FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _____ to ______.
Cayman Islands 66-0582307 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 4 Greenway Plaza 77046 Houston, Texas (Zip Code) (Address of principal executive offices) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 232-7500
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of class Exchange on which registered --------------- ---------------------------- Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per share New York Stock Exchange, Inc. |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [x] No [_]
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [_]
As of February 28, 2002, 319,131,115 ordinary shares were outstanding and the aggregate market value of such shares held by non-affiliates was approximately $8.9 billion (based on the reported closing market price of the ordinary shares on such date of $28.01 and assuming that all directors and executive officers of the Company are "affiliates," although the Company does not acknowledge that any such person is actually an "affiliate" within the meaning of the federal securities laws).
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the registrant's definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of December 31, 2001, for its 2002 annual general meeting of shareholders, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
Item Page ------ ------ For the fisacal year ended December 31,2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PART I ITEM 1. Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Recent Developments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Merger of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. and R&B Falcon Corporation. . . 3 Merger of Transocean Offshore Inc. and Sedco Forex . . . . . . 3 Background of Transocean Offshore Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Background of Sedco Forex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Background of R&B Falcon Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Drilling Rig Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Management Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Drilling Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Significant Clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Industry Conditions and Competition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Operating Risks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 International Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Regulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ITEM 2. Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ITEM 3. Legal Proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ITEM 4 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders . . . . . 18 Executive Officers of the Registrant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 PART II ITEM 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Shareholder Matters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ITEM 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ITEM 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ITEM 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk . . . . . 42 ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. . . . . . . . . . . 44 ITEM 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 PART III ITEM 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant. . . . . . 83 ITEM 11. Executive Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 ITEM 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management. . . 83 ITEM 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions. . . . . . . . . 83 PART IV ITEM 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K . . 83 |
PART I
ITEM 1. Business
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. (together with its subsidiaries and predecessors, unless the context requires otherwise, the "Company," "we," "us" or "our") is a leading international provider of offshore and inland marine contract drilling services for oil and gas wells. As of March 1, 2002, we owned, had partial ownership interests in or operated more than 160 mobile offshore and barge drilling units. As of this date, our active fleet consisted of 31 high-specification floaters, 30 other floaters, 54 jackup rigs, 35 drilling barges, four tenders and three submersible drilling rigs. In addition, the fleet includes a platform drilling rig, as well as 10 land drilling rigs in Venezuela. We contract our drilling rigs, related equipment and work crews primarily on a dayrate basis to drill oil and gas wells.
Our mobile offshore drilling fleet is considered one of the most modern and versatile fleets in the world. Our core business is to contract these drilling rigs, related equipment and work crews primarily on a dayrate basis to drill oil and gas wells. We specialize in technically demanding segments of the offshore drilling business with a particular focus on deepwater and harsh environment drilling services. We also provide additional services, including management of third-party well service activities. Our ordinary shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "RIG".
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. is a Cayman Islands exempted company with principal executive offices in the U.S. located at 4 Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas 77046. Our telephone number at that address is (713) 232-7500.
Recent Developments
In March 2002, we completed an exchange offer pursuant to which the 6.50% Notes due April 15, 2003, 6.75% Notes due April 15, 2005, 6.95% Notes due April 15, 2008, 7.375% Notes due April 15, 2018, 9.125% Notes due December 15, 2003 and 9.50% Notes due December 15, 2008 of R&B Falcon Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise, "R&B Falcon") whose holders accepted the offer were exchanged for newly issued notes of the Company. The new notes were issued in six series corresponding to the six series of R&B Falcon notes and have the same principal amount, interest rate, redemption terms and payment and maturity dates as the corresponding series of R&B Falcon notes. The aggregate principal amount of the new notes issued was approximately $1.4 billion.
On February 14, 2002, the Board of Directors approved a proposal to adopt a special resolution of ordinary shareholders to change our name to "Transocean Inc." The proposal will be voted upon at our upcoming Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on May 9, 2002.
On December 14, 2001, we announced that our Board of Directors had
appointed Robert L. Long as President, effective immediately. In June 2002, Mr.
Long will also assume the role of Chief Operating Officer upon the retirement of
W. Dennis Heagney, the current Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer. The Board of Directors has also appointed Gregory L. Cauthen as the
Company's new Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.
Merger of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. and R&B Falcon Corporation
On January 31, 2001, we completed a merger transaction with R&B Falcon in which an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, TSF Delaware Inc., merged with and into R&B Falcon. As a result of the merger, R&B Falcon common shareholders received 0.5 newly issued ordinary shares of the Company for each R&B Falcon share. We issued 106,061,595 ordinary shares in exchange for the issued and outstanding shares of R&B Falcon and assumed warrants and options exercisable for approximately 13.2 million ordinary shares. The ordinary shares issued in exchange for the issued and outstanding shares of R&B Falcon constituted approximately 33 percent of the outstanding ordinary shares of the Company after the merger. We accounted for the merger using the purchase method of accounting with the Company treated as the acquiror.
Merger of Transocean Offshore Inc. and Sedco Forex
On December 31, 1999, we completed our merger with Sedco Forex Holdings Limited ("Sedco Forex"), the former offshore contract drilling business of Schlumberger Limited ("Schlumberger"). Effective upon the merger, we changed our name from "Transocean Offshore Inc." to "Transocean Sedco Forex Inc." The merger followed the spin-off of Sedco Forex to Schlumberger shareholders on December 30, 1999. As a result of the merger, Schlumberger shareholders exchanged all of the Sedco Forex shares distributed to them by Schlumberger in the Sedco Forex spin-off for ordinary shares of the Company, and Sedco Forex became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
In the merger, Schlumberger shareholders received 0.1936 ordinary shares of the Company for each share of capital stock of Sedco Forex distributed in the spin-off of Sedco Forex. We issued 109,419,166 ordinary shares to Schlumberger shareholders in the merger, and issued an additional 145,102 ordinary shares that were sold on the market for cash paid in lieu of fractional shares. These aggregate issuances of 109,564,268 shares constituted approximately 52 percent of outstanding Company shares immediately following the merger. We accounted for the merger using the purchase method of accounting with Sedco Forex treated as the accounting acquiror.
Background of Transocean Offshore Inc.
The Company was founded in 1953 by predecessors of Sonat Inc. and J. Ray McDermott & Co., Inc. to design and construct the first jackup rig in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The Company, then known as "The Offshore Company," began international drilling operations in the late 1950s and was one of the first contractors to offer drilling services in the North Sea. The Company was publicly traded from 1967 until 1978, when it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonat Inc. In June 1993, the Company, then known as "Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc.," completed an initial public offering of approximately 60 percent of the outstanding shares of its common stock. In July 1995, Sonat Inc. sold its remaining 40 percent interest in the Company through a secondary public offering. In September 1996, the Company acquired substantially all of the outstanding capital shares of Transocean ASA, a Norwegian offshore drilling company, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.5 billion in common stock and cash, including direct transaction costs and costs of purchasing minority shares completed in 1997, and changed its name to "Transocean Offshore Inc." On May 14, 1999, the Company completed a corporate reorganization by which it changed its place of incorporation from Delaware to the Cayman Islands.
Background of Sedco Forex
The offshore contract drilling business of Sedco Forex resulted from the integration over time by Schlumberger of several drilling companies, principally Forex (Forages et Exploitations Petrolieres) and Sedco Inc., and other asset acquisitions. Forex was founded in France in 1942 and began as a land drilling company in France, North Africa and the Middle East. Forex later moved into the offshore drilling market largely through its Neptune joint venture formed in the early 1960s with Languedocienne-Forenco. By the early 1970s, Schlumberger had acquired all of the shares of Forex and Neptune and had integrated their activities. Schlumberger acquired Sedco Inc. in 1984. Founded in 1947 and originally known as Southeastern Drilling Company, Sedco Inc. began drilling in shallow water marsh environments in the U.S. in the early 1950s and then expanded into international operations and deeper water market segments.
Background of R&B Falcon Corporation
R&B Falcon was the result of the 1997 combination of Reading & Bates Corporation and Falcon Drilling Company, Inc. and the subsequent acquisition of Cliffs Drilling Company ("Cliffs Drilling") in late 1998. Reading & Bates Corporation was founded in 1955 as an offshore drilling company to construct and operate an offshore drilling tender in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Falcon Drilling Company, Inc. was formed in 1991 initially to operate in the shallow water and transition zone areas of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and moved into deepwater operations in 1996. Cliffs Drilling was spun-off from Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in 1988 and continues to operate land and offshore rigs in various countries, including the U.S. and Venezuela. At the time of the merger with the Company, R&B Falcon owned, had partial ownership interests in, operated or had under construction more than 100 mobile offshore drilling units, inland barges and other assets utilized in support of offshore drilling activities, including 10 semisubmersible drilling rigs, 10 drillships and 42 jackup drilling rigs.
Drilling Rig Types
We principally use 4 types of drilling rigs:
- drillships
- semisubmersibles
- jackups
- barge drilling rigs
Also included in our fleet are tenders, submersible rigs, platform drilling rigs and land drilling rigs.
Most of our drilling equipment is suitable for both exploration and development drilling, and we are normally engaged in both types of drilling activity. Likewise, most of our drilling rigs are mobile and can be moved to new locations in response to client demand, particularly the drillships, semisubmersibles, jackups and tenders. All of our mobile offshore drilling units are designed for operations away from port for extended periods of time and most have living quarters for the crews, a helicopter landing deck and storage space for pipe and drilling supplies.
As of March 1, 2002, our marine fleet was located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (77 units), Canada (1 unit), Brazil (12 units), Trinidad (3 units), the North Sea (20 units), the Mediterranean and Middle East (5 units), the Caspian Sea (1 unit), Africa (21 units), India (6 units) and Asia and Australia (15 units). Additionally, the drillship Joides Resolution is contracted for a worldwide research program and as of such date was in Peru.
Drillships (13)
Drillships are generally self-propelled and designed to drill in the deepest water in which offshore drilling rigs currently operate. Shaped like conventional ships, they are the most mobile of the major rig types. Our drillships are either dynamically positioned, which allows them to maintain position without anchors through the use of their onboard propulsion and station-keeping systems, or are operated in a moored configuration. Drillships typically have greater load capacity than semisubmersible rigs. This enables them to carry more supplies on board, which often makes them better suited for drilling in remote locations where resupply is more difficult. However, drillships are typically limited to calmer water conditions than those in which semisubmersibles can operate. High-specification drillships are those that are dynamically positioned and rated for drilling in water depths of at least 7,000 feet and are designed for ultra-deepwater exploration and development drilling programs. Our three Discoverer Enterprise-class drillships are equipped for dual-activity drilling, which is a well-construction technology we developed that allows for drilling tasks associated with a single well to be accomplished in a parallel rather than sequential manner by utilizing two complete drilling systems under a single derrick. The dual-activity well-construction process is designed to reduce critical path activity and improve efficiency in both exploration and development drilling. Our Deepwater-class drillships are also high-specification drillships and are designed with a high-pressure mud system.
The following table provides certain information regarding our drillship fleet as of March 1, 2002:
YEAR WATER DRILLING ENTERED DEPTH DEPTH SERVICE/ CAPACITY CAPACITY ESTIMATED TYPE AND NAME UPGRADED(A) (IN FEET) (IN FEET) LOCATION CUSTOMER EXPIRATION (E) ---------------------------------- ----------- --------- --------- ---------------- ------------- --------------- HIGH-SPECIFICATION DRILLSHIPS (12) Deepwater Discovery (b) . . . . . . 2000 10,000 30,000 Angola ChevronTexaco December 2003 Deepwater Expedition (b). . . . . . 1999 10,000 30,000 Brazil Petrobras September 2005 Deepwater Frontier (b)(d) . . . . . 1999 10,000 30,000 Brazil Petrobras November 2003 Deepwater Millennium (b). . . . . . 1999 10,000 30,000 U.S. Gulf Marathon October 2002 Deepwater Pathfinder (b)(c) . . . . 1998 10,000 30,000 U.S. Gulf Conoco January 2004 Discoverer Deep Seas (b). . . . . . 2001 10,000 35,000 U.S. Gulf ChevronTexaco January 2006 Discoverer Enterprise (b) . . . . . 1999 10,000 35,000 U.S. Gulf BP December 2004 Discoverer Spirit (b) . . . . . . . 2000 10,000 35,000 U.S. Gulf Unocal September 2005 Deepwater Navigator (b) . . . . . . 2000 7,800 25,000 Brazil Petrobras July 2003 Peregrine I (b) . . . . . . . . . . 1982/1996 7,200 25,000 Brazil Petrobras June 2003 Discoverer 534 (b). . . . . . . . . 1975/1991 7,000 25,000 Enroute to India Reliance June 2002 Discoverer Seven Seas (b) . . . . . 1976/1997 7,000 25,000 Brazil Petrobras September 2004 OTHER DRILLSHIPS (1) Joides Resolution (b)(f). . . . . . 1978 27,000 30,000 Peru Texas A&M September 2003 ------------------------- (a) Dates shown are the original service date and the date of the most recent upgrade, if any. (b) Dynamically positioned. 5 |
(c) The Deepwater Pathfinder is leased and operated by a limited liability company in which we own a 50 percent interest. See Note 16 to our consolidated financial statements. (d) The Deepwater Frontier is leased and operated by a limited liability company in which we own a 60 percent interest. See Note 16 to our consolidated financial statements. (e) Expiration dates represent our current estimate of the earliest date the contract for each rig is likely to expire. Some contracts may permit the client to extend the contract. (f) The Joides Resolution is currently engaged in scientific geological coring activities and is owned by a joint venture in which we have a 50 percent interest. See Note 16 to our consolidated financial statements. |
Semisubmersibles (48)
Semisubmersibles are floating vessels that can be submerged by means of a water ballast system such that a substantial portion of the lower hull is below the water surface during drilling operations. These rigs maintain their position over the well through the use of an anchoring system or computer controlled dynamic positioning thruster system. Some semisubmersible rigs are self-propelled and move between locations under their own power when afloat on the pontoons although most are relocated with the assistance of tugs. Typically, semisubmersibles are better suited for operations in rough water conditions than drillships. High-specification semisubmersibles are those that were built or extensively upgraded since 1984 and have one or more of the following characteristics: larger physical size than other semisubmersibles; rated for drilling in water depths of over 4,000 feet; year-round harsh environment capability; variable deck load capability of greater than 4,000 metric tons; dynamic positioning; and superior motion characteristics.
The following table provides certain information regarding our semisubmersible fleet as of March 1, 2002:
YEAR WATER DRILLING ENTERED DEPTH DEPTH SERVICE/ CAPACITY CAPACITY ESTIMATED TYPE AND NAME UPGRADED(A) (IN FEET) (IN FEET) LOCATION CUSTOMER EXPIRATION (C) ------------------------- ----------- --------- --------- ----------------- ------------- -------------- HIGH-SPECIFICATION SEMISUBMERSIBLES (19) Deepwater Horizon . . . . 2001 10,000 30,000 U.S. Gulf BP September 2004 Cajun Express (b) . . . . 2001 8,500 35,000 U.S. Gulf - Idle Deepwater Nautilus (d). . 2000 8,000 30,000 U.S. Gulf Shell June 2005 Sedco Energy (b). . . . . 2001 7,500 25,000 Ivory Coast ChevronTexaco October 2004 Sedco Express (b) . . . . 2001 7,500 25,000 Egypt BP May 2002 Transocean Marianas . . . 1979/1998 7,000 25,000 U.S. Gulf Shell August 2003 Sedco 707 (b) . . . . . . 1976/1997 6,500 25,000 Brazil Petrobras January 2004 Jack Bates. . . . . . . . 1986/1997 6,000 30,000 U.K. North Sea BP April 2002 Sedco 709 (b) . . . . . . 1977/1999 5,000 25,000 Nigeria Shell May 2002 M. G. Hulme, Jr. (e). . . 1983/1996 5,000 25,000 Nigeria ExxonMobil June 2002 Transocean Richardson . . 1988 5,000 25,000 U.S. Gulf Anadarko September 2002 Jim Cunningham . . . . . 1982/1995 5,000 25,000 Angola ExxonMobil August 2002 Transocean Leader . . . . 1987/1997 4,500 25,000 U.K. North Sea BP March 2003 Transocean Rather . . . . 1988 4,500 25,000 U.S. Gulf BP January 2003 Sovereign Explorer. . . . 1984 4,000 25,000 Enroute to Amerada Hess March 2003 Equatorial Guinea Henry Goodrich. . . . . . 1985 2,000 30,000 Canada Terra Nova February 2003 Paul B. Loyd, Jr. . . . . 1990 2,000 25,000 U.K. North Sea BP March 2003 Transocean Arctic . . . . 1986 1,650 25,000 Norwegian N. Sea - Idle Polar Pioneer. . . . . . 1985 1,500 25,000 Norwegian N. Sea Norsk Hydro February 2003 |
YEAR WATER DRILLING ENTERED DEPTH DEPTH SERVICE/ CAPACITY CAPACITY ESTIMATED TYPE AND NAME UPGRADED(A) (IN FEET) (IN FEET) LOCATION CUSTOMER EXPIRATION (C) --------------------------- ----------- --------- --------- ----------------- ------------- -------------- OTHER SEMISUBMERSIBLES (29) Sedco 710 (b) . . . . . . . 1983 4,000 25,000 Brazil Petrobras October 2006 Sedco 700 . . . . . . . . . 1973/1997 3,600 25,000 Equatorial Guinea Amerada Hess October 2002 Transocean Amirante . . . . 1978/1997 3,500 25,000 U.S. Gulf - Idle Transocean Legend . . . . . 1983 3,500 25,000 Brazil Petrobras March 2002 C. Kirk Rhein, Jr. . . . . 1976/1997 3,300 25,000 Trinidad - Idle Transocean Driller. . . . . 1991 3,000 25,000 Brazil Petrobras January 2003 Falcon 100. . . . . . . . . 1974/1999 2,400 25,000 U.S. Gulf Agip May 2002 Transocean 96 . . . . . . . 1975/1997 2,300 25,000 U.S. Gulf Anadarko March 2002 Sedco 711 . . . . . . . . . 1982 1,800 25,000 U.K. North Sea ExxonMobil May 2002 U.K. North Sea Conoco November 2002 Transocean John Shaw . . . 1982 1,800 25,000 U.K. North Sea TotalFinaElf December 2002 Sedco 714 . . . . . . . . . 1983/1997 1,600 25,000 U.K. North Sea BP October 2002 Sedco 712 . . . . . . . . . 1983 1,600 25,000 U.K. North Sea Shell December 2002 Actinia . . . . . . . . . . 1982 1,500 25,000 Spain Repsol March 2002 Mediterranean I.E.O.C. September 2002 J. W. McLean. . . . . . . . 1974/1996 1,500 25,000 U.K. North Sea Phillips April 2002 Sedco 600 . . . . . . . . . 1983/1994 1,500 25,000 Indonesia Conoco April 2002 Sedco 601 . . . . . . . . . 1983 1,500 25,000 Indonesia Unocal December 2002 Sedco 602 . . . . . . . . . 1983 1,500 25,000 Indonesia - Idle Sedco 702 . . . . . . . . . 1973/1992 1,500 25,000 Australia Apache March 2002 Australia Santos April 2002 Australia Agip July 2002 Sedco 703 . . . . . . . . . 1973/1995 1,500 25,000 Australia Woodside May 2002 Australia El Paso June 2002 Sedco 708 . . . . . . . . . 1976 1,500 25,000 Congo - Idle Sedneth 701 . . . . . . . . 1972/1993 1,500 25,000 Angola ChevronTexaco March 2002 Gabon Vaalco June 2002 Transocean Prospect . . . . 1983/1992 1,500 25,000 Norwegian N. Sea Statoil August 2002 Transocean Searcher . . . . 1983/1988 1,500 25,000 Norwegian N. Sea Statoil August 2002 Norwegian N. Sea Statoil February 2003 Transocean Winner . . . . . 1983 1,500 25,000 Norwegian N. Sea Shell July 2002 Transocean Wildcat. . . . . 1977/1985 1,300 25,000 U.K. North Sea - Idle Transocean Explorer . . . . 1976 1,250 25,000 U.K. North Sea - Idle Sedco 704 . . . . . . . . . 1974/1993 1,000 25,000 U.K. North Sea ChevronTexaco October 2002 Sedco 706 . . . . . . . . . 1976/1994 1,000 25,000 U.K. North Sea TotalFinaElf June 2002 Sedco I - Orca (f). . . . . 1970/1987 900 25,000 South Africa Schlumberger March 2003 --------------------------- (a) Dates shown are the original service date and the date of the most recent upgrade, if any. (b) Dynamically positioned. (c) Expiration dates represent our current estimate of the earliest date the contract for each rig is likely to expire. Some rigs have two contracts in continuation, so the second line shows the estimated earliest availability. Some contracts may permit the client to extend the contract. (d) The Deepwater Nautilus is leased from its owner, an unrelated third party, pursuant to a fully defeased lease arrangement. (e) The M. G. Hulme, Jr. is accounted for as an operating lease as a result of a sale/leaseback transaction in November 1995. (f) Operated under a management contract with the rig's owner. |
Jackup Rigs (54)
Jackup rigs are mobile self-elevating drilling platforms equipped with legs that can be lowered to the ocean floor until a foundation is established to support the drilling platform. Once a foundation is established, the drilling platform is then jacked further up the legs so that the platform is above the highest expected waves. These rigs are generally suited for water depths of 300 feet or less.
The following table provides certain information regarding our jackup rig fleet as of March 1, 2002:
YEAR ENTERED WATER DEPTH DRILLING DEPTH SERVICE/ CAPACITY CAPACITY TYPE AND NAME UPGRADED(A) (IN FEET) (IN FEET) LOCATION STATUS ------------------- ------------- ------------ --------------- ----------------- --------- Trident IX (b). . . 1982 400 21,000 Vietnam Operating Trident 17. . . . . 1983 355 25,000 Indonesia Operating Harvey H. Ward. . . 1981 300 25,000 Singapore Idle J. T. Angel . . . . 1982 300 25,000 India Operating Roger W. Mowell . . 1982 300 25,000 Malaysia Operating Ron Tappmeyer . . . 1978 300 25,000 Indonesia Operating D. R. Stewart . . . 1980 300 25,000 Italy Operating Randolph Yost . . . 1979 300 25,000 Equatorial Guinea Operating C. E. Thornton. . . 1974 300 25,000 India Operating F. G. McClintock. . 1975 300 25,000 India Operating Shelf Explorer. . . 1982 300 25,000 Denmark Operating Transocean III. . . 1978/1993 300 20,000 United Arab Operating Emirates Transocean Nordic . 1984 300 25,000 U.K. North Sea Idle Trident II. . . . . 1977/1985 300 25,000 India Operating Trident IV. . . . . 1980/1999 300 25,000 Angola Operating Trident VI. . . . . 1981 300 21,000 Nigeria Operating Trident VIII. . . . 1981 300 21,000 Nigeria Operating Trident XII . . . . 1982/1992 300 25,000 India Operating Trident XIV . . . . 1982/1994 300 20,000 Angola Operating Trident 15. . . . . 1982 300 25,000 Thailand Operating Trident 16. . . . . 1982 300 25,000 Malaysia Operating Trident 20 (c). . . 2000 300 25,000 Caspian Sea Operating George H. Galloway. 1985 300 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle Transocean Comet. . 1980 250 20,000 Egypt Operating Transocean Mercury. 1969/1998 250 20,000 Egypt Operating RBF 208 . . . . . . 1980 200 20,000 Brazil Idle RBF 209 . . . . . . 1980 200 25,000 Brazil Operating RBF 192 . . . . . . 1981 250 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 250 . . . . . . 1974 250 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 251 . . . . . . 1978 250 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 252 . . . . . . 1978 250 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 253 . . . . . . 1982 250 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 254 . . . . . . 1976 250 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 255 . . . . . . 1976 250 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 256 . . . . . . 1975 250 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 190 . . . . . . 1978 200 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 200 . . . . . . 1979 200 25,000 U.S. Gulf Operating RBF 201 . . . . . . 1981 200 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 202 . . . . . . 1982 200 25,000 U.S. Gulf Operating RBF 203 . . . . . . 1981 200 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 204 . . . . . . 1981 200 25,000 U.S. Gulf Operating RBF 205 . . . . . . 1979 200 25,000 U.S. Gulf Operating RBF 206 . . . . . . 1980 200 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 207 . . . . . . 1981 200 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 185 . . . . . . 1982 190 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 8 |
YEAR ENTERED WATER DEPTH DRILLING DEPTH SERVICE/ CAPACITY CAPACITY TYPE AND NAME UPGRADED(A) (IN FEET) (IN FEET) LOCATION STATUS ------------------- ------------- ------------ --------------- ----------------- --------- RBF 191 . . . . . . 1978 184 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 150 . . . . . . 1979 150 20,000 U.S. Gulf Operating RBF 151 . . . . . . 1981 150 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 152 . . . . . . 1980 150 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 153 . . . . . . 1980 150 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 154 . . . . . . 1979 150 20,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 155 . . . . . . 1980 150 20,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 156 . . . . . . 1983 150 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle RBF 110 . . . . . . 1982 110 25,000 Trinidad Operating ---------------------------- (a) Dates shown are the original service date and the date of the most recent upgrade, if any. (b) As of March 1, 2002, the Trident IX was owned by an unrelated third party and leased by us as part of a secured rig financing. See Note 23 to our consolidated financial statements. (c) Owned by a joint venture in which we have a 75 percent interest. |
Barge Drilling Rigs (35)
Our barge drilling fleet consists of conventional and posted barge rigs and swamp barges. Our conventional and posted barge drilling rigs are mobile drilling platforms that are submersible and are built to work in eight to 20 feet of water. A posted barge is identical to a conventional barge except that the hull and superstructure are separated by 10 to 14 foot columns, which increases the water depth capabilities of the rig. Swamp barges are usually not self-propelled, but can be moored alongside a platform, and contain crew quarters, mud pits, mud pumps, power generation and other equipment. Swamp barges are generally suited for water depths of 25 feet or less.
The following table provides certain information regarding our barge drilling rig fleet as of March 1, 2002:
YEAR ENTERED SERVICE/ DRILLING CAPACITY RIG UPGRADED(A) (IN FEET) LOCATION STATUS ------------------------ ------------- ------------------ --------- --------- CONVENTIONAL BARGES (14) 1. . . . . . . . . . . . 1980 20,000 U.S. Gulf Operating 11 . . . . . . . . . . . 1982 30,000 U.S. Gulf Operating 15 . . . . . . . . . . . 1981 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 19 . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 14,000 U.S. Gulf Operating 20 . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 14,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 21 . . . . . . . . . . . 1982 15,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 23 . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 14,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 28 . . . . . . . . . . . 1979 30,000 U.S. Gulf Operating 29 . . . . . . . . . . . 1980 30,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 30 . . . . . . . . . . . 1981 30,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 31 . . . . . . . . . . . 1981 30,000 U.S. Gulf Operating 32 . . . . . . . . . . . 1982 30,000 U.S. Gulf Operating 74 (b) . . . . . . . . . 1981 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 75 (b) . . . . . . . . . 1979 30,000 U.S. Gulf Idle |
YEAR ENTERED SERVICE/ DRILLING CAPACITY UPGRADED(A) (IN FEET) LOCATION STATUS ------------- ------------------ --------- --------- POSTED BARGES (17) 7 . . . . . . . . 1978 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 9 . . . . . . . . 1981 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 10 . . . . . . . . 1981 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 17 . . . . . . . . 1981 30,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 27 . . . . . . . . 1978 30,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 41 . . . . . . . . 1981 30,000 U.S. Gulf Operating 46 . . . . . . . . 1981 30,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 47 . . . . . . . . 1982 30,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 48 . . . . . . . . 1982 30,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 49 . . . . . . . . 1980 30,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 52 . . . . . . . . 1981 25,000 U.S. Gulf Operating 55 . . . . . . . . 1981 30,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 56 . . . . . . . . 1973 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 57 . . . . . . . . 1975 25,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 61 . . . . . . . . 1978 30,000 U.S. Gulf Idle 62 . . . . . . . . 1978 30,000 U.S. Gulf Operating 64 . . . . . . . . 1979 30,000 U.S. Gulf Idle |
YEAR ENTERED SERVICE/ DRILLING CAPACITY UPGRADED(A) (IN FEET) LOCATION STATUS ------------- ------------------ --------- --------- SWAMP BARGES (4) Searex 4 . . . . 1981/1989 25,000 Nigeria Idle Searex 6 . . . . 1981/1991 25,000 Nigeria Operating Searex 12. . . . 1982/1992 25,000 Nigeria Operating Hibiscus (c) . . 1979/1993 16,000 Indonesia Operating -------------------- (a) Dates shown are the original service date and the date of the most recent upgrade, if any. (b) These rigs are leased to us. (c) The Hibiscus is owned by a joint venture in which we own more than 50 percent. |
Other Rigs
In addition to the drillships, semisubmersibles, jackups and barge drilling rigs, we also own or operate several other types of rigs. These rigs include four tenders, three submersible rigs and a platform drilling rig. We also have 10 land drilling rigs in Venezuela.
Markets
Rigs can be moved from one region to another, but the cost of moving a rig and the availability of rig-moving vessels may cause the supply and demand balance to vary somewhat between regions. However, significant variations between regions do not tend to exist long-term because of rig mobility.
In recent years, there has been increased emphasis by oil companies on exploring for hydrocarbons in deeper waters. This is, in part, because of technological developments that have made such exploration more feasible and cost-effective. The deepwater and mid-depth market segments are serviced by our semisubmersibles and drillships. The deepwater market segment begins in water depths of about 2,000 feet and extends to the maximum water depths in which rigs are currently capable of drilling, being approximately 10,000 feet. The mid-depth market segment begins in water depths of about 300 feet and extends to water depths of about 2,000 feet.
The shallow water market segment is serviced by our jackups, submersibles and drilling tenders. This market segment begins at the outer limit of the transition zone and extends to water depths of about 300 feet. It has been developed to a significantly greater degree than the deepwater market segment, as technology required to explore for and produce hydrocarbons in these water depths is not as demanding as in the deepwater market segment, and accordingly the costs are lower.
Our barge rig fleet operates in marshes, rivers, lakes and shallow bay and coastal water areas that are referred to as the "transition zone." Our principal barge market segment is the shallow water areas of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. This area historically has been the world's largest market segment for barge rigs. International market segments for our barge rigs include West Africa and Southeast Asia.
We conduct land rig operations in Venezuela. Although in early 2001 we announced our intent to sell this business, weakened market conditions led us to decide to continue to operate the Venezuelan business and reassess our plan at some point in the future.
Management Services
We use our engineering and operating expertise to provide management of third party drilling service activities. These services are provided through service teams generally consisting of Company personnel and third-party subcontractors, with the Company frequently serving as lead contractor. The work generally consists of individual contractual agreements to meet specific client needs and may be provided on either a dayrate or fixed price basis. As of March 1, 2002, we performed such services only in the North Sea.
Drilling Contracts
Our contracts to provide offshore drilling services are individually negotiated and vary in their terms and provisions. We obtain most of our contracts through competitive bidding against other contractors. Drilling contracts generally provide for payment on a dayrate basis, with higher rates while the drilling unit is operating and lower rates for periods of mobilization or when drilling operations are interrupted or restricted by equipment breakdowns, adverse environmental conditions or other conditions beyond our control.
A dayrate drilling contract generally extends over a period of time covering either the drilling of a single well or group of wells or covering a stated term. These contracts typically can be terminated by the client under various circumstances such as the loss or destruction of the drilling unit or the suspension of drilling operations for a specified period of time as a result of a breakdown of major equipment. The contract term in some instances may be extended by the client exercising options for the drilling of additional wells or for an additional term, or by exercising a right of first refusal. In reaction to depressed market conditions, our clients may seek renegotiation of firm drilling contracts to reduce their obligations or may seek to suspend or terminate their contracts. Some drilling contracts permit the customer to terminate the contract at the customer's option without paying a termination fee. Suspension of drilling contracts results in loss of the dayrate for the period of the suspension. If our customers cancel some of our significant contracts and we are unable to secure new contracts on substantially similar terms, or if contracts are suspended for an extended period of time, it could adversely affect our results of operations.
The Company and Statoil are parties to a cooperation agreement extending through 2005. However, only two semisubmersibles, the Transocean Prospect and Transocean Searcher, remain subject to the agreement.
Significant Clients
During the past five years, we have engaged in offshore drilling for most of the leading international oil companies (or their affiliates) in the world, as well as for many government-controlled and independent oil companies. Principal clients included BP, Petrobras, the Royal Dutch Shell Group, Statoil, ChevronTexaco, TotalFinaElf, Woodside, Unocal and Norsk Hydro. Our largest unaffiliated clients in 2001 were BP and Petrobras accounting for 12.3 percent and 10.9 percent, respectively, of our 2001 operating revenues. No other unaffiliated client accounted for 10 percent or more of our 2001 operating revenues (see Note 17 to our consolidated financial statements). The loss of any of these significant clients could, at least in the short term, have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
Industry Conditions and Competition
Our business depends on the level of activity in oil and gas exploration, development and production in market segments worldwide, with the U.S. and international offshore and U.S. inland marine areas being our primary market segments. Oil and gas prices and market expectations of potential changes in these prices significantly affect this level of activity. Worldwide military, political and economic events have contributed to oil and gas price volatility and are likely to do so in the future. Oil and gas prices are extremely volatile and are affected by numerous factors, including worldwide demand for oil and gas, the ability of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (commonly called "OPEC") to set and maintain production levels and pricing, the level of production in non-OPEC countries, the policies of the various governments regarding exploration and development of their oil and gas reserves, advances in exploration and development technology and the worldwide military and political environment, including uncertainty or instability resulting from an escalation or additional outbreak of armed hostilities or other crisis in the Middle East or other geographic areas in which we operate or further acts of terrorism in the United States, or elsewhere.
The offshore and inland marine contract drilling industry is highly competitive with numerous industry participants, none of which has a dominant market share. Drilling contracts are traditionally awarded on a competitive bid basis. Intense price competition is often the primary factor in determining which qualified contractor is awarded a job, although rig availability and the quality and technical capability of service and equipment may also be considered. Recent mergers among oil and natural gas exploration and production companies have reduced the number of available customers.
Our industry has historically been cyclical and may be impacted by oil and gas price levels and volatility. There have been periods of high demand, short rig supply and high dayrates, followed by periods of low demand, excess rig supply and low dayrates. Changes in commodity prices can have a dramatic effect on rig demand, and periods of excess rig supply intensify the competition in the industry and often result in rigs being idle for long periods of time. We may be required to idle rigs or enter into lower rate contracts in response to market conditions in the future. See "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Outlook."
We require highly skilled personnel to operate and provide technical services and support for our drilling units. To the extent that demand for drilling services and the size of the worldwide industry fleet increase, shortages of qualified personnel could arise, creating upward pressure on wages.
Operating Risks
Our operations are subject to the usual hazards inherent in the drilling of offshore oil and gas wells, such as blowouts, reservoir damage, loss of production, loss of well control, punchthroughs, cratering or fires. The occurrence of these events could result in the suspension of drilling operations, damage to or destruction of the equipment involved and injury to or death of rig personnel. We are also subject to personal injury and other claims of rig personnel as a result of its drilling operations. Operations also may be suspended because of machinery breakdowns, abnormal drilling conditions, failure of subcontractors to perform or supply goods or services or personnel shortages. In addition, offshore drilling operations are subject to perils peculiar to marine operations, including capsizing, grounding, collision and loss or damage from severe weather. Damage to the environment could also result from our operations, particularly through oil spillage or extensive uncontrolled fires. We are also subject to property, environmental and other damage claims.
We maintain broad insurance coverage, including insurance against general and marine third-party liabilities. Our offshore drilling equipment is covered by physical damage insurance policies, which cover against marine and other perils, including losses due to capsizing, grounding, collision, fire, lightning, hurricanes, wind, storms, action of waves, punchthroughs, cratering, blowouts, explosions and war risks. We also carry employer's liability and other insurance customary in the offshore contract drilling business. We do not normally carry loss of hire or business interruption insurance.
Consistent with standard industry practice, our clients generally assume, and indemnify us against, well control and subsurface risks under dayrate contracts. These risks are those associated with the loss of control of a well, such as blowout or cratering, the cost to regain control or redrill the well and associated pollution. However, there can be no assurance that these clients will necessarily be financially able to indemnify us against all these risks.
We believe we are adequately insured in accordance with industry standards against normal risks in our operations; however, such insurance coverage may not in all situations provide sufficient funds to protect us from all liabilities that could result from our drilling operations. Although our current practice is to insure the majority of our drilling units for their approximate net book value, our insurance would not completely cover the costs that would be required to replace certain of our
units, including certain high-specification semisubmersibles and drillships. Moreover, our insurance coverage in most cases does not protect against loss of revenues. Accordingly, the occurrence of a casualty or loss against which we are not fully insured could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations. See "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Other Factors Affecting Operating Results" regarding the effects of the September 11th attacks.
We are subject to liability under various environmental laws and regulations. See "-Regulation." We have generally been able to obtain some degree of contractual indemnification pursuant to which our clients agree to protect and indemnify us against liability for pollution, well and environmental damages; however, there is no assurance that we can obtain such indemnities in all of our contracts or that, in the event of extensive pollution and environmental damages, the clients will have the financial capability to fulfill their contractual obligations to us. Also, these indemnities may not be enforceable in all instances. For some contracts where the risk allocation or counterparty risk exposure is considered high, we can purchase additional insurance such as "operators extra expense insurance" against well control risks.
We completed our newbuild program in 2001 with the delivery of one high-specification drillship and four high-specification semisubmersibles. We have experienced some start-up difficulties with most of our newbuild rigs, which can affect downtime and operating revenues. While we expect our newbuild rig fleet to operate with average downtime comparable to industry norms, there can be no assurance that future operational problems will not arise. Should problems occur which cause significant downtime or significantly affect a newbuild rig's performance or safety, our clients may attempt to terminate or suspend the drilling contract, particularly any of the long-term contracts associated with most of the newbuild rigs. In the event of termination of a drilling contract for one of these rigs, it is unlikely that we would be able to secure a replacement contract on as favorable terms.
International Operations
Our operations are geographically dispersed in oil and gas exploration and development areas throughout the world. Because our drilling rigs are mobile assets and are able to be moved according to prevailing market conditions, we cannot predict the percentage of our revenues that will be derived from particular geographic or political areas in future periods.
Our operations are subject to certain political and other uncertainties, including risks of war and civil disturbances or other events that disrupt markets, expropriation of equipment, inability to repatriate income or capital, changing taxation policies and the general hazards associated with governmental sovereignty over certain areas in which operations are conducted. We are protected to a substantial extent against capital loss, but generally not loss of revenue, from most of such risks through insurance, indemnity provisions in our drilling contracts, or both. The necessity of insurance coverage for risks associated with political unrest, expropriation and environmental remediation for operating areas not covered under our existing insurance policies is evaluated on an individual contract basis. As of March 1, 2002, all areas in which we were operating were covered by existing insurance policies. Although we maintain insurance in the areas in which we operate, pollution and environmental risks generally are not fully insurable. If a significant accident or other event occurs and is not fully covered by insurance or a recoverable indemnity from a client, it could adversely affect our consolidated results of operations.
Our operations are also subject to significant government regulation. Some governments favor or effectively require the awarding of drilling contracts to local contractors or require foreign contractors to employ citizens of, or purchase supplies from, a particular jurisdiction. These practices may adversely affect our ability to compete in these jurisdictions. We expect to continue to structure our operations in order to remain competitive in the international markets.
Another risk inherent in our operations is the possibility of currency exchange losses where revenues are received and expenses are paid in nonconvertible currencies. We may also incur losses as a result of an inability to collect revenues because of a shortage of convertible currency available to the country of operations. We seek to limit these risks by structuring contracts such that compensation is made in freely convertible currencies and, to the extent possible, by limiting acceptance of blocked currencies to amounts that match its expense requirements in local currency. See "Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk-Foreign Exchange Risk."
Regulation
Our operations are affected from time to time in varying degrees by governmental laws and regulations. The drilling industry is dependent on demand for services from the oil and gas exploration industry and, accordingly, is affected by changing tax and other laws relating to the energy business generally.
International contract drilling operations are subject to various laws and regulations in countries in which we operate, including laws and regulations relating to the equipping and operation of drilling units, currency conversions and repatriation, oil and gas exploration and development, taxation of offshore earnings and earnings of expatriate personnel and use of local employees and suppliers by foreign contractors. Governments in some foreign countries have become increasingly active in regulating and controlling the ownership of concessions and companies holding concessions, the exportation of oil and gas and other aspects of the oil and gas industries in their countries. In addition, government action, including initiatives by OPEC, may continue to cause oil price volatility. In some areas of the world, this governmental activity has adversely affected the amount of exploration and development work done by major oil companies and may continue to do so.
In the U.S., regulations applicable to our operations include certain regulations controlling the discharge of materials into the environment, requiring removal and cleanup of materials that may harm the environment or otherwise relating to the protection of the environment. For example, we, as an operator of mobile offshore drilling units in navigable United States waters and certain offshore areas, may be liable for damages and costs incurred in connection with oil spills for which we are held responsible, subject to certain limitations. Laws and regulations protecting the environment have become more stringent, and may in certain circumstances impose "strict liability," rendering a person liable for environmental damage without regard to negligence or fault on the part of such person. Some of these laws and regulations may expose us to liability for the conduct of or conditions caused by others, or for our acts which were in compliance with all applicable laws at the time such acts were performed. The application of these requirements or the adoption of new requirements could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position and results of operations.
The U.S. Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ("OPA") and related regulations impose a variety of requirements on "responsible parties" related to the prevention of oil spills and liability for damages resulting from such spills. Few defenses exist to the liability imposed by OPA, and such liability could be substantial. Failure to comply with ongoing requirements or inadequate cooperation in a spill event could subject a responsible party to civil or criminal enforcement action.
The U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act authorizes regulations relating to safety and environmental protection applicable to lessees and permittees operating on the Outer Continental Shelf. Specific design and operational standards may apply to Outer Continental Shelf vessels, rigs, platforms, vehicles and structures. Violations of environmental related lease conditions or regulations issued pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act can result in substantial civil and criminal penalties, as well as potential court injunctions curtailing operations and canceling leases. Such enforcement liabilities can result from either governmental or citizen prosecution.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), also known as the "Superfund" law, imposes liability without regard to fault or the legality of the original conduct on some classes of persons that are considered to have contributed to the release of a "hazardous substance" into the environment. These persons include the owner or operator of a facility where a release occurred and companies that disposed or arranged for the disposal of the hazardous substances found at a particular site. Persons who are or were responsible for releases of hazardous substances under CERCLA may be subject to joint and several liability for the costs of cleaning up the hazardous substances that have been released into the environment and for damages to natural resources. It is not uncommon for third parties to file claims for personal injury and property damage allegedly caused by the hazardous substances released into the environment. We could be subject to liability under CERCLA principally in connection with our onshore activities.
Certain of the other countries in whose waters we are presently operating or may operate in the future have regulations covering the discharge of oil and other contaminants in connection with drilling operations.
Although significant capital expenditures may be required to comply with these governmental laws and regulations, such compliance has not materially adversely affected the earnings or competitive position.
Employees
As of March 1, 2002, we had approximately 14,260 employees, including approximately 2,160 persons contracted through contract labor providers. We require highly skilled personnel to operate our drilling units. As a result, we conduct extensive personnel recruiting, training and safety programs.
On March 1, 2002, we had approximately 13 percent of our employees worldwide working under collective bargaining agreements, most of whom were working in Norway, Nigeria, Brazil and Venezuela. Of these represented employees, a majority are working under agreements that are subject to salary negotiation in 2002. In addition, we have signed a recognition agreement requiring negotiation with a labor union representing employees in the U.K. These negotiations, which are expected to commence in the second quarter of 2002, could lead to collective bargaining agreements covering these employees, which could result in higher personnel expenses, other increased costs or increased operating restrictions.
ITEM 2. Properties
The description of our property included under "Item 1. Business" is incorporated by reference herein.
We maintain offices, land bases and other facilities worldwide, including our principal executive offices in Houston, Texas and regional operational offices in the U.S., Brazil, U.K., Norway, France, Dubai and Indonesia. Our remaining offices and bases are located in various countries in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. We lease most of these facilities.
The Company acquired R&B Falcon's oil and gas business in the merger described under "Item 1. Business." The business is operated primarily through R&B Falcon's majority-owned subsidiary Reading & Bates Development Co. ("Devco"). Devco owns an 11 percent working interest in production sharing contracts covering approximately 3.1 million acres in deepwater offshore Gabon, West Africa. A subsidiary of TotalFinaElf is the operator. A 4,400 square kilometer 3-D seismic program was shot in 1999. Processing of the seismic data commenced in late 1999, and interpretation continued through 2000. A four well exploration drilling program, in which the Company was fully carried, was completed in December 2001. To date, the operator has not released substantive drilling results. In January 2001, R&B Falcon purchased for $34.7 million the approximately 13.6 percent minority interest in Devco which was owned by former directors and employees of R&B Falcon and directors and employees of Devco (including current director of the Company Paul B. Loyd, Jr. and former director Charles A. Donabedian). In connection with the purchase, a $0.3 million bonus was paid to Richard A. Pattarozzi, a current director of the Company. The purchase price was based on a valuation by a third-party advisor.
ITEM 3. Legal Proceedings
In 1990 and 1991, two of the Company's subsidiaries were served with various assessments collectively valued at approximately $7 million from the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to collect a municipal tax on services. The Company believes that neither subsidiary is liable for the taxes and has contested the assessments in the Brazilian administrative and court systems. In October 2001, the Brazil Supreme Court rejected the Company's appeal of an adverse lower court's ruling with respect to a June 1991 assessment, which was valued at approximately $6 million. The Company is challenging the assessment in a separate proceeding, which is currently at the trial court level. We have received adverse rulings at various levels in connection with a disputed August 1990 assessment which is still pending before the Brazil Superior Court of Justice. The Company also received an adverse ruling from the Taxpayer's Council in connection with an October 1990 assessment and is appealing the ruling. If the Company's defenses are ultimately unsuccessful, the Company believes that the Brazilian government-controlled oil company, Petrobras, has a contractual obligation to reimburse the Company for municipal tax payments required to be paid by them. The Company does not expect the liability, if any, resulting from these assessments to have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
The Indian Customs Department, Mumbai, filed a "show cause notice" against a subsidiary of the Company and various third parties in July 1999. The show cause notice alleged that the initial entry into India in 1988 and other subsequent movements of the Trident II jackup rig operated by the subsidiary constituted imports and exports for which proper customs procedures were not followed and sought payment of customs duties of approximately $31 million based on an alleged 1998 rig value of $49 million, with interest and penalties, and confiscation of the rig. In January 2000, the Customs Department issued its order, which found that the Company had imported the rig improperly and intentionally concealed the import from the authorities, and directed the Company to pay a redemption fee of approximately $3 million for the rig in lieu of confiscation and to pay penalties of approximately $1 million in addition to the amount of customs duties owed. In February 2000, the Company filed an appeal with the Customs, Excise and Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal ("CEGAT") together with an application to
have the confiscation of the rig stayed pending the outcome of the appeal. In March 2000, the CEGAT ruled on the stay application, directing that the confiscation be stayed pending the appeal. The CEGAT issued its opinion on the Company's appeal on February 2, 2001, and while it found that the rig was imported in 1988 without proper documentation or payment of duties, the redemption fee and penalties were reduced to less than $0.1 million in view of the ambiguity surrounding the import practice at the time and the lack of intentional concealment by the Company. The CEGAT further sustained the Company's position regarding the value of the rig at the time of import as $13 million and ruled that subsequent movements of the rig were not liable to import documentation or duties in view of the prevailing practice of the Customs Department, thus limiting the Company's exposure as to custom duties to approximately $6 million. Following the CEGAT order, the Company tendered payment of redemption, penalty and duty in the amount specified by the order by offset against a $0.6 million deposit and $10.7 million guarantee previously made by the Company. The Customs Department attempted to draw the entire guarantee, alleging the actual duty payable is approximately $22 million based on an interpretation of the CEGAT order that the Company believes is incorrect. This action was stopped by an interim ruling of the High Court, Mumbai on writ petition filed by the Company. Both the Customs Department and the Company filed appeals with the Supreme Court of India against the order of the CEGAT, and both appeals have been admitted. The Company applied for an expedited hearing, which was denied. The Company and its customer agreed to pursue and obtained the issuance of documentation from the Ministry of Petroleum that, if accepted by the Customs Department, would reduce the duty to nil. The agreement with the customer further provides that if this reduction was not obtained by December 31, 2001, the customer would pay the duty up to a limit of $7.7 million. The Customs Department has not accepted the documentation or agreed to refund the duties already paid. The Company has requested the refund from the customer and also intends to pursue the action with the Customs Department. The Company does not expect, in any event, that the ultimate liability, if any, resulting from the matter will have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
In January 2000, a pipeline in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico was damaged by an anchor from one of the Company's drilling rigs while the rig was under tow. The incident resulted in damage to offshore facilities, including a crude oil pipeline, the release of hydrocarbons from the damaged section of the pipeline and the shutdown of the pipeline and allegedly affected production platforms. All appropriate governmental authorities were notified, and the Company cooperated fully with the operator and relevant authorities in support of the remediation efforts. Certain owners and operators of the pipeline (Poseidon Oil Pipeline Company LLC, Equilon Enterprises LLC, Poseidon Pipeline Company, LLC and Marathon Oil Company) filed suit in March 2000 in federal court, Eastern District of Louisiana, alleging various damages in excess of $30 million. A second suit was filed by Walter Oil & Gas Corporation and certain other plaintiffs in Harris County, Texas alleging various damages in excess of $1.8 million, and the Company obtained a summary judgement against Walter Oil & Gas Corporation and Amerada Hess. The Company has filed a limitation of liability proceeding in federal court, Eastern District of Louisiana, claiming benefit of various statutes providing limitation of liability for vessel owners, the result of which has been to stay the first two suits and to cause potential claimants (including the plaintiffs in the existing suits) to file claims in this proceeding. El Paso Energy Corporation, the owner/operator of the platform from which a riser was allegedly damaged, and Texaco Exploration and Production Inc. have filed claims in the limitation of liability proceeding as well. The Company expects that existing insurance will substantially cover any potential liability associated with this matter and that the outcome of this matter will not have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
The Company is a defendant in Bryant, et al. v. R&B Falcon Drilling USA, Inc., et al. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. R&B Falcon Drilling USA is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of R&B Falcon. In this suit, the plaintiffs allege that R&B Falcon Drilling USA, the Company and a number of other offshore drilling contractors with operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico have engaged in a conspiracy to depress wages and benefits paid to certain of their offshore employees. The plaintiffs contend that this alleged conduct violates federal antitrust law and constitutes unfair trade practices and wrongful employment acts under state law. The plaintiffs sought treble damages, attorneys' fees and costs on behalf of themselves and an alleged class of offshore workers, along with an injunction against exchanging certain wage and benefit information with other offshore drilling contractors named as defendants. In May 2001, the Company reached an agreement in principle with the plaintiffs' counsel to settle all claims, pending Court approval of the settlement. In July 2001, before the Court had considered the proposed settlement, the case, along with a number of unrelated cases also pending in the federal court in Galveston, was transferred to a federal judge sitting in Houston as a docket equalization measure. The judge has granted preliminary approval of the proposed settlement, and the parties are in the process of notifying class members. The terms of the settlement have been reflected in the Company's results of operations for the first quarter of 2001. The settlement did not have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
In November 1988, a lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia against Reading & Bates Coal Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of R&B Falcon, by SCW Associates, Inc. claiming breach of an alleged agreement to purchase the stock of Belva Coal Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reading & Bates Coal Co. with coal properties in West Virginia. When those coal properties were sold in July 1989 as part of the disposition of R&B Falcon's coal
operations, the purchasing joint venture indemnified Reading & Bates Coal Co. and R&B Falcon against any liability Reading & Bates Coal Co. might incur as a result of this litigation. A judgment for the plaintiff of $32,000 entered in February 1991 was satisfied and Reading & Bates Coal Co. was indemnified by the purchasing joint venture. On October 31, 1990, SCW Associates, Inc., the plaintiff in the above-referenced action, filed a separate ancillary action in the Circuit Court, Kanawha County, West Virginia against R&B Falcon, Caymen Coal, Inc. (the former owner of R&B Falcon's West Virginia coal properties), as well as the joint venture, Mr. William B. Sturgill (the former President of Reading & Bates Coal Co.) personally, three other companies in which the Company believes Mr. Sturgill holds an equity interest, two employees of the joint venture, First National Bank of Chicago and First Capital Corporation. The lawsuit seeks to recover compensatory damages of $50 million and punitive damages of $50 million for alleged tortuous interference with the contractual rights of the plaintiff and to impose a constructive trust on the proceeds of the use and/or sale of the assets of Caymen Coal, Inc. as they existed on October 15, 1988. Currently, the case is pending review by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on a certification of a question of law as to whether denial of the Company's motion for summary judgement was appropriate, and discovery is proceeding. The Company intends to defend its interests vigorously and believes that the damages alleged by the plaintiff in this action are highly exaggerated. In any event, the Company believes that it has valid defenses and does not expect that the ultimate outcome of this case will have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
In December 1998, Mobil North Sea Limited ("Mobil") purportedly terminated its contract for use of the Jack Bates based on failure of two mooring lines while anchor recovery operations at a Mobil well location had been suspended during heavy weather. The Company did not believe that Mobil had the right to terminate this contract. The Company later recontracted the Jack Bates to Mobil at a lower dayrate. The Company filed a request for arbitration with the London Court of International Arbitration seeking damages for the termination, and Mobil in turn counterclaimed against the Company seeking damages for the Company's alleged breaches of the original contract. The arbitrators ruled that Mobil did have the right to terminate the contract, and the counterclaim against the Company is proceeding. The Company does not expect that the ultimate outcome of this case will have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
In March 1997, an action was filed by Mobil Exploration and Producing U.S. Inc. and affiliates, St. Mary Land & Exploration Company and affiliates and Samuel Geary and Associates, Inc. against Cliffs Drilling, its underwriters and insurance broker in the 16th Judicial District Court of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. The plaintiffs alleged damages amounting to in excess of $50 million in connection with the drilling of a turnkey well in 1995 and 1996. The case was tried before a jury in January and February 2000, and the jury returned a verdict of approximately $30 million in favor of the plaintiffs for excess drilling costs, loss of insurance proceeds, loss of hydrocarbons and interest. The Company is in the process of preparing its appeal of such judgment. The Company believes that all but potentially the portion of the verdict representing excess drilling costs of approximately $4.7 million is covered by relevant primary and excess liability insurance policies of Cliffs Drilling; however, the insurers and underwriters have denied coverage. Cliffs Drilling has instituted litigation against those insurers and underwriters to enforce its rights under the relevant policies. The Company does not expect that the ultimate outcome of this case will have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
In October 2001, the Company was notified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") that the EPA had identified a subsidiary of the Company as a potentially responsible party in connection with the Palmer Barge Line superfund site located in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas. Based upon the information provided by the EPA and the Company's review of its internal records to date, the Company disputes its designation as a potentially responsible party and does not expect that the ultimate outcome of this case will have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
The Company and its subsidiaries are involved in a number of other lawsuits, all of which have arisen in the ordinary course of the Company's business. The Company does not believe that ultimate liability, if any, resulting from any such other pending litigation will have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
The Company cannot predict with certainty the outcome or effect of any of the litigation matters specifically described above or of any such other pending litigation. There can be no assurance that the Company's belief or expectations as to the outcome or effect of any lawsuit or other litigation matter will prove correct and the eventual outcome of these matters could materially differ from management's current estimates.
ITEM 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Company did not submit any matter to a vote of its security holders during the fourth quarter of 2001.
Executive Officers of the Registrant
AGE AS OF OFFICER OFFICE MARCH 1, 2002 -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- J. Michael Talbert . . . . Chief Executive Officer and Director 55 Robert L. Long . . . . . . President 56 W. Dennis Heagney. . . . . Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer 54 Jean P. Cahuzac. . . . . . Executive Vice President, Operations 48 Jon C. Cole. . . . . . . . Executive Vice President, Shallow Water and Inland Water Operations 49 Donald R. Ray. . . . . . . Executive Vice President, Technical Services 55 Eric B. Brown. . . . . . . Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary 50 Gregory L. Cauthen . . . . Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 44 Barbara S. Koucouthakis. . Vice President and Chief Information Officer 43 Ricardo H. Rosa. . . . . . Vice President and Controller 45 Jurgen Sager . . . . . . . Vice President, Human Resources 43 Brian C. Voegele . . . . . Vice President, Tax 42 Michael I. Unsworth. . . . Vice President, Marketing 43 |
The officers of the Company are elected annually by the Board of Directors. There is no family relationship between any of the above-named executive officers.
J. Michael Talbert has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since August 1994. Mr. Talbert also served as Chairman of the Board of the Company from August 1994 until the time of the Sedco Forex merger and as President of the Company from the time of such merger until December 2001. Mr. Talbert is also a director of Equitable Resources, Inc. Prior to assuming his duties with the Company, Mr. Talbert was President and Chief Executive Officer of Lone Star Gas Company, a natural gas distribution company and a division of Ensearch Corporation.
Robert L. Long is President of the Company. Mr. Long served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company from August 1996 until December 2001. Mr. Long served as Senior Vice President of the Company from May 1990 until the time of the Sedco Forex merger, at which time he assumed the position of Executive Vice President. Mr. Long also served as Treasurer of the Company from September 1997 until March 2001. Mr. Long has been employed by the Company since 1976 and was elected Vice President in 1987.
W. Dennis Heagney is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Mr. Heagney served as a director of the Company from June 1997 and President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from April 1986 until the time of the Sedco Forex merger, at which time he assumed the positions of Executive Vice President and President, Asia and the Americas. He assumed his current position in February 2001. He has been employed by the Company since 1969 and was elected Vice President in 1983 and Senior Vice President in 1984.
Jean P. Cahuzac is Executive Vice President, Operations of the Company. Mr. Cahuzac served as President of Sedco Forex from January 1999 until the time of the Sedco Forex merger, at which time he assumed the positions of Executive Vice President and President, Europe, Middle East and Africa with the Company. He assumed his current position in February 2001. Mr. Cahuzac served as Vice President-Operations Manager of Sedco Forex from May 1998 to January 1999, Region Manager-Europe, Africa and CIS of Sedco Forex from September 1994 to May 1998 and Vice President/General Manager-North Sea Region of Sedco Forex from February 1994 to September 1994. He had been employed by Schlumberger since 1979.
Jon C. Cole is Executive Vice President, Shallow Water and Inland Water Operations of the Company. Mr. Cole served as Senior Vice President of the Company from April 1993 until the time of the Sedco Forex merger, at which time he assumed the position of Executive Vice President, Marketing. He assumed his current position in February 2001. Mr. Cole joined the Company in 1977 and was elected Vice President in 1990.
Donald R. Ray is Executive Vice President, Technical Services of the Company. Mr. Ray served as Senior Vice President of the Company, with responsibility for technical services, from December 1996 until the time of the Sedco Forex merger, at
which time he assumed the position of Senior Vice President, Technical Services. He assumed his current position in February 2001. Mr. Ray has been employed by the Company since 1972 and has served as a Vice President of the Company since 1986.
Eric B. Brown is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company. He served as Vice President and General Counsel of the Company since February 1995 and Corporate Secretary of the Company since September 1995. He assumed his current position in February 2001. Prior to assuming his duties with the Company, Mr. Brown served as General Counsel of Coastal Gas Marketing Company.
Gregory L. Cauthen is Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Mr. Cauthen assumed his current position in December 2001. Prior to joining the Company, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of WebCaskets.com, Inc. from June 2000 until February 2001. Previously he served as Senior Vice President, Financial Services at Service Corporation International where he had been employed in various positions since February 1991.
Barbara S. Koucouthakis is Vice President and Chief Information Officer of the Company. Ms. Koucouthakis served as Controller of the Company from January 1990 and Vice President from April 1993 until the time of the Sedco Forex merger, at which time she assumed her current position. She has been employed by the Company since 1982.
Ricardo H. Rosa is Vice President and Controller of the Company. Mr. Rosa served as Controller of Sedco Forex from September 1995 until the time of the Sedco Forex merger, at which time he assumed his current position with the Company. Mr. Rosa had been employed in various positions by Schlumberger since 1983. Prior to joining Schlumberger in 1983, he served as an Audit Manager for the accounting firm, Price Waterhouse.
Jurgen Sager is Vice President, Human Resources of the Company. Mr. Sager previously served as Director, Corporate Planning for the Company from February 2000 until February 2001, and President of Transocean Petroleum Technology, the Company's coiled tubing business, from February 1998 to February 2000, prior to which he served as Manager, Worldwide Drilling Services. He assumed his current position in May 2001. Mr. Sager has been employed by the Company since 1985.
Brian C. Voegele is Vice President, Tax of the Company. Mr. Voegele served as Vice President, Finance from March 1998 until March 2001 at which time he assumed his current position with the Company. Previously, he served as Director of Tax for the Company from June 1993. Prior to joining the Company in 1993, he served as Tax Manager for Sonat Inc. and as a Tax Manager for the accounting firm, Ernst & Young LLP.
Michael I. Unsworth is Vice President, Marketing of the Company. Mr. Unsworth served as Region Manager, Asia for the Company from the time of the Sedco Forex merger until February 2001, at which time he assumed his present position with the Company. Previously, he served as Region Manager, Asia for Sedco Forex from 1998 through 1999 and had been employed in various marketing and management positions by Schlumberger since 1981.
PART II
ITEM 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Shareholder
Matters
Our ordinary shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") under the symbol "RIG." The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices of our ordinary shares for the periods indicated as reported on the NYSE Composite Tape.
PRICE ---------------- HIGH LOW ------- ------- 2000 First Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $53.125 $29.250 Second Quarter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.188 41.250 Third Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.625 45.625 Fourth Quarter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.500 34.375 2001 First Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $54.500 $40.600 Second Quarter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.690 40.350 Third Quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.680 23.050 Fourth Quarter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.220 24.200 2002 First Quarter (through February 28) . . . . . . . . . . . $33.460 $26.510 |
On February 28, 2002, the last reported sales price of our ordinary shares on the NYSE Composite Tape was $28.01 per share. On such date, there were approximately 25,911 holders of record of the Company's ordinary shares and 319,131,115 ordinary shares outstanding.
We have paid quarterly cash dividends of $0.03 per ordinary share since the
fourth quarter of 1993. Any future declaration and payment of dividends will be
(i) dependent upon our results of operations, financial condition, cash
requirements and other relevant factors, (ii) subject to the discretion of the
Board of Directors, (iii) subject to restrictions contained in our bank credit
agreements and note purchase agreement and (iv) payable only out of our profits
or share premium account in accordance with Cayman Islands law.
There is currently no reciprocal tax treaty between the Cayman Islands and the United States regarding withholding.
ITEM 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data
The selected consolidated financial data as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein. The selected consolidated financial data as of December 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, and for the years ended December 31, 1998 and 1997 has been derived from audited consolidated financial statements not included herein. The following data should be read in conjunction with "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included under "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data."
On January 31, 2001, we completed a merger transaction with R&B Falcon. As a result of the merger, R&B Falcon became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of us. The merger was accounted for as a purchase and we were treated as the accounting acquiror. The balance sheet data as of December 31, 2001 represents the consolidated financial position of the combined company. The statement of operations and other financial data for the year ended December 31, 2001 include eleven months of operating results and cash flows for R&B Falcon.
On December 31, 1999, the merger of Transocean Offshore Inc. and Sedco Forex was completed. Sedco Forex was the offshore contract drilling service business of Schlumberger and was spun-off immediately prior to the merger transaction. As a result of the merger, Sedco Forex became a wholly owned subsidiary of Transocean Offshore Inc., which changed its name to
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. The merger was accounted for as a purchase with Sedco Forex treated as the accounting acquiror. The balance sheet data as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the statement of operations and other financial data for the year ended December 31, 2000 represent the consolidated financial position, cash flows and results of operations of the merged company. The balance sheet data, statement of operations and other financial data for the periods prior to the merger, represent the financial position, cash flows and results of operations of Sedco Forex and not those of historical Transocean Offshore Inc.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------------------------------------------------ 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 ------- ------ ------ ------ ------ (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS Operating revenues. . . . . . . . . . $ 2,820 $1,230 $ 648 $1,091 $ 891 Operating income. . . . . . . . . . . 550 133 49 377 299 Income before extraordinary items . . 272 107 58 342 260 Earnings per share Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.88 $ 0.51 $ 0.53 (a) $ 3.12 (a) $ 2.38 (a) Diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.86 $ 0.50 $ 0.53 (a) $ 3.12 (a) $ 2.38 (a) OTHER FINANCIAL DATA Cash flows from operating activities. $ 567 $ 196 $ 241 $ 473 $ 318 Capital expenditures. . . . . . . . . 506 575 537 425 187 EBITDA (b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,191 401 186 508 420 BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT END OF PERIOD) Total assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,020 $6,359 $6,140 $1,473 $1,051 Total debt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,024 1,453 1,266 100 160 Total equity. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,910 4,004 3,910 564 363 Dividends per share . . . . . . . . . $ 0.12 $ 0.12 - - - -------------------- (a) Unaudited pro forma earnings per share was calculated using the Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. ordinary shares issued pursuant to the Sedco Forex merger agreement and the dilutive effect of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. stock options granted to former Sedco Forex employees at the time of the Sedco Forex merger, as applicable. (b) Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") is presented here because it is a widely accepted financial indication of a company's ability to incur and service debt. EBITDA measures presented may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. EBITDA is not a measurement presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") and is not intended to be used in lieu of GAAP presentations of results of consolidated operations and cash provided by operating activities. |
ITEM 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following information should be read in conjunction with the information contained in the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included under "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" elsewhere in this annual report.
Overview
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. (together with its subsidiaries and predecessors, unless the context requires otherwise, the "Company," "we," "us" or "our") is a leading international provider of offshore and inland marine contract drilling services for oil and gas wells. As of March 1, 2002, we owned, had partial ownership interests in or operated more than 160 mobile offshore and barge drilling units. As of this date, our active fleet consisted of 31 high-specification drillships and semisubmersibles ("floaters"), 30 other floaters, 54 jackup rigs, 35 drilling barges, four tenders and three submersible drilling rigs. In addition, the fleet includes a platform drilling rig, as well as 10 land drilling rigs in Venezuela. We contract our drilling rigs, related equipment and work crews primarily on a dayrate basis to drill oil and gas wells. We also provide additional services, including management of third-party well service activities.
On January 31, 2001, we completed a merger transaction with R&B Falcon Corporation ("R&B Falcon"). At the time of the merger, R&B Falcon owned, had partial ownership interests in, operated or had under construction more than 100 mobile offshore drilling units and other units utilized in the support of offshore drilling activities. As a result of the merger, R&B Falcon became our indirect wholly owned subsidiary. The merger was accounted for as a purchase and we were the accounting acquiror. The consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2001 represents the consolidated financial position of the combined company. The consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2001 include eleven months of operating results and cash flows for R&B Falcon.
On December 31, 1999, the merger of Transocean Offshore Inc. and Sedco Forex Holdings Limited ("Sedco Forex") was completed. Sedco Forex was the offshore contract drilling service business of Schlumberger Limited ("Schlumberger") and was spun-off immediately prior to the merger transaction. At the time of the merger, Sedco Forex owned, had partial ownership interests in, operated or had under construction 44 mobile offshore drilling units. As a result of the merger, Sedco Forex became a wholly owned subsidiary of Transocean Offshore Inc., which changed its name to Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. The merger was accounted for as a purchase with Sedco Forex as the accounting acquiror. The consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 and the consolidated statements of cash flows and operations for the year ended December 31, 2000 represent the financial position, cash flows and results of operations of the merged company. The consolidated statements of cash flows and operations for the year ended December 31, 1999 represent the cash flows and results of operations of Sedco Forex and not those of historical Transocean Offshore Inc.
Prior to the R&B Falcon merger, we operated in one industry segment. As a result of acquiring shallow and inland water drilling units in the R&B Falcon merger, our operations have been aggregated into two reportable segments: (i) International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services and (ii) Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water. The International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services segment consists of high-specification floaters, other floaters, non-U.S. jackups, other mobile offshore and land drilling units, other assets used in support of offshore drilling activities and other offshore support services. The Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water segment consists of the Gulf of Mexico jackups and submersible drilling rigs and the U.S. inland drilling barges. Effective January 1, 2002, our operations in Venezuela became a part of our Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water segment.
Critical Accounting Policies And Estimates
Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to bad debts, materials and supplies obsolescence, investments, intangible assets and goodwill, income taxes, financing operations, workers' insurance, pensions and other post-retirement and employment benefits and contingent liabilities. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
We believe the following are our most critical accounting policies. These policies require significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.
Allowance for doubtful accounts - We establish reserves for doubtful accounts on a case-by-case basis when we believe the required payment of specific amounts owed to us is unlikely to occur. We derive a majority of our revenue from services to international oil companies and government-owned or government-controlled oil companies. Our receivables are concentrated in various countries. We generally do not require collateral or other security to support customer receivables. If the financial condition of our customers was to deteriorate or their access to freely convertible currency was restricted, resulting in impairment of their ability to make the required payments, additional allowances may be required.
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets - We record a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. While we have considered future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in assessing the need for the valuation allowance, should we determine that we would be able to realize our deferred tax assets in the future in excess of our net recorded amount, an adjustment to the valuation allowance would increase income in the period such determination was made. Likewise, should we determine that we would not be able to realize all or part of our net deferred tax asset in the future, an adjustment to the valuation allowance would reduce income in the period such determination was made.
Goodwill impairment - We review the carrying value of goodwill when facts and circumstances, such as a decline in quoted market value of our ordinary shares, suggest an other than temporary decline in the recorded value. Effective January 1, 2002, we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") 142, Goodwill and Other Intangibles. As a result of this statement, we will no longer amortize goodwill but will perform an initial test of impairment and then assess goodwill for impairment at least annually thereafter. Because our business is cyclical in nature, goodwill could be significantly impaired depending on when in the business cycle the assessment is performed.
Contingent liabilities - We establish reserves for estimated loss contingencies when we believe a loss is probable and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Revisions to contingent liabilities are reflected in income in the period in which different facts or information become known or circumstances change that affect our previous assumptions with respect to the likelihood or amount of loss. Reserves for contingent liabilities are based upon our assumptions and estimates regarding the probable outcome of the matter. Should the outcome differ from our assumptions and estimates, revisions to the estimated reserves for contingent liabilities would be required.
Contract preparation and mobilization revenues and expenses - Costs incurred in preparing and mobilizing drilling units for new drilling contracts are deferred from the date we have a firm commitment from the customer and recognized as operating and maintenance expense over the estimated primary term of the drilling contract. Revenues earned during or as a result of the contract preparation and mobilization periods are also deferred and recognized over the estimated primary term of the drilling contract. If a customer was to prematurely terminate the contract, any unamortized deferred costs and revenues would be recognized in the period the contract was terminated.
Historical 2001 compared to 2000
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------------ % 2001 2000 CHANGE CHANGE -------- -------- -------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) OPERATING REVENUES International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,424.1 $1,229.5 $1,194.6 97% Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water. . . . . 396.0 - 396.0 100% -------- -------- -------- ------- $2,820.1 $1,229.5 $1,590.6 129% ======== ======== ======== ======= |
The increase in International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services operating revenues related to R&B Falcon operations of $806.7 million since the R&B Falcon merger, $210.7 million in revenues from four newbuild drilling units placed into service subsequent to September 30, 2000 and one newbuild drilling unit placed into service during September 2000, recognition of $10.7 million related to a recovery from a loss-of-hire claim for an incident that occurred in November 2000 and an increase in activity. Operating revenues relating to historical Transocean Sedco Forex core assets totaled $1,359.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2001, representing a $213.9 million, or 19 percent, increase over the comparable 2000 period. Average dayrates for these core assets increased from $68,300 for the year ended December 31, 2000 to $75,600 for the year ended December 31, 2001 and utilization of these core assets increased from 66 percent for the year ended December 31, 2000 to 79 percent for the year ended December 31, 2001. These increases were partly offset by decreases in comparable revenues attributed to less activity for non-core assets and lower revenue earned from managed rigs no longer operated in 2001. Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2000 included a cash settlement of $25.1 million relating to an agreement with a unit of BP to cancel the remaining 14 months of firm contract time on the semisubmersible Transocean Amirante. The Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water operating revenues were attributable to operations acquired in the R&B Falcon merger.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ---------------- % 2001 2000 CHANGE CHANGE -------- ------ ------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,358.6 $812.6 $ 546.0 67% Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water. . . . . 244.7 - 244.7 100% -------- ------ ------- ------- $1,603.3 $812.6 $ 790.7 97% ======== ====== ======= ======= |
The increase in International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services operating expenses was primarily a result of the R&B Falcon merger, the activation of five newbuild drilling units since the third quarter of 2000 and one newbuild drilling unit that was placed into service during September 2000, offset by $36.3 million related to accelerated amortization of the deferred gain on the Pride North Atlantic (formerly the Drill Star) during the year ended December 31, 2001. See "-Liquidity and Capital Resources-Acquisitions and Dispositions." The Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water operating expenses resulted from operations acquired in the R&B Falcon merger. A large portion of our operating and maintenance expense consists of employee-related costs and is fixed or only semi-variable. Accordingly, operating and maintenance expense does not vary in direct proportion to activity or dayrates.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, -------------- % 2001 2000 CHANGE CHANGE ------ ------ ------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) DEPRECIATION International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $379.2 $232.8 $ 146.4 63% Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water. . . . . 90.9 - 90.9 100% ------ ------ ------- ------- $470.1 $232.8 $ 237.3 102% ====== ====== ======= ======= |
International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services depreciation expense increased primarily due to depreciation expense for the rigs acquired in the R&B Falcon merger and depreciation expense in 2001 for six newbuild drilling units placed into service since the second quarter of 2000. This increase was partially offset by a reduction of approximately $23 million (net $0.07 per diluted share) for the year ended December 31, 2001 as a result of conforming our policies for estimated rig lives in conjunction with the R&B Falcon merger. The Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water depreciation expense resulted from rigs acquired in the R&B Falcon merger.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------- % 2001 2000 CHANGE CHANGE ------ ----- ------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) GOODWILL AMORTIZATION International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $114.2 $26.7 $ 87.5 328% Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water. . . . . 40.7 - 40.7 100% ------ ----- ------- ------- $154.9 $26.7 $ 128.2 480% ====== ===== ======= ======= |
The International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services goodwill amortization expense increase and the Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water goodwill amortization expense resulted from the R&B Falcon merger. See "New Accounting Pronouncements."
