.00 |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
equal to or greater than 1.00:1.00 and less than 1.50:1.00 |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
equal to or greater than 1.50:1.00 and less than 2.00:1.00 |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
equal to or greater than 2.00:1.00 and less than 2.50:1.00 |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
equal to or greater than 2.50:1.00 and less than 3.00:1.00 |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
equal to or greater than 3.00:1.00 |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
[Redacted – Percentage] |
provided that:
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"Approved Fund" means any Fund that is administered or managed by:
"Approved Securities" means obligations maturing within one year from their date of purchase or other acquisition by the Borrower or a Subsidiary and which are:
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"ARO Assessments" means, collectively, the LCA and any other similar, analogous or equivalent assessment, regulatory process or requirement used by an Energy Regulator in a Relevant Jurisdiction, including, without limitation, any assessment by an Energy Regulator of the capabilities of licensees, permittees or other similar persons to meet their regulatory and liability obligations across/throughout the energy development lifecycle.
"ARO Liabilities" means, as at any date of determination, the uninflated and undiscounted abandonment and reclamation liabilities and obligations (expressed in nominal dollars) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of upstream oil and gas wells, facilities, and pipelines, in each case, located in Canada or, if the context requires, any jurisdiction therein.
"ARO Order" means any abandonment, reclamation and/or non-compliance order or directive issued by an Energy Regulator which relates to any assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
"Asset Acquisition" means any purchase or other acquisition (whether by way of purchase, merger, amalgamation or other transaction) of any assets, property or undertaking other than an Investment.
"Assigned Interests" has the meaning set out in Section 2.19(5)(a).
"Assignment Agreement" means an assignment agreement substantially in the form of Schedule B annexed hereto, with such modifications thereto as may be required from time to time by the Agent, acting reasonably.
"Available Tenor" means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or any component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, as of such date and not including, for avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of "Interest Period" pursuant to Section 12.1(4).
"Bail-In Action" means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
"Bail-In Legislation" means:
"Banking Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law to be closed for business in Calgary, Alberta, Toronto, Ontario, or New York, New York; provided that, when used in connection with a SOFR Loan, or any other calculation or determination involving SOFR, the term "Banking Day" means any such day that is also a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
"Basel III" means, collectively, the agreements on capital requirements, leverage ratios and liquidity standards contained in "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems", "Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, modified, supplemented, reissued or replaced from time to time, and "Basel III:
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The liquidity coverage ratio and liquidity risk monitoring tools" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in January 2013, as amended, modified, supplemented, reissued or replaced from time to time.
"basis point" or "bp" means one one-hundredth of one percent (0.01%) and "basis points" and "bps" means the plural thereof.
"Benchmark" means, initially, (a) in respect of any SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, (b) in respect of any Term CORRA Loan, the Term CORRA Reference Rate and (c) in respect of any Daily Compounded CORRA Loan, CORRA; provided in each case that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to any then-current Benchmark, then "Benchmark" means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 12.1(1). Any reference to "Benchmark" shall include, as applicable, the published component used in the calculation thereof.
"Benchmark Fallback Loans" means (a) in respect of any SOFR Loans, U.S. Base Rate Loans, (b) in respect of any Term CORRA Loans, Daily Compounded CORRA Loans and (c) in respect of any Daily Compounded CORRA Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Loans.
"Benchmark Loan" means any Loan that bears interest with reference to any Benchmark (or any Benchmark Replacement thereof).
"Benchmark Replacement" means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event for any then-current Benchmark:
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provided that, if the Benchmark Replacement as so determined above for any day would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for such day.
"Benchmark Replacement Adjustment" means, with respect to any replacement of any then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by, in the case of the Syndicated Facility, the Agent, or, in the case of the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender (as the case may be), and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. Dollar-denominated or Canadian Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities (as applicable) at such time.
"Benchmark Replacement Date" means a date and time determined by, in the case of the Syndicated Facility, the Agent, or, in the case of the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender (as the case may be), which date shall be no later than the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to any then-current Benchmark:
For the avoidance of doubt, the "Benchmark Replacement Date" will be deemed to have occurred in the case of subparagraph (a) or (b) above with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
"Benchmark Transition Event" means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to any then-current Benchmark:
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For the avoidance of doubt, if such Benchmark is a term rate, a "Benchmark Transition Event" will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
"Benchmark Unavailability Period" means, in respect of any Benchmark, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred in respect of such Benchmark if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any other Document in accordance with Section 12.1 and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any other Document in accordance with Section 12.1.
"BHC Act Affiliate" of a party means an "affiliate" (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
"Borrowing Base" means the aggregate principal limit for Loans under the Credit Facilities (expressed in Canadian Dollars) established from time to time by the Lenders in accordance with Section 2.23, taking into consideration their assessment of the lending value of the proved, developed, producing reserves which are located in Canada of the Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries. For certainty, the Lenders' assessment of the lending value as aforesaid may take into account the ARO Liabilities of the Borrower and the Borrower's Subsidiaries and its and its Subsidiaries' shut-in production (both actual and anticipated).
"Borrowing Base Notice" has the meaning set out in Section 2.23(1).
"Borrowing Base Properties" means, collectively, P&NG Rights which comprise or relate to proved reserves (including any related P&NG Leases, related facilities, infrastructure and other tangibles relating to any of the foregoing).
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"Borrowing Base Shortfall" means the amount (if any) by which the Outstanding Principal of the Credit Facilities exceeds the amount of the Borrowing Base set forth in the most recently delivered Borrowing Base Notice (for certainty, whether the determination of the Borrowing Base set forth in such Borrowing Base Notice is yet in effect pursuant to Section 2.23 or not).
"Burgess" means Burgess Energy Holdings, L.L.C.
"Burgess Royalty Agreement" means the royalty agreement dated June 3, 2019 between Cavalier and Burgess, as amended by a letter amending agreement dated March 22, 2023, as may be amended, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms.
"Burgess Royalty Assumption Agreements" means, collectively: (i) the assumption agreement dated May 23, 2024 between Cavalier, Obsidian Energy Partnership (as successor in interest to the Borrower) and Burgess, as amended by an amending agreement made as of July 31, 2024; and (ii) the assumption agreement dated May 24, 2024 between Cavalier, Obsidian Energy Partnership (as successor in interest to the Borrower) and Burgess, as amended by an amending agreement made as of July 31, 2024, in each case, for the purpose of providing for the assignment to, and assumption by, Obsidian Energy Partnership of certain obligations of Cavalier under the Burgess Royalty Agreement in connection with the Cavalier Farmout and Option Agreements.
"Burgess Royalty Default" has the meaning set out in Section 11.1(ee).
"Burgess Royalty Default Notice" has the meaning set out in Section 11.1(ee).
"Burgess Royalty Lien" means any Security Interest granted in favour of Burgess pursuant to the Burgess Royalty Agreement including, without limitation, the "Lien" under and as defined in the Burgess Royalty Agreement.
"Burgess Royalty Subordination Agreements" means, collectively: (i) the subordination agreement dated September 18, 2024 made by Burgess to and in favour of the Agent and Obsidian Energy Partnership which amended and restated the subordination agreement dated May 23, 2024; and (ii) the subordination agreement dated September 18, 2024 made by Burgess to and in favour of the Agent and Obsidian Energy Partnership which amended and restated the subordination agreement dated May 24, 2024.
"Canadian Dollars" or "Canadian $" or "Cdn.$" each means such currency of Canada which, as at the time of payment or determination, is legal tender in Canada for the payment of public or private debts.
"Canadian Prime Rate" means, on any day, the greater of:
provided that, (i) if both such rates are equal or if such one (1) month Adjusted Term CORRA rate in effect on such day is unavailable for any reason on any date of determination, then the Canadian Prime Rate shall be the rate specified in subparagraph (a) above and (ii) if the Canadian Prime Rate as so determined for any day would be less than the Floor, the Canadian Prime Rate will be deemed to be the Floor for such day.
"Canadian Prime Rate Loan" means an Advance in, or Conversion into, Canadian Dollars made by the Lenders (or any one of them) to the Borrower with respect to which the Borrower has specified or a provision hereof requires that interest is to be calculated by reference to the Canadian Prime Rate.
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"Capital Adequacy Requirements" means the Guideline dated January 2017, entitled "Capital Adequacy Requirements (CAR)" issued by OSFI and all other guidelines or requirements relating to capital adequacy issued by OSFI or any other Governmental Authority regulating or having jurisdiction with respect to any Lender, as amended, modified, supplemented, reissued or replaced from time to time.
"Cash Equivalents" means, without duplication, as to any person:
"Cash Management Arrangements" means any arrangement entered into or to be entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with a Cash Manager for or in respect of cash management services for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including mirror accounting arrangements, account positioning arrangements, pooled accounts, netting arrangements across accounts, centralized operating accounts, automated clearing house transactions, controlled disbursement services, treasury, depository, overdraft and electronic funds transfer services, foreign exchange facilities, currency exchange transactions or agreements and options with respect thereto, credit card processing services, credit or debit cards, purchase cards and any indemnity given in connection with any of the foregoing.
"Cash Management Documents" means, collectively, all agreements, instruments and other documents which evidence, establish, govern or relate to any or all of the Cash Management Arrangements.
"Cash Management Obligations" means, at any time and from time to time, all of the obligations, indebtedness and liabilities (present or future, absolute or contingent, matured or not) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the Cash Managers under, pursuant or relating to the Cash Management Arrangements and/or the Cash Management Documents and whether the same are from time to time reduced and thereafter increased or entirely extinguished and thereafter incurred again and including all principal, interest, fees, legal and other costs, charges and expenses, and other amounts payable by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under the Cash Management Arrangements and/or the Cash Management Documents; in any event, and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Cash Management
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Obligations shall include the obligations, indebtedness and liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the Cash Managers for or in relation to each of the following:
"Cash Manager" means each Lender which, from time to time, is a provider of Cash Management Arrangements to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and which includes Royal Bank of Canada on the date hereof.
"Casualty Event" means, with respect to any property or assets of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries, any casualty of, loss of, destruction of, damage to or rendering unfit for normal use for any reason whatsoever of, such property or assets.
"Cavalier" means Cavalier Energy Inc.
"Cavalier Farmout and Option Agreements" means, collectively: (i) the farmout and option agreement dated March 23, 2024 between Cavalier and Obsidian Energy Partnership (as successor in interest to the Borrower), as amended by an amending agreement made as of July 31, 2024; and (ii) the farmout and option agreement dated March 24, 2024 between Cavalier and Obsidian Energy Partnership (as successor in interest to the Borrower), as amended by an amending agreement made as of July 31, 2024.
"CFR" means the Code of Federal Regulations (United States).
"Change of Control" means and shall be deemed to have occurred if and when:
"Co-Lead Arrangers" means Royal Bank of Canada carrying on business under the trade name "RBC Capital Markets" and Bank of Montreal.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (United States).
"Collateral" has the meaning set out in Section 10.1(1).
"Commitment" means a Syndicated Facility Commitment or the Operating Facility Commitment.
"Commodity Agreement" means any agreement for the making or taking of delivery of any commodity (including Petroleum Substances, Emissions-Related Credits and electricity), any commodity swap agreement, floor, cap or collar agreement or commodity future, forward, derivative or option transaction or other similar agreement or arrangement, or any combination thereof, entered into by the Borrower or a Subsidiary where the subject matter of the same is any commodity or the price, value or amount payable thereunder is dependent or based upon the price of any commodity or fluctuations in the price of any commodity, but shall not include any agreement for the making or taking of physical delivery of any commodity (including Petroleum Substances, Emissions-Related Credits and electricity) in the ordinary course of business or the physical purchase or sale of any commodity (including Petroleum
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Substances and electricity) by the Borrower or a Subsidiary entered into in the ordinary course of business unless either (a) such agreement is with a bank, investment bank, securities dealer, insurance company, trust company, pension fund, institutional investor or any other financial institution or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, but excluding any physical sales made to any such person where the sale is made on a floating price based on current market prices and where the sale is not entered into for the purposes described in (b) of this definition, or (b) such agreement is entered into for hedging purposes or otherwise for the purpose of eliminating or reducing the financial risk or exposure of the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof to fluctuations in the prices of commodities (including Petroleum Substances and electricity) (and, for certainty, any such agreement referred to in (a) or (b) of this definition shall constitute a "Commodity Agreement" for all purposes hereof and any other such agreement for the physical making, taking, purchase or sale of any commodity which is not referred to in (a) or (b) of this definition shall constitute an "Excluded Commodity Agreement").
"Commodity Exchange Act" means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
"Communications" has the meaning set out in Section 15.16.
"Compliance Certificate" means a certificate of the Borrower signed on its behalf by any one of the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, vice president, finance, treasurer or controller of the Borrower, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Schedule C, to be given to the Agent and the Lenders by the Borrower pursuant hereto.
"Conforming Changes" means, with respect to either the use or administration of any Benchmark or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definitions of "Canadian Prime Rate", "U.S. Base Rate", "Banking Day", "U.S. Government Securities Business Day", "Interest Period" or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of "interest period" in respect of the foregoing, "Interest Payment Date" or any similar or analogous definition in respect of the foregoing), the timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, the timing of Drawdown Notices, Conversion Notices, Rollover Notices or Repayment Notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 2.6, Section 12.1 and other technical, administrative or operational matters,) that, in the case of the Syndicated Facility, the Agent or, in the case of the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender (as the case may be) decides, acting reasonably, may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by, in the case of the Syndicated Facility, the Agent or, in the case of the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender (as the case may be) in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or if, in the case of the Syndicated Facility, the Agent, or, in the case of the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender (as the case may be) decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if, in the case of the Syndicated Facility, the Agent, or, in the case of the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender (as the case may be) determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as, in the case of the Syndicated Facility, the Agent, or, in the case of the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender (as the case may be) decides, acting reasonably, is necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Documents).
"Consolidated Assets" means, on any date of determination, the assets of the Borrower determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means, in respect of any period and as determined, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis, the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for such period plus:
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less:
"Consolidated Interest Expense" of a person, for any period, means interest expense of such person determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as the same would be set forth or reflected in a consolidated statement of income of such person and, in any event and without limitation, shall include (without duplication):
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but excluding, for certainty, the non-cash accretion of asset retirement obligations; provided that, unless otherwise expressly provided or the context otherwise requires, references herein to "Consolidated Interest Expense" shall be and shall be deemed to be references to Consolidated Interest Expense of the Borrower.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, in respect of any period and as determined in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis, the net income or loss, as applicable, of the Borrower after income taxes, as shown on the Borrower's consolidated statement of income for such period.
"Consolidated Senior Debt" means, as at the date of determination, all Consolidated Total Debt and excluding any Permitted Junior Debt which has a maturity date not due within 365 days of the date of determination.
"Consolidated Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio" means, as at the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, the ratio of Consolidated Senior Debt as at the last day of such fiscal quarter to Consolidated EBITDA for the 12 months ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter.
"Consolidated Total Debt" means, in respect of the Borrower, all Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis.
"Consolidated Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio" means, as at the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, the ratio of Consolidated Total Debt as at the last day of such fiscal quarter to Consolidated EBITDA for the 12 months ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter.
"Continuing Director" means, as of any date of determination, any member of the board of directors of the Borrower (i) who was a member of the board of directors of the Borrower on July 27, 2022 or (ii) whose election or nomination for election to the board of directors of the Borrower has been approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors who were at the time of such nomination or election members of the board of directors of the Borrower.
"Conversion" means a conversion or deemed conversion of a Loan under a given Credit Facility into another type of Loan under the same Credit Facility pursuant to the provisions hereof, provided that, subject to Section 2.7, the conversion of a Loan denominated in one currency to a Loan denominated in another currency shall be effected by (a) repayment of the Loan or portion thereof being converted in the currency in which it was denominated and (b) re-advance to the Borrower of the Loan into which such conversion was made.
"Conversion Date" means the date specified by the Borrower as being the date on which the Borrower has elected to convert, or this Agreement requires the conversion of, one type of Loan under a given Credit Facility into another type of Loan under the same Credit Facility and which shall be a Banking Day.
"Conversion Notice" means a notice substantially in the form annexed hereto as Schedule D to be given to the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) by the Borrower pursuant hereto.
"CORRA" means the Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average administered and published by the Bank of Canada (or any successor administrator).
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"CORRA Interpolated Rate" means, for any Term CORRA Loan for a Non-Standard Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by, in the case of the Syndicated Facility, the Agent, or, in the case of the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender (as the case may be) (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) Adjusted Term CORRA for the longest Interest Period that is not a Non-Standard Interest Period for which Adjusted Term CORRA is available that is shorter than the Non-Standard Interest Period of such Term CORRA Loan and (b) Adjusted Term CORRA for the shortest Interest Period that is not a Non-Standard Interest Period for which Adjusted Term CORRA is available that exceeds the Non-Standard Interest Period of such Term CORRA Loan, in each case, at such time; provided that when determining the CORRA Interpolated Rate for a Non-Standard Interest Period which is less than one (1) month, the CORRA Interpolated Rate shall be deemed to be Adjusted Term CORRA for an Interest Period of one (1) month's duration.
"CORRA Loans" means, collectively, Term CORRA Loans and Daily Compounded CORRA Loans. "Covered Entity" means any of the following:
"Covered Party" has the meaning set out in Section 10.11(b).
"CPA" means the CPA Canada or any successor thereto.
"Credit Facilities" means, collectively, the Syndicated Facility and the Operating Facility, and "Credit Facility" means any one of such credit facilities.
"Currency Excess" has the meaning set out in Section 2.17. "Currency Excess Deficiency" has the meaning set out in Section 2.17.
"Currency Hedging Agreement" means any currency swap agreement, cross currency agreement, forward agreement, floor, cap or collar agreement, future, derivative or option, insurance or other similar agreement or arrangement, or any combination thereof, entered into by the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof where the subject matter of the same is currency exchange rates or the price, value or amount payable thereunder is dependent or based upon currency exchange rates or fluctuations in currency exchange rates as in effect from time to time.
"Daily Compounded CORRA" means, for any day, CORRA with interest accruing on a compounded daily basis, with the methodology and conventions for this rate (which will include compounding in arrears with a lookback of five (5) Banking Days or such other time period as reasonably determined by the Agent or the Operating Lender, as the case may be) being established by, in the case of the Syndicated Facility, the Agent, or, in the case of the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender (as the case may be), in accordance with the methodology and conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining compounded CORRA for business loans; provided that, if the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) decides that any such methodology or convention is not administratively feasible for the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be), then the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) may establish another methodology or convention in its discretion, acting reasonably; and provided that if the administrator has not provided or published CORRA and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to CORRA has not occurred, then, in respect of any day for which CORRA is required, references to CORRA will be deemed to be references to the last provided or published CORRA.
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"Daily Compounded CORRA Adjustment" means [Redacted – Percentage] per annum for an Interest Period of one (1) month's duration, and [Redacted – Percentage] per annum for an Interest Period of three (3) months' duration.
"Daily Compounded CORRA Loan" means an Advance in, or Conversion into, Canadian Dollars made by the Lenders (or any one of them) to the Borrower with respect to which the Borrower has specified or a provision hereof requires that interest is to be calculated by reference to Adjusted Daily Compounded CORRA (including a Rollover thereof).
"Daily Simple SOFR" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by, in the case of the Syndicated Facility, the Agent, or, in the case of the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender (as the case may be), in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining "Daily Simple SOFR" for syndicated business loans; provided that, if the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be), then the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) may establish another convention in its discretion, acting reasonably.
"Daily Simple SOFR Adjustment" means, with respect to Daily Simple SOFR, [Redacted – Percentage] per annum.
"DBRS" means DBRS Limited and any successors thereto.
"Debt" means, with respect to any person ("X"), without duplication:
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provided that, unless otherwise expressly provided or the context otherwise requires, references herein to "Debt" shall be and shall be deemed to be references to Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
"Declining Lender" has the meaning set out in Section 2.22.
"Default" means any event or condition which, with the giving of notice, lapse of time or upon a declaration or determination being made (or any combination thereof), would constitute an Event of Default.
"Default Right" has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
"Defaulting Lender" means any Lender:
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"Demand for Payment" means an Acceleration Notice or a Financial Instrument Demand for Payment. "Departing Agent" has the meaning set out in Section (2).
"Designated Material Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary which is designated as a Material Subsidiary pursuant to Section 10.1(4) and which would not otherwise fall within part (a), (b), (c) or (d) of the definition of "Material Subsidiary".
"Disposition" means a sale, transfer, lease, assignment or other disposition of, or the grant or creation of an in rem right or interest in, to or against, any property or assets (and including, for certainty, the grant or creation of any gross overriding royalty or other right or interest in, to or against any P&NG Rights which is or purports to be an interest in land), and "Dispose" shall have a correlative meaning thereto.
"Disruption Event" means, with respect to any of the Agent, a Lender, the Borrower or any Subsidiary whose operations are being disrupted by any of the following events (each an “Affected Party”):
provided that (x) such event is not intentionally caused by, and is beyond the reasonable control of, such Affected Party (including, without limitation, as a result of a cyber attack or similar unauthorized or malicious act which has compromised or disrupted the access to or use of software, hardware, systems, networks or other technological infrastructure related to payment or communications systems) and (y) the Affected Party is using reasonable efforts to mitigate the effects of such Disruption Event in a timely manner.
"Dissenting Lender" has the meaning set out in Section 2.21(1).
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"Distribution" means:
and whether any of the foregoing is made, paid or satisfied with or for cash, property or any combination thereof.
"Documents" means this Agreement, the Agency Fee Agreement, the Security, any Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and all certificates, notices, instruments and other agreements or documents delivered or to be delivered by the Borrower or a Subsidiary to the Agent, the Lenders, the Operating Lender, or any combination of the foregoing, in relation to the Credit Facilities pursuant hereto or thereto (but excluding, for greater certainty, any Lender Financial Instruments and Cash Management Documents) and, when used in relation to any person, the term "Documents" shall mean and refer to the Documents executed and delivered by such person.
"Drafts" means drafts, bills of exchange, receipts, acceptances, demands and other requests for payment drawn or issued under a Letter of Credit.
"Drawdown" means:
but, for certainty, does not include a Conversion or Rollover.
"Drawdown Date" means the date on which a Drawdown is made by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions hereof and which shall be a Banking Day.
"Drawdown Notice" means a notice substantially in the form annexed hereto as Schedule E to be given to the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) by the Borrower pursuant hereto.
"EEA Financial Institution" means:
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"EEA Member Country" means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
"EEA Resolution Authority" means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
"Effective Date" means the date on which all of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 have been satisfied (or waived in writing by all of the Lenders in accordance with Section 3.3).
"Emissions-Related Credits" means any rights, credits, revenues, offsets, tax benefits or values, greenhouse gas rights or similar rights related to carbon credits, rights to any greenhouse gas emission reductions, carbon-related tax credits or equivalent arising from emission reduction trading or any quantifiable benefits (including recognition, award or allocation of credits, allowances, permits or other tangible rights), whether created from or through a Governmental Authority, other person, or private contract, now or in the future, associated with the production, capture and sequestration of CO2 from the exploration, development and production of Petroleum Substances from P&NG Rights, other than any electricity energy that may be produced, and that is capable of being measured, verified or calculated, and including such rights to sell or trade any of the aforementioned domestically or internationally, and including the right to count or claim any applicable reductions pursuant to any program of a Governmental Authority designed to encourage or reward the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; provided that, "Emissions-Related Credits" shall not include any severance tax credit, production tax credit or other direct third-party subsidies, whether created from or through a Governmental Authority, other person, or private contract, now or in the future, in favor of an oil, gas or enhanced or tertiary recovery producer or otherwise in associated with the exploration, development and production of Petroleum Substances from P&NG Rights.
"Energy Regulator" means (a) with respect to Alberta, the Alberta Energy Regulator, (b) with respect to British Columbia, the BC Oil and Gas Commission, (c) with respect to Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources, and (d) with respect to any other Relevant Jurisdiction, the regulatory body with responsibility for regulating the development of, including the oversight of environmental matters in, the oil and gas industry in such jurisdiction; and in each case, together with any successor or replacement agency, department, ministry or commission thereto.
"Energy Regulator Demand for Deposit" means any demand to post security deposits issued by an Energy Regulator to the Borrower or any Subsidiary in order to ensure compliance with the ARO Assessment required by such Energy Regulator in a Relevant Jurisdiction (excluding, for certainty, any security deposits which are mandatorily required to be provided by owners of P&NG Rights or P&NG Leases without regard to any such ARO Assessment or similar abandonment and reclamation obligation deficiency).
"Engineering Report" means a report (in form and substance satisfactory to the Majority of the Lenders, acting reasonably) prepared by the Independent Engineer or Independent Engineers, as the case may be, respecting the reserves of Petroleum Substances attributable to the assets and undertakings of the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries, which report shall, as of the effective date of such report, set forth, inter alia, (a) the proved, developed, producing reserves of Petroleum Substances, (b) the proved, developed nonproducing reserves of Petroleum Substances, (c) the proved and undeveloped reserves of Petroleum Substances and (d) the probable reserves of Petroleum Substances, in each case, attributable to the assets and undertakings of the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries and, for each ensuing 12 month period following the effective date of such report: anticipated rates of production, depletion and reinjection of Petroleum Substances; Crown, freehold and overriding royalties and freehold mineral taxes with respect to Petroleum Substances produced from or attributable to such assets and undertakings; production, revenue, value-added, wellhead or severance Taxes with respect to Petroleum Substances produced from
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or attributable to such assets and undertakings; operating costs; gathering, transporting, processing, marketing and storage fees payable with respect to Petroleum Substances produced from or attributable to such assets and undertakings; capital expenditures expected to be necessary to achieve anticipated rates of production; and net cash flow with respect to such assets and undertakings, including all revenues, expenses and expenditures described above; but not, for greater certainty, any overhead recoveries or operators' fees or charges from third parties.
"Environmental Claims" means any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, claims, liens, notices of non-compliance or violation, investigations, inspections, inquiries or proceedings relating in any way to any Environmental Laws or to any permit issued under any such Environmental Laws including:
"Environmental Laws" means all Applicable Laws with respect to the environment or environmental or public health and safety matters contained in statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, orders, judgments, approvals, notices, permits or policies, guidelines or directives having the force of law.
"Equity Interests" means, with respect to any person:
whether voting or non-voting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are authorized or otherwise existing on any date of determination.
"Equivalent Amount" means, on any date, the equivalent amount in Canadian Dollars or United States Dollars, as the case may be, after giving effect to a conversion of a specified amount of United States Dollars to Canadian Dollars or of Canadian Dollars to United States Dollars, as the case may be, at the rate of exchange for Canadian interbank transactions established by the Bank of Canada and quoted at approximately the end of business (Toronto time) for the day in question or, if such determination is required to be made prior to such time, as quoted at approximately the end of business (Toronto time) on the Banking Day immediately preceding the date of determination, or, if such rate is for any reason unavailable, at the spot rate quoted for wholesale transactions by the Agent or the Operating Lender, as the case may be, at approximately noon (Toronto time) on that date in accordance with its normal practice.
"Erroneous Payment" has the meaning set out in Section 14.16(1).
"Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment" has the meaning set out in Section 14.16(4). "Erroneous Payment Impacted Facilities" has the meaning set out in Section 14.16(4). "Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency" has the meaning set out in Section 14.16(4). "Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights" has the meaning set out in Section 14.16(4).
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"EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule" means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
"Event of Default" has the meaning set out in Section 11.1.
"Excess Cash" means any cash or Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that, when taken as a whole, are in excess of the Threshold Amount at any time, but excluding therefrom any cash or Cash Equivalents which are Excluded Deposits/Amounts.
"Excluded Commodity Agreement" has the meaning set out in the definition of "Commodity Agreement" herein.
"Excluded Deposits/Amounts" means cash or Cash Equivalents:
"Excluded Taxes" means, with respect to the Agent, any Lender, or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation hereunder:
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"Executive Order" means the executive order No. 13224 of 23 September 2011, entitled "Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism".
"Existing Credit Agreement" means the amended and restated credit agreement made as of April 4, 2025 between Obsidian Energy Ltd., as borrower, the persons party thereto as lenders, and Royal Bank of Canada as agent of such lenders, as amended by a first amending agreement made effective as of November 27, 2025.
"Expected Production" means, for any period of determination, expected production of proved, developed producing reserves of Petroleum Substances of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, net of royalties, as described in the Borrower's most recent Engineering Report (as such Expected Production is updated from time to time by a board of director approved forecast, such forecast to be acceptable to the Majority of the Lenders, acting reasonably), as adjusted for acquisitions and Dispositions for such year.
"Extending Lender" has the meaning set out in Section 2.19(3).
"FATCA" means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of the foregoing and any fiscal, regulatory, legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code.
"FCPA" means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (United States), including any subordinate legislation thereunder.
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"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate of interest per annum equal to (a) the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of one percent per annum) of the annual rates of interest on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve Board (or any successor thereof) arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published on the next succeeding Banking Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any successor thereto) or, (b) if such day is not a Banking Day, such weighted average for the immediately preceding Banking Day for which the same is published or, (c) if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Banking Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of one percent per annum) of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Agent (or the Operating Lender) from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Agent or the Operating Lender; provided that, if the Federal Funds Rate would be less than zero on any day, then such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor on such day.
"Federal Reserve Board" or "Federal" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board of the United States of America or any successor thereof.
"Finance Lease" means, at any time:
"Finance Lease Obligations" means, at any time with respect to any person and without duplication, the amount of the obligations under Finance Leases required to be shown as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such person in accordance with applicable GAAP (as specified in the definition of Finance Lease); provided that, unless otherwise expressly provided or the context otherwise requires, references herein to "Finance Lease Obligations" shall be and shall be deemed to be references to Finance Lease Obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
"Financial Assistance" means, with respect to any person and without duplication, any loan, guarantee, undertaking to assume, endorsement (other than the routine endorsement of cheques in the ordinary course of business), indemnity, assurance, acceptance, extension of credit, loan purchase, share purchase, equity or capital contribution, investment or other form of direct or indirect financial assistance or support of any other person or any obligation (contingent or otherwise), in each case, primarily for the purpose of enabling another person to incur or pay any Debt or to comply with agreements relating thereto or otherwise to assure or protect creditors of such other person against loss in respect of the Debt of such other person, and includes any guarantee of or indemnity in respect of Debt of such other person and, in any event includes, any absolute or contingent obligation to (directly or indirectly):
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The amount of any Financial Assistance is the amount of any loan or direct or indirect financial assistance or support, without duplication, given, or all Debt of the obligor to which the Financial Assistance relates, unless the Financial Assistance is limited to a determinable amount, in which case the amount of the Financial Assistance is limited to such determinable amount.
"Financial Instrument" means any Interest Hedging Agreement, Currency Hedging Agreement or Commodity Agreement.
"Financial Instrument Demand for Payment" means a demand made by a Lender or its Hedging Affiliate pursuant to a Lender Financial Instrument demanding payment of the Financial Instrument Obligations which are then due and payable relating thereto and shall include any notice under any agreement evidencing a Lender Financial Instrument which, when delivered, would require an early termination thereof and a payment by the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof in settlement of obligations thereunder as a result of such early termination.
"Financial Instrument Obligations" means obligations arising under Financial Instruments entered into by the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof to the extent of the net amount due or accruing due by the Borrower or such Subsidiary thereunder.
"Financing Lender" has the meaning set out in Section 2.22. "Fixed Charge Event" has the meaning set out in Section 10.2. "Floor" means 0.00% per annum.
"Former Lender" has the meaning set out in Section 10.10. "Fundamental Transaction" has the meaning set out in Section 9.2(k).
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles which are in effect from time to time in Canada including, for certainty, IFRS (but only to the extent IFRS is adopted by the CPA or any successor thereto as generally accepted accounting principles in Canada and, then, subject to such modifications thereto as are agreed by the CPA).
"Governmental Authority" means any federal, provincial, state, regional, municipal or local government or any department, agency, board, tribunal or authority thereof or other political subdivision thereof and any entity or person exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to, government or the operation thereof.
"Governmental Authorization" means an authorization, order, permit, approval, grant, license, consent, right, franchise, privilege, certificate, judgment, writ, injunction, award, determination, direction, decree or demand or the like issued or granted by law or by rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority.
"Guarantee" means any guarantee, indemnity, undertaking to assume, endorse, contingently agree to purchase or to provide funds for the payment of, or otherwise become liable in respect of, any obligation of any person; provided that the amount of each Guarantee shall be deemed to be the amount of the obligation guaranteed thereby, unless the Guarantee is limited to a determinable amount in which case the amount of such Guarantee shall be deemed to be the lesser of such determinable amount and the amount of such obligation.
"Guarantor" means a Material Subsidiary which has executed and delivered to the Agent the Security.
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"Hazardous Materials" means any substance or mixture of substances which, if released into the environment, would likely cause, immediately or at some future time, harm, degradation or adverse effect to the environment or to human health or safety or property and includes, but is not limited to, any substance defined as or determined to be a pollutant, contaminant, waste, hazardous waste, hazardous chemical, hazardous substance, toxic substance, deleterious substance, dangerous good or other similarly designated harmful substance under any Environmental Law.
"Hedge Monetization" means the termination, restructuring or unwinding of any Financial Instrument (but, for certainty, excluding the termination thereof on the scheduled maturity date thereof) which:
"Hedging Affiliate" means any Affiliate of a Lender which enters into a Financial Instrument; provided that, for certainty, Hedging Affiliate: (a) includes any person who was an Affiliate of the Lender at the time such Financial Instrument was entered into; and (b) does not include any person who becomes a counterparty in the place and stead of such Affiliate by reason of the assignment or novation of such Financial Instrument unless such person is a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender.
"IFRS" means International Financial Reporting Standards including International Accounting Standards and Interpretations together with their accompanying documents which are set by the International Accounting Standards Board, the independent standard-setting body of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation (the "IASC Foundation"), and the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee, the interpretative body of the IASC Foundation.
"Indemnified Parties" means, collectively, the Agent and the Lenders (including the Operating Lender) and the Co-Lead Arrangers, including a receiver, receiver manager or similar person appointed under applicable law, and their respective shareholders, Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, advisors and agents and "Indemnified Party" means any one of the foregoing.
"Indemnified Taxes" means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes. "Indemnified Third Party" has the meaning set out in Section 13.3.
"Independent Engineer" means, as of the date hereof, Sproule Associates Limited and includes such other firm or firms of independent engineers as may be selected from time to time by the Borrower and approved by the Majority of the Lenders (acting reasonably) in replacement thereof.
"Information" has the meaning set out in Section 15.1.
"Insolvency Event" means an Event of Default under Section 11.1(h), 11.1(i) or 11.1(j).
"Interest Hedging Agreement" means any interest swap agreement, forward rate agreement, floor, cap or collar agreement, future, derivative or option transaction, insurance or other similar agreement or arrangement, or any combination thereof, entered into by the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof where the subject matter of the same is interest rates or the price, value or amount payable thereunder is dependent or based upon the interest rates or fluctuations in interest rates in effect from time to time (but, for certainty, shall exclude conventional floating rate debt).
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"Interest Payment Date" means:
provided that, in any case, the Maturity Date or, if applicable, any earlier date on which a Credit Facility is fully cancelled or permanently reduced in full, shall be an Interest Payment Date with respect to all Loans then outstanding under such Credit Facility.
"Interest Period" means:
provided that in any case (i) the Interest Period shall commence on the date of a Drawdown or Rollover of, or a Conversion to, a Loan and, in the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, the last day of each Interest Period shall also be the first day of the next Interest Period whether with respect to the same or another Loan; (ii) the last day of each Interest Period shall be a Banking Day and, if the last day of an Interest Period selected by the Borrower is not a Banking Day, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period the last day of which is the Banking Day next following the last day of the Interest Period selected unless such next following Banking Day falls in the next calendar month in which event the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period the last day of which is the Banking Day immediately preceding the last day of the Interest Period selected by the Borrower; (iii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Banking Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is not a numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Banking Day of the relevant calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; (iv) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 12.1(4) shall be available for specification in such Drawdown Notice, Rollover Notice or Conversion Notice; and (v) the last day of all Interest Periods for Loans outstanding under a given Credit Facility shall expire on or prior to the Maturity Date applicable thereto, subject, however, in the case of Letters of Credit, to the provisions of Section 6.2.
"Investment" means any one or more of the following: (a) any purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of any person; (b) any loan to any person; (c) any other extension of credit to any person, other than in the ordinary course of business; and (d) any capital contribution to any other person, all to the extent the same does not otherwise constitute Financial Assistance.
"Judgment Conversion Date" has the meaning set out in Section 13.4. "Judgment Currency" has the meaning set out in Section 13.4.
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"Junior Debt Creditors" means, collectively, the lenders (including holders of any bonds, debentures, notes or other evidence of indebtedness under any Junior Debt Financing Agreement), and any administrative or collateral agents or trustees from time to time under any Junior Debt Financing Agreement.
"Junior Debt Financing Agreement" means any credit agreement, indenture or other principal financing document by and between the Borrower and the Junior Debt Creditors or any administrative or collateral agent or trustee in respect of Permitted Junior Debt, governing the terms and conditions of Permitted Junior Debt, as such agreement, indenture or other document may be amended, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time as permitted hereunder and, if applicable, under a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
"LCA" means the licensee capability assessment used by the Alberta Energy Regulator to assess the capabilities of licensees to meet their regulatory and liability obligations across the energy development cycle, as more particularly described in Directive 088: Licensee Life-Cycle Management (as amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time).
"Lender Financial Instrument" means a Financial Instrument entered into between a Lender or a Hedging Affiliate and the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof.
"Lender Financial Instrument Obligations" means, collectively, all of the obligations, indebtedness and liabilities (present or future, absolute or contingent, mature or not) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under, pursuant or relating to any and all Lender Financial Instruments.
"Lender Insolvency Event" means, in respect of a given Lender, such Lender or its Lender Parent:
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"Lender Parent" means any person that directly or indirectly controls a Lender and, for the purposes of this definition, "control" shall have the same meaning as set forth in the definition of "Affiliate" contained herein.
"Lenders' Counsel" means the firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP or such other firm of legal counsel as the Agent may from time to time designate.
"Letter of Credit" or "LC" means a letter of credit in form satisfactory to and issued by the Operating Lender under the Operating Facility acting at the request of and in accordance with the instructions of the Borrower, to make payment in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof of an amount to or to the order of a third party.
"Loan" means a Canadian Prime Rate Loan, U.S. Base Rate Loan, SOFR Loan, CORRA Loan or Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder.
"Lowest Borrowing Base Lender" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.23. "Majority of the Lenders" means:
"Material Acquisition" means an acquisition (whether in one transaction or in a series of related transactions and including an acquisition by way of an amalgamation) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of (a) assets or (b) Equity Interests in a person who becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower, in each case, where the fair market value of the acquired assets and/or Equity Interests is in excess of 5% of the then applicable Borrowing Base (net of the amount of any related dispositions).
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on:
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"Material Disposition" means a sale, transfer or other disposition (whether in one transaction or in a series of related transactions) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of (a) assets or (b) Equity Interests in a Subsidiary of the Borrower, in each case, where the fair market value of the assets and/or Equity Interests disposed is in excess of 5% of the then applicable Borrowing Base (net of the amount of any related acquisitions).
"Material Order" means any ARO Order, or series of ARO Orders related to the same assets, where the estimated cost of abandonment and/or reclamation is, individually, or in the aggregate, in excess of the Threshold Amount.
"Material Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Borrower which:
"Maturity Date" means, (a) in respect of the Syndicated Facility and the Obligations owing under or pursuant to the Syndicated Facility, the Syndicated Facility Maturity Date, and (b) in respect of the Operating Facility and the Obligations owing under or pursuant to the Operating Facility, the Operating Facility Maturity Date.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and any successors thereto. "New Liability Management System" has the meaning set out in Section 1.9. "New LMS Requirements" has the meaning set out in Section 1.9.
"New Rules" has the meaning set out in Section 12.2(2).
"Non-Delivery Election" has the meaning set out in Section 9.1(e)(xii). "Non-Extending Lender" has the meaning set out in Section 2.19(3).
"Non-Financial LCs" means Letters of Credit which are not "direct credit substitutes" within the meaning of the Capital Adequacy Requirements (or within the meaning of the analogous provisions of other Applicable Laws or other applicable guidelines), as determined by the Operating Lender, acting reasonably.
"Non-Standard Interest Period" means: (a) with respect to a SOFR Loan, an Interest Period which is for a term other than one, three or six months; and (b) with respect to a Term CORRA Loan, an Interest Period which is for a term other than one or three months.
"Notice of Non-Extension" has the meaning set out in Section 2.19(3).
"Obligations" means, collectively and at any time and from time to time, all of the obligations, indebtedness and liabilities (present or future, absolute or contingent, matured or not) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the Lenders or the Agent under, pursuant or relating to the Documents or the Credit Facilities and whether the same are from time to time reduced and thereafter increased or entirely extinguished and thereafter incurred again and including all principal, interest, fees, legal and other costs, charges and expenses, and other amounts payable by the Borrower under this Agreement.
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"OFAC" means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate or notice (other than a Compliance Certificate) signed by any one of the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, a vice president, treasurer, assistant treasurer, controller, corporate secretary or assistant secretary of the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof, as the case may be, (including, in the case of a partnership, trust or other person, a certificate or notice signed by such an officer of a general partner, managing partner, trustee, administrator or other similar person of or with respect to such partnership, trust or other person); provided, however, that Drawdown Notices, Conversion Notices, Rollover Notices and Repayment Notices shall be executed on behalf of the Borrower by any one of the foregoing persons or such other persons as may from time to time be designated by written notice from the Borrower to the Agent or Operating Lender, as the case may be.
"Operating Facility" means the credit facility in the maximum principal amount of Cdn.$25,000,000 or the Equivalent Amount thereof in United States Dollars to be made available to the Borrower by the Operating Lender in accordance with the provisions hereof, subject to any reduction in accordance with the provisions hereof.
"Operating Facility Commitment" means the commitment by the Operating Lender under the Operating Facility to provide the amount of Canadian Dollars (or the Equivalent Amount thereof in United States Dollars) set forth opposite its name in Schedule A annexed hereto, subject to any reduction in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Operating Facility Extension Request" has the meaning set out in Section 2.20(1).
"Operating Facility Maturity Date" means the date which is the first anniversary of the Operating Facility Term Out Date.
"Operating Facility Notice of Non-Extension" has the meaning set out in Section 2.20(3).
"Operating Facility Term Out Date" means, in respect of the Obligations owing to the Operating Lender under the Operating Facility, May 31, 2027, or such later date to which the same may be extended in accordance with Section 2.20.
"Operating Lender" means the Lender having the Operating Facility Commitment, being Royal Bank of Canada on the date hereof.
"Operating Lender's Account" means the following accounts maintained by the Operating Lender to which payments and transfers in respect of the Operating Facility under this Agreement are to be effected:
[Redacted – Confidential Account Information]
[Redacted – Confidential Account Information]
or such other account or accounts as the Operating Lender may from time to time designate by written notice to the Borrower.
"Order" has the meaning set out in Section 6.7(5).
"OSFI" means the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (or any successor thereto).
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"Outstanding Principal" means, at any time, the aggregate of (a) the principal amount of all outstanding Canadian Prime Rate Loans and CORRA Loans, (b) the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars of the principal amount of all outstanding U.S. Base Rate Loans and SOFR Loans, (c) the maximum amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, and (d) the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars of the maximum amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit denominated in United States Dollars.
"Overdraft Loans" has the meaning set out in Section 2.2.
"P&NG Leases" means, collectively, any and all documents of title including leases, reservations, permits, licences, unit agreements, assignments, trust declarations, participation, exploration, farm-out, farm-in, royalty, purchase or other agreements by virtue of which the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof is entitled to explore for, drill for, recover, take or produce Petroleum Substances of any kind whatsoever from or with respect to P&NG Rights owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as applicable), or to share in the production or proceeds of production or any part thereof or proceeds of royalty, production, profits or other interests out of, referable to or payable in respect of Petroleum Substances of any kind whatsoever from or with respect to P&NG Rights owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as applicable), and the rights of the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof (as applicable) thereunder.
"P&NG Rights" means all of the right, title, estate and interest, whether contingent or absolute, legal or beneficial, present or future, vested or not, and whether or not an "interest in land", of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in and to any of the following, by whatever name the same are known:
and including interests and rights known as working interests, royalty interests, overriding royalty interests, gross overriding royalty interests, production payments, profits interests, net profits interests, revenue interests, net revenue interests, economic interests and other interests and fractional or undivided interests in any of the foregoing and freehold, leasehold or other interests.
"Payment Recipient" has the meaning set out in Section 14.16(1).
"Pension Plan" means any retirement or pension benefit plan that is established by a person for the benefit of its employees that requires such person to make periodic payments or contributions.
"Permitted Contest" means action taken by or on behalf of the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued to contest a Tax, claim or Security Interest, provided that:
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"Permitted Debt" means the following:
"Permitted Disposition" means, in respect of the Borrower or a Subsidiary, any one or more of the following:
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"Permitted Distribution" means:
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"Permitted Encumbrances" means, as at any particular time, any of the following Security Interests on the property or any part of the property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof:
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provided that the aggregate principal amount of obligations secured by the foregoing does not at any time exceed the Threshold Amount; and
provided that nothing in this definition shall in and of itself cause the Obligations hereunder to be subordinated in priority of payment to any such Permitted Encumbrance or cause any Security Interests in favour of the Lenders or the Agent on behalf of the Lenders to rank subordinate to any such Permitted Encumbrance.
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"Permitted Hedging" means Lender Financial Instruments:
"Permitted Investments" means:
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"Permitted Junior Debt" means all Debt created, incurred or issued by the Borrower and which is owing to the Junior Debt Creditors pursuant to the terms of a Junior Debt Financing Agreement, which Debt complies with all of the following criteria:
and, for certainty, includes the 2025 Notes.
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"Permitted Prepayment" means any optional principal payment, repurchase, redemption or other retirement of principal amounts in respect of Permitted Junior Debt (including, for certainty, the 2025 Notes); provided that, at the time of any such payment, repurchase, redemption or other retirement, and on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto:
was, at the end of such fiscal quarter and for the next twelve calendar months, not greater than 1.50:1.00;
"Petroleum Substances" means any one or more of crude oil, crude bitumen, synthetic crude oil, petroleum, natural gas, natural gas liquids, related hydrocarbons and any and all other substances, whether liquid, solid or gaseous, whether hydrocarbons or not, produced or producible in association with any of the foregoing, including hydrogen sulphide and sulphur, but excluding, for greater certainty, Emissions-Related Credits.
"Platform" has the meaning set out in Section 15.16.
"Prepaid Obligations" means "take or pay", forward sale, prepaid or similar liabilities of a person whereby such person is obligated to settle, at some future date, an obligation in respect of Petroleum Substances, whether by deliveries (accelerated or otherwise) of Petroleum Substances, the payment of money or otherwise, including the transfer of any Petroleum Substances, whether in place or when produced, for a period of time until, or of an amount such that, the lender or purchaser will realize therefrom a specified amount of money (however determined, including by reference to interest rates or other factors which may not be fixed) or a specified amount of such products or any
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interest in property of the character commonly referred to as a "production payment" and all such obligations for which such person is liable without having received and retained a payment therefor or having assumed such obligation; provided that, for certainty, "Prepaid Obligations" shall not include obligations for the transportation, processing or shipment of Petroleum Substances pursuant to agreements therefor entered into in the ordinary course of business.
"Purchase Money Obligation" means any monetary obligation created or assumed as part of the purchase price of real or tangible personal property, whether or not secured, any extensions, renewals or refundings of any such obligation, provided that the principal amount of such obligation outstanding on the date of such extension, renewal or refunding is not increased and further provided that any security given in respect of such obligation shall not extend to any property other than the property acquired in connection with which such obligation was created or assumed and any improvements or accessions thereto or proceeds thereof.
"QFC" has the meaning assigned to the term "qualified financial contract" in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
"QFC Credit Support" has the meaning set out in Section 10.11(a).
"Qualified ECP Guarantor" means, in respect of any Financial Instrument Obligation, as applicable, the Borrower or a Subsidiary (that provides a guarantee to the Agent, the Lenders, the Hedging Affiliates and the Cash Managers) that has total assets exceeding U.S.$[Redacted – Amount] at the time the relevant guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Financial Instrument Obligation or such other person as constitutes an "eligible contract participant" under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an "eligible contract participant" at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
"Quarter End" means March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 in each year.
"Rateable" and "Rateably" means, at any date of determination, the proportion that the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars of the amount of the Obligations, Cash Management Obligations and Lender Financial Instrument Obligations of any Lender (including, for certainty, as a Cash Manager) and Hedging Affiliates thereof bears to the aggregate of the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars of the Obligations, Cash Management Obligations and Lender Financial Instrument Obligations of all Lenders and Hedging Affiliates, as determined at the Adjustment Time.
"Rateable Portion", as regards any Lender, with regard to any amount of money, means:
"Realization Proceeds" has the meaning set out in Section 11.7.
"Related Party" means any person which is any one or more of the following:
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"Release" means any release, spill, emission, leak, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into the environment including the movement of Hazardous Materials through ambient air, soil, surface water, ground water, wetlands, land or sub surface strata.
"Relevant Governmental Body" means:
"Relevant Jurisdiction" means any jurisdiction in Canada in which (a) the Borrower or a Subsidiary directly owns P&NG Rights or P&NG Leases (or large facilities or other physical assests) and (b) the aggregate ARO Liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in such jurisdiction exceed the Threshold Amount.
"Repayment Notice" means a notice substantially in the form annexed hereto as Schedule F to be given to the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) by the Borrower pursuant hereto.
"Requested Lenders" has the meaning set out in Section 2.19(1).
"Required Permits" means all Governmental Authorizations which are necessary at any given time for the Borrower and each of its Material Subsidiaries to own and operate its property, assets, rights and interests or to carry on its business and affairs.
"Resolution Authority" means, with respect to an EEA Financial Institution, an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
"Rollover" means:
in each case, under the same Credit Facility under which the maturing Loan was made.
"Rollover Date" means the date of commencement of a new Interest Period applicable to a Loan and which shall be a Banking Day.
"Rollover Notice" means a notice substantially in the form annexed hereto as Schedule G to be given to the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) by the Borrower pursuant hereto.
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"S&P" means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., its Affiliates and their respective successors.
"Sale-Leaseback" means an arrangement, transaction or series of arrangements or transactions under which title to any real property, tangible personal property or fixture is transferred by the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof (a "transferor") to another person which leases or otherwise grants the right to use such property to the transferor (or nominee of the transferor) and, whether or not in connection therewith, the transferor also acquires a right or is subject to an obligation to acquire such property or a material portion thereof, and regardless of the accounting treatment of such arrangement, transaction or series of arrangements or transactions.
"Sanctioned Lender" means, at any time, (a) a Lender that is a Sanctioned Person or (b) a Lender in respect of which any Sanctions Authority (or any other equivalent sanctions authority with jurisdiction over the Agent or any Lender) has made a public announcement that such Lender has become, or will become, a Sanctioned Person; provided that the Sanctions (or proposed Sanctions) applicable to such Lender make it (or, in respect of proposed Sanctions, are reasonably expected to make it) unlawful for any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, the Agent and/or any other Lender to (i) make any payments to such Lender, (ii) receive any payments from such Lender and/or (iii)otherwise engage in any other material dealings with such Lender, in each case, under or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Documents.
"Sanctioned Person" means:
"Sanctions" means the economic sanctions laws, regulations, orders, embargoes or restrictive measures administered, enacted or enforced by any Sanctions Authority, including any sanctions or requirements imposed by, or based upon the obligations or authorities set forth in, the Special Economic Measures Act (Canada), the United Nations Act (Canada), the Criminal Code (Canada), the Freezing of Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Canada), the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) (Canada), the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (Canada), the Export and Import Permits Act (Canada), the Executive Order, the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 5311 et seq.), the U.S. Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 et seq.), the USA Patriot Act of 2001, the U.S. International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq.), the U.S. Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. §§ 1 et seq.), the U.S. United Nations Participation Act, the U.S. Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act, the U.S. Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 or the Iran Sanctions Act (United States), or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (including but not limited to 31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V) or any other law or executive order relating thereto or regulation administered by OFAC.
"Sanctions Authority" means any of: (a) the Canadian government; (b) the United States government; (c) the United Nations; (d) the European Union; (e) the United Kingdom; or (f) the respective governmental institutions, departments and agencies of any of the foregoing, including Global Affairs Canada, Public Safety Canada, OFAC, the United States Department of State, and Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom; and "Sanctions Authorities" means all of the foregoing Sanctions Authorities, collectively.
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"Sanctions List" means the "Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons" list maintained by OFAC, the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List maintained by Her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom, or any substantially similar list maintained by, or public announcement of Sanctions designation made by, any of the Sanctions Authorities.
"Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement" means an intercreditor agreement to be entered into among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the holders of Permitted Junior Debt (or their representative(s)), and the Agent on behalf of itself, the Lenders, the Cash Managers and the Hedging Affiliates, as such intercreditor agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms, which intercreditor agreement shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and all of the Lenders (each acting reasonably).
"Secured Documents" means, collectively, the Documents, the Lender Financial Instruments and the Cash Management Documents.
"Secured Obligations" means, collectively, the Obligations, the Cash Management Obligations, the Lender Financial Instrument Obligations and the Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights.
"Secured Parties" means, collectively, the Agent, the Lenders, the Cash Managers and the Hedging Affiliates and "Secured Party" means any one of them.
"Security" means, collectively, the guarantees, debentures, debenture pledge agreements, pledge agreements, assignments and other security agreements executed and delivered, or required to be executed and delivered, by the Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries under and pursuant to this Agreement and shall include, in respect of the Borrower, the guarantee, the floating charge demand debenture, the debenture pledge agreement and the general security agreement substantially in the forms of Schedules H-1, H-2, H-3 and H-4, respectively, annexed hereto with such amendments, modifications and insertions as may be required by the Agent, acting reasonably, and, in respect of each Material Subsidiary, a guarantee, a floating charge demand debenture, a debenture pledge agreement and a general security agreement substantially in the forms of Schedules H-5, H-6, H-7 and H-8, respectively, annexed hereto with such amendments, modifications and insertions as may be required by the Agent, acting reasonably.
"Security Interest" means mortgages, charges, pledges, hypothecs, assignments by way of security, conditional sales or other title retention arrangements, security created under the Bank Act (Canada), liens, encumbrances, security interests or other interests in property, howsoever created or arising, whether fixed or floating, perfected or not, which secure payment or performance of an obligation and, including, in any event:
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"SOFR" means a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
"SOFR Administrator" means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
"SOFR Interpolated Rate" means, for any SOFR Loan for a Non-Standard Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by, in the case of the Syndicated Facility, the Agent, or, in the case of the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender (as the case may be) (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) Adjusted Term SOFR for the longest Interest Period that is not a Non-Standard Interest Period for which Adjusted Term SOFR is available that is shorter than the Non-Standard Interest Period of such SOFR Loan and (b) Adjusted Term SOFR for the shortest Interest Period that is not a Non-Standard Interest Period for which Adjusted Term SOFR is available that exceeds the Non-Standard Interest Period of such SOFR Loan, in each case, at such time; provided that, when determining the SOFR Interpolated Rate for a Non-Standard Interest Period which is less than one month, the SOFR Interpolated Rate shall be deemed to be Adjusted Term SOFR for an Interest Period of one-month's duration.
"SOFR Loan" means an Advance in, or Conversion into, United States Dollars made by the Lenders (or any one of them) to the Borrower with respect to which the Borrower has specified or a provision hereof requires that interest is to be calculated by reference to Adjusted Term SOFR (including a Rollover thereof), other than pursuant to subparagraph (c) of the definition of "U.S. Base Rate".
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any person ("X"):
provided that, unless otherwise expressly provided or the context otherwise requires, references herein or in any other Document to "Subsidiary" or "Subsidiaries" shall be and shall be deemed to be references to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
"Successor" has the meaning set out in Section 9.2(k).
"Successor Agent" has the meaning set out in Section 14.10. "
Supported QFC" has the meaning set out in Section 10.11(a)
"Syndicated Facility" means the credit facility in the maximum principal amount of Cdn.$210,000,000 or the Equivalent Amount thereof in United States Dollars to be made available to the Borrower by the Lenders in accordance with the provisions hereof, subject to any reduction in accordance with the provisions hereof.
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"Syndicated Facility Commitment" means the commitment by each Lender under the Syndicated Facility to provide the amount of Canadian Dollars (or the Equivalent Amount thereof in United States Dollars) set forth opposite its name in Schedule A annexed hereto, subject to any reduction in accordance with the provisions hereof.
"Syndicated Facility Extension Request" has the meaning set out in Section 2.19(1).
"Syndicated Facility Lenders" means, collectively, the Lenders which have a Syndicated Facility Commitment, and "Syndicated Facility Lender" means any one of them.
"Syndicated Facility Maturity Date" means, in respect of the Obligations owing to a given Lender under the Syndicated Facility, the date which is the first anniversary of the Syndicated Facility Term Out Date applicable to such Lender.
"Syndicated Facility Partial Extension" has the meaning set out in Section 2.19(6).
"Syndicated Facility Term Out Date" means May 31, 2027, or such later date to which the same may be extended from time to time with respect to a given Lender in accordance with Section 2.19.
"Syndicated Facility Term Period" means, for each Lender, the period commencing on its Syndicated Facility Term Out Date and ending on its Syndicated Facility Maturity Date.
"Takeover" has the meaning set out in Section 2.22(1). "Target" has the meaning set out in Section 2.22(1).
"Taxes" means all taxes, charges, fees, levies, imposts and other assessments, including all income, sales, use, goods and services, harmonized, value added, capital, capital gains, alternative, franchise, net worth, branch transfer, land transfer, profits, withholding, payroll, employer health, excise, stamp, registration, court, documentary, real property and personal property taxes, intangible, mortgage, recording, filing, and any other taxes, customs or other duties, deductions, fees, compulsory loans or restrictions or conditions resulting in charges, assessments, or similar charges in the nature of a tax, including Canada Pension Plan and provincial pension plan contributions, employment insurance payments and workers' compensation premiums, together with any instalments with respect thereto, and any interest, fines and penalties with respect thereto, imposed by any Governmental Authority (including federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal and foreign Governmental Authorities), and whether disputed or not, which are imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any country or political subdivision or taxing authority thereof now or at any time in the future, together with interest thereon and penalties, charges or other amounts with respect thereto, if any, and "Tax" and "Taxation" shall be construed accordingly.