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------ % 2001 2000 CHANGE CHANGE ----- ----- ------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE. . . . . $57.9 $42.1 $ 15.8 38% ===== ===== ======= ======= |
The increase in general and administrative expense was primarily attributable to the R&B Falcon merger and reflects the costs to manage a larger and more complex organization.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------- % 2001 2000 CHANGE CHANGE ------- ---- -------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) IMPAIRMENT LOSS ON LONG-LIVED ASSETS International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $(36.3) - $ (36.3) 100% Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water. . . . . (4.1) - (4.1) 100% ------- ---- -------- ------- $(40.4) - $ (40.4) 100% ======= ==== ======== ======= |
Asset impairment charges were recorded in the fourth quarter 2001 and related to certain assets held for sale and certain non-core assets held and used. The impairment resulted from deterioration in current market conditions with the fair value of these assets determined based on projected cash flows, industry knowledge and third-party appraisals.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------ % 2001 2000 CHANGE CHANGE ----- ----- ------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) GAIN FROM SALE OF ASSETS, NET . . . $56.5 $17.8 $ 38.7 217% ===== ===== ======= ======= |
During the year ended December 31, 2001, we recognized a pre-tax gain of $26.3 million related to the sale of RBF FPSO L.P., which owned the Seillean, and $18.5 million related to accelerated amortization of the deferred gain on the sale of the Sedco Explorer. In addition, we recognized a pre-tax gain of $11.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2001 related to sales of certain non-strategic assets acquired in the R&B Falcon merger and certain other assets held for sale. See "-Liquidity and Capital Resources-Acquisitions and Dispositions." During the year ended December 31, 2000, we recognized a pre-tax gain of $12.9 million on the sale of three units, the semisubmersible Transocean Discoverer, the multi-purpose service vessel Mr. John and the tender Searex V.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ---------------- % 2001 2000 CHANGE CHANGE -------- ------ -------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE), NET Equity in earnings of joint ventures . . . . $ 16.5 $ 9.4 $ 7.1 76% Interest income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7 6.2 12.5 202% Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized (223.9) (3.0) (220.9) 7,363% Other, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0.8) (1.3) 0.5 38% -------- ------ -------- ------- $(189.5) $11.3 $(200.8) 1,777% ======== ====== ======== ======= |
The increase in equity in earnings of joint ventures was due primarily to equity in earnings of joint ventures acquired in the R&B Falcon merger. The increase in interest income was primarily due to interest earned on secured contingent notes from a related party acquired as part of the R&B Falcon merger (see "Related Party Transactions") and higher average cash balances for the year ended December 31, 2001 compared to the same period in 2000. The increase in interest expense during 2001 was due to higher debt levels arising from the additional debt assumed in the R&B Falcon merger and additional borrowings to complete newbuild construction projects. Total interest capitalized relating to construction projects was $34.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2001 compared to $86.6 million for the same period in 2000, a decrease of $51.7 million, or 60 percent, resulting from the completion of six newbuild drilling units since the second quarter of 2000.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------ % 2001 2000 CHANGE CHANGE ----- ----- ------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) INCOME TAX EXPENSE $85.7 $36.7 $ 49.0 134% ===== ===== ======= ======= |
We operate internationally and provide for income taxes based on the tax laws and rates in the countries in which we operate and earn income. There is no expected relationship between the provision for income taxes and income before income taxes as more fully described in Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, -------------- % 2001 2000 CHANGE CHANGE ------- ----- -------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) GAIN (LOSS) ON EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS, NET OF TAX $(19.3) $ 1.4 $ (20.7) 1,479% ======= ===== ======== ======= |
During the year ended December 31, 2001, we recognized a $19.3 million extraordinary loss, net of tax, related to the early extinguishment of certain debt as more fully described in Note 8 to our consolidated financial statements. During the year ended December 31, 2000, we recognized a $1.4 million extraordinary gain, net of tax, related to the early extinguishment of certain debt.
HISTORICAL 2000 COMPARED TO 1999
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ---------------- % 2000 1999 CHANGE CHANGE -------- ------ ------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) OPERATING REVENUES $1,229.5 $648.2 $ 581.3 90% ======== ====== ======= ======= |
The increase in operating revenues was primarily a result of the Sedco Forex merger. Operating revenues for the year ended December 31, 2000 included a $25.1 million cash settlement relating to an agreement with a unit of BP to cancel the remaining 14 months of firm contract time on the semisubmersible Transocean Amirante, $21.8 million relating to the Discoverer Spirit, which began operations late in the third quarter of 2000, and $9.3 million relating to the Trident 20, which began operations in the fourth quarter of 2000. Operating revenues relating to former Sedco Forex operations totaled $544.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2000, representing a $103.7 million or 16 percent decrease over the comparable 1999 period. Of the decrease in revenues, $58.0 million related to core assets, which experienced lower average dayrates, declining from $65,500 for the year ended December 31, 1999 to $55,500 for the same period in 2000. Operating revenues for the year ended December 31, 1999 also included $16.0 million of cash settlements related to the cancellation of contracts on the Sovereign Explorer and Trident 17. This was partially offset by an increase in activity, as utilization of core assets increased from 68 percent for the year ended December 31, 1999 to 74 percent for the same period in 2000. The remaining decrease in
comparable revenues was attributed to less activity for non-core assets and lower revenue earned from managed rigs no longer operated in 2000.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, -------------- % 2000 1999 CHANGE CHANGE ------ ------ ------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE $812.6 $448.9 $ 363.7 81% ====== ====== ======= ======= |
The increase in operating and maintenance expense was primarily a result of the Sedco Forex merger. Operating and maintenance expense for the year ended December 31, 2000 included $6.8 million relating to the Discoverer Spirit, which began operations late in the third quarter of 2000, $41.1 million relating to the settlement of an arbitration proceeding with Global Marine Drilling Company ("Global Marine") and a $6.7 million increase in provisions for legal claims. Operating and maintenance expense for the 1999 period included charges totaling $42.0 million relating to severance liabilities, the write-down of obsolete fixed assets and provisions for potential legal claims, $13.4 million relating to provisions for doubtful accounts receivable in West Africa and dayrate contract penalties in Brazil and $56.2 million relating to the allocation of costs by Schlumberger. A large portion of operating and maintenance expense consisted of employee-related costs and is fixed or only semi-variable. Accordingly, operating and maintenance expense does not vary in direct proportion to activity or dayrates.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, -------------- % 2000 1999 CHANGE CHANGE ------ ------ ------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) DEPRECIATION . . . . . . . . . $232.8 $131.9 $ 100.9 76% ====== ====== ======= ======= |
Depreciation expense increased primarily due to the addition of the former Transocean Offshore Inc. rigs and equipment at fair value. Depreciation expense was reduced by approximately $71.9 million (net $0.34 per diluted share) for the year ended December 31, 2000 as a result of conforming our policies relating to estimated rig lives and salvage values after the Sedco Forex merger.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------ % 2000 1999 CHANGE CHANGE ----- ----- ------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) GOODWILL AMORTIZATION . . . . . . . . . $26.7 $ - $ 26.7 100% ===== ===== ======= ======= |
Amortization expense increased due to amortization of goodwill recorded for the year ended December 31, 2000 resulting from the Sedco Forex merger.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------ % 2000 1999 CHANGE CHANGE ----- ----- ------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE . . . . . . . . . $42.1 $16.8 $ 25.3 151% ===== ===== ======= ======= |
General and administrative expense increased primarily as a result of the Sedco Forex merger and reflects the costs to manage a larger, more complex and geographically diverse organization. General and administrative expense for the year ended December 31, 1999 included $8.0 million relating to an allocation of corporate overhead by Schlumberger.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, -------------- % 2000 1999 CHANGE CHANGE ----- ------ ------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) GAIN (LOSS) FROM SALE OF ASSETS, NET . . . . . . . . . $17.8 $(1.3) $ 19.1 1,469% ===== ====== ======= ======= |
During the year ended December 31, 2000, we recognized a pre-tax gain of $12.9 million on the sale of three units, the semisubmersible Transocean Discoverer, the multi-purpose service vessel Mr. John and the tender Searex V. There were no such sales in 1999.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, -------------- % 2000 1999 CHANGE CHANGE ------ ------- -------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE), NET Equity in earnings of joint ventures . . . . $ 9.4 $ 5.6 $ 3.8 68% Interest income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 5.4 0.8 15% Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized (3.0) (10.3) 7.3 71% Other, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1.3) (0.7) (0.6) 86% ------ ------- -------- ------- $11.3 $ - $ 11.3 100% ====== ======= ======== ======= |
The increase in equity in earnings of joint ventures was primarily related to the addition of joint ventures owned by Transocean Offshore Inc. prior to the Sedco Forex merger. Total interest expense was $89.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2000 compared to $37.5 million for 1999, an increase of $52.1 million or 139 percent. The increase during 2000 was due to higher debt levels primarily associated with our newbuild construction projects. Total interest capitalized relating to construction projects was $86.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2000 compared to $27.2 million for 1999, an increase of $59.4 million or 218 percent. Overall, there was a net decrease in interest expense as a greater proportion was capitalized compared to 1999.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------- % 2000 1999 CHANGE CHANGE ----- ------ ------- ------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT % CHANGE) INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT) . . . . . . . . . . .$36.7 $(9.3) $ 46.0 495% ===== ====== ======= ======= |
The income tax benefit for 1999 included a $9.5 million deferred tax benefit relating to charges for potential legal claims and additional U.K. tax loss carryforwards for which no valuation allowance was provided as well as the adjustment of U.K. tax loss carryforwards for prior years. We operate internationally and provide for income taxes based on the tax laws and rates in the countries in which we operate and earn income. There is no expected relationship between the provision for or benefit from income taxes and income before income taxes, as more fully described in Note 12 to our consolidated financial statements.
Financial Condition
December 31, 2001 compared to December 31, 2000
Total assets at December 31, 2001 were $17.0 billion compared to $6.4 billion at December 31, 2000. International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services assets were $14.3 billion at December 31, 2001 compared to $6.4 billion at December 31, 2000, an increase of $7.9 billion, or 123 percent. The increase was primarily due to the addition of R&B Falcon's assets at fair value on January 31, 2001 and goodwill related to the R&B Falcon merger. Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water assets of $2.7 billion were due to the addition of R&B Falcon's assets at fair value on January 31, 2001 and goodwill related to the R&B Falcon merger.
Restructuring Charges
In conjunction with the R&B Falcon merger, we established a liability of $16.5 million for the estimated severance-related costs associated with the involuntary termination of 569 R&B Falcon employees pursuant to management's plan to consolidate operations and administrative functions post-merger. Included in the 569 planned involuntary terminations were 387 employees engaged in our land and barge drilling business in Venezuela. We have suspended active marketing efforts to divest this business and, as a result, the estimated liability was reduced by $4.3 million in the third quarter of 2001 with an offset to goodwill. Through December 31, 2001, approximately $11.6 million in severance-related costs have been paid to 173 employees whose positions were eliminated as a result of the consolidation of operations and administrative functions post-merger. We anticipate that substantially all of the remaining amounts will be paid by the end of the first quarter of 2002.
1999 Charges
Operating and maintenance expense for the year ended December 31, 1999 included charges totaling $42.0 million. Reduced exploration and development activity by customers, resulting from a period of low oil prices from late 1997 through early 1999 and industry consolidation over the same time period, resulted in a slowdown in the offshore drilling industry during 1999. As a result of this slowdown, approximately 1,000 operating personnel were determined to be redundant, and charges associated with termination and severance benefits of $13.2 million were recognized during 1999. Substantially all of these employees had been terminated and severance and termination costs had been paid as of December 31, 1999. Provisions for potential legal claims of $28.8 million were recognized during 1999.
2001 R&B Falcon Pro Forma Operating Results
Our unaudited pro forma consolidated results for the year ended December 31, 2001, giving effect to the R&B Falcon merger, reflected net income of $257.6 million or $0.80 per diluted share on pro forma operating revenues of $2,946.0 million. The pro forma operating results assume the merger was completed as of January 1, 2001 (see Note 4 to our consolidated financial statements). These pro forma results do not reflect the effects of reduced depreciation expense related to conforming the estimated lives of our drilling rigs. The pro forma financial data should not be relied on as an indication of operating results that we would have achieved had the merger taken place earlier or of the future results that we may achieve.
1999 Sedco Forex Pro Forma Operating Results
Our unaudited pro forma consolidated results for the year ended December 31, 1999, giving effect to the Sedco Forex merger, reflected net income of $237.9 million or $1.13 per diluted share on pro forma operating revenues of $1,579.1 million. The pro forma operating results assume the spin-off and merger was completed as of January 1, 1999 (see Note 4 to our consolidated financial statements). These pro forma results do not reflect the effects of reduced depreciation expense related to conforming the estimated lives of Sedco Forex rigs and the elimination of certain allocated costs from Schlumberger. The pro forma financial data should not be relied on as an indication of operating results that we would have achieved had the spin-off and merger taken place earlier or of the future results that we may achieve.
Outlook
Fleet utilization and average dayrates within our International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services business segment improved during the fourth quarter of 2001 compared with the third quarter of 2001. However, both fleet utilization and average dayrates within our Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water business segment decreased significantly compared to the immediately preceding quarter. Continued weakness in U.S. natural gas prices led to the decline, which was most pronounced in the segment's jackup and submersible fleet.
THREE MONTHS ENDED ----------------------------------------------- DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31, 2001 2001 2000 (A) -------------- --------------- -------------- AVERAGE DAYRATES INTERNATIONAL AND U.S. FLOATER CONTRACT DRILLING SERVICES SEGMENT: High-Specification Floaters. . . . . . . . . . $ 145,000 $ 144,500 $ 124,300 Other Floaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,100 66,600 56,000 Jackups - Non-U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,800 49,200 37,100 Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,300 42,500 41,400 -------------- --------------- -------------- Segment Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,200 86,600 72,000 -------------- --------------- -------------- GULF OF MEXICO SHALLOW AND INLAND WATER SEGMENT: Jackups and Submersibles . . . . . . . . . . . 30,600 37,700 32,000 Inland Barges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,800 24,400 20,000 -------------- --------------- -------------- Segment Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,600 30,000 26,300 -------------- --------------- -------------- Total Mobile Offshore Drilling Fleet . . . . . . . $ 74,000 $ 66,900 $ 54,200 ============== =============== ============== UTILIZATION INTERNATIONAL AND U.S. FLOATER CONTRACT DRILLING SERVICES SEGMENT: High-Specification Floaters. . . . . . . . . . 90% 87% 92% Other Floaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89% 82% 70% Jackups - Non-U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89% 84% 86% Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54% 48% 47% -------------- --------------- -------------- Segment Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86% 81% 78% -------------- --------------- -------------- GULF OF MEXICO SHALLOW AND INLAND WATER SEGMENT: Jackups and Submersibles . . . . . . . . . . . 27% 52% 70% Inland Barges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49% 75% 65% -------------- --------------- -------------- Segment Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38% 63% 67% -------------- --------------- -------------- Total Mobile Offshore Drilling Fleet . . . . . . . 67% 73% 74% ============== =============== ============== -------------------- (a) Pro forma based on the combined fleet of Transocean Sedco Forex and R&B Falcon. |
We believe we will experience continued weakening demand in most drilling market segments during 2002 as our clients reassess their exploration and production spending plans. Demand for our drilling rigs is driven largely by our clients' perception of future commodity prices.
Low natural gas prices in the U.S. have had a significant influence on client drilling programs, which have been sharply curtailed. Slack demand for U.S. natural gas has also resulted in a considerable increase in storage supplies. Current lower demand, increased volume in storage and the uncertainty over the U.S. economy all lead us to believe that we will not see a meaningful recovery in the U.S. gas drilling market in the near term.
World crude oil prices remain at levels generally lower than those experienced in the past two years due to concern over the global economy. While OPEC has recently been able to maintain production discipline and has cooperated with some of the major non-OPEC producers to further control oil production, it is unclear to us whether either factor will persist. Increased oil production would put further downward pressure on prices. We do not foresee a significant increase in demand within our International and U.S. Floater Drilling Services segment in the near term. In particular, we believe the mid-depth floater market segments in most regions will be weak during at least the first half of 2002 and that the deepwater floater market segments in the Norway and UK North Sea sectors and the U.S. will also face an oversupply of available units in the near term. The international jackup market is relatively stable at present, but we expect continued pressure from jackup rigs which are being mobilized out of the U.S.
The contract drilling market historically has been highly competitive and cyclical, and we are unable to predict the extent to which current market conditions will continue. A further decline in oil or gas prices could likewise further reduce demand for our contract drilling services and adversely affect both utilization and dayrates.
We continue with our plans to sell a number of assets (see "-Liquidity and Capital Resources-Acquisitions and Dispositions"), although the downturn in the U.S. natural gas market and the broader market uncertainty has adversely affected our efforts. We expect the pace of our divestiture program to slow considerably due to the effect that the drilling market slowdown has had on the prices buyers are willing to pay. These asset sales will be dependent upon obtaining an acceptable sale price, and we do not believe we will conclude all sales in 2002. Our active marketing efforts to divest our land and barge drilling business in Venezuela remain suspended until such time as we believe an acceptable price may be obtained. We currently expect the total proceeds of these sales, including the Venezuela business, to be between $400 million and $500 million (including $202 million of proceeds received through December 31, 2001). Most of these assets identified for sale were marked to fair value on our books in connection with the R&B Falcon merger pursuant to purchase accounting rules and we do not expect sales of those assets to have a material effect on our results of operations. However, the actual proceeds may differ substantially from our expectations, which may have a material effect on our results of operations. We may also decide to discontinue our sales efforts, in whole or in part.
As of March 1, 2002, approximately 62 percent of our International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services segment fleet days were committed for the remainder of 2002 and approximately 23 percent for the year 2003. For our Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water segment, which has traditionally operated under short-term contracts, committed fleet days were approximately four percent for the remainder of 2002 and none are currently committed for the year 2003.
Other Factors Affecting Operating Results
Our business depends on the level of activity in oil and gas exploration, development and production in market segments worldwide, with the U.S. and international offshore and U.S. inland marine areas being our primary market segments. Oil and gas prices and market expectations of potential changes in these prices significantly affect this level of activity. Worldwide military, political and economic events have contributed to oil and gas price volatility and are likely to do so in the future. Oil and gas prices are extremely volatile and are affected by numerous factors, including the following:
- worldwide demand for oil and gas,
- the ability of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, commonly called "OPEC," to set and maintain production levels and pricing,
- the level of production in non-OPEC countries,
- the policies of various governments regarding exploration and development of their oil and gas reserves,
- advances in exploration and development technology, and
- the worldwide military and political environment, including uncertainty or instability resulting from an escalation or additional outbreak of armed hostilities or other crises in the Middle East or other geographic areas in which we operate or further acts of terrorism in the United States, or elsewhere.
The offshore and inland marine contract drilling industry is highly competitive with numerous industry participants, none of which has a dominant market share. Drilling contracts are traditionally awarded on a competitive bid basis. Intense price competition is often the primary factor in determining which qualified contractor is awarded a job, although rig availability and the quality and technical capability of service and equipment may also be considered. Recent mergers among oil and natural gas exploration and production companies have reduced the number of available customers.
Our industry has historically been cyclical and may be impacted by oil and gas price levels and volatility. There have been periods of high demand, short rig supply and high dayrates, followed by periods of low demand, excess rig supply and low dayrates. Changes in commodity prices can have a dramatic effect on rig demand, and periods of excess rig supply intensify the competition in the industry and often result in rigs being idle for long periods of time. We may be required to idle rigs or enter into lower rate contracts in response to market conditions in the future.
The Company completed its newbuild program in 2001 with the delivery of one high-specification drillship and four high-specification semisubmersibles. The Company has experienced some start-up difficulties with most of its newbuild rigs, which can affect downtime and operating revenues. While the Company expects its newbuild rig fleet to operate with average downtime comparable to industry norms, there can be no assurance that future operational problems will not arise. Should problems occur which cause significant downtime or significantly affect a newbuild rig's performance or safety, the Company's clients may attempt to terminate or suspend the drilling contract, particularly any of the long-term contracts associated with most of the newbuild rigs. In the event of termination of a drilling contract for one of these rigs, it is unlikely that the Company would be able to secure a replacement contract on as favorable terms.
Our customers may terminate or suspend some of our term drilling contracts under various circumstances such as the loss or destruction of the drilling unit or as the result of equipment problems. Some drilling contracts permit the customer to terminate the contract at the customer's option without paying a termination fee. Suspension of drilling contracts results in loss of the dayrate for the period of the suspension. If our customers cancel some of our significant contracts and we are unable to secure new contracts on substantially similar terms, it could adversely affect our results of operations. In reaction to depressed market conditions, our customers may also seek renegotiation of firm drilling contracts to reduce their obligations.
We have been involved in two merger transactions in the last three years. We may not be able to finalize the integration of the operations of the merged or acquired companies without a loss of employees, customers or suppliers, a loss of revenues, an increase in operating or other costs or other difficulties. In addition, we may not be able to realize the operating efficiencies, synergies, cost savings or other benefits expected from these transactions. Any unexpected costs or delays incurred in connection with the integration could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations or consolidated financial position.
We plan to continue our restructuring of the ownership of a portion of the assets held by R&B Falcon and its subsidiaries at the time of our merger. This restructuring is intended to achieve operational efficiencies, including improved worldwide cash management and increased flexibility for operating rigs in various jurisdictions, and allow for potential tax and other savings. Any transfers of assets by R&B Falcon or one of its subsidiaries to Transocean Sedco Forex or one of its other subsidiaries in this restructuring could, in some cases, result in the imposition of additional taxes.
Our operations are subject to the usual hazards inherent in the drilling of oil and gas wells, such as blowouts, reservoir damage, loss of production, loss of well control, punchthroughs, craterings and fires. The occurrence of these events could result in the suspension of drilling operations, damage to or destruction of the equipment involved and injury or death to rig personnel. We may also be subject to personal injury and other claims of rig personnel as a result of our drilling operations. Operations also may be suspended because of machinery breakdowns, abnormal drilling conditions, and failure of subcontractors to perform or supply goods or services or personnel shortages. In addition, offshore drilling operators are subject to perils peculiar to marine operations, including capsizing, grounding, collision and loss or damage from severe weather. Damage to the environment could also result from our operations, particularly through oil spillage or extensive uncontrolled fires. We may also be subject to property, environmental and other damage claims by oil and gas companies. Our insurance policies and contractual rights to indemnity may not adequately cover losses, and we may not have insurance coverage or rights to indemnity for all risks.
If a significant accident or other event, including terrorist acts, war, civil disturbances, pollution or environmental damage, occurs and is not fully covered by insurance or a recoverable indemnity from a client, it could adversely affect our consolidated financial position or results of operations. Moreover, no assurance can be made that we will be able to maintain adequate insurance in the future at rates we consider reasonable or be able to obtain insurance against certain risks, particularly in light of the instability and developments in the insurance markets following the recent terrorist attacks.
We operate in various regions throughout the world that may expose us to political and other uncertainties, including risks of:
- terrorist acts, war and civil disturbances;
- expropriation or nationalization of equipment; and
- the inability to repatriate income or capital.
We are protected to a substantial extent against loss of capital assets, but generally not loss of revenue, from most of these risks through insurance, indemnity provisions in our drilling contracts, or both. Although we maintain insurance in the areas in
which we operate, pollution and environmental risks generally are not totally insurable. If a significant accident or other event occurs and is not fully covered by insurance or a recoverable indemnity from a client, it could adversely affect our consolidated financial position or results of operations. As of March 1, 2002, all areas in which we were operating were covered by existing insurance policies.
Many governments favor or effectively require the awarding of drilling contracts to local contractors or require foreign contractors to employ citizens of, or purchase supplies from, a particular jurisdiction. These practices may adversely affect our ability to compete.
Our non-U.S. contract drilling operations are subject to various laws and regulations in countries in which we operate, including laws and regulations relating to the equipment and operation of drilling units, currency conversions and repatriation, oil and gas exploration and development and taxation of offshore earnings and earnings of expatriate personnel. Governments in some foreign countries have become increasingly active in regulating and controlling the ownership of concessions and companies holding concessions, the exploration of oil and gas and other aspects of the oil and gas industries in their countries. In addition, government action, including initiatives by OPEC, may continue to cause oil or gas price volatility. In some areas of the world, this governmental activity has adversely affected the amount of exploration and development work done by major oil companies and may continue to do so.
Transocean Sedco Forex is a Cayman Islands company as a result of our reorganization from a Delaware corporation in May 1999. We operate worldwide through our various subsidiaries. Consequently, we are subject to changing taxation policies in the jurisdictions in which we operate, which could include policies directed toward companies organized in jurisdictions with low tax rates. A material change in the tax laws of any country in which we have significant operations, including the United States, could result in a higher effective tax rate on our worldwide earnings
Another risk inherent in our operations is the possibility of currency exchange losses where revenues are received and expenses are paid in nonconvertible currencies. We may also incur losses as a result of an inability to collect revenues because of a shortage of convertible currency available to the country of operation. We seek to limit these risks by structuring contracts such that compensation is made in freely convertible currencies and, to the extent possible, by limiting acceptance of non-convertible currencies to amounts that match our expense requirements in local currency (see "Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk -Foreign Exchange Risk").
We require highly skilled personnel to operate and provide technical services and support for our drilling units. To the extent that demand for drilling services and the size of the worldwide industry fleet increase, shortages of qualified personnel could arise, creating upward pressure on wages. We are continuing our recruitment and training programs as required to meet our anticipated personnel needs.
On March 1, 2002, we had approximately 13 percent of our employees worldwide working under collective bargaining agreements, most of whom were working in Norway, Nigeria, Brazil and Venezuela. Of these represented employees, a majority are working under agreements that are subject to salary negotiation in 2002. In addition, the Company has signed a recognition agreement requiring negotiation with a labor union representing employees in the U.K. These negotiations are expected to begin in the second quarter of 2002 and could result in collective bargaining agreements covering these employees, which could result in higher personnel expenses, other increased costs or increased operating restrictions.
Our operations are subject to regulations controlling the discharge of materials into the environment, requiring removal and cleanup of materials that may harm the environment or otherwise relating to the protection of the environment. For example, as an operator of mobile offshore drilling units in navigable United States waters and some offshore areas, we may be liable for damages and costs incurred in connection with oil spills related to those operations. Laws and regulations protecting the environment have become more stringent in recent years, and may in some cases impose strict liability, rendering a person liable for environmental damage without regard to negligence. These laws and regulations may expose us to liability for the conduct of or conditions caused by others or for acts that were in compliance with all applicable laws at the time they were performed. The application of these requirements or the adoption of new requirements could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position and results of our operations.
On September 11, 2001, the United States was the target of terrorist attacks of unprecedented scope. On October 7, 2001, the United States commenced military action in Afghanistan in response to these attacks. Military action by the United States may continue indefinitely and may escalate and armed hostilities may begin or escalate in other countries. Further acts of terrorism in the United States or elsewhere may occur, and such acts of terrorism could be directed against companies such as ours. These developments have caused instability in the world's financial and insurance markets and will likely significantly
increase political and economic instability in the geographic areas in which we currently operate. In addition, these developments could lead to increased volatility in prices for crude oil and natural gas and could affect the markets for drilling services.
Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, insurance underwriters increased insurance premiums charged for many of the coverages historically maintained and issued general notices of cancellations to their customers for war risk, terrorism and political risk insurance in respect of a wide variety of insurance coverages, including but not limited to, liability and aviation coverages. Our insurance underwriters renegotiated substantially higher premium rates for war risk coverage, which can be canceled by the underwriters on short notice. Insurance premiums could be increased further or coverages may be unavailable in the future.
United States government regulations effectively preclude us from actively engaging in business activities in certain countries. These regulations could be amended to cover countries where we currently operate or where we may wish to operate in the future. These developments could subject the worldwide operations of our company to increased risks and, depending on their magnitude, could have a material adverse effect on our business.
The general rate of inflation in the majority of the countries in which we operate has been moderate over the past several years and has not had a material impact on our results of operations. An increase in the demand for offshore drilling rigs usually leads to higher labor, transportation and other operating expenses as a result of an increased need for qualified personnel and services.
Merger Purchase Price Allocation
The purchase price allocation for the merger of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. and R&B Falcon included, at estimated fair value, total assets of $4.8 billion and the assumption of total liabilities of $3.8 billion. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired of approximately $5.6 billion was accounted for as goodwill. At December 31, 2001, this goodwill represented approximately 32 percent of total assets and 50 percent of total shareholders' equity. The goodwill has been amortized using a 40-year life based on the nature of the offshore drilling industry, long-lived drilling equipment and the long-standing relationships with core customers. Goodwill amortization expense related to the R&B Falcon merger was approximately $128 million for the year ended December 31, 2001 in addition to the $27 million related to the Sedco Forex merger mentioned below. See "New Accounting Pronouncements".
The purchase price allocation for the merger of Transocean Offshore Inc. and Sedco Forex included, at estimated fair value, total assets of $3.8 billion and the assumption of total liabilities of $1.9 billion. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired of approximately $1.1 billion was accounted for as goodwill. At December 31, 2001, this goodwill represented approximately 5.9 percent of total assets and 9.3 percent of total shareholders' equity. The goodwill has been amortized using a 40-year life based on the nature of the offshore drilling industry, long-lived drilling equipment and the long-standing relationships with core customers. Goodwill amortization expense related to the Sedco Forex merger was approximately $27 million per year. See "New Accounting Pronouncements".
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources and Uses of Cash
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------------------ 2001 2000 CHANGE -------- -------------- -------- (In millions) NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES Net income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 252.6 $ 108.5 $ 144.1 Depreciation and amortization . . . . . 625.0 259.5 365.5 Non-cash items. . . . . . . . . . . . . (202.6) (90.9) (111.7) Working capital . . . . . . . . . . . . (108.2) (81.2) (27.0) -------- -------------- -------- $ 566.8 $ 195.9 $ 370.9 ======== ============== ======== |
Cash generated from net income items adjusted for non-cash activity was $397.9 million higher and cash used for working capital items was $27.0 million higher for the year ended December 31, 2001 compared to the same period in 2000, primarily as a result of the R&B Falcon merger.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------------------ 2001 2000 CHANGE -------- -------------- -------- (In millions) NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES Capital expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . $(506.2) $ (574.7) $ 68.5 Proceeds from sale of coiled tubing drilling services business. . . . . . . . . . . . . - 24.9 (24.9) Proceeds from sale of securities . . . . . . 17.2 - 17.2 Proceeds from disposal of assets . . . . . . 201.7 56.3 145.4 Merger costs paid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (24.4) (4.5) (19.9) R&B Falcon cash at acquisition . . . . . . . 264.7 - 264.7 Other, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.6 5.1 15.5 -------- -------------- -------- $ (26.4) $ (492.9) $ 466.5 ======== ============== ======== |
Net cash used in investing activities decreased for the year ended December 31, 2001 as compared to the previous year as a result of cash received in connection with the R&B Falcon merger, higher proceeds from asset sales and lower capital expenditures.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, -------------------------- 2001 2000 CHANGE ---------- -------------- ---------- (In millions) NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES Net borrowings under commercial paper program $ 326.4 $ - $ 326.4 Net proceeds from issuance of debt. . . . . . 1,693.5 489.1 1,204.4 Early repayments of debt instruments. . . . . (1,495.0) (233.8) (1,261.2) Net repayments on revolving credit agreements (180.1) (56.3) (123.8) Other, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (66.3) (33.2) (33.1) ---------- -------------- ---------- $ 278.5 $ 165.8 $ 112.7 ========== ============== ========== |
During 2001, we had net repayments under our revolving credit agreements of $180.1 million, early repayments of debt instruments of $1,495.0 million and net proceeds from borrowings under our commercial paper program of $326.4 million. We also had net proceeds from other debt of $1,693.5 million primarily due to the issuance of the 6.625% Notes, 7.5% Notes and 1.5% Convertible Debentures in the second quarter of 2001. During 2000, we had net proceeds from other debt of $489.1 million from the issuance of the Zero Coupon Convertible Debentures partially offset by the $56.3 million net repayment of our revolving credit agreement and by the $233.8 million early repayment on our secured loan agreement.
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures, including capitalized interest, totaled $506 million during the year ended December 31, 2001. See Note 5 to our consolidated financial statements. During 2002, we expect to spend between $200 million and $220 million on our existing fleet, corporate infrastructure and major upgrades on the Discoverer Seven Seas and Deepwater Expedition. A substantial majority of our capital expenditures relates to the International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services segment.
We intend to fund the cash requirements relating to our capital expenditures through available cash balances, cash generated from operations and asset sales. We also have available borrowings under our revolving credit agreements and commercial paper program (see "-Sources of Liquidity") and may engage in other commercial bank or capital market financings.
We completed our rig expansion program in 2001. The Sedco Express was placed into service in April 2001. In February 2001, a unit of TotalFinaElf terminated the contract for the Sedco Express due to delayed delivery. The rig began a four-month contract with a unit of BP in Egypt in the first quarter of 2002. The Sedco Energy arrived in Brazil in April 2001 and began a 42-month contract with ChevronTexaco in May 2001. In October 2001, the Sedco Energy moved to West Africa where it is expected to complete the remainder of the contract. The Cajun Express was delivered in April 2001, when it began an 18-month contract with Marathon in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. In July 2001, Marathon terminated the 18-month contract for the Cajun Express allegedly because of downtime relating to equipment performance. The Cajun Express operated under a six-month contract with Ocean Energy in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico beginning in August 2001. We are currently in discussions with various operators for work for the Cajun Express. The Discoverer Deep Seas was delivered early in the first quarter of 2001, when it
began a five-year contract with ChevronTexaco in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The Deepwater Horizon was placed into service in September 2001 when it began a three-year contract with a unit of BP in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Acquisitions and Dispositions
From time to time, we review possible acquisitions of businesses and drilling units and may in the future make significant capital commitments for such purposes. Any such acquisition could involve the payment by us of a substantial amount of cash or the issuance of a substantial number of additional ordinary shares or other securities. We would likely fund the cash portion of any such acquisition through cash balances on hand, the incurrence of additional debt, sales of assets, ordinary shares or other securities or a combination thereof. In addition, from time to time, we review possible dispositions of drilling units. See "- Outlook."
On January 31, 2001, we completed a merger transaction with R&B Falcon in which one of our indirect wholly owned subsidiaries merged with and into R&B Falcon. As a result of the merger, R&B Falcon common shareholders received 0.5 of our newly issued ordinary shares for each R&B Falcon share. We issued approximately 106 million ordinary shares in exchange for the issued and outstanding shares of R&B Falcon and assumed warrants and options exercisable for approximately 13 million ordinary shares. The ordinary shares issued in exchange for the issued and outstanding shares of R&B Falcon constituted approximately 33 percent of our outstanding ordinary shares after the merger.
In February 2001, Sea Wolf Drilling Limited ("Sea Wolf"), a joint venture in which we hold a 25 percent interest, sold two semisubmersible rigs, the Drill Star and Sedco Explorer, to Pride International, Inc. In the first quarter of 2001, we recognized accelerated amortization of the deferred gain related to the Sedco Explorer of $18.5 million, which is included in gain from sale of assets. Our bareboat charter with Sea Wolf on the Sedco Explorer was terminated effective June 2000. We continued to operate the Drill Star, which has been renamed the Pride North Atlantic, under a bareboat charter agreement until October 2001 at which time the rig was returned to its owner. The amortization of the Drill Star's deferred gain was accelerated and produced incremental gains totaling $36.3 million, which is included as a reduction in operating and maintenance expense.
In December 2001, we sold RBF FPSO L.P., which owns the Seillean, a multi-purpose service vessel. We received net proceeds of $85.6 million. The sale resulted in a net after-tax gain of $17.1 million ($0.05 per diluted share) for the year ended December 31, 2001. In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2001, we sold certain other non-strategic assets acquired in the R&B Falcon merger and certain other assets held for sale. We received net proceeds of approximately $116.1 million. These sales resulted in a net after-tax gain of $7.5 million ($0.02 per diluted share) for the year ended December 31, 2001.
In March 2002, we entered into definitive agreements to sell two semisubmersible rigs, the Transocean 96 and Transocean 97, for an aggregate sales price of $31 million. We expect the sales, which are subject to closing conditions customary for this type of transaction, to close in the coming weeks. We do not expect the results of the sales to have a material effect on our consolidated results of operations.
Sources of Liquidity
Our primary sources of liquidity in 2001 were our cash flows from operations and asset sales and issuances of debt securities and commercial paper. Primary uses of cash were capital expenditures and debt repayment. At December 31, 2001, we had $853 million in cash and cash equivalents.
We anticipate that we will rely primarily upon existing cash balances and internally generated cash flows to maintain liquidity in 2002, as cash flows from operations are expected to be positive and adequate to fulfill currently planned obligations. From time to time, we may also use bank lines of credit and commercial paper to maintain liquidity for short-term cash needs.
We intend to use cash from operations primarily to fund capital expenditures and to pay debt as it comes due. If we seek to reduce our debt other than scheduled maturities, we could do so through repayment of bank or commercial paper borrowings or through repurchases or redemptions of, or tender offers for, debt securities. We expect to significantly reduce capital expenditures going forward due to the completion of our newbuild program.
Our internally generated cash flow is directly related to our business and the market segments in which we operate. Should the drilling market deteriorate further, or should we experience poor results in our operations, cash flow from operations may be reduced. While we have continued to generate positive cash flow from operations and expect to do so in the foreseeable future, many of the market segments in which we operate are, at present, weakening and may continue to weaken in the near and medium term.
We have access to $800 million in bank lines of credit under two revolving credit agreements. These credit lines are used primarily to back our $800 million commercial paper program and may also be drawn on directly. As of year-end 2001, $326 million of the credit line capacity was used to back issuance of $326 million of commercial paper, leaving $474 million of availability under the bank lines of credit for commercial paper issuance or drawdowns. In January 2002, the entire amount of commercial paper borrowings was repaid utilizing cash investments, leaving $800 million in commercial paper and/or bank line availability.
The bank credit lines require compliance with various covenants and provisions customary for agreements of this nature, including an interest coverage ratio of not less than 3 to 1, a leverage ratio of not greater than 40 percent and limitations on mergers and sale of substantially all assets, creating liens, incurring debt, transactions with affiliates and sale/leaseback transactions. Should we fail to comply with these covenants, we would be in default and may lose access to these facilities. A loss of the bank facilities would also cause us to lose access to the commercial paper markets. We are also subject to various covenants under the indentures pursuant to which our public debt was issued, including restrictions on creating liens, engaging in sale/leaseback transactions and engaging in merger, consolidation or reorganization transactions. A default under our public debt could trigger a default under our credit lines and cause us to lose access to these facilities. See Note 8 to our consolidated financial statements for a description of our credit agreements and debt securities.
In April 2001, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") declared effective our shelf registration statement on Form S-3 for the proposed offering from time to time of up to $2.0 billion in gross proceeds of senior or subordinated debt securities, preference shares, ordinary shares and warrants to purchase debt securities, preference shares, ordinary shares or other securities. In May 2001, we issued $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 1.5% Convertible Debentures due May 15, 2021 under the shelf registration statement. At March 1, 2002, $1.6 billion in gross proceeds of securities remained unissued under the shelf registration statement.
Our access to commercial paper, debt and equity markets may be reduced or closed to us due to a variety of events, including, among others, downgrades of ratings of our debt and commercial paper, industry conditions, general economic conditions, market conditions and market perceptions of us and our industry.
Our contractual obligations in the table below include our debt obligations at face value.
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2001 ------------------------------------------------ LESS THAN 1 TO 3 4 - 5 AFTER TOTAL 1 YEAR YEARS YEARS 5 YEARS ------ ---------- ---------- ------ -------- (IN MILLIONS) CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS Debt. . . . . . . . . . $4,995 $ 484 $ 1,711 $ 500 $ 2,300 Operating Leases. . . . 127 28 66 12 21 ------ ---------- ---------- ------ -------- Total Obligations . . $5,122 $ 512 $ 1,777 $ 512 $ 2,321 ====== ========== ========== ====== ======== |
We are required to repurchase the Zero Coupon Convertible Debentures due 2020 and the 1.5% Convertible Debentures due 2021 at the option of the holder on specified dates. We have the option to pay the repurchase price in cash, ordinary shares or any combination of cash and ordinary shares. The chart above assumes that the holders of these debentures exercise this option at the first available date. These debentures are more fully described in Note 8 to our consolidated financial statements.
At December 31, 2001, we had other commitments that we are contractually obligated to fulfill with cash should the obligations be called. These obligations consisted primarily of standby letters of credit and surety bonds, which guarantee our performance as it relates to our drilling contracts, insurance, tax and other obligations in various jurisdictions. These obligations are not normally called as we typically comply with the underlying performance requirement. The table below provides a list of these obligations in U.S. dollar equivalents and their time to expiration. It should be noted that these obligations could be called at any time prior to the expiration dates.
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2001 ---------------------------------------------- LESS THAN 1 TO 3 4 - 5 AFTER TOTAL 1 YEAR YEARS YEARS 5 YEARS ------ ---------- -------- ------ -------- (IN MILLIONS) OTHER COMMERCIAL COMMITMENTS Standby Letters of Credit . . $ 38 $ 34 $ 4 $ - $ - Surety Bonds. . . . . . . . . 190 124 66 - - Purchase Option Guarantees - Joint Ventures (a). . . . . 209 - 209 - - Other Commitments . . . . . . 4 4 - - - ------ ---------- -------- ------ -------- Total . . . . . . . . . . . $ 441 $ 162 $ 279 $ - $ - ====== ========== ======== ====== ======== -------------------- (a) See "-Special Purpose Entities". |
Letters of credit are issued under a number of facilities provided by several banks. The obligations that are the subject of these surety bonds are geographically concentrated in Brazil and Nigeria, of which 73 percent are concentrated in three bonds.
In March 2002, the Company completed an exchange offer pursuant to which the 6.50% Notes due April 15, 2003, 6.75% Notes due April 15, 2005, 6.95% Notes due April 15, 2008, 7.375% Notes due April 15, 2018, 9.125% Notes due December 15, 2003 and 9.50% Notes due December 15, 2008 of R&B Falcon whose holders accepted the offer were exchanged for newly issued notes of the Company. The new notes were issued in six series corresponding to the six series of R&B Falcon notes and have the same principal amount, interest rate, redemption terms and payment and maturity dates as the corresponding series of R&B Falcon notes. The aggregate principal amount of the new notes issued was approximately $1.4 billion. Because the holders of a majority in principal amount of each of these series of notes consented to the proposed amendments to the applicable indenture pursuant to which the notes were issued, some covenants, restrictions and events of default were eliminated from the indentures with respect to these series of notes. In connection with the exchange offers, an aggregate of $8.3 million in consent payments were made by R&B Falcon to holders of R&B Falcon notes whose notes were tendered (and not validly withdrawn) within the required time periods and accepted for exchange.
Derivative Instruments
We have established policies and procedures for derivative instruments that have been approved by our Board of Directors. These policies and procedures provide for the prior approval of derivative instruments by our Chief Financial Officer. From time to time, we may enter into a variety of derivative financial instruments in connection with the management of our exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and interest rates. We do not enter into derivative transactions for speculative purposes; however, for accounting purposes, certain transactions may not meet the criteria for hedge accounting.
Gains and losses on foreign exchange derivative instruments that qualify as accounting hedges are deferred as accumulated other comprehensive income and recognized when the underlying foreign exchange exposure is realized. Gains and losses on foreign exchange derivative instruments that do not qualify as hedges for accounting purposes are recognized currently based on the change in market value of the derivative instruments. At December 31, 2001, we had no material open foreign exchange derivative instruments.
From time to time, we may use interest rate swaps to manage the effect of interest rate changes on future income. Interest rate swaps are designated as a hedge of underlying future interest payments. The interest rate differential to be received or paid under the swaps is recognized over the lives of the swaps as an adjustment to interest expense (see "Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk Interest Rate Risk"). If an interest rate swap is terminated, the gain or loss is amortized over the life of the underlying debt. At December 31, 2001, we had a $3.9 million gain related to a terminated
interest rate swap that is included in accumulated other comprehensive income in our consolidated balance sheet and is being amortized over the life of the underlying debt.
One of our unconsolidated joint ventures, Deepwater Drilling LLC ("DD LLC"), has an interest rate swap associated with the operating lease for the Deepwater Pathfinder. The effect of the swap has been to convert the interest portion of the operating lease payments from a floating rate of one-month London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus a margin to a fixed rate of 5.7175 percent per annum. We report our share of the fair value of the interest rate swap in accumulated other comprehensive income in our consolidated balance sheet. At December 31, 2001, this amount was an unrealized loss of $5.6 million.
In June 2001, we entered into $700 million aggregate notional amount of interest rate swaps as a fair value hedge against our 6.625% Notes due April 2011. The swaps effectively convert the fixed interest rate on such notes into a floating rate of LIBOR plus 0.50 percent per annum. The market value of the swaps are carried as an asset or a liability in our consolidated balance sheet and the carrying value of the hedged debt is adjusted accordingly. At December 31, 2001, the swaps had a market value of $15.1 million. The swaps mature on the same date as the notes.
In February 2002, we entered into $900 million aggregate notional amount of interest rate swaps as a hedge against certain fixed rate debt. The effect of the swaps was to convert the fixed interest rates into a floating rate of LIBOR plus a margin.
Special Purpose Entities
As a result of the R&B Falcon merger, we have ownership interests in two unconsolidated joint ventures, 50 percent in DD LLC, and 60 percent in Deepwater Drilling II, LLC ("DDII LLC"). Subsidiaries of Conoco Inc. ("Conoco") own the remaining interests in DD LLC and DDII LLC. Conoco and the Company share management of the joint ventures equally. Each of the joint ventures is a lessee in a synthetic lease financing facility entered into in connection with the construction of the Deepwater Pathfinder, in the case of DD LLC, and the Deepwater Frontier, in the case of DDII LLC. Pursuant to the lease financings, the rigs are owned by special purpose entities and leased to the joint ventures. We do not own, manage or control the special purpose entities. The lease payments under both synthetic leases are supported by drilling contracts between the two respective joint ventures and Conoco and, in the case of DDII LLC, one of our subsidiaries. Conoco is responsible for all of the remaining commitment to DD LLC and most of the remaining commitment to DDII LLC under these drilling contracts.
Conoco and the Company provide the joint ventures with certain operational support services. For each of the joint ventures, Conoco and the Company guarantee the obligation of the joint venture to pay certain contingent lease obligations in proportion to their respective ownership interests in the joint ventures.
DD LLC's annual rent payments of $22 million per annum for the Deepwater Pathfinder are effectively fixed due to the interest rate swap described above. The scheduled termination of the lease for the Deepwater Pathfinder is December 2003 subject to certain extension options of DD LLC. DDII LLC's annual rent payments for the Deepwater Frontier are subject to changes in market interest rates and are estimated to be $24 million per annum based on interest rates at December 31, 2001. The scheduled termination of the lease for the Deepwater Frontier is March 2004 subject to certain extension options of DDII LLC.
At the expiration of the leases, each joint venture may purchase the rig for $185 million, in the case of the Deepwater Pathfinder, and $194 million, in the case of the Deepwater Frontier, or return the rig to the special purpose entities. The Company would be obligated to pay only a portion of such price equal to its percentage ownership interest in the applicable joint venture. The Company's proportionate share for such purchase options is $97 million and $112 million, respectively. Under each joint venture agreement, the consent of each venturer is generally required to approve actions of the joint venture, including the exercise of this purchase option.
If a joint venture returns the rig at the end of the lease, the special purpose entity may sell the rig. In connection with the return, DD LLC may be required to pay an amount up to $138 million, and DDII LLC may be required to pay an amount up to $145 million, plus certain expenses in each case. These payments may be reduced by a portion of the proceeds of the sale of the applicable rig. If an event of default occurs under the applicable lease documents, each joint venture may be required to pay an amount equal to the amount of debt and equity financing owed by the applicable special purpose entity plus certain expenses. The debt and equity financing outstanding as of December 31, 2001, applicable to the owner of Deepwater Pathfinder and of Deepwater Frontier, was $219 million and $237 million, respectively. The Company and Conoco have guaranteed their respective share of the joint ventures' obligation to pay these amounts.
These leases contain ratings triggers that are invoked only if we are involved in a change of control and the acquiror has a credit rating lower than BBB or Baa2. Should these triggers be invoked, the acquiring company would, at the option of the investors, be obligated to pay our share of the outstanding investments under the leases.
Sale/Leaseback
We lease the M. G. Hulme, Jr. from Deep Sea Investors, L.L.C., a special purpose entity formed by several leasing companies to acquire the rig from a subsidiary of R&B Falcon in November of 1995 in a sale/leaseback transaction. We are obligated to pay rent of approximately $13 million per year through December 2005. At the termination of the lease, we may purchase the rig for $37.5 million.
The lease has several ratings triggers. It requires collateral be maintained currently, the Jim Cunningham, whenever R&B Falcon is rated less than BBB+/Baa1 prior to November 2002 and at least BBB/Baa3 after such date. The lease contains another ratings trigger that may be invoked should R&B Falcon be subject to a change of control with an acquiror having a rating of less than B+/B1. Should that occur, the lease payments will become due in full, at the option of the investors.
Related Party Transactions
Delta Towing - In connection with the R&B Falcon merger, R&B Falcon formed a joint venture to own and operate its U.S. inland marine support vessel business (the "Marine Business"). As part of the joint venture formation in January 2001, the Marine Business was transferred by a subsidiary of R&B Falcon to Delta Towing, LLC ("Delta Towing") in exchange for a 25 percent equity interest in Delta Towing Holdings, LLC, the parent of Delta Towing, and certain secured notes payable from Delta Towing in a principal amount of $144 million. R&B Falcon valued these notes at $80 million immediately prior to the closing of the R&B Falcon merger. In December 2001, the note agreement was amended to provide for a $4 million, three-year revolving credit facility (the "Delta Towing Revolver").
As part of the formation of the joint venture on January 31, 2001, R&B Falcon entered into a charter arrangement with Delta Towing under which the Company committed to charter certain vessels for a period of one year ending January 31, 2002, and committed to charter for a period of 2.5 years from date of delivery 10 crewboats then under construction, four of which have been placed into service as of March 1, 2002. R&B Falcon also entered into an alliance agreement with Delta Towing under which we agreed to treat Delta Towing as a preferred supplier for the provision of marine support services.
In 2001, the Company incurred charges totaling $15.6 million from Delta Towing for services rendered, of which $6.5 million was rebilled to the Company's customers and $9.1 million was reflected in operating and maintenance expense. As of March 1, 2002, the carrying value of the notes was $78.7 million and $4.0 million was outstanding under the Delta Towing Revolver. In addition, $1.1 million unpaid interest was outstanding.
Delta Towing operates in the Gulf of Mexico in support of the oil and gas industry and faces similar market conditions as we do with our Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water business segment. Should weakened market conditions persist or should market conditions deteriorate further, Delta Towing's ability to pay its debts to us as they come due may be adversely affected.
DD LLC and DDII LLC - We are a party to drilling services agreements with DD LLC and DDII LLC for the operation of the Deepwater Pathfinder and Deepwater Frontier, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2001, we earned $1.4 million for such drilling services from each of DD LLC and DDII LLC.
From time to time, we contract with DDII LLC to provide drilling services to us. For the year ended December 31, 2001, we incurred expense of $54.4 million under this drilling contract. See "-Special Purpose Entities" for further discussion of DD LLC and DDII LLC.
ODL - We own a 50 percent interest in an unconsolidated joint venture company, Overseas Drilling Limited ("ODL"). ODL owns the Joides Resolution, for which we provide certain operational and management services. For the year ended December 31, 2001, we earned $1.2 million for those services.
New Accounting Pronouncements
In July 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") 141, Business Combinations. SFAS 141 requires that all business combinations initiated or completed after June 30,
2001 be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. The statement provides for recognition and measurement of intangible assets separate from goodwill. We adopted SFAS 141 as of July 1, 2001. The adoption of the new statement had no effect on our consolidated results of operations or financial position.
In July 2001, the FASB issued SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. Under SFAS 142, goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are no longer amortized but are reviewed at least annually for impairment. The amortization provisions of SFAS 142 apply to goodwill and intangible assets acquired after June 30, 2001. With respect to goodwill and intangible assets acquired prior to July 1, 2001, we are required to and have adopted SFAS 142 effective January 1, 2002. Application of the non-amortization provisions of SFAS 142 for goodwill is expected to result in an increase in operating income of approximately $155 million in 2002. At December 31, 2001, we had goodwill of approximately $6.5 billion. Pursuant to SFAS 142, we will test our goodwill for impairment upon adoption and, if impairment is indicated, record such impairment as a cumulative effect of an accounting change. In accordance with SFAS 142, we will test goodwill for impairment at a reporting unit level. SFAS 142 defines a reporting unit as an operating segment or a component of an operating segment that constitutes a business for which financial information is available and is regularly reviewed by management. Management has determined our reporting units are the same as our operating segments for the purpose of testing goodwill for impairment. While we are currently evaluating the effect the adoption may have on our consolidated results of operations and financial position, we expect a significant impairment of goodwill within our Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water reporting unit. We do not currently expect a significant impairment of goodwill within our International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services reporting unit.
In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS 144, Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. SFAS 144 supersedes SFAS 121, Accounting for Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of, and the accounting and reporting provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion ("APB") 30, Reporting the Results of Operations - Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a Segment of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently Occurring Events and Transactions. SFAS 144 retains the fundamental provisions of SFAS 121 for recognition and measurement of long-lived asset impairment and for the measurement of long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale and the basic requirements of APB 30. In addition to these fundamental provisions, SFAS 144 provides guidance for determining whether long-lived assets should be tested for impairment and specific criteria for classifying assets to be disposed of as held for sale. The statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001, and we have adopted the statement as of January 1, 2002. The adoption of this statement will not have a material effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.
Forward-Looking Information
The statements included in this annual report regarding future financial performance and results of operations and other statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Statements to the effect that the Company or management "anticipates," "believes," "budgets," "estimates," "expects," "forecasts," "intends," "plans," "predicts," or "projects" a particular result or course of events, or that such result or course of events "could," "might," "may," "scheduled" or "should" occur, and similar expressions, are also intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this annual report include, but are not limited to, statements involving payment of severance costs, contract commencements, potential revenues, increased expenses, customer drilling programs, utilization rates, dayrates, planned shipyard projects, expected downtime, effect of technical difficulties with newbuild rigs, future activity in the deepwater and the shallow and inland water markets, the U.S. gas drilling market, planned asset sales, timing of asset sales, proceeds from asset sales, reactivation of stacked units, timing of and results of negotiations with the labor union representing U.K. employees, future labor costs, the Company's other expectations with regard to market outlook, operations in international markets, expected capital expenditures, results and effects of legal proceedings, adequacy of insurance, receipt of loss of hire insurance proceeds, liabilities for tax issues, liquidity, positive cash flow from operations, the exercise of the option of holders of Zero Coupon Convertible Debentures or the 1.5% Convertible Debentures to require the Company to repurchase the debentures, adequacy of cash flow for 2002 obligations, effects of accounting changes, and the timing and cost of completion of capital projects. Such statements are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, but not limited to, worldwide demand for oil and gas, uncertainties relating to the level of activity in offshore oil and gas exploration and development, exploration success by producers, oil and gas prices (including U.S. natural gas prices), demand for offshore and inland water rigs, competition and market conditions in the contract drilling industry, our ability to successfully integrate the operations of acquired businesses, delays or terminations of drilling contracts due to a number of events, delays or cost overruns on construction and shipyard projects and possible cancellation of drilling contracts as a result of delays or performance, our ability to enter into and the terms of future contracts, the availability of qualified personnel, labor relations and the outcome of negotiations with unions representing workers, operating hazards, political and other uncertainties inherent in non-U.S. operations (including exchange and currency fluctuations), risks of war, terrorism and cancellation or unavailability of certain insurance coverage, the impact of
governmental laws and regulations, the adequacy of sources of liquidity, the effect of litigation and contingencies and other factors discussed in this annual report and in the Company's other filings with the SEC, which are available free of charge on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of the particular statement, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.
ITEM 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Interest Rate Risk
Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our long-term and short-term debt obligations. The table below presents expected cash flows and related weighted-average interest rates for the year ended December 31 for each of the years presented by scheduled maturity dates relating to debt obligations as of December 31, 2001. Weighted-average variable rates are based on estimated LIBOR rates as of December 31, 2001, plus applicable margins. The fair value of fixed rate debt is based on the estimated yield to maturity for each debt issue as of December 31, 2001.
As of December 31, 2001 (in millions, except interest rate percentages):
SCHEDULED MATURITY DATE FAIR VALUE ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 THEREAFTER TOTAL 12/31/01 ------- ------- ------- ------- ---- ------------ --------- ---------- Total debt Fixed Rate(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 58.0 $382.6 $ 61.4 $419.6 - $ 2,965.0 $3,886.6 $ 3,586.2 Average interest rate. . . . . . . 6.7% 7.1% 6.5% 7.0% - 5.5% 5.8% Variable Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.0 $150.0 $150.0 - - - $ 400.0 $ 400.0 Average interest rate. . . . . . . 2.6% 2.6% 2.6% - - - 2.6% Receive Fixed/Pay Variable Swaps(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - $ 700.0 $ 700.0 $ 689.2 Average interest rate. . . . . . . - - - - - 2.4% 2.4% Commercial Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . $326.4 - - - - - $ 326.4 $ 326.4 Average interest rate. . . . . . . 3.2% - - - - - 3.2% -------------------- (a) Expected maturity amounts are based on the face value of debt and do not reflect fair market value of debt. (b) The 6.625% Notes are considered variable as a result of the interest rate swaps. See Note 8 to our consolidated financial statements. |
At December 31, 2001, we had approximately $1.4 billion of variable rate debt (29 percent of total debt). Of that variable rate debt, $700 million resulted from interest rate swaps with the remainder representing term bank debt and commercial paper. Given outstanding amounts as of that date, a one percent rise in interest rates would result in an additional $14 million in interest expense per year. Offsetting this, a large part of our investments would earn commensurate higher rates of return. Using December 31, 2001 investments levels, a one percent increase in interest rates would result in approximately $7 million of additional interest income per year.
As a result of the February 2002 interest rate swaps (see "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources"), our variable rate debt increased to $2.1 billion (44 percent of total debt). Given outstanding amounts as of February 1, 2002, a one percent rise in interest rates would result in an additional $21 million in interest expense per year. Offsetting this, a large part of our investments would earn commensurate higher rates of return. Using February 1, 2002 investment levels, a one percent increase in interest rates would result in approximately $5 million additional interest income per year.
Foreign Exchange Risk
Our international operations expose us to foreign exchange risk. We use a variety of techniques to minimize the exposure to foreign exchange risk. Our primary foreign exchange risk management strategy involves structuring customer contracts to provide for payment in both U.S. dollars and local currency. The payment portion denominated in local currency is based on anticipated local currency requirements over the contract term. We may also use foreign exchange derivative instruments or spot purchases. We do not enter into derivative transactions for speculative purposes. At December 31, 2001, we had no material open foreign exchange contracts.
ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors Transocean Sedco Forex Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, the related consolidated statements of operations, equity, and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related combined statements of operations, equity, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 1999. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 14(a). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. and Subsidiaries at December 31, 2001 and 2000, the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the combined results of their operations and their cash flows for the year ended December 31, 1999, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP Houston, Texas January 29, 2002 |
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE) YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ----------------------------- 2001 2000 1999 --------- --------- ------- OPERATING REVENUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,820.1 $1,229.5 $648.2 --------- --------- ------- COSTS AND EXPENSES Operating and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . 1,603.3 812.6 448.9 Depreciation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470.1 232.8 131.9 Goodwill amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.9 26.7 - General and administrative. . . . . . . . . . . 57.9 42.1 16.8 --------- --------- ------- 2,286.2 1,114.2 597.6 --------- --------- ------- Impairment Loss on Long-Lived Assets . . . . . . . (40.4) - - Gain (Loss) from Sale of Assets, net . . . . . . . 56.5 17.8 (1.3) --------- --------- ------- OPERATING INCOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550.0 133.1 49.3 --------- --------- ------- OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE), NET Equity in earnings of joint ventures. . . . . . 16.5 9.4 5.6 Interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.7 6.2 5.4 Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized. . (223.9) (3.0) (10.3) Other, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0.8) (1.3) (0.7) --------- --------- ------- (189.5) 11.3 - --------- --------- ------- INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES, MINORITY INTEREST AND EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS. . . . . . . . 360.5 144.4 49.3 Income Tax Expense (Benefit) . . . . . . . . . . . 85.7 36.7 (9.3) Minority Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 0.6 0.5 --------- --------- ------- INCOME BEFORE EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS. . . . . . . . . 271.9 107.1 58.1 Gain (Loss) on Extraordinary Items, net of tax . . (19.3) 1.4 - --------- --------- ------- NET INCOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 252.6 $ 108.5 $ 58.1 ========= ========= ======= BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE (UNAUDITED PRO FORMA PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE SEDCO FOREX MERGER) Income Before Extraordinary Items . . . . . . . $ 0.88 $ 0.51 $ 0.53 Gain (Loss) on Extraordinary Items, net of tax. (0.06) 0.01 - --------- --------- ------- Net Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.82 $ 0.52 $ 0.53 ========= ========= ======= DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE (UNAUDITED PRO FORMA PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE SEDCO FOREX MERGER) Income Before Extraordinary Items . . . . . . . $ 0.86 $ 0.50 $ 0.53 Gain (Loss) on Extraordinary Items, net of tax. (0.06) 0.01 - --------- --------- ------- Net Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.80 $ 0.51 $ 0.53 ========= ========= ======= WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING (UNAUDITED PRO FORMA PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE SEDCO FOREX MERGER) Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.2 210.4 109.6 --------- --------- ------- Diluted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.8 211.7 109.6 --------- --------- ------- DIVIDENDS PAID PER SHARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.12 $ 0.12 $ - |
See accompanying notes.
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (In millions, except share data) DECEMBER 31, -------------------- 2001 2000 ---------- -------- ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 853.4 $ 34.5 Accounts Receivable Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602.9 268.9 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.8 27.1 Materials and Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.8 89.5 Deferred Income Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.0 18.1 Other Current Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.9 10.0 ---------- -------- Total Current Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,736.8 448.1 ---------- -------- Property and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,081.4 6,003.2 Less Accumulated Depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,713.3 1,308.2 ---------- -------- Property and Equipment, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,368.1 4,695.0 ---------- -------- Goodwill, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,466.7 1,037.9 Investments in and Advances to Joint Ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.2 105.9 Note Receivable from Related Party. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.9 - Other Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341.1 71.9 ---------- -------- Total Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,019.8 $6,358.8 ========== ======== LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Accounts Payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 188.4 $ 135.6 Accrued Income Taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.2 113.1 Debt Due Within One Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.4 23.1 Other Current Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.4 223.4 ---------- -------- Total Current Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,144.4 495.2 ---------- -------- Long-Term Debt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,539.4 1,430.3 Deferred Income Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317.1 359.2 Other Long-Term Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108.6 70.0 ---------- -------- Total Long-Term Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,965.1 1,859.5 ---------- -------- Commitments and Contingencies Preference Shares, $0.10 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - Ordinary Shares, $0.01 par value; 800,000,000 shares authorized, 318,816,035 and 210,710,363 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 2.1 Additional Paid-in Capital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,611.7 3,918.7 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2.3) - Retained Earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.7 83.3 ---------- -------- Total Shareholders' Equity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,910.3 4,004.1 ---------- -------- Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,019.8 $6,358.8 ========== ======== |
See accompanying notes.
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY (In millions, except per share data) ACCUMULATED ORDINARY SHARES ADDITIONAL OTHER ------------------ PAID-IN COMPREHENSIVE RETAINED PRE-MERGER TOTAL SHARES AMOUNT CAPITAL INCOME EARNINGS EQUITY EQUITY --------- ------- ------------ --------------- ---------- ------------ ---------- Balance at December 31, 1998 $ 564.4 $ 564.4 Net income 58.1 58.1 Advances from related parties and other 299.6 299.6 Merger with Transocean Offshore Inc.. . 210.1 $ 2.1 $ 3,908.0 $ - $ - (922.1) 2,988.0 --------- ------- ------------ --------------- ---------- ------------ ---------- Balance at December 31, 1999. . . . . . . 210.1 2.1 3,908.0 - - - 3,910.1 Net income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 108.5 - 108.5 Issuance of ordinary shares under stock-based compensation plans. . . . 0.6 - 16.6 - - - 16.6 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - (5.9) - - - (5.9) Cash dividends ($0.12 per share). . . . - - - - (25.2) - (25.2) --------- ------- ------------ --------------- ---------- ------------ ---------- Balance at December 31, 2000. . . . . . . 210.7 2.1 3,918.7 - 83.3 - 4,004.1 Net income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - 252.6 - 252.6 Shares issued for R&B Falcon merger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.1 1.1 6,654.9 - - - 6,656.0 Issuance of ordinary shares under stock-based compensation plans. . . . 1.6 - 45.2 - - - 45.2 Issuance of ordinary shares upon exercise of warrants. . . . . . . . . 0.6 - 10.6 - - - 10.6 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0.2) - (17.7) - - - (17.7) Cash dividends ($0.12 per share). . . . - - - - (38.2) - (38.2) Gain on terminated interest rate swaps. - - - 3.9 - - 3.9 Fair value adjustment on marketable securities held for sale. . . . . . . - - - (0.6) - - (0.6) Other comprehensive income related to joint venture. . . . . . . - - - (5.6) - - (5.6) --------- ------- ------------ --------------- ---------- ------------ ---------- Balance at December 31, 2001. . . . . . . 318.8 $ 3.2 $ 10,611.7 $ (2.3) $ 297.7 $ - $10,910.3 ========= ======= ============ =============== ========== ============ ========== |
See accompanying notes.
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (In millions) YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ---------------------------- 2001 2000 1999 -------- -------- -------- CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Net income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 252.6 $ 108.5 $ 58.1 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities Depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625.0 259.5 131.9 Deferred income taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (98.2) (30.1) (24.3) 1999 charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 29.4 Equity in earnings of joint ventures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (16.5) (9.4) (5.6) Net (gain) loss from sale of assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (52.5) (15.0) 1.3 Impairment loss on long-lived assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.4 - - Amortization of debt-related discounts/premiums, fair value adjustments and issue costs, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4.0) 9.4 - Deferred income, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (46.5) (20.7) (26.2) Deferred expenses, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (53.8) (18.6) - Extraordinary (gain) loss on debt extinguishment, net of tax. . . . . . . . 19.3 (1.4) - Tax benefit from exercise of stock options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6 1.9 - Other, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0.4) (7.0) (0.1) Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from the R&B Falcon merger Accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (55.2) (5.9) 100.5 Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (95.9) (58.6) (22.5) Receivable/payable with related parties, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 19.5 Income taxes receivable/payable, net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.2 1.2 (21.5) Other current assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5.3) (17.9) 0.1 -------- -------- -------- Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566.8 195.9 240.6 -------- -------- -------- CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Capital expenditures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (506.2) (574.7) (537.0) Proceeds from sale of coiled tubing drilling services business. . . . . . . . . - 24.9 - Proceeds from sale of securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2 - - Proceeds from sale of subsidiary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.6 - - Other proceeds from disposal of assets, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.1 56.3 0.7 Merger costs paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (24.4) (4.5) - Cash acquired in merger, net of cash paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.7 - 439.8 Joint ventures and other investments, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.6 5.1 6.3 -------- -------- -------- Net Cash Used in Investing Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (26.4) (492.9) (90.2) -------- -------- -------- |
See accompanying notes.
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED) (In millions) YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------------------------ 2001 2000 1999 ---------- -------- -------- CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Net borrowings under commercial paper program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326.4 - - Net proceeds from issuance of debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,693.5 489.1 - Early repayments of debt instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,495.0) (233.8) - Net repayments on revolving credit agreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (180.1) (54.9) - Other repayments of debt instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (56.0) (21.1) (15.3) Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares under stock-based compensation plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.6 13.7 - Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares upon exercise of warrants. . . 10.6 - - Dividends paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (38.2) (25.3) - Financing costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (15.2) (2.6) - Net repayments of debt to related parties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - (407.4) Advances and other from related parties, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 265.5 Other, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 0.7 (2.0) ---------- -------- -------- Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . 278.5 165.8 (159.2) ---------- -------- -------- Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . 818.9 (131.2) (8.8) ---------- -------- -------- Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.5 165.7 174.5 ---------- -------- -------- Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 853.4 $ 34.5 $ 165.7 ========== ======== ======== |
See accompanying notes.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 - Nature of Business and Principles of Consolidation
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. (together with its subsidiaries and predecessors, unless the context requires otherwise, the "Company," "we" or "our") is a leading international provider of offshore and inland marine contract drilling services for oil and gas wells. The Company's mobile offshore drilling fleet is considered one of the most modern and versatile fleets in the world. The Company specializes in technically demanding segments of the offshore drilling business with a particular focus on deepwater and harsh environment drilling services. At December 31, 2001, the Company owned, had partial ownership interests in or operated more than 160 mobile offshore and barge drilling units. As of this date, the Company's active fleet consisted of 31 high-specification drillships and semisubmersibles ("floaters"), 30 other floaters, 54 jackup rigs, 35 drilling barges, four tenders and three submersible drilling rigs. In addition, the fleet includes mobile offshore production units, platform drilling rigs and 10 land drilling rigs in Venezuela. The Company contracts its drilling rigs, related equipment and work crews primarily on a dayrate basis to drill oil and gas wells.
Intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated. The equity method of accounting is used for investments in joint ventures owned 50 percent or less and for investments in joint ventures owned 50 percent or more where the Company does not have significant influence or control over the day-to-day operations of the joint venture.
On January 31, 2001, we completed a merger transaction with R&B Falcon Corporation ("R&B Falcon"). At the time of the merger, R&B Falcon owned, had partial ownership interests in, operated or had under construction more than 100 mobile offshore drilling units and other units utilized in the support of offshore drilling activities. As a result of the merger, R&B Falcon became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The merger was accounted for as a purchase with the Company as the accounting acquiror. The consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2001 represents the financial position of the merged company. The consolidated statements of operations and of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2001 include 11 months of operating results and cash flows for R&B Falcon.
On December 31, 1999, the merger of Transocean Offshore Inc. and Sedco Forex Holdings Limited ("Sedco Forex") was completed. Sedco Forex was the offshore contract drilling service business of Schlumberger Limited ("Schlumberger") and was spun off immediately prior to the merger transaction. As a result of the merger, Sedco Forex became a wholly owned subsidiary of Transocean Offshore Inc., which changed its name to Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. The merger was accounted for as a purchase with Sedco Forex as the accounting acquiror. The consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2000, the consolidated statements of cash flows and of operations for the year ended December 31, 2000 represent the financial position, cash flows and results of operations of the merged company. The combined statements of cash flows and operations for the year ended December 31, 1999 represent the cash flows and results of operations of Sedco Forex and not those of historical Transocean Offshore Inc.
The combined financial statements for the period prior to the Sedco Forex merger represent the offshore contract drilling service business of Schlumberger, which comprised certain businesses, operations, assets and liabilities of Sedco Forex and its subsidiaries and of Schlumberger and its subsidiaries, as defined in the Distribution Agreement (see Note 4). Although Sedco Forex was not a separate public company prior to the merger, the combined financial statements are presented as if Sedco Forex had existed as an entity separate from its parent, Schlumberger. The combined financial statements include the historical revenues and expenses and cash flows that were directly related to the offshore contract drilling service business of Schlumberger for the year ended December 31, 1999 and have been prepared using Schlumberger's historical results of operations of Sedco Forex.
Prior to the Sedco Forex merger, certain Schlumberger corporate expenses, including centralized research and engineering, legal, accounting, employee benefits, real estate, insurance, information technology services, treasury and other corporate and infrastructure costs, although not directly attributable to Sedco Forex's operations, were allocated to Sedco Forex on bases that Schlumberger and Sedco Forex considered to be a reasonable reflection of the utilization of services provided or the benefit received by Sedco Forex (see Note 19). The financial information for the period prior to the Sedco Forex merger included herein may not reflect the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of Sedco Forex had it been a separate, stand-alone entity during the periods presented.