"Term CORRA" means, for any calculation with respect to a Term CORRA Loan or a Canadian Prime Rate Loan, the Term CORRA Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the "Periodic Term CORRA Determination Day") that is two (2) Banking Days prior to the first (1st) day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term CORRA Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 1:00
p.m. (Toronto time) on any Periodic Term CORRA Determination Day the Term CORRA Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term CORRA Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term CORRA Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term CORRA will be the Term CORRA Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term CORRA Administrator on the first (1st) preceding Banking Day for which such Term CORRA Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term CORRA Administrator so long as such first (1st) preceding Banking Day is not more than three (3) Banking Days prior to such Periodic Term CORRA Determination Day; provided, however, if the Term CORRA Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term CORRA Administrator more than three (3) Banking Days prior to such Periodic Term CORRA Determination Day, then Term CORRA will be the interest rate (expressed as a rate per annum on the basis of a year of 365 days) for a comparable tenor quoted by the Agent as of such Periodic Term CORRA Determination Day.
"Term CORRA Adjustment" means [Redacted – Percentage] per annum for an Available Tenor of one (1) month's duration or [Redacted – Percentage] per annum for an Available Tenor of three (3) months' duration.
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"Term CORRA Administrator" means Candeal Benchmark Administration Services Inc., TSX Inc. (or any successor administrator of the Term CORRA Reference Rate selected by, in the case of the Syndicated Facility, the Agent or, in the case of the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender (as the case may be) in its discretion, acting reasonably).
"Term CORRA Loan" means an Advance in, or Conversion into, Canadian Dollars made by the Lenders (or any one of them) to the Borrower with respect to which the Borrower has specified or a provision hereof requires that interest is to be calculated by reference to Adjusted Term CORRA (including a Rollover thereof), other than pursuant to subparagraph (b) of the definition of "Canadian Prime Rate".
"Term CORRA Reference Rate" means the forward-looking term rate based on CORRA.
"Term Out Date" means either the Syndicated Facility Term Out Date or the Operating Facility Term Out Date, as the context requires.
"Term SOFR" means, for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan or a U.S. Base Rate Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate (rounded upward to the nearest fifth decimal place, if necessary) for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (the "Term SOFR Determination Day") that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided that: (a) if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day; (b) if such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day, Section 12.1 will apply; and (c) if Term SOFR as so determined for any day shall be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor for such day.
"Term SOFR Adjustment" means, with respect to Term SOFR, [Redacted – Percentage] per annum for an Interest Period of one-month's duration, [Redacted – Percentage] per annum for an Interest Period of three-months' duration, and [Redacted – Percentage] per annum for an Interest Period of six-months' duration.
"Term SOFR Administrator" means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by, in the case of the Syndicated Facility, the Agent or, in the case of the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender (as the case may be) in its discretion, acting reasonably).
"Term SOFR Determination Day" has the meaning assigned to it under the definition of "Term SOFR". "Term SOFR Reference Rate" means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
"Threshold Amount" means the greater of: (a) Cdn.$[Redacted – Amount]; and (b) [Redacted – Percentage] of the then applicable Borrowing Base, or in each case, the Equivalent Amount thereof in U.S. Dollars or the equivalent amount thereof in any other currency.
"Total Commitment" means, as at any relevant date of determination, an amount equal to the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders under the Credit Facilities.
"UK Bribery Act" means the Bribery Act 2010 (United Kingdom), including any subordinate legislation thereunder.
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"UK Financial Institution" means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain Affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
"UK Resolution Authority" means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
"Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement" means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
"Uniform Customs for Letters of Credit" has the meaning set out in Section 6.7(7). "Uniform Customs for Letters of Guarantee" has the meaning set out in Section 6.7(7).
"United States Dollars", "U.S. Dollars" or "U.S. $" each means such currency of the United States of America which, as at the time of payment or determination, is legal tender therein for the payment of public or private debts.
"U.S. Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the annual rate of interest announced from time to time by the Agent or the Operating Lender, as the case may be, as being its reference rate then in effect for determining interest rates on United States Dollar demand loans made by the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) in Canada in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus 1.00% and (c) Adjusted Term SOFR for a one (1) month Interest Period in effect for such day plus 1.00%; provided that (i) if all such rates are equal or if such Federal Funds Rate and such Adjusted Term SOFR are unavailable for any reason on the date of determination, then, the "U.S. Base Rate" shall be the rate specified in (a) above and (ii) if the U.S. Base Rate as so determined above for any day shall be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be the Floor for such day.
"U.S. Base Rate Loan" means an Advance in, or Conversion into, United States Dollars made by the Lenders (or any one of them) to the Borrower with respect to which the Borrower has specified or a provision hereof requires that interest is to be calculated by reference to the U.S. Base Rate.
"U.S.C." means the U.S. Code (United States).
"U.S. Government Securities Business Day" means any day except for: (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
"U.S. Special Resolution Regime" has the meaning set out in Section 10.11(a). "Voting Securities" means:
"WCSB Lease" means the facilities lease agreement between the Borrower and WCSB Infrastructure Company ULC dated December 18, 2025 and effective September 30, 2025.
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"Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" means, with respect to any person ("X"):
provided that unless otherwise expressly provided or the context otherwise requires, references herein or in any other Document to "Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" or "Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries" shall be and shall be deemed to be references to Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
"Write-Down and Conversion Powers" means:
The division of this Agreement into Articles and Sections, the table of contents contained herein and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The terms "this Agreement", "hereof", "hereunder" and similar expressions refer to this Agreement and not to any particular Article, Section or other portion hereof and include any agreement supplemental hereto. Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, references herein to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement.
Words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa, words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa, words importing persons shall include individuals, partnerships, associations, trusts, unincorporated organizations, Governmental Authorities and corporations and vice versa and words and terms denoting inclusiveness (such as "include" or "includes" or "including"), whether or not so stated, are not limited by their context or by the words or phrases which precede or
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succeed them. References herein to any person shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include such person's successors and permitted assigns. References herein to "in writing" or "written" includes printing, typewriting or any electronic means of communication capable of being visibly reproduced at the point of reception, including facsimile.
then written notice of such determination shall be delivered by the Borrower to the Agent, in the case of a determination by the Borrower, or by the Agent to the Borrower, in the case of a determination by the Agent or the Lenders.
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Reference herein to any agreement, instrument, licence or other document shall be deemed to include reference to such agreement, instrument, licence or other document as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement if and to the extent such provisions are applicable; and reference herein to any enactment shall be deemed to include reference to such enactment as re-enacted, amended or extended from time to time and to any successor enactment.
Unless otherwise stated, wherever in this Agreement reference is made to a rate "per annum" or a similar expression is used, such rate is expressed on the basis of, and shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days.
For the purposes of determining the Consolidated Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio or monetary threshold herein expressed in Canadian Dollars, any amounts denominated in United States Dollars shall be the Equivalent Amount thereof in Canadian Dollars for the purposes of determining such ratio or such threshold, unless the context otherwise requires.
The following are the Schedules annexed hereto and incorporated by reference and deemed to be part hereof:
Schedule A |
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Lenders and Commitments |
Schedule B |
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Assignment Agreement |
Schedule C |
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Compliance Certificate |
Schedule D |
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Conversion Notice |
Schedule E |
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Drawdown Notice |
Schedule F |
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Repayment Notice |
Schedule G |
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Rollover Notice |
Schedules H-1 to H-8 |
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Security |
Schedule I |
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Borrower and Subsidiaries. |
If, as a result of any change in any applicable law, rule, policy, regulation, order or directive (or any changes of any Energy Regulator in its interpretation of any then existing applicable law, rule, policy, regulation, order or directive), any applicable Energy Regulator creates, institutes, or revises its means of determining whether (a) a Person is in compliance with such Energy Regulator's abandonment and reclamation rules, policies, regulations, orders or directives in any Relevant Jurisdiction (each, a "New Liability Management System"), or (b) any licenses or permits, as applicable, for wells, facilities, pipelines and other physical assets can be issued or transferred or any security deposits are or will be required to be provided to the applicable Energy Regulator relating to either new or ongoing day to day operations of the Borrower or the Material Subsidiaries, as applicable (each, a "New LMS Requirements"), then, in any such case, at the written request of the Agent or the Majority of the Lenders to the Borrower, or of the
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Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders, the Borrower and the Agent shall enter into good faith discussions with a view to determining an appropriate rating system, calculation or threshold, as applicable, to adjust the provisions as set forth herein, with the objective of having the respective positions of the Lenders and the Borrower after such change(s) conform as nearly as possible to their respective positions immediately prior to such change(s); provided that, until any such agreement is reached, the existing provisions, requirements and all related calculations and thresholds hereunder shall continue to be calculated as if no such change had occurred.
Upon the Borrower and the Agent agreeing on such a comparable rating system, calculation or threshold, as applicable, the Borrower and the Lenders shall enter into documentation to amend the provisions hereof to give effect to such agreement and to make all other adjustments incidental thereto. The parties hereto agree that such amendment shall require the consent of the Majority of the Lenders, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set out herein.
The interest rate on a Loan may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be discontinued or is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event in respect of any Benchmark, Section 12.1 provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, the administration of, submission of, calculation of, performance of or any other matter related to any interest rate used in this Agreement (including Canadian Prime Rate, U.S. Base Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR, CORRA, Term CORRA Reference Rate, Adjusted Term CORRA, Adjusted Daily Compounded CORRA or Daily Compounded CORRA) or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, Canadian Prime Rate, U.S. Base Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR, CORRA, Term CORRA Reference Rate, Adjusted Term CORRA, Adjusted Daily Compounded CORRA or Daily Compounded CORRA or any other Benchmark (or any component thereof) prior to its discontinuance or unavailability or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Agent and its Affiliates and/or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any interest rate (or component thereof) used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Agent may select information sources or services in its discretion, acting reasonably, to ascertain any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
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ARTICLE 2
THE CREDIT FACILITIES
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each of the Lenders shall make available to the Borrower such Lender's Rateable Portion of each Credit Facility. Subject to Section 2.17, the Outstanding Principal under a given Credit Facility shall not exceed the maximum principal amount of such Credit Facility.
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Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and except for Letters of Credit, the Borrower may convert the whole or any part of any type of Loan under a Credit Facility into any other type of permitted Loan under the same Credit Facility by giving the Agent, or, in the case of the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender (with a copy to the Agent), a Conversion Notice in accordance herewith; provided that:
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At or before 10:00 a.m. (Calgary time) three Banking Days prior to the expiration of each Interest Period of each SOFR Loan or CORRA Loan, as applicable, the Borrower shall, unless it has delivered a Conversion Notice pursuant to Section 2.7 and/or a Repayment Notice pursuant to Section 2.14 (together with a Rollover Notice if a portion only is to be converted or repaid; provided that a portion of a SOFR Loan or CORRA Loan, as applicable, may be continued only if the portion which is to remain outstanding is equal to or exceeds the minimum amount required hereunder for Drawdowns of SOFR Loans or CORRA Loans, as applicable) with respect to the aggregate amount of such Loan, deliver a Rollover Notice to the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) selecting the next Interest Period applicable to the SOFR Loan or CORRA Loan, as applicable, which new Interest Period shall commence on and include the last day of such prior Interest Period. If the Borrower fails to deliver a Rollover Notice to the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) as provided in this Section, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given a Conversion Notice to the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) electing to convert (a) the entire amount of the maturing SOFR Loan into a U.S. Base Rate Loan or (b) the entire amount of a maturing CORRA Loan into a Canadian Prime Rate Loan, as applicable.
Any amount converted shall be a Loan of the type converted to upon such Conversion taking place, and any amount rolled over shall continue to be the same type of Loan under the same Credit Facility as before the Rollover, but such Conversion or Rollover (to the extent of the amount converted or rolled over) shall not of itself constitute a repayment or a fresh utilization of any part of the amount available under the relevant Credit Facility.
Upon receipt of a Drawdown Notice, Rollover Notice or Conversion Notice with respect to a Canadian Prime Rate Loan or CORRA Loan under the Syndicated Facility or with respect to a U.S. Base Rate Loan or SOFR Loan under the Syndicated Facility, the Agent shall forthwith notify the relevant Lenders of the requested type of Loan, the proposed Drawdown Date, Rollover Date or Conversion Date, each Lender's Rateable Portion of such Loan and, if applicable, the account of the Agent to which each Lender's Rateable Portion is to be credited.
Each Lender shall, for same day value by no later than 10:00 a.m. (Calgary time) on the Drawdown Date specified by the Borrower in a Drawdown Notice with respect to a Canadian Prime Rate Loan or a CORRA Loan under the Syndicated Facility or with respect to a U.S. Base Rate Loan or a SOFR Loan under the Syndicated Facility, credit the Agent's Account specified in the Agent's notice given under Section 2.10 with such Lender's Rateable Portion of each such requested Loan and for same day value on the same date the Agent shall pay to the Borrower the full amount of the amounts so credited in accordance with any payment instructions set forth in the applicable Drawdown Notice.
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A Drawdown Notice, Rollover Notice, Conversion Notice or Repayment Notice given by the Borrower hereunder shall be irrevocable and, subject to any options the Lenders may have hereunder in regard thereto and the Borrower's rights hereunder in regard thereto, shall oblige the Borrower to take the action contemplated on the date specified therein.
The Borrower may, at any time, upon giving at least 3 Banking Days prior written notice to the Agent, cancel in full or, from time to time, permanently reduce in part the unutilized portion of the Syndicated Facility or the Operating Facility; provided, however, that: (a) any such reduction shall be in a minimum amount of Cdn.$2,000,000 and reductions in excess thereof shall be in integral multiples of Cdn.$500,000; (b) if any such reduction does not result in a proportionate reduction of each of the Syndicated Facility and the Operating Facility, then the Commitments of each Lender under the Credit Facility that is not proportionately reduced shall be adjusted such that the Aggregate Individual Commitment of each Lender will be in the same proportion as each Lender's Aggregate Individual Commitment was to the Total Commitment immediately prior to such reduction; and (c) to give effect to the foregoing, the Borrower shall execute and deliver such other notices, agreements and other documents as the Agent, acting reasonably, may request.
The Borrower may at any time and from time to time repay, without penalty, to the Agent for the account of the Lenders or to the Operating Lender (as the case may be) or, in the case of Letters of Credit return the same to the Operating Lender for cancellation or provide for the funding of, the whole or any part of any Loan owing by it together with accrued interest thereon to the date of such repayment provided that:
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Subject to Section 11.2 and Article 7, the Borrower shall repay or pay, as the case may be, to the Operating Lender or to the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, as applicable, all Loans and other Obligations outstanding under each Credit Facility on or before the Maturity Date applicable thereto.
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If a Lender or Hedging Affiliate enters into a Financial Instrument with the Borrower or a Subsidiary which such Lender or Hedging Affiliate (as the case may be) believes, acting reasonably, in good faith and without any actual notice or knowledge to the contrary, is Permitted Hedging, then each such Lender Financial Instrument and the Lender Financial Instrument Obligations under such Financial Instrument shall be secured by the Security equally and rateably with the Obligations, the other Lender Financial Instrument Obligations and the Cash Management Obligations, regardless of whether the Borrower or such Subsidiary has complied herewith (but, for certainty, without in any manner lessening or relieving the Borrower or such Subsidiary from its obligation to comply therewith).
"Requested Lenders" means those Lenders which are not then Non-Extending Lenders.
"Syndicated Facility Extension Request" means a written request by the Borrower to the Requested Lenders to extend the Syndicated Facility Term Out Date applicable to such Lenders up to 364 days, which request shall include an Officer's Certificate certifying that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
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"Operating Facility Extension Request" means a written request by the Borrower to the Operating Lender to extend the Operating Facility Term Out Date up to 364 days, which request shall include an Officer's Certificate certifying that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
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and in the event that any Lender has notified or is deemed to have notified the Agent that it is not willing to finance such Takeover (each, a "Declining Lender"), then the Declining Lenders shall have no obligation to provide Loans to finance such Takeover, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary; provided, however, that each other Lender (each, a "Financing Lender") which has advised the Agent it is willing to finance such Takeover shall have an obligation, up to the amount of its Commitment under the relevant Credit Facility, to provide Loans to finance such Takeover, and the Loans to finance such Takeover shall be provided by each Financing Lender in accordance with the ratio, determined prior to the provision of any Loans to finance such Takeover, that the Commitment of such Financing Lender under the Credit Facility in question bears to the aggregate the Commitments of all the Financing Lenders under the Credit Facility in question.
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In addition to and without limiting the foregoing, the Lenders may determine and re-determine the Borrowing Base at any time and from time to time (in addition to the aforementioned determinations of the Borrowing Base after receipt of the annual Engineering Report and the update thereto):
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in each of the foregoing cases, any such determination or re-determination of the Borrowing Base that is initiated as aforesaid shall be completed by the Lenders within 30 days after the Agent provides written notice to the Borrower that any of such Lenders have requested such determination or re-determination. For certainty, but subject to Section 2.23(2)(c), the then current Borrowing Base shall remain in effect unless and until there has been an agreement of all of the Lenders or expiry of the aforementioned 30 day period and determination or re-determination of the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 2.23(2)(c).
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If, at any time from the date hereof and from time to time on or after the date hereof until the Syndicated Facility Term Out Date, the Total Commitment is less than the Borrowing Base then in effect, the Borrower may, at any such time, add additional financial institutions hereunder as a Lender under the Syndicated Facility or, with the consent of the applicable Lender(s), increase the Syndicated Facility Commitment of such Lender(s) and, in each case, thereby increase the Total Commitment; provided that:
the Outstanding Principal owed to all Lenders and including therein such additional financial institution and the increased Syndicated Facility Commitment of any Lender(s), are in accordance with the Rateable Portions of all such Lenders (including the new financial institution and the increased Syndicated Facility Commitment of any Lender(s)) and the Borrower and such financial institution shall execute such documentation as is required by the Agent, acting reasonably, to novate such financial institution as a Lender hereunder.
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ARTICLE 3
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
On or before each Drawdown hereunder the following conditions shall be satisfied:
This Agreement shall be effective and the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated as herein provided upon the following conditions being satisfied:
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The conditions set forth in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 are inserted for the sole benefit of the Lenders and the Agent and may be waived with the approval of all of the Lenders, in whole or in part (with or without terms or conditions) without prejudicing the right of the Lenders or the Agent at any time to assert such waived conditions in respect of any subsequent Drawdown.
ARTICLE 4
EVIDENCE OF DRAWDOWNS
The Agent (and, with respect to the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender) shall open and maintain books of account or electronically stored records evidencing all Loans and all other amounts owing by the Borrower to the Lenders hereunder. The Agent (or, with respect to the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender) shall enter in the foregoing accounts or records details of all amounts from time to time owing, paid or repaid by the Borrower hereunder. The information entered in the foregoing accounts or records shall, in the absence of manifest error, constitute conclusive evidence of the obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders hereunder with respect to all Loans and all other amounts owing by the Borrower to the Lenders hereunder. After a request by the Borrower, the Agent (or, with respect to the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender) shall promptly advise the Borrower of such entries made in the Agent's or the Operating Lender's (as the case may be) books of account or electronically stored records.
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ARTICLE 5
PAYMENTS OF INTEREST AND FEES
The Borrower shall pay interest on each Canadian Prime Rate Loan owing by it during each Interest Period applicable thereto in Canadian Dollars at a rate per annum equal to the Canadian Prime Rate in effect from time to time during such Interest Period plus the Applicable Pricing Rate. Each determination by the Agent or the Operating Lender, as the case may be, of the Canadian Prime Rate applicable from time to time during an Interest Period shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence thereof. Such interest shall accrue daily and shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan for the period from and including the Drawdown Date or the preceding Conversion Date or Interest Payment Date, as the case may be, for such Loan to and including the day preceding such Interest Payment Date and shall be calculated on the principal amount of the Canadian Prime Rate Loan outstanding during such period and on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 days. Changes in the Canadian Prime Rate shall cause an immediate adjustment of the interest rate applicable to such Loans without the necessity of any notice to the Borrower.
The Borrower shall pay interest on each U.S. Base Rate Loan owing by it during each Interest Period applicable thereto in United States Dollars at a rate per annum equal to the U.S. Base Rate in effect from time to time during such Interest Period plus the Applicable Pricing Rate. Each determination by the Agent or the Operating Lender, as the case may be, of the U.S. Base Rate applicable from time to time during an Interest Period shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence thereof. Such interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan for the period from and including the Drawdown Date or the preceding Conversion Date or Interest Payment Date, as the case may be, for such Loan to and including the day preceding such Interest Payment Date and shall be calculated on the principal amount of the U.S. Base Rate Loan outstanding during such period and on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 days. Changes in the U.S. Base Rate shall cause an immediate adjustment of the interest rate applicable to such Loans without the necessity of any notice to the Borrower.
The Borrower shall pay interest on each SOFR Loan owing by it during each Interest Period applicable thereto in United States Dollars at a rate per annum, calculated on the basis of a 360 day year, equal to the sum of Adjusted Term SOFR with respect to such Interest Period plus the Applicable Pricing Rate. Each determination by the Agent or the Operating Lender, as the case may be, of Adjusted Term SOFR applicable to an Interest Period shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence thereof. Such interest shall accrue daily and shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such SOFR Loan for the period from and including the Drawdown Date or the preceding Rollover Date, Conversion Date or Interest Payment Date, as the case may be, for such SOFR Loan to and including the day preceding such Interest Payment Date and shall be calculated on the principal amount of the SOFR Loan outstanding during such period and on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed divided by 360.
The Borrower shall pay interest on each CORRA Loan owing by it during each Interest Period applicable thereto in Canadian Dollars at a rate per annum, calculated on the basis of a 365 day year equal to the sum of (a) in the case of a Term CORRA Loan, Adjusted Term CORRA with respect to such Interest Period plus the Applicable Pricing Rate, or (b) in the case of a Daily Compounded CORRA Loan, Adjusted Daily Compounded CORRA with respect to such Interest Period plus the Applicable Pricing Rate. Each determination by the Agent or an Operating Lender, as the case may be, of Adjusted Term CORRA and Adjusted Daily Compounded CORRA, as applicable, applicable to an Interest Period shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence thereof. Such interest shall accrue daily and shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such CORRA Loan for the period from and including the Drawdown Date or the preceding Rollover Date, Conversion Date or Interest Payment Date, as the case may be, for such CORRA Loan to and including the day preceding such Interest Payment Date and shall be calculated on the principal amount of the CORRA Loan outstanding during such period and on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed divided by 365.
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The principle of deemed reinvestment of interest shall not apply to any interest calculation under this Agreement; all interest payments to be made hereunder shall be paid without allowance or deduction for deemed reinvestment or otherwise, before and after maturity, default and judgment. The rates of interest specified in this Agreement are intended to be nominal rates and not effective rates. Interest calculated hereunder shall be calculated using the nominal rate method and not the effective rate method of calculation.
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The Borrower shall pay to the Agent, for its own account, until the Credit Facilities have been fully cancelled and all Obligations hereunder have been paid in full, the non-refundable agency fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Agency Fee Agreement.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, in the event that any amount due hereunder (including any interest payment) is not paid when due (whether by acceleration or otherwise), the Borrower shall pay interest on such unpaid amount (including interest on interest), if and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from the date that such amount is due until the date that such amount is paid in full (but excluding the date of such payment if the payment is received for value at the required place of payment on the date of such payment prior to 1:00 p.m. (Toronto time)), and such interest shall accrue daily, be calculated and compounded monthly on the last Banking Day of each such month and be payable in the currency of the relevant Loan on demand, after as well as before maturity, default and judgment, at a rate per annum that is equal to (a) in respect of amounts due in Canadian Dollars, the rate of interest then payable on Canadian Prime Rate Loans (as set forth in Section 5.1) plus 2.0% per annum or (b) in respect of amounts due in United States Dollars, the rate of interest then payable on U.S. Base Rate Loans (as set forth in Section 5.2) plus 2.0% per annum.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the covenant of the Borrower to pay interest at the rates provided herein shall not merge in any judgment relating to any obligation of the Borrower to the Lenders or the Agent and any provision of the Interest Act (Canada) or Judgment Interest Act (Alberta) which restricts any rate of interest set forth herein shall be inapplicable to this Agreement and is hereby waived by the Borrower.
If any provision of this Agreement or of any of the other Documents would obligate Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to the Agent or any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by applicable law or would, if applicable, result in a receipt by the Agent or such Lender of interest at a criminal rate (as such terms are construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)) then, notwithstanding such provisions, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by applicable law or so result in a receipt by the Agent or such Lender of interest at a criminal rate, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, as follows: (a) firstly, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid to the Agent
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or such Lender under Section 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3, and (b) thereafter, by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums and other amounts required to be paid to the Agent or such Lender which would constitute "interest" for purposes of Section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada). Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if the Agent or any Lender shall have received an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by that section of the Criminal Code (Canada), the Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the Agent or such Lender, to obtain reimbursement from the Agent or such Lender in an amount equal to such excess and, pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by the Agent or such Lender to the Borrower. Any amount or rate of interest referred to in this Section 5.11 shall be determined in accordance with GAAP as an effective annual rate of interest over the term that the applicable Loan remains outstanding on the assumption that any charges, fees or expenses that fall within the meaning of "interest" (as defined in the Criminal Code (Canada)) shall, if they relate to a specific period of time, be pro-rated over that period of time and otherwise be pro-rated over the period from the date of the Existing Credit Agreement to the applicable Maturity Date.
ARTICLE 6
LETTERS OF CREDIT
Subject to the provisions hereof, the Borrower may require that Letters of Credit be issued under the Operating Facility in accordance with the Drawdown Notices and Rollover Notices of the Borrower. The issuance of Letters of Credit shall constitute Drawdowns or Rollovers (as applicable) hereunder and shall reduce the availability of the Operating Facility by the aggregate Outstanding Principal of Letters of Credit under the Operating Facility.
Letters of Credit issued pursuant hereto shall be denominated in Canadian Dollars or United States Dollars and amounts payable thereunder shall be paid in the currency in which the Letter of Credit is denominated. A Letter of Credit issued hereunder shall be issued by the Operating Lender under the Operating Facility. Letters of Credit shall be in a form satisfactory to the Operating Lender, acting reasonably, and shall have an expiration date not in excess of one year from the date of issue. On the Operating Facility Maturity Date, the Borrower shall provide or cause to be provided to the Operating Lender cash collateral or letters of credit (or any combination thereof) in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16(2) in an amount equal to or greater than the aggregate undrawn amount of all unexpired Letters of Credit outstanding under the Operating Facility; such cash collateral and letters of credit shall be held by the Operating Lender and be applied in accordance with said Section 2.16(2) in satisfaction of and security for the Obligations of the Borrower for such unexpired Letters of Credit.
Except as provided in Section 6.5, the Borrower may not effect a Conversion of a Letter of Credit.
The Operating Lender shall maintain records showing the undrawn and unexpired amount of each Letter of Credit issued by it and outstanding hereunder and showing for each Letter of Credit issued hereunder:
The Operating Lender shall make copies of such records available to the Agent, the Borrower or any Lender upon its request.
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On presentation of a Letter of Credit and payment thereunder by the Operating Lender the Borrower shall forthwith pay to and reimburse the Operating Lender for all amounts paid pursuant to such Letter of Credit; failing such payment, the Borrower shall be deemed to have effected a Conversion of such Letter of Credit into: (a) a Canadian Prime Rate Loan, in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, and (b) a U.S. Base Rate Loan, in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in United States Dollars, in each case, under the Operating Facility and to the extent of the payment by the Operating Lender.
The Borrower shall indemnify and save harmless the Lenders, the Operating Lender and the Agent against all claims, losses, costs, expenses or damages to the Lenders, the Operating Lender and the Agent arising out of or in connection with any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof, any payment thereunder or any action taken by the Lenders, the Operating Lender or the Agent or any other person in connection therewith, including all costs relating to any legal process or proceeding instituted by any party restraining or seeking to restrain the issuer of a Letter of Credit or the Agent, the Operating Lender or the relevant Lenders from accepting or paying any Draft or any amount under any such Letter of Credit, except as a result of the Agent's, Lenders', or Operating Lender's (as applicable) gross negligence or wilful misconduct, as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Borrower also agrees that the Lenders, the Operating Lender and the Agent shall have no liability to it for any reason in respect of or in connection with any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof, any payment thereunder or any other action taken by the Lenders, the Operating Lender or the Agent or any other person in connection therewith, except as a result of the Agent's, Lenders', or Operating Lender's (as applicable) gross negligence or wilful misconduct, as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges and confirms to the Operating Lender that the Operating Lender shall not be obliged to make any inquiry or investigation as to the right of any beneficiary to make any claim or Draft or request any payment under a Letter of Credit and payment pursuant to a Letter of Credit shall not be withheld by reason of any matters in dispute between the beneficiary thereof and the Borrower. The sole obligation of the Operating Lender with respect to Letters of Credit is to cause to be paid a Draft drawn or purporting to be drawn in accordance with the terms of the applicable Letter of Credit and for such purpose the Operating Lender is only obliged to determine that the Draft purports to comply with the terms and conditions of the relevant Letter of Credit.
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The Operating Lender shall not have any responsibility or liability for or any duty to inquire into the form, sufficiency (other than to the extent provided in the preceding paragraph), authorization, execution, signature, endorsement, correctness (other than to the extent provided in the preceding paragraph), genuineness or legal effect of any Draft, certificate or other document presented to it pursuant to a Letter of Credit and the Borrower unconditionally assumes all risks with respect to the same. The Borrower agrees that it assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit with respect to the use by such beneficiary of the relevant Letter of Credit. The Borrower further agrees that the Operating Lender, and its officers, directors and correspondents will not assume liability for, or be responsible for:
The obligations of the Borrower hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall not be reduced by any event, circumstance or occurrence, including any lack of validity or enforceability of a Letter of Credit, or any Draft paid or acted upon by the Operating Lender or any of its officers, directors, agents, employees or correspondents, or any Letter of Credit being fraudulent, forged, invalid or insufficient in any respect (except with respect to their gross negligence or wilful misconduct or payment under a Letter of Credit other than in substantial compliance therewith), or any set-off, defenses, rights or claims which the Borrower may have against any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit. The obligations of the Borrower
hereunder shall remain in full force and effect and shall apply to any alteration to or extension of the expiration date of any Letter of Credit or any Letter of Credit issued to replace, extend or alter any Letter of Credit.