Because Sedco Forex historically was not operated as a separate, stand-alone entity, and in many cases Sedco Forex's results were included in the consolidated financial statements of Schlumberger on a divisional basis, there are no separate meaningful historical equity accounts for Sedco Forex prior to the merger.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued
Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Accounting Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S.") requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on going basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to bad debts, materials and supplies obsolescence, investments, intangible assets and goodwill, income taxes, financing operations, workers' insurance, pensions and other post-retirement and employment benefits and contingent liabilities. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ from such estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Cash equivalents are stated at cost plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value. Cash equivalents are highly liquid debt instruments with an original maturity of three months or less and consist of time deposits with a number of commercial banks with high credit ratings, Eurodollar time deposits, certificates of deposit and commercial paper. The Company may also invest excess funds in no-load, open-end, management investment trusts ("mutual funds"). The mutual funds invest exclusively in high quality money market instruments. Generally, the maturity date of the Company's investments is the next business day.
At December 31, 2001, $39.5 million of cash and cash equivalents related to the Company's wholly owned subsidiary Arcade Drilling as ("Arcade"). Arcade's cash and cash equivalents are available to Arcade for all purposes subject to restrictions under the Standstill Agreement dated as of August 31, 1991 between the Company and Arcade. Such restrictions preclude the Company from borrowing any cash from Arcade.
As a result of the Deepwater Nautilus project financing in 1999, the Company is required to maintain in cash an amount to cover certain principal and interest payments. At December 31, 2001, such restricted cash, classified as other assets in the consolidated balance sheet, amounted to $13.2 million.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable - The Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts on a case-by-case basis when it believes the required payment of specific amounts owed is unlikely to occur. This allowance was approximately $24 million at December 31, 2001 and 2000.
Materials and Supplies - Materials and supplies are carried at average cost less an allowance for obsolescence. Such allowance was $24.1 million and $23.1 million at December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively.
Property and Equipment - Property and equipment, consisting primarily of offshore drilling rigs and related equipment, are carried at cost. Property and equipment obtained in the Sedco Forex and R&B Falcon mergers (see Note 4) were recorded at fair value. The Company generally provides for depreciation on the straight-line method after allowing for salvage values. Expenditures for renewals, replacements and improvements are capitalized. Maintenance and repairs are charged to operating expense as incurred. Upon sale or other disposition, the applicable amounts of asset cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and the net amount, less proceeds from disposal, is charged or credited to income.
As a result of the Sedco Forex and R&B Falcon mergers, the Company conformed its policies relating to estimated rig lives and salvage values. Estimated useful lives of its drilling units now range from 18 to 35 years, reflecting maintenance history and market demand for these drilling units, buildings and improvements from 10 to 30 years and machinery and equipment from four to 12 years. Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 was reduced by approximately $23 million (net $0.07 per diluted share) and $72 million (net $0.34 per diluted share), respectively, as a result of conforming these policies.
Goodwill - The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired is accounted for as goodwill and has been amortized on a straight-line basis based on a 40-year life. The amortization period was based on the nature of the offshore drilling industry, long-lived drilling equipment and the long-standing relationships with core customers. Accumulated amortization at December 31, 2001 and 2000 totaled $181.6 million and $26.7 million, respectively. See "New Accounting Pronouncements."
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets - The carrying value of long-lived assets, principally goodwill and property and equipment, is reviewed for potential impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. For property and equipment held for use, the determination of recoverability is made based upon the estimated undiscounted future net cash flows of the related asset. Property and equipment held for sale are recorded at the lower of net book value or net realizable value. See Note 7. For goodwill, the determination of recoverability has been made based upon a comparison of the Company's net book value to the value indicated by the market price of its equity securities (see "-New Accounting Pronouncements").
Operating Revenues and Expenses - Operating revenues are recognized as earned, based on contractual daily rates or on a fixed price basis. Turnkey profits are recognized upon completion of the well and acceptance by the customer. Provisions for losses are made on contracts in progress when losses are anticipated. In connection with drilling contracts, the Company may receive revenues for preparation and mobilization of equipment and personnel or for capital improvements to rigs. In connection with contracted mobilizations, revenues earned and related costs incurred are deferred and recognized over the primary contract term of the drilling project. Costs of relocating drilling units without contracts to more promising market areas are expensed as incurred. Upon completion of drilling contracts, any demobilization fees received are reflected in income, as are any related expenses. Capital upgrade revenues received are deferred and recognized over the primary contract term of the drilling project. The actual cost incurred for the capital upgrade is depreciated over the estimated useful life of the asset. The Company incurs periodic survey and drydock costs in connection with obtaining regulatory certification to operate its rigs on an ongoing basis. Costs associated with these certifications are deferred and amortized over the period until the next survey.
Capitalized Interest - Interest costs for the construction and upgrade of qualifying assets are capitalized. The Company capitalized interest costs on construction work in progress of $34.9 million, $86.6 million and $27.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended in June 1999. The Company adopted SFAS 133 as of January 1, 2001. Because of the Company's limited use of derivatives to manage its exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates, the adoption of the new statement had no effect on the results of operations or the consolidated financial position of the Company. See Note 9.
Foreign Currency Translation - The U.S. dollar is the functional currency for the Company's foreign operations. Foreign currency exchange gains and losses are included in other income as incurred. Net foreign currency gains (losses) were $1.1 million, $(1.4) million and $(0.8) million for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
Income Taxes - Income taxes have been provided based upon the tax laws and rates in the countries in which operations are conducted and income is earned. The income tax rates imposed by these taxing authorities vary substantially. Taxable income may differ from pre-tax income for financial accounting purposes. There is no expected relationship between the provision for income taxes and income before income taxes because the countries have different taxation regimes, which vary not only with respect to nominal rate, but also in terms of the availability of deductions, credits and other benefits. Variations also arise because income earned and taxed in any particular country or countries may fluctuate from period to period. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the anticipated future tax effects of temporary differences between the financial statement basis and the tax basis of the Company's assets and liabilities using the applicable tax rates in effect at year end. A valuation allowance for deferred tax assets is recorded when it is more likely than not that some or all of the benefit from the deferred tax asset will not be realized. Prior to the Sedco Forex merger, the provision for income taxes in the combined financial statements was determined on a separate return basis. See Note 12.
Segments - The Company's operations have been aggregated into two reportable segments: (i) International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services and (ii) Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water. The Company provides services with different types of drilling equipment in several geographic regions. The location of the Company's operating assets and the allocation of resources to build or upgrade drilling units is determined by the activities and needs of customers. See Note 17.
Stock-Based Compensation - In accordance with the provisions of the FASB's SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-based Compensation, the Company has elected to follow the Accounting Principles Board Opinion ("APB") 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related interpretations in accounting for its employee stock-based compensation plans. Under
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APB 25, if the exercise price of employee stock options equals or exceeds the fair value of the underlying stock on the date of grant, no compensation expense is recognized. See Note 14.
New Accounting Pronouncements - In July 2001, the FASB issued SFAS 141, Business Combinations. SFAS 141 requires that all business combinations initiated or completed after June 30, 2001 be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. The statement provides for recognition and measurement of intangible assets separate from goodwill. The Company adopted SFAS 141 as of July 1, 2001. The adoption of the new statement had no effect on the consolidated results of operations or financial position of the Company.
In July 2001, the FASB issued SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. Under SFAS 142, goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are no longer amortized but are reviewed at least annually for impairment. The amortization provisions of SFAS 142 apply to goodwill and intangible assets acquired after June 30, 2001. With respect to goodwill and intangible assets acquired prior to July 1, 2001, the Company is required to and has adopted SFAS 142, effective January 1, 2002. Application of the non-amortization provisions of SFAS 142 for goodwill is expected to result in an increase in operating income of approximately $155 million in 2002. At December 31, 2001, the Company had goodwill of approximately $6.5 billion. Pursuant to SFAS 142, the Company will test its goodwill for impairment upon adoption and, if impairment is indicated, record such impairment as a cumulative effect of an accounting change. In accordance with SFAS 142, the Company will test goodwill for impairment at a reporting unit level. SFAS 142 defines a reporting unit as an operating segment or a component of an operating segment that constitutes a business for which financial information is available and is regularly reviewed by management. Management has determined that the Company's reporting units are the same as its operating segments for the purposes of testing goodwill for impairment. While the Company is currently evaluating the effect the adoption may have on its consolidated results of operations and financial position, it expects a significant impairment of goodwill within its Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water reporting unit. The Company does not currently expect a significant impairment of goodwill within its International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services reporting unit.
In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS 144, Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. SFAS 144 supersedes SFAS 121, Accounting for Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of, and the accounting and reporting provisions of APB 30, Reporting the Results of Operations - Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a Segment of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently Occurring Events and Transactions. SFAS 144 retains the fundamental provisions of SFAS 121 for recognition and measurement of long-lived asset impairment and for the measurement of long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale and the basic requirements of APB 30. In addition to these fundamental provisions, SFAS 144 provides guidance for determining whether long-lived assets should be tested for impairment and specific criteria for classifying assets to be disposed of as held for sale. The statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001, and the Company has adopted the statement as of January 1, 2002. Management does not expect the adoption of this statement to have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial position or results of operations.
Reclassifications - Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform with the current year presentation.
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Note 3 - Comprehensive Income
The components of total comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively, are as follows (in millions):
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ---------------------- 2001 2000 1999 ------- ------ ----- Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $252.6 $108.5 $58.1 Gain on terminated interest rate swaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 - - Unrealized loss on securities available for sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0.6) - - Share of unrealized loss in unconsolidated joint venture's interest rate hedge (5.6) - - ------- ------ ----- Total comprehensive income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250.3 $108.5 $58.1 ======= ====== ===== |
There was no accumulated other comprehensive income at December 31, 2000. The components of accumulated other comprehensive income at December 31, 2001 are as follows (in millions):
DECEMBER 31, 2001 -------------- Gain on terminated interest rate swaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3.9 Unrealized loss on securities available for sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0.6) Share of unrealized loss in unconsolidated joint venture's interest rate hedge (5.6) -------------- Accumulated other comprehensive income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (2.3) ============== |
Note 4 - Business Combinations
Merger with R&B Falcon - On January 31, 2001, the Company completed a merger transaction with R&B Falcon in which an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company merged with and into R&B Falcon. As a result of the merger, R&B Falcon common shareholders received 0.5 newly issued ordinary shares of the Company for each R&B Falcon share. The Company issued approximately 106 million ordinary shares in exchange for the issued and outstanding shares of R&B Falcon and assumed warrants and options exercisable for approximately 13 million ordinary shares. The ordinary shares issued in exchange for the issued and outstanding shares of R&B Falcon constituted approximately 33 percent of the Company's outstanding ordinary shares after the merger.
The Company accounted for the merger using the purchase method of accounting with the Company treated as the accounting acquiror. The purchase price of $6.7 billion was comprised of the calculated market capitalization of the Company's ordinary shares issued at the time of merger with R&B Falcon of $6.1 billion and the estimated fair value of R&B Falcon stock options and warrants at the time of the merger of $0.6 billion. The market capitalization of the Company's ordinary shares issued was calculated using the average closing price of the Company's ordinary shares for a period immediately before and after August 21, 2000, the date the merger was announced.
The purchase price included, at estimated fair value, current assets of $672 million, drilling and other property and equipment of $4,010 million, other assets of $160 million and the assumption of current liabilities of $338 million, other net long-term liabilities of $242 million and long-term debt of $3,206 million. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired was $5,630 million, which has been accounted for as goodwill and was amortized on a straight-line basis using a 40-year life. See Note 2.
In conjunction with the R&B Falcon merger, the Company established a liability of $16.5 million for the estimated severance-related costs associated with the involuntary termination of 569 R&B Falcon employees pursuant to management's plan to consolidate operations and administrative functions post-merger. Included in the 569 planned involuntary terminations were 387 employees engaged in the Company's land drilling business in Venezuela. The Company has suspended active marketing efforts to divest this business and, as a result, the estimated liability was reduced by $4.3 million in the third quarter of 2001 with an offset to goodwill. Through December 31, 2001, approximately $11.6 million in
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severance-related costs have been paid to 173 employees whose positions were eliminated as a result of the consolidation of operations and administrative functions post-merger. The Company anticipates that substantially all of the remaining amounts will be paid by the end of the first quarter of 2002.
Unaudited pro forma combined operating results of the Company and R&B Falcon assuming the merger was completed as of January 1, 2001 and 2000, respectively, are as follows (in millions, except per share data):
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------------------ 2001 2002 ----------- ----------- Operating revenues . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,946.0 $ 2,292.4 Operating income . . . . . . . . . . . . 549.5 129.9 Income (loss) from continuing operations 257.6 (300.6) Earnings (loss) per share: Basic and Diluted. . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.80 $ (0.95) |
The pro forma information includes adjustments for additional depreciation based on the fair market value of the drilling and other property and equipment acquired, amortization of goodwill arising from the transaction, increased interest expense for debt assumed in the merger and related adjustments for income taxes. The pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations had the transaction been effected on the assumed dates or the results of operations for any future periods.
Distribution, Spin-off and Merger with Sedco Forex - Pursuant to the distribution agreement dated July 12, 1999 between Schlumberger and Sedco Forex (the "Distribution Agreement"), Schlumberger separated and combined its offshore contract drilling service business under Sedco Forex. In December 1999, Schlumberger made a net capital contribution of $226.7 million to Sedco Forex to adjust Sedco Forex's level of indebtedness and cash balances to those required by the terms of the Distribution Agreement.
In accordance with the Distribution Agreement, certain Sedco Forex assets and liabilities primarily associated with employee benefits, income taxes and balances due to or from Schlumberger companies other than Sedco Forex were retained by Schlumberger. The net liabilities retained totaled $30.9 million and were treated as a capital contribution by Schlumberger.
On December 30, 1999, Schlumberger completed the spin-off of Sedco Forex to the Schlumberger shareholders by issuing one share of Sedco Forex capital stock for each share of Schlumberger common stock owned.
On December 31, 1999, the merger of Transocean Offshore Inc. and Sedco Forex was completed. Under the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 12, 1999 among Schlumberger, Sedco Forex, Transocean Offshore Inc. and Transocean SF Limited, a wholly owned Transocean Offshore Inc. subsidiary, Transocean SF Limited merged with and into Sedco Forex, and Schlumberger shareholders exchanged all of the Sedco Forex shares distributed by Schlumberger for 109,564,268 ordinary shares of the Company, of which 145,102 ordinary shares were sold on the market for cash paid in lieu of fractional shares.
The merger was accounted for as a purchase with Sedco Forex as the accounting acquiror. The purchase price of $3.0 billion was comprised of the calculated market capitalization of Transocean Offshore Inc. of $2.9 billion and the estimated fair value of Transocean Offshore Inc. stock options at the time of the merger of $50 million. The market capitalization of Transocean Offshore Inc. was calculated using the average closing price of Transocean Offshore Inc. ordinary shares for the period immediately before and after July 12, 1999, the date the merger was announced.
The purchase price included, at estimated fair value, current assets of $638 million, drilling and other property and equipment of $3,029 million, other assets of $136 million and the assumption of current liabilities of $299 million, other net long-term liabilities of $278 million and long-term debt of $1,119 million. In addition, a deferred tax liability of $188 million was recorded primarily for the difference in the basis for tax and financial reporting purposes of the net assets acquired. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired was $1,068 million, which has been accounted for as goodwill and was amortized on a straight-line basis using a 40-year life. See Note 2.
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Unaudited pro forma combined operating results of Sedco Forex and Transocean Offshore Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1999, assuming the acquisition was completed as of January 1, 1999, are summarized as follows (in millions, except per share data):
Year ended December 31, 1999 ------------------ Operating revenues . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,579.1 Operating income . . . . . . . . . . . . 291.1 Net income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237.9 Earnings per share: Basic and Diluted . . . . . . . . . . $ 1.13 |
The pro forma information includes adjustments for additional depreciation based on the fair market value of the drilling and other property and equipment acquired, amortization of goodwill arising from the transaction, decreased interest expense for related party debt replaced by borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement (see Note 8) and related adjustments for income taxes. The pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations had the transaction been effected on the assumed date or the results of operations for any future periods.
Note 5 - Upgrade and Expansion of Drilling Fleet
Capital expenditures, including capitalized interest, totaled $506 million during the year ended December 31, 2001 and included $175 million, $42 million, $41 million and $24 million spent on the construction of the Deepwater Horizon, Sedco Energy, Sedco Express and Cajun Express, respectively. A substantial majority of the capital expenditures is related to the International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services segment. The Company's construction program was completed as of December 31, 2001.
Note 6 - Asset Dispositions
In February 2001, Sea Wolf Drilling Limited ("Sea Wolf"), a joint venture in which the Company holds a 25 percent interest, sold two semisubmersible rigs, the Drill Star and Sedco Explorer, to Pride International, Inc. In the first quarter of 2001, the Company recognized accelerated amortization of the deferred gain related to the Sedco Explorer of $18.5 million ($0.06 per diluted share), which is included in gain from sale of assets. The Company's bareboat charter with Sea Wolf on the Sedco Explorer was terminated effective June 2000. The Company continued to operate the Drill Star, which has been renamed the Pride North Atlantic, under a bareboat charter agreement until October 2001, at which time the rig was returned to its owner. The amortization of the Drill Star's deferred gain was accelerated and produced incremental gains in 2001 of $36.3 million ($0.12 per diluted share), which is included as a reduction in operating and maintenance expense.
In December 2001, the Company sold RBF FPSO L.P., which owned the Seillean, a multi-purpose service vessel. The Company received net proceeds from the sale of $85.6 million and recorded a net after-tax gain of $17.1 million ($0.05 per diluted share) for the year ended December 31, 2001. In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company sold certain other non-strategic assets acquired in the R&B Falcon merger and certain other assets held for sale. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $116.1 million. These sales resulted in a net after-tax gain of $7.5 million ($0.02 per diluted share) for the year ended December 31, 2001.
In July 2000, the Company sold a semisubmersible, the Transocean Discoverer. Net proceeds from the sale of the rig, which had been idle in the U.K. sector of the North Sea since February 2000, totaled $42.7 million and resulted in a net after-tax gain of $9.4 million, or $0.04 per diluted share.
In February 2000, the Company sold its coiled tubing drilling services business to Schlumberger Limited. The net proceeds from the sale were $24.9 million and no gain or loss was recognized on the sale. The Company's interests in its Transocean-Nabors Drilling Technology LLC and DeepVision LLC joint ventures were excluded from the sale.
Note 7 - Impairment Loss on Long-Lived Assets
During the fourth quarter 2001, the Company recorded noncash impairment charges in the International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services segment and Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water segment of $36.3 million and $4.1 million, respectively. In the International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services segment, the impairment related to assets held
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for sale and certain non-core assets held and used of $24.5 million and $11.8 million, respectively. In the Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water segment, the impairment related to assets held for sale and certain non-core assets held and used of $3.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively. The impairments resulted from deterioration in current market conditions. The methodology used in determining the fair market value included third-party appraisals and industry experience for non-core assets held and used and offers from potential buyers for assets held for sale.
Note 8 - Debt
Debt, net of unamortized discounts, premiums and fair value adjustments, is comprised of the following (in millions):
DECEMBER 31, ------------------ 2001 2000 -------- -------- Commercial Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 326.4 $ - 6.5% Senior Notes, due April 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240.5 - 9.125% Senior Notes, due December 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.0 - Amortizing Term Loan Agreement - Final Maturity December 2004. . . 400.0 400.0 550 million Revolving Credit Agreement, due December 2005. . . . . - 180.1 7.31% Nautilus Class A1 Amortizing Notes - Final Maturity May 2005. 142.9 - 9.41% Nautilus Class A2 Notes, due May 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.4 - 6.75% Senior Notes, due April 2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354.6 - Secured Rig Financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.6 68.6 6.95% Senior Notes, due April 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252.3 - 9.5% Senior Notes, due December 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348.1 - 6.625% Notes, due April 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711.7 - 7.375% Senior Notes, due April 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.5 - Zero Coupon Convertible Debentures, due May 2020. . . . . . . . . . 512.2 497.7 1.5% Convertible Debentures, due May 2021 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.0 - 8% Debentures, due April 2027 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.9 197.9 7.45% Notes, due April 2027 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.4 94.1 7.5% Notes, due April 2031. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597.3 - 6.9% Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 14.9 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 0.1 -------- -------- Total Debt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,023.8 1,453.4 Less Debt Due Within One Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484.4 23.1 -------- -------- Total Long-Term Debt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,539.4 $1,430.3 ======== ======== |
The scheduled maturity of the face value of the Company's debt is as follows (in millions):
Years Ended December 31, ------------- 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 484.4 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532.3 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.4 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423.4 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - Thereafter . . . . . . . . . . . 3,650.0 ------------- Total. . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,301.5 ============= |
Commercial Paper Program - The borrowings as of December 31, 2001 had a maturity of one day to seven days and an average yield of 3.21 percent. The Revolving Credit Agreements (described below) provide liquidity for commercial paper borrowings.
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Revolving Credit Agreements - The Company is a party to two revolving credit agreements (together the "Revolving Credit Agreements"), a $550.0 million five-year revolving credit agreement (the "Five-Year Revolver") dated December 29, 2000 and a $250.0 million 364-day revolving credit agreement (the "364-Day Revolver") dated December 27, 2001. The Revolving Credit Agreements bear interest, at the Company's option, at a base rate or London Interbank Offer Rate ("LIBOR") plus a margin that can vary from 0.180 percent to 0.700 percent under the Five-Year Revolver and from 0.190 percent to 0.725 percent under the 364-Day Revolver depending on the Company's senior unsecured public debt rating. At December 31, 2001, the Five-Year Revolver and the 364-Day Revolver margins were 0.45 percent and 0.475 percent, respectively. A utilization fee varying from 0.075 percent to 0.150 percent, depending on the Company's senior unsecured public debt rating, is payable if amounts outstanding under the Five-Year Revolver or the 364-Day Revolver are greater than $181.5 million or $82.5 million, respectively. The Revolving Credit Agreements contain covenants similar to those contained in the Term Loan Agreement described below. There were no amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Agreements at December 31, 2001.
Term Loan Agreement - The Company is a party to a $400.0 million unsecured five-year term loan agreement dated as of December 16, 1999. Amounts outstanding under the Term Loan Agreement bear interest at the Company's option, at a base rate or LIBOR plus a margin (0.70 percent per annum at December 31, 2001) that varies depending on the Company's senior unsecured public debt rating. The debt begins to amortize in March 2002, at a rate of $25.0 million per quarter in 2002. In 2003 and 2004, the debt amortizes at a rate of $37.5 million per quarter.
The Term Loan Agreement and the Revolving Credit Agreements require compliance with various covenants and provisions customary for agreements of this nature, including an interest coverage ratio of not less than 3 to 1, a debt to total capital ratio of not greater than 40 percent, and limitations on mergers and sale of substantially all assets, creating liens, incurring debt, transactions with affiliates and sale/leaseback transactions. Furthermore, the agreements contain a "material adverse effect" representation that may prevent the Company from borrowing under the agreements should an event occur which materially impacts the Company's business or its ability to meet any of its obligations under the agreements.
6.625% Notes and 7.5% Notes - In April 2001, the Company issued $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Notes due April 15, 2011 and $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.5% Notes due April 15, 2031. The fair value of the 6.625% Notes and 7.5% Notes at December 31, 2001 was approximately $689.0 million and $599.0 million, respectively, based on the estimated yield to maturity as of that date. At December 31, 2001, $700.0 million and $600.0 million principal amount of these notes was outstanding, respectively.
The Company entered into interest rate swaps relating to the 6.625% Notes and 7.5% Notes. See Note 9.
1.5% Convertible Debentures - In May 2001, the Company issued $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 1.5% Convertible Debentures due May 2021. The Company has the right to redeem the debentures after five years for a price equal to 100 percent of the principal. Each holder has the right to require the Company to repurchase the debentures after five, 10 and 15 years at 100 percent of the principal amount. The Company may pay this repurchase price with either cash or ordinary shares or a combination of cash and ordinary shares. The debentures are convertible into ordinary shares of the Company at the option of the holder at any time at a ratio of 13.8627 shares per $1,000 principal amount debenture, subject to adjustments if certain events take place, if the closing sale price per ordinary share exceeds 110 percent of the conversion price for at least 20 trading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately prior to the conversion date or if other specified conditions are met. At December 31, 2001, $400.0 million principal amount of these notes was outstanding. The fair value of the 1.5% Convertible Debentures at December 31, 2001 was approximately $354.0 million based on the estimated yield to maturity as of that date.
Zero Coupon Convertible Debentures - In May 2000, the Company issued Zero Coupon Convertible Debentures due May 2020 with a face value at maturity of $865.0 million. The debentures were issued at a price to the public of $579.12 per debenture and accrue original issue discount at a rate of 2.75 percent per annum compounded semiannually to reach a face value at maturity of $1,000 per debenture. The Company will pay no interest on the debentures prior to maturity and has the right to redeem the debentures after three years for a price equal to the issuance price plus accrued original issue discount to the date of redemption. Each holder has the right to require the Company to repurchase the debentures on the third, eighth and thirteenth anniversary of issuance at the issuance price plus accrued original issue discount to the date of repurchase. The Company may pay this repurchase price with either cash or ordinary shares or a combination of cash and ordinary shares. The debentures are convertible into ordinary shares of the Company at the option of the holder at any time at a ratio of 8.1566 shares per debenture subject to adjustments if certain events take place. At December 31, 2001, $865.0 million principal
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amount of these notes was outstanding. The fair value of the Zero Coupon Convertible Debentures at December 31, 2001 was approximately $513.0 million based on the estimated yield to maturity as of that date.
6.5%, 6.75%, 6.95% and 7.375% Senior Notes - In April 1998, R&B Falcon issued 6.5% Senior Notes, 6.75% Senior Notes, 6.95% Senior Notes and 7.375% Senior Notes with an aggregate principal amount of $1.1 billion. These notes were recorded at fair value on January 31, 2001 as part of the R&B Falcon merger. At December 31, 2001, approximately $239.5 million, $350.0 million, $250.0 million and $250.0 million principal amount of these notes was outstanding, respectively. The fair value of the 6.5%, 6.75%, 6.95% and 7.375% Senior Notes at December 31, 2001 was approximately $247.0 million, $363.0 million, $254.0 million and $246.0 million, respectively, based on the estimated yield to maturity as of that date.
The 6.75% Senior Notes, 6.95% Senior Notes and 7.375% Senior Notes are redeemable at the option of the Company at a make-whole premium. The 6.5% Senior Notes are not redeemable at the option of the Company .
9.125% and 9.5% Senior Notes - In December 1998, R&B Falcon issued 9.125% Senior Notes and 9.5% Senior Notes with an aggregate principal amount of $400.0 million. These notes were recorded at fair value on January 31, 2001 as part of the R&B Falcon merger. These notes are redeemable at the option of the Company at a make-whole premium. At December 31, 2001, approximately $87.2 million and $300.0 million principal amount of these notes was outstanding, respectively. The fair value of the 9.125% and 9.5% Senior Notes at December 31, 2001 was approximately $94.0 million and $345.0 million, respectively, based on the estimated yield to maturity as of that date.
7.45% Notes and 8% Debentures - In April 1997, the Company issued $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.45% Notes due April 15, 2027 and $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8% Debentures due April 15, 2027. Holders of the 7.45% Notes may elect to have all or any portion of the 7.45% Notes repaid on April 15, 2007 at 100 percent of the principal amount. The 7.45% Notes, at any time after April 15, 2007, and the 8% Debentures, at any time, are redeemable at the Company's option at a make-whole premium. At December 31, 2001, $100.0 million and $200.0 million principal amount of these notes was outstanding, respectively. The fair value of the 7.45% Notes and 8% Debentures at December 31, 2001 was approximately $98.0 million and $209.0 million, respectively, based on the estimated yield to maturity as of that date.
All of the notes, debentures and bank agreements described above are senior and unsecured.
Nautilus Class A1 and A2 Notes - In August 1999, a subsidiary of R&B Falcon completed a $250.0 million project financing for the construction of the Deepwater Nautilus that consisted of two five-year notes. The first note with an original principal amount of $200.0 million and bearing interest at 7.31 percent calls for monthly interest and principal payments and matures in May 2005. The second note with a principal amount of $50.0 million and bearing interest at 9.41 percent calls for monthly interest payments and a balloon principal payment due at maturity in May 2005. Both notes are collateralized by the Deepwater Nautilus and drilling contract revenues from such rig. At December 31, 2001, approximately $144.0 million and $50.0 million principal amount of these notes was outstanding, respectively. These notes were recorded at fair value on January 31, 2001 as part of the R&B Falcon merger. The fair value of the Nautilus Class A1 and A2 Notes at December 31, 2001 was approximately $154.0 million and $55.0 million, respectively, based on the estimated yield to maturity as of that date.
Secured Rig Financing - At December 31, 2001, the Company had outstanding $50.6 million of debt secured by the Trident IX and Trident 16. Payments under these financing agreements include an interest component of 7.95 percent for the Trident IX and 7.20 percent for the Trident 16. The Trident IX facility expires in April 2003 while the Trident 16 facility expires in September 2004. The financing arrangements provide for a call right on the part of the Company to repay the financing prior to expiration of their scheduled terms and in some circumstances a put right on the part of the banks to require the Company to repay the financing. Under either circumstance, the Company would retain ownership of the rigs. See Note 23. The fair value of the Secured Rig Financing at December 31, 2001 was approximately $53.0 million based on the estimated yield to maturity as of that date.
Redeemed and Repurchased Debt - On May 18, 2001, Cliffs Drilling, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, redeemed all of the approximately $200.0 million principal amount outstanding 10.25% Senior Notes due 2003, at 102.5 percent, or $1,025 per $1,000 principal amount, plus interest accrued to the redemption date. The Company recognized an extraordinary gain, net of tax, of approximately $1.6 million ($0.01 per diluted share) in the second quarter of 2001 relating to the early extinguishment of this debt.
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On April 10, 2001, R&B Falcon acquired, pursuant to a tender offer, all of the approximately $400.0 million principal amount outstanding 11.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2009 of its affiliate, RBF Finance Co., at 122.51 percent of principal amount, or $1,225.10 per $1,000 principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
On April 6, 2001, RBF Finance Co., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, redeemed all of the approximately $400.0 million principal amount outstanding 11% Senior Secured Notes due 2006 at 125.282 percent, or $1,252.82 per $1,000 principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, and R&B Falcon redeemed all of the approximately $200.0 million principal amount outstanding 12.25% Senior Notes due 2006 at 130.675 percent or $1,306.75 per $1,000 principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Company funded the redemption from the issuance of the 6.625% Notes and 7.5% Notes in April 2001.
In the second quarter of 2001, the Company recognized an extraordinary loss, net of tax, of approximately $18.9 million ($0.06 per diluted share) on the early retirement of these three debt instruments.
On November 30, 2001, the Company repaid all amounts outstanding related to the 6.9% Notes using cash on hand. As a result, the Company recognized an extraordinary loss, net of tax, of approximately $1.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2001 relating to the early extinguishment of this debt.
In November and December of 2001, the Company repurchased and retired approximately $11.3 million face value of the 9.125% Senior Notes due 2003 and $10.5 million face value of the 6.5% Senior Notes due 2003. The Company funded the repurchases from cash on hand. As a result, the Company recognized an extraordinary loss, net of tax, of approximately $0.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2001 relating to the early extinguishment of this debt.
Note 9 - Financial Instruments and Risk Concentration
Foreign Exchange Risk - The Company's international operations expose the Company to foreign exchange risk. This risk is primarily associated with compensation costs denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and with purchases from foreign suppliers. The Company uses a variety of techniques to minimize exposure to foreign exchange risk, including customer contract payment terms and foreign exchange derivative instruments.
The Company's primary foreign exchange risk management strategy involves structuring customer contracts to provide for payment in both U.S. dollars and local currency. The payment portion denominated in local currency is based on anticipated local currency requirements over the contract term. Foreign exchange derivative instruments, specifically foreign exchange forward contracts, may be used to minimize foreign exchange risk in instances where the primary strategy is not attainable. A foreign exchange forward contract obligates the Company to exchange predetermined amounts of specified foreign currencies at specified exchange rates on specified dates or to make an equivalent U.S. dollar payment equal to the value of such exchange.
Gains and losses on foreign exchange derivative instruments, which qualify as accounting hedges, are deferred as other comprehensive income and recognized when the underlying foreign exchange exposure is realized. Gains and losses on foreign exchange derivative instruments, which do not qualify as hedges for accounting purposes, are recognized currently based on the change in market value of the derivative instruments. At December 31, 2001 and 2000, the Company did not have any foreign exchange derivative instruments not qualifying as accounting hedges.
Interest Rate Risk -The Company's use of debt directly exposes the Company to interest rate risk. Floating rate debt, where the interest rate can be changed every year or less over the life of the instrument, exposes the Company to short-term changes in market interest rates. Fixed rate debt, where the interest rate is fixed over the life of the instrument and the instrument's maturity is greater than one year, exposes the Company to changes in market interest rates should the Company refinance maturing debt with new debt.
In addition, the Company is exposed to interest rate risk in its cash investments, as the interest rates on these investments change with market interest rates.
The Company, from time to time, may use interest rate swap agreements to manage the effect of interest rate changes on future income. These derivatives are used as hedges and are not used for speculative or trading purposes. Interest rate swaps are designated as a hedge of underlying future interest payments. These agreements involve the exchange of amounts based
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on variable interest rates and amounts based on a fixed interest rate over the life of the agreement without an exchange of the notional amount upon which the payments are based. The interest rate differential to be received or paid on the swaps is recognized over the lives of the swaps as an adjustment to interest expense. Gains and losses on terminations of interest rate swap agreements are deferred as other comprehensive income and recognized as an adjustment to interest expense related to the debt over the remaining term of the original contract life of the terminated swap agreement. In the event of the early extinguishment of a designated debt obligation, any realized or unrealized gain or loss from the swap would be recognized in income.
The major risks in using interest rate derivatives include changes in interest rates affecting the value of such instruments, potential increases in the interest expense of the Company due to market increases in floating interest rates in the case of derivatives which exchange fixed interest rates for floating interest rates and the credit worthiness of the counterparties in such transactions.
The Company has entered into interest rate swap transactions hedging debt. The Company has not hedged any of its other assets or liabilities against interest rate movements. The swaps are traded in liquid, over-the-counter, bank markets. None of the swaps are traded on an exchange. All but one of the swaps have industry standard "mutual puts" that allow either party, the Company or the counterparty, to end the transaction on the fifth anniversary of the inception of the swap. One swap, instead of a mutual put, requires the Company or its counterparty to provide cash as collateral on the fifth anniversary, depending upon the value of the swap and the debt rating of the party with the net liability. This swap is to be revalued and re-collateralized monthly after the fifth anniversary.
The market value of the Company's swaps is carried on its consolidated balance sheet as an asset or liability depending on the movement of interest rates after the transaction is entered into and depending on the security being hedged. Because the Company's swaps are considered to be perfectly effective, the carrying value of the debt being hedged is adjusted for the market value of the swaps.
Should a counterparty default, and the market value of the swap with that counterparty is classified as an asset in the Company's consolidated balance sheet at the time of the default, the Company may be unable to collect on that asset. To mitigate such risk of failure, the Company enters into swap transactions with a diverse group of high-quality institutions.
On March 13, 2001, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements relating to the anticipated private placement of $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Notes due April 15, 2011 and $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.5% Notes due April 15, 2031 in the notional amounts of $200.0 million and $400.0 million, respectively. The objective of each transaction was to hedge a portion of the forecasted payments of interest resulting from the anticipated issuance of fixed rate debt. Under each forward interest rate swap, the Company paid a LIBOR swap rate and received the floating rate of three-month LIBOR. Hedge effectiveness was assessed by the dollar-offset method by comparing the changes in expected cash flows from the hedges with the change in the LIBOR swap rates and the forward interest rate swaps were determined to be highly effective. The hedge transactions were closed out on March 30, 2001. The gain on these hedge transactions ($3.9 million as of December 31, 2001) is a component of accumulated other comprehensive income in the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2001 and had no material effect on the results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2001. This gain is being recognized as a reduction of interest expense over the life of the 7.5% Notes beginning in April 2001. Over the 12-month period commencing January 1, 2002, the amount of gain to be recognized will be approximately $0.3 million.
In June 2001, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements in the aggregate notional amount of $700.0 million with a group of banks relating to the Company's $700.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Notes due April 15, 2011. The objective of such transactions is to protect the debt against changes in fair value due to changes in the benchmark interest rate, which has been designated as LIBOR plus a weighted average spread of 49.6 basis points per annum. Under each interest rate swap, on October 15 and April 15 of each year until the maturity on April 15, 2011, the Company receives the fixed rate equal to 6.625 percent per annum and pays the benchmark interest rate. The hedge is considered perfectly effective against changes in the fair value of the debt due to changes in the benchmark interest rate over its term. As a result, the shortcut method applies and there is no need to periodically reassess the effectiveness of the hedge during the term of the swaps. At December 31, 2001, the fair value of the interest rate swap was approximately $15.1 million and has been reflected in the consolidated balance sheet as an increase in other assets with a corresponding increase in long-term debt.
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Credit Risk - Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk are primarily cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, swap receivables and notes receivable from Delta Towing LLC (see Note 19). It is the Company's practice to place its cash and cash equivalents in time deposits at commercial banks with high credit ratings or mutual funds, which invest exclusively in high quality money market instruments. In foreign locations, local financial institutions are generally utilized for local currency needs. The Company limits the amount of exposure to any one institution and does not believe it is exposed to any significant credit risk.
The Company derives the majority of its revenue from services to international oil companies and government-owned and government-controlled oil companies. Receivables are concentrated in various countries. See Note 17. The Company maintains an allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable based upon expected collectibility. The Company is not aware of any significant credit risks relating to its customer base and does not generally require collateral or other security to support customer receivables.
Labor Agreements - On a worldwide basis, the Company had approximately 11 percent of its employees working under collective bargaining agreements at December 31, 2001, most of whom were working in Norway, Nigeria, Brazil and Venezuela. Of these represented employees, a majority are working under agreements that are subject to salary negotiation in 2002.
Note 10 - Other Current Liabilities
Other current liabilities are comprised of the following (in millions):
December 31, -------------- 2001 2000 ------ ------ Accrued Payroll and Employee Benefits . $134.2 $ 81.2 Contract Disputes and Legal Claims. . . 47.5 36.8 Accrued Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . 38.8 7.0 Accrued Taxes, Other than Income. . . . 26.6 13.0 Deferred Revenue. . . . . . . . . . . . 18.2 9.2 Deferred Gain on Sale of Rigs . . . . . - 57.7 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.1 18.5 ------ ------ Total Other Current Liabilities . . . $283.4 $223.4 ====== ====== |
Note 11 - Supplementary Cash Flow Information
Non-cash financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2001 included $6.7 billion related to the Company's ordinary shares issued in connection with the R&B Falcon merger. Non-cash investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2001 included $6.4 billion of net assets acquired in the R&B Falcon merger.
Concurrent with and subsequent to the R&B Falcon merger, the Company removed certain non-strategic assets from the active rig fleet and categorized them as assets held for sale. These reclassifications were reflected in the December 31, 2001 consolidated balance sheet as a decrease in property and equipment, net of $177.8 million, with a corresponding increase in other assets.
In February 2001, the Company received a distribution from a joint venture in the form of marketable securities held for sale valued at $19.9 million. The distribution was reflected in the consolidated balance sheet as an increase in other current assets with a corresponding decrease in investments in and advances to joint ventures.
Non-cash investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2000 included $45.0 million related to accruals of capital expenditures, which was primarily due to the settlement with DCN International related to the construction of the Sedco Energy and the Sedco Express. The accruals have been reflected in the consolidated balance sheet as an increase in property and equipment, net and accounts payable.
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Non-cash financing activities for the year ended December 31, 1999 included $3.0 billion related to the ordinary shares held by Transocean Offshore Inc. shareholders at the time of the Sedco Forex merger. Also included was $34.1 million of non-cash increases in equity advances from Schlumberger relating to balances retained under the Distribution Agreement (see Note 4). Non-cash investing activities for the year ended December 31, 1999 included $2.6 billion of net assets acquired in the Sedco Forex merger.
Cash payments for interest were $190.6 million, $81.3 million and $39.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively. Cash payments for income taxes, net, were $122.5 million, $63.3 million and $35.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
Note 12 - Income Taxes
Income taxes have been provided based upon the tax laws and rates in the countries in which operations are conducted and income is earned. There is no expected relationship between the provision for or benefit from income taxes and income or loss before income taxes because the countries have taxation regimes that vary not only with respect to nominal rate, but also in terms of the availability of deductions, credits and other benefits. Variations also arise because income earned and taxed in any particular country or countries may fluctuate from year to year. Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., a Cayman Islands company, is not subject to income tax in the Cayman Islands. The effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 was 22.9 percent, 25.1 percent and (19.0) percent, respectively.
The components of the provision for income taxes are as follows (in millions):
Years ended December 31, ------------------------- 2001 2000 1999 ------- ------- ------- Current provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $174.2 $ 66.5 $ 15.0 Deferred benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (98.2) (30.1) (24.3) ------- ------- ------- Income tax expense (benefit) after extraordinary items. . 76.0 36.4 (9.3) Tax effect of extraordinary items . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7 0.3 - ------- ------- ------- Income Tax Expense (Benefit) before Extraordinary Items . $ 85.7 $ 36.7 $ (9.3) ======= ======= ======= |
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Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in millions):
DECEMBER 31, ---------------------- 2001 2000 ---------- ---------- DEFERRED TAX ASSETS-CURRENT Accrued personnel taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1.4 $ 1.3 Accrued workers' compensation insurance. . . . . . . . 4.4 1.7 Other accruals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.9 11.4 Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.7 5.0 ---------- ---------- Total Current Deferred Tax Assets. . . . . . . . . . 27.4 19.4 ---------- ---------- DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES-CURRENT Insurance accruals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3.5) - Deferred drydock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2.7) (1.3) Other accruals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0.2) - ---------- ---------- Total Current Deferred Tax Liabilities . . . . . . . (6.4) (1.3) ---------- ---------- Net Current Deferred Tax Assets. . . . . . . . . . . $ 21.0 $ 18.1 ========== ========== DEFERRED TAX ASSETS-NONCURRENT Net operating loss carryforwards . . . . . . . . . . . $ 447.0 $ 78.5 Foreign tax credit carryforwards . . . . . . . . . . . 185.6 12.4 Retirement and benefit plan accruals . . . . . . . . . 0.8 3.1 Other accruals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 6.6 Deferred income and other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.3 3.5 Valuation allowance for noncurrent deferred tax assets (115.4) (24.7) ---------- ---------- Total Noncurrent Deferred Tax Assets . . . . . . . . 567.2 79.4 ---------- ---------- DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES-NONCURRENT Depreciation and amortization. . . . . . . . . . . . . (680.0) (383.2) Deferred gains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (123.2) (28.4) Investment in subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (72.1) (22.6) Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9.0) (4.4) ---------- ---------- Total Noncurrent Deferred Tax Liabilities. . . . . . (884.3) (438.6) ---------- ---------- Net Noncurrent Deferred Tax Liabilities. . . . . . . $ (317.1) $ (359.2) ========== ========== |
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the anticipated future tax effects of temporary differences between the financial statement basis and the tax basis of the Company's assets and liabilities using the applicable tax rates in effect at year end. A valuation allowance for deferred tax assets is recorded when it is more likely than not that some or all of the benefit from the deferred tax asset will not be realized.
In 2001 and 2000, the Company provided a valuation allowance to offset deferred tax assets on net operating losses incurred during the year in certain jurisdictions where, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that the financial statement benefit of these losses would not be realized. The Company has also provided a valuation allowance for foreign tax credit carryforwards reflecting the possible expiration of their benefits prior to their utilization. The valuation allowance for noncurrent deferred tax assets of $115.4 million increased $90.7 million from $24.7 million at December 31, 2000. The increase is primarily related to R&B Falcon's valuation allowance at the time of the merger.
The Company's net operating loss carryforwards include a tax effected U.S. loss of $392.4 million which will expire between 2005 and 2021. The remaining $54.6 million of tax effected U.K. net operating losses do not expire. The Company's fully benefited foreign tax credit carryforwards will expire between 2004 and 2006.
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Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., a Cayman Islands company, is not subject to income taxes in the Cayman Islands. For the two years ended December 31, 2001, there was no Cayman Islands income or profits tax, withholding tax, capital gains tax, capital transfer tax, estate duty or inheritance tax payable by a Cayman Islands company or its shareholders. The Company has obtained an assurance from the Cayman Islands government under the Tax Concessions Law (1995 Revision) that, in the event that any legislation is enacted in the Cayman Islands imposing tax computed on profits or income, or computed on any capital assets, gain or appreciation, or any tax in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax, such tax shall not, until June 1, 2019, be applicable to the Company or to any of its operations or to the shares, debentures or other obligations of the Company. Therefore, under present law there will be no Cayman Islands tax consequences affecting distributions.
The Company's income tax returns are subject to review and examination in the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is currently auditing the years 1998 through 2000. In addition, other tax authorities have questioned the amounts of income and expense subject to tax in their jurisdiction for prior periods. The Company is currently contesting additional assessments which have been asserted and may contest any future assessments. In the opinion of management, the ultimate resolution of these asserted income tax liabilities will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, consolidated financial position or results of operations.
In connection with the distribution of Sedco Forex to the Schlumberger shareholders, Sedco Forex and Schlumberger entered into a Tax Separation Agreement. In accordance with the terms of the Tax Separation Agreement, Schlumberger agreed to indemnify Sedco Forex for any tax liabilities incurred directly in connection with the preparation of Sedco Forex for this distribution. In addition, Schlumberger agreed to indemnify Sedco Forex for tax liabilities associated with Sedco Forex operations conducted through Schlumberger entities prior to the merger and any tax liabilities associated with Sedco Forex assets retained by Schlumberger.
Transocean Offshore Inc. was included in the consolidated federal income tax returns filed by a former parent, Sonat Inc. ("Sonat") during all periods in which Sonat's ownership was greater than or equal to 80 percent ("Affiliation Years"). Transocean Offshore Inc. and Sonat entered into a Tax Sharing Agreement providing for the manner of determining payments with respect to federal income tax liabilities and benefits arising in the Affiliation Years. Under the Tax Sharing Agreement, the Company will pay to Sonat an amount equal to the Company's share of the Sonat consolidated federal income tax liability, generally determined on a separate return basis. In addition, Sonat will pay the Company for Sonat's utilization of deductions, losses and credits which are attributable to the Company and in excess of that which would be utilized on a separate return basis.
Note 13 - Commitments and Contingencies
Operating Leases - The Company has operating lease commitments expiring at various dates, principally for real estate, office space, office equipment and rig bareboat charters. In addition to rental payments, some leases provide that the Company pay a pro rata share of operating costs applicable to the leased property. As of December 31, 2001, future minimum rental payments related to noncancellable operating leases are as follows (in millions):
Years ended December 31, ------------- 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 27.9 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.8 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.2 2005. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.9 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7 Thereafter. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.6 ------------- Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 127.1 ============= |
The Company is a party to an operating lease on the M. G. Hulme, Jr. Under this lease, the Company may purchase the rig for $35.7 million at the end of the lease term of November 29, 2005. At December 31, 2001, the future minimum lease payments, excluding the purchase option, was $50.8 million.
Rental expense for all operating leases, including leases with terms of less than one year, was $96 million, $50 million and $37 million for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
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Legal Proceedings - In 1990 and 1991, two of the Company's subsidiaries were served with various assessments collectively valued at approximately $7 million from the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to collect a municipal tax on services. The Company believes that neither subsidiary is liable for the taxes and has contested the assessments in the Brazilian administrative and court systems. In October 2001, the Brazil Supreme Court rejected the Company's appeal of an adverse lower court's ruling with respect to a June 1991 assessment, which was valued at approximately $6 million. The Company is challenging the assessment in a separate proceeding, which is currently at the trial court level. The Company has received adverse rulings at various levels in connection with a disputed August 1990 assessment which is still pending before the Brazil Superior Court of Justice. The Company also received an adverse ruling from the Taxpayer's Council in connection with an October 1990 assessment and is appealing the ruling. If the Company's defenses are ultimately unsuccessful, the Company believes that the Brazilian government-controlled oil company, Petrobras, has a contractual obligation to reimburse the Company for municipal tax payments required to be paid by them. The Company does not expect the liability, if any, resulting from these assessments to have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
The Indian Customs Department, Mumbai, filed a "show cause notice" against a subsidiary of the Company and various third parties in July 1999. The show cause notice alleged that the initial entry into India in 1988 and other subsequent movements of the Trident II jackup rig operated by the subsidiary constituted imports and exports for which proper customs procedures were not followed and sought payment of customs duties of approximately $31 million based on an alleged 1998 rig value of $49 million, with interest and penalties, and confiscation of the rig. In January 2000, the Customs Department issued its order, which found that the Company had imported the rig improperly and intentionally concealed the import from the authorities, and directed the Company to pay a redemption fee of approximately $3 million for the rig in lieu of confiscation and to pay penalties of approximately $1 million in addition to the amount of customs duties owed. In February 2000, the Company filed an appeal with the Customs, Excise and Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal ("CEGAT") together with an application to have the confiscation of the rig stayed pending the outcome of the appeal. In March 2000, the CEGAT ruled on the stay application, directing that the confiscation be stayed pending the appeal. The CEGAT issued its opinion on the Company's appeal on February 2, 2001, and while it found that the rig was imported in 1988 without proper documentation or payment of duties, the redemption fee and penalties were reduced to less than $0.1 million in view of the ambiguity surrounding the import practice at the time and the lack of intentional concealment by the Company. The CEGAT further sustained the Company's position regarding the value of the rig at the time of import as $13 million and ruled that subsequent movements of the rig were not liable to import documentation or duties in view of the prevailing practice of the Customs Department, thus limiting the Company's exposure as to custom duties to approximately $6 million. Following the CEGAT order, the Company tendered payment of redemption, penalty and duty in the amount specified by the order by offset against a $0.6 million deposit and $10.7 million guarantee previously made by the Company. The Customs Department attempted to draw the entire guarantee, alleging the actual duty payable is approximately $22 million based on an interpretation of the CEGAT order that the Company believes is incorrect. This action was stopped by an interim ruling of the High Court, Mumbai on writ petition filed by the Company. Both the Customs Department and the Company filed appeals with the Supreme Court of India against the order of the CEGAT, and both appeals have been admitted. The Company applied for an expedited hearing, which was denied. The Company and its customer agreed to pursue and obtained the issuance of documentation from the Ministry of Petroleum that, if accepted by the Customs Department, would reduce the duty to nil. The agreement with the customer further provides that if this reduction was not obtained by December 31, 2001, the customer would pay the duty up to a limit of $7.7 million. The Customs Department has not accepted the documentation or agreed to refund the duties already paid. The Company has requested the refund from the customer and also intends to pursue the action with the Customs Department. The Company does not expect, in any event, that the ultimate liability, if any, resulting from the matter will have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
In January 2000, a pipeline in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico was damaged by an anchor from one of the Company's drilling rigs while the rig was under tow. The incident resulted in damage to offshore facilities, including a crude oil pipeline, the release of hydrocarbons from the damaged section of the pipeline and the shutdown of the pipeline and allegedly affected production platforms. All appropriate governmental authorities were notified, and the Company cooperated fully with the operator and relevant authorities in support of the remediation efforts. Certain owners and operators of the pipeline (Poseidon Oil Pipeline Company LLC, Equilon Enterprises LLC, Poseidon Pipeline Company, LLC and Marathon Oil Company) filed suit in March 2000 in federal court, Eastern District of Louisiana, alleging various damages in excess of $30 million. A second suit was filed by Walter Oil & Gas Corporation and certain other plaintiffs in Harris County, Texas alleging various damages in excess of $1.8 million, and the Company obtained a summary judgement against Walter Oil & Gas Corporation and Amerada Hess. The Company has filed a limitation of liability proceeding in federal court, Eastern District of Louisiana, claiming benefit of various statutes providing limitation of liability for vessel owners, the result of
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which has been to stay the first two suits and to cause potential claimants (including the plaintiffs in the existing suits) to file claims in this proceeding. El Paso Energy Corporation, the owner/operator of the platform from which a riser was allegedly damaged, and Texaco Exploration and Production Inc. have filed claims in the limitation of liability proceeding as well. The Company expects that existing insurance will substantially cover any potential liability associated with this matter and that the outcome of this matter will not have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
The Company is a defendant in Bryant, et al. v. R&B Falcon Drilling USA, Inc., et al. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. R&B Falcon Drilling USA is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of R&B Falcon. In this suit, the plaintiffs allege that R&B Falcon Drilling USA, the Company and a number of other offshore drilling contractors with operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico have engaged in a conspiracy to depress wages and benefits paid to certain of their offshore employees. The plaintiffs contend that this alleged conduct violates federal antitrust law and constitutes unfair trade practices and wrongful employment acts under state law. The plaintiffs sought treble damages, attorneys' fees and costs on behalf of themselves and an alleged class of offshore workers, along with an injunction against exchanging certain wage and benefit information with other offshore drilling contractors named as defendants. In May 2001, the Company reached an agreement in principle with the plaintiffs' counsel to settle all claims, pending Court approval of the settlement. In July 2001, before the Court had considered the proposed settlement, the case, along with a number of unrelated cases also pending in the federal court in Galveston, was transferred to a federal judge sitting in Houston as a docket equalization measure. The judge has granted preliminary approval of the proposed settlement, and the parties are in the process of notifying class members. The terms of the settlement have been reflected in the Company's results of operations for the first quarter of 2001. The settlement did not have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
In November 1988, a lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia against Reading & Bates Coal Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of R&B Falcon, by SCW Associates, Inc. claiming breach of an alleged agreement to purchase the stock of Belva Coal Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reading & Bates Coal Co. with coal properties in West Virginia. When those coal properties were sold in July 1989 as part of the disposition of R&B Falcon's coal operations, the purchasing joint venture indemnified Reading & Bates Coal Co. and R&B Falcon against any liability Reading & Bates Coal Co. might incur as a result of this litigation. A judgment for the plaintiff of $32,000 entered in February 1991 was satisfied and Reading & Bates Coal Co. was indemnified by the purchasing joint venture. On October 31, 1990, SCW Associates, Inc., the plaintiff in the above-referenced action, filed a separate ancillary action in the Circuit Court, Kanawha County, West Virginia against R&B Falcon, Caymen Coal, Inc. (the former owner of R&B Falcon's West Virginia coal properties), as well as the joint venture, Mr. William B. Sturgill (the former President of Reading & Bates Coal Co.) personally, three other companies in which the Company believes Mr. Sturgill holds an equity interest, two employees of the joint venture, First National Bank of Chicago and First Capital Corporation. The lawsuit seeks to recover compensatory damages of $50 million and punitive damages of $50 million for alleged tortuous interference with the contractual rights of the plaintiff and to impose a constructive trust on the proceeds of the use and/or sale of the assets of Caymen Coal, Inc. as they existed on October 15, 1988. Currently, the case is pending review by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on a certification of a question of law as to whether denial of the Company's motion for summary judgement was appropriate, and discovery is proceeding. The Company intends to defend its interests vigorously and believes that the damages alleged by the plaintiff in this action are highly exaggerated. In any event, the Company believes that it has valid defenses and does not expect that the ultimate outcome of this case will have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
In December 1998, Mobil North Sea Limited ("Mobil") purportedly terminated its contract for use of the Jack Bates based on failure of two mooring lines while anchor recovery operations at a Mobil well location had been suspended during heavy weather. The Company did not believe that Mobil had the right to terminate this contract. The Company later recontracted the Jack Bates to Mobil at a lower dayrate. The Company filed a request for arbitration with the London Court of International Arbitration seeking damages for the termination, and Mobil in turn counterclaimed against the Company seeking damages for the Company's alleged breaches of the original contract. The arbitrators ruled that Mobil did have the right to terminate the contract, and the counterclaim against the Company is proceeding. The Company does not expect that the ultimate outcome of this case will have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
In March 1997, an action was filed by Mobil Exploration and Producing U.S. Inc. and affiliates, St. Mary Land & Exploration Company and affiliates and Samuel Geary and Associates, Inc. against Cliffs Drilling, its underwriters and insurance broker in the 16th Judicial District Court of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. The plaintiffs alleged damages amounting to in excess of $50 million in connection with the drilling of a turnkey well in 1995 and 1996. The case was tried before a jury in January and February 2000, and the jury returned a verdict of approximately $30 million in favor of the plaintiffs for
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excess drilling costs, loss of insurance proceeds, loss of hydrocarbons and interest. The Company is in the process of preparing its appeal of such judgment. The Company believes that all but potentially the portion of the verdict representing excess drilling costs of approximately $4.7 million is covered by relevant primary and excess liability insurance policies of Cliffs Drilling; however, the insurers and underwriters have denied coverage. Cliffs Drilling has instituted litigation against those insurers and underwriters to enforce its rights under the relevant policies. The Company does not expect that the ultimate outcome of this case will have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
In October 2001, the Company was notified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") that the EPA had identified a subsidiary of the Company as a potentially responsible party in connection with the Palmer Barge Line superfund site located in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas. Based upon the information provided by the EPA and the Company's review of its internal records to date, the Company disputes its designation as a potentially responsible party and does not expect that the ultimate outcome of this case will have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
The Company and its subsidiaries are involved in a number of other lawsuits, all of which have arisen in the ordinary course of the Company's business. The Company does not believe that ultimate liability, if any, resulting from any such other pending litigation will have a material adverse effect on its business or consolidated financial position.
Self Insurance - The Company is self-insured for the deductible portion of its insurance coverage. In the opinion of management, adequate accruals have been made based on known and estimated exposures up to the deductible portion of the Company's insurance coverages. Management believes that claims and liabilities in excess of the amounts accrued are adequately insured.
Letters of Credit and Surety Bonds - The Company had letters of credit outstanding at December 31, 2001 totaling $38.1 million. The total includes outstanding letters of credit of $1.1 million under a $70.0 million letter of credit facility entered into with three banks. Under this facility, the Company pays letter of credit fees of 1.5 percent per annum and commitment fees of 0.375 percent per annum, respectively. This facility, which matures in April 2004, requires a collateral value ratio of 1.75 times the commitment and is secured by mortgages on five drilling units, the J.W. McLean, J.T. Angel, Randolph Yost, D.R. Stewart and George H. Galloway. See Note 23. The remaining letter of credit amount outstanding guarantees various contract bidding and insurance activities.
As is customary in the contract drilling business, we also have various surety bonds totaling $190.0 million in place that secure customs obligations relating to the importation of our rigs and certain performance and other obligations.
Note 14 - Stock-Based Compensation Plans
Long-Term Incentive Plan - The Company has an incentive plan for key
employees and outside directors (the "Incentive Plan"). Under the Incentive
Plan, awards can be granted in the form of stock options, restricted stock,
stock appreciation rights ("SARs") and cash performance awards. As of December
31, 2001, the Company was authorized to grant up to (i) 18.9 million ordinary
shares to employees; (ii) 600,000 ordinary shares to outside directors; and
(iii) 300,000 freestanding SARs to employees or directors under the Incentive
Plan. Options issued under the Incentive Plan have a 10-year term and become
exercisable in three equal annual installments after the date of grant. On
December 31, 1999, all unvested stock options and SARs and all unvested
restricted shares granted after April 1996 became fully vested as a result of
the Sedco Forex merger. At December 31, 2001, there were approximately 10.5
million total shares available for future grants under the Incentive Plan.
Prior to the spin-off (see Note 4), key employees of Sedco Forex were granted stock options at various dates under the Schlumberger stock option plans. For all of the stock options granted under such plans, the exercise price of each option equaled the market price of Schlumberger stock on the date of grant, each option's maximum term was 10 years and the options generally vested in 20 percent increments over five years. Fully vested options held by Sedco Forex employees at the date of the spin-off will lapse in accordance with their provisions. Non-vested options were terminated and fully vested stock options to purchase ordinary shares of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. were granted under a new plan (the "SF Plan"). Certain Sedco Forex employees did not join the Company; therefore, their options remained unchanged under the Schlumberger stock option plans.
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Prior to the R&B Falcon merger (see Note 4), certain employees and outside directors of R&B Falcon and its subsidiaries were granted stock options under various plans. As a result of the R&B Falcon merger, the Company assumed all outstanding R&B Falcon stock options and converted them into options to purchase ordinary shares of the Company.
The following table summarizes option activities:
NUMBER OF SHARES WEIGHTED-AVERAGE UNDER OPTION EXERCISE PRICE ----------------- ----------------- SCHLUMBERGER OPTIONS Outstanding at December 31, 1998. . . . . . . . . 762,920 $ 45.13 Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,250 56.83 Exercised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (216,616) 33.38 Unvested options terminated . . . . . . . . . . . (282,000) 61.23 Options retained by Schlumberger. . . . . . . . . (385,554) 48.56 ----------------- ----------------- Outstanding at December 31, 1999. . . . . . . . . - - ================= ================= TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC. OPTIONS Options outstanding at time of Sedco Forex merger 2,747,773 $ 25.04 Options issued under the SF Plan. . . . . . . . . 491,645 34.09 Options issued under the Incentive Plan . . . . . 20,000 33.69 ----------------- ----------------- Outstanding at December 31, 1999. . . . . . . . . 3,259,418 26.46 Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,636,918 37.30 Exercised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (499,428) 23.99 Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (22,500) 37.00 ----------------- ----------------- Outstanding at December 31, 2000. . . . . . . . . 4,374,408 30.74 Granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,370,840 38.53 Options assumed in the R&B Falcon merger. . . . . 8,094,010 22.25 Exercised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,286,554) 20.91 Forfeited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (92,025) 42.15 ----------------- ----------------- Outstanding at December 31, 2001. . . . . . . . . 13,460,679 $ 27.99 ================= ================= Exercisable at December 31, 1999. . . . . . . . . 3,239,418 $ 26.41 Exercisable at December 31, 2000. . . . . . . . . 2,754,073 $ 26.91 Exercisable at December 31, 2001. . . . . . . . . 9,977,963 $ 24.29 |
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at December 31, 2001:
Options Outstanding Options Exercisable Weighted-Average ----------------------------- ----------------------------- Remaining Number Weighted-Average Number Weighted-Average Range of Exercise Prices Contractual Life Outstanding Exercise Price Outstanding Exercise Price ------------------------ ----------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- ---------------- $ 7.58 - $19.50 6.50 years 4,072,452 $14.88 4,072,452 $14.88 $20.12 - $34.63 6.53 years 4,156,062 $25.10 4,147,241 $25.08 $37.00 - $81.78 8.45 years 5,232,165 $40.48 1,758,270 $44.19 |
At December 31, 2001, there were 61,667 restricted ordinary shares and 118,785 SARs outstanding under the Incentive Plan.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan - The Company provides a stock purchase plan (the "Stock Purchase Plan") for certain full-time employees. Under the terms of the Stock Purchase Plan, employees can choose each year to have between two and 20 percent of their annual base earnings withheld to purchase up to $25,000 of the Company's ordinary shares. The purchase price of the stock is 85 percent of the lower of its beginning-of-year or end-of-year market price. At December 31, 2001, up to 1,070,159 ordinary shares were available for issuance pursuant to the Stock Purchase Plan.
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As discussed in Note 2, APB 25 and related interpretations are applied in accounting for stock-based compensation plans. If compensation expense for stock options granted under the Schlumberger stock option plans for the year ended December 31, 1999 and the Incentive Plan and the Stock Purchase Plan for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, were recognized using the alternative fair value method of accounting under SFAS 123, net income and earnings per share would have been reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated below:
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ---------------------------------- 2001 2000 1999 ---------- ---------- ---------- (IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) Net Income As Reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 252.6 $ 108.5 $ 58.1 Pro Forma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239.8 101.5 56.3 Basic Earnings Per Share (Unaudited pro forma prior to the effective date of the Sedco Forex merger) As Reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.82 $ 0.52 $ 0.53 Pro Forma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.78 0.48 0.51 Diluted Earnings Per Share (Unaudited pro forma prior to the effective date of the Sedco Forex merger) As Reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.80 $ 0.51 $ 0.53 Pro Forma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.76 0.48 0.51 |
The above pro forma amounts are not indicative of future pro forma results. The fair value of each option grant under the Schlumberger stock option plans for the year ended December 31, 1999 and the Incentive Plan for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions used for grants in 2001, 2000 and 1999:
2001 2000 1999 ----------- ----------- ----------- Dividend yield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.30% 0.25% 0.75% Expected price volatility range . . . . . . . . . 50-51% 46-47% 26-27% Risk-free interest rate range . . . . . . . . . . 4.13-5.25% 6.13-6.56% 4.86-5.22% Expected life of options (in years) . . . . . . . 4.00 4.00 5.60 Weighted-average fair value of options granted. . $16.26 $15.21 $18.31 |
The fair value of each option grant under the Stock Purchase Plan for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, was estimated using the following weighted-average assumptions for grants in 2001:
2001 2000 -------------------- ------------------- Dividend yield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.30% 0.25% Expected price volatility. . . . . . . . . . . . 51% 50% Risk-free interest rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.71% 5.64% Expected life of options . . . . . . . . . . . . Less than one year Less than one year Weighted-average fair value of options granted . $7.22 $7.67 |
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Note 15 - Retirement Plans and Other Postemployment Benefits
Defined Benefit Pension Plans - The change in benefit obligation, change in plan assets and funded status for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 is shown in the table below (in millions).
DECEMBER 31, ---------------------- 2001 2000 ---------- ---------- CHANGE IN BENEFIT OBLIGATION Benefit obligation at beginning of year . . . . $ 133.6 $ 133.2 Merger with R&B Falcon. . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.7 - Service cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.0 9.5 Interest cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.9 9.1 Actuarial losses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 4.1 Plan settlements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - (17.4) Plan amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 - Benefits paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10.1) (4.9) ---------- ---------- Benefit obligation at end of year . . . . . . 242.7 133.6 ---------- ---------- CHANGE IN PLAN ASSETS Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year 117.7 134.4 Merger with R&B Falcon. . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.3 - Actual return on plan assets. . . . . . . . . . (1.3) (0.5) Company contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 8.8 Benefits paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10.1) (25.0) ---------- ---------- Fair value of plan assets at end of year. . . 210.4 117.7 ---------- ---------- FUNDED STATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (32.3) (15.9) Unrecognized transition obligation. . . . . . . 3.5 4.2 Unrecognized net actuarial loss . . . . . . . . 32.4 6.1 Unrecognized prior service cost . . . . . . . . 0.1 0.2 ---------- ---------- Accrued pension asset (liability) . . . . . . $ 3.7 $ (5.4) ========== ========== Comprised of: Prepaid benefit cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 34.2 $ 18.9 Accrued benefit liability . . . . . . . . . . . (30.5) (24.3) ---------- ---------- Accrued pension asset (liability) . . . . . . $ 3.7 $ (5.4) ========== ========== AS OF DECEMBER 31, ---------------------- 2001 2000 ---------- ---------- WEIGHTED-AVERAGE ASSUMPTIONS Discount rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.45% 7.36% Expected return on plan assets. . . . . . . . . 9.24% 8.69% Rate of compensation increase . . . . . . . . . 5.71% 5.83% |
The aggregate projected benefit obligation and fair value of plan assets for plans with projected benefit obligations in excess of plan assets were $153.2 million and $112.5 million, respectively, at December 31, 2001. The aggregate projected benefit obligation and fair value of plan assets for plans with projected benefit obligations in excess of plan assets were $48.8 million and $15.0 million, respectively, at December 31, 2000.
The aggregate accumulated benefit obligation and fair value of plan assets for plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets were $23.9 million and $7.0 million, respectively, at December 31, 2001. The aggregate accumulated
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benefit obligation and fair value of plan assets for plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets were $16.2 million and $4.0 million, respectively, at December 31, 2000.
Net periodic benefit cost included the following components (in millions):
Years ended December 31, ------------------------ 2001 2000 1999 ------- ------ ------ Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost Service cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 12.0 $ 9.5 $ 0.8 Interest cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.9 9.1 0.5 Expected return on plan assets. . . . . (7.5) (8.9) (0.6) Amortization of transition obligation . 0.3 0.4 - Amortization of prior service cost. . . 0.4 - - Recognized net actuarial gains. . . . . (11.3) (1.4) - Early retirement charge . . . . . . . . - - 0.1 ------- ------ ------ Benefit cost . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 9.8 $ 8.7 $ 0.8 ======= ====== ====== |
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Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions - The change in benefit obligation, change in plan assets and funded status for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 is shown in the table below (in millions).
DECEMBER 31, ---------------------- 2001 2000 ---------- ---------- CHANGE IN BENEFIT OBLIGATION Benefit obligation at beginning of year . . . . $ 12.0 $ 8.8 Merger with R&B Falcon. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.1 - Service cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 0.2 Interest cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 0.8 Actuarial losses (gains). . . . . . . . . . . . (0.2) 2.4 Participant's contributions . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 - Plan amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 0.4 Benefits paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1.2) (0.6) ---------- ---------- Benefit obligation at end of year . . . . . . 29.2 12.0 ---------- ---------- CHANGE IN PLAN ASSETS Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year. 0.6 0.6 Actual return on plan assets. . . . . . . . . . 0.1 0.2 Company contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 0.4 Participant's contributions . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 - Benefits paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1.2) (0.6) ---------- ---------- Fair value of plan assets at end of year. . . 0.5 0.6 ---------- ---------- FUNDED STATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (28.7) (11.4) Unrecognized net actuarial gain . . . . . . . . 0.9 1.0 Unrecognized prior service cost . . . . . . . . 0.3 0.4 ---------- ---------- Postretirement benefit liability. . . . . . . $ (27.5) $ (10.0) ========== ========== AS OF DECEMBER 31, ---------------------- 2001 2000 ---------- ---------- WEIGHTED-AVERAGE ASSUMPTIONS Discount rate 7.00% 7.25% Expected return on plan assets 7.00% 7.00% Rate of compensation increase 5.50% 5.50% |
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Net periodic benefit cost included the following components (in millions):
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ----------------------------- 2001 2000 1999 --------- -------- -------- COMPONENTS OF NET PERIODIC BENEFIT COST Service cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.4 $ 0.2 $ 0.2 Interest cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9 0.8 0.3 Amortization of prior service cost. . . - 0.1 - Recognized net actuarial gain . . . . . (0.1) - - --------- -------- -------- Benefit Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2.2 $ 1.1 $ 0.5 ========= ======== ======== |
For measurement purposes, the rate of increase in the per capita costs of covered health care benefits was assumed to be 8.5 percent in 2001, decreasing gradually to 5.0 percent by the year 2021.
The assumed health care cost trend rate has significant impact on the amounts reported for postretirement benefits other than pensions. A one-percentage point change in the assumed health care trend rate would have the following effects (in millions):
One- One- Percentage Percentage Point Point Increase Decrease --------- ---------- Effect on total service and interest cost components in 2001 . . . . . . $ 0.2 $ (0.2) Effect on postretirement benefit obligations as of December 31, 2001 . . $ 2.9 $ (2.7) |
Defined Contribution Plans - The Company provides a defined contribution pension and savings plan covering senior non-U.S. field employees working outside the United States. Contributions and costs are determined as 4.5 percent to 6.5 percent of each covered employee's salary, based on years of service. In addition, the Company sponsors a U.S. defined contribution savings plan. It covers certain employees and limits Company contributions to no more than 4.5 percent of each covered employee's salary, based on the employee's contribution. The Company also sponsors various other defined contribution plans worldwide. The Company recorded approximately $21.6 million and $11.5 million of expense related to its defined contribution plans for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively.
Pursuant to an employee matters agreement with Schlumberger, Schlumberger will continue to maintain various non-U.S. defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Expenses for these funds were immaterial for the year ended December 31, 1999.
Deferred Compensation Plan - The Company provides a Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan's primary purpose is to provide tax-advantageous asset accumulation for a select group of management, highly compensated employees and non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company.
Eligible employees who enroll in the Plan may elect to defer up to a maximum of 90 percent of base salary, 100 percent of any future performance awards, 100 percent of any special payments and 100 percent of directors' meeting fees and annual retainers; however, the Administrative Committee (9 individuals appointed by the Finance and Benefits Committee of the Board of Directors) may, at its discretion, establish minimum amounts that must be deferred by anyone electing to participate in the Plan. In addition, the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors may authorize employer contributions to participants and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (with Executive Compensation Committee approval) is authorized to cause the Company to enter into "Deferred Compensation Award Agreements" with such participants. There were no employer contributions to the Plan during the years ending December 31, 2001 or 2000.
Note 16 - Investments in and Advances to Joint Ventures
The Company has a 25 percent interest in Sea Wolf. In September 1997, Sedco Forex sold two semisubmersible rigs, the Drill Star and Sedco Explorer, to Sea Wolf. The Company operated the rigs under bareboat charters. The sale resulted in a deferred gain of $157 million which was being amortized to operating and maintenance expense over the six year life of
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the bareboat charters. See Note 6. As of December 31, 2001, Sea Wolf has distributed substantially all of its assets to its shareholders.
The Company has a 50 percent interest in Overseas Drilling Limited ("ODL"), which owns the drillship, Joides Resolution. The drillship is contracted to perform drilling and coring operations in deep waters worldwide for the purpose of scientific research. The Company manages and operates the vessel on behalf of ODL. See Note 19.
At December 31, 2000, the Company had a 24.9 percent interest in Arcade, a Norwegian offshore drilling company. Arcade owns two high-specification semisubmersible rigs, the Henry Goodrich and Paul B. Loyd, Jr. The investment in Arcade was recorded at fair value as part of the Sedco Forex merger. Because R&B Falcon owns 74.4 percent of Arcade, Arcade is now consolidated in the Company's financial statements effective with the R&B Falcon merger. In October 2001, the Company purchased the remaining minority interest in Arcade for approximately $2.0 million.
As a result of the R&B Falcon merger, the Company has a 50 percent interest in Deepwater Drilling L.L.C. ("DD LLC"). DD LLC leases and operates the Deepwater Pathfinder, which commenced operations in the first quarter of 1999. The investment in DD LLC was recorded at fair value as part of the R&B Falcon merger. See Note 19.
As a result of the R&B Falcon merger, the Company has a 60 percent interest in Deepwater Drilling II L.L.C. ("DDII LLC"). DDII LLC leases and operates the Deepwater Frontier, which commenced operations in the second quarter of 1999. The investment in DDII LLC was recorded at fair value as part of the R&B Falcon merger. See Note 19.
As a result of the R&B Falcon merger, the Company has a 25 percent interest in Delta Towing Holdings LLC. See Note 19.
Note 17 - Segments, Geographical Analysis and Major Customers
Prior to the R&B Falcon merger, the Company operated in one industry segment. As a result of acquiring shallow and inland water drilling units in the R&B Falcon merger, the Company's operations have been aggregated into two reportable segments: (i) International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services and (ii) Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water. The International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services segment consists of high-specification floaters, other floaters, non-U.S. jackups, other mobile offshore and land drilling units, other assets used in support of offshore drilling activities and other offshore support services. The Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water segment consists of the Gulf of Mexico jackups and submersible drilling rigs and the U.S. inland drilling barges. The Company provides services with different types of drilling equipment in several geographic regions. The location of the Company's rigs and the allocation of resources to build or upgrade rigs is determined by the activities and needs of customers.
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Operating revenues and income before income taxes, minority interest and extraordinary items by segment are as follows (in millions):
Years ended December 31, ---------------------------- 2001 2000 1999 --------- --------- ------ Operating Revenues International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services . $2,430.3 $1,229.5 $648.2 Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water . . . . . . . . . . 396.0 - - Elimination of intersegment revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . (6.2) - - --------- --------- ------ Total Operating Revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,820.1 $1,229.5 $648.2 ========= ========= ====== Income Before Income Taxes, Minority Interest and Extraordinary Items International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services . $ 625.2 $ 144.4 $ 49.3 Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water . . . . . . . . . . (17.3) - - --------- --------- ------ 607.9 144.4 49.3 Unallocated general and administrative expense . . . . . . . (57.9) - - Unallocated other expense, net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (189.5) - - --------- --------- ------ Total Income Before Income Taxes, Minority Interest and Extraordinary Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 360.5 $ 144.4 $ 49.3 ========= ========= ====== |
Total assets by segment are as follows (in millions):
December 31, ------------------- 2001 2000 --------- -------- International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services . . $14,290.0 $6,358.8 Gulf of Mexico Shallow and Inland Water . . . . . . . . . . . 2,671.6 - Unallocated Corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.2 - --------- -------- Total Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,019.8 $6,358.8 ========= ======== |
Prior to the R&B Falcon merger on January 31, 2001, the Company operated in one industry segment and, as such, there were no unallocated assets or income items for periods prior to the merger.
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Operating revenues and long-lived assets by country are as follows (in millions):
Years ended December 31, --------------------------- 2001 2000 1999 --------- -------- ------ Operating Revenues United States. . . . . . . $ 979.5 $ 265.0 $ 2.0 Brazil . . . . . . . . . . 355.8 153.6 60.6 United Kingdom . . . . . . 354.6 158.9 124.9 Norway . . . . . . . . . . 227.8 248.5 - Nigeria. . . . . . . . . . 166.2 76.2 69.3 Indonesia. . . . . . . . . 70.2 54.7 88.2 Rest of the World. . . . . 666.0 272.6 303.2 --------- -------- ------ Total Operating Revenues. $ 2,820.1 $1,229.5 $648.2 ========= ======== ====== As of December 31, ------------------- 2001 2002 --------- -------- Long-Lived Assets United States. . . . . . . $ 3,853.5 $2,038.9 Brazil . . . . . . . . . . 1,036.2 383.8 United Kingdom . . . . . . 851.7 504.8 Norway . . . . . . . . . . 626.7 657.3 Spain. . . . . . . . . . . - 777.6 Goodwill (a) . . . . . . . 6,466.7 1,037.9 Rest of the World. . . . . 2,448.2 510.4 --------- -------- Total Long-Lived Assets . $15,283.0 $5,910.7 ========= ======== -------------------- (a) Goodwill resulting from the Sedco Forex and R&B Falcon mergers has not been allocated to individual countries. |
A substantial portion of the Company's assets are mobile. Asset locations at the end of the period are not necessarily indicative of the geographic distribution of the earnings generated by such assets during the periods.
The Company's international operations are subject to certain political and other uncertainties, including risks of war and civil disturbances (or other events that disrupt markets), expropriation of equipment, repatriation of income or capital, taxation policies, and the general hazards associated with certain areas in which operations are conducted.
For the year ended December 31, 2001, BP and Petrobras accounted for approximately 12.3 percent and 10.9 percent, respectively, of the Company's operating revenues, the majority of which was reported in the International and U.S. Floater Contract Drilling Services segment. For the year ended December 31, 2000, Statoil, BP and Petrobras accounted for approximately 16.8 percent, 14.4 percent and 12.5 percent, respectively, of the Company's operating revenues. For the year ended December 31, 1999, the Royal Dutch Shell Group accounted for approximately 16.2 percent of the Company's operating revenues. The loss of these or other significant customers could have a material adverse effect on the Company's results of operations.
Note 18 - 1999 Charges
Operating and maintenance expense for the year ended December 31, 1999 included charges totaling $42.0 million. Reduced exploration and development activity by customers, resulting from a period of low oil prices from late 1997 through early 1999 and industry consolidation over the same time period, resulted in a slowdown in the offshore drilling industry during 1999. As a result of this slowdown, approximately 1,000 operating personnel were determined to be redundant, and charges associated with termination and severance benefits of $13.2 million were recognized during 1999. Substantially all of these employees had been terminated and severance and termination costs had been paid as of December 31, 1999. Provisions for potential legal claims of $28.8 million were recognized during 1999.
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Note 19 - Related Party Transactions
Schlumberger - The financial statements for the year ended December 31, 1999 included allocations from Schlumberger of certain corporate expenses, including centralized research and engineering, legal, accounting, employee benefits, real estate, insurance, information technology services, treasury and other corporate and infrastructure costs. Although not directly attributable to Sedco Forex's operations, these expenses were allocated to Sedco Forex on bases that Schlumberger and Sedco Forex considered to be a reasonable reflection of the utilization of services provided or the benefit received by Sedco Forex. The allocation methods included relative revenues, headcount, square footage, transaction processing costs, adjusted operating expenses and others. These allocations resulted in charges being recorded in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 1999, as follows (in millions):
Year ended December 31, ------------ 1999 ------------ Operating and maintenance . . . . . . $ 56.2 General and administrative. . . . . . 8.0 ------------ $ 64.2 ============ |
The Company incurred expenses amounting to approximately $3.5 million and $9.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000, respectively, for transitional services provided by Schlumberger.
During 1999, Sedco Forex had long-term debt due to Schlumberger. These loans bore interest at rates based on 50 basis points over LIBOR and were used to finance both Sedco Forex's existing fleet of rigs and ongoing major construction projects. Interest expense on related party indebtedness totaled $26 million for 1999. On December 31, 1999, the Company repaid these loans in connection with the Sedco Forex merger.
DD LLC and DDII LLC - The Company is party to drilling services agreements with DD LLC and DDII LLC for the operations of the Deepwater Pathfinder and Deepwater Frontier, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company earned $1.4 million each for such services to DD LLC and DDII LLC. Such revenue amounts are included in operating revenues in the consolidated statement of operations. At December 31, 2001, the Company had receivables from DD LLC and DDII LLC of $2.6 million and $2.3 million, respectively, which are included in accounts receivable - other.
From time to time, the Company contracts the Deepwater Frontier from DDII
LLC. During this time, DDII LLC bills the Company for the full operating
dayrate and issues a non-cash credit for downtime hours in excess of 24 hours in
any calendar month. The Company records a dayrate rebate receivable for all such
non-cash credits and is responsible for payment of 100 percent of all drilling
contract invoices received. At the end of the drilling contract, the Company
will receive in cash or services, at its election, the credits issued for
downtime hours plus an escalation factor. At December 31, 2001, the cumulative
dayrate rebate receivable from DDII LLC totaled $13.7 million and is recorded as
investment and advances to joint ventures on the consolidated balance sheet.
For the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company incurred $54.4 million net
expense from DDII LLC under the drilling contract. This amount is included in
operating and maintenance expense in the Company's consolidated statement of
operations. At December 31, 2001, the Company had amounts payable to DDII LLC
of $2.1 million which is recorded in accounts payable in the consolidated
balance sheet.
At the expiration of the leases, each joint venture may purchase the rig for $185 million, in the case of the Deepwater Pathfinder, and $194 million, in the case of the Deepwater Frontier, or return the rig to the special purpose entities. The Company would be obligated to pay only a portion of such price equal to its percentage ownership interest in the applicable joint venture. The Company's proportionate share for such purchase options is $97 million and $112 million, respectively. Under each joint venture agreement, the consent of each venturer is generally required to approve actions of the joint venture, including the exercise of this purchase option.
If a joint venture returns the rig at the end of the lease, the special purpose entity may sell the rig. In connection with the return, DD LLC may be required to pay an amount up to $138 million, and DDII LLC may be required to pay an amount up to $145 million, plus certain expenses in each case. These payments may be reduced by a portion of the proceeds of the sale of the applicable rig. If an event of default occurs under the applicable lease documents, each joint venture may be required to pay an amount equal to the amount of debt and equity financing owed by the applicable special purpose entity plus certain
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expenses. The debt and equity financing outstanding as of December 31, 2001, applicable to the owner of Deepwater Pathfinder and of Deepwater Frontier, was $219 million and $237 million, respectively. The Company and Conoco have guaranteed their respective share of the joint ventures' obligation to pay these amounts.
Delta Towing - Immediately prior to the closing of the R&B Falcon merger, R&B Falcon formed a joint venture to own and operate its U.S. inland marine support vessel business (the "Marine Business"). In connection with the formation of the joint venture, the Marine Business was transferred by a subsidiary of R&B Falcon to Delta Towing, LLC ("Delta Towing") in exchange for a 25 percent equity interest in Delta Towing Holdings, LLC, the parent of Delta Towing, and certain secured notes payable from Delta Towing. The secured notes consisted of (i) an $80 million principal amount note bearing interest at eight percent per annum due January 30, 2024 (the "Tier 1 Note"), (ii) a contingent $20 million principal amount note bearing interest at eight percent per annum with an expiration date of January 30, 2011 (the "Tier 2 Note"), and (iii) a contingent $44 million principal amount note bearing interest at eight percent per annum with an expiration date of January 30, 2011 (the "Tier 3 Note"). The 75% equity interest holder in the joint venture also loaned Delta Towing $3 million in the form of a Tier 1 Note. Until January 2011, Delta Towing must use 100% of its excess cash flow towards the payment of principal and interest on the Tier 1 Notes. After January 2011, 50 percent of its excess cash flows are to be applied towards the payment of principal and unpaid interest on the Tier 1 Notes. Interest is due and payable quarterly without regard to excess cash flow.
Delta Towing must repay at least (i) 10 percent of the aggregate principal amount of the Tier 1 Note ($8.3 million) no later than January 2004, (ii) 30 percent of the aggregate principal amount ($24.9 million) no later than January 2006, and (iii) 75 percent of the aggregate principal amount ($62.3 million) no later than January 2008. After the Tier 1 Note has been repaid, Delta Towing must apply 75 percent of its excess cash flow towards payment of the Tier 2 Note. Upon the repayment of the Tier 2 Note, Delta Towing must apply 50 percent of its excess cash to repay principal and interest on the Tier 3 Note. Any amounts not yet due under the Tier 2 and Tier 3 Notes at the time of their expiration will be waived. The Tier 1, 2 and 3 Notes are secured by mortgages and liens on the vessels and other assets of Delta Towing.
R&B Falcon valued its Tier 1, 2 and 3 Notes at $80 million immediately prior to the closing of the R&B Falcon merger the effect of which was to fully reserve the Tier 2 and 3 Notes. At December 31, 2001, $78.9 million was outstanding under the Company's Tier 1 Note. During 2001, the Company earned $5.8 million of interest income on the Tier 1 Notes. At December 31, 2001, the Company had interest receivable from Delta Towing of $1.6 million. In December 2001, the note agreement was amended to provide for a $4 million, three-year revolving credit facility (the "Delta Towing Revolver") from the Company. Amounts drawn under the Delta Towing Revolver accrue interest at eight percent per annum, with interest payable quarterly. At December 31, 2001, no amounts were outstanding under the Delta Towing Revolver. See Note 23.
As part of the formation of the joint venture on January 31, 2001, the Company entered into an agreement with Delta Towing under which the Company committed to charter certain vessels for a period of one year ending January 31, 2002, and committed to charter for a period of 2.5 years from the date of delivery 10 crewboats then under construction, four of which had been placed into service as of December 31, 2001. In 2001, the Company incurred charges totaling $15.6 million from Delta Towing for services rendered, of which $6.5 million was rebilled to the Company's customers and $9.1 million was reflected in operating and maintenance expense.
ODL - In conjunction with the management and operation of the Joides Resolution on behalf of ODL, the Company earned $1.2 million, $1.1 million and $1.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, respectively. Such amounts are included in operating revenues in the Company's consolidated statements of operations. At December 31, 2001 and 2000, the Company had receivables from ODL of $2.6 million and $2.5 million, respectively, which were recorded as accounts receivable - trade in the consolidated balance sheets.
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Note 20 - Earnings Per Share
The reconciliation of the numerator and denominator used for the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows (in millions, except per share data):
Years ended December 31, ------------------------- 2001 2000 1999 ------- ------ ------- Income Before Extraordinary Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $271.9 $107.1 $ 58.1 Gain (Loss) on Extraordinary Items, net of tax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (19.3) 1.4 - ------- ------ ------- Net Income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $252.6 $108.5 $ 58.1 ======= ====== ======= Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (Unaudited pro forma prior to the effective date of the Sedco Forex merger) Shares for basic earnings per share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309.2 210.4 109.6 Effect of dilutive securities: Employee stock options and unvested stock grants . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 1.3 - Warrants to purchase ordinary shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 - - ------- ------ ------ Adjusted weighted-average shares and assumed conversions for diluted earnings per share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.8 211.7 109.6 ======= ====== ====== Basic Earnings Per Share (Unaudited pro forma prior to the effective date of the Sedco Forex merger) Income Before Extraordinary Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.88 $ 0.51 $ 0.53 Gain (Loss) on Extraordinary Items, net of tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0.06) 0.01 - ------- ------ ------ Net Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.82 $ 0.52 $ 0.53 ======= ====== ====== Diluted Earnings Per Share (Unaudited pro forma prior to the effective date of the Sedco Forex merger) Income Before Extraordinary Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.86 $ 0.50 $ 0.53 Gain (Loss) on Extraordinary Items, net of tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0.06) 0.01 - ------- ------ ------ Net Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.80 $ 0.51 $ 0.53 ======= ====== ====== |
Ordinary shares subject to issuance pursuant to the conversion features of the convertible debentures (see Note 8) are not included in the calculation of adjusted weighted-average shares and assumed conversions for diluted earnings per share because the effect of including those shares is anti-dilutive.
Sedco Forex did not have a separate capital structure prior to the spin-off from Schlumberger and merger with Transocean Offshore Inc. Accordingly, historical earnings per share has not been presented for the periods prior to the merger (see Note 1). Unaudited pro forma earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 1999 was calculated using the Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. ordinary shares issued pursuant to the merger agreement and the dilutive effect of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. stock options granted to former Sedco Forex employees at the time of the merger, as applicable.
Note 21 - Stock Warrants
In connection with the R&B Falcon merger, the Company assumed the outstanding R&B Falcon stock warrants. Each warrant enables the holder to purchase 17.5 ordinary shares at an exercise price of $19.00 per share. The warrants expire on May 1, 2009. In 2001, the Company received $10.6 million and issued 560,000 ordinary shares as a result of 32,000 warrants being exercised. At December 31, 2001 there were 261,000 warrants outstanding to purchase 4,567,500 ordinary shares.
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Note 22 - Quarterly Results (Unaudited)
Shown below are selected unaudited quarterly data (in millions, except per share data):
Quarter First Second Third Fourth ------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- 2001 (a) Operating Revenues $550.1 $752.2 $770.2 $747.6 Operating Income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.5 178.2 179.8 117.5 Income Before Extraordinary Items . . . . 30.5 85.8 97.6 58.0 Net Income (b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.5 68.5 97.6 56.0 Basic Earnings Per Share Income Before Extraordinary Items . . . . $ 0.11 $ 0.27 $0.31 $ 0.19 Diluted Earnings Per Share Income Before Extraordinary Items . . . . $ 0.11 $ 0.26 $0.30 $ 0.19 Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (c) Shares for basic earnings per share . . . 280.6 318.2 318.7 318.7 Shares for diluted earnings per share . . 285.5 325.0 322.7 322.7 2000 (e) Operating Revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . . $300.8 $299.2 $314.5 $314.9 Operating Income (Loss) (d) . . . . . . . . 37.6 43.2 60.0 (7.7) Income (Loss) Before Extraordinary Items. 32.5 35.9 47.9 (9.2) Net Income (Loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.5 35.9 49.3 (9.2) Basic Earnings (Loss) Per Share Income (Loss) Before Extraordinary Items. $ 0.15 $ 0.17 $ 0.22 $(0.04) Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share Income (Loss) Before Extraordinary Items. $ 0.15 $ 0.17 $ 0.22 $(0.04) Weighted Average Shares Outstanding Shares for basic earnings per share . . . 210.2 210.4 210.5 210.6 Shares for diluted earnings per share . . 211.0 211.7 212.0 210.6 -------------------- (a) First quarter 2001 included two months of operating results for R&B Falcon and the second, third and fourth quarters of 2001 included three months of operating results of R&B Falcon, respectively. Fourth quarter 2001 included impairment charges (see Note 7) and gain on sale of RBF FPSO L.P. (see Note 6). (b) Second and fourth quarter 2001 included extraordinary losses of $17.3 million and $2.0 million, net of income taxes, respectively, relating to the early extinguishment of debt. (c) First quarter 2001 included approximately 106 million ordinary shares issued on January 31, 2001 in exchange for each R&B Falcon share. (d) First and second quarter 2000 included certain reclassifications for minority interest and gain (loss) from sale of assets to conform with the current presentation. (e) Third quarter 2000 included an extraordinary gain of $1.4 million, net of income taxes, relating to the early termination of debt. Fourth quarter 2000 included charges totaling $37.2 million related to the settlement of an arbitration proceeding with Global Marine and a $6.7 million ($4.8 million after taxes) increase in provisions for legal claims. |
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Note 23 - Subsequent Events (Unaudited)
Exchange Offer - In March 2002, the Company completed exchange offers and consent solicitations for the 6.5%, 6.75%, 6.95%, 7.375%, 9.125% and 9.5% notes of R&B Falcon. As a result of these exchange offers and consent solicitations, approximately $231.1 million, $342.9 million, $247.8 million, $246.5 million, $76.7 million, and $289.1 million principal amount of the outstanding 6.5%, 6.75%, 6.95%, 7.375%, 9.125% and 9.5% notes, respectively, of R&B Falcon were exchanged for newly issued 6.5%, 6.75%, 6.95%, 7.375%, 9.125% and 9.5% notes of the Company having the same principal amount, interest rate, redemption terms and payment and maturity dates (and accruing interest from the last date for which interest had been paid on the R&B Falcon notes). Because the holders of a majority in principal amount of each of these series of notes consented to the proposed amendments to the applicable indenture pursuant to which the notes were issued, some covenants, restrictions and events of default were eliminated from the indentures with respect to these series of notes. In connection with the exchange offers, an aggregate of $8.3 million in consent payments were made by R&B Falcon to holders of R&B Falcon notes whose notes were tendered (and not validly withdrawn) within the required time periods and accepted for exchange. The consent payments will be amortized as an increase to interest expense over the remaining term of the respective notes using the interest method. As a result of the exchange offers, interest expense for 2002 is expected to increase by approximately $1.3 million.
Secured Rig Financing - In January 2002, the Company exercised its call option under the financing arrangement to repay the financing on the Trident 16 prior to the expiration of the scheduled term. The aggregate principal amount outstanding was $32.2 million. The premium paid as a result of the call option of approximately $2 million was recorded as an increase in the net book value of the Trident 16.
In March 2002, the Company also exercised its call option to repay the financing on the Trident IX prior to the expiration of the scheduled term. The aggregate principal amount outstanding was $14.9 million. The premium paid as a result of the call option of approximately $0.5 million was recorded as an increase in the net book value of the Trident IX.
Letter of Credit Facility - In January 2002, the Company terminated its $70.0 million letter of credit facility. This facility was secured by mortgages on five drilling units, the J. W. McLean, J. T. Angel, Randolph Yost, D. R. Stewart and George H. Galloway.
Delta Towing - In January 2002, Delta Towing drew $4 million on the Delta Towing Revolver.
Interest Rate Swaps - In February 2002, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements with a group of banks in the aggregate notional amount of $900.0 million relating to the Company's $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due April 2005, $250 million aggregate principal amount of 6.95% Senior Notes due April 2008 and $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9.50% Senior Notes due December 2008. The objective of each transaction is to protect the debt against changes in fair value due to changes in the benchmark interest rate. Under each interest rate swap, the Company receives the fixed rate equal to the coupon of the hedged item and pays the floating rate (LIBOR) plus a margin of 171 basis points, 246 basis points and 413 basis points, respectively, which are designated as the respective benchmark interest rates, on each of the interest payment dates until maturity of the respective notes. The hedges are considered perfectly effective against changes in the fair value of the debt due to changes in the benchmark interest rates over their term. As a result, the shortcut method applies and there is no need to periodically reassess the effectiveness of the hedges during the term of the swaps.
ITEM 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
The Company has not had a change in or disagreement with its accountants within 24 months prior to the date of its most recent financial statements or in any period subsequent to such date.
PART III
ITEM 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant
ITEM 11. Executive Compensation
ITEM 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
ITEM 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
The information required by Items 10, 11, 12 and 13 is incorporated herein by reference to the Company's definitive proxy statement for its 2002 annual general meeting of shareholders, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 within 120 days of December 31, 2001. Certain information with respect to the executive officers of the Company is set forth in Item 4 of this annual report under the caption "Executive Officers of the Registrant."
PART IV
ITEM 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K
(a) Index to Financial Statements, Financial Statement Schedules and Exhibits
(1) Financial Statements Page ------ Included in Part II of this report: Report of Independent Auditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Consolidated Statements of Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Consolidated Balance Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Consolidated Statements of Equity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. . . . . . . . . 50 |
Financial statements of unconsolidated joint ventures are not presented herein because such joint ventures do not meet the significance test.
(2) Financial Statement Schedules
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. and Subsidiaries Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (In millions) Additions -------------------- Charged Charged Balance at to Costs to Other Balance at Beginning and Accounts- Deductions- End of of Period Expenses Describe Describe Period ---------- --------- ---------- ------------ -------- Year Ended December 31, 1999 Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts: Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.8 $13.8 $12.6 (1) $ 0.1 (3) $27.1 Allowance for obsolete materials and supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 1.8 12.5 (2) 1.4 (4) 23.1 Year Ended December 31, 2000 Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts: Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.1 20.0 0.2 (3) 23.0 (3) 24.3 Allowance for obsolete materials and supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.1 0.3 (0.2)(5) (0.1)(4) 23.3 (6) Year Ended December 31, 2001 Reserves and allowances deducted from asset accounts: Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.3 12.0 14.9 (7) 27.0 (3) 24.2 (9) Allowance for obsolete materials and supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23.3 $ - $ 9.2 (8) $ 8.4 (4) $24.1 (10) _____________________________ (1) Amount includes $10.5 relating to the allowance for doubtful accounts receivable assumed in the Sedco Forex merger and $2.1 in receivable reserves reclassifications. (2) Amount includes $12.5 relating to the allowance for obsolete materials and supplies assumed in the Sedco Forex merger. (3) Uncollectible accounts receivable written off, net of recoveries. (4) Obsolete materials and supplies written off, net of scrap. (5) Amount includes $0.4 related to a write-off to assets held for sale. (6) Amount includes $0.7 related to reversals of prior year write-offs. (7) Amount includes $15.0 relating to the allowance for doubtful accounts receivable assumed in the RBF merger. (8) Amount includes $8.7 relating to the obsolete materials and supplies inventory assumed in the RBF merger. (9) Amount includes $4.9 related to adjustments to the provision. (10) Amount includes $2.7 related to sale of rigs. |
Other schedules are omitted either because they are not required or are not applicable, or because the required information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto.
(3) Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed in connection with this Report:
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 19, 2000 by and among Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., Transocean Holdings Inc., TSF Delaware Inc. and R&B Falcon Corporation (incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated October 30, 2000 included in a 424(b)(3) prospectus filed by the Company on November 1, 2000)
2.2 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of July 12, 1999 among Schlumberger Limited, Sedco Forex Holdings Limited, Transocean Offshore Inc. and Transocean SF Limited (incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated October 27, included in a 424(b)(3) prospectus filed by the Company on November 1, 2000)
2.3 Distribution Agreement dated as of July 12, 1999 between Schlumberger Limited and Sedco Forex Holdings Limited (incorporated by reference to Annex B to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated October 27, included in a 424(b)(3) prospectus filed by the Company on November 1, 2000)
2.4 Agreement and Plan of Merger and Conversion dated as of March 12, 1999
between Transocean Offshore Inc. and Transocean Offshore (Texas) Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-4 of Transocean Offshore (Texas) Inc. filed on April 8, 1999
(Registration No. 333-75899))
2.5 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of July 10, 1997 among R&B Falcon, FDC Acquisition Corp., Reading & Bates Acquisition Corp., Falcon Drilling Company, Inc. and Reading & Bates Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to R&B Falcon's Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated November 20, 1997)
2.6 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 21, 1998 by and among Cliffs Drilling Company, R&B Falcon Corporation and RBF Cliffs Drilling Acquisition Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to R&B Falcon's Registration Statement No. 333-63471 on Form S-4 dated September 15, 1998)
3.1 Memorandum of Association of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to Annex E to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated October 30, 2000 included in a 424(b)(3) prospectus filed by the Company on November 1, 2000)
3.2 Articles of Association of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to Annex F to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated October 30, 2000 included in a 424(b)(3) prospectus filed by the Company on November 1, 2000)
4.1 Credit Agreement dated as of December 16, 1999 among Transocean Offshore Inc., the Lenders party thereto, and SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, as Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997)
4.2 Indenture dated as of April 15, 1997 between the Company and Texas Commerce Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Form 8-K dated April 29, 1997)
4.3 First Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 15, 1997 between the Company and Texas Commerce Bank National Association, as trustee, supplementing the Indenture dated as of April 15, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Form 8-K dated April 29, 1997)
4.4 Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 14, 1999 between the Company and Chase Bank of Texas, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-59001-99))
4.5 Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 24, 2000 between the Company and Chase Bank of Texas, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 24, 2000)
4.6 Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 11, 2001 between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001)
4.7 Form of 7.45% Notes due April 15, 2027 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Form 8-K dated April 29, 1997)
4.8 Form of 8.00% Debentures due April 15, 2027 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Form 8-K dated April 19, 1997)
4.9 Form of Zero Coupon Convertible Debenture due May 24, 2020 between the Company and Chase Bank of Texas, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 24, 2000)
4.10 Form of 1.5% Convertible Debenture due May 15, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 8, 2001)
4.11 Form of 6.625% Note due April 15, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 30, 2001) |
4.12 Form of 7.5% Note due April 15, 2031 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 30, 2001)
+4.13 Officers' Certificate establishing the terms of the 6.50% Notes due 2003, 6.75% Notes due 2005, 6.95% Notes due 2008, 9.125% Notes due 2003 and 9.50% Notes due 2008
+4.14 Officers' Certificate establishing the terms of the 7.375% Notes due 2018
4.15 Indenture dated as of April 14, 1998, between R&B Falcon Corporation, as issuer, and Chase Bank of Texas, National Association, as trustee, with respect to Series A and Series B of each of $250,000,000 6 1/2% Senior Notes due 2003, $350,000,000 6 3/4% Senior Notes due 2005, $250,000,000 6.95% Senior Notes due 2008, and $250,000,000 7 3/8% Senior Notes due 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to R&B Falcon's Registration Statement No. 333-56821 on Form S-4 dated June 15, 1998)
+4.16 First Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 14, 2002 between R&B Falcon Corporation and The Bank of New York
+4.17 Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 13, 2002 between R&B Falcon Corporation and The Bank of New York
4.18 Indenture dated as of December 22, 1998, between R&B Falcon Corporation, as issuer and Chase Bank of Texas, National Association, as trustee, with respect to $400,000,000 Series A and Series B 9 1/8% Senior Notes due 2003, and 9 1/2% Senior Notes due 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.21 to R&B Falcon's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1998)
+4.19 First Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 14, 2002 between R&B Falcon Corporation and The Bank of New York
4.20 Warrant Agreement, including form of Warrant, dated April 22, 1999 between R&B Falcon and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to R&B Falcon's Registration Statement No. 333-81181 on Form S-3 dated June 21, 1999)
4.21 Supplement to Warrant Agreement dated January 31, 2001 among Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., R&B Falcon Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.28 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000)
4.22 Registration Rights Agreement dated April 22, 1999 between R&B Falcon and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to R&B Falcon's Registration Statement No. 333-81181 on Form S-3 dated June 21, 1999)
4.23 Supplement to Registration Rights Agreement dated January 31, 2001 between Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. and R&B Falcon Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.30 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000)
4.24 Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated April 5, 2001 by and between the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representatives of the initial purchasers (incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 30, 2001)
4.25 Credit Agreement dated as of December 29, 2000 among the Company, the Lenders party thereto, Suntrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, ABN AMRO Bank, N.V., as Syndication Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Documentation Agent, and Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association, as Senior Managing Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.32 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000)
+4.26 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of December 27, 2001 among the Company, the Lenders party thereto, Suntrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, ABN AMRO Bank, N.V., as Syndication Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Documentation Agent, and Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association, as Senior Managing Agent
4.27 Note Agreement dated as of January 30, 2001 among Delta Towing, LLC, as Borrower, R&B Falcon Drilling USA, Inc., as RBF Noteholder and Beta Marine Services, L.L.C., as Beta Noteholder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.35 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000)
4.28 Trust Indenture and Security Agreement dated as of August 12, 1999 between RBF Exploration Co., a Nevada corporation, and Chase Bank of Texas, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to R&B Falcon's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999)
4.29 Supplemental Indenture and Amendment dated as of February 1, 2000 to the Trust Indenture and Security Agreement dated as of August 12, 1999 among RBF Exploration Co., BTM Capital Corporation and Chase Bank of Texas, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.251 to R&B Falcon's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999)
+4.30 Second Supplemental Indenture and Amendment dated as of June 2, 2000 among RBF Exploration Co., BTM Capital Corporation, Nautilus Exploration Limited, R&B Falcon Deepwater (UK) Limited and Chase Bank of Texas, National Association, as trustee
+4.31 Third Supplemental Indenture and Amendment dated as of February 20, 2001 among RBF Exploration Co., BTM Capital Corporation, RBF Nautilus Corporation, Nautilus Exploration Limited, R&B Falcon Deepwater (UK) Limited and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee
10.1 Tax Sharing Agreement between Sonat Inc. and Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc. dated June 3, 1993 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10-(3) to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1993)
*10.2 Performance Award and Cash Bonus Plan of Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10-(5) to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1993)
*10.3 Form of Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc. Executive Life Insurance Program Split Dollar Agreement and Collateral Assignment Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10-(9) to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993)
*10.4 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-94551) filed January 12, 2000)
*10.5 First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., effective as of January 31, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000)
*10.6 Long-Term Incentive Plan of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., as amended and restated effective January 1, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Annex B to the Company's Proxy Statement dated April 3, 2001)
*10.7 First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., effective as of January 31, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000)
*10.8 Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., effective May 11, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2001)
*10.9 Form of Employment Agreement dated May 14, 1999 between J. Michael Talbert, W. Dennis Heagney, Robert L. Long, Jon C. Cole, Donald R. Ray, Eric B. Brown, Barbara S. Koucouthakis and Alan A. Broussard, individually, and the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999)
*10.10 Deferred Compensation Plan of Transocean Offshore Inc., as amended and restated effective January 1, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.
*10.11 Employment Matters Agreement dated as of December 13, 1999 among Schlumberger Limited, Sedco Forex Holdings Limited and Transocean Offshore Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-94551) filed January 12, 2000)
*10.12 Sedco Forex Employees Option Plan of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. effective December 31, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
333-94569) filed January 12, 2000)
*10.13 Employment Agreement dated September 22, 2000 between J. Michael Talbert and Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000)
*10.14 Employment Agreement dated October 3, 2000 between Jon C. Cole and Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000)
*10.15 Employment Agreement dated September 17, 2000 between Robert L. Long and Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000)
*10.16 Employment Agreement dated September 26, 2000 between Donald R. Ray and Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000)
*10.17 Agreement dated October 8, 2000 between W. Dennis Heagney and Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000)
*10.18 Agreement dated September 20, 2000 between Eric B. Brown and Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000)
*10.19 Agreement dated October 4, 2000 between Barbara S. Koucouthakis and Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000)
*10.20 Consulting Agreement dated January 31, 2001 between Paul B. Loyd, Jr. and R&B Falcon Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000)
+*10.21 Consulting Agreement dated December 13, 1999 between Victor E. Grijalva and Transocean Offshore Inc.
*10.22 1992 Long-Term Incentive Plan of Reading & Bates Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit B to Reading & Bates' Proxy Statement dated April 27, 1992)
*10.23 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan of Reading & Bates Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A to Reading & Bates' Proxy Statement dated March 29, 1995)
*10.24 1995 Director Stock Option Plan of Reading & Bates Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.B to Reading & Bates' Proxy Statement dated March 29, 1995)
*10.25 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan of Reading & Bates Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A to Reading & Bates' Proxy Statement dated March 18, 1997)
*10.26 1998 Employee Long-Term Incentive Plan of R&B Falcon Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A to R&B Falcon's Proxy Statement dated April 23, 1998)
*10.27 1998 Director Long-Term Incentive Plan of R&B Falcon Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.B to R&B Falcon's Proxy Statement dated April 23, 1998)
*10.28 1999 Employee Long-Term Incentive Plan of R&B Falcon Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A to R&B Falcon's Proxy Statement dated April 13, 1999)
*10.29 1999 Director Long-Term Incentive Plan of R&B Falcon Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.B to R&B Falcon's Proxy Statement dated April 13, 1999)
10.30 Memorandum of Agreement dated November 28, 1995 between Reading and Bates, Inc., a subsidiary of Reading & Bates Corporation, and Deep Sea Investors, L.L.C. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.110 to Reading & Bates' Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1995)
10.31 Amended and Restated Bareboat Charter dated July 1, 1998 to Bareboat Charter M. G. Hulme, Jr. dated November 28, 1995 between Deep Sea Investors, L.L.C. and Reading & Bates Drilling Co., a subsidiary of Reading & Bates Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.177 to R&B Falcon's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998)
10.32 Limited Liability Company Agreement dated October 28, 1996 between Conoco Development Company and RB Deepwater Exploration Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.162 to Reading & Bates' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996)
10.33 Amendment No. 1 dated February 7, 1997 to Limited Liability Company Agreement dated October 28, 1996 between Conoco Development Company and RB Deepwater Exploration Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.183 to R&B Falcon's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998)
10.34 Amendment No. 2 dated April 30, 1997 to Limited Liability Company Agreement dated October 28, 1996 between Conoco Development Company and RB Deepwater Exploration Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.184 to R&B Falcon's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998)
10.35 Amendment No. 3 dated April 24, 1998 to Limited Liability Company Agreement dated October 28, 1996 between Conoco Development Company and RB Deepwater Exploration Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.185 to R&B Falcon's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998)
10.36 Amendment No. 4 dated August 7, 1998 to Limited Liability Company Agreement dated October 28, 1996 between Conoco Development Company and RB Deepwater Exploration Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.186 to R&B Falcon's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998)
+10.37 Participation Agreement dated as of July 30, 1998 among Deepwater Drilling L.L.C., Deepwater Investment Trust 1998-A, Wilmington Trust FSB and other Financial Institutions, as Certificate Purchasers, and RBF Deepwater Exploration Inc. and Conoco Development Company solely with respect to Sections 5.2 and 6.4
10.38 Limited Liability Company Agreement dated April 30, 1997 between Conoco Development II Inc. and RB Deepwater Exploration II Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.159 to R&B Falcon's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997)
10.39 Amendment No. 1 dated April 24, 1998 to Limited Liability Company Agreement dated April 30, 1997 between Conoco Development II Inc. and RB Deepwater Exploration II Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.188 to R&B Falcon's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998)
10.40 Guaranty, dated as of July 30, 1998, made by R&B Falcon in favor of the Deepwater Investment Trust 1998-A, Wilmington Trust FSB, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Investment Trustee, Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, except as specified herein, but solely as Charter Trustee, BA Leasing & Capital Corporation, as Documentation Agent, ABN Amro Bank N.V., as Administrative Agent, The Bank of Nova Scotia, as Syndication Agent, BA Leasing & Capital Corporation, ABN Amro Bank N.V., Bank Austria Aktiengesellschaft New York Branch, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Bayerische Vereinsbank AG New York Branch, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Atlanta Agency, Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, Great-West Life and Annuity Insurance Company, Mees Pierson Capital Corporation, Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch, as Certificate Purchasers, and ABN Amro Bank, N.V., Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association and The Bank of Nova Scotia, New York Branch, as Swap Counterparties, and the other parties named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to R&B Falcon's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998)
10.41 Letter agreement dated as of August 7, 1998 between RBF Deepwater Exploration Inc., an indirect subsidiary of R&B Falcon, and Conoco Development Company and Acknowledgment by Conoco Inc. and R&B Falcon (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to R&B Falcon's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998)
10.42 Letter agreement dated as of August 7, 1998 between RBF Deepwater Exploration Inc., an indirect subsidiary of R&B Falcon, and Conoco Development Company and Acknowledgment by Conoco Inc. and R&B Falcon (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to R&B Falcon's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998)
+10.43 Amended and Restated Participation Agreement dated as of December 18, 2001 among Deepwater Drilling II L.L.C., Deepwater Investment Trust 1999-A, Wilmington Trust FSB, Wilmington Trust Company and other Financial Institutions, as Certificate Purchasers, solely with respect to Sections 2.15, 9.4, 12.13(b) and 12.13(d) Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. and Conoco Inc., and solely with respect to Sections 5.2 and 6.4, RBF Deepwater Exploration II Inc. and Conoco Development II Inc.
+10.44 Appendix 1 to Amended and Restated Participation Agreement dated as of December 18, 2001
10.45 Agreement dated as of August 31, 1991 among Reading & Bates, Arcade Shipping AS and Sonat Offshore Drilling, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.40 to Reading & Bates' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 1991)
+*10.46 Separation Agreement dated as of December 21, 2001 by and between Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. and W. Dennis Heagney
+21 Subsidiaries of the Company
+23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
+24 Powers of Attorney
Exhibits listed above as previously having been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Rule 12b-32 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and made a part hereof with the same effect as if filed herewith.
Certain instruments relating to long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries have not been filed as exhibits since the total amount of securities authorized under any such instrument does not exceed 10 percent of the total assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. The Company agrees to furnish a copy of each such instrument to the Commission upon request.
Reports on Form 8-K
The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on October 29, 2001 to report the availability of drilling rig status and contract information as of October 29, 2001 and a Current Form on Form 8-K on November 30, 2001 to report the availability of drilling rig status and contract information as of November 30, 2001.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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 March 25, 2002.
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
By: /s/ Gregory L. Cauthen ----------------------------------------------------- Gregory L. Cauthen Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant in the capacities indicated on March 25, 2002.
Signature Title ----------- --------- * Chairman of the Board of Directors -------------------------------- Victor E. Grijalva /s/ J. Michael Talbert Chief Executive Officer and Director -------------------------------- (Principal Executive Officer) J. Michael Talbert /s/ Gregory L. Cauthen Vice President, Chief Financial Officer -------------------------------- and Treasurer (Principal Financial Gregory L. Cauthen Officer) /s/ Ricardo H. Rosa Vice President and Controller -------------------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer) Ricardo H. Rosa * Director -------------------------------- Richard D. Kinder * Director -------------------------------- Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr. * Director -------------------------------- Arthur Lindenauer * Director -------------------------------- Paul B. Loyd, Jr * Director -------------------------------- Martin B. McNamara |
* Director -------------------------------- Roberto Monti * Director -------------------------------- Richard A. Pattarozzi * Director -------------------------------- Alain Roger * Director -------------------------------- Kristian Siem * Director -------------------------------- Ian C. Strachan By: /s/ William E. Turcotte -------------------------------- William E. Turcotte (Attorney-in-Fact) |
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
The undersigned, Eric B. Brown and William E. Turcotte, do hereby certify that they are the duly appointed and acting Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the "Company"). Each of the undersigned also hereby certifies, pursuant to Sections 103 and 301 of the Indenture dated as of April 15, 1997, between Transocean Offshore Inc. ("Transocean-Delaware"), a Delaware corporation and a predecessor of the Company, and The Bank of New York, as the successor trustee to The Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly known as Texas Commerce Bank National Association) (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture between Transocean-Delaware and the Trustee, dated as of April 15, 1997, the Second Supplemental Indenture among Transocean Offshore (Texas) Inc., a Texas corporation and a predecessor of the Company, the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 14, 1999, the Third Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 24, 2000 and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 11, 2001 (such Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, Second Supplemental Indenture, Third Supplemental Indenture, and Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the "Indenture"), that:
A. There is hereby established pursuant to resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on December 13, 2001 (a copy of such resolutions being attached hereto as Exhibit A) a series of Securities (as that term is defined in the Indenture) to be issued under the Indenture designated 6.50% Notes due April 15, 2003 ("6.50% Notes").
B. There is hereby established pursuant to resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on December 13, 2001 (a copy of such resolutions being attached hereto as Exhibit A) a series of Securities (as that term is defined in the Indenture) to be issued under the Indenture designated 6.75% Notes due April 15, 2005 ("6.75% Notes").
C. There is hereby established pursuant to resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on December 13, 2001 (a copy of such resolutions being attached hereto as Exhibit A) a series of Securities (as that term is defined in the Indenture) to be issued under the Indenture designated 6.95% Notes due April 15, 2008 ("6.95% Notes").
D. There is hereby established pursuant to resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on December 13, 2001 (a copy of such resolutions being attached hereto as Exhibit A) a series of Securities (as that term is defined in the Indenture) to be issued under the Indenture designated 9.125% Notes due December 15, 2003 ("9.125% Notes").
E. There is hereby established pursuant to resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on December 13, 2001 (a copy of such resolutions being attached hereto as Exhibit A) a series of Securities (as that term is defined in the Indenture) to be issued under the Indenture designated 9.50% Notes due December 15, 2008 ("9.50% Notes").
F. The terms and form of the 6.50% Notes shall be as set forth in Exhibit B and Exhibit C, respectively.
G. The terms and form of the 6.75% Notes shall be as set forth in Exhibit D and Exhibit E, respectively.
H. The terms and form of the 6.95% Notes shall be as set forth in Exhibit F and Exhibit G, respectively.
I. The terms and form of the 9.125% Notes shall be as set forth in Exhibit H and Exhibit I, respectively.
J. The terms and form of the 9.50% Notes shall be as set forth in Exhibit J and Exhibit K, respectively.
K. Each of the undersigned has read the provisions of Section 301 and 303 of the Indenture and the definitions relating thereto and the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company referred to above. In the opinion of each of the undersigned, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not all conditions precedent provided in the Indenture relating to the establishment, authentication and delivery of the 6.50% Notes, the 6.75% Notes, the 6.95% Notes, the 9.125% Notes and the 9.50% Notes have been complied with.
L. In the opinion of each of the undersigned, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto executed this Certificate as of March 7, 2002.
/s/ ERIC B. BROWN -------------------------------------- Eric B. Brown Senior Vice President, General Counsel Corporate Secretary /s/ WILLIAM E. TURCOTTE -------------------------------------- William E. Turcotte Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary |
EXHIBIT B
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
6.50% NOTES DUE APRIL 15, 2003
1. The title of the Securities of the series shall be "6.50% Notes due April 15, 2003" (the "Notes").
2. The limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture) is $239,500,000.
3. Interest on the Notes shall be payable to the persons in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date (as defined in the Indenture) for such interest payment.
4. The date on which the principal of the Notes is payable, unless accelerated pursuant to the Indenture, shall be April 15, 2003.
5. The rate at which each of the Notes shall bear interest shall be 6.50% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue for each of the Notes shall be October 15, 2001. The Interest Payment Dates on which interest on the Notes shall be payable are April 15 and October 15, commencing on April 15, 2002. The Regular Record Dates for the interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall be the April 1 or October 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding such interest payment date.
6. The place or places where the principal of and interest on the Notes shall be payable, the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer, the Notes may be surrendered for exchange and notices may be given to the Company in respect of the Notes is at the office of the Trustee in New York, New York and at the agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose at the office of the Trustee; provided that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register (as defined in the Indenture) or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder (as defined in the Indenture) of such Notes.
7. The Notes are not redeemable. The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions.
8. Additional Amounts (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes shall be payable in accordance with the Indenture and the provisions of this paragraph 8. The Company agrees that any amounts to be paid by the Company hereunder with respect to any Note shall be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future withholding taxes, levies, imposts and charges whatsoever imposed by or for the account of the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts or charges shall at any time be required by
the Cayman Islands or any such subdivision or authority thereof or therein, the Company will (subject to compliance by the Holder of such Note with any relevant administrative requirements) pay such additional amounts ("Tax Additional Amounts") in respect of principal amount, premiums (if any) and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, as the case may be, in order that the amounts received by the Holder of the Note, after such deduction or withholding, shall equal the respective amounts of principal amount, premium (if any) and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, as specified in such Notes to which such Holder is entitled; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to:
(1) any such tax, levy, impost or charge which would not be payable or due but for the fact that (A) the Holder of a Note (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of, member or shareholder of, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Cayman Islands or such political subdivision or otherwise having some present or former connection with the Cayman Islands other than the holding or ownership of such Note or the collection of principal amount, premium (if any) and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Note and the Indenture, or the enforcement of such Note or (B) where presentation is required, such Note was presented more than 30 days after the date such payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later;
(2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, levy, impost or charge;
(3) any tax, levy, impost or charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payment of principal amount, premium (if any) and interest (if any);
(4) any tax, levy, impost or charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply upon the Company's request with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the relevant tax authority of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Note, if such compliance is required by statute or by regulation as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, levy, impost or charge; or
(5) any combination of (1) through (4).
nor shall any Tax Additional Amounts be paid to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such Note to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner thereof, would not have been entitled to the payment of such Tax Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of the Note.
9. The Notes shall be in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 of principal amount thereof or any integral multiple thereof.
10. Section 403 of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes.
11. The Notes will initially be issued in permanent global form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C to the Officers' Certificate to which this Exhibit is attached (the "Global Securities"), as a Book-Entry Security. Each Global Security shall represent such of the Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having the beneficial interest in the Global Security.
12. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Paying Agent with respect to the Notes.
EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF GLOBAL SECURITY]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
6.50% NOTE DUE APRIL 15, 2003
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Issue Date: , 2002 Maturity: April 15, 2003 --------- --- Principal Amount: $ CUSIP: ----------- |
Registered: No. R-
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of ($ ) on April 15, 2003 and to pay interest thereon and Tax Additional Amounts, if any, in immediately available funds as specified on the other side of this Security.
Payment of the principal of and interest on and Tax Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to this Global Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Tax Additional
Amounts, if any, may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts designated to the Holder of this Security.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Global Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Global Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Title:
Attest:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
6.50% NOTE DUE APRIL 15, 2003
This Global Security is one of a duly authorized issue of senior securities of the Company (herein called the "Global Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture dated as of April 15, 1997, between Transocean Offshore Inc. ("Transocean-Delaware"), a Delaware corporation and a predecessor of the Company, and The Bank of New York, as the successor trustee to The Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly known as Texas Commerce Bank National Association) (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture between Transocean-Delaware and the Trustee, dated as of April 15, 1997, the Second Supplemental Indenture among Transocean Offshore (Texas) Inc., a Texas corporation and a predecessor of the Company, the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 14, 1999, the Third Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 24, 2000 and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 11, 2001 (such Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, Second Supplemental Indenture, Third Supplemental Indenture, and Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the "Indenture"), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Global Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $239,500,000.
INTEREST
The rate at which this Global Security shall bear interest shall be 6.50% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue for this Global Security shall be October 15, 2001. The Interest Payment Dates on which interest on this Global Security shall be payable are April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on April 15, 2002. The Regular Record Date for the interest payable on this Global Security on any Interest Payment Date shall be the April 1 or October 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding such interest payment date.
Interest on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
TAX ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
The Company agrees that any amounts to be paid by the Company hereunder with respect to any Security shall be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future withholding taxes, levies, imposts and charges whatsoever imposed by or for the account of the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts or charges shall at any time be required by the Cayman Islands or any such subdivision or authority thereof or therein, the Company will (subject to compliance by the Holder of such Security with any relevant administrative
requirements) pay such additional amounts ("Tax Additional Amounts") in respect of principal amount, premiums (if any) and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, as the case may be, in order that the amounts received by the Holder of the Security, after such deduction or withholding, shall equal the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any) and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, as specified in such Securities to which such Holder is entitled; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to:
(1) any such tax, levy, impost or charge which would not be payable or due but for the fact that (A) the Holder of a Security (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of, member or shareholder of, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Cayman Islands or such political subdivision or otherwise having some present or former connection with the Cayman Islands other than the holding or ownership of such Security or the collection of the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any) and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Security and the Indenture, or the enforcement of such Security or (B) where presentation is required, such Security was presented more than 30 days after the date such payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later;
(2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, levy, impost or charge;
(3) any tax, levy, impost or charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payment of the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any) and interest (if any);
(4) any tax, levy, impost or charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply upon the Company's request with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the relevant tax authority of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Security, if such compliance is required by statute or by regulation as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, levy, impost or charge; or
(5) any combination of (1) through (4);
nor shall any Tax Additional Amounts be paid to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such Security to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner thereof, would not have been entitled to the payment of such Tax Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of the Security.
TRANSFER
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Global Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Global Security for registration or transfer at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for Securities of this series, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof
or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of any authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and on the face of this Global Security, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Global Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Global Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Global Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER; LIMITATION ON SUITS
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Global Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Global Security and of any Global Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Global Security.
Subject to the right of the Holder of any Securities of this series to receive payment of the principal thereof (and premium, if any) and interest thereon and any Tax Additional Amounts with respect thereto, no Holder of the Securities of this series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless
(1) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series shall have occurred and be continuing and such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of such continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of the Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under the Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation will (except in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture) be released from those obligations.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, all unpaid principal plus accrued interest through the acceleration date of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
DEFEASANCE
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Global Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Global Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest, if any, on this Global Security, for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or directory, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the
enforcement of any assessment of penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
INDENTURE TO CONTROL; GOVERNING LAW
In the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Global Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control.
THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
DEFINITIONS
All terms defined in the Indenture and used in this Global Security but not specifically defined herein are used herein as so defined.
EXHIBIT D
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
6.75% NOTES DUE APRIL 15, 2005
1. The title of the Securities of the series shall be "6.75% Notes due April 15, 2005" (the "Notes").
2. The limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture) is $350,000,000.
3. Interest on the Notes shall be payable to the persons in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date (as defined in the Indenture) for such interest payment.
4. The date on which the principal of the Notes is payable, unless accelerated pursuant to the Indenture, shall be April 15, 2005.
5. The rate at which each of the Notes shall bear interest shall be 6.75% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue for each of the Notes shall be October 15, 2001. The Interest Payment Dates on which interest on the Notes shall be payable are April 15 and October 15, commencing on April 15, 2002. The Regular Record Dates for the interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall be the April 1 or October 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding such interest payment date.
6. The place or places where the principal of and interest on the Notes shall be payable, the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer, the Notes may be surrendered for exchange and notices may be given to the Company in respect of the Notes is at the office of the Trustee in New York, New York and at the agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose at the office of the Trustee; provided that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register (as defined in the Indenture) or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder (as defined in the Indenture) of such Notes.
7. The Notes are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole or from time to time in part upon not less than 30 and not more than 60 days' notice mailed to each Holder of Notes at the Holder's address appearing in the Security Register, on any date fixed by the Company prior to maturity (the "Redemption Date") at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date) plus the make-whole premium applicable to the Notes (the "Redemption Price").
The amount of the make-whole premium with respect to a Note (or portion thereof) will be equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the sum of the present values, calculated as of the Redemption Date, of each interest payment that, but for such redemption, would have been payable on the Note (or portion thereof) on each Interest Payment Date occurring after the Redemption Date (excluding any accrued and unpaid interest for the period prior to the Redemption Date), and the principal amount that, but for such redemption, would have been payable at the final maturity of the Note (or portion thereof), over (2) the principal amount of such Note (or portion thereof).
The present values of interest and principal payments referred to in clause
(1) of the paragraph above will be determined in accordance with generally
accepted principles of financial analysis. Such present values will be
calculated by discounting the amount of each payment of interest or principal
from the date that each such payment would have been payable, but for the
redemption, to the Redemption Date at a discount rate equal to the U.S. Treasury
Yield (as defined below) plus 20 basis points.
The make-whole premium will be calculated by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company. If the Company fails to appoint such an institution at least 45 business days prior to the Redemption Date, or if the institution appointed is unwilling or unable to make such calculation, such calculation will be made by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee (in any such case, an "Independent Investment Banker").
"U.S. Treasury Yield" means an annual rate of interest equal to the weekly average yield to maturity of U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity that corresponds to the remaining term to maturity of the Notes, calculated to the nearest 1/12th of a year (the "Remaining Term"). The U.S. Treasury Yield will be determined as of the third business day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.
The weekly average yields of U.S. Treasury Notes will be determined by reference to the most recent statistical release published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "H.15(519) Selected Interest Rates" or any successor release (the "H.15 Statistical Release"). If the H.15 Statistical Release sets forth a weekly average yield for U.S. Treasury Notes having a constant maturity that is the same as the Remaining Term, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be equal to such weekly average yield. In all other cases, the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation, on a straight-line basis, between the weekly average yields on the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Term and the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Term (in each case as set forth in the H.15 Statistical Release). Any weekly average yields so calculated by interpolation will be rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with any figure of 1/200 of 1% or above being rounded upward. If weekly average yields for U.S. Treasury Notes are not available in the H.15 Statistical Release or otherwise, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation of comparable rates selected by the Independent Investment Banker.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee may select for redemption Notes and portions of Notes in amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions.
8. Additional Amounts (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes shall be payable in accordance with the Indenture and the provisions of this paragraph 8. The Company agrees that any amounts to be paid by the Company hereunder with respect to any Note shall be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future withholding taxes, levies, imposts and charges whatsoever imposed by or for the account of the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts or charges shall at any time be required by the Cayman Islands or any such subdivision or authority thereof or therein, the Company will (subject to compliance by the Holder of such Note with any relevant administrative requirements) pay such additional amounts ("Tax Additional Amounts") in respect of principal amount, premiums (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, as the case may be, in order that the amounts received by the Holder of the Note, after such deduction or withholding, shall equal the respective amounts of principal amount, premium (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, as specified in such Notes to which such Holder is entitled; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to:
(1) any such tax, levy, impost or charge which would not be payable or due but for the fact that (A) the Holder of a Note (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of, member or shareholder of, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Cayman Islands or such political subdivision or otherwise having some present or former connection with the Cayman Islands other than the holding or ownership of such Note or the collection of principal amount, premium (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Note and the Indenture, or the enforcement of such Note or (B) where presentation is required, such Note was presented more than 30 days after the date such payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later;
(2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, levy, impost or charge;
(3) any tax, levy, impost or charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payment of principal amount, premium (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any);
(4) any tax, levy, impost or charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply upon the Company's request with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the relevant tax authority of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Note, if such compliance is
required by statute or by regulation as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, levy, impost or charge; or
(5) any combination of (1) through (4).
nor shall any Tax Additional Amounts be paid to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such Note to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner thereof, would not have been entitled to the payment of such Tax Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of the Note.
9. The Notes shall be in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 of principal amount thereof or any integral multiple thereof.
10. Section 403 of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes.
11. The Notes will initially be issued in permanent global form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit E to the Officers' Certificate to which this Exhibit is attached (the "Global Securities"), as a Book-Entry Security. Each Global Security shall represent such of the Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having the beneficial interest in the Global Security.
12. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Paying Agent with respect to the Notes.
EXHIBIT E
[FORM OF GLOBAL SECURITY]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
6.75% NOTE DUE APRIL 15, 2005
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Issue Date: , 2002 Maturity: April 15, 2005 --------- --- Principal Amount: $ CUSIP: ----------- |
Registered: No. R-
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of ($ ) on April 15, 2005 and to pay interest thereon and Tax Additional Amounts, if any, in immediately available funds as specified on the other side of this Security.
Payment of the principal of and interest on and Tax Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to this Global Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Tax Additional
Amounts, if any, may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts designated to the Holder of this Security.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Global Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Global Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Name:
Title:
Attest:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
6.75% NOTE DUE APRIL 15, 2005
This Global Security is one of a duly authorized issue of senior securities of the Company (herein called the "Global Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture dated as of April 15, 1997, between Transocean Offshore Inc. ("Transocean-Delaware"), a Delaware corporation and a predecessor of the Company, and The Bank of New York, as the successor trustee to The Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly known as Texas Commerce Bank National Association) (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture between Transocean-Delaware and the Trustee, dated as of April 15, 1997, the Second Supplemental Indenture among Transocean Offshore (Texas) Inc., a Texas corporation and a predecessor of the Company, the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 14, 1999, the Third Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 24, 2000 and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 11, 2001 (such Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, Second Supplemental Indenture, Third Supplemental Indenture, and Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the "Indenture"), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Global Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $350,000,000.
INTEREST
The rate at which this Global Security shall bear interest shall be 6.75% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue for this Global Security shall be October 15, 2001. The Interest Payment Dates on which interest on this Global Security shall be payable are April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on April 15, 2002. The Regular Record Date for the interest payable on this Global Security on any Interest Payment Date shall be the April 1 or October 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding such interest payment date.
Interest on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
The Notes are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole or from time to time in part upon not less than 30 and not more than 60 days' notice mailed to each Holder of Notes at the Holder's address appearing in the Security Register, on any date fixed by the Company prior to maturity (the "Redemption Date") at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date
that is on or prior to the Redemption Date) plus the make-whole premium applicable to the Notes (the "Redemption Price").
The amount of the make-whole premium with respect to a Note (or portion thereof) will be equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the sum of the present values, calculated as of the Redemption Date, of each interest payment that, but for such redemption, would have been payable on the Note (or portion thereof) on each Interest Payment Date occurring after the Redemption Date (excluding any accrued and unpaid interest for the period prior to the Redemption Date), and the principal amount that, but for such redemption, would have been payable at the final maturity of the Note (or portion thereof), over (2) the principal amount of such Note (or portion thereof).
The present values of interest and principal payments referred to in clause
(1) of the paragraph above will be determined in accordance with generally
accepted principles of financial analysis. Such present values will be
calculated by discounting the amount of each payment of interest or principal
from the date that each such payment would have been payable, but for the
redemption, to the Redemption Date at a discount rate equal to the U.S. Treasury
Yield (as defined below) plus 20 basis points.
The make-whole premium will be calculated by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company. If the Company fails to appoint such an institution at least 45 business days prior to the Redemption Date, or if the institution appointed is unwilling or unable to make such calculation, such calculation will be made by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee (in any such case, an "Independent Investment Banker").
"U.S. Treasury Yield" means an annual rate of interest equal to the weekly average yield to maturity of U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity that corresponds to the remaining term to maturity of the Notes, calculated to the nearest 1/12th of a year (the "Remaining Term"). The U.S. Treasury Yield will be determined as of the third business day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.
The weekly average yields of U.S. Treasury Notes will be determined by reference to the most recent statistical release published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "H.15(519) Selected Interest Rates" or any successor release (the "H.15 Statistical Release"). If the H.15 Statistical Release sets forth a weekly average yield for U.S. Treasury Notes having a constant maturity that is the same as the Remaining Term, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be equal to such weekly average yield. In all other cases, the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation, on a straight-line basis, between the weekly average yields on the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Term and the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Term (in each case as set forth in the H.15 Statistical Release). Any weekly average yields so calculated by interpolation will be rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with any figure of 1/200 of 1% or above being rounded upward. If weekly average yields for U.S. Treasury Notes are not available in the H.15 Statistical Release or otherwise, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation of comparable rates selected by the Independent Investment Banker.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee may select for redemption Notes and portions of Notes in amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions.
TAX ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
The Company agrees that any amounts to be paid by the Company hereunder with respect to any Security shall be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future withholding taxes, levies, imposts and charges whatsoever imposed by or for the account of the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts or charges shall at any time be required by the Cayman Islands or any such subdivision or authority thereof or therein, the Company will (subject to compliance by the Holder of such Security with any relevant administrative requirements) pay such additional amounts ("Tax Additional Amounts") in respect of principal amount, premiums (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, as the case may be, in order that the amounts received by the Holder of the Security, after such deduction or withholding, shall equal the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, as specified in such Securities to which such Holder is entitled; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to:
(1) any such tax, levy, impost or charge which would not be payable or due but for the fact that (A) the Holder of a Security (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of, member or shareholder of, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Cayman Islands or such political subdivision or otherwise having some present or former connection with the Cayman Islands other than the holding or ownership of such Security or the collection of the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Security and the Indenture, or the enforcement of such Security or (B) where presentation is required, such Security was presented more than 30 days after the date such payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later;
(2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, levy, impost or charge;
(3) any tax, levy, impost or charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payment of the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any);
(4) any tax, levy, impost or charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply upon the Company's request with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the relevant tax authority of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Security, if such compliance
is required by statute or by regulation as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, levy, impost or charge; or
(5) any combination of (1) through (4);
nor shall any Tax Additional Amounts be paid to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such Security to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner thereof, would not have been entitled to the payment of such Tax Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of the Security.
TRANSFER
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Global Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Global Security for registration or transfer at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for Securities of this series, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of any authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and on the face of this Global Security, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Global Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Global Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Global Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER; LIMITATION ON SUITS
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Global Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Global Security and of any Global Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Global Security.
Subject to the right of the Holder of any Securities of this series to receive payment of the principal thereof (and premium, if any) and interest thereon and any Tax Additional Amounts with respect thereto, no Holder of the Securities of this series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless
(1) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series shall have occurred and be continuing and such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of such continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of the Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under the Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation will (except in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture) be released from those obligations.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, all unpaid principal plus accrued interest through the acceleration date of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
DEFEASANCE
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Global Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Global Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest, if any, on this Global Security, for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or directory, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment of penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
INDENTURE TO CONTROL; GOVERNING LAW
In the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Global Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control.
THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
DEFINITIONS
All terms defined in the Indenture and used in this Global Security but not specifically defined herein are used herein as so defined.
EXHIBIT F
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
6.95% NOTES DUE APRIL 15, 2008
1. The title of the Securities of the series shall be "6.95% Notes due April 15, 2008" (the "Notes").
2. The limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture) is $250,000,000.
3. Interest on the Notes shall be payable to the persons in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date (as defined in the Indenture) for such interest payment.
4. The date on which the principal of the Notes is payable, unless accelerated pursuant to the Indenture, shall be April 15, 2008.
5. The rate at which each of the Notes shall bear interest shall be 6.95% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue for each of the Notes shall be October 15, 2001. The Interest Payment Dates on which interest on the Notes shall be payable are April 15 and October 15, commencing on April 15, 2002. The Regular Record Dates for the interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall be the April 1 or October 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding such interest payment date.
6. The place or places where the principal of and interest on the Notes shall be payable, the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer, the Notes may be surrendered for exchange and notices may be given to the Company in respect of the Notes is at the office of the Trustee in New York, New York and at the agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose at the office of the Trustee; provided that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register (as defined in the Indenture) or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder (as defined in the Indenture) of such Notes.
7. The Notes are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole or from time to time in part upon not less than 30 and not more than 60 days' notice mailed to each Holder of Notes at the Holder's address appearing in the Security Register, on any date fixed by the Company prior to maturity (the "Redemption Date") at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date) plus the make-whole premium applicable to the Notes (the "Redemption Price").
The amount of the make-whole premium with respect to a Note (or portion thereof) will be equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the sum of the present values, calculated as of the Redemption Date, of each interest payment that, but for such redemption, would have been payable on the Note (or portion thereof) on each Interest Payment Date occurring after the Redemption Date (excluding any accrued and unpaid interest for the period prior to the Redemption Date), and the principal amount that, but for such redemption, would have been payable at the final maturity of the Note (or portion thereof), over (2) the principal amount of such Note (or portion thereof).
The present values of interest and principal payments referred to in clause
(1) of the paragraph above will be determined in accordance with generally
accepted principles of financial analysis. Such present values will be
calculated by discounting the amount of each payment of interest or principal
from the date that each such payment would have been payable, but for the
redemption, to the Redemption Date at a discount rate equal to the U.S. Treasury
Yield (as defined below) plus 20 basis points.
The make-whole premium will be calculated by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company. If the Company fails to appoint such an institution at least 45 business days prior to the Redemption Date, or if the institution appointed is unwilling or unable to make such calculation, such calculation will be made by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee (in any such case, an "Independent Investment Banker").
"U.S. Treasury Yield" means an annual rate of interest equal to the weekly average yield to maturity of U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity that corresponds to the remaining term to maturity of the Notes, calculated to the nearest 1/12th of a year (the "Remaining Term"). The U.S. Treasury Yield will be determined as of the third business day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.
The weekly average yields of U.S. Treasury Notes will be determined by reference to the most recent statistical release published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "H.15(519) Selected Interest Rates" or any successor release (the "H.15 Statistical Release"). If the H.15 Statistical Release sets forth a weekly average yield for U.S. Treasury Notes having a constant maturity that is the same as the Remaining Term, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be equal to such weekly average yield. In all other cases, the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation, on a straight-line basis, between the weekly average yields on the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Term and the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Term (in each case as set forth in the H.15 Statistical Release). Any weekly average yields so calculated by interpolation will be rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with any figure of 1/200 of 1% or above being rounded upward. If weekly average yields for U.S. Treasury Notes are not available in the H.15 Statistical Release or otherwise, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation of comparable rates selected by the Independent Investment Banker.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee may select for redemption Notes and portions of Notes in amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions.
8. Additional Amounts (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes shall be payable in accordance with the Indenture and the provisions of this paragraph 8. The Company agrees that any amounts to be paid by the Company hereunder with respect to any Note shall be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future withholding taxes, levies, imposts and charges whatsoever imposed by or for the account of the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts or charges shall at any time be required by the Cayman Islands or any such subdivision or authority thereof or therein, the Company will (subject to compliance by the Holder of such Note with any relevant administrative requirements) pay such additional amounts ("Tax Additional Amounts") in respect of principal amount, premiums (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, as the case may be, in order that the amounts received by the Holder of the Note, after such deduction or withholding, shall equal the respective amounts of principal amount, premium (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, as specified in such Notes to which such Holder is entitled; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to:
(1) any such tax, levy, impost or charge which would not be payable or due but for the fact that (A) the Holder of a Note (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of, member or shareholder of, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Cayman Islands or such political subdivision or otherwise having some present or former connection with the Cayman Islands other than the holding or ownership of such Note or the collection of principal amount, premium (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Note and the Indenture, or the enforcement of such Note or (B) where presentation is required, such Note was presented more than 30 days after the date such payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later;
(2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, levy, impost or charge;
(3) any tax, levy, impost or charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payment of principal amount, premium (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any);
(4) any tax, levy, impost or charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply upon the Company's request with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the relevant tax authority of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Note, if such compliance is
required by statute or by regulation as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, levy, impost or charge; or
(5) any combination of (1) through (4).
nor shall any Tax Additional Amounts be paid to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such Note to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner thereof, would not have been entitled to the payment of such Tax Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of the Note.
9. The Notes shall be in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 of principal amount thereof or any integral multiple thereof.
10. Section 403 of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes.
11. The Notes will initially be issued in permanent global form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit G to the Officers' Certificate to which this Exhibit is attached (the "Global Securities"), as a Book-Entry Security. Each Global Security shall represent such of the Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having the beneficial interest in the Global Security.
12. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Paying Agent with respect to the Notes.
EXHIBIT G
[FORM OF GLOBAL SECURITY]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
6.95% NOTE DUE APRIL 15, 2008
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Issue Date: , 2002 Maturity: April 15, 2008 -------- -- Principal Amount: $ CUSIP: ----------- |
Registered: No. R-
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of ($ ) on April 15, 2008 and to pay interest thereon and Tax Additional Amounts, if any, in immediately available funds as specified on the other side of this Security.
Payment of the principal of and interest on and Tax Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to this Global Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Tax Additional
Amounts, if any, may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts designated to the Holder of this Security.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Global Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Global Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Name:
Title:
Attest:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
6.95% NOTE DUE APRIL 15, 2008
This Global Security is one of a duly authorized issue of senior securities of the Company (herein called the "Global Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture dated as of April 15, 1997, between Transocean Offshore Inc. ("Transocean-Delaware"), a Delaware corporation and a predecessor of the Company, and The Bank of New York, as the successor trustee to The Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly known as Texas Commerce Bank National Association) (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture between Transocean-Delaware and the Trustee, dated as of April 15, 1997, the Second Supplemental Indenture among Transocean Offshore (Texas) Inc., a Texas corporation and a predecessor of the Company, the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 14, 1999, the Third Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 24, 2000 and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 11, 2001 (such Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, Second Supplemental Indenture, Third Supplemental Indenture, and Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the "Indenture"), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Global Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $250,000,000.
INTEREST
The rate at which this Global Security shall bear interest shall be 6.95% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue for this Global Security shall be October 15, 2001. The Interest Payment Dates on which interest on this Global Security shall be payable are April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on April 15, 2002. The Regular Record Date for the interest payable on this Global Security on any Interest Payment Date shall be the April 1 or October 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding such interest payment date.
Interest on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
The Notes are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole or from time to time in part upon not less than 30 and not more than 60 days' notice mailed to each Holder of Notes at the Holder's address appearing in the Security Register, on any date fixed by the Company prior to maturity (the "Redemption Date") at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date
that is on or prior to the Redemption Date) plus the make-whole premium applicable to the Notes (the "Redemption Price").
The amount of the make-whole premium with respect to a Note (or portion thereof) will be equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the sum of the present values, calculated as of the Redemption Date, of each interest payment that, but for such redemption, would have been payable on the Note (or portion thereof) on each Interest Payment Date occurring after the Redemption Date (excluding any accrued and unpaid interest for the period prior to the Redemption Date), and the principal amount that, but for such redemption, would have been payable at the final maturity of the Note (or portion thereof), over (2) the principal amount of such Note (or portion thereof).
The present values of interest and principal payments referred to in clause
(1) of the paragraph above will be determined in accordance with generally
accepted principles of financial analysis. Such present values will be
calculated by discounting the amount of each payment of interest or principal
from the date that each such payment would have been payable, but for the
redemption, to the Redemption Date at a discount rate equal to the U.S. Treasury
Yield (as defined below) plus 20 basis points.
The make-whole premium will be calculated by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company. If the Company fails to appoint such an institution at least 45 business days prior to the Redemption Date, or if the institution appointed is unwilling or unable to make such calculation, such calculation will be made by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee (in any such case, an "Independent Investment Banker").
"U.S. Treasury Yield" means an annual rate of interest equal to the weekly average yield to maturity of U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity that corresponds to the remaining term to maturity of the Notes, calculated to the nearest 1/12th of a year (the "Remaining Term"). The U.S. Treasury Yield will be determined as of the third business day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.
The weekly average yields of U.S. Treasury Notes will be determined by reference to the most recent statistical release published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "H.15(519) Selected Interest Rates" or any successor release (the "H.15 Statistical Release"). If the H.15 Statistical Release sets forth a weekly average yield for U.S. Treasury Notes having a constant maturity that is the same as the Remaining Term, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be equal to such weekly average yield. In all other cases, the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation, on a straight-line basis, between the weekly average yields on the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Term and the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Term (in each case as set forth in the H.15 Statistical Release). Any weekly average yields so calculated by interpolation will be rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with any figure of 1/200 of 1% or above being rounded upward. If weekly average yields for U.S. Treasury Notes are not available in the H.15 Statistical Release or otherwise, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation of comparable rates selected by the Independent Investment Banker.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee may select for redemption Notes and portions of Notes in amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions.
TAX ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
The Company agrees that any amounts to be paid by the Company hereunder with respect to any Security shall be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future withholding taxes, levies, imposts and charges whatsoever imposed by or for the account of the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts or charges shall at any time be required by the Cayman Islands or any such subdivision or authority thereof or therein, the Company will (subject to compliance by the Holder of such Security with any relevant administrative requirements) pay such additional amounts ("Tax Additional Amounts") in respect of principal amount, premiums (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, as the case may be, in order that the amounts received by the Holder of the Security, after such deduction or withholding, shall equal the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, as specified in such Securities to which such Holder is entitled; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to:
(1) any such tax, levy, impost or charge which would not be payable or due but for the fact that (A) the Holder of a Security (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of, member or shareholder of, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Cayman Islands or such political subdivision or otherwise having some present or former connection with the Cayman Islands other than the holding or ownership of such Security or the collection of the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Security and the Indenture, or the enforcement of such Security or (B) where presentation is required, such Security was presented more than 30 days after the date such payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later;
(2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, levy, impost or charge;
(3) any tax, levy, impost or charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payment of the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any);
(4) any tax, levy, impost or charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply upon the Company's request with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the relevant tax authority of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Security, if such compliance
is required by statute or by regulation as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, levy, impost or charge; or
(5) any combination of (1) through (4);
nor shall any Tax Additional Amounts be paid to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such Security to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner thereof, would not have been entitled to the payment of such Tax Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of the Security.