Any action, inaction or omission taken or suffered by the Operating Lender or by any of its officers, directors, agents, employees or correspondents under or in connection with a Letter of Credit or any Draft made thereunder, if in good faith and in conformity with foreign or domestic laws, regulation or customs applicable thereto shall be binding upon the Borrower and shall not place the Operating Lender or any of its officers, directors, agents, employees or correspondents under any resulting liability to the Borrower. Without limiting the generality of the
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foregoing, the Operating Lender and its officers, directors, agents, employees or correspondents may receive, accept or pay as complying with the terms of a Letter of Credit, any Draft thereunder, otherwise in order which may be signed by, or issued to, the administrator or any executor of, or the trustee in bankruptcy of, or the receiver for any property of, or any person or entity acting as a representative or in the place of, such beneficiary or its successors and assigns. The Borrower covenants that it will not take any steps, issue any instructions to the Operating Lender or any of its officers, directors, agents, employees or correspondents or institute any proceedings intended to derogate from the right or ability of the Operating Lender or its officers, directors, agents, employees or correspondents to honour and pay any Letter of Credit or any Drafts.
The Borrower shall pay to the Operating Lender an amount equal to the maximum amount available to be drawn under any unexpired Letter of Credit which becomes the subject of any order, judgment, injunction or other such determination (an "Order"), or any petition, proceeding or other application for any Order by the Borrower or any other party, restricting payment under and in accordance with such Letter of Credit or extending the Operating Lender's liability under such Letter of Credit beyond the expiration date stated therein; payment in respect of each such Letter of Credit shall be due forthwith upon demand in the currency in which such Letter of Credit is denominated.
Any amount paid to the Operating Lender pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be held by the Operating Lender in interest bearing cash collateral accounts (with interest payable for the account of the Borrower at the rates and in accordance with the then prevailing practices of the Operating Lender for accounts of such type) as continuing security for the Obligations (and the Borrower hereby grants to the Agent and the Operating Lender a fixed charge and specific security interest in such amounts as security for the Obligations) and shall, prior to an Event of Default be applied by the Operating Lender against the Obligations for, or (at the option of the Operating Lender) be applied in payment of, such Letter of Credit if payment is required thereunder; after an Event of Default the Operating Lender shall apply such amounts, firstly, against any Obligations in respect of the relevant Letter of Credit, and, after satisfaction of such Obligations or expiry of such Letter of Credit, against any other Obligations as it sees fit or as is directed by the Lenders.
The Operating Lender shall release to the Borrower any amount remaining in the cash collateral accounts after applying the amounts necessary to discharge the Obligations relating to such Letter of Credit, upon the later of:
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Notwithstanding any other provision of the Documents to the contrary, the Operating Lender, the Agent and the Lenders shall not be liable to the Borrower for any consequential, indirect, punitive or exemplary damages with respect to action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in respect of any Letter of Credit.
The Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce (the "Uniform Customs for Letters of Credit") shall in all respects apply to each Letter of Credit that is a letter of credit unless expressly provided to the contrary therein and shall be deemed for such purpose to be part of this Agreement as if fully incorporated herein. The Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce (the "Uniform Customs for Letters of Guarantee") shall in all respects apply to each Letter of Credit that is a letter of guarantee unless expressly provided to the contrary therein and shall be deemed for such purpose to be a part of this Agreement as if fully incorporated herein. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the Uniform Customs and the governing law of this Agreement, the Uniform Customs for Letters of Credit or Uniform Customs for Letters of Guarantee, as applicable, shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, prevail to the extent necessary to remove the conflict or inconsistency.
ARTICLE 7
PLACE AND APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS
All payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts to be made by the Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders (including the Operating Lender) pursuant to this Agreement shall be made to the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) without set-off, counterclaim, deduction or reduction of any nature or kind whatsoever (for, as applicable, the account of the relevant Lenders, or its own account) in the currency in which the relevant Loan is outstanding for value on the day such amount is due, and if such day is not a Banking Day on the Banking Day next following, by deposit or transfer thereof to the applicable Agent's Account or the Operating Lender's Account, as the case may be, or at such other place as the Borrower and the Agent or the Borrower and the Operating Lender may from time to time agree. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary expressed or implied in this Agreement, the receipt by the Agent in accordance with this Agreement of any payment made by the Borrower related to the Syndicated Facility for the account of any of the relevant Lenders shall, insofar as the Borrower's obligations to the relevant Lenders are concerned, be deemed also to be receipt by such Lenders and the Borrower shall have no liability in respect of any failure or delay on the part of the Agent in disbursing and/or accounting to the relevant Lenders in regard thereto.
All payments of principal, interest, fees or other amounts to be made by the Agent to the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement shall be made for value on the day required hereunder, provided the Agent receives funds from the Borrower for value on such day, and if such funds are not so received from the Borrower or if such day is not a Banking Day, on the Banking Day next following, by deposit or transfer thereof at the time specified herein to the account of each Lender designated by such Lender to the Agent for such purpose or to such other place or account as the Lenders may from time to time notify the Agent.
Each amount advanced, disbursed or paid hereunder shall be advanced, disbursed or paid, as the case may be, in such form of funds as may from time to time be customarily used in Calgary, Alberta, Toronto, Ontario and New York, New York in the settlement of banking transactions similar to the banking transactions required to give effect to the provisions of this Agreement on the day such advance, disbursement or payment is to be made (for certainty, each such amount advanced, disbursed or paid, as the case may be, in immediately available funds to the extent possible in the relevant jurisdiction).
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Except as otherwise agreed in writing by all of the Lenders, if any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all payments made by the Borrower to the Agent, the Operating Lender and the other Lenders shall be applied in the following order:
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ARTICLE 8
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower represents and warrants as follows to the Agent and to each of the Lenders and acknowledges and confirms that the Agent and each of the Lenders are relying upon such representations and warranties:
The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation or is a partnership or trust validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation; each is duly registered in all other jurisdictions where the nature of its property or character of its business requires registration, except for jurisdictions where the failure to be so registered or qualified would not have and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and has all necessary power and authority to own its properties and carry on its business as presently carried on or as contemplated by the Documents.
The Borrower and each of its Material Subsidiaries has full power, legal right and authority to enter into the Documents to which it is a party and do all such acts and things as are required by such Documents to be done, observed or performed, in accordance with the terms thereof.
The Borrower and each of its Material Subsidiaries has taken all necessary corporate, partnership and other action (as applicable) of its directors, shareholders, partners, trustees and other persons (as applicable) to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Documents to which it is a party and to observe and perform the provisions thereof in accordance with the terms therein contained.
None of the authorization, execution or delivery of this Agreement or performance of any obligation pursuant thereto requires or will require, pursuant to applicable law now in effect, any approval or consent of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction (except such as has already been obtained and are in full force and effect) nor is in conflict with or in contravention of (i) any applicable law, (ii) the Borrower's or any of its Material Subsidiary's articles, by-laws or other constating documents or any resolutions of directors or shareholders or partners, as applicable, or the provisions of its partnership agreement or declaration of trust or trust indenture (as applicable) or (iii) the provisions of any other indenture, instrument, undertaking or other agreement to which any of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which they or their respective properties or assets are bound, the contravention of which would have or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Documents when executed and delivered will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Borrower and each of its Material Subsidiaries which is a party thereto enforceable against each such party in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application limiting the enforceability of creditors' rights, to general principles of equity and to the fact that equitable remedies are only available in the discretion of the court.
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The Borrower and each of its Material Subsidiaries has good and valid title to its Borrowing Base Properties including, without limitation, its P&NG Rights, P&NG Leases and to its other material property, including the right to extract, produce, take and retain therefrom all Petroleum Substances associated therewith or related thereto, subject to Permitted Encumbrances and to minor defects of title which, individually or in the aggregate, do not materially affect their respective rights of ownership of the Borrower and each of its Material Subsidiaries to such P&NG Rights, the value thereof or their right or ability to extract, produce, take and retain therefrom all Petroleum Substances associated therewith or related thereto.
To the Borrower's knowledge:
in each case, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not have and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has created, incurred, assumed, suffered to exist, or entered into any contract, instrument or undertaking pursuant to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof is now or may hereafter become liable for, any Debt other than Permitted Debt.
Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has created, incurred, assumed, suffered to exist, or entered into any contract, instrument or undertaking pursuant to which, any person may have or be entitled to any Security Interest on or in respect of its property and assets or any part thereof except for Permitted Encumbrances.
No event or circumstance has occurred or is continuing which has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
The Borrower has made available to the Agent and the Lenders all material information necessary to make any representations, warranties and statements contained in this Agreement not misleading in any material respect in light of the circumstances in which they are given.
No Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or would exist as a result of, or occur following, any Drawdown hereunder.
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All information, materials and documents, including all throughput and cash flow projections, economic models, engineering data, capital and operating budgets and other information and data:
There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, their property or any of their undertakings and assets, at law, in equity or before any arbitrator or before or by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of which there is a reasonable possibility of a determination adverse to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and
which, if determined adversely, would have or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Except as previously disclosed in writing to the Agent, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree or award, or to any restriction, rule or regulation (other than customary or ordinary course restrictions, rules and regulations consistent or similar with those imposed on other persons engaged in similar businesses) which has not been stayed, or of which enforcement has not been suspended, which have resulted in a liability, obligation or judgment in excess of the Threshold Amount or has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries and their respective property, businesses and operations are in compliance with all Applicable Laws (including all applicable Environmental Laws), all Required Permits, all applicable directives, judgments, decrees, injunctions and orders rendered by any Governmental Authority (including, for certainty, directives, orders and liability assessments of each relevant Energy Regulator) or court of competent jurisdiction, its articles, by-laws and other constating documents, all agreements or instruments to which it is a party or by which its property or assets are bound, and any employee benefit plans, except, in any of the foregoing cases, to the extent that failure to so comply would not have and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
All Required Permits are in full force and effect, except to the extent that the failure to have or maintain the same in full force and effect would not, when taken in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
All of the material remittances required to be made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to Governmental Authorities have been made, are currently up to date and there are no outstanding arrears, other than those which are being contested by Permitted Contest.
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a potentially responsible party for a federal, provincial, regional, municipal or local clean up or corrective action in connection with their respective properties, assets and undertakings where such clean up or corrective action has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has in all respects complied with the contractual provisions and Applicable Laws relating to each Pension Plan to which it is a party or by which it is otherwise bound, except to the extent failure to comply would not and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has duly filed on a timely basis all tax returns required to be filed and have paid all material Taxes which are due and payable, and have paid all material assessments and reassessments, and all other material Taxes, governmental charges, governmental royalties, penalties, interest and fines claimed against them, other than those which are being contested by them by Permitted Contest; they have made adequate provision for, and all required instalment payments have been made in respect of, Taxes payable for the current period for which returns are not yet required to be filed; there are no agreements, waivers or other arrangements providing for an extension of time with respect to the filing of any tax return by them or the payment of any Taxes; there are no actions or proceedings being taken by any taxation authority in any jurisdictions where the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries carries on business to enforce the payment of any Taxes by them other than those which are being contested by them by Permitted Contest; and there are no Security Interests for Taxes (other than Permitted Encumbrances) that have been filed.
Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Financial Instruments other than Permitted Hedging (and, for certainty, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Financial Instruments other than Lender Financial Instruments).
The fiscal year end of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is December 31.
Each Material Subsidiary (if any) is a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
As of the date hereof, the Borrower has no Subsidiaries other than as set out in Schedule I annexed hereto and Schedule I annexed hereto is a complete and accurate list of: (i) the jurisdictions of formation of the Borrower and each Subsidiary, (ii) each Subsidiary of the Borrower designated as a Material Subsidiary, (iii) the location of the chief executive office of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (iv) the location of the Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' respective businesses and material real property and tangible personal property and assets, and (v) the trade names, if any, used by the Borrower's and its Subsidiaries in the locations referred to in clause (iv) above. As of the date hereof, the legal and beneficial owners of the issued and outstanding Voting Securities of each Material Subsidiary and the Borrower's other Subsidiaries are as set out in Schedule I annexed hereto.
The Borrower and each of its Material Subsidiaries maintains, in full force and effect, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and businesses and against such casualties and contingencies and in such types and amounts as are in accordance with prudent business practices for corporations or other entities of the size and type of business and operations as the Borrower and each such Material Subsidiary.
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The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all Applicable Laws, directives, orders and liability assessments of each relevant Energy Regulator.
All representations, warranties, certifications and statements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof contained in any other Document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall be deemed to constitute representations and warranties made by the Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders under Section 8.1 of this Agreement.
All representations and warranties, when repeated or deemed to be repeated hereunder or in any certificate, notice, instrument or other Document delivered in connection therewith shall be construed with reference to the facts and circumstances existing at the time of repetition, unless they are stated herein to be made as at the date hereof or as at another date.
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The representations and warranties set out in this Agreement or deemed to be made pursuant hereto shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of each Drawdown, notwithstanding any investigations or examinations which may be made by the Agent, the Lenders or Lenders' Counsel. Such representations and warranties shall survive until this Agreement has been terminated, provided that the representations and warranties relating to environmental matters shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 9
GENERAL COVENANTS
So long as any Obligation is outstanding or any Credit Facility is available hereunder, the Borrower covenants and agrees with each of the Lenders and the Agent that, unless (subject to Section 15.10) a Majority of the Lenders otherwise consent in writing:
It shall duly and punctually pay the principal of all Loans, all interest thereon and all fees and other amounts required to be paid by the Borrower hereunder in the manner specified hereunder and the Borrower shall perform and observe all of its obligations under this Agreement and under any other Document to which it is a party.
It shall keep and cause each Material Subsidiary to keep proper books of record and account in which complete and correct entries will be made of its transactions in accordance with GAAP.
It shall do or cause to be done, and will cause each Subsidiary to do or cause to be done, all things necessary or required to have all its properties, assets and operations owned, operated and maintained in accordance with sound, diligent and prudent industry practice (for certainty, with respect to its fixtures and tangible personal property, consistent with sound industry practice for the nature, age and operating characteristics of such fixtures and tangible personal property) and Applicable Laws, and in the case of its petroleum and natural gas reserves, in accordance with good oilfield practices, in each case, except to the extent that the failure to do or cause to be done the same would not have and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and at all times cause the same to be owned, operated, maintained and used in compliance with all terms of any applicable insurance policy.
Except as otherwise permitted by Section 9.2(c) and 9.2(k), the Borrower shall, and shall cause each of its Material Subsidiaries, to preserve and maintain its corporate, partnership or trust existence (as the case may be) as a corporation, partnership or trust existing under the laws of Canada or any province thereof. The Borrower shall do or cause to be done, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to do or cause to be done, all acts necessary or desirable to comply with all Applicable Laws and all agreements or instruments to which it is a party or by which its property or assets are bound, except where such failure to comply does not and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and to preserve and keep in full force and effect all Required Permits and all other franchises, licences, rights, privileges, permits and Governmental Authorizations necessary to enable the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries to operate and conduct their respective businesses in accordance with prudent industry practice, except to the extent that the failure to have any of the same does not and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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The Borrower shall deliver to the Agent with sufficient copies for each of the Lenders:
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in each case, for certainty, as at the first day of such fiscal quarter; provided, however, that the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, elect to not deliver an Officer's Certificate in accordance with the above for any fiscal quarter, with no further action required (and, for greater certainty, such election shall not result in ay Default or Event of Default) (each, a "Non-Delivery Election"), provided, further, that no Distributions pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of Permitted Distribution and no Permitted Prepayment shall, in either case, be permitted in any fiscal quarter in which the Borrower has made a Non-Delivery Election unless, at least 10 Banking Days prior to such Distribution or Permitted Prepayment, the Borrower delivers to the Agent an Officer's Certificate certifying the matters set forth in sub-clauses (A) through (C) above as of the first day of such fiscal quarter and the other constituent elements of clause (c) of the definition of Permitted Distribution or of the definition of Permitted Prepayment, as the case may be, are otherwise satisfied; and
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At any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice, the Borrower shall permit and shall cause its Subsidiaries to permit, the Agent and any Lender or any representative thereof (at the expense of the Borrower during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default and, otherwise, at the expense of the Agent or such Lender, as applicable) to (i) examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records and books of account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) visit and inspect the premises and properties of the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries (in each case at the risk of the Borrower, except for the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the inspecting party or the failure of any such inspecting party to comply with Applicable Law or the Borrower's or any such Subsidiary's health and safety requirements, as advised to such inspecting party), and (iii) discuss the affairs, operations, finances and accounts of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with any of the officers or directors of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
The Borrower shall promptly, and in any event no later than 5 Banking Days after becoming aware of the same, provide written notice to the Agent of any litigation, proceeding or dispute affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of a demand or claim in respect of which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and which if adversely determined would reasonably be expected to result in a liability, obligation or judgment in excess of the Threshold Amount or to have a Material Adverse Effect, and shall from time to time furnish to the Agent all reasonable information requested by the Agent concerning the status of any such litigation, proceeding or dispute.
The Borrower shall promptly deliver to the Agent, and in any event no later than 3 Banking Days after becoming aware of a Default or the occurrence of an Event of Default, an Officer's Certificate describing in detail such Default or such Event of Default and specifying the steps, if any, being taken to cure or remedy the same.
The Borrower shall promptly, and in any event no later than 3 Banking Days after becoming aware of the same, provide written notice to the Agent of any event, circumstance or condition that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
The Borrower shall promptly, and in any event within 5 Banking Days following any date on which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, collectively, have shut-in and/or abandoned wells and/or otherwise has inactive wells which in each case were previously active (producing) wells at the end of the most recently completed Quarter End, together with all other previously shut-in and/or abandoned wells and/or otherwise has inactive wells which were previously active (producing) wells at the end of the most recently completed Quarter End (excluding shut-ins undertaken in the normal course of completions activities and shut-ins of wells which were completed during the most recently completed fiscal quarter and which shut-ins are forecasted to continue for a period of at least six months due to capacity constraints at any processing facilities), where the aggregate average
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daily production (net of royalties) of Petroleum Substances associated with such wells exceeds 10% of the Borrower's and its Material Subsidiaries' aggregate average daily production (net of royalties) of Petroleum Substances for the then most recently completed Quarter End, deliver to the Agent written notice of which wells have been shut-in and/or abandoned wells and/or otherwise has inactive wells which were previously active (producing) wells and the amount of associated production which has been shut-in and/or abandoned and/or which is no long active producing.
The Borrower shall promptly provide to the Agent:
The Borrower will, promptly upon becoming aware thereof, notify the Agent in writing of any Casualty Event, whether or not insured, where the fair market value of the assets affected is in excess of the Threshold Amount in aggregate in any fiscal year.
The Borrower shall provide prior written notice to the Agent of any intended Disposition (direct or indirect, including by way of the sale of a Material Subsidiary or the granting of a royalty), any Asset Acquisition, any Fundamental Transaction and any Hedge Monetization, in each case, by the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries, to the extent that the Borrower would require consent of the Lenders to close or otherwise effect the same pursuant to Section 9.2(d), 9.2(g) or 9.2(k), such notice to be provided by the Borrower to the Agent not less than 30 days prior to the closing thereof or other giving effect to any of the foregoing.
The Borrower shall promptly provide written notice to the Agent of the acquisition, creation or existence of each new Material Subsidiary after the date hereof.
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The Borrower shall, promptly, furnish to the Agent copies of all annual reports, quarterly reports, material change reports and other material reports, notices and other non-confidential information that the Borrower is required by applicable law or stock exchange requirements to file with any securities commission or stock exchange, furnish to its shareholders or publicly disclose (whether by way by advertisement or otherwise), except for insider reports and, for certainty, other filings which are of an administrative nature and do not contain any material information with respect to the business, affairs or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations under this Section 9.1(o) if and to the extent any of the foregoing shall have been filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators (and are accessible to the Agent) in the SEDAR+ filing system at www.sedarplus.com, and the Borrower shall have notified the Agent of such filing.
The Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, from time to time pay or cause to be paid when due all royalties, rents, Taxes, rates, levies or assessments, ordinary or extraordinary, governmental fees or dues, and to make and remit all withholdings, lawfully levied, assessed or imposed upon the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or any of the assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as and when the same become due and payable, except when and so long as the validity of any such royalties, rents, Taxes, rates, levies, assessments, fees, dues or withholdings is being contested by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries by a Permitted Contest, and to duly file on a timely basis all tax returns required to be filed.
Each Material Subsidiary will at all times be a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
The Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, from time to time pay when due or cause to be paid when due all amounts related to wages, workers' compensation obligations, government royalties or pension fund obligations and any other amount which would or would reasonably be expected to result in a lien, charge, Security Interest or similar encumbrance against the assets of the Borrower or such Subsidiary arising under statute or regulation, except when and so long as the validity of any such amounts or other obligations is being contested by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries by a Permitted Contest.
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the Borrower shall promptly provide the Agent with a copy of such notice and shall, or shall cause the Borrower or such Subsidiary to, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agent from time to time all reasonable information requested by the Agent relating to the same.
The Borrower shall use all Loans and the proceeds thereof solely for the purposes set forth in Section 2.3 hereof.
The Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, maintain, in full force and effect with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and business and against such casualties and contingencies and in such types and such amounts as shall be in accordance with prudent business practices for corporations or other entities of the size and type of business and operations as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
The Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, comply in all respects with the P&NG Leases relating to P&NG Rights, except to the extent the failure to do so would not have or would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
The Borrower shall ensure that all of the P&NG Rights which comprise or relate to proved or probable reserves (including any related P&NG Leases and related facilities, infrastructure and tangibles) are directly owned by the Borrower or its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries or any combination thereof.
The Borrower shall, and shall ensure that, to the extent any Subsidiary is a Qualified ECP Guarantor, the Borrower and each Subsidiary shall, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertake to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (that provides a guarantee to the Agent, the Lenders, the Hedging Affiliates and the Cash
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Managers) to honour all of its obligations under its Guarantee in respect of Financial Instrument Obligations (provided, however, the Borrower and each Subsidiary shall only be liable under such undertaking for the maximum amount of such liability that can be incurred without rendering its obligations under this undertaking, or otherwise under the Documents to which it is a party, voidable under Applicable Law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of the Borrower and each Subsidiary under this undertaking shall remain in full force and effect until discharged in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Document. The Borrower intends that this Section and the undertaking provided for shall constitute, and shall be deemed to constitute, a "keepwell, support, or other agreement" for the benefit of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (that provide a guarantee to the Agent, the Lenders, the Hedging Affiliates and the Cash Managers) for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
The Borrower shall, and shall cause its Material Subsidiaries to, maintain a fiscal year ending on December 31.
The Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, conduct its business operations such that, and have and be subject to, policies and procedures in place which are designed to ensure that, the representations and warranties in Section 8.1(aa) are true and correct at all times that this Agreement is in effect (and not just at, and as of, the times such representations and warranties are made or deemed to be made).
From and after the date that any Energy Regulator requires licensees in its relevant jurisdiction to meet a minimum annual spend for the abandonment and/or reclamation of upstream oil and gas wells, facilities, and pipelines located in its applicable jurisdiction, the Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, be in compliance with such minimum annual spend as determined from time to time by such Energy Regulator.
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So long as any Obligation is outstanding or any Credit Facility is available hereunder, the Borrower covenants and agrees with each of the Lenders and the Agent that, unless (subject to Section 15.10) a Majority of the Lenders otherwise consent in writing:
The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Material Subsidiary to, change in any material respect the nature of its business or operations from the types of businesses and operations carried on by the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries on the date hereof.
The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, create, issue, incur, assume or permit to exist any Security Interests on any of their property, undertakings or assets other than Permitted Encumbrances.
Subject to Section 9.2(k), the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Material Subsidiary to, liquidate, dissolve or wind up or take any steps or proceedings in connection therewith except, in the case of Material Subsidiaries, where the successor thereto or transferee thereof is the Borrower or a Guarantor of the Borrower.
The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to:
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The Borrower shall not have, incur, assume or otherwise become liable for, or permit any Subsidiary to have, incur, assume or otherwise become liable for, any Debt other than Permitted Debt.
The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, make Investments other than Permitted Investments.
The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, make any Asset Acquisition (net of related Dispositions), other than an Asset Acquisition of:
Except for Permitted Distributions, the Borrower shall not make or permit any Subsidiary to make any Distributions.
The Borrower shall not and shall not permit any Subsidiary to enter into, transact or have outstanding any Financial Instruments or Financial Instrument Obligations other than Permitted Hedging (and, for certainty, the Borrower shall not and shall not permit any Subsidiary to enter into, transact or have outstanding any Financial Instruments or Financial Instrument Obligations other than Lender Financial Instruments or Lender Financial Instrument Obligations).
Except in respect of transactions between or among the Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any contract, agreement or transaction whatsoever, including for the sale, purchase, lease or other dealing in any property or the provision of any services (other than office and administration services provided in the ordinary course of business), with any Related Party except upon fair and reasonable terms, which terms are not less favourable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries than it would obtain in an arm's length transaction and, if applicable, for consideration which equals the fair market value of such property or other than at a fair market rental as regards leased property.
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The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Material Subsidiary to, enter into any transaction whereby all or substantially all of its undertaking, property and assets would become the property of any other person (herein called a "Successor") whether by way of reconstruction, reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, amalgamation, merger, transfer, sale, other Disposition or otherwise (each, a "Fundamental Transaction"), unless:
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The Borrower shall not permit, at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Principal under the Credit Facilities to exceed the Borrowing Base then applicable hereunder and the Borrower shall repay Loans from time to time in accordance with Sections 2.14 and 2.16 to the extent required to comply with this Section.
The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, provide any Financial Assistance to or in favour of any person except:
The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to:
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Except for any accounts maintained with any financial institution or other person to hold Excluded Deposits/Amounts, the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to: (i) establish or maintain any operating accounts, deposit accounts or other bank accounts or any securities or other investment accounts with, or (ii) have any cash or Cash Equivalents on deposit with, in each case, any financial institution or other person except with the Agent and/or one or more of the Lenders.
The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary (including, without limitation, Obsidian Energy Partnership) to terminate, amend, supplement or modify (as applicable) the Burgess Royalty Agreement, any Burgess Royalty Assumption Agreement or provision thereof if such termination, amendment, supplement or modification, as the case may be, would have or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or, when taken as a whole with all other amendments, supplements, modifications, waivers or consents being made thereto, be material and adverse to the interests or rights of any of the Secured Parties, or provide any waiver or consent to like effect or take any steps in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
If the Borrower fails to perform any covenants on its part herein contained, subject to any consents or notice or cure periods required by Section 11.1 and the terms of any Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Agent may give notice to the Borrower of such failure and if such covenant remains unperformed, the Agent may, in its discretion but need not, perform any such covenant capable of being performed by the Agent and if the covenant requires the payment or expenditure of money, the Agent may, upon having received approval of all Lenders, make such payments or expenditure and all sums so expended shall be forthwith payable by the Borrower to the Agent on behalf of the Lenders and shall bear interest at the applicable interest rate provided in Section 5.9 for amounts due in Canadian Dollars or United States Dollars, as the case may be. No such performance, payment or expenditure by the Agent shall be deemed to relieve the Borrower of any default hereunder or under the other Documents.
ARTICLE 10
SECURITY
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provided that the Borrower shall not be entitled to designate that a Designated Material Subsidiary shall cease to be a Material Subsidiary if:
In order to give effect to the foregoing provisions of Section 10.1(3) and this Section 10.1(4), the Borrower shall cause any Material Subsidiary that becomes a Designated Material Subsidiary to promptly execute and deliver Security to the Agent (together with a certified copy of its constating documents and a legal opinion in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, acting reasonably).
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in each case, as required by the Agent (and together with all registration materials, legal opinions and Officer's Certificates as the Agent may require, acting reasonably), upon the occurrence of any one or more of the following (each, a "Fixed Charge Event"):
The forms of Security shall have been or be prepared based upon the laws of Canada and Alberta applicable thereto in effect at the date hereof. The Agent shall have the right to require that:
except that in no event shall the Agent require that the foregoing be effected if the result thereof would be to grant the Agent or the Lenders greater rights than is otherwise contemplated herein or therein.
Each item or part of the Security shall for all purposes be treated as a separate and continuing collateral security and shall be deemed to have been given in addition to and not in place of any other item or part of the Security or any other security now held or hereafter acquired by the Agent or the Lenders. No item or part of the Security shall be merged or be deemed to have been merged in or by this Agreement or any documents, instruments or acknowledgements delivered hereunder, or any simple contract debt or any judgment, and any realization of or steps taken under or pursuant to any security, instrument or agreement shall be independent of and not create a merger with any other right available to the Lenders or the Agent under any security, instruments or agreements held by it or at law or in equity.
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The Agent, with the consent of all of the Lenders, except to the extent otherwise provided for herein or in the Security, may grant extensions of time or other indulgences, take and give up securities (including the Security or any part or parts thereof), accept compositions, grant releases and discharges and otherwise deal with the Borrower and other parties and with security (including the Security and each part thereof) as the Agent may see fit, without prejudice to or in any way limiting the liability of the Borrower under this Agreement or the other Documents or under any of the Security or any other collateral security.