TRANSFER
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Global Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Global Security for registration or transfer at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for Securities of this series, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of any authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and on the face of this Global Security, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Global Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Global Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Global Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER; LIMITATION ON SUITS
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Global Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Global Security and of any Global Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Global Security.
Subject to the right of the Holder of any Securities of this series to receive payment of the principal thereof (and premium, if any) and interest thereon and any Tax Additional Amounts with respect thereto, no Holder of the Securities of this series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless
(1) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series shall have occurred and be continuing and such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of such continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of the Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under the Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation will (except in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture) be released from those obligations.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, all unpaid principal plus accrued interest through the acceleration date of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
DEFEASANCE
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Global Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Global Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest, if any, on this Global Security, for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or directory, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment of penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
INDENTURE TO CONTROL; GOVERNING LAW
In the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Global Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control.
THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
DEFINITIONS
All terms defined in the Indenture and used in this Global Security but not specifically defined herein are used herein as so defined.
EXHIBIT H
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
9.125% NOTES DUE DECEMBER 15, 2003
1. The title of the Securities of the series shall be "9.125% Notes due December 15, 2003" (the "Notes").
2. The limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture) is $87,112,000.
3. Interest on the Notes shall be payable to the persons in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date (as defined in the Indenture) for such interest payment.
4. The date on which the principal of the Notes is payable, unless accelerated pursuant to the Indenture, shall be December 15, 2003.
5. The rate at which each of the Notes shall bear interest shall be 9.125% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue for each of the Notes shall be December 15, 2001. The Interest Payment Dates on which interest on the Notes shall be payable are June 15 and December 15, commencing on June 15, 2002. The Regular Record Dates for the interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall be the June 1 or December 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding such interest payment date.
6. The place or places where the principal of and interest on the Notes shall be payable, the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer, the Notes may be surrendered for exchange and notices may be given to the Company in respect of the Notes is at the office of the Trustee in New York, New York and at the agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose at the office of the Trustee; provided that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register (as defined in the Indenture) or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder (as defined in the Indenture) of such Notes.
7. The Notes are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole or from time to time in part upon not less than 30 and not more than 60 days' notice mailed to each Holder of Notes at the Holder's address appearing in the Security Register, on any date fixed by the Company prior to maturity (the "Redemption Date") at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date) plus the make-whole premium applicable to the Notes (the "Redemption Price").
The amount of the make-whole premium with respect to a Note (or portion thereof) will be equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the sum of the present values, calculated as of the Redemption Date, of each interest payment that, but for such redemption, would have been payable on the Note (or portion thereof) on each Interest Payment Date occurring after the Redemption Date (excluding any accrued and unpaid interest for the period prior to the Redemption Date), and the principal amount that, but for such redemption, would have been payable at the final maturity of the Note (or portion thereof), over (2) the principal amount of such Note (or portion thereof).
The present values of interest and principal payments referred to in clause
(1) of the paragraph above will be determined in accordance with generally
accepted principles of financial analysis. Such present values will be
calculated by discounting the amount of each payment of interest or principal
from the date that each such payment would have been payable, but for the
redemption, to the Redemption Date at a discount rate equal to the U.S. Treasury
Yield (as defined below) plus 50 basis points.
The make-whole premium will be calculated by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company. If the Company fails to appoint such an institution at least 45 business days prior to the Redemption Date, or if the institution appointed is unwilling or unable to make such calculation, such calculation will be made by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee (in any such case, an "Independent Investment Banker").
"U.S. Treasury Yield" means an annual rate of interest equal to the weekly average yield to maturity of U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity that corresponds to the remaining term to maturity of the Notes, calculated to the nearest 1/12th of a year (the "Remaining Term"). The U.S. Treasury Yield will be determined as of the third business day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.
The weekly average yields of U.S. Treasury Notes will be determined by reference to the most recent statistical release published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "H.15(519) Selected Interest Rates" or any successor release (the "H.15 Statistical Release"). If the H.15 Statistical Release sets forth a weekly average yield for U.S. Treasury Notes having a constant maturity that is the same as the Remaining Term, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be equal to such weekly average yield. In all other cases, the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation, on a straight-line basis, between the weekly average yields on the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Term and the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Term (in each case as set forth in the H.15 Statistical Release). Any weekly average yields so calculated by interpolation will be rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with any figure of 1/200 of 1% or above being rounded upward. If weekly average yields for U.S. Treasury Notes are not available in the H.15 Statistical Release or otherwise, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation of comparable rates selected by the Independent Investment Banker.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee may select for redemption Notes and portions of Notes in amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions.
8. Additional Amounts (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes shall be payable in accordance with the Indenture and the provisions of this paragraph 8. The Company agrees that any amounts to be paid by the Company hereunder with respect to any Note shall be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future withholding taxes, levies, imposts and charges whatsoever imposed by or for the account of the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts or charges shall at any time be required by the Cayman Islands or any such subdivision or authority thereof or therein, the Company will (subject to compliance by the Holder of such Note with any relevant administrative requirements) pay such additional amounts ("Tax Additional Amounts") in respect of principal amount, premiums (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, as the case may be, in order that the amounts received by the Holder of the Note, after such deduction or withholding, shall equal the respective amounts of principal amount, premium (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, as specified in such Notes to which such Holder is entitled; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to:
(1) any such tax, levy, impost or charge which would not be payable or due but for the fact that (A) the Holder of a Note (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of, member or shareholder of, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Cayman Islands or such political subdivision or otherwise having some present or former connection with the Cayman Islands other than the holding or ownership of such Note or the collection of principal amount, premium (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Note and the Indenture, or the enforcement of such Note or (B) where presentation is required, such Note was presented more than 30 days after the date such payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later;
(2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, levy, impost or charge;
(3) any tax, levy, impost or charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payment of principal amount, premium (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any);
(4) any tax, levy, impost or charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply upon the Company's request with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the relevant tax authority of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Note, if such compliance is
required by statute or by regulation as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, levy, impost or charge; or
(5) any combination of (1) through (4).
nor shall any Tax Additional Amounts be paid to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such Note to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner thereof, would not have been entitled to the payment of such Tax Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of the Note.
9. The Notes shall be in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 of principal amount thereof or any integral multiple thereof.
10. Section 403 of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes.
11. The Notes will initially be issued in permanent global form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit I to the Officers' Certificate to which this Exhibit is attached (the "Global Securities"), as a Book-Entry Security. Each Global Security shall represent such of the Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having the beneficial interest in the Global Security.
12. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Paying Agent with respect to the Notes.
EXHIBIT I
[FORM OF GLOBAL SECURITY]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
9.125% NOTE DUE DECEMBER 15, 2003
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Registered: No. R-
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of ($ ) on December 15, 2003 and to pay interest thereon and Tax Additional Amounts, if any, in immediately available funds as specified on the other side of this Security.
Payment of the principal of and interest on and Tax Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to this Global Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Tax Additional
Amounts, if any, may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts designated to the Holder of this Security.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Global Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Global Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Name:
Title:
Attest:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
9.125% NOTE DUE DECEMBER 15, 2003
This Global Security is one of a duly authorized issue of senior securities of the Company (herein called the "Global Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture dated as of April 15, 1997, between Transocean Offshore Inc. ("Transocean-Delaware"), a Delaware corporation and a predecessor of the Company, and The Bank of New York, as the successor trustee to The Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly known as Texas Commerce Bank National Association) (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture between Transocean-Delaware and the Trustee, dated as of April 15, 1997, the Second Supplemental Indenture among Transocean Offshore (Texas) Inc., a Texas corporation and a predecessor of the Company, the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 14, 1999, the Third Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 24, 2000 and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 11, 2001 (such Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, Second Supplemental Indenture, Third Supplemental Indenture, and Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the "Indenture"), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Global Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $87,112,000.
INTEREST
The rate at which this Global Security shall bear interest shall be 9.125% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue for this Global Security shall be December 15, 2001. The Interest Payment Dates on which interest on this Global Security shall be payable are June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on June 15, 2002. The Regular Record Date for the interest payable on this Global Security on any Interest Payment Date shall be the June 1 or December 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding such interest payment date.
Interest on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
The Notes are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole or from time to time in part upon not less than 30 and not more than 60 days' notice mailed to each Holder of Notes at the Holder's address appearing in the Security Register, on any date fixed by the Company prior to maturity (the "Redemption Date") at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date
that is on or prior to the Redemption Date) plus the make-whole premium applicable to the Notes (the "Redemption Price").
The amount of the make-whole premium with respect to a Note (or portion thereof) will be equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the sum of the present values, calculated as of the Redemption Date, of each interest payment that, but for such redemption, would have been payable on the Note (or portion thereof) on each Interest Payment Date occurring after the Redemption Date (excluding any accrued and unpaid interest for the period prior to the Redemption Date), and the principal amount that, but for such redemption, would have been payable at the final maturity of the Note (or portion thereof), over (2) the principal amount of such Note (or portion thereof).
The present values of interest and principal payments referred to in clause
(1) of the paragraph above will be determined in accordance with generally
accepted principles of financial analysis. Such present values will be
calculated by discounting the amount of each payment of interest or principal
from the date that each such payment would have been payable, but for the
redemption, to the Redemption Date at a discount rate equal to the U.S. Treasury
Yield (as defined below) plus 50 basis points.
The make-whole premium will be calculated by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company. If the Company fails to appoint such an institution at least 45 business days prior to the Redemption Date, or if the institution appointed is unwilling or unable to make such calculation, such calculation will be made by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee (in any such case, an "Independent Investment Banker").
"U.S. Treasury Yield" means an annual rate of interest equal to the weekly average yield to maturity of U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity that corresponds to the remaining term to maturity of the Notes, calculated to the nearest 1/12th of a year (the "Remaining Term"). The U.S. Treasury Yield will be determined as of the third business day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.
The weekly average yields of U.S. Treasury Notes will be determined by reference to the most recent statistical release published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "H.15(519) Selected Interest Rates" or any successor release (the "H.15 Statistical Release"). If the H.15 Statistical Release sets forth a weekly average yield for U.S. Treasury Notes having a constant maturity that is the same as the Remaining Term, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be equal to such weekly average yield. In all other cases, the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation, on a straight-line basis, between the weekly average yields on the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Term and the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Term (in each case as set forth in the H.15 Statistical Release). Any weekly average yields so calculated by interpolation will be rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with any figure of 1/200 of 1% or above being rounded upward. If weekly average yields for U.S. Treasury Notes are not available in the H.15 Statistical Release or otherwise, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation of comparable rates selected by the Independent Investment Banker.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee may select for redemption Notes and portions of Notes in amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions.
TAX ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
The Company agrees that any amounts to be paid by the Company hereunder with respect to any Security shall be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future withholding taxes, levies, imposts and charges whatsoever imposed by or for the account of the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts or charges shall at any time be required by the Cayman Islands or any such subdivision or authority thereof or therein, the Company will (subject to compliance by the Holder of such Security with any relevant administrative requirements) pay such additional amounts ("Tax Additional Amounts") in respect of principal amount, premiums (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, as the case may be, in order that the amounts received by the Holder of the Security, after such deduction or withholding, shall equal the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, as specified in such Securities to which such Holder is entitled; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to:
(1) any such tax, levy, impost or charge which would not be payable or due but for the fact that (A) the Holder of a Security (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of, member or shareholder of, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Cayman Islands or such political subdivision or otherwise having some present or former connection with the Cayman Islands other than the holding or ownership of such Security or the collection of the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Security and the Indenture, or the enforcement of such Security or (B) where presentation is required, such Security was presented more than 30 days after the date such payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later;
(2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, levy, impost or charge;
(3) any tax, levy, impost or charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payment of the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any);
(4) any tax, levy, impost or charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply upon the Company's request with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the relevant tax authority of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Security, if such compliance
is required by statute or by regulation as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, levy, impost or charge; or
(5) any combination of (1) through (4);
nor shall any Tax Additional Amounts be paid to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such Security to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner thereof, would not have been entitled to the payment of such Tax Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of the Security.
TRANSFER
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Global Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Global Security for registration or transfer at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for Securities of this series, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of any authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and on the face of this Global Security, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Global Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Global Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Global Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER; LIMITATION ON SUITS
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Global Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Global Security and of any Global Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Global Security.
Subject to the right of the Holder of any Securities of this series to receive payment of the principal thereof (and premium, if any) and interest thereon and any Tax Additional Amounts with respect thereto, no Holder of the Securities of this series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless
(1) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series shall have occurred and be continuing and such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of such continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of the Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under the Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation will (except in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture) be released from those obligations.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, all unpaid principal plus accrued interest through the acceleration date of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
DEFEASANCE
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Global Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Global Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest, if any, on this Global Security, for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or directory, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment of penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
INDENTURE TO CONTROL; GOVERNING LAW
In the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Global Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control.
THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
DEFINITIONS
All terms defined in the Indenture and used in this Global Security but not specifically defined herein are used herein as so defined.
EXHIBIT J
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
9.50% NOTES DUE DECEMBER 15, 2008
1. The title of the Securities of the series shall be "9.50% Notes due December 15, 2008" (the "Notes").
2. The limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture) is $300,000,000.
3. Interest on the Notes shall be payable to the persons in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date (as defined in the Indenture) for such interest payment.
4. The date on which the principal of the Notes is payable, unless accelerated pursuant to the Indenture, shall be December 15, 2008.
5. The rate at which each of the Notes shall bear interest shall be 9.50% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue for each of the Notes shall be December 15, 2001. The Interest Payment Dates on which interest on the Notes shall be payable are June 15 and December 15, commencing on June 15, 2002. The Regular Record Dates for the interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall be the June 1 or December 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding such interest payment date.
6. The place or places where the principal of and interest on the Notes shall be payable, the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer, the Notes may be surrendered for exchange and notices may be given to the Company in respect of the Notes is at the office of the Trustee in New York, New York and at the agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose at the office of the Trustee; provided that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register (as defined in the Indenture) or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder (as defined in the Indenture) of such Notes.
7. The Notes are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole or from time to time in part upon not less than 30 and not more than 60 days' notice mailed to each Holder of Notes at the Holder's address appearing in the Security Register, on any date fixed by the Company prior to maturity (the "Redemption Date") at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date) plus the make-whole premium applicable to the Notes (the "Redemption Price").
The amount of the make-whole premium with respect to a Note (or portion thereof) will be equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the sum of the present values, calculated as of the Redemption Date, of each interest payment that, but for such redemption, would have been payable on the Note (or portion thereof) on each Interest Payment Date occurring after the Redemption Date (excluding any accrued and unpaid interest for the period prior to the Redemption Date), and the principal amount that, but for such redemption, would have been payable at the final maturity of the Note (or portion thereof), over (2) the principal amount of such Note (or portion thereof).
The present values of interest and principal payments referred to in clause
(1) of the paragraph above will be determined in accordance with generally
accepted principles of financial analysis. Such present values will be
calculated by discounting the amount of each payment of interest or principal
from the date that each such payment would have been payable, but for the
redemption, to the Redemption Date at a discount rate equal to the U.S. Treasury
Yield (as defined below) plus 50 basis points.
The make-whole premium will be calculated by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company. If the Company fails to appoint such an institution at least 45 business days prior to the Redemption Date, or if the institution appointed is unwilling or unable to make such calculation, such calculation will be made by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee (in any such case, an "Independent Investment Banker").
"U.S. Treasury Yield" means an annual rate of interest equal to the weekly average yield to maturity of U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity that corresponds to the remaining term to maturity of the Notes, calculated to the nearest 1/12th of a year (the "Remaining Term"). The U.S. Treasury Yield will be determined as of the third business day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.
The weekly average yields of U.S. Treasury Notes will be determined by reference to the most recent statistical release published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "H.15(519) Selected Interest Rates" or any successor release (the "H.15 Statistical Release"). If the H.15 Statistical Release sets forth a weekly average yield for U.S. Treasury Notes having a constant maturity that is the same as the Remaining Term, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be equal to such weekly average yield. In all other cases, the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation, on a straight-line basis, between the weekly average yields on the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Term and the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Term (in each case as set forth in the H.15 Statistical Release). Any weekly average yields so calculated by interpolation will be rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with any figure of 1/200 of 1% or above being rounded upward. If weekly average yields for U.S. Treasury Notes are not available in the H.15 Statistical Release or otherwise, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation of comparable rates selected by the Independent Investment Banker.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee may select for redemption Notes and portions of Notes in amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions.
8. Additional Amounts (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes shall be payable in accordance with the Indenture and the provisions of this paragraph 8. The Company agrees that any amounts to be paid by the Company hereunder with respect to any Note shall be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future withholding taxes, levies, imposts and charges whatsoever imposed by or for the account of the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts or charges shall at any time be required by the Cayman Islands or any such subdivision or authority thereof or therein, the Company will (subject to compliance by the Holder of such Note with any relevant administrative requirements) pay such additional amounts ("Tax Additional Amounts") in respect of principal amount, premiums (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, as the case may be, in order that the amounts received by the Holder of the Note, after such deduction or withholding, shall equal the respective amounts of principal amount, premium (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, as specified in such Notes to which such Holder is entitled; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to:
(1) any such tax, levy, impost or charge which would not be payable or due but for the fact that (A) the Holder of a Note (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of, member or shareholder of, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Cayman Islands or such political subdivision or otherwise having some present or former connection with the Cayman Islands other than the holding or ownership of such Note or the collection of principal amount, premium (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Note and the Indenture, or the enforcement of such Note or (B) where presentation is required, such Note was presented more than 30 days after the date such payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later;
(2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, levy, impost or charge;
(3) any tax, levy, impost or charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payment of principal amount, premium (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any);
(4) any tax, levy, impost or charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply upon the Company's request with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the relevant tax authority of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Note, if such compliance is
required by statute or by regulation as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, levy, impost or charge; or
(5) any combination of (1) through (4).
nor shall any Tax Additional Amounts be paid to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such Note to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner thereof, would not have been entitled to the payment of such Tax Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of the Note.
9. The Notes shall be in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 of principal amount thereof or any integral multiple thereof.
10. Section 403 of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes.
11. The Notes will initially be issued in permanent global form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit K to the Officers' Certificate to which this Exhibit is attached (the "Global Securities"), as a Book-Entry Security. Each Global Security shall represent such of the Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having the beneficial interest in the Global Security.
12. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Paying Agent with respect to the Notes.
EXHIBIT K
[FORM OF GLOBAL SECURITY]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
9.50% NOTE DUE DECEMBER 15, 2008
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Issue Date: , 2002 Maturity: December 15, 2008 --------- --- Principal Amount: $ CUSIP: ----------- |
Registered: No. R-
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of ($ ) on December 15, 2008 and to pay interest thereon and Tax Additional Amounts, if any, in immediately available funds as specified on the other side of this Security.
Payment of the principal of and interest on and Tax Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to this Global Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Tax Additional
Amounts, if any, may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts designated to the Holder of this Security.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Global Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Global Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Name:
Title:
Attest:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
9.50% NOTE DUE DECEMBER 15, 2008
This Global Security is one of a duly authorized issue of senior securities of the Company (herein called the "Global Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture dated as of April 15, 1997, between Transocean Offshore Inc. ("Transocean-Delaware"), a Delaware corporation and a predecessor of the Company, and The Bank of New York, as the successor trustee to The Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly known as Texas Commerce Bank National Association) (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture between Transocean-Delaware and the Trustee, dated as of April 15, 1997, the Second Supplemental Indenture among Transocean Offshore (Texas) Inc., a Texas corporation and a predecessor of the Company, the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 14, 1999, the Third Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 24, 2000 and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 11, 2001 (such Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, Second Supplemental Indenture, Third Supplemental Indenture, and Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the "Indenture"), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Global Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $300,000,000.
INTEREST
The rate at which this Global Security shall bear interest shall be 9.50% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue for this Global Security shall be December 15, 2001. The Interest Payment Dates on which interest on this Global Security shall be payable are June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on June 15, 2002. The Regular Record Date for the interest payable on this Global Security on any Interest Payment Date shall be the June 1 or December 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding such interest payment date.
Interest on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
The Notes are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole or from time to time in part upon not less than 30 and not more than 60 days' notice mailed to each Holder of Notes at the Holder's address appearing in the Security Register, on any date fixed by the Company prior to maturity (the "Redemption Date") at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date
that is on or prior to the Redemption Date) plus the make-whole premium applicable to the Notes (the "Redemption Price").
The amount of the make-whole premium with respect to a Note (or portion thereof) will be equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the sum of the present values, calculated as of the Redemption Date, of each interest payment that, but for such redemption, would have been payable on the Note (or portion thereof) on each Interest Payment Date occurring after the Redemption Date (excluding any accrued and unpaid interest for the period prior to the Redemption Date), and the principal amount that, but for such redemption, would have been payable at the final maturity of the Note (or portion thereof), over (2) the principal amount of such Note (or portion thereof).
The present values of interest and principal payments referred to in clause
(1) of the paragraph above will be determined in accordance with generally
accepted principles of financial analysis. Such present values will be
calculated by discounting the amount of each payment of interest or principal
from the date that each such payment would have been payable, but for the
redemption, to the Redemption Date at a discount rate equal to the U.S. Treasury
Yield (as defined below) plus 50 basis points.
The make-whole premium will be calculated by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company. If the Company fails to appoint such an institution at least 45 business days prior to the Redemption Date, or if the institution appointed is unwilling or unable to make such calculation, such calculation will be made by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee (in any such case, an "Independent Investment Banker").
"U.S. Treasury Yield" means an annual rate of interest equal to the weekly average yield to maturity of U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity that corresponds to the remaining term to maturity of the Notes, calculated to the nearest 1/12th of a year (the "Remaining Term"). The U.S. Treasury Yield will be determined as of the third business day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.
The weekly average yields of U.S. Treasury Notes will be determined by reference to the most recent statistical release published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "H.15(519) Selected Interest Rates" or any successor release (the "H.15 Statistical Release"). If the H.15 Statistical Release sets forth a weekly average yield for U.S. Treasury Notes having a constant maturity that is the same as the Remaining Term, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be equal to such weekly average yield. In all other cases, the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation, on a straight-line basis, between the weekly average yields on the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Term and the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Term (in each case as set forth in the H.15 Statistical Release). Any weekly average yields so calculated by interpolation will be rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with any figure of 1/200 of 1% or above being rounded upward. If weekly average yields for U.S. Treasury Notes are not available in the H.15 Statistical Release or otherwise, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation of comparable rates selected by the Independent Investment Banker.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee may select for redemption Notes and portions of Notes in amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions.
TAX ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
The Company agrees that any amounts to be paid by the Company hereunder with respect to any Security shall be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future withholding taxes, levies, imposts and charges whatsoever imposed by or for the account of the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts or charges shall at any time be required by the Cayman Islands or any such subdivision or authority thereof or therein, the Company will (subject to compliance by the Holder of such Security with any relevant administrative requirements) pay such additional amounts ("Tax Additional Amounts") in respect of principal amount, premiums (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, as the case may be, in order that the amounts received by the Holder of the Security, after such deduction or withholding, shall equal the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, as specified in such Securities to which such Holder is entitled; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to:
(1) any such tax, levy, impost or charge which would not be payable or due but for the fact that (A) the Holder of a Security (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of, member or shareholder of, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Cayman Islands or such political subdivision or otherwise having some present or former connection with the Cayman Islands other than the holding or ownership of such Security or the collection of the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Security and the Indenture, or the enforcement of such Security or (B) where presentation is required, such Security was presented more than 30 days after the date such payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later;
(2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, levy, impost or charge;
(3) any tax, levy, impost or charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payment of the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any);
(4) any tax, levy, impost or charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply upon the Company's request with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the relevant tax authority of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Security, if such compliance
is required by statute or by regulation as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, levy, impost or charge; or
(5) any combination of (1) through (4);
nor shall any Tax Additional Amounts be paid to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such Security to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner thereof, would not have been entitled to the payment of such Tax Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of the Security.
TRANSFER
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Global Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Global Security for registration or transfer at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for Securities of this series, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of any authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and on the face of this Global Security, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Global Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Global Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Global Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER; LIMITATION ON SUITS
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Global Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Global Security and of any Global Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Global Security.
Subject to the right of the Holder of any Securities of this series to receive payment of the principal thereof (and premium, if any) and interest thereon and any Tax Additional Amounts with respect thereto, no Holder of the Securities of this series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless
(1) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series shall have occurred and be continuing and such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of such continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of the Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under the Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation will (except in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture) be released from those obligations.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, all unpaid principal plus accrued interest through the acceleration date of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
DEFEASANCE
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Global Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Global Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest, if any, on this Global Security, for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or directory, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment of penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
INDENTURE TO CONTROL; GOVERNING LAW
In the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Global Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control.
THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
DEFINITIONS
All terms defined in the Indenture and used in this Global Security but not specifically defined herein are used herein as so defined.
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
The undersigned, Eric B. Brown and William E. Turcotte, do hereby certify that they are the duly appointed and acting Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the "Company"). Each of the undersigned also hereby certifies, pursuant to Sections 103 and 301 of the Indenture dated as of April 15, 1997, between Transocean Offshore Inc. ("Transocean-Delaware"), a Delaware corporation and a predecessor of the Company, and The Bank of New York, as the successor trustee to The Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly known as Texas Commerce Bank National Association) (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture between Transocean-Delaware and the Trustee, dated as of April 15, 1997, the Second Supplemental Indenture among Transocean Offshore (Texas) Inc., a Texas corporation and a predecessor of the Company, the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 14, 1999, the Third Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 24, 2000 and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 11, 2001 (such Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, Second Supplemental Indenture, Third Supplemental Indenture, and Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the "Indenture"), that:
A. There is hereby established pursuant to resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on December 13, 2001 (a copy of such resolutions being attached hereto as Exhibit A) a series of Securities (as that term is defined in the Indenture) to be issued under the Indenture designated 7.375% Notes due April 15, 2018 (the "Notes").
B. The terms and form of the Notes shall be as set forth in Exhibit B and Exhibit C, respectively.
C. Each of the undersigned has read the provisions of Section 301 and 303 of the Indenture and the definitions relating thereto and the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company referred to above. In the opinion of each of the undersigned, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not all conditions precedent provided in the Indenture relating to the establishment, authentication and delivery of the Notes have been complied with.
D. In the opinion of each of the undersigned, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto executed this Certificate as of March 19, 2002.
/s/ ERIC B. BROWN -------------------------------------- Eric B. Brown Senior Vice President, General Counsel Corporate Secretary /s/ WILLIAM E. TURCOTTE -------------------------------------- William E. Turcotte Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary |
EXHIBIT B
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
7.375% NOTES DUE APRIL 15, 2018
The title of the Securities of the series shall be "7.375% Notes due April 15, 2018" (the "Notes").
1. The limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture) is $250,000,000.
2. Interest on the Notes shall be payable to the persons in whose name the Notes are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date (as defined in the Indenture) for such interest payment.
3. The date on which the principal of the Notes is payable, unless accelerated pursuant to the Indenture, shall be April 15, 2018.
4. The rate at which each of the Notes shall bear interest shall be 7.375% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue for each of the Notes shall be October 15, 2001. The Interest Payment Dates on which interest on the Notes shall be payable are April 15 and October 15, commencing on April 15, 2002. The Regular Record Dates for the interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall be the April 1 or October 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding such interest payment date.
5. The place or places where the principal of and interest on the Notes shall be payable, the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer, the Notes may be surrendered for exchange and notices may be given to the Company in respect of the Notes is at the office of the Trustee in New York, New York and at the agency of the Trustee maintained for that purpose at the office of the Trustee; provided that payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register (as defined in the Indenture) or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder (as defined in the Indenture) of such Notes.
6. The Notes are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole or from time to time in part upon not less than 30 and not more than 60 days' notice mailed to each Holder of Notes at the Holder's address appearing in the Security Register, on any date fixed by the Company prior to maturity (the "Redemption Date") at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date) plus the make-whole premium applicable to the Notes (the "Redemption Price").
The amount of the make-whole premium with respect to a Note (or portion thereof) will be equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the sum of the present values, calculated as of the Redemption Date, of each interest payment that, but for such redemption, would have been payable on the Note (or portion thereof) on each Interest Payment Date occurring after the Redemption Date (excluding any accrued and unpaid interest for the period prior to the Redemption Date), and the principal amount that, but for such redemption, would have been payable at the final maturity of the Note (or portion thereof), over (2) the principal amount of such Note (or portion thereof).
The present values of interest and principal payments referred to in clause
(1) of the paragraph above will be determined in accordance with generally
accepted principles of financial analysis. Such present values will be
calculated by discounting the amount of each payment of interest or principal
from the date that each such payment would have been payable, but for the
redemption, to the Redemption Date at a discount rate equal to the U.S. Treasury
Yield (as defined below) plus 25 basis points.
The make-whole premium will be calculated by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company. If the Company fails to appoint such an institution at least 45 business days prior to the Redemption Date, or if the institution appointed is unwilling or unable to make such calculation, such calculation will be made by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee (in any such case, an "Independent Investment Banker").
"U.S. Treasury Yield" means an annual rate of interest equal to the weekly average yield to maturity of U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity that corresponds to the remaining term to maturity of the Notes, calculated to the nearest 1/12th of a year (the "Remaining Term"). The U.S. Treasury Yield will be determined as of the third business day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.
The weekly average yields of U.S. Treasury Notes will be determined by reference to the most recent statistical release published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "H.15(519) Selected Interest Rates" or any successor release (the "H.15 Statistical Release"). If the H.15 Statistical Release sets forth a weekly average yield for U.S. Treasury Notes having a constant maturity that is the same as the Remaining Term, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be equal to such weekly average yield. In all other cases, the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation, on a straight-line basis, between the weekly average yields on the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Term and the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Term (in each case as set forth in the H.15 Statistical Release). Any weekly average yields so calculated by interpolation will be rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with any figure of 1/200 of 1% or above being rounded upward. If weekly average yields for U.S. Treasury Notes are not available in the H.15 Statistical Release or otherwise, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation of comparable rates selected by the Independent Investment Banker.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee may select for redemption Notes and portions of Notes in amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions.
7. Additional Amounts (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes shall be payable in accordance with the Indenture and the provisions of this paragraph 8. The Company agrees that any amounts to be paid by the Company hereunder with respect to any Note shall be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future withholding taxes, levies, imposts and charges whatsoever imposed by or for the account of the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts or charges shall at any time be required by the Cayman Islands or any such subdivision or authority thereof or therein, the Company will (subject to compliance by the Holder of such Note with any relevant administrative requirements) pay such additional amounts ("Tax Additional Amounts") in respect of principal amount, premiums (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, as the case may be, in order that the amounts received by the Holder of the Note, after such deduction or withholding, shall equal the respective amounts of principal amount, premium (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, as specified in such Notes to which such Holder is entitled; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to:
(1) any such tax, levy, impost or charge which would not be payable or due but for the fact that (A) the Holder of a Note (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of, member or shareholder of, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Cayman Islands or such political subdivision or otherwise having some present or former connection with the Cayman Islands other than the holding or ownership of such Note or the collection of principal amount, premium (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Note and the Indenture, or the enforcement of such Note or (B) where presentation is required, such Note was presented more than 30 days after the date such payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later;
(2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, levy, impost or charge;
(3) any tax, levy, impost or charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payment of principal amount, premium (if any), Redemption Price, and interest (if any);
(4) any tax, levy, impost or charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply upon the Company's request with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the relevant tax authority of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Note, if such compliance is
required by statute or by regulation as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, levy, impost or charge; or
(5) any combination of (1) through (4).
nor shall any Tax Additional Amounts be paid to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such Note to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner thereof, would not have been entitled to the payment of such Tax Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of the Note.
8. The Notes shall be in fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 of principal amount thereof or any integral multiple thereof.
9. Section 403 of the Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes.
10. The Notes will initially be issued in permanent global form, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C to the Officers' Certificate to which this Exhibit is attached (the "Global Securities"), as a Book-Entry Security. Each Global Security shall represent such of the Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having the beneficial interest in the Global Security.
11. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Paying Agent with respect to the Notes.
EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF GLOBAL SECURITY]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
7.375% NOTE DUE APRIL 15, 2018
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Issue Date: _______ ___, 2002 Maturity: April 15, 2018 Principal Amount: $___________ CUSIP:
Registered: No. R-
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of ($ ) on April 15, 2018 and to pay interest thereon and Tax Additional Amounts, if any, in immediately available funds as specified on the other side of this Security.
Payment of the principal of and interest on and Tax Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to this Global Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Tax Additional
Amounts, if any, may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts designated to the Holder of this Security.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Global Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Global Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Name:
Title:
Attest:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF SECURITY]
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
7.375% NOTE DUE APRIL 15, 2018
This Global Security is one of a duly authorized issue of senior securities of the Company (herein called the "Global Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture dated as of April 15, 1997, between Transocean Offshore Inc. ("Transocean-Delaware"), a Delaware corporation and a predecessor of the Company, and The Bank of New York, as the successor trustee to The Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly known as Texas Commerce Bank National Association) (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture between Transocean-Delaware and the Trustee, dated as of April 15, 1997, the Second Supplemental Indenture among Transocean Offshore (Texas) Inc., a Texas corporation and a predecessor of the Company, the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 14, 1999, the Third Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 24, 2000 and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture between the Company and the Trustee, dated as of May 11, 2001 (such Indenture, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, Second Supplemental Indenture, Third Supplemental Indenture, and Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the "Indenture"), to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Global Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $250,000,000.
INTEREST
The rate at which this Global Security shall bear interest shall be 7.375% per annum. The date from which interest shall accrue for this Global Security shall be October 15, 2001. The Interest Payment Dates on which interest on this Global Security shall be payable are April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on April 15, 2002. The Regular Record Date for the interest payable on this Global Security on any Interest Payment Date shall be the April 1 or October 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding such interest payment date.
Interest on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
The Notes are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole or from time to time in part upon not less than 30 and not more than 60 days' notice mailed to each Holder of Notes at the Holder's address appearing in the Security Register, on any date fixed by the Company prior to maturity (the "Redemption Date") at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date
that is on or prior to the Redemption Date) plus the make-whole premium applicable to the Notes (the "Redemption Price").
The amount of the make-whole premium with respect to a Note (or portion thereof) will be equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the sum of the present values, calculated as of the Redemption Date, of each interest payment that, but for such redemption, would have been payable on the Note (or portion thereof) on each Interest Payment Date occurring after the Redemption Date (excluding any accrued and unpaid interest for the period prior to the Redemption Date), and the principal amount that, but for such redemption, would have been payable at the final maturity of the Note (or portion thereof), over (2) the principal amount of such Note (or portion thereof).
The present values of interest and principal payments referred to in clause
(1) of the paragraph above will be determined in accordance with generally
accepted principles of financial analysis. Such present values will be
calculated by discounting the amount of each payment of interest or principal
from the date that each such payment would have been payable, but for the
redemption, to the Redemption Date at a discount rate equal to the U.S. Treasury
Yield (as defined below) plus 25 basis points.
The make-whole premium will be calculated by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company. If the Company fails to appoint such an institution at least 45 business days prior to the Redemption Date, or if the institution appointed is unwilling or unable to make such calculation, such calculation will be made by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee (in any such case, an "Independent Investment Banker").
"U.S. Treasury Yield" means an annual rate of interest equal to the weekly average yield to maturity of U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity that corresponds to the remaining term to maturity of the Notes, calculated to the nearest 1/12th of a year (the "Remaining Term"). The U.S. Treasury Yield will be determined as of the third business day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.
The weekly average yields of U.S. Treasury Notes will be determined by reference to the most recent statistical release published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated "H.15(519) Selected Interest Rates" or any successor release (the "H.15 Statistical Release"). If the H.15 Statistical Release sets forth a weekly average yield for U.S. Treasury Notes having a constant maturity that is the same as the Remaining Term, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be equal to such weekly average yield. In all other cases, the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation, on a straight-line basis, between the weekly average yields on the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Term and the U.S. Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest to and less than the Remaining Term (in each case as set forth in the H.15 Statistical Release). Any weekly average yields so calculated by interpolation will be rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with any figure of 1/200 of 1% or above being rounded upward. If weekly average yields for U.S. Treasury Notes are not available in the H.15 Statistical Release or otherwise, then the U.S. Treasury Yield will be calculated by interpolation of comparable rates selected by the Independent Investment Banker.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee may select for redemption Notes and portions of Notes in amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
The Notes are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions.
TAX ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
The Company agrees that any amounts to be paid by the Company hereunder with respect to any Security shall be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future withholding taxes, levies, imposts and charges whatsoever imposed by or for the account of the Cayman Islands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such taxes, levies, imposts or charges shall at any time be required by the Cayman Islands or any such subdivision or authority thereof or therein, the Company will (subject to compliance by the Holder of such Security with any relevant administrative requirements) pay such additional amounts ("Tax Additional Amounts") in respect of principal amount, premiums (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, as the case may be, in order that the amounts received by the Holder of the Security, after such deduction or withholding, shall equal the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, as specified in such Securities to which such Holder is entitled; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to:
(1) any such tax, levy, impost or charge which would not be payable or due but for the fact that (A) the Holder of a Security (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary of, member or shareholder of, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) is a domiciliary, national or resident of, or engaging in business or maintaining a permanent establishment or being physically present in, the Cayman Islands or such political subdivision or otherwise having some present or former connection with the Cayman Islands other than the holding or ownership of such Security or the collection of the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any), in accordance with the terms of the Security and the Indenture, or the enforcement of such Security or (B) where presentation is required, such Security was presented more than 30 days after the date such payment became due or was provided for, whichever is later;
(2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, levy, impost or charge;
(3) any tax, levy, impost or charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding from payment of the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any), Redemption Price and interest (if any);
(4) any tax, levy, impost or charge which would not have been imposed but for the failure to comply upon the Company's request with certification, information, documentation or other reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connections with the relevant tax authority of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Security, if such compliance
is required by statute or by regulation as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, levy, impost or charge; or
(5) any combination of (1) through (4);
nor shall any Tax Additional Amounts be paid to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such Security to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner thereof, would not have been entitled to the payment of such Tax Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of the Security.
TRANSFER
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Global Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Global Security for registration or transfer at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for Securities of this series, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of any authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and on the face of this Global Security, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Global Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Global Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Global Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER; LIMITATION ON SUITS
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Global Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Global Security and of any Global Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Global Security.
Subject to the right of the Holder of any Securities of this series to receive payment of the principal thereof (and premium, if any) and interest thereon and any Tax Additional Amounts with respect thereto, no Holder of the Securities of this series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless
(1) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series shall have occurred and be continuing and such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of such continuing Event of Default;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of the Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under the Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation will (except in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture) be released from those obligations.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, all unpaid principal plus accrued interest through the acceleration date of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
DEFEASANCE
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Global Security or certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Global Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest, if any, on this Global Security, for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or directory, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment of penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
INDENTURE TO CONTROL; GOVERNING LAW
In the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Global Security and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control.
THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
DEFINITIONS
All terms defined in the Indenture and used in this Global Security but not specifically defined herein are used herein as so defined.
R&B Falcon Corporation
as Issuer
$239,500,000
6.50% Senior Notes due 2003
$350,000,000
6.75% Senior Notes due 2005
$250,000,000
6.95% Senior Notes due 2008
First Supplemental Indenture
Dated as of February 14, 2002
To Indenture dated as of April 14, 1998
The Bank of New York
as Trustee
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of February 14, 2002 (this "Supplemental Indenture"), between R&B Falcon Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Issuer and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as a predecessor to the Trustee, executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of April 14, 1998 (the "Indenture"), providing for the issuance of $250,000,000 principal amount of 6.50% Notes due 2003, $350,000,000 principal amount of 6.75% Notes due 2005, $250,000,000 principal amount of 6.95% Notes due 2008 and $250,000,000 principal amount of 7.375% Notes due 2018; all capitalized terms used herein and not defined are used herein as defined in the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Indenture, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture with respect to the Securities of any series with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such series;
WHEREAS, Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., a Cayman Islands company ("Transocean Sedco Forex"), has offered to exchange all of the outstanding Securities of each series, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in its Prospectus and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated January 31, 2002, and in the related Letter of Transmittal and Consent (each such offer, an "Exchange Offer"); in connection therewith Transocean Sedco Forex has been soliciting written consents of the Holders to the amendments to the Indenture set forth herein (and to the execution of this Supplemental Indenture), and Transocean Sedco Forex has now obtained such written consents from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of the following series: 6.50% Notes due 2003, 6.75% Notes due 2005 and 6.95% Notes due 2008 (the "Applicable Series"); accordingly, this Supplemental Indenture and the amendments set forth herein are authorized with respect to such Applicable Series pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Indenture referred to above;
WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the parties hereto, and all other acts necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding supplement to the Indenture effectively amending the Indenture as set forth herein have been duly taken;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, that, for and in consideration of the above premises, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities of the Applicable Series, as follows:
Upon consummation of the exchange by Transocean Sedco Forex of all Securities of any Applicable Series validly tendered pursuant to the applicable Exchange Offer and not withdrawn prior to the expiration date for such Exchange Offer (as notified to the Trustee by Transocean Sedco Forex upon which notification the Trustee may rely), then automatically (without further act by any person) with respect to the Securities of such Applicable Series: (a) Sections 3.03, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.09, 3.10, 4.01 and 4.02 of the Indenture shall be deleted and the Issuer shall be released from its obligations thereunder, (b) any failure by the Issuer to comply with the terms of any of the foregoing Sections of the Indenture (whether before or after the execution of this Supplemental Indenture) shall no longer constitute a default or an Event of Default under the Indenture and shall no longer have any other consequence under the Indenture and (c) Clauses (4), (5), (6) and (7) of Section 5.01 of the Indenture shall be deleted and the events described therein no longer constitute Events of Default under the Indenture. In conjunction with the amendments identified in the immediately preceding sentence, the following defined terms used in the Indenture shall be deleted with respect to the Securities of such Applicable Series: "Attributable Indebtedness"; "Consolidated Net Worth"; "Indebtedness"; and "Sale/Leaseback Transactions".
Except as hereby expressly amended, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, provisions and conditions thereof shall be and remain in full force and effect.
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE INDENTURE AS SUPPLEMENTED AND AMENDED HEREBY AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Supplemental Indenture.
The recitals in this Supplemental Indenture shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee shall be responsible or accountable in any manner whatsoever for or with respect to the validly or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
R&B Falcon Corporation
By: /s/ GREGORY L. CAUTHEN ------------------------------------ Name: Gregory L. Cauthen Title: Vice President and Treasurer |
The Bank of New York, as Trustee
By: /s/ REMO J. REALE ------------------------------------ Name: Remo J. Reale Title: Vice President |
R&B Falcon Corporation
as Issuer
$250,000,000
7.375% Senior Notes due 2018
Second Supplemental Indenture
Dated as of March 13, 2002
To Indenture dated as of April 14, 1998
The Bank of New York
as Trustee
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 13, 2002 (this "Supplemental Indenture"), between R&B Falcon Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Issuer and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as a predecessor to the Trustee, executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of April 14, 1998 (the "Indenture"), providing for the issuance of $250,000,000 principal amount of 6.50% Notes due 2003, $350,000,000 principal amount of 6.75% Notes due 2005, $250,000,000 principal amount of 6.95% Notes due 2008 and $250,000,000 principal amount of 7.375% Notes due 2018, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of February 14, 2002; all capitalized terms used herein and not defined are used herein as defined in the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Indenture, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture with respect to the Securities of any series with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such series;
WHEREAS, Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., a Cayman Islands company ("Transocean Sedco Forex"), has offered to exchange all of the outstanding 7.375% Notes due 2018 (the "7.375% Notes"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in its Prospectus and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated January 31, 2002, as amended by a Supplement dated March 4, 2002, and in the related Letter of Transmittal and Consent (the "Exchange Offer"); in connection therewith Transocean Sedco Forex has been soliciting written consents of the Holders to the amendments to the Indenture set forth herein (and to the execution of this Supplemental Indenture), and Transocean Sedco Forex has now obtained such written consents from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 7.375% Notes; accordingly, this Supplemental Indenture and the amendments set forth herein are authorized with respect to the 7.375% Notes pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Indenture referred to above;
WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the parties hereto, and all other acts necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding supplement to the Indenture effectively amending the Indenture as set forth herein have been duly taken;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, that, for and in consideration of the above premises, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the 7.375% Notes, as follows:
Upon consummation of the exchange by Transocean Sedco Forex of all
7.375% Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer and not withdrawn
prior to the expiration date for the Exchange Offer (as notified to the Trustee
by Transocean Sedco Forex upon which notification the Trustee may rely), then
automatically (without further act by any person) with respect to the 7.375%
Notes: (a) Sections 3.03, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.09, 3.10, 4.01 and 4.02 of the
Indenture shall be deleted and the Issuer shall be released from its obligations
thereunder, (b) any failure by the Issuer to comply with the terms of any of the
foregoing Sections of the Indenture (whether before or after the execution of
this Supplemental Indenture) shall no longer constitute a default or an Event of
Default under the Indenture and shall no longer have any other consequence under
the Indenture and (c) Clauses (4), (5), (6) and (7) of Section 5.01 of the
Indenture shall be deleted and the events described therein no longer constitute
Events of Default under the Indenture. In conjunction with the amendments
identified in the immediately preceding sentence, the following defined terms
used in the Indenture shall be deleted with respect to the 7.375% Notes:
"Attributable Indebtedness"; "Consolidated Net Worth"; "Indebtedness"; and
"Sale/Leaseback Transactions".
Except as hereby expressly amended, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, provisions and conditions thereof shall be and remain in full force and effect.
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE INDENTURE AS SUPPLEMENTED AND AMENDED HEREBY AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Supplemental Indenture.
The recitals in this Supplemental Indenture shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee shall be responsible or accountable in any manner whatsoever for or with respect to the validly or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
R&B Falcon Corporation
By: /s/ GREGORY L. CAUTHEN ------------------------------------ Name: Gregory L. Cauthen Title: Vice President and Treasurer |
The Bank of New York, as Trustee
By: /s/ REMO J. REALE ------------------------------------ Name: Remo J. Reale Title: Vice President |
R&B Falcon Corporation
as Issuer
$87,112,000
9.125% Senior Notes due 2003
$300,000,000
9.50% Senior Notes due 2008
First Supplemental Indenture
Dated as of February 14, 2002
To Indenture dated as of December 22, 1998
The Bank of New York
as Trustee
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of February 14, 2002 (this "Supplemental Indenture"), between R&B Falcon Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Issuer and The Chase Manhattan Bank, National Association, as a predecessor to the Trustee, executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of December 22, 1998 (the "Indenture"), providing for the issuance of $100,000,000 principal amount of 9.125% Notes due 2003 and $300,000,000 principal amount of 9.50% Notes due 2008; all capitalized terms used herein and not defined are used herein as defined in the Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Indenture, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture with respect to the Securities of any series with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such series;
WHEREAS, Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., a Cayman Islands company ("Transocean Sedco Forex"), has offered to exchange all of the outstanding Securities of each series, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in its Prospectus and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated January 31, 2002, and in the related Letter of Transmittal and Consent (each such offer, an "Exchange Offer"); in connection therewith Transocean Sedco Forex has been soliciting written consents of the Holders to the amendments to the Indenture set forth herein (and to the execution of this Supplemental Indenture), and Transocean Sedco Forex has now obtained such written consents from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each series; accordingly, this Supplemental Indenture and the amendments set forth herein are authorized pursuant to Section 8.02 of the Indenture referred to above;
WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the parties hereto, and all other acts necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding supplement to the Indenture effectively amending the Indenture as set forth herein have been duly taken;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, that, for and in consideration of the above premises, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:
Upon consummation of the exchange by Transocean Sedco Forex of all
Securities of a series validly tendered pursuant to the applicable Exchange
Offer and not withdrawn prior to the expiration date for such Exchange Offer (as
notified to the Trustee by Transocean Sedco Forex, upon which notification the
Trustee may rely), then automatically (without further act by any person) with
respect to the Securities of such series: (a) Sections 3.03, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07,
3.09, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 4.01 and 4.02 of the Indenture shall be deleted
and the Issuer shall be released from its obligations thereunder, (b) any
failure by the Issuer to comply with the terms of any of the foregoing Sections
of the Indenture (whether before or after the execution of this Supplemental
Indenture) shall no longer constitute a default or an Event of Default under the
Indenture and shall no longer have any other consequence under the Indenture and
(c) Clauses (4), (5), (6) and (7) of Section 5.01 of the Indenture shall be
deleted and the events described therein no longer constitute Events of Default
under the Indenture. In conjunction with the amendments identified in the
immediately preceding sentence, the following defined terms used in the
Indenture shall be deleted: "Attributable Indebtedness"; "Consolidated EBITDA
Coverage Ratio"; "Consolidated Net Income"; "Consolidated Net Worth"; "Hedging
Obligations"; "Incurrence"; "Indebtedness"; "Restricted Subsidiary";
"Sale/Leaseback Transactions"; and "Suspended Covenants".
Except as hereby expressly amended, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, provisions and conditions thereof shall be and remain in full force and effect.
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE INDENTURE AS SUPPLEMENTED AND AMENDED HEREBY AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Supplemental Indenture.
The recitals in this Supplemental Indenture shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee shall be responsible or accountable in any manner whatsoever for or with respect to the validly or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
R&B Falcon Corporation
By: /s/ GREGORY L. CAUTHEN ------------------------------------ Name: Gregory L. Cauthen Title: Vice President and Treasurer |
The Bank of New York, as Trustee
By: /s/ REMO J. REALE ------------------------------------ Name: Remo J. Reale Title: Vice President |
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF
DECEMBER 27, 2001
AMONG
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.,
THE LENDERS PARTIES HERETO,
SUNTRUST BANK,
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
ABN AMRO BANK, N.V. AND THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
AS CO-SYNDICATION AGENTS,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AND
WELLS FARGO BANK TEXAS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS CO-DOCUMENTATION AGENTS,
AND
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH,
HSBC BANK USA, AND WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE,
NEW YORK BRANCH,
AS MANAGING AGENTS
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY CAPITAL MARKETS,
A DIVISION OF SUNTRUST CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.,
AS LEAD ARRANGER AND BOOK RUNNER
THIS 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of December 27, 2001, among TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC. (the "Borrower"), a Cayman Islands company, the lenders from time to time parties hereto (each a "Lender" and collectively, the "Lenders"), SUNTRUST BANK, a Georgia banking corporation ("STB"), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacities, the "Administrative Agent"), ABN AMRO BANK, N.V. and THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND plc, as co-syndication agents for the Lenders (in such capacities, the "Co-Syndication Agents"), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and WELLS FARGO BANK TEXAS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as co-documentation agents for the Lenders (in such capacities, the "Co-Documentation Agents"), THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH, HSBC BANK USA, and WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE, NEW YORK BRANCH, as managing agents for the Lenders (in such capacities, the "Managing Agents"), and STB, as issuing bank of the Letters of Credit hereunder (STB and any other Lender that issues a Letter of Credit hereunder, in such capacity, an "Issuing Bank").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders establish in its favor a 364-day revolving credit facility in the aggregate principal amount of U.S. $250,000,000, pursuant to which facility revolving loans would be made to, and letters of credit would be issued for the account of, the Borrower;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has further requested that, at its option, revolving loans outstanding at the end of the initial revolving credit facility period up to an aggregate principal amount of $125,000,000 be converted to term loans maturing one year after the date of such conversion;
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to make such credit facilities available to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions and requirements hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION.
"Adjusted LIBOR" means, for any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans or Eurocurrency Term Loans for any Interest Period, a rate per annum determined in accordance with the following formula:
"Adjusted LIBOR Loan" means a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan or Eurocurrency
Term Loan bearing interest at a rate based on Adjusted LIBOR as provided in
Section 2.8(b).
"Administrative Agent" means SunTrust Bank, acting in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed hereunder pursuant to Section 9.7.
"Agreement" means this 364-Day Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, restated and supplemented from time to time.
"Applicable Facility Fee Rate" means for any day, at such times as a debt rating (either express or implied) by S&P or Moody's (or in the event that both cease the issuance of debt ratings generally, such other ratings agency agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) is in effect on the Borrower's non-credit enhanced senior unsecured long-term debt, the percentage per annum set forth opposite such debt rating:
Debt Rating Percentage ----------- ---------- A+/A1 or above 0.060% A/A2 0.070% A-/A3 0.080% BBB+/Baa1 0.100% BBB/Baa2 0.125% BBB-/Baa3 or below 0.175% |
If the ratings issued by S&P and Moody's differ (i) by one rating, the higher
rating shall apply to determine the Applicable Facility Fee Rate, (ii) by two
ratings, the rating which falls between them shall apply to determine the
Applicable Facility Fee Rate, or (iii) by more than two ratings, the rating
immediately above the lower of the two ratings shall apply to determine the
Applicable Facility Fee Rate. The Borrower shall give written notice to the
Administrative Agent of any changes to such ratings, within three (3) Business
Days thereof, and any change to the Applicable Facility Fee Rate shall be
effective on the date of the relevant change. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) the Applicable Facility Fee Rate in effect at all times during the first six
months after the Initial Availability Date shall in no event be less than a
percentage per annum equal to 0.100%, and (ii) if the Borrower shall at any time
fail to have in effect such a debt rating on the Borrower's non-credit enhanced
senior unsecured long-term debt, the Borrower shall seek and obtain (if not
already in effect), within thirty (30) days after such debt rating first ceases
to be in effect, a corporate credit rating or a bank loan rating from Moody's or
S&P, or both, and the Applicable Facility Fee Rate shall thereafter be based on
such ratings in
the same manner as provided herein with respect to the Borrower's senior unsecured long-term debt rating (with the Applicable Facility Fee Rate in effect prior to the issuance of such corporate credit rating or bank loan rating being the same as the Applicable Facility Fee Rate in effect at the time the senior unsecured long-term debt rating ceases to be in effect).
"Applicable Margin" means, for any day, at such times as a debt rating (either express or implied) by S&P or Moody's (or in the event that both cease the issuance of debt ratings generally, such other ratings agency agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) is in effect on the Borrower's non-credit enhanced senior unsecured long-term debt, the percentage per annum set forth opposite such debt rating:
Debt Rating Percentage ----------- ---------- A+/A1 or above 0.190% A/A2 0.230% A-/A3 0.320% BBB+/Baa1 0.475% BBB/Baa2 0.600% BBB-/Baa3 or below 0.725% |
If the ratings issued by S&P and Moody's differ (i) by one rating, the higher rating shall apply to determine the Applicable Margin, (ii) by two ratings, the rating which falls between them shall apply to determine the Applicable Margin, or (iii) by more than two ratings, the rating immediately above the lower of the two ratings shall apply to determine the Applicable Margin. The Borrower shall give written notice to the Administrative Agent of any changes to such ratings, within three (3) Business Days thereof, and any change to the Applicable Margin shall be effective on the date of the relevant change. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Applicable Margin in effect at all times during the first six months after the Initial Availability Date shall in no event be less than a percentage per annum equal to 0.475%, and (ii) if the Borrower shall at any time fail to have in effect such a debt rating on the Borrower's non-credit enhanced senior unsecured long-term debt, the Borrower shall seek and obtain (if not already in effect), within thirty (30) days after such debt rating first ceases to be in effect, a corporate credit rating or a bank loan rating from Moody's or S&P, or both, and the Applicable Margin shall thereafter be based on such ratings in the same manner as provided herein with respect to the Borrower's senior unsecured long-term debt rating (with the Applicable Margin in effect prior to the issuance of such corporate credit rating or bank loan rating being the same as the Applicable Margin in effect at the time the senior unsecured long-term debt rating ceases to be in effect).
"Applicable Utilization Fee Rate" means for any day, at such times as a debt rating (either express or implied) by S&P or Moody's (or in the event that both cease the issuance of debt ratings generally, such other ratings agency agreed to by the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent) is in effect on the Borrower's non-credit enhanced senior unsecured long-term debt, the percentage per annum set forth opposite such debt rating:
Debt Rating Percentage ----------- ---------- A+/A1 or above 0.075% A/A2 0.100% A-/A3 0.100% BBB+/Baa1 0.125% BBB/Baa2 0.125% BBB-/Baa3 or below 0.150% |
If the ratings issued by S&P and Moody's differ (i) by one rating, the higher
rating shall apply to determine the Applicable Utilization Fee Rate, (ii) by two
ratings, the rating which falls between them shall apply to determine the
Applicable Utilization Fee Rate, or (iii) by more than two ratings, the rating
immediately above the lower of the two ratings shall apply to determine the
Applicable Utilization Fee Rate. The Borrower shall give written notice to the
Administrative Agent of any changes to such ratings, within three (3) Business
Days thereof, and any change to the Applicable Utilization Fee Rate shall be
effective on the date of the relevant change. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) the Applicable Utilization Fee Rate in effect at all times during the first
six months after the Initial Availability Date shall in no event be less than a
percentage per annum equal to 0.125%, and (ii) if the Borrower shall at any time
fail to have in effect such a debt rating on the Borrower's non-credit enhanced
senior unsecured long-term debt, the Borrower shall seek and obtain (if not
already in effect), within thirty (30) days after such debt rating first ceases
to be in effect, a corporate credit rating or a bank loan rating from Moody's or
S&P, or both, and the Applicable Utilization Fee Rate shall thereafter be based
on such ratings in the same manner as provided herein with respect to the
Borrower's senior unsecured long-term debt rating (with the Applicable
Utilization Fee Rate in effect prior to the issuance of such corporate credit
rating or bank loan rating being the same as the Applicable Utilization Fee Rate
in effect at the time the senior unsecured long-term debt rating ceases to be in
effect).
"Application" means an application for a Letter of Credit as defined in
Section 2.14(b).
"Base Rate" means for any day the greater of:
(i) the fluctuating commercial loan rate announced by the Administrative Agent from time to time at its Atlanta, Georgia office (or other corresponding office, in the case of any successor Administrative Agent) as its prime rate or base rate for U.S. Dollar loans in the United States of America in effect on such day (which base rate may not be the lowest rate charged by such Lender on loans to any of its customers), with any change in the Base Rate resulting from a change in such announced rate to be effective on the date of the relevant change; and
(ii) the sum of (x) the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/16th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the next Business Day, provided that (A) if such day is not a Business Day, the rate on such transactions on the immediately preceding Business Day as so published on the next Business Day shall apply, and (B) if no such rate is published on such next Business Day, the rate for such day shall be the average of the offered rates quoted to the Administrative Agent by two (2) federal funds brokers of recognized standing on such day for such transactions as selected by the Administrative Agent, plus (y) a percentage per annum equal to one-half of one percent (1/2%) per annum.
"Base Rate Loan" means a Revolving Loan or Term Loan bearing interest prior to maturity at the rate specified in Section 2.8(a).
"Borrower" means Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, and its successors.
"Borrowing" means any extension of credit of the same Type made by the Lenders on the same date by way of Revolving Loans, a Competitive Loan or group of Competitive Loans having a single Interest Period, a Letter of Credit, or, if the Borrower exercises the Term Loan Option, the Term Loans, including any Borrowing advanced, continued or converted. A Borrowing is "advanced" on the day the Lenders advance funds comprising such Borrowing to the Borrower or a Letter of Credit is issued, increased or extended, is "continued" (in the case of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans or Eurocurrency Term Loans) on the date a new Interest Period commences for such Borrowing, and is "converted" (in the case of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans or Eurocurrency Term Loans) when such Borrowing is changed from one Type of Loan to the other, all as requested by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.4.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday on which banks are not authorized or required to close in Atlanta, Georgia or New York, New York and, if the applicable Business Day relates to the advance or continuation of, conversion into, or payment on a Eurocurrency Borrowing or Competitive Borrowing, on which banks are dealing in Dollar deposits in the interbank eurodollar market in London, England.
"Capitalized Lease Obligations" means, for any Person, the aggregate amount of such Person's liabilities under all leases of real or personal property (or any interest therein) which is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person as determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Cash Equivalents" means (i) securities issued or directly and fully
guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than twelve (12) months
from the date of acquisition, (ii) time deposits and certificates of deposits
maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof or repurchase
agreements with financial institutions whose short-term unsecured debt rating is
A or above as obtained from either S&P or Moody's, (iii) commercial paper or
Eurocommercial paper with a rating of at least A-1 by S&P or at least P-1 by
Moody's, with maturities of not more than twelve (12) months from the date of
acquisition, (iv) repurchase obligations entered into with any Lender, or any
other Person whose short-term senior unsecured debt rating from S&P is at least
A-1 or from Moody's is at least P-1, which are secured by a fully perfected
security interest in any obligation of the type described in (i) above and has a
market value of the time such repurchase is entered into of not less than 100%
of the repurchase obligation of such Lender or such other Person thereunder, (v)
marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of
America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof maturing within twelve (12) months from the date of
acquisition thereof or providing for the resetting of the interest rate
applicable thereto not less often than annually and, at the time of acquisition,
having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Moody's, and
(vi) money market funds which have at least $1,000,000,000 in assets and which
invest primarily in securities of the types described in clauses (i) through (v)
above.
"Class", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Competitive Loans, or Term Loans.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Co-Documentation Agents" means, collectively, Bank of America, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association, in their capacities as co-documentation agents for the Lenders, and any successor Co-Documentation Agents appointed pursuant to Section 9.7; provided, however, that no such Co-Documentation Agent shall have any duties, responsibilities, or obligations hereunder in such capacity.
"Co-Syndication Agents" shall mean ABN AMRO Bank, N.V. and The Royal Bank
of Scotland plc, acting in their capacities as co-syndication agents for the
Lenders, and any successor Co-Syndication Agents appointed hereunder pursuant to
Section 9.7; provided, however, that no such Co-Syndication Agents shall have
any duties, responsibilities, or obligations hereunder in such capacity.
"Collateral" means all property and assets of the Borrower in which the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is granted a Lien for the benefit of the Lenders under the terms of Section 7.4.
"Collateral Account" means the cash collateral account for outstanding undrawn Letters of Credit defined in Section 7.4(b).
"Collateral Agent" means STB acting in its capacity as collateral agent for
the Lenders, and any successor collateral agent appointed hereunder pursuant to
Section 9.7.
"Commitment" means, relative to any Lender, such Lender's obligations to make Revolving Loans and participate in Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.14, initially in the amount and percentage set forth opposite its signature hereto or pursuant to Section 10.10, as such obligations may be reduced or increased from time to time as expressly provided pursuant to this Agreement.
"Commitment Termination Date" means the earliest of (i) December 26, 2002,
or such later date to which the Commitments have been extended pursuant to
Section 2.16, (ii) the date on which the Commitments are terminated in full or
reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.15, and (iii) the occurrence of any Event
of Default described in Section 7.1(f) or (g) with respect to the Borrower or
the occurrence and continuance of any other Event of Default and either (x) the
declaration of the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to Section 7.2, or (y)
in the absence of such declaration, the giving of written notice by the
Administrative Agent, acting at the direction of the Required Lenders, to the
Borrower pursuant to Section 7.2 that the Commitments have been terminated.
"Competitive Bid" means an offer by a Lender to make a Competitive Loan in accordance with Section 2.5.
Competitive Bid Rate" means, with respect to any Competitive Bid, the Competitive Margin or the Competitive Fixed Rate, as applicable, offered by the Lender making such Competitive Bid.
"Competitive Bid Request" means a request by the Borrower for Competitive Bids in accordance with Section 2.5.
"Competitive Borrowing" means a Borrowing of a Competitive Loan or group of Competitive Loans pursuant to Section 2.5.
"Competitive Fixed Rate" means, with respect to any Competitive Loan (other than a Competitive Margin Loan), the fixed rate of interest per annum specified by the Lender making such Competitive Loan in its related Competitive Bid.
"Competitive Fixed Rate Loan" means a Competitive Loan bearing interest at a Competitive Fixed Rate.
"Competitive Loan" means a Competitive Margin Loan or a Competitive Fixed Rate Loan made pursuant to Section 2.5.
"Competitive Margin" means, with respect to any Competitive Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the LIBOR Rate, the marginal rate of interest, if any, to be added to or subtracted from the LIBOR Rate to determine the rate of interest applicable to such Loan, as specified by the Lender making such Loan in its related Competitive Bid.
"Competitive Margin Loan" means a Competitive Loan bearing interest determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate and a Competitive Margin.
"Confidential Information Memorandum" shall mean the Confidential Executive Summary of the Borrower dated November 2001, as the same may be amended, restated and supplemented from time to time and distributed to the Lenders prior to the Effective Date.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period, for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, the sum of (a) net income or net loss (before discontinued
operations and income or loss resulting from extraordinary items), plus (b) the
sum of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) income tax expense, (iii)
depreciation expense, (iv) amortization expense, and (v) other non-cash charges,
all determined in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis for the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries (excluding, in the case of the foregoing clauses (a) and
(b), any net income or net loss and expenses and charges of any SPVs or other
Persons that are not Subsidiaries), plus (c) dividends or distributions received
during such period by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries from SPVs and any other
Persons that are not Subsidiaries. For purposes of the foregoing, Consolidated
EBITDA for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not include any such amounts
attributable to any Subsidiary or business acquired during such period by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary to the extent such amounts relate to any period prior
to the acquisition thereof.
"Consolidated Indebtedness" means all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that would be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of such Persons prepared in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Indebtedness to Total Capitalization Ratio" means, at any time, the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness at such time to Total Capitalization at such time.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, total interest expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period, in connection with Indebtedness, all as determined in accordance with GAAP, but excluding capitalized interest expense and interest expense attributable to expected federal income tax settlements. For purposes of the foregoing, Consolidated Interest Expense for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not include any such interest expense attributable to any Subsidiary or business acquired during such period by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the extent such interest expense relates to any period prior to the acquisition thereof.
"Consolidated Net Assets" means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the aggregate book value of the assets of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and, to the extent of the equity interest of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries therein, SPVs at such time, minus the current liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, as of any date of determination, consolidated shareholders equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effect on shareholders equity of (i) cumulative foreign exchange translation adjustments and (ii) any non-cash asset impairment charges taken by the Borrower solely as a result of the application to the Borrower's financial statements of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 142). For purposes of this definition, SPVs shall be accounted for pursuant to the equity method of accounting.
"Controlling Affiliate" means for the Borrower, (i) any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is under common control with, the Borrower (other than Persons controlled by the Borrower), and (ii) any other Person owning beneficially or controlling ten percent (10%) or more of the equity interests in the Borrower. As used in this definition, "control" means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of management or policies of a Person (through ownership of voting securities or other equity interests, by contract or otherwise).
"Credit Documents" means this Agreement, the Notes, the Applications, the Letters of Credit, and any Subsidiary Guaranties in effect from time to time.
"Default" means any event or condition the occurrence of which would, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, constitute an Event of Default.
"Dollar" and "U.S. Dollar" and the sign "$" mean lawful money of the United States of America.
"Effective Date" means the date this Agreement shall become effective as defined in Section 10.16.
"Environmental Claims" means any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of non-compliance or violation, investigations or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law ("Claims") or any permit issued under any Environmental Law, including, without limitation, (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law, and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to the environment.
"Environmental Law" means any federal, state or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law now or hereafter in effect, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to the environment.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
"Eurocurrency", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, shall bear interest at a rate determined by
reference to (i) in the case of a Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing, or a
Term Loan or Term Loan Borrowing, Adjusted LIBOR and the Applicable Margin, or
(ii) in the case of a Competitive Loan or Competitive Borrowing, the LIBOR Rate
and the Competitive Margin.
"Eurocurrency Loan" means a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, Eurocurrency Term Loan, or a Competitive Margin Loan, as the case may be.
"Eurocurrency Revolving Loan" means a Revolving Loan bearing interest before maturity at the rate specified in Section 2.8(b).
"Eurocurrency Term Loan" means a Term Loan bearing interest before maturity at the rate specified in Section 2.8(b).
"Event of Default" means any of the events or circumstances specified in
Section 7.1.
"Existing 364-Day Revolving Credit Facility" means the 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of December 29, 2000, among the Borrower, the lenders parties thereto, SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, ABN AMRO Bank, N.V., as Syndication Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Documentation Agent, and Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association, as Senior Managing Agent.
"Five-Year Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement dated as of December 29, 2000, among the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agent and the Senior Managing Agent, as the same may be amended, supplemented and restated from time to time.
"Foreign Plan" means any pension, profit sharing, deferred compensation, or other employee benefit plan, program or arrangement maintained by any foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower which, under applicable local law, is required to be funded through a trust or other funding vehicle, but shall not include any benefit provided by a foreign government or its agencies.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles from time to time in effect as set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements, opinions and pronouncements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the U.S. accounting profession.
"Governmental Authority" means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
"Guarantor" means any Subsidiary of the Borrower required to execute and
deliver a Subsidiary Guaranty hereunder pursuant to Section 6.11, in each case
unless and until the relevant Subsidiary Guaranty is released pursuant to
Section 6.11.
"Guaranty" by any Person means all contractual obligations (other than endorsements in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business) of such Person guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, all obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, by such Person: (i) to purchase such Indebtedness or to purchase any property or assets constituting security therefor, primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness; or (ii) to advance or supply funds (x) for the purchase or payment of such Indebtedness, or (y) to maintain working capital or other balance sheet condition, or otherwise to advance or make available funds for the purchase or payment of such Indebtedness, in each case primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness; or (iii) to lease property, or to purchase securities or other property or services, of the primary obligor, primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such Indebtedness; or (iv) otherwise to assure the owner of such Indebtedness of the primary obligor against loss in respect thereof. For the purpose of all computations made under this Agreement, the amount of a Guaranty in respect of any Indebtedness shall be deemed to be equal to the amount that would apply if such Indebtedness was the direct obligation of such Person rather than the primary obligor or, if less, the maximum aggregate potential liability of such Person under the terms of the Guaranty.
"Hazardous Material" shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Acts of 1986, and shall also include petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof, or any other substance defined as "hazardous" or "toxic" or words with similar meaning and effect under any Environmental Law applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
"Highest Lawful Rate" means the maximum nonusurious interest rate, if any, that any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on any Loans, under laws applicable to any of the Lenders which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by applicable law, under such laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow. Determination of the rate of interest for the purpose of determining whether any Loans are usurious under all applicable laws shall be made by amortizing, prorating, allocating, and spreading, in equal parts during the period of the full stated term of the Loans, all interest at any time contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received from the Borrower in connection with the Loans.
"Indebtedness" means, for any Person, the following obligations of such
Person, without duplication: (i) obligations of such Person for borrowed money;
(ii) obligations of such Person representing the deferred purchase price of
property or services other than accounts payable and
accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business and other than
amounts which are being contested in good faith and for which reserves in
conformity with GAAP have been provided; (iii) obligations of such Person
evidenced by bonds, notes, bankers acceptances, debentures or other similar
instruments of such Person, or obligations of such Person arising, whether
absolute or contingent, out of letters of credit issued for such Person's
account or pursuant to such Person's application securing Indebtedness; (iv)
obligations of other Persons, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens (other
than Permitted Liens) upon property or payable out of the proceeds or production
from property now or hereafter owned or acquired by such Person, but only to the
extent of such property's fair market value; (v) Capitalized Lease Obligations
of such Person; (vi) obligations under Interest Rate Protection Agreements, and
(vii) obligations of such Person pursuant to a Guaranty of any of the foregoing
obligations of another Person; provided, however, Indebtedness shall exclude
Non-recourse Debt. For purposes of this Agreement, the Indebtedness of any
Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture to the
extent such Indebtedness is recourse to such Person.
"Initial Availability Date" means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.1 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.11).
"Interest Coverage Ratio" means, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the four fiscal quarter period then ended, minus all cash dividends paid to shareholders of the Borrower, or to holders of preferred shares or other preferred equity interests issued by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower where such holders are Persons other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, during such four fiscal quarter period, and all cash income taxes paid during such four fiscal quarter period, to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for the four fiscal quarter period then ended.
"Interest Payment Date" means (a) with respect to any Base Rate Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months' duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months' duration after the first day of such Interest Period, and (c) with respect to any Competitive Fixed Rate Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Competitive Fixed Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than 90 days' duration (unless otherwise specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request), each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of 90 days' duration after the first day of such Interest Period, and any other dates that are specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request as Interest Payment Dates with respect to such Borrowing.
"Interest Period" means (a) with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending (x) in the case of weekly Borrowings, on the same day of the next following week or second following week thereafter, and (y) in the case of monthly Borrowings, on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (or with the consent of each Lender making a Loan as part of such Borrowing, any other period), in each case as the Borrower may elect, and (b) with respect to any Competitive Fixed Rate Borrowing, the period (which shall not be less than 7 days or
more than 360 days) commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the date specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
"Interest Rate Protection Agreement" shall mean any interest rate swap, interest rate cap, interest rate collar, or other interest rate hedging agreement or arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates.
"Issuing Bank" is defined in the preamble.
"L/C Documents" means the Letters of Credit, any Issuance Requests and Applications with respect thereto, any draft or other document presented in connection with a drawing thereunder, and this Agreement.
"L/C Obligations" means the undrawn face amounts of all outstanding Letters of Credit and all unpaid Reimbursement Obligations.
"Lead Arranger" means SunTrust Equitable Securities Corporation, acting in its capacity as lead arranger and book runner for the credit facilities described in this Agreement.
"Lender" is defined in the preamble.
"Lending Office" means the branch, office or affiliate of a Lender specified on the appropriate signature page hereof, or designated pursuant to Sections 8.4 or 10.10, as the office through which it will make its Loans hereunder for each type of Loan available hereunder.
"Letter of Credit" means any of the letters of credit to be issued by the Issuing Bank for the account of the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.14(a).
"LIBOR Rate" means, relative to any Interest Period for each Eurocurrency Borrowing, the rate per annum quoted at or about 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days before the commencement of such Interest Period on that page of the Reuters, Telerate or Bloombergs reporting service (as then being used by the Administrative Agent to obtain such interest rate quotes) that displays British Bankers' Association interest settlement rates for deposits in Dollars, or if such page or such service shall cease to be available, such other page or other service (as the case may be) for the purpose of displaying British Bankers' Association interest settlement rates as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent upon advising the Borrower as to the use of any such other service. If for any reason any such settlement interest rate for such Interest Period is not available to the Administrative Agent through any such interest rate reporting service, then the "LIBOR Rate" with respect to such Eurocurrency Borrowing will be the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered deposits in Dollars of $5,000,000 for a period approximately equal to such Interest Period in the London interbank market at 10:00 a.m. two Business Days before the commencement of such Interest Period.
"Lien" means any interest in any property or asset in favor of a Person other than the owner of such property or asset and securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, such Person, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute or contract, including, but not limited to, the security interest lien arising from a mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, conditional sale, security agreement or trust receipt, or a lease, consignment or bailment for security purposes.
"Loan" means (i) a Base Rate Loan, (ii) a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan,
(iii) a Competitive Margin Loan, (iv) a Competitive Fixed Rate Loan, or (v) a
Eurocurrency Term Loan, as the case may be, and "Loans" means two or more of any
such Loans.
"Managing Agents" means, collectively, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, HSBC Bank USA, and Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch, in their capacities as managing agents for the Lenders, and any successor Managing Agents appointed pursuant to Section 9.7; provided, however, that no such Managing Agent shall have any duties, responsibilities, or obligations hereunder in such capacity.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, assets, operations or condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (ii) the Borrower's ability to perform any of its payment obligations under the Agreement or the Notes, or in respect of the Letters of Credit.
"Maturity Date" means the earlier of (i) the Commitment Termination Date
or, if the Borrower has exercised the Term Loan Option, December 26, 2003, and
(ii) the date on which the Loans have become due and payable pursuant to Section
7.2 or 7.3.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
"Non-recourse Debt" means with respect to any Person (i) obligations of such Person against which the obligee has no recourse to such Person except as to certain named or described present or future assets or interests of such Person, and (ii) the obligations of SPVs to the extent the obligee thereof has no recourse to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except as to certain specified present or future assets or interests of SPVs.
"Note" means any of the promissory notes of the Borrower defined in Section 2.10.
"Obligations" means all obligations of the Borrower to pay fees, costs and expenses hereunder, to pay principal or interest on Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and to pay any other obligations to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Issuing Bank arising under any Credit Document.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
"Percentage" means, for each Lender, the percentage of the Commitments represented by such Lender's Commitment; provided, that, if the Commitments are terminated, each Lender's Percentage shall be calculated based on such Lender's pro rata share of the total Loans and L/C Obligations then outstanding or, if no Loans or L/C Obligations are then outstanding, its
Commitment in effect immediately before such termination, subject to any assignments by such Lender of Obligations pursuant to Section 10.10.
"Performance Guaranties" means all Guaranties of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries delivered in connection with the construction financing of drill ships, offshore mobile drilling units or offshore drilling rigs for which firm drilling contracts have been obtained by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or a SPV.
"Performance Letters of Credit" means all letters of credit for the account of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or a SPV issued as support for Non-recourse Debt or a Performance Guaranty.
"Permitted Business" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6.8.
"Permitted Liens" means the Liens permitted as described in Section 6.10.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization or any other entity or organization, including a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Plan" means an employee pension benefit plan covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code that is either (i) maintained by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any other arrangement under which more than one employer makes contributions and to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five (5) plan years made or had an obligation to make contributions.
"Reimbursement Obligations" has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2.14(c).
"Related Credit Extensions" has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2.16(c).
"Required Lenders" means, (i) prior to the conversion of any Revolving Loans to Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.3, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time; provided that, for purposes of declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to Article 7, and for all purposes after the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Article 7 or the Commitments expire or terminate, the outstanding Competitive Loans of the Lenders shall be included in their respective Revolving Credit Exposures in determining the Required Lenders, and (ii) on and after the conversion of any Revolving Loans to Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.3, Lenders having outstanding Term Loans representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Term Loans outstanding at such time.
"Revolving Credit" means the credit facility for making Revolving Loans and issuing Letters of Credit described in Sections 2.1 and 2.14.
"Revolving Credit Commitment Amount" means an amount equal to $250,000,000, as such amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
"Revolving Credit Exposure" means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum at such time, without duplication, of (i) such Lender's applicable Percentage of the principal amounts of the outstanding Revolving Loans, and (ii) such Lender's applicable Percentage of the aggregate outstanding L/C Obligations.
"Revolving Loan" means each of the revolving loans defined in Section 2.1.
"Revolving Obligations" means the sum of the principal amount of all Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations outstanding.
"Revolving/Term Notes" means certain promissory notes of the Borrower as defined in Section 2.10.
"Sale-Leaseback Transaction" means any arrangement whereby the Borrower or a Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group or any successor thereto.
"SPV" means any Person that is designated by the Borrower as a SPV, provided that the Borrower shall not designate as a SPV any Subsidiary that owns, directly or indirectly, any other Subsidiary that has total assets (including assets of any Subsidiaries of such other Subsidiary, but excluding any assets that would be eliminated in consolidation with the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) which equates to at least five percent (5%) of the Borrower's Total Assets, or that had net income (including net income of any Subsidiaries of such other Subsidiary, all before discontinued operations and income or loss resulting from extraordinary items, all determined in accordance with GAAP, but excluding revenues and expenses that would be eliminated in consolidation with the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) during the most recently completed fiscal year of the Borrower in excess of the greater of (i) $1,000,000, and (ii) fifteen percent (15%) of the net income (before discontinued operations and income or loss resulting from extraordinary items) for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP during such fiscal year of the Borrower. The Borrower may elect to treat any Subsidiary as a SPV (provided such Subsidiary would otherwise qualify as such), and may rescind any such prior election, by giving written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent specifying the name of such Subsidiary or SPV, as the case may be, and the effective date of such election, which shall be a date within sixty (60) days after the date such notice is given. The election to treat a particular Person as a SPV may only be made once.
"Significant Subsidiary" has the meaning ascribed to it under Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Statutory Reserve Rate" means, with respect to any currency, a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number 1 and the denominator of which is the number 1 minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve, liquid asset or similar percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by any Governmental Authority of the United States or of the jurisdiction of such currency or any jurisdiction in which Loans in such currency are made to which banks in such jurisdiction are subject for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used to fund loans in such currency or by reference to which interest rates applicable to loans in such currency are determined. Such reserve, liquid asset or similar percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D or any other applicable law, rule or regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
"Subsidiary" means, for any Person, any other Person (other than, except in the context of Section 6.6(a), a SPV) of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding stock or comparable equity interests having ordinary voting power for the election of the board of directors of such corporation, any managers of such limited liability company or similar governing body (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock or other equity interests of any other class or classes of such corporation or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency), is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such former Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries.
"Subsidiary Debt Basket Amount" has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 6.11(i).
"Subsidiary Guaranty" means any Guaranty of any Subsidiary delivered pursuant to Section 6.11(j).
"Taxes" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.12.
"Term Loan" means each of the term loans defined in Section 2.3.
"Term Loan Option" means the Borrower's option to convert outstanding Revolving Loans to Term Loans on December 26, 2002, as provided in Section 2.3.
"Total Assets" means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate book value of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as of such date.
"Total Capitalization" means, as of any date of determination, the sum of Consolidated Indebtedness plus Consolidated Net Worth as of such date.
"Type", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to
Adjusted LIBOR or the Base Rate (in the case of a Revolving Loan or Revolving Loan Borrowing, or a Term Loan or Term Loan Borrowing), or the LIBOR Rate or a Competitive Fixed Rate (in the case of a Competitive Loan or Borrowing).
"Unfunded Vested Liabilities" means, for any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by which the present value of all vested nonforfeitable accrued benefits under such Plan exceeds the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits, determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a potential liability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the PBGC or such Plan.
ARTICLE 2. THE CREDIT FACILITIES.
2003. In order to exercise the foregoing option, the Borrower shall give
irrevocable written notice of its intent to exercise such option effective as of
December 26, 2002, which notice (i) must be received by the Administrative Agent
not earlier than 45 days and not later than 5 Business Days prior to December
26, 2002, (ii) shall specify the principal amount of Revolving Loans to be so
converted to Term Loans on such date, and (iii) shall constitute a
representation and warranty by the Borrower that all conditions set forth in
Section 4.2 will be satisfied as of December 26, 2002. If the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans on December 26, 2002 exceed
the amount specified for conversion to Term Loans pursuant to such written
notice from the Borrower, the Borrower shall repay on such date the Revolving
Loans in the amount of such excess on a pro rata basis according to the
Revolving Loans then held by the Lenders. Term Loans may be outstanding as
either Base Rate Loans or Adjusted LIBOR Loans, as selected by the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.4(b). Borrowings of Term Loans outstanding as Base Rate
Loans shall be in an amount of not less than $1,000,000, and Borrowings of Term
Loans outstanding as Adjusted LIBOR Loans shall be in an amount of not less than
$5,000,000 and in an integral multiple of $100,000. Term Loans may be prepaid in
accordance with Section 2.11, but no amounts prepaid may be re-borrowed.
and of the same duration shall be counted as one Interest Period regardless of the number of Borrowings or Loans involved. Notices of the continuation of such Eurocurrency Loans for an additional Interest Period or of the conversion of part or all of such Eurocurrency Loans into Base Rate Loans or of such Base Rate Loans into Eurocurrency Loans must be given by no later than 12:00 p.m. at least three (3) Business Days before the date of the requested continuation or conversion.
(ii) the obligation of the Lenders to make, continue or convert Loans into Eurocurrency Loans shall be suspended.
(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Competitive Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to consist of Competitive Margin Loans or Competitive Fixed Rate Loans;
(iv) the Interest Period to be applicable to such Borrowing, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term "Interest Period"; and
(v) the location and number of the Borrower's account to which funds are to be disbursed.
Promptly following receipt of a Competitive Bid Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of the details thereof by telecopy, inviting the Lenders to submit Competitive Bids.
the proposed Borrowing, and in the case of a Borrowing of Competitive Fixed Rate
Loans, not later than 10:30 a.m. on the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided
that (i) the failure of the Borrower to give such notice shall be deemed to be a
rejection of each Competitive Bid, (ii) the Borrower shall not accept a
Competitive Bid made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate if the Borrower
rejects a Competitive Bid made pursuant to the same Competitive Bid Request at a
lower Competitive Bid Rate, (iii) the aggregate amount of the Competitive Bids
accepted by the Borrower shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the requested
Competitive Borrowing specified in the related Competitive Bid Request, (iv) to
the extent necessary to comply with clause (iii) above, the Borrower may accept
Competitive Bids at the same Competitive Bid Rate in part, which acceptance, in
the case of multiple Competitive Bids at such Competitive Bid Rate, shall be
made pro rata in accordance with the amount of each such Competitive Bid, and
(v) except pursuant to clause (iv) above, no Competitive Bid shall be accepted
for a Competitive Loan unless such Competitive Loan is equal to or greater than
$10,000,000 and in an integral multiple of $100,000; provided further that if a
Competitive Loan must be in an amount less than $10,000,000 because of the
provisions of clause (iv) above, such Competitive Loan may be for a minimum of
$1,000,000 and in any integral multiple of $100,000, and in calculating the pro
rata allocation of acceptances of portions of multiple Competitive Bids at a
particular Competitive Bid Rate pursuant to clause (iv), the amounts shall be
rounded to integral multiples of $100,000 in a manner determined by the
Borrower. A notice given by the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph shall be
irrevocable.
(i) the Borrower may not select an Interest Period for a Borrowing of Revolving Loans or Competitive Bid Loans that extends beyond the Commitment Termination Date, except with respect to Revolving Loans (in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount specified for conversion to Term Loans in the written notice specified in Section 2.3) having an Interest Period commencing after the Borrower has given the
Administrative Agent the notice of exercise of the Term Loan Option pursuant to Section 2.3;
(ii) the Borrower may not select an Interest Period for a Borrowing of Term Loans that extends beyond the Maturity Date;
(iii) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall either be (i) extended to the next succeeding Business Day, or (ii) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans only, reduced to the immediately preceding Business Day if the next succeeding Business Day is in the next calendar month; and
(iv) for purposes of determining an Interest Period, a month means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month; provided, however, that if there is no such numerically corresponding day in the month in which an Interest Period is to end or if an Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, then in the case of Eurocurrency Loans only, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month in which such Interest Period is to end.
the proceeds of the Loan to be made by such Lender and, if any Lender has not in fact made such payment to the Administrative Agent, such Lender shall, on demand, pay to the Administrative Agent the amount made available to the Borrower attributable to such Lender together with interest thereon for each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was made available to the Borrower and ending on (but excluding) the date such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent at a rate per annum equal to the Administrative Agent's cost of funds for such amount. If such amount is not received from such Lender by the Administrative Agent immediately upon demand, the Borrower will, on demand, repay to the Administrative Agent the proceeds of the Loan attributable to such Lender with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan, but the Borrower will in no event be liable to pay any amounts otherwise due pursuant to Section 2.13 in respect of such repayment. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from any obligation to fund any Loans hereunder or to prejudice any rights which the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
(a) for any Base Rate Loan, the lesser of (i) the Highest Lawful Rate, or (ii) the sum of two percent (2%) per annum plus the Base Rate from time to time in effect (but not less than the Base Rate in effect at the time such payment was due);
(b) for any Eurocurrency Loan (whether a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, Competitive Margin Loan, or Eurocurrency Term Loan), the lesser of (i) the Highest Lawful Rate, or (ii) the sum of two percent (2%) per annum plus the rate of interest in effect thereon at the time of such default until the end of the Interest Period for such Loan and, thereafter, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of two percent (2%) per annum plus the Base Rate from time to time in effect (but not less than the Base Rate in effect at the time such payment was due);
(c) for any Competitive Fixed Rate Loan, the lesser of (i) the Highest Lawful Rate, or (ii) the sum of two percent (2%) per annum plus the Competitive Fixed Rate in effect thereon at the time of such default until the end of the Interest Period for such Loan and, thereafter, at the rate of interest that would otherwise apply to a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan pursuant to paragraph (b) above; and
(d) for any unpaid Reimbursement Obligations, the lesser of (i) the Highest Lawful Rate, or (ii) the sum of two percent (2%) per annum plus the Base Rate from time to time in effect (but not less than the Base Rate in effect at the time such payment was due).
It is the intention of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to conform strictly to usury laws applicable to them. Accordingly, if the transactions contemplated hereby or any Loan or other Obligation would be usurious as to any of the Lenders under laws applicable to it (including the laws of the United States of America and the State of New York or any other jurisdiction whose laws may be mandatorily applicable to such Lender notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Credit Document), then, in that event, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Notes or any other Credit
Document, it is agreed as follows: (i) the aggregate of all consideration which constitutes interest under laws applicable to such Lender that is contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received by such Lender under this Agreement, the Notes or any other Credit Document or otherwise shall under no circumstances exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, and any excess shall be credited by such Lender on the principal amount of the Loans or to the Reimbursement Obligations (or, if the principal amount of the Loans and all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been paid in full, refunded by such Lender to the Borrower); and (ii) in the event that the maturity of the Loans is accelerated by reason of an election of the holder or holders thereof resulting from any Event of Default hereunder or otherwise, or in the event of any required or permitted prepayment, then such consideration that constitutes interest under laws applicable to such Lender may never include more than the Highest Lawful Rate, and excess interest, if any, provided for in this Agreement, the Notes, any other Credit Document or otherwise shall be automatically canceled by such Lender as of the date of such acceleration or prepayment and, if theretofore paid, shall be credited by such Lender on the principal amount of the Loans or to the Reimbursement Obligations (or if the principal amount of the Loans and all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been paid in full, refunded by such Lender to the Borrower). To the extent that the Texas Finance Code, Chapters 302 and 303, are relevant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the purpose of determining the Highest Lawful Rate, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby elect to determine the applicable rate ceiling under such Article by the indicated (weekly) rate ceiling from time to time in effect, subject to their right subsequently to change such method in accordance with applicable law. In the event the Loans and all Reimbursement Obligations are paid in full by the Borrower prior to the full stated term of the Loans and the interest received from the actual period of the existence of the Loans exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the Lenders shall refund to the Borrower the amount of the excess or shall credit the amount of the excess against amounts owing under the Loans and none of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders shall be subject to any of the penalties provided by law for contracting for, taking, reserving, charging or receiving interest in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate. The Texas Finance Code, Chapter 346, which regulates certain revolving credit loan accounts and revolving tri-party accounts, shall not apply to this Agreement or the Loans.
Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and accrued interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
from time to time in part (but, if in part, then in an amount which is equal to
or greater than $1,000,000);provided, however, that the Borrower shall have
given notice of such prepayment to the Administrative Agent no later than 12:00
p.m. on the date of such prepayment. The Borrower shall have the privilege of
prepaying Adjusted LIBOR Loans (a) without premium or penalty in whole or in
part (but, if in part, then in an amount which is equal to or greater than
$5,000,000 and in an integral multiple of $100,000) only on the last Business
Day of an Interest Period for such Loan, and (b) at any other time so long as
the breakage fees and funding losses provided for in Section 2.13 are paid;
provided, however, that the Borrower shall have given notice of such prepayment
to the Administrative Agent no later than 12:00 p.m. at least three (3) Business
Days before the last Business Day of such Interest Period or the proposed
prepayment date. The Borrower shall not have the right to prepay any Competitive
Loan without the prior written consent of the Lender thereof unless the
applicable Competitive Bid Request shall have so provided, the Borrower has
given timely notice to the Lender of any such prepayment as may be required
pursuant to the terms of the Competitive Bid Request, and the Borrower shall
have paid to such Lender in connection with any such prepayment all amounts
required to be paid in connection with such prepayment pursuant to the terms of
the applicable Competitive Bid Request. Any such prepayments shall be made by
the payment of the principal amount to be prepaid and accrued and unpaid
interest thereon to the date of such prepayment. Unless otherwise specified in
writing by the Borrower, optional prepayments shall be applied first, to the
Revolving Loans, second, to the Reimbursement Obligations with respect to
Letters of Credit, third, to the Competitive Loans, and fourth to any other
Obligations then outstanding.
(a) any payment, prepayment or conversion of any such Loan on a date other than the last day of its Interest Period (whether by acceleration, mandatory prepayment or otherwise);
(b) any failure to make a principal payment of any such Loan on the due date therefor; or
(c) any failure by the Borrower to borrow, continue or prepay, or
convert to, any such Loan on the date specified in a notice given pursuant to
Section 2.4 or 2.5 (other than by reason of a default of such Lender),
then the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such amount as will reimburse such Lender for such loss, cost or expense. If any Lender makes such a claim for compensation, it shall provide to the Borrower a certificate executed by an officer of such Lender setting forth the amount of such loss, cost or expense in reasonable detail (including an explanation of the basis for and the computation of such loss, cost or expense) no later than ninety (90) days after the event giving rise to the claim for compensation, and the amounts shown on such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of such Lender's entitlement thereto. Within ten (10) days of receipt of such certificate, the Borrower shall pay directly to such Lender such amount as will compensate such Lender for such loss, cost or expense as provided herein, unless such Lender has failed to timely give notice to the Borrower of such claim for compensation as provided herein, in which event the Borrower shall not have any obligation to pay such claim.
Section 2.14. Letters of Credit.
and the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. In the event of any
irreconcilable difference or inconsistency between this Agreement and an
Application, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern. Upon receipt of a
properly completed and executed Application and any other reasonably requested
information at least three (3) Business Days prior to any requested issuance
date, the Issuing Bank will process such Application in accordance with its
customary procedures and issue the requested Letter of Credit on the requested
issuance date. The Borrower may cancel any requested issuance of a Letter of
Credit prior to the issuance thereof. The Issuing Bank will notify the
Administrative Agent and each Lender of the amount, currency, and expiration
date of each Letter of Credit it issues promptly upon issuance thereof. Each
Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date no later than four (4) Business
Days before the Commitment Termination Date. If the Issuing Bank issues any
Letters of Credit with expiration dates that automatically extend unless the
Issuing Bank gives notice that the expiration date will not so extend, the
Issuing Bank will give such notice of non-renewal before the time necessary to
prevent such automatic extension if (and will not give such notice of
non-renewal before such time unless) before such required notice date (i) the
expiration date of such Letter of Credit if so extended would be later than four
(4) Business Days before the Commitment Termination Date, (ii) the Commitment
Termination Date shall have occurred, (iii) a Default or an Event of Default
exists and the Required Lenders have given the Issuing Bank instructions not to
so permit the expiration date of such Letter of Credit to be extended, or (iv)
the Issuing Bank is so directed by the Borrower. The Issuing Bank agrees to
issue amendments to any Letter of Credit increasing its amount, or extending its
expiration date, at the request of the Borrower, subject to the conditions
precedent for all Borrowings of Section 4.2 and the other terms and conditions
of this Section 2.14.
(i) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to reimburse the Issuing Bank for each payment or disbursement made by the Issuing Bank to settle its obligations under any draft drawn or other payment made under a Letter of Credit (a "Reimbursement Obligation") within two (2) Business Days from when such draft is paid or other payment is made with either funds not borrowed hereunder or with a Borrowing of Revolving Loans subject to Section 2.4 and the other terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. The Reimbursement Obligation shall bear interest (which the Borrower hereby promises to pay) from and after the date such draft is paid or other payment is made until (but excluding the date) the Reimbursement Obligation is paid at the lesser of (x) the Highest Lawful Rate, or (y) the Base Rate, in each case so long as the Reimbursement Obligation shall not be past due, and thereafter at the default rate per annum as set forth in Section 2.9(d), whether or not the Commitment Termination Date shall have occurred. If any such payment or disbursement is reimbursed to the Issuing Bank on the date such payment or disbursement is made by the Issuing Bank, interest shall be paid on the reimbursable amount for one (1) day. The Issuing Bank shall give the Borrower notice of any drawing on a Letter of Credit within one (1) Business Day after such drawing is paid.
(ii) The Borrower agrees for the benefit of the Issuing Bank and each Lender that, notwithstanding any provision of any Application, the obligations of the Borrower
under this Section 2.14(c) and each applicable Application shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and each applicable Application under all circumstances whatsoever (other than the defense of payment in accordance with this Agreement), including, without limitation, the following circumstances (subject in all cases to the defense of payment in accordance with this Agreement):
(1) any lack of validity or enforceability of any of the L/C Documents;
(2) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to depart from all or any of the provisions of any of the L/C Documents;
(3) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary of a Letter of Credit (or any person for whom a beneficiary may be acting), the Issuing Bank, any Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, another L/C Document or any unrelated transaction;
(4) any statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(5) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation to the Issuing Bank of a draft or certificate that does not comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit; or
(6) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Issuing Bank, any Lender or any other Person or any other event or circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.14(c), constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Borrower's obligations hereunder, under an Issuance Request or under an Application;
provided, however, the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (but excluding consequential damages, which are hereby waived to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bank's gross negligence or willful misconduct.
same to each Lender, and the Issuing Bank shall have the right to require each Lender to fund its participation in such Reimbursement Obligation. Each Lender (except the Issuing Bank to the extent it is also a Lender) shall pay to the Issuing Bank an amount equal to such Lender's Percentage of such unpaid or recaptured Reimbursement Obligation not later than the Business Day it receives notice from the Issuing Bank to such effect, if such notice is received before 2:00 p.m., or not later than the following Business Day if such notice is received after such time. If a Lender fails to pay timely such amount to the Issuing Bank, it shall also pay to the Issuing Bank interest on such amount accrued from the date payment of such amount was made by the Issuing Bank to the date of such payment by the Lender at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate in effect for each such day and only after such payment shall such Lender be entitled to receive its Percentage of each payment received on the relevant Reimbursement Obligation and of interest paid thereon. The several obligations of the Lenders to the Issuing Bank under this Section 2.14(d) shall be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances whatsoever and shall not be subject to any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment any Lender may have or have had against the Borrower, the Issuing Bank, and any other Lender or any other Person whatsoever including, but not limited to, any defense based on the failure of the demand for payment under the Letter of Credit to conform to the terms of such Letter of Credit or the legality, validity, regularity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit and INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE RESULTING FROM THE ISSUING BANK'S OWN SIMPLE OR CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such obligations shall not be affected by any Default or Event of Default or by any subsequent reduction or termination of any Commitment of a Lender, and each payment by a Lender under this Section 2.14 shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(a) The Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders) given not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to December 26, 2002, request that the Lenders extend the Commitment Termination Date for an additional period of not more than 364 days as specified in such notice. Any such notice shall specify any fees that the Borrower agrees to pay as consideration for such extension, any changes to the Applicable Facility Fee Rate, Applicable Margin, and/or Applicable Utilization Fee Rate that will apply during the term of such extension and the amendments, if any, to the covenants contained herein or other provisions hereof proposed by the Borrower to be applicable during the term of such extension. Each Lender shall, by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent given not earlier than the 30th day and not later than the 15th day prior to December 26, 2002, advise the Administrative Agent and the Borrower whether or not it agrees to such extension on the terms set forth in such notice. Any Lender that has not so advised the Administrative Agent by such day shall be deemed to have declined to agree to such extension.
(b) If (and only if) Lenders (including any Lenders becoming parties to
this Agreement as contemplated by the last sentence of paragraph (c) below)
holding more than 50% of the Commitments in effect prior to such extension shall
have agreed to extend the Commitment Termination Date (each such Lender being
called an "Extending Lender", and Lenders not having so agreed being called
"Non-Extending Lenders"), then, if the Borrower shall so elect in a notice
delivered to the Administrative Agent not earlier than the 15th day and not
later than the 10th day prior to December 26, 2002, the Commitment Termination
Date shall be extended as to such Extending Lenders for the additional period
and on the terms specified in the Borrower's notice provided for under paragraph
(a) and, if such terms vary from those contained in this Agreement, the Borrower
and the Extending Lenders shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to be
effective as of December 26, 2002, pursuant to which such terms shall be given
effect as to the Borrower and the Extending Lenders and, to the extent
consistent with Section 10.11, the other Lenders.
(c) If less than all the Lenders consent to any extension request pursuant to paragraph (a), the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Extending Lenders, and each Extending Lender may, in its sole discretion, give written notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 10 days prior to December 26, 2002, of the amount of the Non-Extending Lenders' Commitments, together with the corresponding amount of such Non-Extending Lenders' outstanding Loans and obligations and interests in respect of outstanding L/C Obligations (such corresponding amount of Loans and obligations and interests in respect of outstanding L/C Obligations being collectively referred to as the "Related Credit Extensions"), it is willing to accept and assume. If such Extending Lenders are willing to accept and assume Commitments and Related Credit Extensions in an aggregate amount that exceeds the amount of the Commitments and Related Credit Extensions of the Non-Extending Lenders, the Non-Extending Lenders' Commitments and Related Credit Extensions shall be allocated among Extending Lenders willing to accept and assume such Commitments and Related Credit Extensions in such amounts as shall be agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and such Commitments and Related Credit Extensions shall be assigned, accepted and assumed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.10. If after giving effect to the assignments
described above the full amount of the Commitments and Related Credit Extensions of the Non-Extending Lenders would not be assigned, accepted and assumed as set forth above prior to December 26, 2002, the Borrower may (i) arrange for one or more Extending Lenders or other assignees eligible to become Lenders hereunder (each, an "Extension Assuming Lender"), to accept and assume the unassigned amounts of the Commitments and Related Credit Extensions of the Non-Extending Lenders in accordance with Section 10.10 and become parties hereto with all the rights and obligations of Lenders hereunder, or (ii) subject to the requirements of paragraph (b) above, reduce the aggregate amount of the Commitments to an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Commitments held by all Extending Lenders and Extension Assuming Lenders all as of December 26, 2002.
On December 26, 2002:
(i) the Extending Lenders and Extension Assuming Lenders shall pay to the Non-Extending Lenders the principal amount of any outstanding Loans made by such Non-Extending Lenders, and any outstanding amounts paid by such Non-Extending Lenders pursuant to Section 2.14(d), all as assigned, accepted and assumed in accordance with this paragraph (c), together with any accrued interest thereon as of December 26, 2002;
(ii) any accrued fees and other amounts payable hereunder to any Non-Extending Lender as of December 26, 2002 shall be paid to such Non-Extending Lender by the Borrower or by such Extending Lenders and Extension Assuming Lenders, as may be agreed by such parties; and
(iii) with respect to any such Extension Assuming Lender, the applicable processing and recordation fee required under Section 10.10 shall be paid.
The Commitment of any Extension Assuming Lender shall in no event be less than $5,000,000 (subject to the fourth sentence of Section 10.10(b)) unless the Commitment of a Non-Extending Lender as of December 26, 2002 is less than $5,000,000, in which case such Extension Assuming Lender may accept and assume all of such lesser amount. Any such Non-Extending Lender's rights under Sections 2.13, 3.3, 8.3, 10.3, and 10.13, and its obligations under Section 9.6, shall survive such substitution as to matters occurring on or prior to December 26, 2002, (and if such Non-Extending Lender shall continue to have Loans outstanding after December 26, 2002, shall continue in effect following December 26, 2002).
At least three Business Days prior to the proposed effective date of any extension of the Commitment Termination Date pursuant to this Section, (A) each Extension Assuming Lender, if any, shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent an Assignment Agreement or other agreement in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower evidencing such Extension Assuming Lender's Commitment and Related Credit Extensions, duly executed by such Extension Assuming Lender, such Non-Extending Lender a Commitment and Related Credit Extensions of which is being assigned to and accepted and assumed by such Extension Assuming Lender, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (B) each Extending Lender, if any, shall have delivered written confirmation satisfactory to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent as to any increase in the amount of its Commitment and Related Credit Extensions resulting from its acceptance and assumption of all or a portion of the Commitments and Related Credit Extensions of the Non-Extending Lenders. As of and following the effective date of any extension made pursuant to this Section, each Extension Assuming Lender shall be a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement.
(d) The decision to agree or withhold agreement to any requested extension of the Commitment Termination Date hereunder shall be at the sole discretion of each Lender. If the Commitment Termination Date shall have been extended as provided in paragraph (b) above, the Commitment of any Non-Extending Lender shall terminate on December 26, 2002, and the term "Commitment Termination Date", as used herein, shall mean, as to the Related Credit Extensions of such Non-Extending Lender (to the extent not assumed pursuant to paragraph (c)), the Commitment Termination Date in effect prior to giving effect to such extension.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no extension of the Commitment
Termination Date shall become effective under this Section unless (i) the
conditions set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4.2 shall be satisfied
on December 26, 2002, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by the President or a
Vice President of the Borrower, and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have
received (with sufficient copies for each of the Lenders (other than any
Non-Extending Lenders)) documents consistent with those delivered under clause
(i) of Section 4.1(a) as to the corporate power and authority of the Borrower to
borrow hereunder after giving effect to such extension.
ARTICLE 3. FEES AND PAYMENTS.
(a) All payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, Reimbursement Obligations and all fees and other amounts payable by the Borrower under the Credit Documents shall be made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders entitled to such payments, in immediately available funds on the due date thereof no later than 2:00 p.m. at the office of the Administrative Agent in Atlanta, Georgia, or such other location as the Administrative Agent may designate in writing to the Borrower. Any payments received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower after the time specified in the preceding sentence
shall be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. The Administrative Agent will, on the same day each payment is received or deemed to have been received in accordance with this Section 3.2, cause to be distributed like funds to each Lender owed an Obligation for which such payment was received, pro rata based on the respective amounts of such type of Obligation then owing to each Lender.
(b) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent under any Credit Document is insufficient to pay in full all amounts then due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents, such payment shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent and applied by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the order set forth in Section 7.7. In calculating the amount of Obligations owing each Lender other than for principal and interest on Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and fees under Section 3.1, the Administrative Agent shall only be required to include such other Obligations that Lenders have certified to the Administrative Agent in writing are due to such Lenders.
(i) taxes imposed on, based upon, or measured by such Lender's, Issuing Bank's or the Administrative Agent's net income or profits, and branch profits, franchise and similar taxes imposed on it;
(ii) taxes imposed on such Lender, Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent as a result of a present or former connection between the taxing jurisdiction and such Lender, Issuing Bank or Administrative Agent, or any affiliate thereof, as the case may be, other than a connection resulting solely from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(iii) taxes imposed as a result of the transfer by such Lender, Issuing Bank or Administrative Agent of its interest in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or a designation by such Lender, Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent (other than pursuant to Section 8.3(c)) of a new Lending Office (other than taxes imposed as a result of any change in treaty, law or regulation after such transfer of such Lender's, Issuing Bank's or the Administrative Agent's interest in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or designation of a new Lending Office);
(iv) taxes imposed by the United States of America (or any political subdivision thereof or tax authority therein) upon a Lender, Issuing Bank or Administrative Agent organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United
States, except to the extent that such tax is imposed as a result of any
change in applicable law, regulation or treaty (other than any addition of
or change in any "anti-treaty shopping," "limitation of benefits," or
similar provision applicable to a treaty) after the date hereof, in the
case of each Lender, Issuing Bank or Administrative Agent originally a
party hereto or, in the case of any Purchasing Lender (as defined in
Section 10.10) or other Issuing Bank or Administrative Agent, after the
date on which it becomes a Lender, Issuing Bank, or Administrative Agent,
as the case may be; or
(v) taxes which would not have been imposed but for (a) the failure of any Lender, the Issuing Bank, or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to provide (I) the applicable forms prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, as required pursuant to Section 3.3(b), or (II) any other form, certification, documentation or proof which is reasonably requested by the Borrower, or (b) a determination by a taxing authority or a court of competent jurisdiction that a form, certification, documentation or other proof provided by such Lender, Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent to establish an exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge is false;
(all such present or future taxes, excluding only the taxes described in the
preceding clauses (i) through (v), being hereinafter referred to as "Indemnified
Taxes"). If any such withholding is so required, the Borrower shall make the
withholding, pay the amount withheld to the appropriate governmental authority
before penalties attach thereto or interest accrues thereon and forthwith pay
such additional amount as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount
actually received by each Lender, Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent is
free and clear of such Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes on such
additional amount) and is equal to the amount that such Lender, Issuing Bank or
the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) would have received had
withholding of any Indemnified Tax not been made. If the Borrower pays any
Indemnified Taxes, or any penalties or interest in connection therewith, it
shall deliver official tax receipts evidencing the payment or certified copies
thereof, or other evidence of payment if such tax receipts have not yet been
received by the Borrower (with such tax receipts to be delivered within fifteen
(15) days after being actually received), to the Lender, Issuing Bank or the
Administrative Agent on whose account such withholding was made (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent if not the recipient of the original) within fifteen
(15) days of such payment. If the Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank or any
Lender pays any Indemnified Taxes, or any penalties or interest in connection
therewith, the Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank
or that Lender for the payment on demand in the currency in which such payment
was made. Such Lender, Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent shall make
written demand on the Borrower for reimbursement hereunder no later than ninety
(90) days after the earlier of (i) the date on which such Lender, Issuing Bank
or the Administrative Agent makes payment of the Indemnified Taxes, penalties
and interest, and (ii) the date on which the relevant taxing authority or other
governmental authority makes written demand upon such Lender, Issuing Bank or
the Administrative Agent for payment of the Indemnified Taxes, penalties and
interest. Any such demand shall describe in reasonable detail such Indemnified
Taxes, penalties or interest, including the amount thereof if then known to such
Lender, Issuing Bank, or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be. In the
event that such Lender, Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent fails to give
the Borrower timely notice as provided herein, the Borrower shall not have any
obligation to pay such claim for reimbursement.
ARTICLE 4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Section 4.1. Initial Borrowing. The obligation of each Lender to advance the initial Loans hereunder, and of the Issuing Bank to issue the initial Letter of Credit hereunder, on or after the Initial Availability Date is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received the following all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and in sufficient number of signed counterparts, where applicable, to provide one for each Lender:
(b) Each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as
of the time of such Borrowing, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty relates solely to an earlier date, in which case it shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date;
(c) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(d) There shall be no pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any governmental authority against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, properties or rights which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(e) Payment of all fees and all expenses incurred through the Effective Date then due and owing to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the Lead Arranger pursuant to this Agreement and as otherwise agreed in writing by the Borrower.
Each acceptance by the Borrower of an advance of any Loan, the conversion of Revolving Loans to Term Loans, or of the issuance of, increase in the amount of, or extension of the expiration date of, a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date of such acceptance, that all conditions precedent to such Borrowing set forth in this Section 4.2 and in Section 4.1 with respect to the initial Borrowings hereunder have (except to the extent waived in accordance with the terms hereof) been satisfied or fulfilled unless the Borrower gives to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders written notice to the contrary, in which case none of the Lenders shall be required to fund or convert such Loans, and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, increase the amount of or extend the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, unless the Required Lenders shall have previously waived in writing such non-compliance.
ARTICLE 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
The Borrower represents and warrants to each Lender, Issuing Bank and Administrative Agent as follows:
constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien other than any Permitted Lien upon any of the property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under, the terms of any material contractual obligation to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which they or any of their properties or assets are bound or to which they may be subject, or (iii) violate or conflict with any provision of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, charter, articles or certificate of incorporation, partnership or limited liability company agreement, by-laws, or other applicable governance documents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
updated, corrected, supplemented, superseded or modified pursuant to a written correction or supplement furnished to the Lenders prior to the date of this Agreement.
September 30, 2000, described in Section 5.9, or any other liability that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the best knowledge of the Borrower, there are no conditions or occurrences on any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or on any property adjoining or in the vicinity of any such property that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any such property that individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE 6. COVENANTS.
The Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Loan, Note, Commitment, or L/C Obligation is outstanding hereunder, or any other Obligation is due and payable hereunder:
business in reasonably good repair, working order and condition (normal wear and tear excepted) and will from time to time make all reasonably necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, additions and betterments thereto so that at all times such properties and equipment are reasonably preserved and maintained, in each case with such exceptions as could not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 6.2 shall prevent the Borrower or any material Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any such properties or equipment if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Borrower or any material Subsidiary, as applicable, desirable in the conduct of their businesses.
(i) within sixty (60) days after the end of each of the first three
(3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such
fiscal quarter and the related consolidated statements of income and
retained earnings and of cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the
portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such fiscal quarter,
all of which shall be in reasonable detail or in the form filed with the
SEC, and certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower that they
fairly present the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and changes
in their cash flows for the periods indicated and that they have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP, in each case, subject to normal year-end
audit adjustments and the omission of any footnotes as permitted by the SEC
(delivery to the Administrative Agent of a copy of the Borrower's Form 10-Q
filed with the SEC (without exhibits) in any event will satisfy the
requirements of this subsection subject to Section 6.6(b));
(ii) within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows for such fiscal year and setting forth consolidated comparative figures as of the end of and for the preceding fiscal year, audited by an independent nationally-recognized accounting firm and in the form filed with the SEC (delivery to the Administrative Agent of a copy of the Borrower's Form 10-K filed with the SEC (without exhibits) in any event will satisfy the requirements of this subsection subject to Section 6.6(b));
(iii) commencing with fiscal year 2001, to the extent actually prepared and approved by the Borrower's board of directors, a projection of Borrower's consolidated balance sheet and consolidated income, retained earnings and cash flows for its current
fiscal year showing such projected budget for each fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending during such year; and
(iv) within ten (10) days after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all financial statements, projections, documents and other communications that the Borrower sends to its stockholders generally or files with the SEC or any similar governmental authority (and is publicly available).
The Administrative Agent will forward promptly to the Lenders the information provided by the Borrower pursuant to (i) through (iv) above.
(i) any pending or threatened Environmental Claim against the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any SPV or any property owned or operated by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any SPV;
(ii) any condition or occurrence on any property owned or operated by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any SPV that results in noncompliance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any SPV with any Environmental Law; and
(iii) the taking of any material remedial action in response to the actual or alleged presence of any Hazardous Material on any property owned or operated by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any SPV other than in the ordinary course of business.
(a) The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may merge into, or consolidate with, any other Person if upon the consummation of any such merger or consolidation the Borrower or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation to any such merger or consolidation (or the other Person is, or will thereby become, a Subsidiary of the Borrower); and
(b) The Borrower may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its assets (including stock in its Subsidiaries) to any Person if such Person is a Subsidiary of the Borrower (or a Person who will contemporaneously therewith become a Subsidiary of the Borrower);
provided in the case of any transaction described in the preceding clauses (a) and (b), no Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately prior to, or after giving effect to, such transaction.
Section 6.10. Liens. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind on any property or asset of any kind of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except the following (collectively, the "Permitted Liens"):
(b) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law, deposits, pledges or other Liens in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, old age benefits, social security obligations, taxes, assessments, public or statutory obligations or other similar charges, good faith deposits, pledges or other Liens in connection with (or to obtain letters of credit in connection with) bids, performance, return-of-money or payment bonds, contracts or leases to which the Borrower or its Subsidiaries are parties or other deposits required to be made in the ordinary course of business; provided that in each case the obligation secured is not for Indebtedness for borrowed money and is not overdue or, if overdue, is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided therefor;
(c) mechanics', workmen's, materialmen's, landlords', carriers' or other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business (or deposits to obtain the release of such Liens) related to obligations not overdue for more than thirty (30) days if such Liens arise with respect to domestic assets and for more than ninety (90) days if such Liens arise with respect to foreign assets, or, if so overdue, that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided therefor, or if such Liens otherwise could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) Liens for Taxes not more than ninety (90) days past due or which can thereafter be paid without penalty or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided therefor, or if such Liens otherwise could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) Liens imposed by ERISA (or comparable foreign laws) which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided therefor, or if such Liens otherwise could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(f) Liens arising out of judgments or awards against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or in connection with surety or appeal bonds or the like in connection with bonding such judgments or awards, the time for appeal from which or petition for rehearing of which shall not have expired or for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall be prosecuting on appeal or proceeding for review, and for which it shall have obtained (within thirty (30) days with respect to a judgment or award rendered in the United States or within sixty (60) days with respect to a judgment or award rendered in a foreign jurisdiction after entry of such judgment or award or expiration of any previous such stay, as applicable) a stay of execution or the like pending such appeal or proceeding for review; provided, that the aggregate amount of uninsured or underinsured liabilities (net of customary deductibles, and including interest, costs, fees and penalties, if any) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries secured by such Liens shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(g) Liens on fixed or capital assets and related inventory and intangible assets acquired, constructed, improved, altered or repaired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Liens secure Indebtedness otherwise permitted by this Agreement, (ii) such Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 365 days after such acquisition or the later of the completion of such construction, improvement, alteration or repair or the date of commercial operation of the assets constructed, improved, altered or repaired, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing, improving, altering or repairing such fixed or capital assets, as the case may be, and (iv) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(h) Liens securing Interest Rate Protection Agreements or foreign exchange hedging obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(i) Liens on property existing at the time such property is acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower and not created in contemplation of such acquisition (or on repairs, renewals, replacements, additions, accessions and betterments thereto), and Liens on the assets of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower and not created in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Borrower (or on repairs, renewals, replacements, additions, accessions and betterments thereto;
(j) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part of any Lien referred to in the foregoing subsections (a) through (i), provided, however, that the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the principal amount secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement (other than amounts incurred to pay costs of such extension, renewal or replacement), and that such extension, renewal or replacement is limited to the property already subject to the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (together with accessions and improvements thereto and replacements thereof);
(k) rights reserved to or vested in any municipality or governmental, statutory or public authority by the terms of any right, power, franchise, grant, license or permit, or by any provision of law, to terminate such right, power, franchise, grant, license or permit or to
purchase, condemn, expropriate or recapture or to designate a purchaser of any of the property of a Person;
(l) rights reserved to or vested in any municipality or governmental, statutory or public authority to control, regulate or use any property of a Person;
(m) rights of a common owner of any interest in property held by a Person and such common owner as tenants in common or through other common ownership;
(n) encumbrances (other than to secure the payment of Indebtedness), easements, restrictions, servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, exceptions or reservations in any property or rights-of-way of a Person for the purpose of roads, pipelines, transmission lines, transportation lines, distribution lines, removal of gas, oil, coal, metals, steam, minerals, timber or other natural resources, and other like purposes, or for the joint or common use of real property, rights-of-way, facilities or equipment, or defects, irregularity and deficiencies in title of any property or rights-of-way;
(o) Liens created by or resulting from zoning, planning and environmental laws and ordinances and municipal regulations;
(p) Liens created by or resulting from financing statements filed by lessors of property (but only with respect to the property so leased);
(q) Liens on property securing Non-recourse Debt;
(r) Liens on the stock or assets of SPVs; and
(s) Liens (not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.10) on property securing Indebtedness (or other obligations) not exceeding $175,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
(b) Indebtedness under the Credit Documents;
(c) intercompany loans and advances to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and intercompany loans and advances from any of such Subsidiaries or SPVs to the Borrower or any other Subsidiaries of the Borrower;
(d) Indebtedness under any Interest Rate Protection Agreements and under foreign exchange futures agreements, arrangements or options designed to protect against fluctuations in currency exchange rates;
(e) Indebtedness of the Borrower that may be incurred, assumed or suffered to exist without violating any section of this Agreement, including, without limitation, Sections 6.16 and 6.17 hereof;
(f) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Borrower (i) under unsecured lines of credit for overdrafts or for working capital purposes in foreign countries with financial institutions, and (ii) arising from the honoring by a bank or other Person of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawing against insufficient funds, all such Indebtedness not to exceed $100,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding, provided that amounts under overdraft lines of credit or outstanding as a result of drawings against insufficient funds shall be outstanding for one (1) Business Day before being included in such aggregate amount;
(g) Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is merged with or into the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower and not incurred in contemplation of such transaction;
(h) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (i) under Performance Guaranties and Performance Letters of Credit, and (ii) with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business;
(i) Indebtedness of any Subsidiaries of the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount for all Subsidiaries not to exceed an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of Consolidated Net Assets (the "Subsidiary Debt Basket Amount") in the aggregate at any time outstanding;
(k) extensions, renewals or replacements of Indebtedness permitted by this Section 6.11 that do not increase the amount of such Indebtedness (other than amounts incurred to pay costs of such extension, renewal or refinancing).
ARTICLE 7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES.
Section 7.1. Events of Default. Any one or more of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a) default by the Borrower in the payment of any principal amount of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, any interest thereon or any fees payable hereunder, within two (2) Business Days following the date when due;
(b) default by the Borrower in the observance or performance of any covenant set forth in Sections 6.9, 6.10, 6.16, or 6.17;
(c) default by the Borrower in the observance or performance of any
provision hereof or of any other Credit Document not mentioned in clauses (a) or
(b) above, which is not remedied within thirty (30) days after notice thereof to
the Borrower by the Administrative Agent;
(d) any representation or warranty made or deemed made herein or in any other Credit Document by the Borrower or any Subsidiary proves untrue in any material respect as of the date of the making, or deemed making, thereof;
(e) (x) Indedtedness in the aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000 of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ("Material Indebtedness") shall (i) not be paid at maturity (beyond any applicable grace periods), or (ii) be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid, redeemed or repurchased prior to its stated maturity, or (y) any default in respect of Material Indedtedness shall occur which permits the holders thereof, or any trustees or agents on their behalf, to accelerate the maturity of such Indedtedness or requires such Indedtedness to be prepaid, redeemed, or repurchased prior to its stated maturity;
(f) the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary (i) has entered
involuntarily against it an order for relief under the United States Bankruptcy
Code or a comparable action is taken under any bankruptcy or insolvency law of
another country or political subdivision of such country, (ii) generally does
not pay, or admits its inability generally to pay, its debts as they become due,
(iii) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) applies for,
seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in, the appointment of a receiver, custodian,
trustee, liquidator or similar official for it or any substantial part of its
property under the Bankruptcy Code or under the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of
another country or a political subdivision of such country, (v) institutes any
proceeding seeking to have entered against it an order for relief under the
United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable law, to adjudicate it insolvent,
or seeking dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or fails to file
an answer or other pleading denying the material allegations of or consents to
or acquiesces in any such proceeding filed against it, (vi) makes any board of
directors resolution in direct furtherance of any matter described in clauses
(i)-(v) above, or (vii) fails to contest in good faith any appointment or
proceeding described in this Section 7.1(f);
(g) a custodian, receiver, trustee, liquidator or similar official is appointed for the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of its property under the
Bankruptcy Code or under the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of another country or a political subdivision of such country, or a proceeding described in Section 7.1(f)(v) is instituted against the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary, and such appointment continues undischarged or such proceeding continues undismissed and unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days (or one hundred twenty (120) days in the case of any such event occurring outside the United States of America);
(h) the Borrower or any Subsidiaries of the Borrower fail within thirty
(30) days with respect to any judgments or orders that are rendered in the
United States or sixty (60) days with respect to any judgments or orders that
are rendered in foreign jurisdictions (or such earlier date as any execution on
such judgments or orders shall take place) to vacate, pay, bond or otherwise
discharge any judgments or orders for the payment of money the uninsured portion
of which is in excess of $50,000,000 in the aggregate and which are not stayed
on appeal or otherwise being appropriately contested in good faith in a manner
that stays execution;
(i) (x) the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower fails to pay when due an amount that it is liable to pay to the PBGC or to a Plan under Title IV of ERISA; or a notice of intent to terminate a Plan having Unfunded Vested Liabilities of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $30,000,000 (a "Material Plan") is filed under Title IV of ERISA; or the PBGC institutes proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate or to cause a trustee to be appointed to administer any Material Plan or a proceeding is instituted by a fiduciary of any Material Plan against any Borrower or any Subsidiary to collect any liability under Section 515 or 4219(c)(5) of ERISA, and in each case such proceeding is not dismissed within thirty (30) days thereafter; or a condition exists by reason of which the PBGC would be entitled to obtain a decree adjudicating that any Material Plan must be terminated, and (y) the occurrence of one or more of the matters in the preceding clause (x) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(j) any Person or group of Persons acting in concert (as such terms are used in Rule 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) shall own, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, securities of the Borrower (or other securities convertible into such securities) representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of all outstanding securities of the Borrower entitled to vote in the election of directors, other than securities having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency.
demand that the Borrower immediately pay to the Administrative Agent (to be held by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.4) the full amount then available for drawing under each outstanding Letter of Credit, and the Borrower agrees to immediately make such payment and acknowledges and agrees that the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent would not have an adequate remedy at law for failure by the Borrower to honor any such demand and that the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, shall have the right to require the Borrower to specifically perform such undertaking whether or not any drawings or other demands for payment have been made under any Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent, after giving notice to the Borrower pursuant to this Section 7.2, shall also promptly send a copy of such notice to the other Lenders and the Issuing Bank, but the failure to do so shall not impair or annul the effect of such notice.
(a) If the prepayment of the amount available for drawing under any or all outstanding Letters of Credit is required under Section 7.2 or 7.3, the Borrower shall forthwith pay the amount required to be so prepaid, to be held by the Administrative Agent as provided in subsection (b) below.
(b) All amounts prepaid pursuant to subsection (a) above shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a separate collateral account (such account, and the credit balances, properties and any investments from time to time held therein, and any substitutions for such account, any certificate of deposit or other instrument evidencing any of the foregoing and all proceeds of and earnings on any of the foregoing being collectively called the "Collateral Account") as security for, and for application to, the reimbursement of any drawing under any Letter of Credit then or thereafter paid by the Issuing Bank, and to the payment of the unpaid balance of any Loans and all other due and unpaid Obligations (collectively, the "Collateralized Obligations"). The Collateral Account shall be held in the name of and subject to the exclusive dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders, as pledgee hereunder. If and when required by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall invest and reinvest funds held in the Collateral
Account from time to time in Cash Equivalents specified from time to time by the
Borrower, provided that the Administrative Agent is irrevocably authorized to
sell on market terms any investments held in the Collateral Account when and as
required to make payments out of the Collateral Account for application to
Collateralized Obligations due and owing from the Borrower to the Issuing Bank,
the Administrative Agent, or the Lenders. When and if (A) (i) the Borrower shall
have made payment of all Collateralized Obligations then due and payable, and
(ii) all relevant preference or other disgorgement periods relating to the
receipt of such payments have passed, or (B) no Default or Event of Default
shall be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall repay to the Borrower any
remaining amounts and assets held in the Collateral Account, provided that if
the Collateral Account is being released pursuant to clause (A) and any Letter
of Credit then remains outstanding, the Borrower, prior to or contemporaneously
with such release, shall make arrangements with respect to such outstanding
Letters of Credit in the manner described in the first sentence of Section 2.15.
In addition, if the aggregate amount on deposit with the Collateral Agent
exceeds the Collateralized Obligations then existing, then the Administrative
Agent shall release and deliver such excess amount upon the written request of
the Borrower.
(a) First, to the payment of any and all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent, including without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and out-of-pocket costs and expenses, as provided by this Agreement or by any other Credit Document, incurred in connection with the collection of such payment or in respect of the enforcement of any rights of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, or the Lenders under this Agreement or any other Credit Document;
(b) Second, to the payment of any and all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Issuing Bank and the Lenders, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and out-of-pocket costs and expenses, as provided by this Agreement or by any other Credit Document, incurred in connection with the collection of such payment or in respect of the enforcement of any rights of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank under this Agreement or any
other Credit Document, pro rata in the proportion in which the amount of such costs and expenses unpaid to each Lender or the Issuing Bank bears to the aggregate amount of the costs and expenses unpaid to all Lenders and the Issuing Bank collectively, until all such fees, costs and expenses have been paid in full;
(c) Third, to the payment of any due and unpaid fees to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Issuing Bank as provided by this Agreement or any other Credit Document, pro rata in the proportion in which the amount of such fees due and unpaid to the Administrative Agent and each Lender and Issuing Bank bears to the aggregate amount of the fees due and unpaid to the Administrative Agent and all Lenders and Issuing Bank collectively, until all such fees have been paid in full;
(d) Fourth, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans or the Reimbursement Obligations to the date of such application, pro rata in the proportion in which the amount of such interest, accrued and unpaid to each Lender or the Issuing Bank bears to the aggregate amount of such interest accrued and unpaid to all Lenders and the Issuing Bank collectively, until all such accrued and unpaid interest has been paid in full;
(e) Fifth, to the payment of the outstanding due and payable principal amount of each of the Loans and the amount of the outstanding Reimbursement Obligations (reserving cash collateral for all undrawn face amounts of any outstanding Letters of Credit (if Section 7.4(a) has not been complied with)), pro rata in the proportion in which the outstanding principal amount of such Loans and the amount of such outstanding Reimbursement Obligations owing to each Lender and Issuing Bank, together (if Section 7.4(a) has not been complied with) with the undrawn face amounts of such outstanding Letters of Credit, bears to the aggregate amount of all outstanding Loans, outstanding Reimbursement Obligations and (if Section 7.4(a) has not been complied with) the undrawn face amounts of all outstanding Letters of Credit. In the event that any such Letters of Credit, or any portions thereof, expire without being drawn, any cash collateral therefor shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent until the principal amount of all Loans and Reimbursement Obligations shall have been paid in full;
(f) Sixth, to the payment of any other outstanding Obligations then due and payable, pro rata in the proportion in which the outstanding Obligations owing to each Lender, Issuing Bank and Administrative Agent bears to the aggregate amount of all such Obligations until all such Obligations have been paid in full; and
(g) Seventh, to the Borrower or as the Borrower may direct.
ARTICLE 8. CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or any Note, if at any time any change, after the date hereof (or, if later, after the date the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank or Lender becomes the Administrative Agent or an Issuing Bank or Lender), in
applicable law or regulation or in the interpretation thereof makes it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain Eurocurrency Loans, or the Issuing Bank to issue any Letter of Credit, such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall promptly give written notice thereof and of the basis therefor in reasonable detail to the Borrower, and such Lender's or Issuing Bank's obligations to fund affected Eurocurrency Loans or make, continue or convert such Loans under this Agreement, or to issue any such Letters of Credit, as the case may be, shall thereupon be suspended until it is no longer unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain such Loans or issue such Letters of Credit.
(b) Upon the giving of the notice to Borrower referred to in subsection
(a) above in respect of any such Loan, (i) any outstanding such Loan of such
Lender shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan in Dollars on the
last day of the Interest Period then applicable thereto or on such earlier date
as required by law, and (ii) such Lender shall make or continue its portion of
any requested Borrowing of such Loan as a Base Rate Loan in Dollars, which Base
Rate Loan shall, for all other purposes, be considered part of such Borrowing.
(c) Any Lender or Issuing Bank that has given any notice pursuant to
Section 8.1(a) shall, upon determining that it would no longer be unlawful for
it to make such Loans or issue such Letters of Credit, give prompt written
notice thereof to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and upon giving
such notice, its obligation to make, allow conversions into and maintain such
Loans or issue such Letters of Credit shall be reinstated.
(a) If, on or after the date hereof, the adoption of or any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender or Issuing Bank (or its Lending Office), with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency exercising control over banks or financial institutions
generally issued after the date hereof (or, if later, after the date the Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank, or Lender becomes the Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank, or Lender):
(i) subjects any Lender or Issuing Bank (or its Lending Office) to any tax, duty or other charge related to any Eurocurrency Loan, Competitive Fixed Rate Loan, Reimbursement Obligation, or its obligation to advance or maintain Eurocurrency Loans, Competitive Fixed Rate Loans, or issue any Letter of Credit, or shall change the basis of taxation of payments to any Lender or Issuing Bank (or its Lending Office) of the principal of or interest on its Eurocurrency Loans, Competitive Fixed Rate Loans, Letters of Credit or Reimbursement Obligation or any participations in any thereof, or any other amounts due under this Agreement related to its Eurocurrency Loans, Competitive Fixed Rate Loans, Letters of Credit, Reimbursement Obligations or participations therein, or its obligation to make Eurocurrency Loans and Competitive Fixed Rate Loans, issue Letters of Credit, or acquire participations therein (except for changes with respect to taxes that are not Indemnified Taxes pursuant to Section 3.3); or
(ii) imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement (including, without limitation, any such requirement imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, but excluding for any Eurocurrency Loan any such requirement included in an applicable Statutory Reserve Rate) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or Issuing Bank (or its Lending Office) or imposes on any Lender or Issuing Bank (or its Lending Office) or on the interbank market any other condition affecting its Eurocurrency Loans, Letters of Credit, any Reimbursement Obligations owed to it, or its participation in any thereof, or its obligation to advance or maintain Eurocurrency Loans, issue Letters of Credit or participate in any thereof;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender or Issuing Bank (or its Lending Office) of advancing or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan or Competitive Fixed Rate Loan, issuing or maintaining a Letter of Credit or participating therein, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or Issuing Bank (or its Lending Office) in connection therewith under this Agreement or its Note, by an amount deemed by such Lender or Issuing Bank to be material, then, subject to Section 8.3(c), from time to time, within thirty (30) days after receipt of a certificate from such Lender or Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) pursuant to subsection (c) below setting forth in reasonable detail such determination and the basis thereof, the Borrower shall be obligated to pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank for such increased cost or reduction.
(b) If, after the date hereof, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Issuing Bank shall have reasonably determined that the adoption after the date hereof of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein (including, without limitation, any revision in the Final Risk-Based Capital Guidelines of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR Part 208, Appendix A; 12 CFR Part 225, Appendix A) or of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (12 CFR Part 3, Appendix A), or in any other applicable capital adequacy rules heretofore adopted and issued by any governmental authority),
or any change after the date hereof in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Issuing Bank (or its Lending Office) with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender's or Issuing Bank's capital, or on the capital of any corporation controlling such Lender or Issuing Bank, as a consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or Issuing Bank could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender's or Issuing Bank's or its controlling corporation's policies with respect to capital adequacy in effect immediately before such adoption, change or compliance) by an amount reasonably deemed by such Lender or Issuing Bank to be material, then, subject to Section 8.3(c), from time to time, within thirty (30) days after its receipt of a certificate from such Lender or Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) pursuant to subsection (c) below setting forth in reasonable detail such determination and the basis thereof, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank for such reduction or the Borrower may prepay all Eurocurrency Loans of such Lender or obtain the cancellation of all such Letters of Credit.
(c) The Administrative Agent and each Lender and Issuing Bank that determines to seek compensation or additional interest under this Section 8.3 shall give written notice to the Borrower and, in the case of a Lender or Issuing Bank other than the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent of the circumstances that entitle the Administrative Agent or such Lender or Issuing Bank to such compensation no later than ninety (90) days after the Administrative Agent or such Lender or Issuing Bank receives actual notice or obtains actual knowledge of the law, rule, order or interpretation or occurrence of another event giving rise to a claim hereunder. In any event the Borrower shall not have any obligation to pay any amount with respect to claims accruing prior to the ninetieth day preceding such written demand. The Administrative Agent and each Lender and Issuing Bank shall use reasonable efforts to avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, such compensation, additional interest, and any payment under Section 3.3, including, without limitation, the designation of a different Lending Office, if such action or designation will not, in the sole judgment of the Administrative Agent or such Lender or Issuing Bank made in good faith, be otherwise disadvantageous to it; provided that the foregoing shall not in any way affect the rights of any Lender or Issuing Bank or the obligations of the Borrower under this Section 8.3, and provided further that no Lender or Issuing Bank shall be obligated to make its Eurocurrency Loans or Competitive Fixed Rate Loans hereunder or fund any amount due in respect of a Letter of Credit at any office located in the United States of America. A certificate of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, claiming compensation or additional interest under this Section 8.3, and setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder and accompanied by a statement prepared by the Administrative Agent or such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, describing in reasonable detail the calculations thereof shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness thereof. In determining such amount, such Lender or Issuing Bank may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
ARTICLE 9. THE AGENTS.
take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to assume that no Default or Event of Default, other than non-payment of any scheduled principal or interest payment due hereunder, exists unless notified in writing to the contrary by a Lender or the Borrower. In all cases in which the Credit Documents do not require the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Co-Documentation Agents or the Managing Agents to take specific action, the Administrative Agent, each of the Co-Syndication Agents, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Managing Agents shall be fully justified in using its discretion in failing to take or in taking any action thereunder. Any instructions of the Required Lenders, or of any other group of Lenders called for under specific provisions of the Credit Documents, shall be binding on all the Lenders and holders of Notes.
Documentation Agents and the Managing Agents may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof until written notice of transfer shall have been filed with such Administrative Agent signed by such owner in form satisfactory to such Administrative Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has independently, and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Co-Documentation Agents or the Managing Agents or any other Lender, obtained such information and made such investigations and inquiries regarding the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as it deems appropriate, and based upon such information, investigations and inquiries, made its own credit analysis and decision to extend credit to the Borrower in the manner set forth in the Credit Documents. It shall be the responsibility of each Lender to keep itself informed about the creditworthiness and business, properties, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) and prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Managing Agents shall have no liability whatsoever to any Lender for such matters. The Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Managing Agents shall have no duty to disclose to the Lenders information that is not required by any Credit Document to be furnished by the Borrower or any Subsidiaries to such Agent at such time, but is voluntarily furnished to such Agent (either in their respective capacity as Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Co-Documentation Agents or the Managing Agents or in their individual capacity).
Co-Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation Agent or Managing Agent, as the case may be, may, on behalf of the Lenders and, so long as no Event of Default shall then exist, with the consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) appoint a successor Administrative Agent, Co-Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation Agent or Managing Agent, as the case may be, which shall be any Lender hereunder or any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agent or the Managing Agent hereunder, such successor Administrative Agent, Co-Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation Agent or Managing Agent, as the case may be, shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, Co-Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation Agent or Managing Agent, as the case may be, under the Credit Documents, and the retiring Administrative Agent, Co-Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation Agent or the Managing Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations thereunder. After any retiring Administrative Agent's, Co-Syndication Agent's, Co-Documentation Agent's or Managing Agent's resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, Co-Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation Agent or Managing Agent, as the case may be, the provisions of this Article 9 and all protective provisions of the other Credit Documents shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent, Co-Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation Agent or Managing Agent, as the case may be.
ARTICLE 10. MISCELLANEOUS.
a Credit Document. Each Lender and Issuing Bank that determines to seek compensation under this Section 10.3 shall give written notice to the Borrower and, in the case of a Lender or Issuing Bank other than the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent of the circumstances that entitle such Lender or Issuing Bank to such compensation no later than ninety (90) days after such Lender or Issuing Bank receives actual notice or obtains actual knowledge of the law, rule, order or interpretation or occurrence of another event giving rise to a claim hereunder. In any event, the Borrower shall not have any obligation to pay any amount with respect to claims accruing prior to the 90th day preceding such written demand.
necessary to cause such Lender or Issuing Bank to share such excess payment ratably with all the other Lenders; provided, however, that if any such purchase is made by any Lender or Issuing Bank, and if such excess payment or part thereof is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender or Issuing Bank, the related purchases from the other Lenders or Issuing Bank shall be rescinded ratably and the purchase price restored as to the portion of such excess payment so recovered, but without interest.
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. 4 Greenway Plaza Houston, Texas 77046 Attention: Gregory Cauthen Telephone No.: (713) 232-7487 Fax No.: (713) 232-7033
With a copy to:
Baker Botts LLP
One Shell Plaza
Houston, Texas 77002-4995
Attention: Stephen Krebs
Telephone No. (713) 229-1467
Fax No.: (713) 229-1522
Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given
by telecopier, when such telecopy is transmitted to the telecopier number
specified in this Section 10.7, on the signature pages hereof or pursuant to
Section 10.10 and a confirmation of receipt of such telecopy has been received
by the sender, (ii) if given by courier, when delivered, (iii) if given by mail,
five (5) days after such communication is deposited in the mail, certified or
registered with return receipt requested, or (iv) if given by any other means,
when delivered at the addresses specified in this Section 10.7, on the signature
pages hereof or pursuant to Section 10.10; provided that any notice given
pursuant to Article 2 shall be effective only upon receipt and, provided
further, that any notice that but for this proviso would be effective after the
close of business on a Business Day or on a day that is not a Business Day shall
be effective at the opening of business on the next Business Day.
(a) Any Lender may, upon written notice to the Borrower, at any time sell to one or more commercial banking or other financial or lending institutions ("Participants") participating interests in any Commitment of such Lender and Related Credit Extensions of such Lender hereunder, provided that no Lender may sell any participating interests in any such Commitment or such Related Credit Extensions hereunder without also selling to such Participant the appropriate pro rata share of all such Lender's Commitment and Related Credit Extensions hereunder (but excluding interests in respect of Competitive Loans), and provided further that no Lender shall transfer, grant or assign any participation under which the Participant shall have rights to vote upon or to consent to any matter to be decided by the Lenders or the Required Lenders hereunder or under any other Credit Document or to approve any amendment to or waiver of this Agreement or any other Credit Document except to the extent such amendment or waiver would (i) increase the amount of such Lender's Commitment and such increase would affect such Participant, (ii) reduce the principal of, or interest on, any of such Lender's Borrowings,
or any fees or other amounts payable to such Lender hereunder and such reduction would affect such Participant, (iii) postpone any date fixed for any scheduled payment of principal of, or interest on, any of such Lender's Borrowings, or any fees or other amounts payable to such Lender hereunder and such postponement would affect such Participant, or (iv) release any collateral security for any Obligation, except as otherwise specifically provided in any Credit Document. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender's obligations under this Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Note for all purposes under this Agreement, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement and such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce the obligations of the Borrower under any Credit Document. The Borrower agrees that if amounts outstanding under this Agreement and the Notes shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable in accordance with Section 7.2 or 7.3 upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of setoff in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement and any Note to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement or any Note, provided that such right of setoff shall be subject to the obligation of such Participant to share with the Lenders, and the Lenders agree to share with such Participant, as provided in Section 10.6. The Borrower also agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 3.3 and 8.3 with respect to its participation in the Commitments and the Borrowings outstanding from time to time, provided that no Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to such Sections than the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred if no participation had been transferred and provided, further, that Sections 8.3(c) and 8.6 shall apply to the transferor Lender with respect to any claim by any Participant pursuant to Section 2.13, 3.3 or 8.3 as fully as if such claim was made by such Lender. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower shall not, at any time, be obligated to pay to any Lender any sum in excess of the sum the Borrower would have been obligated to pay to such Lender hereunder if such Lender had not sold any participation in its rights and obligations under this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
principal amount of such Lender's Loans and participations in Letters of Credits
would be less than an amount of $5,000,000 (calculated as hereinafter set
forth), such sale shall be of all of such Lender's rights and obligations under
this Agreement and all of the other Credit Documents payable to it to one
Purchasing Lender. Notwithstanding the requirement of the Borrower's consent set
forth above, but subject to all of the other terms and conditions of this
Section 10.10(b), any Lender may sell to one or more commercial banking or other
financial or lending institutions not subject to Regulation T of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, all or any part of their rights and
obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with only the
consent of the Administrative Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. No Lender
may sell or assign any portion of its Commitment and Related Credit Extensions
(excluding Competitive Loans) to a Purchasing Lender without also selling to
such Purchasing Lender (i) the appropriate pro rata share of all such Lender's
Commitment and Related Credit Extensions hereunder (but excluding interests in
respect of Competitive Loans), and (ii) a pro rata amount of such Lender's loans
(excluding loans made by such Lender on a competitive bid basis pursuant to the
Five-Year Credit Agreement), borrowings, promissory notes, commitment, and any
obligations and interests in respect of letter of credit obligations under the
Five-Year Credit Agreement (but excluding interests in respect of loans made by
such Lender on a competitive bid basis thereunder); provided, however, that no
such sale or assignment shall be required in respect of any interests under the
Five-Year Credit Agreement where the Lender is effecting such sale or assignment
under this Agreement as a Non-Extending Lender pursuant to Section 2.16(c). For
purposes of calculating the satisfaction of the $5,000,000 minimum amount
requirement set forth in the first sentence of this Section 10.10(b) and in
Section 2.15(c), such amount shall be the sum of the total amount so sold and
assigned to the Purchasing Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the total
amount so sold and assigned to the Purchasing Lender pursuant to the Five-Year
Credit Agreement in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence. Upon
such execution, delivery and acceptance, from and after the effective date of
the transfer determined pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, (x) the
Purchasing Lender thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided
in such Assignment Agreement, have the rights and obligations of a Lender
hereunder with a Commitment as set forth herein and (y) the transferor Lender
thereunder shall, to the extent provided in such Assignment Agreement, be
released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an
Assignment Agreement covering all or the remaining portion of a transferor
Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such transferor Lender
shall cease to be a party hereto). Such Assignment Agreement shall be deemed to
amend this Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to reflect
the addition of such Purchasing Lender and the resulting adjustment of
Commitments and Percentages arising from the purchase by such Purchasing Lender
of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of such transferor Lender
under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Credit Documents. On or prior to
the effective date of the transfer determined pursuant to such Assignment
Agreement, the Borrower, at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent in exchange for any surrendered Note, a new Note as
appropriate to the order of such Purchasing Lender in an amount equal to the
Commitments assumed by it pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, and, if the
transferor Lender has retained a Commitment or Borrowing hereunder, a new Note
to the order of the transferor Lender in an amount equal to the Commitments or
Borrowings retained by it hereunder. Such new Notes shall be dated the Initial
Availability Date and shall otherwise be in the form of the Notes replaced
thereby. The Notes
surrendered by the transferor Lender shall be returned by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower marked "cancelled."
(c) Upon its receipt of an Assignment Agreement executed by a transferor Lender, a Purchasing Lender and the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of a Purchasing Lender that is not then a Lender or an affiliate thereof, by the Borrower), together with payment by the transferor Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder of a registration and processing fee of $1,000 (unless the Borrower is replacing such Lender pursuant to the terms hereof, in which event such fee shall be paid by the Borrower), the Administrative Agent shall (i) promptly accept such Assignment Agreement, and (ii) on the effective date of the transfer determined pursuant thereto give notice of such acceptance and recordation to the Lenders and the Borrower. The Borrower shall not be responsible for such registration and processing fee or any costs or expenses incurred by any Lender, any Purchasing Lender or the Administrative Agent in connection with such assignment except as provided above.
(d) If, pursuant to this Section 10.10 any interest in this Agreement or any Loan or Note is transferred to any transferee which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any State thereof, the transferor Lender shall cause such transferee, concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, (i) to represent to the transferor Lender (for the benefit of the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) that under applicable law and treaties no taxes will be required to be withheld by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or the transferor Lender with respect to any payments to be made to such transferee in respect of the Loans or the L/C Obligations, (ii) to furnish to the transferor Lender (and, in the case of any Purchasing Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) two duly completed and signed copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 BEN or U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 ECI or such successor forms as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities (wherein such transferee claims entitlement to complete exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax on all interest payments hereunder), and (iii) to agree (for the benefit of the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) to provide the transferor Lender (and, in the case of any Purchasing Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) new forms as contemplated by Section 3.3(b) upon the expiration or obsolescence of any previously delivered form and comparable statements in accordance with applicable U.S. laws and regulations and amendments duly executed and completed by such transferee, and to comply from time to time with all applicable U.S. laws and regulations with regard to such withholding tax exemption.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 10.10, no transfer or assignment of the interests of any Lender hereunder or any grant of participations therein shall be permitted if such transfer, assignment or grant would require the Borrower to file a registration statement with the SEC or to qualify the Loans, the Notes or any other Obligations under the securities laws of any jurisdiction.