The Security and the security created by any other Document constituted or required to be created shall be effective, and the undertakings as to the Security herein or in any other Document shall be continuing, whether any Loans are then outstanding or any amounts thereby secured or any part thereof shall be owing before or after, or at the same time as, the creation of such Security Interests or before or after or upon the date of execution of any amendments to this Agreement.
If Royal Bank of Canada, in its capacity as Agent, or any successor thereto, in its capacity as Agent ceases to be the Agent (the "Departing Agent"), the Departing Agent shall transfer and assign all of its right, title and interest in its capacity as Agent in and to the Security to the Successor Agent and the provisions of Section 10.2 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, with respect to such assignment and transfer.
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Each Lender hereby confirms to and agrees with the Agent and the other Lenders as follows:
If a Lender ceases to be a Lender under this Agreement (a "Former Lender"), all Lender Financial Instrument Obligations owing to such Former Lender and its Hedging Affiliates under Lender Financial Instruments entered into while such Former Lender was a Lender shall remain secured by the Security (equally and rateably) to the extent that such Lender Financial Instrument Obligations were secured by the Security prior to such Lender becoming a Former Lender and, subject to the following provisions of this Section 10.10 and unless the context otherwise requires, all references herein or in any other Document to "Lender Financial Instrument Obligations" shall include such obligations to a Former Lender and its Hedging Affiliates, all references herein or in any other Document to "Lenders" shall include Former Lenders for the purposes of such obligations, all references herein or in any other Document to "Hedging Affiliates" shall include Affiliates of such Former Lenders for the purposes of such obligations and all references herein or in any other Document to "Lender Financial Instruments" shall include such Financial Instruments with a Former Lender and its Hedging Affiliates. For certainty, any Financial Instrument Obligations under Financial Instruments entered into with a Former Lender or an Affiliate thereof after the Former Lender has ceased to be a Lender shall not be secured by the Security. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Former Lender or any Affiliate thereof shall have any right to cause or require the enforcement of the Security or any right to participate in any decisions relating to the Security, including any decisions relating to the enforcement or manner of enforcement of the Security or decisions relating to any amendment to, waiver under, release of or other dealing with all or any part of the Security; for certainty, the sole right of a Former Lender and its Affiliates with respect to the Security is to share, on a pari passu basis (subject to Section 11.7), in any proceeds of realization and enforcement of the Security.
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ARTICLE 11
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND ACCELERATION
The occurrence of any one or more of the following events (each such event being herein referred to as an "Event of Default") shall constitute a default under this Agreement:
in each case when due and payable, and such default is not remedied within 3 Banking Days after written notice thereof is given by the Agent to the Borrower specifying such default and requiring the Borrower to remedy or cure the same;
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If any Event of Default shall occur and for so long as it is continuing:
shall, at the option of the Agent in accordance with Section 14.11 or upon the request of a Majority of the Lenders, become immediately due and payable upon written notice to that effect from the Agent to the Borrower, all without any other notice and without presentment, protest, demand, notice of dishonour or any other demand whatsoever (all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower); provided, however, that if any Insolvency Event shall occur and be continuing, the foregoing shall automatically become due and payable, in each case without any other notice and without presentment, protest, demand, notice of dishonour or any other demand whatsoever (all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower). In such event and if the Borrower does not immediately pay all such amounts upon receipt of such notice, either the Lenders (in accordance with the proviso in Section 14.11(i)) or the Agent on their behalf may, in their discretion, exercise any right or recourse and/or proceed by any action, suit, remedy or proceeding against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary authorized or permitted by law for the recovery of all the indebtedness and liabilities of the Borrower to the Lenders and proceed to exercise any and all rights hereunder
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and under the other Documents and no such remedy for the enforcement of the rights of the Lenders shall be exclusive of or dependent on any other remedy but any one or more of such remedies may from time to time be exercised independently or in combination.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default:
For greater certainty, it is expressly understood and agreed that the rights and remedies of the Lenders and the Agent hereunder or under any other Document are cumulative and are in addition to and not in substitution for any rights or remedies provided by law or by equity; and any single or partial exercise by the Lenders or by the Agent of any right or remedy for a default or breach of any term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement or other Document shall not be deemed to be a waiver of or to alter, affect or prejudice any other right or remedy or other rights or remedies to which any one or more of the Lenders and the Agent may be lawfully entitled for such default or breach. Any waiver by, as applicable, the Majority of the Lenders, all of the Lenders or the Agent of the strict observance, performance or compliance with any term, covenant, condition or other matter contained herein and any indulgence granted, either expressly or by course of conduct, by, as applicable, the Majority of the Lenders, all of the Lenders or the Agent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which it was given and shall be deemed not to be a waiver of any rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agent under this Agreement or any other Document as a result of any other default or breach hereunder or thereunder.
During the continuance of a Default or Event of Default, the Lenders shall be relieved of all obligations to provide any further Drawdowns, Rollovers or Conversions to the Borrower hereunder; provided that the foregoing shall not prevent the Lenders or the Agent from disbursing money or effecting any Conversion which, by the terms hereof, they are entitled to effect, or any Conversion or Rollover requested by the Borrower and acceptable to the relevant Lenders and/or the Agent.
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Except as otherwise agreed to by all of the Lenders in their sole discretion and subject to the terms of any Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, all monies and property received by the Lenders for application in respect of the Secured Obligations subsequent to the Adjustment Time and all monies received as a result of a realization upon the Security (collectively, the "Realization Proceeds") shall be applied and distributed to the Lenders and the Agent in the order and manner set forth below:
and the balance of the Realization Proceeds (if any) shall be paid to the Borrower or otherwise as may be required by Applicable Laws.
For the purposes of this Agreement, if a Financial Instrument Demand for Payment has been delivered, then any amount which is payable by the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof under such Lender Financial Instrument in settlement of obligations arising thereunder as a result of the early termination of the Lender Financial Instrument shall be deemed to have become payable at the time of delivery of such Financial Instrument Demand for Payment notwithstanding that the amount payable by the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof is to be subsequently calculated and notice thereof given to the Borrower or such Subsidiary in accordance with such Lender Financial Instrument.
Each Lender agrees that, subsequent to the Adjustment Time, it will at any time and from time to time upon the request of the Agent purchase undivided participations in the Secured Obligations and make any other adjustments which may be necessary or appropriate, in order that Secured Obligations which remain outstanding to each Lender and its Hedging Affiliates are thereafter outstanding, as adjusted pursuant to this Section, in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.7. The Borrower agrees to do, or cause to be done (whether by it or its Subsidiaries), all things reasonably necessary or appropriate to give effect to any and all purchases and other adjustments by and between the Lenders pursuant to this Section.
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ARTICLE 12
CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES
Replacement" for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any other Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the fifth (5th) Banking Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Document so long as the
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Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Majority of the Lenders.
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and the result of (a), (b), (c) or (d) above, in the sole determination of such Lender acting in good faith, is:
such Lender shall determine that amount of money which shall compensate the Lender or its Lender Parent for such increase in cost, payments to be made or reduction in income or return or interest foregone (herein referred to as "Additional Compensation"). Upon a Lender having determined that it is entitled to Additional Compensation in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Lender shall promptly so notify the Borrower and the Agent. The relevant Lender shall provide the Borrower and the Agent with a photocopy of the relevant law, rule, guideline,
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regulation, treaty or official directive (or, if it is impracticable to provide a photocopy, a written summary of the same) and a certificate of a duly authorized officer of such Lender setting forth the Additional Compensation and the basis of calculation therefor, which shall be conclusive evidence of such Additional Compensation in the absence of manifest error. The Borrower shall pay to such Lender within 10 Banking Days of the giving of such notice such Lender's Additional Compensation. Each of the Lenders shall be entitled to be paid such Additional Compensation from time to time to the extent that the provisions of this Section are then applicable notwithstanding that any Lender has previously been paid any Additional Compensation.
In addition to the other rights and options of the Borrower hereunder and notwithstanding any contrary provisions hereof, if a Lender gives the notice provided for in Section 12.2 with respect to any Loan (an "Affected Loan"), the Borrower may, upon 2 Banking Days' notice to that effect given to such Lender and the Agent (which notice shall be irrevocable), either effect a Conversion in accordance with the provisions hereof (if such Conversion would reduce the applicable Additional Compensation) or prepay in full without penalty such Lender's Rateable Portion of the Affected Loan outstanding together with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount so prepaid up to the date of such prepayment, such Additional Compensation as may be applicable to the date of such payment and all costs, losses and expenses incurred by such Lender by reason of the liquidation or re-deployment of deposits or other funds or for any other reason whatsoever resulting from the repayment of such Affected Loan or any part thereof on other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period, and upon such payment being made that Lender's obligations to make such Affected Loans to the Borrower under this Agreement shall terminate.
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Subject to Section 12.1, if:
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then, in each case, the Agent (with respect to a determination made by the Agent pursuant to subparagraph (a) above or with respect to any determination made pursuant to subparagraph (b) above) will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender or the Operating Lender (with respect to a determination made by the Operating Lender pursuant to subparagraph (a) above) will promptly so notify the Borrower. Upon notice thereof by the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) to the Borrower as aforesaid, any obligation of, in the case of a notice by the Agent pursuant to subparagraph (a) above with respect to the Syndicated Facility, the Lenders, in the case of a notice by the Agent pursuant to subparagraph (b) above, the Lenders under each of the Credit Facilities and, in the case of a notice by the Operating Lender pursuant to subparagraph (a) above, the Operating Lender, to make such Benchmark Loans, and any right of the Borrower to Rollover such Benchmark Loans, or to convert any other Loans into such Benchmark Loans, shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Benchmark Loans or affected Interest Periods) until the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) (with respect to subparagraph (b), at the instruction of Lenders to the Agent holding 25% of the Total Commitment) revokes such notice.
Upon receipt of such notice:
in each case, upon any such Conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.16. Subject to Section 12.1, if, in the case of the Syndicated Facility, the Agent or, in the case of the Operating Facility, the Operating Lender (as the case may be) determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that any Benchmark cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof on any given day, the interest rate on U.S. Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans, as applicable, shall be determined by the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) without reference to subparagraph (c) of the definition of "U.S. Base Rate" or subparagraph (b) of the definition of "Canadian Prime Rate" until the Agent or the Operating Lender (as the case may be) revokes such determination.
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ARTICLE 13
COSTS, EXPENSES AND INDEMNIFICATION
The Borrower shall pay, within 30 days after notice from the Agent all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Lenders, the Agent and the Co-Lead Arrangers, including travel expenses of the Agent and the Co-Lead Arrangers, in connection with the Documents and the establishment and initial syndication of the Credit Facilities, including in connection with negotiation, preparation, printing, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Documents whether or not any Drawdown has been made hereunder, and also including: (a) the reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Lenders' Counsel (on a solicitor-client full indemnity basis) with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Agent and the Lenders as to their rights and responsibilities under this Agreement and the other Documents and (b) any third party service providers in respect of the Platform. Except for ordinary expenses of the Lenders, the Operating Lender and the Agent relating to the day to day administration of this Agreement, the Borrower further agrees to pay within 30 days of demand by the Agent all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with the preparation or review of waivers, consents and amendments pertaining to this Agreement, and in connection with the establishment of the validity and enforceability of this Agreement and the preservation or enforcement of rights of the Lenders, the Operating Lender and the Agent under this Agreement and other Documents, including all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses sustained by the Lenders, the Operating Lender and the Agent as a result of any failure by the Borrower to perform or observe any of its obligations hereunder or in connection with any action, suit or proceeding relating thereto (whether or not an Indemnified Party is a party or subject thereto), together with interest thereon from and after such 30th day if such payment is not made by such time.
In addition to any liability of the Borrower to any Lender or the Agent under any other provision hereof, the Borrower shall indemnify each Indemnified Party and hold each Indemnified Party harmless against any losses, claims, costs, damages or liabilities (including any expense or cost incurred in the liquidation and re-deployment of funds acquired to fund or maintain any portion of a Loan and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses and reasonable and documented legal fees on a solicitor and his own client basis) incurred by the same as a result of or in connection with the Credit Facilities or the Documents, including as a result of or in connection with:
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provided that this Section shall not apply to any losses, claims, costs, damages or liabilities that arise by reason of the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the Indemnified Party claiming indemnity hereunder, as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. Further, for greater certainty, the provisions of this Section 13.2 shall not govern or apply to the Lender Financial Instruments or the Cash Management Documents or the performance thereof by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (as applicable), which shall be governed by the respective terms and conditions thereof. The provisions of this Section shall survive repayment of the Obligations.
The Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties forthwith on demand by the Agent from and against any and all claims, suits, actions, debts, damages, costs, losses, liabilities, penalties, obligations, judgments, charges, expenses and disbursements (including all reasonable and documented legal fees and disbursements on a solicitor and his own client basis) of any nature whatsoever, suffered or incurred by the Indemnified Parties or any of them in connection with any Credit Facility, whether as beneficiaries under the Documents, as successors in interest of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or voluntary transfer in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise howsoever, with respect to any Environmental Claims relating to the property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries arising under any Environmental Laws as a result of the past, present or future operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or any predecessor in interest to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries) relating to the property of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, or the past, present or future condition of any part of the property of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries owned, operated or leased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (or any such predecessor in interest), including any liabilities arising as a result of any indemnity covering Environmental Claims given to any person by the Lenders or the Agent or a receiver, interim receiver, receiver manager or similar person appointed hereunder or under applicable law (collectively, the "Indemnified Third Party"); but excluding any Environmental Claims or liabilities relating thereto to the extent that such Environmental Claims or liabilities arise by reason of the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the Indemnified Party or the Indemnified Third Party claiming indemnity hereunder, as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. The provisions of this Section shall survive the repayment of the Obligations.
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No Indemnified Party shall have any liability to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any person asserting claims on behalf of, or in right of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in connection with or as a result of any Credit Facility, this Agreement or any other Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the extent (and only to the extent) that any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses incurred by the Borrower, such Subsidiary or other person are determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have (a) resulted solely by reason of the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnified Party or (b) in respect only of a Lender, resulted from the intentional failure of such Lender to advance funds under its Commitment when all conditions precedent to a Drawdown have been satisfied. In any event, and notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision hereof or of the other Documents to the contrary, no Indemnified Party shall be liable for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages in connection with or as a result of any Credit Facility, this Agreement or any other Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby. For certainty, the provisions of this Section 13.5 shall not govern or apply to the liabilities of any of the Secured Parties, as the case may be, under the Lender Financial Instruments or the Cash Management Documents, as the case may be, which shall be governed by the respective terms and conditions thereof.
ARTICLE 14
THE AGENT AND ADMINISTRATION
OF THE CREDIT FACILITY
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Except for amounts payable to the Agent for its own account, forthwith after receipt of any repayment pursuant hereto or payment of interest or fees pursuant to Article 5 or payment pursuant to Article 7, the Agent shall remit to each Lender its Rateable Portion of such payment; provided that, if the Agent, on the assumption that it will receive on any particular date a payment of principal, interest or fees hereunder, remits to a Lender its Rateable Portion of such payment and the Borrower fails to make such payment, each of the Lenders on receipt of such remittance from the Agent agrees to repay to the Agent forthwith on demand an amount equal to the remittance together with all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Agent in connection therewith and interest thereon at the rate and calculated in the manner applicable to the Loan in respect of which such payment is made for each day from the date such amount is remitted to the Lenders without prejudice to any right such Lender may have against the Borrower. The exact amount of the repayment required to be made by the Lenders pursuant hereto shall be as set forth in a
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certificate delivered by the Agent to each Lender, which certificate shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes in the absence of manifest error.
Each Lender agrees that:
provided that (i) any cash collateral account held by such Lender as collateral for a letter of credit (other than a Letter of Credit) which is Permitted Debt may be applied by such Lender to such amounts owed by the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, to such Lender pursuant to such letter of credit and (ii) these provisions do not apply to:
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Neither the Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees (and, for purposes hereof, the Agent shall be deemed to be contracting as agent and trustee for and on behalf of such persons) shall be liable to the Lenders for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement except for its or their own gross negligence or wilful misconduct, as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent:
Further, the Agent (i) does not make any warranty or representation to any Lender nor shall it be responsible to any Lender for the accuracy or completeness of the representations and warranties of the Borrower herein or the data made available to any of the Lenders in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement, or for any statements, warranties or representations (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with this Agreement; (ii) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to enquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement on the part of the Borrower or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; and (iii) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto.
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Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the Agent agrees to provide to the Lenders, with copies where appropriate, all information, notices and reports required to be given to the Agent by the Borrower, promptly upon receipt of same, excepting therefrom information and notices relating solely to the role of Agent hereunder.
With respect to its Commitments and the Drawdowns, Rollovers, Conversions and Loans made by it as a Lender, the Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent. Subject to the express provisions hereof relating to the rights and obligations of the Agent and the Lenders in such capacities, the Agent and each Lender may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or any corporation or other entity owned or controlled by any of them and any person which may do business with any of them without any duties to account therefor to the Agent or the other Lenders and, in the case of the Agent, all as if it was not the Agent hereunder.
It is understood and agreed by each Lender that it has itself been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal of and investigations into the financial condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status and nature of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Each Lender represents to the Agent that it is engaged in the business of making and evaluating the risks associated with commercial revolving loans or term loans, or both, to corporations similar to the Borrower, that it can bear the economic risks related to the transaction contemplated hereby, that it has had access to all information deemed necessary by it in making such decision (provided that this representation shall not impair its rights against the Borrower) and that it is entering into this Agreement in the ordinary course of its commercial lending business. Accordingly, each Lender confirms with the Agent that it has not relied, and will not hereafter rely, on the Agent (a) to check or enquire on its behalf into the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information provided by the Borrower or any other person under or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions herein contemplated (whether or not such information has been or is hereafter distributed to such Lender by the Agent), or (b) to assess or keep under review on its behalf the financial condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status or nature of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Each Lender acknowledges that a copy of this Agreement has been made available to it for review and each Lender acknowledges that it is satisfied with the form and substance of this Agreement. Each Lender hereby covenants and agrees that, subject to Section 14.4, it will not make any arrangements with the Borrower for the satisfaction of any Loans or other Obligations without the consent of all the other Lenders.
The Lenders hereby agree to indemnify the Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower), on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective Commitments as a proportion of the aggregate of all outstanding Commitments, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under or in respect of this Agreement in its capacity as Agent; provided that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs expenses or disbursements resulting from the Agent's gross negligence or wilful misconduct, as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. If the Borrower subsequently repays all or a portion of such amounts to the Agent, then the Agent shall reimburse the Lenders their pro rata shares (according to the amounts paid by them in respect thereof) of the amounts received from the Borrower. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for its portion (determined as above) of any out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the Agent in connection with the preservation of any rights of the Agent or the Lenders under, or the enforcement of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, to the extent that the Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by the Borrower.
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The Agent may, as hereinafter provided, resign at any time by giving 45 days' prior written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Lenders shall, after soliciting the views of the Borrower, have the right to appoint another Lender as a successor agent (the "Successor Agent") who shall be acceptable to the Borrower, acting reasonably. If no Successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent's giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Agent shall, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a Successor Agent who shall be a Lender acceptable to the Borrower, acting reasonably. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a Successor Agent, such Successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall thereupon be discharged from its further duties and obligations as Agent under this Agreement. After any retiring Agent's resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article shall continue to enure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it as Agent or in its capacity as Agent while it was Agent hereunder.
Each of the Lenders hereby acknowledges that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the remedies provided hereunder to the Lenders are for the benefit of the Lenders collectively and acting together and not severally and further acknowledges that its rights hereunder are to be exercised not severally, but collectively by the Agent upon the decision of the Majority of the Lenders regardless of whether acceleration was made pursuant to Section 11.2. Notwithstanding any of the provisions contained herein, each of the Lenders hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not be entitled to individually take any action with respect to any Credit Facility, including any acceleration under Section 11.2, but that any such action shall be taken only by the Agent with the prior written agreement or instructions of the Majority of the Lenders; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) the Agent, having been adequately indemnified against costs and expenses of so doing by the Lenders, shall fail to carry out any such instructions of a Majority of the Lenders, any Lender may do so on behalf of all Lenders and shall, in so doing, be entitled to the benefit of all protections given the Agent hereunder or elsewhere, and (ii) in the absence of instructions from the Majority of the Lenders and where in the sole opinion of the Agent the exigencies of the situation warrant such action, the Agent may without notice to or consent of the Lenders or any of them take such action on behalf of the Lenders as it deems appropriate or desirable in the interests of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders hereby further covenants and agrees that upon any such written consent being given by the Majority of the Lenders, or upon a Lender or the Agent taking action as aforesaid, it shall cooperate fully with the Lender or the Agent to the extent requested by the Lender or the Agent in the collective realization including and, if applicable, the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver or receiver and manager to act for their collective benefit. Each Lender covenants and agrees to do all acts and things and to make, execute and deliver all agreements and other instruments, including any instruments necessary to effect any registrations, so as to fully carry out the intent and purpose of this Section; and each of the Lenders hereby covenants and agrees that, subject to Section 5.8, Section 9.2(b), Section 14.4 and Section 14.14, it has not heretofore and shall not seek, take, accept or receive any security for any of the obligations and liabilities of the Borrower hereunder or under any other document, instrument, writing or agreement ancillary hereto and shall not enter into any agreement with any of the parties hereto or thereto relating in any manner whatsoever to the Credit Facilities, unless all of the Lenders shall at the same time obtain the benefit of any such security or agreement.
With respect to any enforcement, realization or the taking of any rights or remedies to enforce the rights of the Lenders hereunder, the Agent shall be a trustee for each Lender, and all monies received from time to time by the Agent in respect of the foregoing shall be held in trust and shall be trust assets within the meaning of applicable bankruptcy or insolvency legislation and shall be considered for the purposes of such legislation to be held separate and apart from the other assets of the Agent, and each Lender shall be entitled to their Rateable Portion of such monies. In its capacity as trustee, the Agent shall be obliged to exercise only the degree of care it would exercise in the conduct and management of its own business and in accordance with its usual practice concurrently employed or hereafter instituted for other substantial commercial loans.
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The Borrower shall be entitled to rely upon any certificate, notice or other document or other advice, statement or instruction provided to it by the Agent pursuant to this Agreement, and the Borrower shall generally be entitled to deal with the Agent with respect to matters under this Agreement which the Agent is authorized to deal with without any obligation whatsoever to satisfy itself as to the authority of the Agent to act on behalf of the Lenders and without any liability whatsoever to the Lenders for relying upon any certificate, notice or other document or other advice, statement or instruction provided to it by the Agent, notwithstanding any lack of authority of the Agent to provide the same.
The Agent shall have no responsibility or liability to the Borrower on account of the failure of any Lender to perform its obligations hereunder or under any other Document (unless such failure was caused, in whole or in part, by the Agent's failure to observe or perform its obligations hereunder or under such other Document (as applicable)), or to any Lender on account of the failure of the Borrower or any Lender to perform its obligations hereunder or under any other Document.
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provided that any such funds in excess of such Defaulting Lender's defaulted obligations shall be paid to the Defaulting Lender.
The provisions of this Article 14 which relate to the rights and obligations of the Lenders to each other or to the rights and obligations between the Agent and the Lenders shall be for the exclusive benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, and, except to the extent provided in Sections 14.1, 14.2, 14.6, 14.10, 14.11, 14.12, 14.13 and this Section 14.15, the Borrower shall not have any rights or obligations thereunder or be entitled to rely for any purpose upon such provisions. Any Lender may waive in writing any right or rights which it may have against the Agent or the other Lenders hereunder without the consent of or notice to the Borrower.
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ARTICLE 15
GENERAL
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Any demand, notice or communication to be made or given hereunder shall be in writing and may be made or given by personal delivery or by transmittal by facsimile or other electronic means of communication addressed to the respective parties as follows:
To the Borrower:
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Obsidian Energy Ltd. |
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Suite 200, 207 – 9th Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta |
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T2P 1K3 |
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Attention: |
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Facsimile: |
[Redacted – Personal Information] |
To the Agent:
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For Drawdown Notices, Rollover Notices, Conversion Notices and |
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Repayment Notices: Royal Bank of Canada, as Agent |
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Agency Services Group |
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155 Wellington Street West, 8th Floor |
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Toronto, Ontario |
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M5V 3K7 |
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Attention: |
Manager, Agency |
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Facsimile: |
[Redacted – Personal Information] |
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Email: |
[Redacted – Personal Information] |
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For all other demands, notices or communications to the Agent: |
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Royal Bank of Canada, as Agent |
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Agency Services Group |
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155 Wellington Street West, 8th Floor |
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Toronto, Ontario |
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M5V 3K7 |
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Attention: |
Manager, Agency |
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Facsimile: |
[Redacted – Personal Information] |
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[Redacted – Personal Information] |
with a copy, in the case of each demand, notice or communication to the Agent other than Drawdown Notices, Conversion Notices, Rollover Notices and Repayment Notices, to:
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RBC Capital Markets |
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3900 Bankers Hall West |
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888 - 3rd Street S.W. |
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Calgary, Alberta |
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T2P 5C5 |
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Attention: |
Managing Director |
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Facsimile: |
[Redacted – Personal Information] |
To the Operating Lender:
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For Drawdown Notices, Rollover Notices, Conversion Notices and Repayment Notices: |
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Royal Bank of Canada, as Operating Lender |
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Global Loans Administration |
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155 Wellington Street, 8th floor |
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Toronto, Ontario |
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M5V 3H6 |
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Attention: |
Global Loans Administration |
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Email: |
[Redacted – Personal Information] |
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Facsimile: |
[Redacted – Personal Information] |
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For all other demands, notices or communications to the Operating Lender: |
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Royal Bank of Canada, as Operating Lender |
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3900 Bankers Hall West |
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888 - 3rd Street S.W. |
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Calgary, Alberta |
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T2P 5C5 |
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Attention: |
Managing Director |
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Facsimile: |
[Redacted – Personal Information] |
To each Lender: As set forth in the most recent administrative questionnaire or other written notification provided to the Agent by such Lender (a copy of which shall be provided to the Borrower upon request to the Agent),
or to such other address or facsimile number as any party may from time to time notify the others in accordance with this Section. Any demand, notice or communication made or given by personal delivery or by facsimile or other electronic means of communication during normal business hours at the place of receipt on a Banking Day shall be conclusively deemed to have been made or given at the time of actual delivery or transmittal, as the case may be, on such Banking Day. Any demand, notice or communication made or given by personal delivery or by facsimile or other electronic means of communication after normal business hours at the place of receipt or otherwise than on a Banking Day shall be conclusively deemed to have been made or given at 9:00 a.m. (Calgary time) on the first Banking Day following actual delivery or transmittal, as the case may be.
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This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the laws of Canada applicable therein, without prejudice to or limitation of any other rights or remedies available under the laws of any jurisdiction where property or assets of the Borrower may be found.
This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, grant one or more participations in its Commitment and its Rateable Portion of any one or more of the Loans to other persons (other than a Sanctioned Lender), provided that the granting of such a participation: (a) shall be at the Lender's own cost; (b) shall not affect the obligations of such Lender hereunder nor shall it increase the costs to the Borrower hereunder or under any of the other Documents;
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and (c) shall not provide the participant with any right to approve the provision by the Lender of any consent, waiver or approval hereunder or require the Borrower to deal directly with such participant. No such participant shall by virtue of such participations be party to this Agreement. The Borrower also agrees that each participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 7.5 and Section 12.2 with respect to its interest in the Commitment and the Loans outstanding from time to time as if such participant were such Lender; provided that no participant shall be entitled to receive any amount which the transferor Lender would not have been entitled to receive in such circumstances nor any greater amount pursuant to either such Section than the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of such amount of the participation transferred by such transferor Lender to such participant had no such transfer occurred. For the purposes of this Section 15.7, each Lender from which a participant purchased the related participation shall act as agent on behalf of such participant to the extent required so that such participant shall receive the benefit of this Section 15.7.
Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
This Agreement and the other Documents constitute the whole and entire agreement between the parties hereto regarding the subject matter hereof and thereof and cancel and supersede any prior agreements (including any commitment letters), undertakings, declarations, commitments, representations, written or oral, in respect thereof.
Any provision of this Agreement and the other Documents may be amended only if the Borrower and the Majority of the Lenders so agree in writing and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, may be waived only if the Majority of the Lenders (excluding any Defaulting Lenders) so agree in writing, but:
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 15.10 or any other provision of this Agreement:
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The Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any such amendments, modifications or additional Documents.
Any such waiver and any consent by the Agent, the Operating Lender, any Lender, the Majority of the Lenders or all of the Lenders under any provision of this Agreement must be in writing (including, for certainty, by electronic mail) and may be given subject to any conditions thought fit by the person giving that waiver or consent. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the instance and for the purpose for which it is given.
The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, promptly cure any default by it or defect in the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the other Documents or any of the agreements provided for hereunder to which it is a party. Upon request, the Borrower will, at its expense, as promptly as practical, execute and deliver to the Agent, all such other and further deeds, agreements, opinions, certificates, instruments, affidavits, registration materials and other documents (and cause each Subsidiary to take such action) necessary for the Borrower's compliance with or performance of the covenants and agreements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any of the Documents, including this Agreement, or to further evidence and more fully describe the property subject to the Security Interests, privileges and priorities purported to be created by the Security, or to correct any omissions in any of the Documents, or more fully to state the obligations set out herein or in any of the Documents, or to perfect, protect or preserve the Security Interests created pursuant to any of the Documents, or to make any registration, recording, to file any notice or to obtain any consent, all as may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, in the judgment of the Agent, acting reasonably.
The parties hereto each hereby attorn and submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Alberta in regard to legal proceedings relating to the Documents. For the purpose of all such legal proceedings, this Agreement shall be deemed to have been performed in the Province of Alberta and the courts of the Province of Alberta shall have jurisdiction to entertain any action arising under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section shall be construed nor operate to limit the right of any party hereto to commence any action relating hereto in any other jurisdiction, nor to limit the right of the courts of any other jurisdiction to take jurisdiction over any action or matter relating hereto.
Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.
To the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, each of the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders hereby irrevocably waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to the Documents or the actions of the Agent or any Lender in the negotiation, administration, performance or enforcement thereof.
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The Agent, each Lender and their respective Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this Section 15.18, the "Lenders"), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Borrower, its shareholders and/or its Affiliates. The Borrower agrees that nothing in the Documents will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and the Borrower, its shareholders or its Affiliates, on the other hand. The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that (a) the transactions contemplated by the Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arm's length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Borrower, on the other hand, and (b) in connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (i) no Lender has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favour of the Borrower, its shareholders or its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise the Borrower, its shareholders or its Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to the Borrower except the obligations expressly set forth in the Documents and (ii) each Lender is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of the Borrower, its management, shareholders, creditors or any other person. The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the Borrower has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto. The Borrower agrees that it will not claim that any Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Borrower, in connection with such transactions or the process leading thereto.
In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the other Documents, the provisions of this Agreement, to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency, shall govern and prevail.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
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If an Affected Party determines (in its discretion, acting reasonably) that a Disruption Event has occurred and is continuing:
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This Agreement and each other Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, including by PDF or other scanned copy by electronic mail, and by different parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument, and it shall not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement or any such other Document to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement of any Document by PDF or by otherwise sending a scanned copy by electronic mail shall be effective as delivery of manually executed counterpart of this Agreement or such Document.
The words "execution," "execute", "executed", "signed," "signature," and words of like import in this Agreement, any other Document or in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement or any other Document and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in (a) Parts 2 and 3 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada), the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 (Ontario), the Electronic Transactions Act (British Columbia), the Electronic Transactions Act (Alberta), or any other similar laws based on the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada or (b) any other applicable law. The Agent may, in its discretion, require that any such documents and signatures executed electronically or delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature executed electronically or delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement.
OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD. |
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Signature Page to the Obsidian Energy Ltd. Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
LENDERS: |
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA |
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Name: |
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Signature Page to the Obsidian Energy Ltd. Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
BANK OF MONTREAL |
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Signature Page to the Obsidian Energy Ltd. Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
ICBC STANDARD BANK PLC |
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AGENT: |
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA |
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Signature Page to the Obsidian Energy Ltd. Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
SCHEDULE A
LENDERS AND COMMITMENTS
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Operating Facility Commitment |
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Syndicated Facility Commitment |
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Aggregate Individual Commitment |
Royal Bank of Canada |
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[Redacted – Amount] |
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[Redacted – Amount] |
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[Redacted – Amount] |
Bank of Montreal |
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[Redacted – Amount] |
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[Redacted – Amount] |
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[Redacted – Amount] |
ICBC Standard Bank Plc |
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[Redacted – Amount] |
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[Redacted – Amount] |
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Cdn.$25,000,000 |
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Cdn.$210,000,000 |
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Cdn.$235,000,000 |
SCHEDULE B
ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
THIS ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of the [●] day of [●], [●]
BETWEEN:
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(hereinafter referred to as the "Assignor"),
OF THE FIRST PART,
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(hereinafter referred to as the "Assignee"),
OF THE SECOND PART,
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OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD., a corporation subsisting under the laws of the Province of Alberta (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Borrower"),
OF THE THIRD PART,
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, a chartered bank, as agent of the Lenders (hereinafter referred to as the "Agent"),
OF THE FOURTH PART.
WHEREAS the Assignor is a Lender under the credit agreement made as of July 27, 2022, as amended and restated as of March 22, 2023, as further amended and restated as of May 1, 2024, as further amended and restated as of June 26, 2024, as further amended and restated as of April 4, 2025, as further amended and restated pursuant to the amended and restated credit agreement made as of April 28, 2026 between the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent (as may be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement");
AND WHEREAS the Assignor has agreed to assign and transfer to the Assignee certain rights under the Credit Agreement in compliance with the Credit Agreement, and the Assignee has agreed to accept such rights and assume certain obligations of the Assignor under the Credit Agreement;
AND WHEREAS this Agreement is delivered pursuant to Section 15.6 of the Credit Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby conclusively acknowledged), the parties hereby agree as follows:
Effective as of the date hereof, the Assignor hereby absolutely assigns and transfers to the Assignee:
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The Assignee assumes and covenants and agrees to be responsible for all obligations relating to the Assigned Interests to the extent such obligations arise or accrue on or after the date hereof (collectively, the "Assumed Obligations") and agrees that it will be bound by the Credit Agreement and the other Documents to the extent of the Assumed Obligations as fully as if it had been an original party to the Credit Agreement.
Effective as of the date hereof:
Without in any way limiting the provisions of Section 4 hereof, the Assignee irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Documents as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, all in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement.
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Except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Assignor and the Assignee, notwithstanding any provision of the Credit Agreement or other Documents or any other provision of this Agreement, the Assignee shall have no right, title or interest in or to any interest or fees paid or to be paid to the Assignor under, pursuant to or in respect of:
For certainty, with respect to the Assigned Interests, the Assignor shall be solely entitled to the interest payable in respect of that portion of the Interest Period of an unmatured SOFR Loan and CORRA Loan, as applicable, occurring prior to the date hereof.
The Borrower and the Agent each hereby consent to the assignment of the Assigned Interests to the Assignee and the assumption of the Assumed Obligations by the Assignee and agree to recognize the Assignee as a Lender under the Credit Agreement as fully as if the Assignee had been an original party to the Credit Agreement. [The Borrower and the Agent each agree that the Assignor shall have no further liability or obligation in respect of the Assumed Obligations.] [Note: Delete the foregoing square-bracketed language in the case of an assignment to an affiliate of the Assignor or an Approved Fund, as provided in the Credit Agreement.]
Each of the parties, other than the Borrower, hereby represents and warrants to the other parties, other than the Borrower, as follows:
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The Assignor represents and warrants to the Assignee that it has the right to sell to the Assignee the Assigned Interests and that the same are free and clear of all Security Interests. The Assignor also represents and warrants to the Assignee that it has not received written notice of any Default or Event of Default having occurred under the Credit Agreement which is continuing.
The representations and warranties set out in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and notwithstanding any examinations or investigations which may be made by the parties or their respective legal counsel.
Except as expressly provided herein, the Assignee confirms that this Agreement is entered into by the Assignee without any representations or warranties by the Assignor or the Agent on any matter whatsoever, including, without limitation, on the effectiveness, validity, legality, enforceability, adequacy or completeness of the Credit Agreement or any other Document delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith or any of the terms, covenants and conditions therein or on the financial condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status or nature of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
The Assignee acknowledges to the Assignor and the Agent that the Assignee has itself been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal of and investigations into the financial condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status and nature of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, all of the matters and transactions contemplated herein and in the Credit Agreement and other Documents and all other matters incidental to the Credit Agreement and the other Documents. The Assignee confirms with the Assignor and the Agent that it does not rely, and it will not hereafter rely, on the Agent or the Assignor:
The Assignee acknowledges that a copy of the Credit Agreement (including a copy of the Schedules) has been made available to it for review and further acknowledges and agrees that it has received copies of such other Documents and such other information that it has requested for the purposes of its investigation and analysis of all matters related to this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the other Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Assignee acknowledges that it is satisfied with the form and substance of the Credit Agreement and the other Documents.
Subject as expressly provided herein, the Assignor and the Assignee acknowledge and agree that all payments under the Credit Agreement in respect of the Assigned Interests from and after the date hereof received by the Agent on or after the date hereof shall be the property of the Assignee and the Agent shall be entitled to treat the Assignee as solely entitled thereto. [Note: Revise for an assignment of the Operating Lender, as need be.]
Any amendment or modification or waiver of any right under any provision of this Agreement shall be in writing (in the case of an amendment or modification, signed by the parties) and any such waiver shall be effective only for the specific purpose for which given and for the specific time period, if any, contemplated therein. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative(s) as of the date first above written.
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I give this Compliance Certificate on behalf of the Borrower and in my capacity as the [●] [insert title] of the Borrower, and no personal liability is created against or assumed by me in the giving of this Compliance Certificate.
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This Conversion Notice is delivered to you pursuant to the terms and conditions of the credit agreement made as of July 27, 2022, as amended and restated as of March 22, 2023, as further amended and restated as of May 1, 2024, as further amended and restated as of June 26, 2024, as further amended and restated as of April 4, 2025, as further amended and restated pursuant to the amended and restated credit agreement made as of April 28, 2026 between Obsidian Energy Ltd., as Borrower, Royal Bank of Canada and the other persons party thereto in their capacity as Lenders and Royal Bank of Canada, as agent of the Lenders and relating to the establishment of certain credit facilities in favour of the Borrower (as may be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"). Unless otherwise expressly defined herein, capitalized terms set forth in this Conversion Notice shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
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This Drawdown Notice is delivered to you pursuant to the terms and conditions of the credit agreement made as of July 27, 2022, as amended and restated as of March 22, 2023, as further amended and restated as of May 1, 2024, as further amended and restated as of June 26, 2024, as further amended and restated as of April 4, 2025, as further amended and restated pursuant to the amended and restated credit agreement made as of April 28, 2026 between Obsidian Energy Ltd., as Borrower, Royal Bank of Canada and the other persons party thereto in their capacity as Lenders and Royal Bank of Canada, as agent of the Lenders and relating to the establishment of certain credit facilities in favour of the Borrower (as may be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"). Unless otherwise expressly defined herein, capitalized terms set forth in this Drawdown Notice shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
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OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD.
GUARANTEE
MADE AS OF JULY 27, 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION |
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Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional |
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OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD.
GUARANTEE
THIS GUARANTEE is made as of July 27, 2022.
WHEREAS the Guarantor has agreed to provide a guarantee with respect to the Subsidiaries' Lender Financial Instrument Obligations and the Cash Management Obligations;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained, the sum of Cdn. $10.00 now paid by the Beneficiaries to the Guarantor and other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby conclusively acknowledged), the Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees with the Beneficiaries as follows:
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
"Beneficiaries" means, collectively, the Agent, the Lenders, the Cash Managers and the Hedging Affiliates and "Beneficiary" means any of the foregoing.
"Beneficiaries' Counsel" means the firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP or such other firm of legal counsel as the Agent may from time to time designate in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
"Commodity Exchange Act" means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
"Credit Agreement" means the credit agreement made as of July 27, 2022, between the Guarantor, as borrower, Royal Bank of Canada and such other persons as become parties thereto, as lenders, and Royal Bank of Canada as agent of such lenders, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof.
"Default Rate" means a rate per annum that is equal to (i) in respect of amounts due in Canadian Dollars, the rate of interest then payable under the Credit Agreement on Canadian Prime Rate Loans plus 2.0% per annum or (ii) in respect of amounts due in United States Dollars, the rate of interest then payable under the Credit Agreement on U.S. Base Rate Loans plus 2.0% per annum.
"Documents" means, collectively, the Documents as defined in the Credit Agreement together with any and all Lender Financial Instruments and any and all Cash Management Documents.
"Excluded Swap Obligations" means, with respect to the Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of the Guarantor pursuant hereto of, or the grant by the Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of the Guarantor's failure for any reason to constitute an "eligible contract participant" as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the guarantee of the Guarantor pursuant hereto or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation; provided that, if a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
"Guarantee" means this guarantee, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.
"Guarantor" means Obsidian Energy Ltd. and its successors.
"Obligations" means, collectively and at any time and from time to time, (i) all Lender Financial Instrument Obligations of or owing by any one or more of the Subsidiaries to any and all Lenders and Hedging Affiliates (other than any Excluded Swap Obligations), and (ii) all Cash Management Obligations of or owing by any one or more of the Subsidiaries to the Cash Managers, in each case whether the same are from time to time reduced and thereafter increased or entirely extinguished and thereafter incurred again.
"Qualified ECP Guarantor" means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, as applicable, any Subsidiary of the Guarantor (that provides a guarantee to the Agent, the Lenders, the Hedging Affiliates and the Cash Managers) that has total assets exceeding U.S. $10,000,000 at the time the relevant guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an "eligible contract participant" under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an "eligible contract participant" at such time by entering into a keepwell or guarantee under section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
"Swap Obligation" means, with respect to any Subsidiary, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a "swap" within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
The division of this Guarantee into Articles and Sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Guarantee. The terms "this Guarantee", "hereof", "hereunder" and similar expressions refer to this Guarantee and not to any particular Article, Section or other portion hereof and include any agreement supplemental hereto. Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, references herein to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Guarantee.
Words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa, words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa and words importing persons shall include individuals, limited and unlimited liability companies, partnerships, associations, trusts, unincorporated organizations and corporations and vice versa and words and terms denoting inclusiveness (such as "include" or "includes" or "including"), whether or not so stated, are not limited by their context or by the words or phrases which precede or succeed them.
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Whenever a rate of interest hereunder or under any other Document is calculated on the basis of a year (the "deemed year") which contains fewer days than the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation, such rate of interest shall be expressed as a yearly rate for the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) by multiplying such rate of interest by the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation and dividing it by the number of days in the deemed year.
The principle of deemed reinvestment of interest shall not apply to any interest calculation under this Guarantee; all interest payments to be made hereunder shall be paid without allowance or deduction for deemed reinvestment or otherwise, before and after demand, default and judgment. The rates of interest specified in this Guarantee are intended to be nominal rates and not effective rates and any interest calculated hereunder shall be calculated using the nominal rate method and not the effective rate method of calculation.
ARTICLE 2
GUARANTEE
The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Beneficiaries the payment and performance of all of the Obligations, together with interest thereon as provided in Section 5.4.
If any or all of the Obligations are not duly paid or performed by any Subsidiary and are not recoverable under Section 2.1 for any reason whatsoever, the Guarantor will, as a separate and distinct obligation, indemnify and save harmless the Beneficiaries from and against all losses resulting from the failure of such Subsidiary to pay and perform such Obligations.
If any or all of the Obligations are not duly paid or performed by any Subsidiary and are not recoverable under Section 2.1 or the Beneficiaries are not indemnified under Section 2.2, in each case, for any reason whatsoever, such Obligations shall, as a separate and distinct obligation, be recoverable by the Beneficiaries from the Guarantor as the primary obligor and principal debtor in respect thereof and shall be paid to the Beneficiaries forthwith after demand therefor as provided herein.
The liability and obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be continuing, unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged, waived, limited or otherwise affected by:
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The foregoing provisions apply and the foregoing waivers, to the extent permitted under Applicable Laws, shall be effective even if the effect of any action or failure to take action by the Beneficiaries or any other person on behalf of the Beneficiaries is to destroy or diminish the Guarantor's subrogation rights, the Guarantor's right to proceed against any Subsidiary for reimbursement, the Guarantor's right to recover contribution from any other guarantor or any other right or remedy of the Guarantor.
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DEALINGS WITH THE SUBSIDIARIES AND OTHERS
The Beneficiaries, without releasing, discharging, limiting or otherwise affecting in whole or in part the Guarantor's liability and obligations hereunder, may:
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The Beneficiaries shall not be bound or obligated to exhaust their recourse against any Subsidiary or other persons or any securities or collateral it may hold or take any other action (other than to make demand pursuant to Article 5) before the Beneficiaries shall be entitled to demand, enforce and collect payment from the Guarantor hereunder.
Any account settled or stated in writing by or between a Beneficiary or the Beneficiaries, as the case may be, and any Subsidiary shall, in the absence of manifest error, be prima facie evidence that the balance or amount thereof appearing due to the same is so due.
In any claim by the Beneficiaries against the Guarantor hereunder, the Guarantor shall not claim or assert any set-off, counterclaim, claim or other right that any Subsidiary or the Guarantor may have against one or more of the Beneficiaries.
ARTICLE 4
CONTINUING GUARANTEE
This Guarantee shall be a continuing guarantee and shall continue to be effective even if at any time any payment of any of the Obligations is rendered unenforceable or is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any Beneficiary for any reason whatsoever (including the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Subsidiary), all as though such payment had not been made.
If at any time, all or any part of any payment previously received by a Beneficiary and applied to any Obligation must be rescinded or returned by the Beneficiary for any reason whatsoever (including the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Subsidiary), such Obligation shall, for the purpose of this Guarantee, to the extent that such payment must be rescinded or returned, be deemed to have continued in existence, notwithstanding such application by the Beneficiary, and this Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, as to such Obligation as though such application by the Beneficiary had not been made.
ARTICLE 5
DEMAND FOR PAYMENT, EXPENSES AND INTEREST
The Agent shall be entitled to make demand upon the Guarantor at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default and upon any such demand the Agent and the other Beneficiaries may treat all Obligations as due and payable and may forthwith collect from the Guarantor all Obligations. The Guarantor shall make payment to or performance in favour of the Beneficiaries of all Obligations forthwith after demand therefor is made upon the Guarantor by the Beneficiaries as aforesaid.
If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by any Subsidiary, as applicable, in respect of the Obligations is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, arrangement or reorganization of such Subsidiary or any moratorium affecting the payment of the Obligations, all such amounts that would otherwise be subject to acceleration shall nonetheless be payable by the Guarantor hereunder forthwith on demand by the Beneficiaries.
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The Guarantor shall pay to the Agent (for the benefit of the Beneficiaries) all reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses, including all reasonable and documented legal fees (on a solicitor and his own client basis) and other expenses incurred by the Beneficiaries from time to time in the enforcement, realization and collection of or in respect of this Guarantee. All such amounts shall be payable by the Guarantor on demand by the Agent.
Any payment obligation comprised in the Obligations guaranteed hereunder which is not paid when due hereunder shall bear interest, to the extent not already included in the Obligations, both before and after default or judgment, from the date of demand pursuant to Section 5.1 to the date of payment at the rate or rates provided in the relevant Document for such Obligations or, in the event no such rate is provided for therein, at a rate per annum that is equal to the Default Rate. Any other amounts payable pursuant hereto, including pursuant to Section 5.3, which are not paid when due hereunder shall bear interest, both before and after default or judgment, from the date of demand pursuant to Section 5.1 to the date of payment or reimbursement thereof by the Guarantor at a rate per annum that is equal to the Default Rate. All such interest shall accrue daily and shall be payable by the Guarantor on demand by the Agent.
ARTICLE 6
SUBROGATION
ARTICLE 7
KEEPWELL
To the extent the Guarantor is a Qualified ECP Guarantor, the Guarantor jointly and severally with each other Qualified ECP Guarantor, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by any Subsidiary of the Guarantor (that provides a guarantee or indemnity to the Beneficiaries) to honour all of its obligations under its Guarantee in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that the Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section, or otherwise under this Guarantee, voidable under Applicable Law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of the Guarantor under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until discharged in accordance with the provisions of this Guarantee. The Guarantor intends that this Section constitute, and this Section shall be deemed to constitute, a "keepwell, support, or other agreement" for the benefit of each Subsidiary of the Guarantor (that provides a guarantee or indemnity to the Beneficiaries) for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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ARTICLE 8
POSTPONEMENT
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all debts, liabilities and obligations, present and future of any Subsidiary to or in favour of the Guarantor shall be and are hereby postponed and subordinated to the prior payment and performance in full of the Obligations. All money received by the Guarantor in respect of such debts, liabilities and obligations during the continuance of an Event of Default shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Beneficiaries and upon demand hereunder shall be forthwith paid over to the Beneficiaries, the whole without in any way lessening or limiting the liability and obligations of the Guarantor hereunder and this postponement is independent of the Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect until payment and performance in full of the Obligations and all obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee.
ARTICLE 9
GENERAL
The Guarantor hereby waives promptness, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, notice of acceptance and any other notice with respect to this Guarantee and the obligations guaranteed hereunder, except for the demand pursuant to Section 5.1.
This Guarantee shall enure to the benefit of the respective successors and permitted assigns of the Beneficiaries and be binding upon the successors of the Guarantor.
The Guarantor shall make payment relative to each Obligation in the currency (the "original currency") in which any Subsidiary is required to pay such Obligation. If the Guarantor makes payment relative to any Obligation to the Beneficiaries in a currency (the "other currency") other than the original currency (whether voluntarily or pursuant to an order or judgment of a court or tribunal of any jurisdiction), such payment shall constitute a discharge of the liability of the Guarantor hereunder in respect of such Obligation only to the extent of the amount of the original currency which the Beneficiaries are able to purchase with the amount of other currency they receive on the date of receipt in accordance with normal practice. If the amount of the original currency which the Beneficiaries are able to purchase is less than the amount of such currency originally due in respect of the relevant Obligation, the Guarantor shall indemnify and save the Beneficiaries harmless from and against any loss or damage arising as a result of such deficiency. This indemnity shall constitute an obligation separate and independent from the other obligations contained in this Guarantee, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by the Beneficiaries and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order in respect of any amount due hereunder or under any judgment or order. A certificate of a Beneficiary as to any such loss or damage shall constitute prima facie evidence thereof, in the absence of manifest error.
Except as permitted by Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement, the Guarantor shall make all payments required hereunder, whether by way of principal, interest or otherwise, without withholding any Taxes except as permitted by Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement. If the Guarantor is required by law to deduct any withholding Taxes from or in respect of any amounts payable under this Guarantee, the provisions of Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis.
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No failure on the part of the Beneficiaries to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude the other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by Applicable Laws.
If any provision of this Guarantee is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision or part thereof and the remaining part of such provision and all other provisions hereof shall continue in full force and effect. To the extent permitted by applicable law the Guarantor hereby waives any provision of law that renders any provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.
Any provision of this Guarantee may be amended, waived or a consent given in respect thereof with the written concurrence of the Guarantor and the Agent on behalf of the Beneficiaries. Any amendment, waiver or consent by the Agent on behalf of the Beneficiaries under any provision of this Guarantee must be in writing signed by the Agent and may be given subject to any conditions thought fit by the Agent. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the instance and for the purpose for which it is given.
This Guarantee is in addition and without prejudice to any security of any kind (including, without limitation, other guarantees) now or hereafter held by the Beneficiaries or any person on behalf of the Beneficiaries and any other rights or remedies they might have.
Any demand, notice or other communication (hereinafter in this Section referred to as a "Communication") to be given in connection with this Guarantee shall be given in writing and may be given by personal delivery, facsimile or other electronic communication or by registered mail addressed to the recipient as follows:
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or such other address or electronic communication number as may be designated by notice by any party to the other. Any Communication given by personal delivery or facsimile transmission shall be conclusively deemed to have been given on the day of actual delivery or transmittal thereof and, if given by registered mail, on the third day following the deposit thereof in the mail. If the party giving any Communication knows or ought reasonably to know of any difficulties with the postal system which might affect the delivery of mail, any such Communication shall not be mailed but shall be given by personal delivery or facsimile transmission.
The rights of the Beneficiaries under this Guarantee may be assigned by the Beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and without the consent of the Subsidiaries or the Guarantor during the continuance of an Event of Default and, at all other times, with the prior written consent of the Guarantor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld). Subject to Section 9.2(k) of the Credit Agreement, the Guarantor may not assign its obligations under this Guarantee without the prior written consent of the Agent (which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion).
Time is of the essence with respect to this Guarantee and the time for performance of the obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee may be strictly enforced by the Beneficiaries.
The Guarantor is fully aware of the financial condition of each of the Subsidiaries and acknowledges that it shall receive a benefit from the Beneficiaries entering into the Documents to which the Beneficiaries are a party. The Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of each of the Subsidiaries' financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of non-payment or non-performance of the Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks which Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that the Beneficiaries shall not have a duty to advise Guarantor of information known to any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
The Guarantor hereby acknowledges receipt of a true and complete copy of the other Documents and all of the terms and conditions thereof.
This Guarantee and the other Documents constitute the entire agreement between the Beneficiaries and the Guarantor with respect to the subject matter hereof and cancel and supersede any prior understandings and agreements between such parties with respect thereto. There are no representations, warranties, terms, conditions, undertakings or collateral agreements, expressed, implied or statutory, between such parties other
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than as expressly set forth herein or therein. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Guarantee and the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the provisions of the Credit Agreement, to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency, shall govern and prevail.
This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.
The Guarantor and each of the Beneficiaries hereby attorn and submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Alberta in regard to legal proceedings relating to this Guarantee. For the purpose of all such legal proceedings, the courts of the Province of Alberta shall have jurisdiction to entertain any action arising under this Guarantee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section shall be construed nor operate to limit the right of the Guarantor or the Beneficiaries to commence any action relating hereto in any other jurisdiction, nor to limit the right of the courts of any other jurisdiction to take jurisdiction over any action or matter relating hereto.
This Guarantee may be executed in one or more counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by facsimile or other electronic transmission of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Guarantee shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Guarantee. The words "execution," "execute", "signed," "signature," and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Guarantee shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including, without limitation, as in provided Parts 2 and 3 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada), the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 (Ontario), the Electronic Transactions Act (British Columbia), the Electronic Transactions Act (Alberta), or any other similar laws based on the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada. The Agent may, in its discretion, require that any such documents and signatures executed electronically or delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature executed electronically or delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Guarantor has executed this Guarantee.
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SCHEDULE H-2
FLOATING CHARGE DEMAND DEBENTURE
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ARTICLE 1 - PROMISE TO PAY
Promise to Pay
ARTICLE 2 - CHARGE
Charge
In this debenture, charges and security interests created and provided for are collectively called the "Charge" and the subject matter of the Charge is called the "Charged Premises".
Dealings in the Ordinary Course
Last Day
Exception for Certain Contractual Rights
Crystallization Against Real Property; Attachment
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Expenses
Pledge of Debenture
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or to such other address or electronic communication number as the Debtor may from time to time notify the Agent in writing. Any demand, notice or communication made or given by personal delivery or by facsimile transmission or other electronic means of communication shall be conclusively deemed to have been made or given on the day of actual delivery or transmittal thereof.
Additional Security
Headings; References to Debenture
Number; Gender; Persons
Governing Law
Attornment
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Time of the Essence
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Waiver of Financing Statement, Etc.
No Merger
Saskatchewan Waiver
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Electronic Execution; Counterparts
any other similar laws based on the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada. The Agent may, in its discretion, require that any such documents and signatures executed electronically or delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature executed electronically or delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Debtor has executed this debenture.
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SCHEDULE H-3
THIS DEBENTURE PLEDGE AGREEMENT made as of July 27, 2022;
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NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby conclusively acknowledged by the Debtor, the Debtor hereby agrees and covenants with the Agent as follows:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Debtor has executed this Debenture Pledge Agreement as of the date first above written.
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SCHEDULE H-4
GENERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT
(OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD.)
THIS AGREEMENT made as of July 27, 2022 B E T W E E N
OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD., a corporation subsisting under the laws of the Province of Alberta (hereinafter referred to as the "Debtor")
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, a Canadian chartered bank, in its capacity as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the "Agent").
WHEREAS the Debtor has agreed to grant, as general and continuing security for the payment and performance of the Obligations (as hereinafter defined), the security interest and assignment, mortgage and charge granted herein;
AND WHEREAS the Lenders and the Hedging Affiliates have appointed and authorized the Agent to act as their agent and attorney for the purpose of holding security granted by the Debtor;
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements herein contained the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
In this Agreement, including the recitals hereto, this Section and any schedules or attachments hereto, unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith:
"Account Control Agreement" means, with respect to a securities account, a securities account control agreement between the Debtor, the Agent and the securities intermediary which maintains such securities account on behalf of the Debtor, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.
"Agreement" means this agreement, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.
"Beneficiaries" means, collectively, the Agent, the Lenders, the Cash Managers and the Hedging Affiliates and "Beneficiary" means any of the Agent, the Lenders, the Cash Managers and the Hedging Affiliates.
"Charge" means the Security Interests created hereunder. "Collateral" has the meaning set out in Section 2.1.
"Credit Agreement" means the credit agreement made as of July 27, 2022, between the Debtor, as borrower, Royal Bank of Canada and the other Lenders, as lenders and the Agent, as agent of the Lenders, relating to the establishment of certain credit facilities in favour of the Debtor, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof.
"Delivery" and the corresponding term "Delivered" when used with respect to Collateral means:
"Guarantee" means the guarantee made as of even date herewith by the Debtor in favour of the Beneficiaries, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof.
"Issuer" has the meaning given to that term in the STA.
"Obligations" means, collectively and at any time and from time to time, all present and future obligations, liabilities and indebtedness (absolute or contingent, matured or otherwise) of the Debtor to the Beneficiaries under, pursuant or relating to (a) the Credit Agreement and the other Documents (other than the Guarantee) to which the Debtor is a party and including, without limitation, the principal of, and all interest, fees, reasonable legal and other costs, charges and expenses owing or payable on or in respect of, any and all Loans, (b) all present and future obligations, liabilities and indebtedness (absolute or contingent, matured or otherwise) of the Debtor to the Beneficiaries under, pursuant or relating to the Guarantee, (c) all Lender Financial Instrument Obligations of or owing by the Debtor to any and all Lenders and Hedging Affiliates, and (d) all Cash Management Obligations of or owing by the Debtor to any and all Cash Managers, in each case whether the same are from time to time reduced and thereafter increased or entirely extinguished and thereafter incurred again.
"Pledged Issuer" means, at any time, any person which is an Issuer of, or with respect to, any Pledged Securities at such time.