Agent are affected thereby, the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agent or the Managing Agent, as the case may be,provided that:
(i) no amendment or waiver shall (A) increase the Revolving Credit Commitment Amount without the consent of all Lenders or increase any Commitment of any Lender without the consent of such Lender, or (B) postpone the Commitment Termination Date or Maturity Date without the consent of all Lenders, or reduce the amount of or postpone the date for any scheduled payment of any principal of or interest (including, without limitation, any reduction in the rate of interest unless such reduction is otherwise provided herein) on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or of any fee payable hereunder, without the consent of each Lender owed any such Obligation, or (C) release any Collateral for any Collateralized Obligations (other than as provided in accordance with Section 7.4) without the consent of all Lenders; and
(ii) no amendment or waiver shall, unless signed by each Lender, change the provisions of this Section 10.11 or the definition of Required Lenders or the number of Lenders required to take any action under any other provision of the Credit Documents.
authority, litigation or proceeding involving any Lender (as a lender hereunder) or the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Co-Documentation Agents or the Managing Agents (in such capacity hereunder) and related to any environmental cleanup, audit, compliance or other matter relating to any Environmental Law or the presence of any Hazardous Material (including, without limitation, any losses, liabilities, damages, injuries, costs, expenses or claims asserted or arising under any Environmental Law) with respect to the Borrower, regardless of whether caused by, or within the control of, the Borrower; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be obligated to indemnify any Indemnified Party for any of the foregoing arising out of such Indemnified Party's gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined pursuant to a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or as expressly agreed in writing by such Indemnified Party. The Borrower, upon demand by the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Co-Documentation Agents, the Managing Agents or a Lender or Issuing Bank at any time, shall reimburse such Agent or such Lender or Issuing Bank for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any of the foregoing, except if the same is excluded from indemnification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding sentence. Each Indemnified Party agrees to contest any indemnified claim if requested by the Borrower, in a manner reasonably directed by the Borrower, with counsel selected by the Indemnified Party and approved by the Borrower, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any Indemnified Party that proposes to settle or compromise any such indemnified claim shall give the Borrower written notice of the terms of such proposed settlement or compromise reasonably in advance of settling or compromising such claim or proceeding and shall obtain the Borrower's prior written consent thereto, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that the Indemnified Party shall not be restricted from settling or compromising any such claim if the Indemnified Party waives its right to indemnity from the Borrower in respect of such claim.
(A) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS, AND THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES THERETO, SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(B) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENT (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE CO-DOCUMENTATION AGENTS, THE MANAGING AGENTS, THE CO-SYNDICATION AGENTS, THE LENDERS, THE ISSUING BANK, OR THE BORROWER MAY BE BROUGHT AND MAINTAINED IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN OR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE BORROWER HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION AS SET FORTH ABOVE AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH LITIGATION. THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES CT CORPORATION SYSTEM, 111 8TH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10011, AS THE DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT OF THE BORROWER TO RECEIVE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE BORROWER, SERVICE OF PROCESS IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT HERETO. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE BORROWER FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS, BY REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, OR BY PERSONAL SERVICE WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE BORROWER HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE OR HEREAFTER MAY HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT REFERRED TO ABOVE AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH LITIGATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE BORROWER HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OF NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS.
(C) TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR UNDER ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY BANKING RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.
(D) EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.7. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
be disclosed (i) to their respective affiliates and to prospective Purchasing Lenders and Participants and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors who have reason to use such Information in connection with the evaluation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (subject to similar confidentiality provisions as provided herein) solely for purposes of evaluating such Information, (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (iii) to the extent required by applicable law or regulation or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any proceedings relating to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, (v) with the consent of the Borrower, or (vi) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.15, or (y) becomes available on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or its affiliates or the Lenders or their respective affiliates. For purposes hereof, "Information" means all information received by the Lenders from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Lenders on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower. The Lenders shall be considered to have complied with their respective obligations if they have exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as they would accord their own confidential information.
from such change in the rate of exchange, to assure that the amount paid on such date is the amount in such other currency, which when converted at the rate of exchange described herein on the date of payment, is the amount then due in Dollars, and (iii) any amount due from the Borrower under this Section 10.18 shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment or award being obtained for any other sum due.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.,
a Cayman Islands company
By: /s/ GREGORY L. CAUTHEN -------------------------------- Name: Gregory L. Cauthen Title: Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Attest: ------------------------------- Name: Title: |
SUNTRUST BANK,
As Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank,
and a Lender
By: /s/ JOHN A. FIELDS, JR. -------------------------------- Name: John A. Fields, Jr. Title: Managing Director |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $21,500,000 PERCENTAGE: 8.60% Address for Notices: --------------------- SunTrust Bank SunTrust Plaza |
303 Peachtree Street, N.E., 3rd Floor
Atlanta, GA 30308
Attn: Mr. John Fields
Telephone No.: 404/724-3667 Telecopy No.: 404/827-6270 Lending Office: --------------- SunTrust Bank SunTrust Plaza |
303 Peachtree Street, N.E., 3rd Floor
Atlanta, GA 30308
Attn: Mr. John Fields
Telephone No.: 404/724-3667
Telecopy No.: 404/827-6270
Bank Name: SunTrust Bank
ABA Number: 061 000 104
City, State: Atlanta, Georgia
Account Number: 908 8000 112
Attention: Pat Etheridge 404/588-8358
Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex Inc.
ABN AMRO BANK, N.V.,
As Co-Syndication Agent and a Lender
By: /s/ STUART MURRAY ----------------------------- Name: Stuart Murray Title: Group Vice President By: /s/ BO FORD ----------------------------- Name: Bo Ford Title: Assistant Vice President |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $19,000,000
PERCENTAGE: 7.60%
ABN AMRO Bank, N.V.
208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1500
Chicago, IL 60604-1003
Attn: Melanie Drzazga Telephone No.: 312/992-5135 Telecopy No.: 312/992-5111 |
with a copy to:
ABN AMRO Bank, N.V.
Three Riverway, Suite 1700
Houston, TX 77056 Attn: Stuart Murray Telephone No.: 832/681-7158 Telecopy No.: 832/681-7145 |
ABN AMRO Bank, N.V.
208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1500
Chicago, IL 60604-1003
Attn: Loan Administration Telephone No.: 312/992-5150 Telecopy No.: 312/992-5155 |
ABN AMRO BANK, N.V., (CONTINUED)
As Co-Syndication Agent and a Lender
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
200 West Monroe Street, Suite 1100
Chicago, I 60608-5002
Bank Name: ABN AMRO Bank, N.V. ABA Number: 026009580 City, State: New York, NY Account Name: F/O ABN AMRO Bank, N.V. Chicago Branch CPU Account Number: 650-001-178941 Attention: Reference: CPU 00193232 - Transocean Sedco |
Bank Name: ABN AMRO Bank, N.V. ABA Number: 026009580 City, State: New York, NY Account Name: F/O ABN AMRO Bank, N.V. Chicago Trade Services CPU |
Account Number: 653-001 1738 41
Attention:
Reference: Transocean Sedco
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, As Co-Syndication Agent and a Lender By: /s/ SCOTT W. BARTON -------------------------------- Name: Scott W. Barton Title: Senior Vice President |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $19,000,000
PERCENTAGE: 7.60%
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
88 Pine Street
New York, NY 10005
Attn: Scott Barton
Vice President Lending
Telephone No.: 212/269-1706
Telecopy No.: 212/480-0791
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
Wall Street Plaza, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Attn: Jeanne De Quar
Supv Operations
Telephone No.: 212/269-1700, Ext. 260
Telecopy No.: 212/344-4065
Bank Name: Northern Trust International New York ABA Number: 026-001-122 City/State: Swift Address (NCR US33 Account Name: The Royal Bank of Scotland plc |
Account Number: 104083-20230
Attention:
Reference: Transocean Offshore Inc.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., As Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender By: /s/ CLAIRE LIU -------------------------------- Name: Claire Liu Title: Managing Director |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $19,000,000
PERCENTAGE: 7.60%
Bank of America, N.A.
333 Clay Street, Suite 4550
Houston, TX 77002
Attn: Patrick Delaney, Managing Director
Telephone No.: 713/651-4929 Telecopy No.: 713/651-4808 |
Bank of America, N.A.
901 Main Street
Dallas, TX 75202
Attn: Ramon Garcia
Customer Service Representative
Telephone No.: 214/209-2119
Telecopy No.: 214/290-9462
with a copy to:
Bank of America, N.A.
333 Clay Street, Suite 4550
Houston, TX 77002
Attn: Thelma Johnson
Telephone No.: 713/651-4864
Telecopy No.: 713/651-4808
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., (CONTINUED)
As Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender
Bank Name: Bank of America, N.A.
ABA Number: #111000012
City, State:
Account Number: 1292000883
Attention: Corporate Loan Funds
Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex Inc.
WELLS FARGO BANK TEXAS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, As Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender By: /s/ ERIC R. HOLLINGSWORTH ---------------------------------- Name: Eric R. Hollingsworth Title: Vice President |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $19,000,000
PERCENTAGE: 7.60%
Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association
1000 Louisiana
3rd Floor, Energy Department
Houston, TX 77002
Attn: Eric Hollingsworth, Vice President
Telephone No.: 713/319-1354
Telecopy No.: 713/739-1087
(or Credit Contact Back Up)
Attn: April Zaring, Relationship Associate
Telephone No.: 713/319-1379 Telecopy No.: 713/739-1087 |
Wells Fargo Bank Texas, National Association
1740 Broadway
Denver, CO 80274
Attn: Tanya Ivie, Production Manager
Telephone No.: 303/863-6102
Telecopy No.: 303/863-2729
WELLS FARGO BANK TEXAS, (CONTINUED) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, As Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender |
Bank Name: Wells Fargo Bank ABA Number: 121-000-248 City, State: San Francisco, CA 94103 |
Account Number: 2969507201
Attention: Syndicated Loans
Reference: Transocean - Obligor 9051645463, Obligation 406
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, As a Managing Agent and a Lender By: /s/ N. BELL ----------------------------- Name: N. Bell Title: Assistant Agent |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $16,000,000
PERCENTAGE: 6.40%
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Houston Representative Office
1100 Louisiana, Suite 3000
Houston, TX 77002
Attn: Jean Paul Purdy
Telephone No.: 713/759-3433
Telecopy No.: 713/752-2425
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Houston Representative Office
1100 Louisiana, Suite 3000
Houston, TX 77002 Attn: Julie Hellman Telephone No.: 713/759-3442 Telecopy No.: 713/752-2425 Lending Office: --------------- PRIMARY SECONDARY The Bank of Nova Scotia The Bank of Nova Scotia Atlanta Agency Atlanta Agency Suite 2700, 600 Peachtree St. NE Suite 2700, 600 Peachtree St. NE Atlanta, GA 30308 Atlanta, GA 30308 Attn: Donna Gardner Attn: Michelle Wingard |
Telephone No.: 404/877-1552 Telephone No.: 404/877-1562 Telecopy No.: 404/888-8998 Telecopy No.: 404/888-8998
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, (CONTINUED)
As a Managing Agent and a Lender
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Atlanta Agency
Suite 2700, 600 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30308
Bank Name: The Bank of Nova Scotia, New York Agency ABA Number: 026002532 City, State: New York, NY Account Name: BNS Atlanta Agency Account Number: #0606634 Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. |
CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH,
As a Managing Agent and a Lender
By: /s/ BERNARO WEYMULLER ---------------------------- Name: Bernaro Weymuller Title: Senior Vice President |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $16,000,000
PERCENTAGE: 6.40%
Credit Lyonnais 1000 Louisiana Suite 5360 Houston, TX 77002 Attn: Page Dillehunt Telephone No.: 713/753-8713 Telecopy No.: 713/751-0307 |
Credit Lyonnais
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Attn: Bindu Menon
Telephone No.: 212/761-7633
Telecopy No.: 917/849-5440
Credit Lyonnais New York Branch
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH,
As a Managing Agent and a Lender (CONTINUED)
Bank Name: Credit Lyonnais New York ABA Number: 026008073 City, State: New York, NY Account Number: 01-88179-3701-00-179 Attention: Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. |
HSBC BANK USA
As a Managing Agent and a Lender
By: /s/ GEORGE LINHART ---------------------------- Name: George Linhart #9429 Title: Vice President |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $16,000,000
PERCENTAGE: 6.40%
HSBC Bank USA
452 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Attn: George Linhart
Vice President
Telephone No.: 212/575-3326 Telecopy No.: 212/575-2469 Lending Office: --------------- |
HSBC Bank USA
One HSBC Center 26th Floor
Buffalo, NY 14203
Attn: Marie Bax
Loan Administrator
Telephone No.: 716/841-5668
Telecopy No.: 716/841-0269
Bank Name: HSBC Bank USA ABA Number: 021 001 088 Account Name: Syndication & Assets Trading Account Number: 001-940503 Attention: Maria Bax Reference: ---------------------------------- |
WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK
GIROZENTRALE, NEW YORK BRANCH,
As a Managing Agent and a Lender
By: /s/ JEFFREY S. DAVIDSON ---------------------------- Name: Jeffrey S. Davidson Title: Associate Director By: /s/ WALTER T. DUFFY, III ---------------------------- Name: Walter T. Duffy, III Title: Associate Director |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $16,000,000
PERCENTAGE: 6.40%
Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale,
New York Branch
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Attn: Daniel Palermo
Associate Director, Loan Administration
Telephone No.: 212/852-6157 Telecopy No.: 212/302-7946 |
Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale,
New York Branch
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Attn: Jeffrey S. Davidson
Telephone No.: 212/852-6204
Telecopy No.: 212/852-6148
Bank Name: The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York, NY ABA Number: 021-000-021 Account Name: Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch |
Account Number: 9201060663
Attention:
Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. Revolvers
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI, LTD. As a Lender By: /s/ KELTON GLASSCOCK ------------------------------ Name: Kelton Glasscock Title: Vice President & Manager |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $8,000,000
PERCENTAGE: 3.20%
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
1100 Louisiana Street
Suite 2800
Houston, TX 77002
Attn: Iris Munoz, Senior Associate
Telephone No.: 713/655-3814 Telecopy No.: 713/655-3855 |
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
1100 Louisiana Street
Suite 2800
Houston, TX 77002
Attn: Nadra Breir
Telephone No.: 713/655-3847
Telecopy No.: 713/658-0116
Bank Name: The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. - New York ABA Number: 026009632 City, State: New York, New York Account Name: The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. - Houston Agency Account Number: 30001710 Attention: Nadra Breir Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex |
THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED,
As a Lender
By: /s/ JACQUES AZAGURY --------------------------- Name: Jacques Azagury Title: Senior Vice President & Manager |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $15,000,000
PERCENTAGE: 6.00%
The Fuji Bank, Limited
95 Columbus Circle
Jersey City, NJ 07302
Attn: Tina Catapano
Vice President and Department Head
Telephone No.: 212/282-4561
Telecopy No.: 201/432-6805
The Fuji Bank, Limited
1221 McKinney Street
Suite 4100
Houston, TX 77010
Attn: Mark Polasek
Vice President
Telephone No.: 713/759-1800
Telecopy No.: 713/759-0717
Bank Name: The Fuji Bank, Limited ABA Number: 026009700 Account Number: 515011 Attention: US Corporate Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. |
BANK ONE, N.A.
As a Lender
By: /s/ DIANE L. RUSSELL ------------------------- Name: Diane L. Russell Title: Vice President |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $15,000,000
PERCENTAGE: 6.00%
Bank One, N.A.
Bank One Center
910 Travis, 6th Floor
Houston, TX 77002
Attn: Dianne Russell Telephone No.: 713/751-3982 Telecopy No.: 713/751-3679 |
Bank One, N.A.
1 Bank One Plaza
0634, 1FNP, 10th Floor
Chicago, IL 60670
Attn: John Beirne Telephone No.: 312/732-3659 Telecopy No.: 312/732-4840 |
Bank One, N.A.
1 Bank One Plaza
0634, 1FNP, 10th Floor
Chicago, IL 60670
BANK ONE, N.A. (CONTINUED)
As a Lender
Bank One, NA
1 Bank One Plaza
Suite 0634, 10th Floor
Chicago, IL 60670
Bank Name: Bank One, Chicago ABA Number: 071000013 City, State: Chicago, IL Account Number: 481152860000 Account Name: LSII Incoming Clearing A/C Attention: John Beirne Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
As a Lender
By: /s/ PETER W. KELLER ------------------- Name: Peter W. Keller Title: Vice President |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $15,000,000
PERCENTAGE: 6.00%
The Bank of New York
One Wall Street, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10286
Attn: Theresa M. Burke
Oil & Gas Division
Telephone No.: 212/635-7532
Telecopy No.: 212/635-7923
Domestic Borrowings: Payment Instructions: ------------------- -------------------- The Bank of New York Bank Name: The Bank of New York 101 Barclay Street ABA Number: 021000018 New York, NY 10286 City, State: New York, NY Attn Bill Barbiero Account Name: Comm. Loan Servicing Dept. Commercial Loan Servicing Account Number: 111 556 Department Attention: Bill Barbiero Telephone No.: Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. Telecopy No.: Eurodollar Lending Office: --------------------------- The Bank of New York Bank Name: The Bank of New York 101 Barclay Street ABA Number: 021000018 New York, NY 10286 City, State: New York, NY Attn: Bill Barbiero Account Name: Comm. Loan Servicing Dept. |
Commercial Loan Servicing Account Number: 111 556 Department Attention: Bill Barbiero Telephone No.: Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. Telecopy No.:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (CONTINUED)
As a Lender
Letters of Credit: Payment Instructions: ----------------- -------------------- The Bank of New York Bank Name: The Bank of New York 101 Barclay Street ABA Number: 021000018 New York, NY 10286 City, State: New York, NY Attn: Venus McGregor Account Name: Trade Services Department Trade Services Department Account Number: GLA #111115 Telephone No.: Attention: Venus McGregor Telecopy No.: Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. Domestic Borrowings: Payment Instructions: ------------------- -------------------- The Bank of New York Bank Name: The Bank of New York 101 Barclays Street ABA Number: 021000018 New York, NY 10286 City, State: New York, NY Attn: Bill Barbiero Account Name: Comm. Loan Servicing Dept. |
Commercial Loan Servicing Account Number: 111 556 Department Attention: Bill Barbiero Telephone No.: Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. Telecopy No.:
CITIBANK, N.A.,
As a Lender
By: /s/ MARK S. JOHNSON ---------------------------- Name: Mark S. Johnson Title: Director |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $15,000,000 PERCENTAGE: 6.00% Address for Notices: --------------------- |
Citibank, N.A.
New York Shipping & Logistics
388 Greenwich Street, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10013
Attn: Mark S. Johnson
Director
Telephone No.: 212/816-5435 Telecopy No.: 212/816-5429 Lending Office: --------------- Citibank, N.A. Two Penns Way Suite 200 |
New Castle, DE 19720
Attn: Tracey Pinkett
Telephone No.: 302/894-6078
Telecopy No.: 302/894-6120
Bank Name: Citibank, N.A. ABA Number: 021000089 City, State: New Castle, DE Account Name: Shipping Concentration Account Number: 4054-8046 Attention: Tracey Pinkett Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. |
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
As a Lender
By: /s/ JAMES P. MORAN ------------------------ Name: James P. Moran Title: Director By: /s/ DAVID M. KOCZAN ------------------------ Name: David M. Koczan Title: Associate |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $8,000,000 PERCENTAGE: 3.20% |
Credit Suisse First Boston
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Attn: David Koczan
Associate Telephone No.: 212/325-9096 Telecopy No.: 212/325-8314 |
Credit Suisse First Boston
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Attn: Nimala Durgana
Telephone No.: 212/538-3525
Telecopy No.: 212/538-3477
Bank Name: Bank of New York ABA Number: 021 000 018 City, State: New York, NY Account Name: CSFB NY Loan Clearing Account Number: 890-0329-262 Attention: Client Services Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. |
NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC,
NEW YORK BRANCH,
(AS SUCCESSOR TO CHRISTIANIA BANK OG
KREDITKASSE ASA, NEW YORK BRANCH),
As a Lender
By: /s/ PETER M. DODGE ------------------------------- Name: Peter M. Dodge Title: Senior Vice President By: /s/ ANGELA DOGANCAY ------------------------------- Name: Angela Dogancay Title: Vice President |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $8,000,000 PERCENTAGE: 3.20% |
Nordea Bank Finland Plc,
New York Branch
11 West 42nd Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Attn: Martin Lunder
Senior Vice President
Telephone No.: 212/827-4828 Telecopyo.: 212/827-4888 |
Nordea Bank Finland Plc,
New York Branch
437 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attn: Thelma Dongallo
Assistant Treasurer
Telephone No.: 212/318-9300
Telecopy No.: 212/421-4420
NORDEA BANK FINLAND PLC, NEW YORK BRANCH, (AS SUCCESSOR TO CHRISTIANIA BANK OG KREDITKASSE ASA, NEW YORK BRANCH), As a Lender |
Bank Name: Federal Reserve Bank of New York ABA Number: 026 010 786 City, State: New York, NY Account Name: Nordea Bank Finland Plc - New York Branch Account Number: #52150000032201001 Attention: Credit Administration Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. |
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
BANKING GROUP LIMITED,
As a Lender
By: /s/ ROY J. MARSDEN --------------------- Name: Roy J. Marsden Title: Executive Vice President - Americas |
COMMITMENT AMOUNT: $4,500,000 PERCENTAGE: 1.80% |
Australia and New Zealand Banking
Group Limited
1177 6th Avenue
New York, NY 10036
Attn: David Giacalone
Vice President
Telephone No.: 212/801-9814 Telecopy No.: 212/556-4814 |
Australia and New Zealand Banking
Group Limited
1177 6th Avenue
New York, NY 10036
Attn: Tessie Amante
Supervisor
Telephone No.: 212/801-9744
Telecopy No.: 212/801-9859
Bank Name: Chase Manhattan Bank ABA Number: 021-000-021 City, State: New York, NY Account Name: Australia and New Zealand Bank, New York Account Number: 400-928884 Reference: Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. Revolvers |
EXECUTION COPY
RBF EXPLORATION CO.
$200,000,000 SENIOR SECURED CLASS A1 NOTES
$50,000,000 SENIOR SECURED CLASS A2 NOTES
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
AND AMENDMENT
DATED AS OF June 2, 2000
CHASE BANK OF TEXAS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
This SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND AMENDMENT ("Second Supplemental Indenture"), dated as of June 2, 2000 but effective as of the Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), is among RBF Exploration Co., a Nevada corporation (the "Issuer"), BTM Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Owner"), Nautilus Exploration Limited, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the "Standby Purchaser"), R&B Falcon Deepwater (UK) Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (the "Lessee") and Chase Bank of Texas, National Association, a banking association incorporated under the laws of the United States, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Trustee entered into a Trust Indenture and Security Agreement, dated as of August 12, 1999 as supplemented and amended by a certain Supplemental Indenture and Amendment dated as of February 1, 2000 between the Issuer, the Owner and the Trustee (as amended the "Indenture"), pursuant to which the Issuer has originally issued $200,000,000 in principal amount of Senior Secured Class A1 Notes and $50,000,000 in principal amount of Senior Secured Class A2 Notes (collectively, the "Notes") to the Note Holders (as defined in the Indenture); and
WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Owner entered into a certain Equipment Sale and Funding Agreement dated as of February 1, 2000 pursuant to which the Issuer conveyed certain property and equipment relating to the Drilling Rig (as defined in the Indenture) to the Owner and entered into related financing arrangements, and the Issuer, the Owner, and Hyundai (as defined in the Indenture) entered into a certain novation agreement of the Construction Contract (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to which the Owner acquired that part of the Drilling Rig being constructed and supplied by Hyundai; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Indenture and the original Assignment of Drilling Contract (as defined in the Indenture) the Issuer and/or the Owner have granted certain liens and security interests in certain accounts, equipment and other property as more fully described in the Indenture and the Assignment of Drilling Contract and the Owner has granted a certain First Preferred Ship Mortgage (as defined in the Indenture) covering among other things the Drilling Rig to the Trustee for the benefit of the Note Holders to secure among other things the Notes (all such indebtedness including, without limitation, the Notes is herein referred to as the "Senior Indebtedness"); and
WHEREAS, the Owner and Sovereign Corporate Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales ("Sovereign") have entered into a certain Hire Purchase Agreement dated as of March 20, 2000 with respect to the Drilling Rig, which requires the consent of the Trustee and the Note Holders (as amended by a Side Letter of even date herewith and as may further be amended, the "Hire Purchase Agreement"), and Sovereign now proposes to lease the Drilling Rig to the Lessee pursuant to a certain Lease Agreement of even date herewith a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Lease"); and
WHEREAS, Sovereign, the Lessee, the Owner, the Trustee, the Standby Purchaser and Alliance & Leicester Group Treasury plc (in such capacity and including successor entities, the "Proceeds Account Bank") have entered into a Deed of Proceeds and Priorities of even date herewith (the "Deed of Proceeds"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Hire Purchase Agreement the Owner proposes to grant in favor of Sovereign a Second Naval Mortgage covering the Drilling Rig as security for the obligations of the Lessee under the Lease, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B-1 (the "Second Preferred Ship Mortgage"); and
WHEREAS, the consent of the Trustee is required for the Owner to grant the Second Preferred Ship Mortgage, and the Note Holders have consented to the Trustee's giving such consent pursuant to this Second Supplemental Indenture and an Amendment and Supplement to First Naval Mortgage of even date herewith, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B-2 (the "Amendment to First Mortgage"); and
WHEREAS, Sovereign, the Standby Purchaser, the Lessee, the Owner, the Issuer and the Trustee are entering into a Subordination Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit C (the "Subordination Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Standby Purchaser and Sovereign are entering into a Standby Put-Option Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit D (the "Put-Option Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Standby Purchaser and the Lessee are entering into a Standby Lease Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit E (the "Standby Lease"); and
WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Lessee and SDDI, with the consent of the Trustee, are entering into a Transfer and Amendment Agreement in the form of Exhibit F ("Transfer Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Issuer and Commerzbank AG are entering into a Reimbursement Agreement of even date herewith ("Reimbursement Agreement"), a Deposit Agreement and Deposit Charge of even date herewith ("Deposit Agreement") and a Counterparty Payment Agreement of even date herewith ("Counterparty Payment Agreement" and collectively with the Reimbursement Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, the "Assumption Documents"); and
WHEREAS, the Note Holders desire a liquidity facility to cover for a specified period of time shortfalls in the repayment of interest on the Notes resulting from certain insolvency events with respect to the Owner and, thus, Swiss Re Financial Products Corporation ("Liquidity Provider (Swiss Re)") and the Trustee have entered into an Irrevocable Revolving Credit Agreement of even date herewith ("Credit Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Lessee is entering into a Fixed and Floating Security Document of even date herewith ("Debenture") in favor of the Trustee; and
WHEREAS, Section 13.8 of the Indenture provides that the Indenture may be amended or supplemented subject to the provisions of Article 11 thereof; and
WHEREAS, as of the Effective Date, the Performance Bond (as defined in the Indenture) will have expired by its terms and the Trustee shall return, with all deliberate speed, the Performance Bond to the Sureties (as defined in the Indenture); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 11.2 of the Indenture, each of the Note Holders have consented to the Trustee entering into this Second Supplemental Indenture and each other Lease Implementation Document to which the Trustee is a party; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Owner and the Trustee now desire, with the consent of each of the Note Holders, to amend and supplement the Indenture to consent to and provide for the transactions above described and to allow for and make the Standby Purchaser and the Lessee parties thereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, to comply with the provisions of the Indenture and in consideration of the above premises, the Issuer, the Owner, the Standby Purchaser, the Lessee and the Trustee (collectively, the "Parties") covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Note Holders as follows:
ARTICLE 1
SECTION 1.01. This Second Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Indenture and does and shall be deemed to form a part of, and shall be construed in connection with and as part of, the Indenture for any and all purposes. From the Effective Date, in accordance with Section 13.8 and Article 11 of the Indenture, and by executing and delivering this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Parties whose signatures appear below are subject to all of the provisions of the Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 1.02. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
ARTICLE 2
SECTION 2.01. With the express written consent of each of the Note Holders, but subject to Article 8 hereof, the Trustee hereby consents to the following:
(a) the Owner and Sovereign implementing the Hire Purchase Agreement and Sovereign and the Lessee entering into the Lease;
(b) the Owner's execution and delivery of the Second Preferred Ship Mortgage in favor of Sovereign;
(c) the execution and delivery of the Transfer Agreement, subject to the Trustee's security interest in and assignment of proceeds under the SDDI Contract;
(d) the Standby Purchaser and Sovereign entering into the Put-Option Agreement and the Standby Purchaser and Lessee entering into the Standby Lease and the Deed of Proceeds;
(e) the termination of the Operation and Maintenance Agreement and its replacement in the form of Exhibit G hereto;
(f) the application of the First Installment (as defined in the Hire Purchase Agreement) proceeds to the repayment in full of the Hull Loan (as defined in the Sale and Funding Agreement) and the Equipment Purchase Price (as defined in the Sale and Funding Agreement), and the Issuer's acknowledgement to the Owner that the Hull Loan and the Equipment Purchase Price have thereby been fully satisfied and discharged;
(g) the use of the proceeds received from the Owner in satisfaction and discharge of the Hull Loan and the Equipment Purchase Price to meet certain of the Issuer's obligations and liabilities under or in connection with the Lease Implementation Documents and the Assumption Documents;
(h) the transfer by the Issuer to the Parent of any proceeds of cash collateral returned to the Issuer pursuant to the Assumption Documents and the release of such proceeds from the Trust Estate;
(i) the Issuer entering into each of the Reimbursement Agreement, Counterparty Payment Agreement and the Deposit Agreement; and
(j) the execution, delivery and performance of any other Lease Implementation Document to the extent such performance does not violate any of the terms and provisions of the Indenture.
ARTICLE 3
SECTION 3.01. To secure the prompt and complete payment of the principal of, and interest and any applicable Make-Whole Amount on, all of the Notes issued and delivered and Outstanding,
the payment of all other sums owing under the Indenture and under all other
Project Documents (including, without limitation, the obligations of the Trustee
under Section 2.05 of the Credit Agreement) (the "Project Indebtedness") and the
performance of the covenants contained in the Indenture and in all other Project
Documents, and in consideration of the premises and of the covenants contained
herein and the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) paid by the Trustee to the Standby
Purchaser at or before the delivery hereof, the receipt and sufficiency whereof
are hereby acknowledged, the Standby Purchaser has hereby granted, bargained,
sold, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, affected, pledged, set over,
confirmed, granted a continuing security interest in, and hypothecated and does
hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, affect, pledge,
set over, confirm, grant a continuing security interest to the Trustee and to
any co-trustee or separate trustee hereafter acting pursuant to the Indenture,
and to their respective successors and assigns in trust forever (subject to
Section 12.1 of the Indenture), all of its right, title and interest in, to and
under the following described Properties whether now owned, existing or
hereafter acquired or arising (all of such Properties, including without
limitation all properties hereafter specifically subjected to the liens of the
Indenture by any indenture supplemental thereto to which the Standby Purchaser
has consented in writing, being hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Standby Purchaser Trust Estate"):
(a) the Equipment and the Drilling Rig;
(b) the Deed of Proceeds, Hire Purchase Agreement and the Standby Lease together with any amendments or modifications to any of the foregoing and all payments under and all accounts and General Intangibles generated therefrom;
(c) any insurance proceeds (other than insurance proceeds payable to the Standby Purchaser under liability policies for tort, environmental and similar liabilities), condemnation proceeds and the accounts, deposit accounts, issues, profits, products, revenues and other income of and from the Drilling Rig and/or the Equipment and all the estate, right, title and interest of every nature whatsoever of the Standby Purchaser in and to the same and every part thereof; and
(d) all proceeds and products of any of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Standby Purchaser Trust Estate shall not include the Standby Purchaser Excepted Properties.
SECTION 3.02. To secure the prompt and complete payment of the Project Indebtedness and the performance of the covenants contained in the Indenture and in all other Project Documents, and in consideration of the premises and of the covenants contained herein and the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) paid by the Trustee to the Lessee at or before the delivery hereof, the receipt and sufficiency whereof are hereby acknowledged, the Lessee has hereby granted, bargained, sold, conveyed, assigned, transferred, mortgaged, affected, pledged, set over, confirmed, granted a continuing security interest in, and hypothecated and does hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, affect, pledge, set over, confirm, grant a continuing security interest to the Trustee and to any co-trustee or separate trustee hereafter acting pursuant to the Indenture, and to their respective
successors and assigns in trust forever (subject to Section 12.1 of the Indenture), all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the following described Properties whether now owned, existing or hereafter acquired or arising (all of such Properties, including without limitation all properties hereafter specifically subjected to the liens of the Indenture by any indenture supplemental thereto to which the Lessee has consented in writing, being hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Lessee Trust Estate" and together with the Standby Purchaser Trust Estate called the "Second Additional Trust Estate"):
(a) All equipment, inventory, fixtures and other goods (including, without limitation, the Drilling Rig) in all forms, wherever located and whether now or hereafter existing, which are owned by the Lessee or in which the Lessee otherwise has any rights and all parts thereof, all accessions thereto, all replacements or substitutions therefor, all accounts now or hereafter arising in connection therewith, and all chattel paper, documents and general intangibles covering or relating thereto;
(b) All accounts, General Intangibles (including without limitation, the Deed of Proceeds, the SDDI Contract, the Operation and Maintenance Agreement, the Lease and the Standby Lease), instruments, chattel paper and documents, deposit accounts (other than the Lessee Account to the extent it contains the initial deposit therein and the Lessee Excepted Properties) and investment property (including, without limitation, all Permitted Investments) now owned or hereafter acquired;
(c) All Properties subjected to the Lien of the Indenture by each supplemental indenture entered into and delivered pursuant to Article 11 of the Indenture;
(d) All insurance proceeds (other than insurance proceeds payable to the Lessee under liability policies for tort, environmental and similar liabilities), condemnation proceeds and the accounts, issues, profits, products, revenues and other income of and from the SDDI Contract and the other Properties subjected or required to be subjected to the Lien of the Indenture and all the estate, right, title and interest of every nature whatsoever of the Lessee in and to the same and every part thereof;
(e) The Collection Account, the Lessee Collection Account and all other monies now or hereafter paid or deposited or required to be paid or deposited to or with a Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1 or 5.3 of the Indenture or any other term hereof or any term of the other Project Documents and held or required to be held by any Trustee under the Indenture;
(f) Any and all other Properties and any and all other rights, interests and privileges granted by the Lessee to any Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and pursuant to or in connection with the provisions of the other Project Documents and all Permitted Investments with respect to any of the foregoing; and
(g) All proceeds and products of any of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lessee Trust Estate shall not include the Lessee Excepted Properties.
The security interests granted under and pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 3.02 above are granted under and pursuant to the Indenture and all of the Second Additional Trust Estate is and shall be considered a part of the Collateral and the Trust Estate under and pursuant to the Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture for all intents and purposes. All of the terms and conditions of the Indenture with respect to the Collateral and the Trust Estate shall apply to the Second Additional Trust Estate. Specifically and in this connection the provisions of Sections 7.4 through and including 7.12 of the Indenture apply to the Second Additional Trust Estate and the provisions of such Sections with respect to the "Issuer" apply equally to the Standby Purchaser and the Lessee.
Section 3.03. In recognition of the willingness of the Lessee to grant the security in the Lessee Trust Estate under or pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee and the Note Holders are prepared to limit their recourse against the Lessee in the manner, and subject to the provisions, set out in this Section 3.03, and each of the parties to this Indenture (including the Trustee for itself and on behalf of the Note Holders) consents to such limitation of recourse by the Trustee and the Note Holders.
The Trustee acknowledges and agrees that all moneys, obligations and liabilities which are to be paid, repaid, performed, satisfied or discharged by the Lessee under and pursuant to this Indenture shall be recoverable by the Trustee and the Note Holders only from and to the extent of the Lessee's interest in the Lessee Trust Estate and that the Lessee shall not be personally liable for such moneys, obligations and liabilities; provided, however:
(a) the foregoing limitation of recourse to the Lessee shall be ignored in the determination of the Project Indebtedness for which the Lessee is liable, and the liabilities and obligations of the Lessee shall include all moneys, obligations and liabilities which are to be paid, repaid, performed, satisfied or discharged by the Lessee, notwithstanding the foregoing limitation of recourse; and
(b) without limiting Sections 7.9 and 7.11 of the Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled (but not obligated, without prejudice to the other powers, rights and remedies of the Trustee under or pursuant to the Indenture and the other Project Documents or as a matter at law or in equity):
(i) to take any legal action or proceeding to obtain a declaratory or other similar judgment or order as to the obligations and liabilities of the Lessee; and
(ii) to the extent that such claim or proof is a necessary procedural step to enable the realization or enforcement of the full benefit of the Indenture and the Lessee Trust Estate, or to the exercise by the Trustee of any right, title, interest and benefit in, to, under or pursuant to the Indenture or the Lessee Trust Estate, to make or file an action seeking relief in an insolvency, bankruptcy or analogous or related
proceeding against the Lessee or to make or file a claim or proof in an insolvency, bankruptcy or analogous or related proceeding in relation to the Lessee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03, the Lessee is and shall remain personally and fully liable for any and all Indemnity Matters suffered, incurred or paid by the Trustee or any Note Holder (and the Trustee and any Note Holder shall be free to pursue all powers, rights and remedies against the Lessee without any restriction) as a result of:
(a) the Lessee's gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to any aspect of the transactions contemplated by the Project Documents; or
(b) the performance, satisfaction or discharge of all or any of the Lessee's obligations under the Indenture (other than its liability for Project Indebtedness under Section 3.01 above), the Operation and Maintenance Agreement, the SDDI Contract or any other Project Document; or
(c) any representation or warranty made or given (or, as the case may be, repeated) by the Lessee herein, in the Indenture, the Deed of Proceeds or any other Project Document being untrue, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect when made, given or repeated.
The foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03 shall limit the personal liability of the Lessee only for the payment, repayment, performance, satisfaction and discharge of moneys, obligations and liabilities under and pursuant to the Project Documents but shall not:
(a) limit or restrict in any way the accrual of interest on any moneys (except that limitations as to the personal liability of the Lessee shall also apply to the payment of such interest); or
(b) derogate from or otherwise limit any power or right of the Trustee to enforce, recover, realize or apply the Lessee Trust Estate; and the Trustee shall be entitled to reimbursement in full of all moneys payable or expressed to be payable by the Lessee in respect of Project Indebtedness from the proceeds of such enforcement, recovery, realization or application.
ARTICLE 4
SECTION 4.01. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing consents or any other terms hereof, the Lessee covenants and agrees that it will not assign or transfer its interest in any of the Project Documents or any Property that is part of the Trust Estate (including, without limitation, any interest in the SDDI Contract, the Drilling Rig, the Lease and the Standby Lease) to any other Person without
(i) the prior express written consent of Trustee and each of the Note Holders and (ii) prior written notice to each Rating Agency.
SECTION 4.02. The Lessee covenants and agrees that until payment is made in full of all of the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture or secured thereby, the Lessee shall:
(a) comply with and perform all of the covenants of the Issuer (as if the references therein to the Issuer were also references to the Lessee) under Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.9, 8.10, 8.11, 8.12 and 8.13 (excluding the requirement under Section 8.13(iv) to elect an Independent Director to the Lessee's Board of Directors) and Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.7, 9.12, 9.13, 9.14, 9.15, 9.17, 9.18, 9.19 and 9.20 of the Indenture provided, however, for this purpose:
(i) Section 9.1(a) shall be deemed to include a reference to the Lease;
(ii) the exceptions to Section 9.2 shall be deemed to include the Second Preferred Ship Mortgage and the Second Priority Assignments;
(iii) Section 9.4 shall be deemed to be amended in its entirety to read as follows:
(iv) the Lessee's entering into the Lease shall be deemed to be a permitted exception to Section 9.7;
(v) the Lessee's entering into leasing arrangements (including, without limitation, the leasing of furnished office equipment and arrangements with Affiliates for the Affiliates' provisioning of payroll and secretarial services to the Lessee) on reasonable commercial terms incidental to and in the ordinary course of Lessee's business activities, which have been limited by Section 4.10 hereto, and the Lessee's entering into service and/or employment contracts with up to three directors, a single Drilling Rig manager and up to two Drilling Rig superintendents each of which shall be deemed a permitted exception, to the extent required, to Sections 9.7 and 9.14.
(b) execute such documents and instruments as required to promptly cure any defects in the creation, execution and delivery of any of the Project Documents to which it is a party and all such other documents, agreements (including, without limitation, account control agreements) and instruments to comply with or accomplish the covenants and agreements of the Issuer, Lessee or the Owner in the Project Documents or to further
evidence or more fully describe the Lessee Trust Estate or to correct any omissions in the Project Documents to which it is a party, or to state more fully the security obligations set out herein or in any of the other Project Documents, or to perfect, protect or preserve any Liens created by the Lessee (or others to the extent Lessee's execution or action is required) pursuant hereto or any of the other Project Documents, or to make any recordings or obtain any consents as may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith. Further, the Lessee will promptly execute and deliver or cause to be executed or delivered all further instruments and documents and take all further action that may be necessary or desirable or that the Trustee may request in order to (a) perfect and protect the Liens and other rights created or purported to be created by the Lessee hereby and by the other Project Documents and the first priority of such Liens and other rights; (b) enable the Trustee to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder in respect of the Collateral; or (c) otherwise effect the purposes of the Indenture, including, without limitation: executing and filing such supplements to the Indenture and such financing or continuation statements (or amendments thereto) as may be necessary or desirable or that the Trustee may reasonably request in order to perfect and preserve the Liens created or purported to be created by the Lessee (or others to the extent Lessee's execution or action is required) hereby or thereby;
(c) enter into, perform and cause to be performed each of the Lease, the Standby Lease, the SDDI Contract through the Transfer Agreement, the Transfer Agreement and the Operation and Maintenance Agreement and shall not agree to any amendments, modifications or waivers of the terms thereof without express written consent of the Trustee;
(d) provide prompt written notice to the Trustee of any Material default under the SDDI Contract, the Lease or the Standby Lease; and
(e) provide to SDDI (with copies to the Trustee) such duly executed forms or statements (including Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or W-9), and in such number of copies, which may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and which, pursuant to applicable provisions of (i) an income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of the Lessee, (ii) the Code, or (iii) any applicable rule or regulation under the Code, permit SDDI to make payments to the Lessee, the Issuer or the Trustee pursuant to the SDDI Contract free of deduction or withholding of Taxes.
SECTION 4.03. The Lessee agrees that it will not take any action (i)
which it knows to be contrary to covenants and other terms and provisions of the
Indenture, the First Preferred Ship Mortgage or any other Project Document or
(ii) which it knows will inhibit the performance of such covenants, terms and
provisions by the Issuer, the Owner, the Trustee, the Standby Purchaser or
otherwise.
SECTION 4.04. Subject to Section 3.03 above, the Lessee hereby assumes and agrees to pay as and when due the Project Indebtedness. The Lessee agrees that any and all payments and other proceeds (other than Total Loss Proceeds (as defined in the Deed of Proceeds) which shall be payable as provided in the Deed of Proceeds) paid or payable from or under the Trust Estate (including without limitation, the SDDI Contract) shall be paid into the Lessee Collection Account
established with the Trustee under Section 6.02 hereof and applied as provided in Section 6.03 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer remains fully and completely liable to pay the Project Indebtedness as and when due.
SECTION 4.05. The Lessee represents and warrants that (a) the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement of this Second Supplemental Indenture or any of the documents referred to herein or in the whereas clauses hereto will not: (i) subject the Trustee or any Note Holder to any Tax imposed by the United Kingdom or any taxing authority thereof or therein; (ii) require that the Trustee or any Note Holder qualify, or otherwise become subject to regulation, under any law, rule, regulation or decree of the United Kingdom or any governmental authority thereof or therein; provided always, that the correctness of this representation and warranty relative to any Note Holder depends upon that Note Holder not having purchased its Note or Notes through any office, branch, place of business, permanent establishment or other taxable presence in the United Kingdom, or through any other physical or economic connection with the United Kingdom of any kind whether on its own account or through any agency and (b) this Second Supplemental Indenture and the other documents referred to herein and in the whereas clauses hereto are in proper form for the enforcement thereof in the United Kingdom and that in order to enforce the same in the United Kingdom it is not necessary that any Tax be paid or registration or other formality complied with.
SECTION 4.06. The Lessee shall not exercise any rights granted to the Lessee pursuant to Clause 4.1 of the Transfer Agreement without the prior written consent of the Trustee and the Note Holders.
SECTION 4.07. If at any time any applicable law, regulation or regulatory requirement or any governmental authority, monetary agency or central bank requires any deduction or withholding in respect of Lessee Related Taxes from any payment due hereunder or under any of the other Project Documents the Lessee shall:
(a) if the payment is to be made by the Lessee, increase the payment in respect of which the deduction or withholding is required to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such deduction or withholding, the payee receives on the due date for such payment a net sum equal to the sum which it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required to be made;
(b) if the payment is to be made by any person other than the Lessee, pay directly to the payee such sum as will, after taking into account any deduction or withholding which is required to be made in respect of such sum, enable the payee to receive on the due date for payment a net sum equal to the sum which the payee would have received in the absence of any obligation to make a deduction or withholding;
(c) pay to the relevant authority within the period for payment permitted by applicable law the full amount of the deduction or withholding (including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the full amount of any deduction or withholding from any increased amount paid pursuant to this Section 4.07); and
(d) furnish to the payee within the period for payment permitted by applicable law, appropriate receipts evidencing payment to the relevant authority of all amounts deducted or withheld as aforesaid.
Provided that, if a payee has retained and actually utilized a Tax benefit by reason of any deduction or withholding for which the Lessee has paid such payee ("Tax Benefit Payee"), then the Lessee shall be entitled to a reimbursement of the amount by which the Tax Benefit Payee actually benefited and either (i) the Tax Benefit Payee (if it is a party to this Second Supplemental Indenture) shall reimburse to the Lessee the amount of such benefit or (ii) the Lessee may limit any future payments to the Tax Benefit Payee (if it is not a party to this Second Supplemental Indenture) by the amount of such Tax benefit utilized less any amounts received by the Lessee from such Tax Benefit Payee.
Provided further, and notwithstanding the proviso to Section 4.05, if at any time any applicable law, regulation or regulatory requirement or any governmental authority, monetary agency or central bank having jurisdiction in or over the United Kingdom (including any taxing authority thereof or therein) imposes any Taxes on the Trustee or any Note Holder as a result of it being a party to the Lease Implementation Documents or their implementation or enforcement, the Lessee shall indemnify the affected Trustee or Note holder and hold it harmless against and promptly on demand pay or reimburse it for such Tax, regardless of whether any Note Holder purchased its Note or Notes through any office, branch, place of business, permanent establishment or other taxable presence in the United Kingdom, or through any other physical or economic connection with the United Kingdom of any kind whether on its own account or through any agency.
SECTION 4.08. The Lessee represents and warrants that each of the following are true and correct as of the date hereof:
SECTION 4.09. The Lessee will not cause or permit any change to be made in its corporate name or identity or any change to be made in the address of its chief executive office or principal place of business (presently being the address set forth for copies to the Lessee in Section 7.04 hereof), unless the Issuer shall have first notified the Trustee and each Note Holder of such change at least thirty days prior to the effective date of such change and shall have first taken all action required by the Trustee for the purpose of further perfecting or protecting the rights of the Trustee in the Collateral. In any notice furnished pursuant to this Section 4.09, the Issuer will state that the notice is required by this Second Supplemental Indenture and contains facts that may require additional filings of financing statements.
SECTION 4.10. The Lessee will not engage directly or indirectly in any business or activity except owning and/or operating the Drilling Rig and any activities incidental thereto, without the express written consent of the Trustee in its absolute discretion.
SECTION 5.01. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing consents or any other terms hereof, the Standby Purchaser covenants and agrees that, except as expressly permitted by the Deed of Proceeds, it will not assign or transfer its interest in any Property that is part of the Trust Estate (including, without limitation, any interest in the SDDI Contract, the Standby Lease or the Drilling Rig) to any other Person without (i) the prior express written consent of the Trustee and each of the Note Holders and (ii) prior written notice to each Rating Agency.
SECTION 5.02. The Standby Purchaser covenants and agrees that, until payment in full of all of the Notes, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under the Project Documents:
payable in accordance with usual and customary business terms and all claims for work, labour or materials prior to the date on which any Lien (other than Liens for obligations that have not been outstanding more than 60 days, unless action has been taken to file or enforce such Liens) or penalties attach thereto, except for such Tax, assessment, charge, levy, account payable or claim, the payment of which is being contested in good faith.
SECTION 5.03. The Standby Purchaser covenants and agrees that, until payment in full of all of the Notes, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under the Project Documents, without the prior express written consent to the contrary from the Trustee and each of the Note Holders:
(i) Liens securing the payment of the Notes; and
(ii) during the period up to but including the Maturity Date, Excepted Liens; and
(iii) the Second Preferred Ship Mortgage.
(ii) enable the Trustee to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder in respect of the Collateral; or (iii) otherwise effect the purposes of the Indenture, including, without limitation: executing and filing such supplements to the Indenture and such financing or continuation statements (or amendments thereto) as may be necessary or desirable or that the Trustee may reasonably request in order to perfect and preserve the Liens created or purported to be created hereby or thereby.
SECTION 5.04. The Standby Purchaser agrees that it will comply with its obligations under clause 6.1 of the Standby Lease and, in this regard, it will not take, nor be obliged to take, any action (i) which it knows to be contrary to the covenants and other terms and provisions of the Indenture, the First Preferred Ship Mortgage or any other Project Document or (ii) which it knows will inhibit the performance of such covenants, terms and provisions by the Issuer, Owner, Lessee or otherwise.
SECTION 5.05. The Standby Purchaser agrees that it will not, otherwise than pursuant to its rights under the Standby Lease (and then subject to any restrictions on the exercise of those rights under the Deed of Proceeds), interfere with the quiet use, possession and quiet enjoyment of the Drilling Rig by SDDI, the Issuer, the Lessee or any of its or their Affiliates.
SECTION 5.06. The Standby Purchaser represents and warrants that (a) as of the date hereof, the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement of this Second Supplemental Indenture or any of the documents referred to herein or in the whereas clauses hereto will not: (i) subject the Trustee or any Note Holder to any Tax imposed by the Cayman Islands or any taxing authority thereof or therein; (ii) require that the Trustee or any Note Holder qualify, or otherwise become subject to regulation, under any law, rule, regulation or decree of the Cayman Islands or any governmental authority thereof or therein and (b) this Second Supplemental Indenture and the other documents referred to herein and in the whereas clauses hereto are in proper form for the enforcement thereof in the Cayman Islands and that in order to enforce the same in the Cayman Islands it is not necessary that any Tax be paid or registration or other formality complied with.
SECTION 5.07. The Standby Purchaser agrees that it will not take title to the Drilling Rig (including, without limitation, taking title pursuant to the Put-Option Agreement or the Hire Purchase Agreement) unless the Standby Purchaser complies with the relevant provisions under the Deed of Proceeds including, without limitation, the provisions of clause 5.3 thereof.
SECTION 5.08. The Standby Purchaser represents and warrants that it is not a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of the Parent, Issuer, Owner, Lessor, Lessor Parent, Lessee or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the foregoing (the "Principal Parties") and will not become a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any Principal Party. The Standby Purchaser will act solely in its own corporate name and through its
own offices and agents and at all times hold itself out to the public under its own name as a legal entity separate and distinct from any and all of the Principal Parties.
SECTION 6.01. Owner agrees to take appropriate action as soon as practicable after December 31, 2000, but in no event later than February 28, 2001, at the sole cost and expense of the Issuer, as required to transfer all of its right, title and interest in the Drilling Rig to a third party, which shall be an Affiliate of the Owner ("Transferee"), which Transferee will enter into a supplement to the Indenture pursuant to which the Transferee grants a security interest similar to the security interest granted by the Independent Owner under the Supplemental Indenture and covenants similar to the covenants granted by the Independent Owner under the Supplemental Indenture together with a covenant similar to Section 8.13 (except to the extent Section 8.13 relates to preserving the form of the Transferee as a corporation, such covenant shall be broadened to allow the Transferee to be a corporation, an owner trust, statutory trust or a limited liability company) of the Indenture and otherwise being in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders; provided that, in connection with such transfer, (a) the Issuer shall assist the Owner in providing additional documentation required in connection with such transfer and (b) such transfer shall not be effected unless and until the Trustee is furnished with the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies:
(i) an assumption of the First Preferred Ship Mortgage or the execution and delivery of a new mortgage executed by the Transferee in substantially the same form as the First Preferred Ship Mortgage,
(ii) an amendment to the Indenture pursuant to which the Transferee grants to the Trustee a security interest in the Equipment on substantially the same terms as the security interest granted by the Owner under the Indenture together with appropriate financing statements to properly perfect such security interest,
(iii) appropriate UCC searches establishing that the security interest granted under (ii) above is first priority,
(iv) opinions of counsel from the Issuer and Transferee satisfactory to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies with respect to the documents provided under clauses (i) and (ii) above, including, without limitation, the first priority of the assumption of the First Preferred Ship Mortgage or new mortgage, as applicable, and
(v) a certificate or certificates from appropriate insurance brokers that all required insurance remains in full force and effect with the Transferee as the new owner of the Drilling Rig and Equipment.
In connection with the foregoing, the Owner shall not be required to provide representations, opinions and certificates broader in scope or content than those previously provided by the Owner pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 6.02. The Trustee shall establish an account styled "R&B Falcon Deepwater (UK) Limited Collection Account" (the "Lessee Collection Account") subject to the Trustee's sole dominion and control into which (a) any payments or proceeds paid or payable under the SDDI Contract will be directed according to Section 6.03 hereof and the Indenture and (b) into which any proceeds (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, proceeds of Lessee Excepted Properties) directed to the Lessee pursuant to the Deed of Proceeds will be directed according to such Deed of Proceeds.
SECTION 6.03. The Trustee shall apply and transfer immediately any amounts in the Lessee Collection Account to the Collection Account to be applied as required pursuant to Section 5.1 and Section 5.3 of the Indenture.
SECTION 6.04. Each Note Holder, by execution and delivery of their written consent to this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Deed of Proceeds, agrees to sell such Note Holder's Note pursuant to the buy-out provisions of clause 10.2 of the Deed of Proceeds.
SECTION 7.01. (a) Section 1.1 of the Indenture is hereby amended by adding the following new definitions where alphabetically appropriate, which read in their entirety as follows:
(ii) all monies deposited in the Lessee Account, or any sub or replacement account, pursuant to payments made by Commerzbank AG under the Assumption Documents.
unpaid interest, costs, expenses, liabilities or other amounts due to the Liquidity Provider (Swiss Re) under the Credit Agreement.
(b) The definition of "Credit Support Party" shall be deemed to include the Liquidity Provider (Swiss Re) (as defined in the recitals to the Second Supplemental Indenture).
(c) The definition of "First Preferred Ship Mortgage" shall be deemed to include the Amendment to First Mortgage (as defined in the recitals to the Second Supplemental Indenture).
(d) The definition of "Operation and Maintenance Agreement" is amended by the addition at the end of such definition of the words "as terminated and replaced by that certain new Operation and Maintenance Agreement dated June 2, 2000 and as the same may be further amended, supplemented or modified from time to time."
(e) The definition of "Project Document" is amended by adding the phrase "each of the Lease Implementation Documents" after the phrase "(as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement),".
(f) The definition of "SDDI Contract" shall be deemed to include the SDDI Contract as transferred and amended by the Transfer Agreement.
(g) The definition of Transaction Documents is amended by including in the definition thereof, each of the Lease Implementation Documents.
Section 7.02. Clauses (b), (j), (n) and (q) of Section 7.1 of the Indenture are hereby amended respectively to hereafter read in their entirety as follows:
"(b) any representation, warranty or certification at any time made or deemed made herein or in any other Project Document by the Issuer, Parent, Owner, Lessee, Standby Purchaser or Lessor, or any certificate furnished to any Purchaser or other holder of any Note or the Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof or any other Project Document, shall prove to have been false or misleading as of the time made or furnished in any material respect; or"
"(j) Parent, SDDI, Royal Dutch Shell, RBF II, Owner (but only with respect to (d), (e) or (f)), Sovereign, Lessor Parent, the Standby Purchaser (at any time that Sovereign or the Standby Purchaser is a party to the Hire Purchase Agreement or has title to the Drilling Rig) or the Lessee or, prior to satisfaction of the Operational Period Conditions Precedent, one of the Sureties, takes, suffers or permits to exist with respect to itself any of the events or conditions of the type referred to in paragraphs (d), (e), (f) or (i) hereof; or"
"(n) the Issuer or the Lessee shall cease to be a 100% owned Subsidiary of the Parent, directly or indirectly; or"
"(q) Any default occurs in the covenants or obligations of the (i) Owner under the Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the First Preferred Ship
Mortgage or the Deed of Proceeds or (ii) Standby Purchaser or the Lessee under the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Deed of Proceeds or, with respect to the Standby Purchaser, any other Standby Purchaser Document or, with respect to the Lessee, any other Lessee Document (iii) Lessor under the Deed of Proceeds or (iv) the Trustee receives a notice from the Owner pursuant to the second sentence of Section 4.02(a)(E) of the Supplemental Indenture; and, for the avoidance of doubt, the occurrence and continuation of a Termination Event under the Lease shall not of itself constitute an Indenture Event of Default unless the event or condition giving rise to the Termination Event is also stated to be a default under this Indenture or such Termination Event creates an Indenture Event of Default under the Indenture."
SECTION 7.04. Section 13.3 of the Indenture is amended by adding the following notice provision following the mail address of the Owner:
If to the Standby Purchaser:
If by mail:
Nautilus Exploration Limited
Ugland House
P.O. Box 309
George Town
Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands
Facsimile: 001 345 949 8080
Attention: Joanna Lawrence
With a copy to:
HSBC House
PO Box 1109 GT
Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands
Facsimile: 001 345 949 7634
Attention: The Directors
If to the Lessee:
If by mail:
R&B Falcon Deepwater (UK) Limited
c/o R&B Falcon Corporation
901 Threadneedle, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77079 U.S.A.
Facsimile: (281) 496-0285
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
With copy to:
R&B Falcon Deepwater (UK) Limited Stoneywood Office Complex, Suite E Stoneywood Park North
Dyce Aberdeen AB21 7EA Scotland Facsimile No.: 011-44-1224-723-444 |
Attention: Doug Halkett, Director
SECTION 7.05. Section 4.3 of the Indenture is hereby amended by inserting immediately after the phrase "and all payments under the Performance Bond" the phrase ", any excess amount in the Payment Reserve Account that is transferred to the Collection Account in accordance with Section 5.4 hereof".
SECTION 7.06. Article 4 of the Indenture is hereby amended by inserting the following new Section 4.4:
SECTION 7.10. Section 5.4 of the Indenture is hereby amended by inserting immediately after the phrase "shall be charged against the principal amount invested" the phrase
; except that, if there is income realized as a result of any such Permitted Investments of amounts held in the Payment Reserve Account and such income causes the amount in the Payment Reserve Account to exceed the Phase Two Reserve Amount (as determined by the Trustee three (3) Business Days prior to any given Payment Date), then the Trustee shall cause such excess amount to be transferred to the Collection Account
SECTION 7.11. Article 8 of the Indenture is hereby amended by adding the following new Section 8.16:
(a) if the payment is to be made by the Issuer, increase the payment in respect of which the deduction or withholding is required to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such deduction or withholding, the payee receives on the due date for such payment a net sum equal to the sum which it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been required to be made;
(b) if the payment is to be made by any person other than the Issuer, pay directly to the payee such sum as will, after taking into account any deduction or withholding which is required to be made in respect of such sum, enable the payee to receive on the due date for payment a net sum equal to the sum which the payee would have received in the absence of any obligation to make a deduction or withholding;
(c) pay to the relevant authority within the period for payment permitted by applicable law the full amount of the deduction or withholding (including, but without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the full amount of any
deduction or withholding from any increased amount paid pursuant to this
Section 8.16); and
(d) furnish to the payee within the period for payment permitted by applicable law, appropriate receipts evidencing payment to the relevant authority of all amounts deducted or withheld as aforesaid."
SECTION 7.12. Section 9.2 of the Indenture is amended by changing subsection (b) to subsection (c) and inserting a new subsection (b) as follows:
(b) the Second Preferred Ship Mortgage, the charge against the Deposit pursuant to clause 3 of the Deposit Agreement and the Second Priority Assignments; and
SECTION 7.13. Section 13.17(b) of the Indenture is hereby amended by inserting the following phrase "the Liquidity Provider (Swiss Re)," immediately after the first occurrence of "Note Holder,"
SECTION 7.14. The first paragraph of the Granting Clause of the Indenture is hereby amended by inserting immediately after the first occurrence of the phrase "under all other Project Documents" the phrase "(including, without limitation, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 2.05 of the Credit Agreement)". Section (b) of the Granting Clause of the Indenture is hereby amended by replacing "Refundment Guarantee" with "Refundment Guarantee, Risk Transfer Agreement, the Assumption Documents".
SECTION 7.15. Section 3.01 of the Supplemental Indenture is hereby amended by inserting immediately after the first occurrence of the phrase "under all other Project Documents" the phrase "(including, without limitation, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 2.05 of the Credit Agreement)".
SECTION 7.16. Section 3.01(b) of the Supplemental Indenture is hereby amended by replacing the phrase "such indemnity and the New Performance Guarantee" with "such indemnity, the New Performance Guarantee and Article VII of the Operation and Maintenance Agreement".
ARTICLE 8
SECTION 8.01. This Second Supplemental Indenture shall become effective upon the date (the "Effective Date") that is the latter of (a) the date of its execution and delivery by each of the Issuer, the Owner, the Standby Purchaser, the Lessee and the Trustee and (b) the date that each of the following conditions (with each document referenced being in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee) have been completed:
(a) each of the Lease Implementation Documents have been executed and delivered by all parties thereto and are effective pursuant to the terms thereof;
(b) the Commencement Date has occurred;
(c) the representations and warranties set out in Section 4.08 hereof are true and correct in all material respects;
(d) each of the RBF Parties, the Owner, the Lessee and the Standby Purchaser shall have performed and complied with and shall continue to be in compliance with all of the Project Documents to which each is a party;
(g) all necessary or appropriate financing statements and other filing and recording documents necessary to properly perfect the liens and security interests evidenced by the Indenture and each of the other Lease Implementation Documents which grants a lien, security interest or assignment in favor of the Trustee shall have been executed and delivered to the Trustee;
(h) opinions of counsel from each of Gardere Wynne Sewell & Riggs, L.L.P., Watson Farley & Williams, Norton Rose, Jackson Walker, LLP, Maples & Calder Europe and Dewey Ballantine LLP shall have been delivered to the Note Holders, the Liquidity Provider (Swiss Re) and the Trustee; and
(i) the Issuer shall have paid the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of special counsel to each of the Class A1 Note Holders, the Class A2 Note Holders, Credit Support Parties (including, without limitation, counsel to the Liquidity Provider (Swiss Re)), the Trustee, the Proceeds Account Bank and of special United Kingdom Counsel to all of the Class A1 Note Holders, the Class A2 Note Holders and Credit Support Parties; provided that such fees are reflected in a statement of each such counsel rendered to the Issuer at least one Business Day prior to the date hereof.
ARTICLE 9
SECTION 9.01. Nothing in Article 4 or 5 or elsewhere in this Second Supplemental Indenture or any of the other Lease Implementation Documents shall relieve the Issuer from any of the covenants and obligations of the Issuer under and pursuant to the Indenture as amended and supplemented hereby and notwithstanding the ownership of the Drilling Rig by the Owner, Sovereign, the Standby Purchaser or any other Party, Sovereign's Lease to the Lessee, the Put-Option Agreement or the Standby Lease, the Issuer remains fully responsible and liable (including, without limitation, as if it was the owner of the Drilling Rig) for the performance and compliance with all covenants and obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture as amended and supplemented hereby and the First Preferred Ship Mortgage. Further, the Issuer hereby covenants and agrees to perform, or cause to be performed, all of the obligations of the Owner, the Lessee and the Standby Purchaser under the Indenture as supplemented and amended hereby, the First Preferred Ship Mortgage and under all other Transaction Documents or Project Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with
respect to Section 6.01 of the Supplemental Indenture there shall be no Assuming Party with respect to the Hire Purchase Agreement. Accordingly, the Issuer shall be the Assuming Party with respect to all Project Documents to which the Owner is a party, except for the Hire Purchase Agreement and the Sale and Funding Agreement, and the term Assumed Obligations shall be construed accordingly.
SECTION 9.02. For all purposes of the Indenture, the Owner shall not be responsible for any act or omission of the Lessor or the Lessee under or in connection with the Lease, as the same relates to the Drilling Rig or otherwise; provided that, such limitation shall not limit the Owner's responsibilities under the Indenture and under the Project Documents to which the Owner is a party and the Indenture taken as a whole.
SECTION 9.03. The Trustee agrees that upon a transfer of title to the Drilling Rig from the Owner to a third party in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture the Trustee (at the expense of the Issuer and Lessee) shall promptly execute and deliver to the Owner such instruments as may be sufficient to release and discharge the Owner from its obligations created under the First Preferred Ship Mortgage, the Supplemental Indenture or the Second Supplemental Indenture; provided, however, that during such period, if any, as the First Preferred Ship Mortgage and the liens created by the Supplemental Indenture and/or the Second Supplemental Indenture continue in effect but have not been assumed by the Transferee, such pledge, liens and assignment, the lien of the First Preferred Ship Mortgage and the Owner's non-recourse obligation under Section 4.05 of the Supplemental Indenture (but no other obligation, covenant or undertaking of the Owner contained in the Supplemental Indenture or the First Preferred Ship Mortgage) shall continue in effect.
SECTION 9.04. The Trustee agrees that any right, title or interest of the Trustee in and to any Deposit (as such term is defined in the Deposit Agreement) made by or on behalf of the Issuer pursuant to the terms of the Deposit Agreement (a) shall be second, subordinate and inferior to any right, title or interest of Commerzbank AG to such Deposit, unless any portion of any such Deposit is derived from or pursuant to that portion of the Trust Estate which the Issuer is not entitled to receive pursuant to Article 5 of the Indenture, in which case the right, title or interest of the Trustee in and to such portion of the Deposit so derived shall not be subject to this Section 9.04 and (b), with respect to any such Deposit, the Issuer shall have absolute discretion in its use of such Deposit.
SECTION 9.05. Except as provided in Section 11.1 of the Indenture and in accordance with Section 6.01(b) of the Credit Agreement, the Trustee shall neither amend, modify or supplement any Project Document to which the Trustee is a party nor consent to the amendment, modification or supplementation of any other Project Document without the express written consent of the Liquidity Provider (Swiss Re).
SECTION 9.06. The Issuer or the Lessee, as appropriate, shall name or cause to be named the Liquidity Provider (Swiss Re) as an additional insured under all liability insurance policies maintained pursuant to the provisions of the Project Documents.
SECTION 9.07. The Lessee agrees that it will terminate the Lease (pursuant to clause 3.3(a) thereof) if Alliance & Leicester Group Treasury plc is not replaced in its capacity as Proceeds
Account Bank by July 14, 2000 in accordance with the provisions of the Deed of Proceeds.
ARTICLE 10
SECTION 10.01. Except as expressly amended and supplemented hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Second Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Note Holder heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be bound hereby and all terms and conditions of the Indenture as amended by the Supplemental Indenture and by this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be read together as though they constitute a single instrument.
SECTION 10.02. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this Second Supplemental Indenture. This Second Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated at length herein and made applicable to the Trustee with respect hereto.
SECTION 10.03. THE GOVERNING LAW AND SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, SHALL ALSO GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE AND ENFORCE THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. For this purpose the term "Issuer" in Sections 13.4(b), 13.4(d) and 13.4(e) of the Indenture shall be deemed to include the Owner, the Standby Purchaser and the Lessee.
SECTION 10.04. THE LESSEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES CAPITOL SERVICES, INC. LOCATED AT 401 COLVIN STREET, SUITE 200, ALBANY, NEW YORK 12206 AS THE DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND AGENT OF THE LESSEE TO RECEIVE, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE LESSEE, SERVICE OF PROCESS IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THE PROJECT DOCUMENTS. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT A COPY OF SUCH PROCESS SERVED ON SUCH AGENT WILL BE PROMPTLY FORWARDED BY OVERNIGHT COURIER TO THE LESSEE AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 7.04 HEREOF, BUT THE FAILURE OF THE LESSEE TO RECEIVE SUCH COPY SHALL NOT AFFECT IN ANY WAY THE SERVICE OF SUCH PROCESS. THE LESSEE FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO THE LESSEE AT ITS SAID ADDRESS, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE THIRTY DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING.
SECTION 10.05. The Issuer and the Owner recognize and acknowledge that the Put Option is terminated.
SECTION 10.06. The Issuer represents, warrants and reaffirms that each of the representations and warranties contained in Article 5 of the Note Purchase Agreements were correct in all material respects as of the date such representations and warranties were made and are correct in all material respects as of the date hereof.
SECTION 10.07. With respect to that certain Risk Transfer Agreement between the Issuer and the Lessee dated June 2, 2000 ("Risk Transfer Agreement"), the Issuer and the Lessee understand and agree that the payments under clauses 2.2 and 2.3 thereunder of the Lease Payments (as defined in the Risk Transfer Agreement) and the Lease Receivables (as defined in the Risk Transfer Agreement) are subject to the prior security interests, liens, assignments and rights of the Trustee to the revenues from the SDDI Contract and to all other assets of the Lessee as provided under the Indenture, under that certain new Assignment of Drilling Contract to be granted from the Lessee to the Trustee in the form of Exhibit J ("New Assignment of Drilling Contract") and under the Debenture.
SECTION 10.08. All rights of the Trustee and security interests hereunder, and all obligations of each of the Lessee and the Standby Purchaser hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any of the Project Documents or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto (other than against the Trustee);
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the obligations under the Project Documents, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Project Documents or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral, or any release of any party liable on the Project Indebtedness, or amendment or waiver of or consent to any departure from any guaranty for all or any of the obligations under the Project Documents;
(d) any change in the number or identity of the Lessee, the Issuer, the Owner or the Standby Purchaser; or
(e) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Lessee or the Standby Purchaser.
SECTION 10.09. The Parties may sign any number of copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of such executed copies together shall represent the same agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the Effective Date.
ATTEST: /s/ F. STEEL RBF EXPLORATION CO. By /s/ T. NAGLE ------------------------------------ Name: F. Steel Name: T. Nagle --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Title: Solicitor Title: Officer -------------------------------- --------------------------------- ATTEST: /s/ KENNETH B. NEWTON BTM CAPITAL CORPORATION By /s/ RORY P. LAUGHNA ------------------------------------ Name: Kenneth B. Newton Name: Rory P. Laughna --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Title: Vice President Title: Senior Vice President -------------------------------- --------------------------------- ATTEST: /s/ C.C. JOHNSON NAUTILUS EXPLORATION LIMITED By /s/ NEAL PHILLIP KING ------------------------------------ Name: C.C. Johnson Name: Neal Phillip King --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Title: Solicitor Title: Attorney in Fact ATTEST: /s/ F. STEEL R&B FALCON DEEPWATER (UK) LIMITED By /s/ D. HALKETT ------------------------------------ Name: F. Steel Name: D. Halkett --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Title: Solicitor Title: Director ATTEST: /s/ JOHN R. WILLINGFORD CHASE BANK OF TEXAS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION By /s/ MAURI J. LOWEN ------------------------------------ Name: John R. Willingford Name: Mauri J. Lowen --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Title: Attorney Title: Vice President and Trust Officer |
SCHEDULE 1
1. Hire Purchase Agreement
2. Lease
3. Deed of Proceeds
4. Second Preferred Ship Mortgage
5. Subordination Agreement (Lessor)
6. Subordination Agreement (Commerzbank AG)
7. Put-Option Agreement
8. Standby Lease
9. Transfer Agreement
10. SDDI Estoppel Letter
11. Letter of Support from the Lessor Parent
12. Amendment to First Mortgage
13. Operation and Maintenance Agreement
14. Security Agreement Pledge from the Issuer to the Lessor in a form
approved by the Trustee
15. Security Agreement Pledge from the Lessee to the Lessor in a form
approved by the Trustee
16. Lessor Assignment (as defined in the Deed of Proceeds)
17. New Assignment of Drilling Contract
18. Risk Transfer Agreement
19. Credit Agreement
20. Debenture
22. Deposit Agreement
22. Reimbursement Agreement
23. Counterparty Payment Agreement
24. Standby Assignment of Insurances from the Standby Purchaser to the
Lessor in a form approved by the Trustee
25. Disbursement Agreement from the Lessee to the Standby Purchaser in a
form approved by the Trustee
26. Escrow Agreement between the Issuer and Commerzbank AG in a form
approved by the Trustee
27. Lessee Account Assignment between the Lessee and the Lessor in a form
approved by the Trustee
EXHIBITS A-J
[to come]
RBF EXPLORATION CO.