"Pledged Securities" has the meaning set out in paragraph (a) of the definition of "Stock".
"Receiver" has the meaning set out in Section 6.1(a)(i).
"STA" means the Securities Transfer Act (Alberta), as such legislation may be amended, renamed or replaced from time to time, and includes all regulations from time to time made under such legislation.
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"Stock" means:
"Transfer Documents" means, with respect to the transfer of Pledged Securities or other Stock, stock transfers, powers of attorney or other instruments of transfer, in each case, executed in blank and in form and substance as may be required (from time to time) by the Agent, acting reasonably.
"ULC" means an Issuer that is an unlimited company, unlimited liability corporation or unlimited liability company.
"ULC Laws" means the Companies Act (Nova Scotia), the Business Corporations Act (Alberta), the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), and any other present or future laws governing ULCs.
"ULC Shares" means shares or other equity interests in the capital stock of a ULC.
Capitalized terms used herein without express definition shall, unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, have the same meanings as are ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The terms "accessions", "accounts", "certificated security", "chattel paper", "documents of title", "financial asset", "goods", "instruments", "intangibles", "inventory", "investment property", "money", "proceeds", "securities account", "securities intermediary", "security", "security certificate", "security entitlement" and "uncertificated security", whenever used herein shall have the meanings given to those terms in the Personal Property Security Act (Alberta) (the "PPSA"), including the regulations thereunder, as now enacted or as the same may from time to time be amended, re-enacted or replaced.
The division of this Agreement into Articles and Sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The terms "this Agreement", "hereof", "hereunder" and similar expressions refer to this Agreement and not to any particular Article, Section or other portion hereof and include any agreement supplemental hereto. Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, reference herein to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement.
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In this Agreement words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa, words importing any gender shall include all genders, words importing
persons shall include individuals, partnerships, associations, trusts, unincorporated organizations and corporations and words and terms denoting inclusiveness (such as "include" or "includes" or "including"), whether or not so stated, are not limited by their context or by the words or phrases which precede or succeed them.
In this Agreement:
Whenever a rate of interest hereunder is calculated on the basis of a year (the "deemed year") which contains fewer days than the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation, such rate of interest shall be expressed as a yearly rate for the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) by multiplying such rate of interest by the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation and dividing it by the number of days in the deemed year.
Any schedule to this Agreement is incorporated by reference and shall be deemed to be part of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 2
GRANT OF SECURITY
As general and continuing security for the payment and performance of the Obligations, the Debtor hereby pledges, hypothecates, assigns, charges, conveys, sets over and transfers unto the Agent for the benefit of the Beneficiaries and does hereby grant to the Agent for the benefit of the Beneficiaries a continuing security interest in and to all of the present and future undertaking, assets and property of the Debtor, both real and personal, including, without limitation, all present and after-acquired personal property of the Debtor (collectively, the "Collateral"), and as further general and continuing security for the payment and performance of the Obligations, the Debtor hereby assigns by way of security the Collateral to the Agent and mortgages and charges the Collateral to the Agent (with respect to real property, as and by way of a floating charge). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral shall include all right, title and interest that the Debtor now has, may be possessed of, entitled to, or acquire, by way of amalgamation or otherwise, now or hereafter or may hereafter have in all property of the following kinds:
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provided that the Charge shall not: (i) extend, include or apply to the last day of the term of any lease now held or hereafter acquired by the Debtor, but should the Agent enforce the said Charge, the Debtor shall thereafter stand possessed of such last day and shall hold it in trust to assign the same to any person acquiring such term in the course of the enforcement of the said Charge, (ii) render the Agent or any other Beneficiary liable to observe or perform any term, covenant or condition of any agreement, document or instrument to which the Debtor is a party or by which it is bound, or (iii) extend to, and the Collateral shall not include any agreement, right, franchise, licence or permit (the "Contractual Rights") to which the Debtor is a party or of which the Debtor has benefit, to the extent that the creation of the Charge herein would constitute a breach of the terms of, or permit any person to terminate, the Contractual Rights, but the Debtor shall hold its interest therein in trust for the Agent and shall assign such Contractual Rights to the Agent forthwith upon obtaining the consent of all other parties thereto. The Debtor agrees that it shall, upon the request of the Agent, use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any consent required to permit any Contractual Rights to be subjected to the Charge herein.
The Charge granted hereby and all rights of the Agent hereunder and all obligations of the Debtor hereunder are unconditional and absolute and independent and separate from any other security for the Obligations, whether executed by the Debtor or any other person.
This Agreement and the Charge granted hereby is granted as collateral security only and will not subject the Agent or the other Beneficiaries to, or transfer or in any way affect or modify, any obligation or liability of the Debtor with respect to any of the Collateral or any transaction in connection therewith.
Upon the request of the Agent all Investment Property Collateral shall be Delivered promptly and, in any event within two Banking Days of such request by the Debtor to the Agent or its nominee, including, without limitation, delivery to the Agent of all security certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing the Investment Property Collateral, which shall be endorsed for transfer in blank by the Debtor and accompanied by Transfer Documents, all as satisfactory to the Agent, acting reasonably. The Agent may, at its option, cause all or any of the Investment Property Collateral to be registered in the name of the Agent or its nominee upon the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default that is continuing.
To the extent the Debtor has or acquires, by way of amalgamation or otherwise, any additional Investment Property Collateral at any time or from time to time after the date hereof, such Investment Property Collateral will automatically (and without any further action being required to be taken by the Agent) be subject to the Charge created hereby. To the extent the Agent has previously made a request for delivery of Investment Property Collateral pursuant to Section 2.4, all additional Investment Property Collateral shall be Delivered promptly and, in any event within two Banking Days of such acquisition or amalgamation or otherwise, to the Agent or its nominee, including, without limitation, delivery to the Agent of any security certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing
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such additional Investment Property Collateral, which shall be endorsed for transfer in blank by the Debtor and accompanied by Transfer Documents, all as satisfactory to the Agent, acting reasonably.
The Debtor acknowledges that the Charge hereby created attaches upon the execution of this Agreement (or in the case of any future property, upon the date the Debtor has any rights therein), that value has been given by the Beneficiaries and that Debtor has, or in the case of future property will have, rights in the Collateral or the power to transfer rights in the Collateral to the Agent.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE DEBTOR
The Debtor hereby represents and warrants to the Agent and the other Beneficiaries that (and acknowledges that the Agent and the other Beneficiaries are relying on the same):
The representations and warranties set out in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement notwithstanding any investigations or examinations which may be made by any of the Beneficiaries or their legal counsel and other representatives. Such representations and warranties shall survive until this Agreement has been terminated and discharged in accordance with Section 7.8 hereof.
The Debtor covenants with the Agent that the Debtor shall:
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ARTICLE 4
ACCOUNT DEBTORS
If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Agent may give notice of this Agreement and the Charge granted hereby to any account debtors of the Debtor or to any other person liable to the Debtor and may give notice to any such account debtors or other person to make all further payments to the Agent, and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payment or other proceeds of Collateral received by the Debtor from account debtors or from any other person liable to the Debtor whether before or after any notice is given by the Agent shall be held by the Debtor in trust for the Agent and forthwith paid over to the Agent on request.
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The Debtor acknowledges that certain of the Collateral may now or in the future consist of ULC Shares, and that it is the intention of the Agent and the Debtor that neither the Agent nor any other Beneficiary should under any circumstances prior to realization thereon be held to be a "member" or a "shareholder", as applicable, of a ULC for the purposes of any ULC Laws. Therefore, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Document, where the Debtor is the registered owner of ULC Shares which are Collateral, the Debtor shall remain the sole registered owner of such ULC Shares until such time as such ULC Shares are effectively transferred into the name of the Agent, any other Beneficiary, or any other person on the books and records of the applicable ULC. Nothing in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Document is intended to, and nothing in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Document shall, constitute the Agent, any other Beneficiary, or any other person other than the Debtor, a member or shareholder of a ULC for the purposes of any ULC Laws (whether listed or unlisted, registered or beneficial), until such time as notice is given to the Debtor and further steps are taken pursuant hereto or thereto so as to register the Agent, any other Beneficiary, or such other person, as specified in such notice, as the holder of the ULC Shares. To the extent any provision hereof would have the effect of constituting the Agent or any other Beneficiary as a member or a shareholder, as applicable, of any ULC prior to such time, such provision shall be severed herefrom and shall be ineffective with respect to ULC Shares which are Collateral without otherwise invalidating or rendering unenforceable this Agreement or invalidating or rendering unenforceable such provision insofar as it relates to Collateral which is not ULC Shares. Except upon the exercise of rights of the Agent to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of ULC Shares in accordance with this Agreement, the Debtor shall not cause or permit, or enable a Pledged Issuer that is a ULC to cause or permit, the Agent or any other Beneficiary to: (a) be registered as a shareholder or member of such Pledged Issuer; (b) have any notation entered in their favour in the share register of such Pledged Issuer; (c) be held out as shareholders or members of such Pledged Issuer; (d) receive, directly or indirectly, any dividends, property or other distributions from such Pledged Issuer by reason of the Agent holding the Security Interests over the ULC Shares; or (e) act as a shareholder of such Pledged Issuer, or exercise any rights of a shareholder including the right to attend a meeting of shareholders of such Pledged Issuer or to vote its ULC Shares.
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without prejudice to the liability of the Debtor to the Agent and the other Beneficiaries or the Beneficiaries' rights hereunder.
The Debtor hereby appoints the Agent as attorney of the Debtor, with full authority in the place and stead of the Debtor and in the name of the Debtor or otherwise, from time to time in the Agent's discretion at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to take any and all actions authorized or permitted to be taken by the Agent under this Agreement or by Applicable Laws and to: (a) execute and deliver all instruments and other documents and do all such further acts and things as may be reasonably required by the Agent to enforce the Charge and remedies provided hereunder or to better evidence and perfect the Charge; and (b) take any action and execute any instrument which the Agent, acting reasonably, may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, to ask for, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compound, receive and give acquittances and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in connection with the Collateral, to receive, endorse, and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents and chattel paper in connection therewith, and to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which the Agent may deem to be necessary or desirable for the collection thereof. Such appointment of the Agent as the Debtor's attorney is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
ARTICLE 7
GENERAL
This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Debtor and shall benefit the successors and permitted assigns of the Agent and other Beneficiaries.
This Agreement has been entered into as collateral security for the Obligations and is subject to all the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and, if there is any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the rights and obligations of the Debtor, the Agent and the
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other Beneficiaries shall be governed by the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as applicable). This Agreement together with the Credit Agreement and all other Documents constitute the entire agreement between the Debtor and the Agent with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no representations, warranties, terms, conditions, undertakings or collateral agreements, express, implied or statutory, between the Beneficiaries and the Debtor except as expressly set forth therein and herein.
No delay or failure by the Beneficiaries in the exercise of any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude the other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision or part thereof and the remaining part of such provision and all other provisions hereof shall continue in full force and effect. To the extent permitted by applicable law the parties hereby waive any provision of law that renders any provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.
Any demand, notice or other communication to be given in connection with this Agreement shall be given in writing and may be given by personal delivery, facsimile or other electronic means, addressed to the recipient as follows:
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or such other address, electronic communication number, or to the attention of such other individual as may be designated by notice by any party to the other. Any demand, notice or communication made or given by personal delivery or by facsimile or other electronic means of communication during normal business hours at the place of receipt on a Banking Day shall be conclusively deemed to have been made or given at the time of actual delivery or transmittal, as the case may be, on such Banking Day. Any demand, notice or communication made or given by personal delivery or by facsimile or other electronic means of communication after normal business hours at the place of receipt or otherwise than on a Banking Day shall be conclusively deemed to have been made or given at 9:00 a.m. (Calgary time) on the first Banking Day following actual delivery or transmittal, as the case may be.
This Agreement may not be amended or modified in any respect except by written instrument signed by the Debtor and the Agent. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement by the Agent shall be effective unless the same is in writing and signed by the Agent, and then such waiver shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it is given. The rights of the Agent (including those of any other Beneficiary) under this Agreement may only be assigned in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement or the applicable Cash Management Documents or applicable Lender Financial Instrument (as the case may be). Subject to Section 9.2(k) of the Credit Agreement, the Debtor may not assign its obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Agent (which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion). Any assignee of a Beneficiary shall be bound hereby, mutatis mutandis.
This Agreement and the Charge granted hereby are in addition to and not in substitution for any other security now or hereafter held by the Agent or the other Beneficiaries and this Agreement is a continuing agreement and security that shall remain in full force and effect until discharged by the Agent.
The Debtor and the Collateral shall not be discharged from the Charge or from this Agreement except by a release or discharge in writing signed by the Agent.
The loss, injury or destruction of the Collateral shall not operate in any manner to release or discharge the Debtor from any of its liabilities to the Beneficiaries.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Lender Financial Instruments, the Cash Management Documents or any other Document or the operation, application or effect hereof, the Agent, the other Beneficiaries or any Receiver, or any representative or agent acting for or on behalf of the foregoing, shall
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not have any obligation whatsoever to exercise or refrain from exercising any right, power, privilege or interest hereunder or to receive or claim any benefit hereunder.
Subject to Section 7.6, no person other than the Debtor and the Beneficiaries shall have any rights or benefits under this Agreement, nor is it intended that any such person gain any benefit or advantage as a result of this Agreement nor shall this Agreement constitute a subordination of any security in favour of such person.
Time shall be of the essence with regard to this Agreement.
The Debtor hereby waives the right to receive from the Agent or the other Beneficiaries a copy of any financing statement, financing change statement or other statement or document filed or registered at any time in respect of this Agreement or any verification statement or other statement or document issued by any registry that confirms or evidences registration of or relates to this Agreement.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.
The Debtor and each of the Beneficiaries each hereby attorn and submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Alberta. For the purpose of all legal proceedings, this Agreement shall be deemed to have been performed in the Province of Alberta and the courts of the Province of Alberta shall have jurisdiction to entertain any action or proceeding arising under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be construed nor operate to limit the right of the Debtor or any Beneficiary to commence any action or proceeding relating hereto in any other jurisdiction, nor to limit the right of the courts of any other jurisdiction to take jurisdiction over any action, proceeding or matter relating hereto.
The Debtor agrees that:
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The Debtor hereby acknowledges receipt of a fully executed copy of this Agreement.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by facsimile or other electronic transmission of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words "execution," "execute", "signed," "signature," and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including, without limitation, as in provided Parts 2 and 3 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada), the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 (Ontario), the Electronic Transactions Act (British Columbia), the Electronic Transactions Act (Alberta), or any other similar laws based on the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada. The Agent may, in its discretion, require that any such documents and signatures executed electronically or delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature executed electronically or delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement.
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Agent |
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General Security Agreement (Obsidian Energy Ltd. Credit Agreement)
SCHEDULE H-5
FORM OF MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
[INSERT NAME OF RELEVANT MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY]
GUARANTEE
MADE AS OF , 202
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION |
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Definitions |
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1.2 |
Headings |
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1.3 |
Number; persons; including |
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1.4 |
Interest Act (Canada) |
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1.5 |
Nominal Rates |
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1.6 |
[References to the Guarantor] |
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ARTICLE 2 GUARANTEE |
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Guarantee of Obligations |
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Indemnity |
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Guarantor as Principal Obligor |
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Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional |
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ARTICLE 3 DEALINGS WITH THE BORROWER, THE SUBSIDIARIES AND OTHERS |
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No Release |
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No Exhaustion of Remedies |
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Evidence of Obligations |
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No Set-off |
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ARTICLE 4 CONTINUING GUARANTEE |
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Continuing Guarantee |
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Revival of Indebtedness |
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ARTICLE 5 DEMAND FOR PAYMENT, EXPENSES AND INTEREST |
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Demand for Payment |
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Stay of Acceleration |
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Expenses |
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5.4 |
Interest |
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ARTICLE 6 SUBROGATION |
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Subrogation |
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ARTICLE 7 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS |
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Representations and Warranties |
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Effective Time of Repetition |
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Nature of Representations and Warranties |
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Covenants Contained in the Credit Agreement and Other Documents |
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Keepwell |
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ARTICLE 8 POSTPONEMENT |
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Postponement |
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ARTICLE 9 GENERAL |
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Waiver of Notices |
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Benefit of the Guarantee |
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Foreign Currency Obligations |
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Payment Net of Withholding Taxes |
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No Waiver;Remedies |
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Severability |
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Amendments and Waivers |
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Additional Security |
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Notices |
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Assignment |
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Time of Essence |
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Financial Condition of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries |
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Acknowledgement of Documentation |
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Entire Agreement; Conflicts |
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Governing Law |
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Attornment |
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Electronic Execution; Counterparts |
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[INSERT NAME OF RELEVANT MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY]
GUARANTEE
THIS GUARANTEE is made as of , 20.
WHEREAS the Guarantor is a Material Subsidiary of the Borrower;
AND WHEREAS the Guarantor has agreed to provide a guarantee with respect to the Credit Facilities provided by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and with respect to the Lender Financial Instrument Obligations and the Cash Management Obligations;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained, the sum of Cdn. $10.00 now paid by the Beneficiaries to the Guarantor and other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby conclusively acknowledged), the Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees with the Beneficiaries as follows:
ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION
"Beneficiaries" means, collectively, the Agent, the Lenders, the Cash Managers and the Hedging Affiliates and "Beneficiary" means any of the foregoing.
"Beneficiaries' Counsel" means the firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP or such other firm of legal counsel as the Agent may from time to time designate in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
"Borrower" means Obsidian Energy Ltd. and its successors.
"Commodity Exchange Act" means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
"Credit Agreement" means the credit agreement made as of July 27, 2022, as amended and restated as of March 22, 2023, as further amended and restated as of May 1, 2024, as further amended and restated as of June 26, 2024, as further amended and restated as of April 4, 2025, as further amended and restated pursuant to the amended and restated credit agreement made as of April 28, 2026 between the Borrower, as borrower, Royal Bank of Canada and such other persons as become parties thereto, as lenders, and Royal Bank of Canada as agent of such lenders, as the same may be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof.
"Default Rate" means a rate per annum that is equal to (i) in respect of amounts due in Canadian Dollars, the rate of interest then payable under the Credit Agreement on Canadian Prime Rate Loans plus 2.0% per annum or (ii) in respect of amounts due in United States Dollars, the rate of interest then payable under the Credit Agreement on U.S. Base Rate Loans plus 2.0% per annum.
"Documents" means, collectively, the Documents as defined in the Credit Agreement together with any and all Lender Financial Instruments and any and all Cash Management Documents.
"Excluded Swap Obligations" means, with respect to the Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of the Guarantor pursuant hereto of, or the grant by the Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of the Guarantor's failure for any reason to constitute an "eligible contract participant" as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the guarantee of the Guarantor pursuant hereto or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation; provided that, if a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
"Guarantee" means this guarantee, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.
"Guarantor" means [INSERT NAME OF RELEVANT MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY] and its successors.
"Obligations" means, collectively and at any time and from time to time, (i) all of the obligations, indebtedness and liabilities (present or future, absolute or contingent, matured or not) of the Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders under, pursuant or relating to the Credit Agreement and the other Documents and including all Outstanding Principal and all interest, commissions, legal and other costs, charges and expenses payable by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and such other Documents, (ii) all Lender Financial Instrument Obligations of or owing by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the Guarantor) to any and all Lenders and Hedging Affiliates (other than any Excluded Swap Obligations), and (iii) all Cash Management Obligations of or owing by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than the Guarantor) to any and all Cash Managers, in each case, whether the same are from time to time reduced and thereafter increased or entirely extinguished and thereafter incurred again.
"Qualified ECP Guarantor" means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, as applicable, the Borrower and any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than the Guarantor that provides a guarantee to the Agent, the Lenders, the Hedging Affiliates and the Cash Managers) that has total assets exceeding U.S. $10,000,000 at the time the relevant guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an "eligible contract participant" under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an "eligible contract participant" at such time by entering into a keepwell or guarantee under section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
"Swap Obligation" means, with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than the Guarantor), any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a "swap" within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
The division of this Guarantee into Articles and Sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Guarantee. The terms "this Guarantee", "hereof", "hereunder" and similar expressions refer to this Guarantee and not to any particular Article, Section or other portion hereof and include any agreement supplemental hereto. Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, references herein to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Guarantee.
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Words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa, words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa and words importing persons shall include individuals, limited and unlimited liability companies, partnerships, associations, trusts, unincorporated organizations and corporations and vice versa and words and terms denoting inclusiveness (such as "include" or "includes" or "including"), whether or not so stated, are not limited by their context or by the words or phrases which precede or succeed them.
Whenever a rate of interest hereunder or under any other Document is calculated on the basis of a year (the "deemed year") which contains fewer days than the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation, such rate of interest shall be expressed as a yearly rate for the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) by multiplying such rate of interest by the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation and dividing it by the number of days in the deemed year.
The principle of deemed reinvestment of interest shall not apply to any interest calculation under this Guarantee; all interest payments to be made hereunder shall be paid without allowance or deduction for deemed reinvestment or otherwise, before and after demand, default and judgment. The rates of interest specified in this Guarantee are intended to be nominal rates and not effective rates and any interest calculated hereunder shall be calculated using the nominal rate method and not the effective rate method of calculation.
[All references in this Guarantee to representations and warranties by, covenants of, actions and steps by, or the performance of the terms and conditions hereof by the "Guarantor" shall, as the context requires, be and shall be construed as being by the partners of [INSERT NAME OF RELEVANT MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY] on behalf of and in respect of such partnership.] [Note: Insert Section 1.6, with appropriate conforming changes, for a guarantee by a general partnership; insert similar provisions, with additional conforming changes, for a guarantee by a limited partnership, trust or other unincorporated entity.]
ARTICLE 2
GUARANTEE
The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Beneficiaries the payment and performance of all of the Obligations, together with interest thereon as provided in Section 5.4.
If any or all of the Obligations are not duly paid or performed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as applicable, and are not recoverable under Section 2.1 for any reason whatsoever, the Guarantor will, as a separate and distinct obligation, indemnify and save harmless the Beneficiaries from and against all losses resulting from the failure of the Borrower or such Subsidiary to pay and perform such Obligations. [In addition to and without limiting the foregoing, each partner of the Guarantor hereby agrees, on a joint and several basis, to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Beneficiaries, forthwith after demand as provided herein, from and against all losses resulting from the failure of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as applicable, to pay and perform any or all of the Obligations, it being the express intention of the partners of the Guarantor that each of the partners of the Guarantor shall be jointly
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and severally liable for the Obligations.] [Note: Insert the foregoing square-bracketed wording in Section 2.2 for any guarantee by a general partnership which includes the Borrower as a partner.]
If any or all of the Obligations are not duly paid or performed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as applicable, and are not recoverable under Section 2.1 or the Beneficiaries are not indemnified under Section 2.2, in each case, for any reason whatsoever, such Obligations shall, as a separate and distinct obligation, be recoverable by the Beneficiaries from the Guarantor as the primary obligor and principal debtor in respect thereof and shall be paid to the Beneficiaries forthwith after demand therefor as provided herein.
The liability and obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be continuing, unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged, waived, limited or otherwise affected by:
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The foregoing provisions apply and the foregoing waivers, to the extent permitted under Applicable Laws, shall be effective even if the effect of any action or failure to take action by the Beneficiaries or any other person on behalf of the Beneficiaries is to destroy or diminish the Guarantor's subrogation rights, the
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Guarantor's right to proceed against the Borrower or any Subsidiary for reimbursement, the Guarantor's right to recover contribution from any other guarantor or any other right or remedy of the Guarantor.
ARTICLE 3
DEALINGS WITH THE BORROWER, THE SUBSIDIARIES AND OTHERS
The Beneficiaries, without releasing, discharging, limiting or otherwise affecting in whole or in part the Guarantor's liability and obligations hereunder, may:
The Beneficiaries shall not be bound or obligated to exhaust their recourse against the Borrower, any Subsidiary or other persons or any securities or collateral it may hold or take any other action (other than to make demand pursuant to Article 5) before the Beneficiaries shall be entitled to demand, enforce and collect payment from the Guarantor hereunder.
Any account settled or stated in writing by or between a Beneficiary or the Beneficiaries, as the case may be, and the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as applicable, shall, in the absence of manifest error, be prima facie evidence that the balance or amount thereof appearing due to the same is so due.
In any claim by the Beneficiaries against the Guarantor hereunder, the Guarantor shall not claim or assert any set-off, counterclaim, claim or other right that any of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or the Guarantor may have against one or more of the Beneficiaries.
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ARTICLE 4
CONTINUING GUARANTEE
This Guarantee shall be a continuing guarantee and shall continue to be effective even if at any time any payment of any of the Obligations is rendered unenforceable or is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any Beneficiary for any reason whatsoever (including the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as applicable), all as though such payment had not been made.
If at any time, all or any part of any payment previously received by a Beneficiary and applied to any Obligation must be rescinded or returned by the Beneficiary for any reason whatsoever (including the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as applicable), such Obligation shall, for the purpose of this Guarantee, to the extent that such payment must be rescinded or returned, be deemed to have continued in existence, notwithstanding such application by the Beneficiary, and this Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, as to such Obligation as though such application by the Beneficiary had not been made.
ARTICLE 5
DEMAND FOR PAYMENT, EXPENSES AND INTEREST
The Agent shall be entitled to make demand upon the Guarantor at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default and upon any such demand the Agent and the other Beneficiaries may treat all Obligations as due and payable and may forthwith collect from the Guarantor all Obligations. The Guarantor shall make payment to or performance in favour of the Beneficiaries of all Obligations forthwith after demand therefor is made upon the Guarantor by the Beneficiaries as aforesaid.
If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as applicable, in respect of the Obligations is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, arrangement or reorganization of the Borrower or such Subsidiary or any moratorium affecting the payment of the Obligations, all such amounts that would otherwise be subject to acceleration shall nonetheless be payable by the Guarantor hereunder forthwith on demand by the Beneficiaries.
The Guarantor shall pay to the Agent (for the benefit of the Beneficiaries) all reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses, including all reasonable and documented legal fees (on a solicitor and his own client basis) and other expenses incurred by the Beneficiaries from time to time in the enforcement, realization and collection of or in respect of this Guarantee. All such amounts shall be payable by the Guarantor on demand by the Agent.
Any payment obligation comprised in the Obligations guaranteed hereunder which is not paid when due hereunder shall bear interest, to the extent not already included in the Obligations, both before and after default or judgment, from the date of demand pursuant to Section 5.1 to the date of payment at the rate or rates provided in the relevant Document for such Obligations or, in the event no such rate is provided for therein, at a rate per annum that is equal to the Default Rate. Any other amounts payable pursuant hereto, including pursuant to Section 5.3, which are not paid when due hereunder shall bear interest, both before and
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after default or judgment, from the date of demand pursuant to Section 5.1 to the date of payment or reimbursement thereof by the Guarantor at a rate per annum that is equal to the Default Rate. All such interest shall accrue daily and shall be payable by the Guarantor on demand by the Agent.
ARTICLE 6
SUBROGATION
ARTICLE 7
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS
The Guarantor represents and warrants as follows to the Beneficiaries and acknowledges and confirms that the Beneficiaries are relying upon such representations and warranties:
It is a [corporation duly incorporated and] OR [INSERT OTHER APPROPRIATE DESCRIPTION, AS APPLICABLE] existing under the laws of the Province of [], is registered to carry on business in all jurisdictions in which the failure to be so registered would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and has all authority, capacity and powers and all material Governmental Authorizations required to carry on its business as now conducted.
The execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Guarantee and each of the Documents to which it is a party (i) is within the Guarantor's authority, capacity and power, (ii) has been duly authorized by all necessary [corporate] OR [INSERT OTHER APPROPRIATE DESCRIPTION, AS APPLICABLE]
and other action, (iii) requires no Governmental Authorization or action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority, and (iv) does not contravene or constitute a default under any provision of Applicable Laws, or any agreement or any judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding upon the Guarantor, the contravention of which would have or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or result in the creation or imposition of any Security Interest on any asset of the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries (other than pursuant to the Security).
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This Guarantee and each of the other Documents to which the Guarantor is a party constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with their respective terms subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws of general application limiting the enforceability of creditors' rights and to the fact that equitable remedies are only available in the discretion of the court.
All representations and warranties, when repeated or deemed to be repeated hereunder, shall be construed with reference to the facts and circumstances existing at the time of repetition, unless they are stated herein to be made as at the date hereof.
The representations and warranties set out in this Guarantee or deemed to be made pursuant hereto shall survive the execution and delivery of this Guarantee notwithstanding any investigations or examinations which may be made by the Beneficiaries or Beneficiaries' Counsel. Such representations and warranties shall survive until this Guarantee has been terminated.
The Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees with the Beneficiaries that the Guarantor shall observe, perform and comply with any and all of the covenants of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries contained in the Credit Agreement or other Documents that the Borrower or such other Subsidiary agrees that the Guarantor (as a Subsidiary or otherwise) shall observe, perform and comply with.
To the extent the Guarantor is a Qualified ECP Guarantor, the Guarantor jointly and severally with each other Qualified ECP Guarantor, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by the Borrower and any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than the Guarantor and that provides a guarantee or indemnity to the Beneficiaries) to honour all of its obligations under its Guarantee in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that the Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section, or otherwise under this Guarantee, voidable under Applicable Law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of the Guarantor under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until discharged in accordance with the provisions of this Guarantee. The Guarantor intends that this Section constitute, and this Section shall be deemed to constitute, a "keepwell, support, or other agreement" for the benefit of the Borrower and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than the Guarantor and that provides a guarantee or indemnity to the Beneficiaries) for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
ARTICLE 8
POSTPONEMENT
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all debts, liabilities and obligations, present and future of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as applicable, to or in favour of the Guarantor shall be and are hereby postponed and subordinated to the prior payment and performance in full of the Obligations. All money received by the Guarantor in respect of such debts, liabilities and obligations during the continuance of an Event of Default shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Beneficiaries and
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upon demand hereunder shall be forthwith paid over to the Beneficiaries, the whole without in any way lessening or limiting the liability and obligations of the Guarantor hereunder and this postponement is independent of the Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect until payment and performance in full of the Obligations and all obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee.
ARTICLE 9
GENERAL
The Guarantor hereby waives promptness, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, notice of acceptance and any other notice with respect to this Guarantee and the obligations guaranteed hereunder, except for the demand pursuant to Section 5.1.
This Guarantee shall enure to the benefit of the respective successors and permitted assigns of the Beneficiaries and be binding upon the successors of the Guarantor.
The Guarantor shall make payment relative to each Obligation in the currency (the "original currency") in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as applicable, is required to pay such Obligation. If the Guarantor makes payment relative to any Obligation to the Beneficiaries in a currency (the "other currency") other than the original currency (whether voluntarily or pursuant to an order or judgment of a court or tribunal of any jurisdiction), such payment shall constitute a discharge of the liability of the Guarantor hereunder in respect of such Obligation only to the extent of the amount of the original currency which the Beneficiaries are able to purchase with the amount of other currency they receive on the date of receipt in accordance with normal practice. If the amount of the original currency which the Beneficiaries are able to purchase is less than the amount of such currency originally due in respect of the relevant Obligation, the Guarantor shall indemnify and save the Beneficiaries harmless from and against any loss or damage arising as a result of such deficiency. This indemnity shall constitute an obligation separate and independent from the other obligations contained in this Guarantee, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by the Beneficiaries and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order in respect of any amount due hereunder or under any judgment or order. A certificate of a Beneficiary as to any such loss or damage shall constitute prima facie evidence thereof, in the absence of manifest error.
Except as permitted by Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement, the Guarantor shall make all payments required hereunder, whether by way of principal, interest or otherwise, without withholding any Taxes except as permitted by Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement. If the Guarantor is required by law to deduct any withholding Taxes from or in respect of any amounts payable under this Guarantee, the provisions of Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis.
No failure on the part of the Beneficiaries to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude the other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by Applicable Laws.
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If any provision of this Guarantee is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision or part thereof and the remaining part of such provision and all other provisions hereof shall continue in full force and effect. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Guarantor hereby waives any provision of law that renders any provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.
Any provision of this Guarantee may be amended, waived or a consent given in respect thereof with the written concurrence of the Guarantor and the Agent on behalf of the Beneficiaries. Any amendment, waiver or consent by the Agent on behalf of the Beneficiaries under any provision of this Guarantee must be in writing signed by the Agent and may be given subject to any conditions thought fit by the Agent. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the instance and for the purpose for which it is given.
This Guarantee is in addition and without prejudice to any security of any kind (including, without limitation, other guarantees) now or hereafter held by the Beneficiaries or any person on behalf of the Beneficiaries and any other rights or remedies they might have.
Any demand, notice or other communication (hereinafter in this Section referred to as a "Communication") to be given in connection with this Guarantee shall be given in writing and may be given by personal delivery, facsimile or other electronic communication or by registered mail addressed to the recipient as follows:
To the Agent on behalf of the Beneficiaries as follows:
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or such other address or electronic communication number as may be designated by notice by any party to the other. Any Communication given by personal delivery or facsimile transmission shall be conclusively deemed to have been given on the day of actual delivery or transmittal thereof and, if given by registered mail, on the third day following the deposit thereof in the mail. If the party giving any Communication knows or ought reasonably to know of any difficulties with the postal system which might affect the delivery of mail, any such Communication shall not be mailed but shall be given by personal delivery or facsimile transmission.
The rights of the Beneficiaries under this Guarantee may be assigned by the Beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and without the consent of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or the Guarantor during the continuance of an Event of Default and, at all other times, with the prior written consent of the Guarantor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld). Subject to Section 9.2(k) of the Credit Agreement, the Guarantor may not assign its obligations under this Guarantee without the prior written consent of the Agent (which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion).
Time is of the essence with respect to this Guarantee and the time for performance of the obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee may be strictly enforced by the Beneficiaries.
The Guarantor is fully aware of the financial condition of the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries and acknowledges that it shall receive a benefit from the Beneficiaries entering into the Documents to which the Beneficiaries are a party. The Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrower's and each of the Subsidiaries' financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of non-payment or non-performance of the Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks which Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that the Beneficiaries shall not have a duty to advise Guarantor of information known to any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
The Guarantor hereby acknowledges receipt of a true and complete copy of the Documents and all of the terms and conditions thereof.
This Guarantee, the Credit Agreement and the other Documents constitute the entire agreement between the Beneficiaries and the Guarantor with respect to the subject matter hereof and cancel and supersede any prior understandings and agreements between such parties with respect thereto. There are no representations, warranties, terms, conditions, undertakings or collateral agreements, expressed, implied or statutory, between such parties other than as expressly set forth herein or therein. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Guarantee and the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the provisions of the Credit Agreement, to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency, shall govern and prevail.
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This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.
The Guarantor and each of the Beneficiaries hereby attorn and submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Alberta in regard to legal proceedings relating to this Guarantee. For the purpose of
all such legal proceedings, the courts of the Province of Alberta shall have jurisdiction to entertain any action arising under this Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section shall be construed nor operate to limit the right of the Guarantor or the Beneficiaries to commence any action relating hereto in any other jurisdiction, nor to limit the right of the courts of any other jurisdiction to take jurisdiction over any action or matter relating hereto.
This Guarantee may be executed in one or more counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by facsimile or other electronic transmission of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Guarantee shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Guarantee. The words "execution," "execute", "signed," "signature," and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Guarantee shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including, without limitation, as in provided Parts 2 and 3 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada), the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 (Ontario), the Electronic Transactions Act (British Columbia), the Electronic Transactions Act (Alberta), or any other similar laws based on the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada. The Agent may, in its discretion, require that any such documents and signatures executed electronically or delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature executed electronically or delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Guarantor has executed this Guarantee.
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SCHEDULE H-6
FORM OF MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY FLOATING CHARGE DEMAND DEBENTURE
FLOATING CHARGE DEMAND DEBENTURE
([INSERT NAME OF RELEVANT MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY])
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ARTICLE 1 - PROMISE TO PAY
Promise to Pay
ARTICLE 2 - CHARGE
Charge
In this debenture, charges and security interests created and provided for are collectively called the "Charge" and the subject matter of the Charge is called the "Charged Premises".
Dealings in the Ordinary Course
Last Day
Exception for Certain Contractual Rights
Crystallization Against Real Property; Attachment
ARTICLE 3 - NEGATIVE PLEDGE
Negative Pledge
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ARTICLE 4 - DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Default
Remedies
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ARTICLE 5 - GENERAL
Expenses
Pledge of Debenture
Not Negotiable
No Waiver, Remedies
Notices
[INSERT NAME OF RELEVANT MATERIAL |
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Suite 200, 207 – 9th Avenue SW |
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Facsimile: |
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Attention: |
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or to such other address or electronic communication number as the Debtor may from time to time notify the Agent in writing. Any demand, notice or communication made or given by personal delivery or by facsimile transmission or other electronic means of communication shall be conclusively deemed to have been made or given on the day of actual delivery or transmittal thereof.
Additional Security
Headings; References to Debenture
Number; Gender; Persons
Governing Law
Attornment
Benefit of the Debenture
Time of the Essence
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Discharge
Waiver of Financing Statement, Etc.
No Merger
Saskatchewan Waiver
Severability
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Electronic Execution; Counterparts
[Reference to Debtor]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Debtor has executed this debenture.
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SCHEDULE H-7
FORM OF MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY DEBENTURE PLEDGE AGREEMENT
THIS DEBENTURE PLEDGE AGREEMENT made as of , 202;
([INSERT NAME OF RELEVANT MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY])
Description of Floating Charge Demand Debenture
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Interest Rate: |
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WHEREAS:
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby conclusively acknowledged by the Debtor, the Debtor hereby agrees and covenants with the Agent as follows:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Debtor has executed this Debenture Pledge Agreement as of the date first above written.
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SCHEDULE H-8
FORM OF GENERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT
GENERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT
([INSERT NAME OF RELEVANT MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY])
THIS AGREEMENT made as of , 202
B E T W E E N:
[INSERT NAME OF RELEVANT MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY], a
subsisting under the laws of (hereinafter referred to as the "Debtor")
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, a Canadian chartered bank, in its capacity as
agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the "Agent").
WHEREAS the Debtor has agreed to grant, as general and continuing security for the payment and performance of the Obligations (as hereinafter defined), the security interest and assignment, mortgage and charge granted herein;
AND WHEREAS the Lenders and the Hedging Affiliates have appointed and authorized the Agent to act as their agent and attorney for the purpose of holding security granted by the Debtor;
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements herein contained the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
In this Agreement, including the recitals hereto, this Section and any schedules or attachments hereto, unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith:
"Account Control Agreement" means, with respect to a securities account, a securities account control agreement between the Debtor, the Agent and the securities intermediary which maintains such securities account on behalf of the Debtor, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.
"Agreement" means this agreement, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.
"Beneficiaries" means, collectively, the Agent, the Lenders, the Cash Managers and the Hedging Affiliates and "Beneficiary" means any of the Agent, the Lenders, the Cash Managers and the Hedging Affiliates.
"Charge" means the Security Interests created hereunder.
"Collateral" has the meaning set out in Section 2.1.
"Credit Agreement" means the credit agreement made as of July 27, 2022, as amended and restated as of March 22, 2023, as further amended and restated as of May 1, 2024, as further amended and restated as of June 26, 2024, as further amended and restated as of April 4, 2025, as further amended and restated pursuant to the amended and restated credit agreement made as of April 28, 2026 between Obsidian Energy Ltd., as borrower, Royal Bank of
Canada and the other Lenders, as lenders and the Agent, as agent of the Lenders, relating to the establishment of certain credit facilities in favour of Obsidian Energy Ltd., as the same may be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof.
"Delivery" and the corresponding term "Delivered" when used with respect to Collateral means:
"Guarantee" means the guarantee made as of even date herewith by the Debtor in favour of the Beneficiaries, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof.
"Issuer" has the meaning given to that term in the STA.
"Obligations" means, collectively and at any time and from time to time, all present and future obligations, liabilities and indebtedness (absolute or contingent, matured or otherwise) of the Debtor to the Beneficiaries under, pursuant or relating to (a) all Cash Management Obligations of or owing by the Debtor to any and all Cash Managers, (b) all Lender Financial Instrument Obligations of or owing by the Debtor to any and all Lenders and Hedging Affiliates, and (c) the Guarantee and the other Documents to which the Debtor is a party, in each case whether the same are from time to time reduced and thereafter increased or entirely extinguished and thereafter incurred again.
"Pledged Issuer" means, at any time, any person which is an Issuer of, or with respect to, any Pledged Securities at such time.
"Pledged Securities" has the meaning set out in paragraph (a) of the definition of "Stock". "Receiver" has the meaning set out in Section 6.1(a)(i).
"STA" means the Securities Transfer Act (Alberta), as such legislation may be amended, renamed or replaced from time to time, and includes all regulations from time to time made under such legislation.
"Stock" means:
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"Transfer Documents" means, with respect to the transfer of Pledged Securities or other Stock, stock transfers, powers of attorney or other instruments of transfer, in each case, executed in blank and in form and substance as may be required (from time to time) by the Agent, acting reasonably.
"ULC" means an Issuer that is an unlimited company, unlimited liability corporation or unlimited liability company.
"ULC Laws" means the Companies Act (Nova Scotia), the Business Corporations Act (Alberta), the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), and any other present or future laws governing ULCs.
"ULC Shares" means shares or other equity interests in the capital stock of a ULC.
Capitalized terms used herein without express definition shall, unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, have the same meanings as are ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The terms "accessions", "accounts", "certificated security", "chattel paper", "documents of title", "financial asset", "goods", "instruments", "intangibles", "inventory", "investment property", "money", "proceeds", "securities account", "securities intermediary", "security", "security certificate", "security entitlement" and "uncertificated security", whenever used herein shall have the meanings given to those terms in the Personal Property Security Act (Alberta) (the "PPSA"), including the regulations thereunder, as now enacted or as the same may from time to time be amended, re-enacted or replaced.
The division of this Agreement into Articles and Sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The terms
"this Agreement", "hereof", "hereunder" and similar expressions refer to this Agreement and not to any particular Article, Section or other portion hereof and include any agreement supplemental hereto. Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, reference herein to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement.
In this Agreement words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa, words importing any gender shall include all genders, words importing persons shall include individuals, partnerships, associations, trusts, unincorporated organizations and corporations and words and terms denoting inclusiveness (such
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as "include" or "includes" or "including"), whether or not so stated, are not limited by their context or by the words or phrases which precede or succeed them.
In this Agreement:
Whenever a rate of interest hereunder is calculated on the basis of a year (the "deemed year") which contains fewer days than the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation, such rate of interest shall be expressed as a yearly rate for the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) by multiplying such rate of interest by the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation and dividing it by the number of days in the deemed year.
Any schedule to this Agreement is incorporated by reference and shall be deemed to be part of this
Agreement.
[All references in this Agreement to representations and warranties by, covenants of, actions and steps by, or the performance of the terms and conditions hereof by the "Debtor" shall, as the context requires, be and shall be construed as being by the partners of [INSERT NAME OF RELEVANT MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY] on behalf of and in respect of such partnership.] [Note: Insert Section 1.9, with appropriate conforming changes, for an Agreement by a general partnership; insert similar provisions, with additional conforming changes, for an Agreement by a limited partnership, trust or other unincorporated entity.]
ARTICLE 2
GRANT OF SECURITY
As general and continuing security for the payment and performance of the Obligations, the Debtor hereby pledges, hypothecates, assigns, charges, conveys, sets over and transfers unto the Agent for the benefit of the Beneficiaries and does hereby grant to the Agent for the benefit of the Beneficiaries a continuing security interest in and to all of the present and future undertaking, assets and property of the Debtor, both real and personal, including, without limitation, all present and after-acquired personal property of the Debtor (collectively, the "Collateral"), and as further general and continuing security for the payment and performance of the Obligations, the Debtor hereby assigns by way of security the Collateral to the Agent and mortgages and charges the Collateral to the Agent (with respect to real property, as and by way of a floating charge). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
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Collateral shall include all right, title and interest that the Debtor now has, may be possessed of, entitled to, or acquire, by way of amalgamation or otherwise, now or hereafter or may hereafter have in all property of the following kinds:
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provided that the Charge shall not: (i) extend, include or apply to the last day of the term of any lease now held or hereafter acquired by the Debtor, but should the Agent enforce the said Charge, the Debtor shall thereafter stand possessed of such last day and shall hold it in trust to assign the same to any person acquiring such term in the course of the enforcement of the said Charge, (ii) render the Agent or any other Beneficiary liable to observe or perform any term, covenant or condition of any agreement, document or instrument to which the Debtor is a party or by which it is bound, or (iii) extend to, and the Collateral shall not include any agreement, right, franchise, licence or permit (the "Contractual Rights") to which the Debtor is a party or of which the Debtor has benefit, to the extent that the creation of the Charge herein would constitute a breach of the terms of, or permit any person to terminate, the Contractual Rights, but the Debtor shall hold its interest therein in trust for the Agent and shall assign such Contractual Rights to the Agent forthwith upon obtaining the consent of all other parties thereto. The Debtor agrees that it shall, upon the request of the Agent, use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any consent required to permit any Contractual Rights to be subjected to the Charge herein.
The Charge granted hereby and all rights of the Agent hereunder and all obligations of the Debtor hereunder are unconditional and absolute and independent and separate from any other security for the Obligations, whether executed by the Debtor or any other person.
This Agreement and the Charge granted hereby is granted as collateral security only and will not subject the Agent or the other Beneficiaries to, or transfer or in any way affect or modify, any obligation or liability of the Debtor with respect to any of the Collateral or any transaction in connection therewith.
Upon the request of the Agent all Investment Property Collateral shall be Delivered promptly and, in any event within two Banking Days of such request to the Agent or its nominee, including, without limitation, delivery to the Agent of all security certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing the Investment Property Collateral, which shall be endorsed for transfer in blank by the Debtor and accompanied by Transfer Documents, all as satisfactory to the Agent, acting reasonably. The Agent may, at its option, cause all or any of the Investment Property Collateral to be registered in the name of the Agent or its nominee upon the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default that is continuing.
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To the extent the Debtor has or acquires, by way of amalgamation or otherwise, any additional Investment Property Collateral at any time or from time to time after the date hereof, such Investment Property Collateral will automatically (and without any further action being required to be taken by the Agent) be subject to the Charge created hereby. To the extent the Agent has previously made a request for delivery of Investment Property Collateral pursuant to Section 2.4, all additional Investment Property Collateral shall be Delivered promptly and, in any event within two Banking Days of such acquisition or amalgamation or otherwise, to the Agent or its nominee, including, without limitation, delivery to the Agent of any security certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing such additional Investment Property Collateral, which shall be endorsed for transfer in blank by the Debtor and accompanied by Transfer Documents, all as satisfactory to the Agent, acting reasonably.
The Debtor acknowledges that the Charge hereby created attaches upon the execution of this Agreement (or in the case of any future property, upon the date the Debtor has any rights therein), that value has been given by the Beneficiaries and that Debtor has, or in the case of future property will have, rights in the Collateral or the power to transfer rights in the Collateral to the Agent.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE DEBTOR
The Debtor hereby represents and warrants to the Agent and the other Beneficiaries that (and acknowledges that the Agent and the other Beneficiaries are relying on the same):
The representations and warranties set out in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement notwithstanding any investigations or examinations which may be made by any of the Beneficiaries or their legal counsel and other representatives. Such representations and warranties shall survive until this Agreement has been terminated and discharged in accordance with Section 7.8 hereof.
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The Debtor covenants with the Agent that the Debtor shall:
ARTICLE 4
ACCOUNT DEBTORS
If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Agent may give notice of this Agreement and the Charge granted hereby to any account debtors of the Debtor or to any other person liable to the Debtor and may give notice to any such account debtors or other person to make all further payments to the Agent, and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payment or other proceeds of Collateral received by the Debtor from account debtors or from any other person liable to the Debtor whether before or after any notice is given by the Agent shall be held by the Debtor in trust for the Agent and forthwith paid over to the Agent on request.
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ARTICLE 5
DEALINGS WITH INVESTMENT PROPERTY COLLATERAL
of the Debtor will cease immediately and the Agent will have the right to exercise the rights and powers related to such Investment Property Collateral, including the right to vote.
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The Debtor acknowledges that certain of the Collateral may now or in the future consist of ULC Shares, and that it is the intention of the Agent and the Debtor that neither the Agent nor any other Beneficiary should under any circumstances prior to realization thereon be held to be a "member" or a "shareholder", as applicable, of a ULC for the purposes of any ULC Laws. Therefore, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Document, where the Debtor is the registered owner of ULC Shares which are Collateral, the Debtor shall remain the sole registered owner of such ULC Shares until such time as such ULC Shares are effectively transferred into the name of the Agent, any other Beneficiary, or any other person on the books and records of the applicable ULC. Nothing in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Document is intended to, and nothing in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Document shall, constitute the Agent, any other Beneficiary, or any other person other than the Debtor, a member or shareholder of a ULC for the purposes of any ULC Laws (whether listed or unlisted, registered or beneficial), until such time as notice is given to the Debtor and further steps are taken pursuant hereto or thereto so as to register the Agent, any other Beneficiary, or such other person, as specified in such notice, as the holder of the ULC Shares. To the extent any provision hereof would have the effect of constituting the Agent or any other Beneficiary as a member or a shareholder, as applicable, of any ULC prior to such time, such provision shall be severed herefrom and shall be ineffective with respect to ULC Shares which are Collateral without otherwise invalidating or rendering unenforceable this Agreement or invalidating or rendering unenforceable such provision insofar as it relates to Collateral which is not ULC Shares. Except upon the exercise of rights of the Agent to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of ULC Shares in accordance with this Agreement, the Debtor shall not cause or permit, or enable a Pledged Issuer that is a ULC to cause or permit, the Agent or any other Beneficiary to: (a) be registered as a shareholder or member of such Pledged Issuer; (b) have any notation entered in their favour in the share register of such Pledged Issuer; (c) be held out as shareholders or members of such Pledged Issuer; (d) receive, directly or indirectly, any dividends, property or other distributions from such Pledged Issuer by reason of the Agent holding the Security Interests over the ULC Shares; or (e) act as a shareholder of such Pledged Issuer, or exercise any rights of a shareholder including the right to attend a meeting of shareholders of such Pledged Issuer or to vote its ULC Shares.
ARTICLE 6
REMEDIES
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of the Debtor for the purpose of making such sale and executing such deeds or conveyances, and any such sale made as aforesaid shall be a perpetual bar both in law and in equity against the Debtor and all other persons claiming all or any part of the Collateral by, from, through or under the Debtor. For such purposes, each requirement relating thereto and prescribed by Applicable Laws or otherwise is hereby waived by the Debtor to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws and in any offer or sale of any of the Collateral by the Agent is authorized to comply with any limitation or restriction in connection with such offer or sale as the Agent may be advised by counsel is necessary in order to avoid any violation of Applicable Laws, or in order to obtain any required approval of the sale or of the purchase by any Governmental Authority. Such compliance will not result in such sale being considered or deemed not to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner nor will the Agent be liable or accountable to the Debtor for any discount allowed by reason of the fact that such Collateral is sold in compliance with any such limitation or restriction;
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without prejudice to the liability of the Debtor to the Agent and the other Beneficiaries or the Beneficiaries' rights hereunder.
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The Debtor hereby appoints the Agent as attorney of the Debtor, with full authority in the place and stead of the Debtor and in the name of the Debtor or otherwise, from time to time in the Agent's discretion at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to take any and all actions authorized or permitted to be taken by the Agent under this Agreement or by Applicable Laws and to: (a) execute and deliver all instruments and other documents and do all such further acts and things as may be reasonably required by the Agent to enforce the Charge and remedies provided hereunder or to better evidence and perfect the Charge; and (b) take any action and execute any instrument which the Agent, acting reasonably, may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, to ask for, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compound, receive and give acquittances and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in connection with the Collateral, to receive, endorse, and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents and chattel paper in connection therewith, and to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which the Agent may deem to be necessary or desirable for the collection thereof. Such appointment of the Agent as the Debtor's attorney is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
ARTICLE 7
GENERAL
This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Debtor and shall benefit the successors and permitted assigns of the Agent and other Beneficiaries.
This Agreement has been entered into as collateral security for the Obligations and is subject to all the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and, if there is any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the rights and obligations of the Debtor, the Agent and the other Beneficiaries shall be governed by the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as applicable). This Agreement together with the Credit Agreement and all other Documents constitute the entire agreement between the Debtor and the Agent with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no representations, warranties, terms, conditions, undertakings or collateral agreements, express, implied or statutory, between the Beneficiaries and the Debtor except as expressly set forth therein and herein.
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No delay or failure by the Beneficiaries in the exercise of any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude the other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision or part thereof and the remaining part of such provision and all other provisions hereof shall continue in full force and effect. To the extent permitted by applicable law the parties hereby waive any provision of law that renders any provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.
Any demand, notice or other communication to be given in connection with this Agreement shall be given in writing and may be given by personal delivery, facsimile or other electronic means, addressed to the recipient as follows:
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c/o Obsidian Energy Ltd. |
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Suite 200, 207 – 9th Avenue SW |
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Calgary, Alberta T2P 1K3 |
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Royal Bank of Canada, as Agent |
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Agency Services Group |
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Toronto, Ontario |
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Manager, Agency |
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RBC Capital Markets |
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3900 Bankers Hall West |
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Calgary, Alberta |
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Managing Director |
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or such other address, electronic communication number, or to the attention of such other individual as may be designated by notice by any party to the other. Any demand, notice or communication made or given by personal delivery or by facsimile or other electronic means of communication during normal business hours at the place of receipt on a Banking Day shall be conclusively deemed to have been made or given at the time of actual delivery or transmittal, as the case may be, on such Banking Day. Any demand, notice or communication made or given by personal delivery or by facsimile or other electronic means of communication after normal business hours at the place of receipt or otherwise than on a Banking Day shall be conclusively deemed to have been made or given at 9:00 a.m. (Calgary time) on the first Banking Day following actual delivery or transmittal, as the case may be.
This Agreement may not be amended or modified in any respect except by written instrument signed by the Debtor and the Agent. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement by the Agent shall be effective unless the same is in writing and signed by the Agent, and then such waiver shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it is given. The rights of the Agent (including those of any other Beneficiary) under this Agreement may only be assigned in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement or the applicable Cash Management Documents or applicable Lender Financial Instrument (as the case may be). Subject to Section 9.2(k) of the Credit Agreement, the Debtor may not assign its obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Agent (which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion). Any assignee of a Beneficiary shall be bound hereby, mutatis mutandis.
This Agreement and the Charge granted hereby are in addition to and not in substitution for any other security now or hereafter held by the Agent or the other Beneficiaries and this Agreement is a continuing agreement and security that shall remain in full force and effect until discharged by the Agent.
The Debtor and the Collateral shall not be discharged from the Charge or from this Agreement except by a release or discharge in writing signed by the Agent.
The loss, injury or destruction of the Collateral shall not operate in any manner to release or discharge the Debtor from any of its liabilities to the Beneficiaries.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, any other Document, the Lender Financial Instruments or the Cash Management Documents or the operation, application or effect hereof, the
Agent, the other Beneficiaries or any Receiver, or any representative or agent acting for or on behalf of the foregoing, shall not have any obligation whatsoever to exercise or refrain from exercising any right, power, privilege or interest hereunder or to receive or claim any benefit hereunder.
Subject to Section 7.6, no person other than the Debtor and the Beneficiaries shall have any rights or benefits under this Agreement, nor is it intended that any such person gain any benefit or advantage as a result of this Agreement nor shall this Agreement constitute a subordination of any security in favour of such person.
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Time shall be of the essence with regard to this Agreement.
The Debtor hereby waives the right to receive from the Agent or the other Beneficiaries a copy of any financing statement, financing change statement or other statement or document filed or registered at any time in respect of this Agreement or any verification statement or other statement or document issued by any registry that confirms or evidences registration of or relates to this Agreement.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.
The Debtor and each of the Beneficiaries each hereby attorn and submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Alberta. For the purpose of all legal proceedings, this Agreement shall be deemed to have been performed in the Province of Alberta and the courts of the Province of Alberta shall have jurisdiction to entertain any action or proceeding arising under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be construed nor operate to limit the right of the Debtor or any Beneficiary to commence any action or proceeding relating hereto in any other jurisdiction, nor to limit the right of the courts of any other jurisdiction to take jurisdiction over any action, proceeding or matter relating hereto.
The Debtor agrees that:
The Debtor hereby acknowledges receipt of a fully executed copy of this Agreement.
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This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by facsimile or other electronic transmission of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words "execution," "execute", "signed," "signature," and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including, without limitation, as in provided Parts 2 and 3 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada), the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 (Ontario), the Electronic Transactions Act (British Columbia), the Electronic Transactions Act (Alberta), or any other similar laws based on the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada. The Agent may, in its discretion, require that any such documents and signatures executed electronically or delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature executed electronically or delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement.
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Agent |
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[Signature Page to General Security Agreement (INSERT NAME OF MATERIAL SUBSIDIARY)]
SCHEDULE I
BORROWER AND SUBSIDIARIES
Borrower:
Legal Name |
Jurisdiction of Formation |
Location of Chief Executive Office |
Location of Business and Material Real Property and Tangible Personal Property and Assets (Jurisdictions) |
Shareholder/Unitholder |
Trade Name |
Obsidian Energy Ltd. |
Alberta |
Alberta |
Alberta |
Publicly traded |
None. |
Subsidiaries:
Legal Name |
Jurisdiction of Formation |
Location of Chief Executive Office |
Location of Business and Material Real Property and Tangible Personal Property and Assets (Jurisdictions) |
Material Subsidiary (Yes/No) |
Shareholder/Unitholder |
Trade Name |
1295739 Alberta Ltd. |
Alberta |
Alberta |
Inactive |
No |
100% owned by Obsidian Energy Ltd. |
None. |
1329813 Alberta Ltd. |
Alberta |
Alberta |
Inactive |
No |
100% owned by Obsidian Energy Ltd. |
None. |
1647456 Alberta Ltd. |
Alberta |
Alberta |
Alberta |
Yes |
100% owned by Obsidian Energy Ltd. |
None. |
Penn West Petroleum, Inc. |
Delaware |
Alberta |
U.S. holding company |
No |
100% owned by Obsidian Energy Ltd. |
None. |
Obsidian Energy Partnership |
Alberta |
Alberta |
Alberta |
Yes |
General partner interests owned by Obsidian Energy Ltd. (99.99%) and 1647456 Alberta Ltd. (0.01%) |
None. |
Penn West Reece Acquisition Ltd. |
Alberta |
Alberta |
Inactive |
No |
100% owned by Obsidian Energy Ltd. |
None. |
Upton Resources USA, Inc. |
Montana |
Alberta |
Wyoming |
No |
100% owned Penn West Petroleum Inc. |
None. |