AS ISSUER
$200,000,000 SENIOR SECURED CLASS A1 NOTES
$50,000,000 SENIOR SECURED CLASS A2 NOTES
THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
AND AMENDMENT
DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 20, 2001
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
AS TRUSTEE
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that the Original Owner shall take appropriate action on or before February 28, 2001 to transfer all of its right, title and interest in the Drilling Rig (as defined in the Indenture) to another entity; and
WHEREAS, Section 13.8 of the Indenture provides that the Indenture may be amended or supplemented subject to the provisions of Article 11 thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Performance Bond (as defined in the Indenture) has expired by its terms and the Trustee has returned the Performance Bond to the Sureties (as defined in the Indenture); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 11.2 of the Indenture, each of the Note Holders have consented to the Trustee entering into this Third Supplemental Indenture and each other New Owner Transaction Document to which the Trustee is a party; and
NOW, THEREFORE, to comply with the provisions of the Indenture and in consideration of the above premises, the Parties covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Note Holders as follows:
ARTICLE I
Section 1.01. This Third Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Indenture and does and shall be deemed to form a part of, and shall be construed in connection with and as part of, the Indenture for any and all purposes. From the Effective Time, in accordance with Section 13.8 and Article 11 of the Indenture, and by executing and delivering this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Parties whose signatures appear below are subject to all of the provisions of the Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture.
Section 1.02. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
ARTICLE II
Section 2.01. With the express written consent of each of the Note Holders and the Liquidity Provider (Swiss Re), the Trustee hereby consents, to the extent required by the provisions of the Indenture (including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 4.01 of the Supplemental Indenture), to the execution and delivery by the Parties thereto of each of the New Owner Transaction Documents.
Section 2.02. With the express written consent of each of the Note Holders and the Liquidity Provider (Swiss Re), the Trustee hereby consents to the transfer of the Drilling Rig by the Original Owner to the New Owner pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption Agreement subject to the existing security interests and liens in favor of the Trustee under the Indenture, the First Preferred Ship Mortgage and the Second Naval Mortgage dated June 2, 2000 in favor of Sovereign Corporate Limited.
ARTICLE III
(a) the Equipment and the Drilling Rig;
(b) all accounts and General Intangibles (including, without limitation, the Operation and Maintenance Agreement and all instruments, chattel paper, documents, deposit accounts and investment property now owned or hereafter acquired) together with any amendments or modifications to the foregoing;
(c) any insurance proceeds (other than insurance proceeds payable to the New Owner under liability policies for tort, environmental and similar liabilities), condemnation proceeds and the accounts, issues, profits, products, revenues and other income of and from the Drilling Rig and/or the Equipment and all the estate, right, title and interest of every nature whatsoever of the New Owner in and to the same and every part thereof; and
(d) all proceeds and products of any of the foregoing.
This security interest is granted under and pursuant to the Indenture and all of the New Owner Trust Estate is and shall be considered a part of the Collateral and the Trust Estate under and pursuant to the Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture for all intents and purposes. Subject to the provisions of Article IV and Article VI hereof, all of the terms and conditions of the Indenture with respect to the Collateral and the Trust Estate shall apply to the New Owner Trust Estate. Specifically and in this connection the provisions of Sections 7.4 through and including 7.12 of the
Indenture apply to the New Owner Trust Estate and, subject to the provisions of Article VI hereof, the provisions of such Sections with respect to the "Issuer" apply equally to the New Owner.
ARTICLE IV
Section 4.01. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing consents or any other provisions hereof, the New Owner agrees to comply with all the terms and provisions of the Indenture applicable to the Original Owner (in its capacity as Independent Owner under the Supplemental Indenture and in its capacity as Owner under the Second Supplemental Indenture) and hereby assumes all duties, obligations and liabilities of every kind and character of the Original Owner (in the capacities aforesaid) under the Indenture, whether or not attributable to periods of time before or after the Effective Time, and all references in the Indenture to the Additional Trust Estate shall be deemed to refer to the Collateral.
Section 4.02. The New Owner hereby assumes and agrees to pay as and when due the Project Indebtedness. The New Owner agrees that any and all payments and other proceeds paid or payable from or under the New Owner Trust Estate shall be paid into the Collection Account established under Section 4.3 of the Indenture and applied as provided therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer remains fully and completely liable to pay the Project Indebtedness as and when due.
(a) the New Owner shall maintain separate corporate records, books of account and financial statements (each of which shall be sufficiently full and complete to permit a determination of the New Owner's assets and liabilities and to permit a determination of the obligees thereon and the time for performance on each of the New Owner's obligations) from those of any of the Associated Entities;
(b) the New Owner shall not commingle any of its assets or funds with those of any of the Associated Entities;
(c) the board of directors of the New Owner shall be elected independently from the board of directors of any of the Associated Entities and shall at all times include at least one independent director (except in the case of death, incapacity, resignation or removal, and in any such case said independent director shall be promptly replaced) from each of the Associated Entities;
(d) the board of directors and stockholders of the New Owner shall hold all regular and special meetings appropriate to authorize corporate actions. Regular meetings of directors will be held at least annually. The board of directors may act from time to time through one or more committees of the board in accordance with the New Owner's by-laws. Appropriate minutes of all meetings of board of directors (and committees thereof) and of the stockholders' meetings shall be kept by the New Owner;
(e) the New Owner shall act solely in its own corporate name and through its own authorized officers and agents. None of the Associated Entities shall be appointed agent of the New Owner other than as permitted or required by the Project Documents;
(f) the New Owner shall at all times hold itself out to the public under the New Owner's own name as a legal entity separate and distinct from any of the Associated Entities (the foregoing to include, but not be limited to the use of materially separate and distinct letterhead);
(g) all financial reports prepared by the New Owner shall comply with GAAP and shall be issued separately from any reports prepared for any of the Associated Entities; and
(h) if required by GAAP, the financial reports of each of the Associated Entities shall disclose the separateness of the New Owner and that the Collateral is owned by the New Owner and is not available to creditors of any of such Associated Entities.
ARTICLE V
Section 5.01. Section 1.1 of the Indenture is hereby amended by adding the following new definitions where alphabetically appropriate, which read in their entirety as follows:
Section 5.02. (a) Section 1.1 of the Indenture is hereby amended by replacing the following defined terms with the definitions herein stated, which read in their entirety as follows:
(b) The definition of "First Preferred Ship Mortgage" shall be deemed to include the Addendum.
Section 5.03. Clauses (b), (j) and (q) of Section 7.1 of the Indenture are hereby amended respectively to hereafter read in their entirety as follows:
"(b) any representation, warranty or certification at any time made or deemed made herein or in any other Project Document by the Issuer, Parent, New Owner, Lessee, Standby Purchaser or Lessor, or any certificate furnished to any Purchaser or other holder of any Note or the Trustee pursuant to the provisions hereof or any other Project Document, shall prove to have been false or misleading as of the time made or furnished in any material respect; or"
"(j) Parent, SDDI, Royal Dutch Shell, RBF II, New Owner (but only with
respect to (d), (e) or (f)), Sovereign, Lessor Parent, the Standby
Purchaser (at any time that Sovereign or the Standby Purchaser is a party
to the Hire Purchase Agreement or has title to the Drilling Rig) or the
Lessee takes, suffers or permits to exist with respect to itself any of the
events or conditions of the type referred to in paragraphs (d), (e), (f) or
(i) hereof; or"
"(q) Any default occurs in the covenants or obligations of the (i) New
Owner under the Indenture (including, without limitation, the Supplemental
Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental
Indenture), the First Preferred Ship Mortgage or the Deed of Proceeds or
(ii) Standby Purchaser or the Lessee under the Second Supplemental
Indenture, the Deed of Proceeds or, with respect to the Standby Purchaser,
any other Standby Purchaser Document or, with respect to the Lessee, any
other Lessee Document (iii) Lessor under the Deed of Proceeds or (iv) the
Trustee receives a notice from the New Owner pursuant to the second
sentence of Section 4.02(a)(E) of the Supplemental Indenture; and, for the
avoidance of doubt, the occurrence and continuation of a Termination Event
under the Lease shall not of itself constitute an Indenture Event of
Default unless the event or condition giving rise to the Termination Event
is also stated to be a default under this Indenture or such Termination
Event creates an Indenture Event of Default under the Indenture."
Section 5.04. Section 13.3 of the Indenture is amended by adding the following notice provision following the mail address of the Trustee:
If to the New Owner:
RBF Nautilus Corporation
c/o J.H. Management
P.O. Box 4024
Boston, MA 02101
Section 5.05. Each and every reference to the term "Owner" in Sections 9.01, 9.02 and 10.03 of the Second Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to include the New Owner.
ARTICLE VI
Section 6.01 Nothing in Article IV or elsewhere in this Third Supplemental Indenture shall relieve the Issuer from any of the covenants and obligations of the Issuer under and pursuant to the Indenture as amended and supplemented hereby and notwithstanding the ownership of the Drilling Rig by the New Owner, the Issuer remains fully responsible and liable (including, without limitation, as if it was the owner of the Drilling Rig) for the performance and compliance with all covenants and obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture as amended and supplemented hereby and the First Preferred Ship Mortgage. Further, the Issuer hereby covenants and agrees to perform all of the obligations of the New Owner under the Indenture as supplemented and amended hereby, the First Preferred Ship Mortgage and under all other Project Documents.
Section 6.02 Immediately upon the Effective Time, the Original Owner is discharged from all liabilities and obligations with respect to the Indenture and any other Project Documents, other than accrued and then existing defaulted obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Original Owner (including, without limitation, its officers, directors, stockholders and subscribers for capital stock) retains a non-exclusive right to indemnity, compensation and insurance against protection and indemnity risks to the extent provided in the Indenture insofar as they relate to events occurring on or prior to the Effective Time.
Section 6.03 No party (other than the New Owner itself) to this Third Supplemental Indenture shall have any claim, remedy or right to proceed against any incorporator or any past, present or future subscriber to the capital stock of, or stockholder, officer or director of, J.H. Management Corporation or the New Owner (each such person being a "Protected Entity") with respect to any obligations under any of the Project Documents, whether by virtue of any constitutional provision, statute or rule of law or by enforcement of any penalty or assessment or otherwise, in respect of any claim it might have against the New Owner or in respect of any act or omission of a Protected Entity, and any such Protected Entity may rely on this Section 6.03 to that extent.
ARTICLE VII
Section 7.01. This Third Supplemental Indenture shall become effective upon the date and time (the "Effective Time") that is the later of (a) the date of its execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture by each of the Issuer, the Owner, the New Owner, the Standby Purchaser, the Lessee and the Trustee and (b) the date that all of the following conditions (with each document referenced being in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee) have been completed:
(a) each of the New Owner Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by all parties thereto;
(b) the representations and warranties set out in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement are true and correct in all material respects;
(c) each of the RBF Parties, the New Owner, the Lessee and the Standby Purchaser shall have performed and complied with and shall continue to be in compliance with all of the Project Documents to which each is a party ;
(d) all necessary or appropriate financing statements and other filing and recording documents necessary to properly perfect the liens and security interests evidenced by the Indenture and each of the New Owner Transaction Documents which grants a lien, security interest or assignment in favor of the Trustee shall have been executed and delivered to the Trustee;
(e) opinions of counsel from each of Ropes & Gray, Gardere Wynne Sewell & Riggs, L.L.P., General Counsel of R&B Falcon Corporation and its subsidiaries, Watson Farley & Williams, Norton Rose, Jackson Walker, LLP, Maples & Calder Europe, Dewey Ballantine LLP and Benedetti & Benedetti shall have been delivered to the Note Holders and the Trustee;
(f) a letter shall have been received by the Trustee from Standard and Poor's Rating Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., confirming the rating of the Class A1 Notes as AA or better, and a letter shall have been issued by the Trustee from Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. confirming the rating of the Class A1 Notes as AA or better and the rating of the Class A2 Notes as BBB+ or better;
(g) appropriate UCC searches shall have been received by the Trustee establishing that the security interest granted pursuant to Article III of this Third Supplemental Indenture is first priority;
(h) a certificate or certificates shall have been received by the Trustee from appropriate insurance brokers reflecting that all insurance remains in full force and effect after giving effect to this Third Supplemental Indenture and the other New Owner Transaction Documents; and
(i) the Issuer shall have paid the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of special counsel to each of the Class A1 Note Holders, the Class A2 Note Holders, Credit Support Parties, the Trustee, the Proceeds Account Bank and of special United Kingdom Counsel to all of the Class A1 Note Holders, the Class A2 Note Holders and Credit Support Parties; provided that such fees are reflected in a statement of each such counsel rendered to the Issuer at least one Business Day prior to the date hereof.
ARTICLE VIII
Section 8.01. Except as expressly amended and supplemented hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Third Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Note Holder heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be bound hereby and all terms and conditions of the Indenture as amended by the Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be read together as though they constitute a single instrument.
Section 8.02. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this Third Supplemental Indenture. This Third Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated at length herein and made applicable to the Trustee with respect hereto.
Section 8.03. THE GOVERNING LAW AND SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, SHALL ALSO GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE AND ENFORCE THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. For this purpose the term "Issuer" in Sections 13.4(b), 13.4(d) and 13.4(e) of the Indenture shall also be deemed to include the New Owner.
Section 8.04. The Issuer represents, warrants and reaffirms that each of the representations and warranties contained in Article 5 of the Note Purchase Agreements were correct in all material respects as of the date such representations and warranties were made and are correct in all material respects as of the date hereof.
Section 8.05. All rights of the Trustee and security interests hereunder, and all obligations of the New Owner hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any of the Project Documents or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto (other than against the Trustee);
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term
of, all or any of the obligations under the Project Documents, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Project Documents or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral, or any release of any party liable on the Project Indebtedness, or amendment or waiver of or consent to any departure from any guaranty for all or any of the obligations under the Project Documents;
(d) any change in the number or identity of the Lessee, the Issuer, the Original Owner or the Standby Purchaser; or
(e) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the New Owner.
Section 8.06. The Parties may sign any number of copies of this Third Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of such executed copies together shall represent the same agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the Effective Time.
ATTEST: RBF EXPLORATION CO. By /s/ ERIC B. BROWN ------------------------------------ Name: Name: Eric B. Brown ------------------------- ---------------------------------- Title: Title: Vice President ------------------------ --------------------------------- ATTEST: RBF NAUTILUS CORPORATION By /s/ R. DOUGLAS DONALDSON ------------------------------------ Name: Rosa Olweri Name: R. Douglas Donaldson ------------------------- ---------------------------------- Title: Vice President Title: Treasurer ------------------------ --------------------------------- ATTEST: BTM CAPITAL CORPORATION By /s/ DAVID A. MEEHAN ------------------------------------ Name: Name: David A. Meehan ------------------------- ---------------------------------- Title: Title: President and CEO ------------------------ --------------------------------- ATTEST:/s/ C.C. JOHNSON NAUTILUS EXPLORATION LIMITED By /s/ NEAL WING ------------------------------------ Name: C.C. Johnson Name: Neal Wing ------------------------- ---------------------------------- Title: Solicitor Title: Attorney in Fact ------------------------ --------------------------------- |
ATTEST: /s/ ARVID SLADE R&B FALCON DEEPWATER (UK) LIMITED By /s/ HELEN PALMER ------------------------------------ Name: Arvid Slade Name: Helen Palmer ------------------------- ---------------------------------- Title: Trainee Solicitor Title: Attorney in Fact ------------------------ --------------------------------- ATTEST: /s/ ARLA K. SCOTT THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK By /s/ MAURI J. COWEN ------------------------------------ Name: Arla K. Scott Name: Mauri J. Cowen ------------------------- ---------------------------------- Title: Assistant Vice President Title: Vice President and Trust Officer And Trust Officer --------------------------------- ------------------------ |
List of New Owner Transaction Documents
1. Third Supplemental Indenture
2. Assignment and Assumption Agreement
3. Bill of Sale
4. Addendum
5. Assignment and First Addendum to Second Naval Panamanian Mortgage
6. Acknowledgment of Rig Ownership and Ratification of Operation and
Maintenance Agreement
7. Supplemental Agreement by Sovereign to Lessee dated February 20, 2001
8. Supplemental Account Mandate Letter
9. Supplemental Lessor Support Letter
CONSULTING AGREEMENT
This Consulting Agreement (this "Agreement"), by and between Transocean Offshore Inc., a Cayman Islands corporation (the "Company"), and Victor E. Grijalva (the "Consultant"), is dated as of December 13, 1999.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of July 12, 1999 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Company, Sedco Forex Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands corporation ("Sedco Forex"), and Schlumberger Limited, a Netherlands Antilles corporation ("Schlumberger"), the Consultant is to become the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company upon completion of the merger provided for in the Merger Agreement; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition to the Consultant's appointment as Chairman of the Board of Directors that he enter into a consulting agreement with the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, it is hereby agreed as follows:
(a) In connection with the Merger, the Company shall cause the Consultant to be nominated to its Board of Directors (the "Board") beginning as of the Effective Time to serve as Chairman thereof for a term or terms extending until the date of his sixty-fifth (65th) birthday ("Resignation Date"). On the Resignation Date, the Consultant shall tender to the Board his resignation, such tender of resignation to be acted upon in the discretion of the Board (without participation by the Consultant in the deliberation or vote with respect thereto).
(b) From the Effective Time through the Resignation Date, or such shorter period as may be provided pursuant to Section 4(a), (b), or (c) below (the "Engagement Period"), in consideration for the compensation provided for below, the Consultant shall make himself available to the Company, at mutually convenient times and places, for such consulting services as may be requested by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of the Company, in connection with long-range planning, strategic direction, integration and rationalization and other matters following the Merger, including work with the Chief Executive Officer and, as may be requested by the Chief Executive Officer, other senior management of the Company with respect to matters to be presented to the Board.
(a) The Company shall pay the Consultant a fee (the "Fee") of $400,000 per annum, payable monthly in advance in prorated one-twelfth (1/12) portions, during the Engagement Period. In addition, during the Engagement Period, the Consultant shall be entitled
to cost reimbursement (including travel expense reimbursement) as in effect for its non-employee members of the Board in accordance with the Company's policies.
(b) The Consultant shall receive the same compensation and benefits, other than cash director fees, as other non-employee members of the Board in accordance with the Company's policies.
(c) The Consultant's status hereunder during the Engagement Period
shall be that of an independent contractor and not, for any purpose, that of an
employee or agent with authority to bind the Company in any respect. All
payments and other consideration made or provided to the Consultant under this
Section 3 shall be made or provided without withholding or deduction of any
kind, and the Consultant shall assume sole responsibility for discharging all
tax or other obligations associated therewith, unless the Consultant and the
Company shall otherwise agree.
(a) If the Consultant should die or become Permanently Disabled before the Resignation Date, the Engagement Period shall end on the date of such death or Permanent Disability, and the Company shall pay to the Consultant's estate or to the Consultant or his legal guardian, as applicable, any portion of the Fee that has accrued but remains unpaid. For purposes of this Agreement, "Permanently Disabled" or "Permanent Disability" shall mean entitlement to benefits under the long-term disability plan sponsored by the Company.
(b) The Company (by a vote of the Board of Directors other than the Consultant, which vote must include the vote of at least one person serving as a member of the Board of Directors by designation of Schlumberger pursuant to the Merger Agreement) may terminate the Engagement Period for Cause, in which event no further payments of the Fee (other than any portion of the Fee that has accrued but remains unpaid) shall be made. For purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" shall mean (i) any material breach of Consultant's duty of loyalty to the Company or its shareholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or (iii) any transaction from which the Consultant derived a material improper personal benefit. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Consultant in good faith and in the best interests of the Company and its subsidiaries.
(c) If the Consultant should resign or otherwise leave the Board prior to the Resignation Date, the Engagement Period shall end as of the date of such resignation or the date Consultant leaves the Board, in which event no further payments of the Fee (other than any portion of the Fee that has accrued but remains unpaid) shall be made.
(d) This Agreement shall terminate at the end of the Engagement Period.
(a) This Agreement is personal to the Consultant and shall not be assignable without the written consent of the Company.
(b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its respective successors and assigns.
(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective permitted successors and assigns.
(b) All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Consultant:
Victor E. Grijalva
c/o Schlumberger Limited
277 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10172
If to the Company:
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc.
4 Greenway Plaza
Houston, Texas 77046
Attn: General Counsel
or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith. Notices and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.
(c) The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision (or portion thereof) of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision (or portion thereof) of this Agreement.
(d) From and after the Effective Time, this Agreement shall supersede any other agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be null and void, ab initio, and of no further effect if the Merger Agreement is terminated before the Effective Time.
(e) This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and said counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Consultant has hereunto set the Consultant's hand and, pursuant to the authorization from its Board of Directors, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed in its name on its behalf, all as of the day and year first above written.
/s/ VICTOR E. GRIJALVA ---------------------------------------- Victor E. Grijalva |
TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE INC.
By /s/ J. MICHAEL TALBERT ------------------------------------ Name: Title: |
EXECUTION COPY
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
dated as of July 30, 1998
among
DEEPWATER DRILLING L.L.C.,
DEEPWATER INVESTMENT TRUST 1998-A, as Investment Trust
WILMINGTON TRUST FSB, not in its individual capacity except as expressly stated herein, but solely as Investment Trustee
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.,
as Administrative Agent,
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity except as expressly provided herein, but solely as Charter Trustee,
BA LEASING & CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Documentation Agent,
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as Syndication Agent,
THE OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LISTED ON THE
SIGNATURE PAGES HEREOF OR THAT MAY
HEREAFTER BECOME PARTY HERETO,
as Certificate Purchasers,
and
solely with respect to Sections 5.2 and 6.4,
RBF DEEPWATER EXPLORATION INC. and
CONOCO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
SECTION 1
DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION
SECTION 2
COMMITMENTS OF THE PARTIES
SECTION 2.1 Certain Closing Date Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 SECTION 2.2 Certain Delivery Date Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SECTION 2.3 Advances by Certificate Purchasers . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SECTION 2.4 Certificates and Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SECTION 2.5 Limitations on Advances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SECTION 2.6 Fundings; Application of Proceeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SECTION 2.7 Time and Place of Advance Closings . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SECTION 2.8 Postponement of Advance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SECTION 2.9 Records; Capitalized Certificate Return. . . . . . . . . . 8 SECTION 2.10 The Trustee's Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 SECTION 2.11. Timing of Fundings to Investment Trustee and Payments to Certificate Purchasers . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SECTION 2.12 Computations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SECTION 2.13 Conditions to each Advance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 SECTION 2.14 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 SECTION 3 EFFECTIVE DATE; CLOSING DATE; CONDITIONS PRECEDENT SECTION 3.1 Effective Date; Closing Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 SECTION 3.2 Conditions Precedent to Closing Date. . . . . . . . . . . 11 SECTION 4 DELIVERY DATE; CONDITIONS PRECEDENT SECTION 4.1 Conditions Precedent to Delivery Date . . . . . . . . . . 15 SECTION 4.2 Head Lease Transaction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 SECTION 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SECTION 5.1 Representations and Warranties of Deepwater . . . . . . . 19 SECTION 5.2 Representations and Warranties of Members . . . . . . . . 23 SECTION 5.3 Representations and Warranties of the Investment |
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ---- Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 SECTION 5.4 Representations and Warranties of the Certificate Purchasers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 SECTION 5.5 Representations and Warranties of the Trustee . . . . . . 28 SECTION 6 CERTAIN COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS SECTION 6.1 Covenants of Deepwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 SECTION 6.2 Certain Covenants of the Charter Trustee, the Investment Trustee and the Investment Trust . . . . . . . 34 SECTION 6.3 Covenants of the Certificate Purchasers . . . . . . . . . 36 SECTION 6.4 Covenants of the Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 SECTION 6.5 Hedging Agreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 SECTION 6.6 Purchase Obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 SECTION 6.7 Charter Extension Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 SECTION 6.8 Excessive Use Indemnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 SECTION 7 CERTAIN PROCEDURES SECTION 7.1 Illegality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 SECTION 7.2 Increased Costs and Reduction of Return . . . . . . . . . 40 SECTION 7.3 Funding Losses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 SECTION 7.4 Inability to Determine Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 SECTION 7.5 Reserves on Base Rate Advances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 SECTION 7.6 Certificates of Certificate Purchasers. . . . . . . . . . 42 SECTION 7.7 Substitution of Certificate Purchasers; Change in Applicable Office; Prepayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 SECTION 7.8 Legal and Tax Representation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 SECTION 7.9 Failure of a Certificate Purchaser to Fund. . . . . . . . 43 SECTION 8 PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES SECTION 8.1 Transaction Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 SECTION 8.2 Transaction Expenses if Closing does not Occur. . . . . . 45 ii |
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ---- SECTION 8.3 On-Going Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 SECTION 9 RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS; CHANGE OF CONTROL SECTION 9.1 Restrictions on the Certificate Purchasers. . . . . . . . 46 SECTION 9.2 Restrictions on Trustees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 SECTION 9.3 Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 SECTION 9.4 Conoco Change of Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 SECTION 10 INDEMNIFICATION SECTION 10.1 General Indemnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 SECTION 10.2 General Indemnity Exclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 SECTION 10.3 Proceedings in Respect of Claims. . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 SECTION 10.4 General Tax Indemnity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 SECTION 11 AGENTS SECTION 11.1. Appointment of Administrative Agent, Documentation Agent and Syndication Agent; No Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 SECTION 11.2 Delegation of Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 SECTION 11.3 Exculpatory Provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 SECTION 11.4 Reliance by Agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 SECTION 11.5 Notice of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 SECTION 11.6. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Certificate Purchasers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 SECTION 11.7 Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 SECTION 11.8 Agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 SECTION 11.9 Successor Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 SECTION 12 MISCELLANEOUS iii |
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ---- SECTION 12.1 Survival of Agreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 SECTION 12.2 No Broker; etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 SECTION 12.3 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 SECTION 12.4 Counterparts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 SECTION 12.5 Amendments, Waivers and Consents. . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 SECTION 12.6 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 SECTION 12.7 Headings; etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 SECTION 12.8 Parties in Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 SECTION 12.9 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 SECTION 12.10 Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 SECTION 12.11 Further Assurances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 SECTION 12.12 Waiver of Jury Trial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 SECTION 12.13 Limitations on Recourse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 SECTION 12.14 Applicable Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 SECTION 12.15 Right to Inspect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 SECTION 12.16 Accounts, Distribution of Payments and Flow of Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 SECTION 12.17 Attorneys-in-Fact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 SECTION 12.18 Successor Trustees; Jurisdiction of Trust . . . . . . . . 74 SECTION 12.19 Third-Party Beneficiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 SECTION 12.20 Consent to Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 SECTION 12.21 Deepwater Acknowledgement With Respect to Charter Trust Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 |
EXHIBITS -------- EXHIBIT A - Form of Funding Indemnity Letter EXHIBIT B - Opinion of White & Case LLP, special counsel to Deepwater EXHIBIT C - Opinion of Hunton & Williams, counsel to Conoco EXHIBIT D - Opinion of Wayne K. Anderson, in-house counsel to Conoco EXHIBIT E - Opinion of Wayne K. Hillin, counsel to R&B EXHIBIT F - Officer's and Manager's Certificate EXHIBIT G - Officer's Certificate EXHIBIT H-1 - Amended and Restated Drilling Contract EXHIBIT H-2 - Amended and Restated Drilling Contract Guaranty EXHIBIT I - Conoco Drilling Consent EXHIBIT J - Securities Act Representation from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP EXHIBIT K - Form of Conoco Assumption Agreement and Opinion EXHIBIT L - Builder's Certificate iv |
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ---- EXHIBIT M - Bill of Sale EXHIBIT N - Form of Advance Request EXHIBIT O - Opinion of Haight, Gardner, Holland & Knight EXHIBIT P - Opinion of Arias, Fabrega & Fabrega, Panamanian Counsel EXHIBIT Q - Form of Notice of Certificate Return Rate EXHIBIT R - Replacement Certificate Purchaser Assignment and Assumption Agreement EXHIBIT S-1 - Form of Hedging Agreements EXHIBIT S-2 - Form of Deepwater Hedging Agreements EXHIBIT T - Form of Ship Mortgage EXHIBIT U - Opinions of Cynthia L. Corliss, Vice President and Trust Counsel of Wilmington Trust Company and Richards, Layton, and Finger SCHEDULES --------- SCHEDULE 1 - List of Transaction Documents SCHEDULE 2 - Facility Fee Rate SCHEDULE 3 - List of UCC and Other Necessary Security Filings SCHEDULE 4 - Information Relied Upon by Appraiser SCHEDULE 5 - Certificate Purchaser Notice Addresses, Payment Instructions and Responsible Officers SCHEDULE 6 - Description of OFE SCHEDULE 7 - Terms of Subordination for Subordinated Debt SCHEDULE 8 - Conditions to Effective Date |
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the Charter Trustee contemplates acquiring title to the Drillship from the Builder or chartering the Drillship from the Head Lessor, and Deepwater contemplates chartering or subchartering the Drillship from the Charter Trustee;
WHEREAS, Deepwater, the Charter Trustee and the Investment Trust wish to arrange financing for the cost of the acquisition of OFE and the construction and delivery of the Vessel;
WHEREAS, Deepwater and Conoco Drilling are parties to the Drilling Contract providing for drilling services utilizing the Drillship from Deepwater, and payments to Deepwater by Conoco Drilling of the Day Rate and other amounts referred to in the Drilling Contract; and
WHEREAS, the Certificate Purchasers have agreed to make Advances to the Charter Trustee and the Investment Trust, as applicable, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Maximum Certificate Purchaser Commitment to fund the construction of the Vessel pursuant to
the Construction Contract, the acquisition of the OFE and certain other costs.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1
DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION
Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them in Appendix 1 of this Agreement and, for all purposes of this Agreement, the rules of interpretation set forth in such Appendix 1 apply.
SECTION 2
COMMITMENTS OF THE PARTIES
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including Sections 3
and 4) and the other Transaction Documents, each of the parties hereto agrees to
participate in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents and, among other things, to take each of the actions to be
taken by it on the Closing Date and thereafter, as more fully described in this
Section 2.
(a) the Certificate Purchasers shall make Advances to the Charter Trustee pursuant to Section 2.3 in an aggregate amount equal to the Series A Portion of the Closing Date Construction Costs plus the Series A Portion of the Transaction Expenses then due and owing pursuant to Section 8.1;
(b) the Certificate Purchasers shall purchase, and the Charter Trustee shall issue, the Series A Trust Certificates in the aggregate principal amount of the Series A Portion of the Maximum Certificate Purchaser Commitment;
(c) the Certificate Purchasers shall make Advances to the Investment Trust pursuant to Section 2.3 in an aggregate amount equal to the Investment Portion of the Closing Date Construction Costs plus the Investment Portion of the Transaction Expenses then due and owing pursuant to Section 8.1;
(d) the Certificate Purchasers shall purchase, and the Investment Trust shall issue, the Investment Trust Certificates in the aggregate principal amount of the Investment
Portion of the Maximum Certificate Purchaser Commitment;
(e) the Investment Trust shall make advances to the Charter Trustee pursuant to Section 2.3 in an aggregate amount equal to the Investment Portion of the Closing Date Construction Costs plus the Investment Portion of the Transaction Expenses then due and owing pursuant to Section 8.1;
(f) the Investment Trust shall purchase, and the Charter Trustee shall issue, the Series B Trust Certificates in the aggregate principal amount of the Investment Portion of the Maximum Certificate Purchaser Commitment;
(g) the Charter Trustee shall advance to the Construction Supervisor (as directed by the Construction Supervisor) the amounts received from the Certificate Purchasers in accordance with Sections 2.3 and 2.6;
(h) the Transaction Expenses and the Facility Fees shall be paid
to the Persons entitled to receive such payments on the Closing Date pursuant to
Section 8.1 by the Person responsible therefor;
(i) Deepwater and the Charter Trustee shall enter into the Construction Supervisory Agreement;
(j) Deepwater and the Charter Trustee shall enter into the Charter, pursuant to which Deepwater shall charter the Drillship from the Charter Trustee effective as of the Delivery Date; and
(k) the parties shall enter into the other Transaction Documents indicated on Schedule 1 hereto as being entered into as of the Closing Date.
(a) Deepwater, as Construction Supervisor on behalf of the Charter Trustee, shall take delivery of the Drillship from the Builder pursuant to the Construction Contract;
(b) if the Head Lease Transaction is being entered into in accordance with Section 4.2, Deepwater, as Construction Supervisor on behalf of the Charter Trustee, shall transfer and convey, or cause to be transferred and conveyed, to the Head Lessor all of its right, title and interest in and to the Drillship and the Construction Contract (other than the Warranties) and, immediately upon such transfer and conveyance, the Charter Trustee shall enter into the Head Lease with the Head Lessor;
(c) if the Head Lease Transaction is not being entered into, Deepwater, as
Construction Supervisor on behalf of the Charter Trustee, shall transfer all of its right, title and interest in and to the Drillship and the Construction Contract to the Charter Trustee;
(d) Deepwater, on behalf of the Head Lessor or the Charter Trustee, as applicable, shall cause the Drillship and the Ship Mortgage to be duly provisionally registered under the laws of the Republic of Panama;
(e) the Charter Term shall commence; and
(f) the parties shall enter into the other Transaction Documents indicated on Schedule 1 hereto as being entered into as of the Delivery Date.
Article IV of the Investment Trust Agreement and Article IV of the Charter Trust Agreement, as applicable.
advance to Deepwater the total amount advanced in respect of such date by the Certificate Purchasers in immediately available funds remitted by wire transfer to the Deferred Construction Costs Reserve Account.
Day (and shall not be capitalized pursuant to Section 2.9), and the Charter Trustee is hereby directed to liquidate any Permitted Investments then held pursuant to this Section 2.8 and to pay to each Certificate Purchaser on such third Business Day (i) the Postponed Advance funded by such Certificate Purchaser and (ii) the proceeds of any Permitted Investments held pursuant to this Section 2.8 in excess of the amount of the Postponed Advances refunded to such Certificate Purchaser pro rata based on the relation that such Certificate Purchaser's Postponed Advance bears to the aggregate of all such Postponed Advances to be applied to Deepwater's obligation to pay Postponement Yield.
Charter Trustee a security interest in any rights it may have in the Trustee's
Account and any proceeds therefrom. Deepwater and Construction Supervisor are
hereby granted a power of attorney to make withdrawals from the Trustee's
Account for payment of Construction Costs, so long as on any date of withdrawal
(i) Deepwater has not been notified in writing that a Default has occurred and
is continuing, (ii) Deepwater does not have Actual Knowledge or has not been
notified in writing that a Material Default has occurred and is continuing or
(iii) no Event of Default is continuing. The power of attorney granted in the
preceding sentence shall be immediately revoked at any time when any of the
events specified in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence have
occurred and shall be immediately reinstated when any such Default, Event of
Default or Material Default has been cured or waived by the Required Certificate
Purchasers. The Charter Trustee agrees to give, and each Certificate Purchaser
agrees to take such action as may be required to cause the Charter Trustee to
give, written notice to the Bank of revocation and the reinstatement of the
power of attorney as provided in the immediately preceding sentence. Upon the
occurrence of the Day Rate Commencement Date, Deepwater, the Charter Trustee and
the Investment Trust shall notify the Hedging Agreement Counterparties that from
and after the first day of the Base Charter Term, all payments made by the
Hedging Agreement Counterparties under the Hedging Agreements shall be deposited
to the Operating Account.
Charter Hire shall be paid by or on behalf of Deepwater in immediately available funds in accordance with the Depository Agreement and the Charter. All such payments shall be paid by the Depository to the Trustees, the Investment Trust or the Certificate Purchasers, as applicable, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York time, on the date due. Funds received after such time shall for all purposes of the Transaction Documents be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day.
(a) no Material Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(b) the representations and warranties of Deepwater set forth in
Section 5.1 shall be true and correct in all material respects on the date of
such Advance as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such
representations or warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in which case
such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all
material respects on and as of such earlier date.
SECTION 3
EFFECTIVE DATE; CLOSING DATE; CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
(b) All documents and instruments required to be delivered on the Closing Date shall be delivered at the offices of Hunton & Williams, 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, or at such other location as may be determined by the Documentation Agent and Deepwater.
(a) Each Certificate Purchaser shall have funded the Advance to be made by it on the Closing Date in accordance with Section 2.3.
(b) Each Certificate Purchaser shall have received its respective Certificate in accordance with Section 2.4.
(c) Deepwater shall have given the Agents not less than three (3) Business Days prior written notice of the Closing Date, which notice may be included in the Initial Advance Request delivered in accordance with Section 2.3 and each Certificate Purchaser shall have received a funding indemnity letter from R&B and Conoco in the form of Exhibit A hereto not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
(d) All parties thereto shall have executed and delivered each of the
Transaction Documents to be entered into on the Closing Date, as indicated on Schedule 1 hereto.
(e) Deepwater shall have delivered to the Charter Trustee (with copies for each Certificate Purchaser) copies of the Services Agreements, the Construction Contract, the Drilling Contract, and the Drilling Contract Guaranty, copies of all purchase orders and other documents relating to the purchase of the OFE, together with any amendments thereto, in each case certified by an authorized representative of Deepwater to be true, complete and correct copies thereof as of the Closing Date and each of the Services Agreements, the Construction Contract, the Drilling Contract and the Drilling Contract Guaranty shall be in full force and effect and no default or material breach shall exist thereunder.
(f) The Agents and each Certificate Purchaser shall have received the Appraisal in form and substance satisfactory to the Documentation Agent and Deepwater shall have received a copy thereof.
(g) All Taxes, fees and other charges due in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, recording, filing and registration of the Transaction Documents on the Closing Date shall have been paid.
(h) (i) White & Case LLP, special counsel to Deepwater, shall have issued its opinion to the effect and in the form set forth in Exhibit B; (ii) Hunton & Williams, counsel to Conoco, shall have delivered its opinion to the effect and in the form set forth in Exhibit C; (iii) Wayne K. Anderson, in-house counsel to Conoco, shall have delivered his opinion to the effect and in the form set forth in Exhibit D; (iv) Wayne K. Hillin, counsel to R&B, shall have delivered his opinion to the effect and in the form set forth in Exhibit E; (v) Arias, Fabrega & Fabrega, Panamanian counsel, shall have delivered its opinion to the effect and in the form set forth in Exhibit P; and (vi) Cynthia L. Corliss, Vice President and Trust Counsel of Wilmington Trust Company, and Richards, Layton & Finger, counsel to the Charter Trustee and Investment Trust, shall have delivered their opinions to the effect and in the form set forth in Exhibit U.
(i) All actions required to have been taken by any Government Authority on or prior to the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Participation Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall have been taken and all Government Actions required to be in effect on or prior to the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Participation Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall have been issued or made, and all such Government Actions shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date. All necessary consents, approvals and authorizations of all non-Government Authorities required on the part of Deepwater, the Investment Trust, the Trustees or third parties to be obtained, given or made on or prior to the Closing Date in connection with the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall have been obtained, given or made and shall be in full force and effect.
(j) No action shall have been instituted, nor shall any action or proceeding be threatened, before any Government Authority, nor shall any order, judgment or decree have been issued or proposed to be issued by any Government Authority (i) to set aside, restrain, enjoin or prevent the performance of this Participation Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) The transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents do
not and will not (i) violate any Applicable Law, (ii) contravene any charter,
by-laws or other organizational document of Deepwater, the Members, Conoco, R&B,
the Investment Trust, the Trustees, the Agents or any Certificate Purchaser,
(iii) contravene any contract, agreement or other arrangement to which
Deepwater, the Investment Trust, the Trustees, the Agents or any Certificate
Purchaser is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets
are bound, or (iv) subject Deepwater, any Member, the Investment Trust, the
Trustees, any Agent or any Certificate Purchaser to any regulations to which
such party had not been subject prior to entering into such Transaction
Documents and which would be materially adverse to such party.
(l) Deepwater, each Member, Conoco and R&B shall have each delivered, or shall have caused to be delivered, to the Agents, and the Trustees the following, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Documentation Agent (with copies for each Certificate Purchaser):
manager's certificate, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
(m) Each of the Trustees shall have delivered, or shall have caused to be delivered, to Deepwater, the Members, the Administrative Agent, and each Certificate Purchaser the following:
SECTION 4
DELIVERY DATE; CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
(a) The following events shall have occurred with respect to the delivery and documentation of the Drillship:
(ii) Copies of the Builder's Certificate and Bill of Sale substantially in the forms set forth in Exhibits L and M, respectively, a copy of the interim class certificate (showing that the Drillship shall have been recommended for classification with the Classification Society with the highest classification and rating for vessels of the same age and type), and all other documents required to be delivered by Builder under the Construction Contract shall be delivered to Deepwater, as Construction Supervisor (with copies to the Charter Trustee (and the Head Lessor, if applicable) and the Agents).
(iv) The Ship Mortgage shall have been duly provisionally recorded under Panamanian Law.
(v) The Charter Trustee and Deepwater shall have received a Certificate of Ownership and Encumbrance from the Panamanian registry, showing the Head Lessor or the Charter Trustee, as the case may be, to be the owner of the Drillship, free and clear of all recorded Liens, other than the Ship Mortgage.
(vi) The Charter Trustee, the Investment Trust, the Administrative Agent and the Certificate Purchasers shall have received an opinion of Panamanian counsel in
substantially the form of Exhibit P.
(b) If requested pursuant to Section 2.3, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, each Certificate Purchaser shall have funded the Advance, if any, to be made by it on the Delivery Date in accordance with Section 2.3.
(c) The parties shall have received opinions of counsel with respect to the transactions to be consummated on the Delivery Date substantially in the forms as set forth in Exhibits B, C, D, E, O, P and U.
(d) All Transaction Documents to be entered into on the Delivery Date, as indicated on Schedule 1 hereto, shall have been executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto.
(e) All Transaction Expenses (including registration and recordation fees under Panamanian Law) then due and owing shall have been paid on or prior to the Delivery Date.
(f) The Charter Trustee, the Documentation Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) an updated report from J&H Marsh & McLennan confirming that the insurance then in effect satisfies the insurance requirements set forth in Article XIV of the Charter, such report being satisfactory in form and substance to the Documentation Agent and (ii) certificates of insurance from Deepwater's insurance broker(s) evidencing that all insurance required under Article XIV of the Charter is in effect and that all premiums have been paid.
(g) Each of the Charter Trustee, the Investment Trust and the Certificate Purchasers shall have received an Officer's Certificate of Deepwater stating that the representations and warranties of Deepwater listed in Section 5.1 or in any other Transaction Document are true and correct as of the Delivery Date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier or to a later date, in which event such representations and warranties shall be true on and as of such earlier or later date).
(h) No Material Default, Event of Default, Event of Loss or Construction Period Event of Loss shall have occurred and be continuing on such date.
(i) All necessary approvals, orders, permits, authorizations, and consents which are required as of the Delivery Date on the part of Deepwater, the Certificate Purchasers, the Agents, the Investment Trust, the Trustees or other third parties (except to the extent that such approvals, orders, permits, authorizations and consents are required as a result of such Person's status as a trust company or a regulated depository or banking institution) in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in connection with the ownership, use or operation of the Drillship as of the Delivery Date shall have been duly obtained, and Deepwater shall have provided evidence thereof reasonably satisfactory to the
Documentation Agent.
(j) All actions, if any, required to have been taken by any Government Authority as of the Delivery Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been taken and all Government Actions required to be in effect as of the Delivery Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been issued and all such Government Actions shall be in full force and effect.
(k) The Outside Day Rate Commencement Date shall not yet have occurred.
(l) The Charter Trustee and the Certificate Purchasers shall have received a report from the Independent Marine Surveyor stating that the Drillship meets the Minimum Specifications.
(b) If Deepwater shall have requested the Certificate Purchasers to consent to the Head Lease Transaction in accordance with this Section 4.2, Deepwater may, in its sole discretion, elect to replace any Certificate Purchaser that does not consent to the Head Lease Transaction by having another financial institution that meets the conditions set forth in this
(i) such replacement does not conflict with any Applicable Law;
(ii) the Replacement Certificate Purchaser shall pay to the Certificate Purchaser being replaced the amount of its outstanding Certificate Purchaser Amount and accrued and unpaid Certificate Return with respect thereto plus any other accrued and unpaid amounts owed by Deepwater to such Certificate Purchaser under the Transaction Documents, including any reasonable expenses relating to its replacement; if the Replacement Certificate Purchaser does not provide sufficient funds to allow the Certificate Purchaser being replaced to receive such amount, Deepwater may provide funds sufficient to cover the shortfall;
(iii) the Replacement Certificate Purchaser shall have agreed to execute the Assignment and Assumption Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit R hereto; and
(iv) the requirements set forth in Section 9.1 shall have been satisfied.
SECTION 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
insolvency or other law relating to relief for debtors, or sought or consented to or acquiesced in the appointment of any trustee, receiver, conservator or liquidator of all or any part of its properties or its interest in the Drillship. No court of competent jurisdiction has entered an order, judgment or decree approving a petition filed against Deepwater seeking any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under federal bankruptcy or insolvency act or other law relating to relief for debtors, and no other liquidator has been appointed for Deepwater or of all or any part of its properties or its interest in the Drillship and no such action is pending. Deepwater has not given notice to any Government Authority of insolvency or pending insolvency, or suspension or pending suspension of operations.
relation to its business, will not be rendered insolvent by the execution, delivery and performance of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, and does not intend to hinder, delay or defraud its creditors by or through the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including the Charter. As of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding unsatisfied judgments, liens for Taxes or bankruptcy proceedings against Deepwater.
offer to acquire any of the same from, any Person other than the parties hereto and not more than 10 other institutional investors, and neither such Member nor any Person authorized by such Member to act on its behalf will take any action which would subject the issuance or sale of any interest in Deepwater to the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require the qualification of any Transaction Document under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
any Applicable Law or its organizational documents, or of any material agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding upon it; and (v) does not result in the creation, imposition or violation of any Lien on any of its assets. It possesses all government licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted.
Certificate Purchaser, individually and not jointly, represents and warrants to each of the other parties hereto as of the date hereof as follows:
organization in the general account, do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with such Certificate Purchaser's state of domicile.
contravene, or constitute a default under, any Applicable Law or its organizational documents, or of any material agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding upon it (individually or as trustee); and (v) does not result in the creation, imposition or violation of any Lien on any of its assets (individually or as trustee).
SECTION 6
CERTAIN COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
other than as provided in the Transaction Documents, the Head Lease Documents, the LLC Agreement, the Drilling Contract, the Services Agreements or any other agreement incidental to the performance of its obligations under the Transaction Documents; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 6.1(b) shall not prohibit profit-sharing arrangements made pursuant to a Plan maintained by Deepwater in accordance with Section 6.1(o).
Investment Trust, the Administrative Agent, and each Certificate Purchaser
harmless from and against any claim, demand or liability for any brokers,
finders, or placement fees or commissions incurred as a result of any action by
Deepwater in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, except for any such fee or commission included in Construction Costs;
provided, that the covenant contained in this Section 6.1(j) shall not apply to
any claim, demand or liability for any brokers, finders or placement fees or
commissions: (i) due and payable to Bank of America; (ii) due and payable to any
broker engaged by the Trustees, Investment Trust, Certificate Purchasers,
Administrative Agent or Affiliate thereof; or (iii) due and payable to any
broker retained after Deepwater's election of the Return Option pursuant to
Section 20.3 of the Charter.
Deepwater shall, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i) advise
the Charter Trustee and the Administrative Agent in writing in reasonable detail
of its response to any Environmental Claim with respect to the Drillship and
(ii) provide to the Administrative Agent prompt notice of the date and location
of the next scheduled dry-docking, if any, of the Drillship prior to such date.
If a default occurs and is continuing with respect to Deepwater's
obligations under any Permitted Indebtedness of the type specified in clause
(iii) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, Deepwater shall notify the
Trustees of such default promptly after Deepwater obtains Actual Knowledge of
such default and, upon receiving such notice, either of the Trustees may cure
such default at Deepwater's expense.
Deepwater shall furnish to the Charter Trustee, the Investment Trust and the Administrative Agent (with copies for the Certificate Purchasers) within ninety (90) days after each anniversary of the Delivery Date, the annual confirmation of classification of the Drillship issued by the Classification Society, and at any other time upon the request of the Charter Trustee, copies of all certificates issued by the U.S. Coast Guard or the Classification Society with respect to the Drillship.
12.18, or the Charter Trustee shall merge or consolidate with any Person in
accordance with Section 5.12 of the Charter Trust Agreement and Section 12.18,
Deepwater, at its sole expense, shall cause the Drillship to be provisionally
documented (if the Head Lease Transaction has not been entered into) and the
Ship Mortgage to be provisionally recorded under the laws of Panama in the name
of any successor trustee within fifteen (15) Business Days of the receipt of
written notice of any such appointment, merger or consolidation; provided that
Deepwater shall not be deemed to be in violation of the covenant contained in
this sentence to the extent that any delay in procuring such provisional
documentation or recordation results from the failure of any of the Participants
to execute any necessary documents or instruments promptly upon receipt from
Deepwater or to take any other action necessary to effectuate such documentation
or recording promptly upon request by Deepwater. Deepwater, at its sole expense,
shall thereafter cause the Drillship to be duly permanently documented (if the
Head Lease Transaction has not been entered into) and the Ship Mortgage to be
duly permanently recorded at least 10 Business Days prior to the end of the six
(6) months following the issuance of the provisional documentation.
(i) for each fiscal year ended after December 31, 1997, within 90 days after the end of such fiscal year, annual financial statements including a statement of earnings, a statement of cash flows and a balance sheet of Deepwater for the fiscal year then ended prepared in conformity with GAAP, consistently applied, and audited by its independent outside auditors;
(ii) for each fiscal quarter of Deepwater, within 45 days after the end of such fiscal quarter, unaudited financial statements, including a statement of earnings, a statement of cash flows and a balance sheet of Deepwater for the fiscal quarter then ended prepared in conformity with GAAP, consistently applied; and
(iii) together with the financial statements required to be delivered under clauses (i) and (ii) above, a certificate from a member's representative of Deepwater certifying that no Material Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing.
Expenses are due in the amount of such shortfall.
(i) such Plan shall be operated and administered by Deepwater in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all Applicable Laws, in all material respects;
(ii) no material liability pursuant to Titles I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code shall be incurred; and
(iii) no lien pursuant to Titles I or IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code shall be imposed on any of the rights, properties or assets of Deepwater.
Trust shall (i) terminate or revoke the trusts created by the Trust Agreements before the later of the expiration or termination of the Charter or the payment in full of the obligations under the Certificates, (ii) amend, modify, supplement, terminate or revoke or otherwise modify any provision of any Transaction Document (other than the Ship Mortgage) or any Head Lease Document in any manner that would have an adverse effect on the rights or interests of Deepwater without the prior written consent of Deepwater, or (iii) amend, modify or supplement the Ship Mortgage without Deepwater's prior written consent.
Each Certificate Purchaser, individually and not jointly, covenants as follows:
to otherwise, cause Deepwater to file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or an answer seeking reorganization in a proceeding under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws or an answer admitting the material obligations of a petition filed against Deepwater in any such proceeding.
In addition, Deepwater shall provide to each of the Hedging Agreement Counterparties a copy of any notice of its election to exercise its Construction Period Purchase Right under Section 6.3 of the Construction Supervisory Agreement or its election of its Special Purchase Right under Section 16.4 of the Charter. The Charter Trustee shall provide to each of the Hedging Agreement Counterparties a copy of any notice given to Deepwater under Article XVI of the Charter.
Trustee promptly after receipt of such report an amount equal to the amount, if any, of the decline in the fair market value of the Drillship that the appraiser has attributed to such excess wear and tear; provided, however, that the amount owed by Deepwater pursuant to this Section 6.8 shall in no event exceed the amount of funds necessary to reduce the Certificate Purchaser Balance to zero and to pay all accrued and unpaid Certificate Return after Deepwater's payment of all amounts due under Section 20.3 of the Charter. The appraiser's determination shall be absolute and final and not contested by any of the parties hereto, absent manifest error.
SECTION 7
CERTAIN PROCEDURES
If an Illegality Event occurs, upon written notice of such Illegality Event from the affected Certificate Purchaser to Deepwater (with a copy to the Charter Trustee), all Base Rate Advances of that Certificate Purchaser then outstanding shall automatically be converted to an Alternate Rate Advance, either on the last day of the Return Period thereof, if the Certificate Purchaser may lawfully continue to maintain such Base Rate Advances to such day, or immediately, if the Certificate Purchaser may not lawfully continue to maintain such Base Rate Advance.
If the obligation of any Certificate Purchaser to make or maintain Base Rate Advances has been terminated or suspended in accordance with this Section 7.1, Deepwater may elect, by giving notice to such Certificate Purchaser through the Charter Trustee or the Investment Trust that all Advances which would otherwise be made by such Certificate Purchaser as Base Rate Advances shall be made instead as Alternate Rate Advances.
Before giving any notice to Deepwater, the Charter Trustee or the Investment Trust under this Section 7.1, the affected Certificate Purchaser shall designate a different Applicable Office with respect to its Base Rate Advances if such designation will avoid or cure the Illegality Event and will not, in the judgment of the Certificate Purchaser, be illegal or otherwise disadvantageous to the Certificate Purchaser.
(b) If (i) the adoption of any Applicable Law relating to the adequacy of the Certificate Purchaser's capital, (ii) any change in any such Applicable Law, (iii) any change in the interpretation or administration of any such Applicable Law by any central bank or other Government Authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or (iv) compliance by the Certificate Purchaser (or its Applicable Office) or any corporation controlling the Certificate Purchaser with any such Applicable Law, affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by the Certificate Purchaser or any corporation controlling the Certificate Purchaser such that the return on capital of such Certificate Purchaser is reduced as a consequence of such Certificate Purchaser's Commitment or obligations under this Agreement to a level below that which such Certificate Purchaser could have achieved but for such adoption or change (taking into consideration such Certificate Purchaser's or such corporation's policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Certificate Purchaser's reasonably expected return on capital), then upon written notice from such Certificate Purchaser to Deepwater (with a copy to the Charter Trustee) Deepwater shall, subject to Section 7.6, pay to the Certificate Purchaser additional amounts sufficient to compensate the Certificate Purchaser for such reduction in return.
(c) A Certificate Purchaser affected by a change as described in
subparagraphs (a) or (b) shall, pursuant to Section 7.6, deliver to Deepwater
and the Charter Trustee as promptly as practicable a certificate setting forth
in reasonable detail the amount actually imposed or assessed on payments made
under the Certificates in the case of the occurrence of an event described in
Section 7.2(a) or (b), setting forth in reasonable detail such increased amounts
or the amount required to compensate such Certificate Purchaser for such reduced
return and the basis for the determination of such amounts.
Advance; (c) the failure of Deepwater to accept, continue or convert the proceeds of an Advance paid to the Charter Trustee by a Certificate Purchaser after Deepwater has given (or is deemed to have given) an Advance Request; (d) the failure of Deepwater to make any payment which it is required to make under the Transaction Documents which is to be applied to the prepayment of an Advance in accordance with any notice delivered pursuant to this Agreement or any Transaction Document; (e) the prepayment or other payment (including after acceleration thereof) of a Base Rate Advance on a day that is not the last day of the relevant Return Period, or (f) the automatic conversion of any Base Rate Advance to an Alternate Rate Advance on a day that is not the last day of the relevant Return Period, including any such loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain its Base Rate Advances or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. For purposes of calculating amounts payable by Deepwater to the Certificate Purchasers under this Section 7.3 and under Sections 2.4 and 2.8, each Base Rate Advance made by the Certificate Purchaser (and each related reserve, special deposit or similar requirements) shall be conclusively deemed to have been funded at the LIBOR used in determining the Certificate Return Rate for such Base Rate Advance by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the interbank Eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Base Rate Advance is in fact so funded.
prior to the relevant Payment Date, such additional Certificate Return shall be payable 15 days from receipt of such notice.
Documents, and that Deepwater has obtained and relied on such tax, accounting and legal advice regarding the Charter and the other Transaction Documents as its deems appropriate. Each of the Charter Trustee, Investment Trust and each Certificate Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that it has obtained and relied on the Transaction Documents and the various items delivered in connection therewith, and on such tax, accounting and legal advice regarding the Charter and the other Transaction Documents as it deems appropriate.
Purchaser).
In the event of any funding of all or a portion of the Defaulted Amount by the Non-Defaulting Certificate Purchasers, the following rules shall apply notwithstanding any other provision in any Transaction Document:
(i) The Commitment of the Defaulting Certificate Purchaser shall be decreased in an amount equal to the total aggregate increase, if any, in the Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Certificate Purchasers pursuant to this Section 7.9 and the Commitment Percentages of the Certificate Purchasers shall be revised accordingly; provided, that nothing shall preclude any party from pursuing any rights or remedies it may have against the Defaulting Certificate Purchaser in connection with its failure to make an Advance;
(ii) The Defaulting Certificate Purchaser shall be obligated to fund any Advances occurring after its default based upon its revised Commitment Percentage, if the Commitment Percentages are revised in accordance with the immediately preceding clause (i); and to the extent that the Commitment Percentage of any Defaulting Certificate Purchaser shall not be so revised, the Charter Trustee may thereafter call upon such Defaulting Certificate Purchaser to fund a share of one or more future Advances in an amount greater than such Defaulting Certificate Purchaser's Commitment Percentage so that the aggregate amount disbursed by such Defaulting Certificate Purchaser shall equal (after giving effect to such Advance or Advances) its original Commitment Percentage of the aggregate amount of all Advances then made by all Certificate Purchasers;
(iii) A Defaulting Certificate Purchaser shall not have the right to fund its Defaulted Amount without the written consent of Deepwater and then only to the extent such Defaulted Amount has not been funded by the Non-Defaulting Certificate Purchasers in a manner that resulted in a decrease in such Defaulting Certificate Purchaser's Commitment Percentage;
(iv) If and to the extent that the Defaulted Amount is not funded in full by the Non-Defaulting Certificate Purchasers, the Charter Trustee, after providing written notice thereof to Deepwater, may delete funds from the Advance Request so that the total Advance specified in the Advance Request equals the aggregate revised fundings for the Advance Date and shall so notify all Certificate Purchasers thereof; and
(v) The Non-Defaulting Certificate Purchasers shall not be responsible for any damages suffered by Deepwater or any of Deepwater's Affiliates as a result of the Defaulting Certificate Purchaser's failure to so fund. The Defaulting Certificate Purchasers shall not be responsible for any consequential or special damages suffered by Deepwater or any of Deepwater's Affiliates as a result of its failure to fund.
SECTION 8
PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES
SECTION 9
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS; CHANGE OF CONTROL
(a) such transfer shall be in respect of an aggregate outstanding Certificate Purchaser Amount at least equal to the lesser of $5,000,000 and such Certificate Purchaser's then outstanding Certificate Purchaser Amount;
(b) if the transferee is an Affiliate of a Certificate Purchaser and does not otherwise qualify under clause (c) below, such Certificate Purchaser shall have unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed the payment and performance obligations of the transferee;
(c) if the transferee is an Affiliate of a Certificate Purchaser, such transferee shall have a capital and surplus of at least $250 million or a tangible net worth at least equal to $100 million; or
(d) if the transferee is not an Affiliate of a Certificate Purchaser, the transferee, or a party unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteeing the payment and performance obligations of the transferee pursuant to a guaranty in form and substance satisfactory to Deepwater, shall meet the following criteria:
(i) the transferee or guarantor shall have a capital and surplus of at least $400 million or a net worth of at least $150 million;
(ii) each of the transferee and the guarantor of the payment and performance obligations of the transferee, if any, is an institutional investor;
(iii) Deepwater, Conoco and R&B have not previously been involved in material litigation with the proposed transferee or guarantor, if any, and are not currently involved in material litigation proceedings with the proposed transferee or guarantor, if any;
(iv) on the date of such transfer the transferee shall provide evidence satisfactory to Deepwater that it is not subject to or is exempt from United States withholding taxes;
(v) neither such transferee nor any of its Affiliates is a Competitor; and
(vi) on the date of such transfer, the transferee shall certify, in writing, that no facts exist that would permit such transferee to make a claim against Deepwater for increased costs, indemnities or other additional amounts under Section 7.
Any transfer of an interest in a Series A Trust Certificate or an
Investment Trust Certificate by a Certificate Purchaser in violation of the
foregoing restrictions shall be null and void, and the transferor and any
guarantor thereof shall remain liable under the Transaction Documents. A
Certificate Purchaser that intends to transfer an interest in its Series A Trust
Certificate or Investment Trust Certificate (including a sale of a participation
in any such Certificate pursuant to Section 3.8(h) of the Trust Agreement or
Section 3.8(h) of the Investment Trust Agreement, respectively, or a pledge
thereof) must transfer the same percentage interest in both its Series A Trust
Certificate and Investment Trust Certificate together to the same purchaser or
transferee in a single transaction.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section 9.1, any Certificate Purchaser may at any time create a security interest in, or pledge, all or any portion of its rights under its Investment Trust Certificate and its Series A Trust Certificate, together with the rights evidenced by such certificates, in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the FRB or U.S. Treasury Regulation 31 C.F.R. Section 203.14, and such Federal Reserve Bank may enforce such pledge or security interest in any manner permitted under Applicable Law.
Change of Control Prepayment Amount to such Certificate Purchaser.
(b) If a Pricing Change of Control Trigger Event occurs, the Certificate Return Rate shall increase effective as of the date of such Pricing Change of Control Trigger Event (with such increase to be based on the rating of Conoco or the Acquiror of Conoco, and in the case of ratings that are not equivalent, the lower of the two ratings) in accordance with the following schedule:
Credit Rating of Conoco or Acquiror of Conoco Increase of Certificate Return Rate ====================================== ===================================== Greater than or equal to Baa1/BBB+ 12.5 basis points Less than or equal to Baa2/BBB additional 12.5 basis points |
(c) If a Pricing Change of Control Trigger Event occurs and the Certificate Return Rate has been increased as set forth in Section 9.4(b), in the event that Conoco or the Acquiror of Conoco at any time thereafter obtains a rating of at least A2 from Moody's and at least A from S&P, then the Certificate Return Rate shall be adjusted downward to the Certificate Return Rate in effect as of the Closing Date. Such decrease shall be effective as of the first day of the Return Period which next succeeds the date of such adjustment.
SECTION 10
INDEMNIFICATION
(a) the condition, ownership, construction, purchase, delivery, nondelivery, subcharter, charter, acceptance, rejection, possession, return, abandonment, disposition, use or operation of the Drillship;
(b) any defect in the Drillship arising from the material or any articles used therein or from the design, testing, or use thereof or from any maintenance, service, repair,
overhaul or testing of the Drillship;
(c) any failure by Deepwater or either Member to perform or observe any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any of the Transaction Documents, or the falsity of any of Deepwater's or either Member's representations and warranties;
(d) the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents;
(e) any Environmental Claims arising from or relating to the construction, use, operation, ownership, maintenance, chartering or return of the Drillship;
(f) the exercise by such Indemnified Party of remedies in the event of a default under the Transaction Documents and the enforcement of any security or other rights with respect thereto;
(g) any violation of Applicable Law by Deepwater or a Member with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents;
(h) any Liens which Deepwater or any Member is required to remove; or
(i) any obligation asserted to be owed by the Indemnified Party under any Assigned Contract as a result of the assignment of such Assigned Contract pursuant to the Deepwater Assignment.
(a) acts, events or circumstances occurring after the expiration or earlier termination of the Charter and the return of the Drillship, when required in accordance with the Charter;
(b) Taxes, loss of tax benefits and the cost and expense of tax controversies (whether or not indemnified by Deepwater under Section 10.4 and other provisions of the Transaction Documents) (except (A) Taxes, penalties, interest or charges of any nature whatsoever to the extent necessary to make any required payment on an After Tax Basis, (B) Taxes that are governmental charges incidental to any Government Action or proceeding that is in the nature of court costs, filing fees, recording fees, postage, stamps, duties, license fees and other similar charges);
(c) increased costs, losses or expenses for which compensation is provided under Sections 2.8, 2.14, 6.8, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.3 and 9.4;
(d) the gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of any covenant, representation or warranty under any Transaction Document by such Indemnified Party to the
extent that such Claim arises out of or is caused by an act, misrepresentation, breach or omission of such Indemnified Party where such act, misrepresentation, breach or omission (x) is in breach or violation of the express covenants, representations or warranties of such Indemnified Party under the Transaction Documents, (y) constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party (other than gross negligence or willful misconduct imputed as a matter of law to such Indemnified Party solely by reason of entering into the Transaction Documents or consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby) or (z) is in violation of any Applicable Law and such violation causes such Claim;
(e) transfers (direct or indirect) by: (i) the Charter Trustee or
the Investment Trust of either of their interests in the Drillship or any
portion thereof (other than any such transfer pursuant to Sections 5.2, 16.2,
16.4, 20.1 or 20.3 of the Charter, Section 6.6 of the Participation Agreement or
Section 6.3 of the Construction Supervisory Agreement) or (ii) a Certificate
Purchaser of all or any portion of its interest in the Trust Estate, the
Investment Trust or the Transaction Documents, other than a transfer upon an
exercise of remedies after a Charter Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and the Charter has been declared in default;
(f) any amount for which such Indemnified Party has agreed to make payment without a right of reimbursement from Deepwater;
(g) any Claim resulting from the imposition of any Lien which such Indemnified Party is responsible for or is required to lift and discharge;
(h) any Claim arising out of or related to an inspection of the Drillship by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party, unless at the time of such inspection a Charter Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or unless and to the extent such Claim arises from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Deepwater or its agents; and
(i) any Claim for an amount of Basic Hire, Termination Value, Construction Period Termination Amount, Certificate Return, Certificate Purchaser Balance, Residual Guarantee Amount, or Postponement Yield, or an amount due under the Deepwater Hedging Agreements or the Hedging Agreements.
No Indemnified Party shall enter into any settlement or other compromise with respect to any Claim which is entitled to be indemnified under Section 10.1 without the prior written consent of Deepwater, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, unless such Indemnified Party waives its right to be indemnified under Section 10.1 with respect to such Claim.
Upon payment in full of any Claim by Deepwater pursuant to Section 10.1 to or on behalf of an Indemnified Party, Deepwater, without any further action, shall be subrogated to any and all claims that such Indemnified Party may have relating thereto to the extent of such payment, and such Indemnified Party shall execute such instruments of assignment and conveyance, evidence of claims and payment and such other documents, instruments and agreements as may be reasonably necessary to preserve any such claims and otherwise cooperate with Deepwater and give such further assurances as are reasonably necessary or advisable to enable Deepwater vigorously to pursue such claims.
Any amount payable to an Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 10.1 shall be paid to such Indemnified Party promptly upon receipt of a written demand therefor from such Indemnified Party accompanied by a written statement describing in reasonable detail the basis for such indemnity and the computation of the amount so payable.
withholding Tax is not the responsibility of Deepwater under this Section 10.4(a), then such Indemnified Party shall pay to Deepwater on written demand an amount which equals on an After-Tax Basis such additional amount paid by Deepwater with respect to, or as a result of, such withholding Tax plus interest at (i) the Certificate Return Rate during the period commencing on the date Deepwater shall have paid an amount pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph and ending on the date Deepwater demands in writing payment of such amount pursuant to this sentence and (ii) the Overdue Rate from the period commencing five Business Days following the date Deepwater shall have demanded in writing such payment to the date Deepwater actually receives such payment.
(b) Except as provided in Section 10.4(a) and 10.4(c) hereof, Deepwater agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless on an After-Tax Basis each Indemnified Party against any and all Taxes, imposed against or payable by, or imposed on payments to or from, Deepwater or any Indemnified Party, or imposed against all or any part of, or interest in, the Drillship by any federal, state or local taxing authority of or within the United States and by any jurisdiction outside of the United States if the Drillship or Deepwater is located in such jurisdiction, upon or with respect to or in connection with, based upon or measured by, in whole or in part:
(i) the Drillship or any part thereof or interest therein;
(ii) the manufacture, purchase, financing, refinancing, ownership, delivery, redelivery, transport, location, leasing, subleasing, possession, registration, use, operation, condition, maintenance, repair, return, abandonment, preparation, storage, transfer of title, sale, acceptance, importation, exportation, rejection or other disposition of or action or event with respect to the Drillship or any part thereof or interest therein;
(iii) the hire, receipts, income or earnings arising from the purchase, financing, ownership, delivery, redelivery, leasing, subleasing, possession, use, operation, return, storage, transfer of title, sale or other disposition of the Drillship or any part thereof or interest therein;
(iv) the Advances, Certificates, their issuance, modification, refinancing or acquisition, or the payments of any amounts thereon or with respect thereto;
(v) the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents or amendments or supplements thereto, their execution or the transactions contemplated thereby or any proceeds or payments under any thereof; or
(vi) otherwise with respect to or in connection with the transactions contemplated or effected by or resulting from the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents or the exercise of rights and remedies thereunder or the enforcement thereof.
(iii) Taxes imposed on or against or payable by such Indemnified Party to the extent of the excess of such Taxes over the amount of such Taxes that would have been imposed and indemnified hereunder had there not been a transfer by the original Indemnified Party (from which such Indemnified Party derives its interest) of any interest in the Drillship, the Certificates, the Trust Estate, the Investment Trust, any Indemnified Party or the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents; except (x) if such transferee acquired its interest in connection with the exercise of remedies with respect to a Charter Event of Default or (y) to the extent necessary to make indemnity payments to the transferee on an After-Tax Basis;
(iv) Taxes imposed with respect to any period (except during the exercise of remedies pursuant to the Charter in connection with the occurrence and continuance of a Charter Event of Default) more than one year after the expiration or earlier termination of the Charter and, where required, the return of the Drillship pursuant to Section 20.3 of the Charter (but not to the extent attributable to events occurring on or prior to such date);
(v) Taxes resulting from (x) the gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud of the Indemnified Party or any of its Related Indemnified Parties (except as solely attributed to such Party by virtue of its having executed the Transaction Documents),
(y) the inaccuracy or breach of a representation, warranty or covenant under the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents or any undertaking required by the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents of such Indemnified Party or any of its Related Indemnified Parties (unless such inaccuracy or breach is caused by Deepwater's breach of any representation, warranty or covenant under the Transaction Documents or a breach by Deepwater or an Affiliate of Deepwater under the Head Lease Documents), or (z) in the case of any Indemnified Party, any Liens attributable to such Indemnified Party or a Related Indemnified Party;
(vi) Taxes that result from (x) a voluntary transfer or other voluntary disposition by the Indemnified Party or a Related Indemnified Party of all or any portion of its interest in the Drillship, the Trust Estate, the Investment Trust, any Indemnified Party, the Certificates, the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents (other than a transfer or disposition resulting from (A) any Charter, substitution, or maintenance of, or any modification to the Drillship or any portion thereof, (B) Deepwater's exercise of any purchase or termination option, (C) an Event of Loss or (D) the exercise of remedies under the Charter following a Charter Event of Default) or (y) an involuntary transfer or other involuntary disposition by the Indemnified Party or a Related Indemnified Party of all or any part of an interest in the Drillship, the Trust Estate, the Investment Trust, any Indemnified Party, the Certificates, the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents (other than any such transfer or disposition that occurs while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) in connection with any bankruptcy or other proceeding for the relief of debtors in which an Indemnified Party is the debtor or any foreclosure by a creditor of an Indemnified Party that is in each case unrelated to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents;
(vii) Taxes imposed on the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity with respect to any fees received by or payable to the Administrative Agent for services rendered;
(viii) Taxes that would not have been imposed but for an amendment to any Transaction Document or Head Lease Document not requested or consented to or acquiesced in by Deepwater in writing, other than any amendment (A) that may be necessary or appropriate to, and is in conformity with, any amendment to any Transaction Document or Head Lease Document initiated or requested by or consented to by any Deepwater Person in writing, (B) to any Transaction Document or Head Lease Document due to, or in connection with there having occurred, an Event of Default or (C) that is required by Applicable Law or the terms of the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents or is executed in connection with any other amendment to the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents that is required by Applicable Law;
(ix) Taxes to the extent actually utilized on a current basis by an Indemnified Party or an Affiliate of such Indemnified Party as a credit against Taxes not
indemnifiable by Deepwater hereunder;
(x) Taxes to the extent resulting from or measured by income, assets, activities, or other matters of or relating to the Indemnified Party or a Related Indemnified Party that are unrelated to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (except to the extent necessary to make a payment on an After-Tax Basis (which shall be calculated assuming the Indemnified Party is taxable at the highest marginal rate in the applicable jurisdiction));
(xi) any Taxes, while such Taxes are being contested in accordance with the contest provisions of Section 10.4(f);
(xii) any interest, penalties or additions to Tax that result from the failure of an Indemnified Party to file any return properly and timely, unless such failure is caused by the failure of Deepwater to fulfill its obligations, if any, under this Agreement with respect to such return (including the provision of information sufficient to enable such Indemnified Party to file such return);
(xiii) Taxes that would not have been imposed but for the Indemnified Party or a Related Indemnified Party having its tax residence, place of business, situs of organization, place of management or controls, permanent establishment or other presence in the taxing jurisdiction (unless such tax residence, place of business, situs of organization, place of management or control, permanent establishment or other presence results from the presence or activities of Deepwater or any Deepwater Person (including the making of payments unless directed by the Charter Trustee or any Certificate Holder to make payment to an account located in Panama (except if such direction is made while an Event of Default exists)) in such jurisdiction it being understood that, for this purpose, the Charter Trustee shall not be treated as having any such presence in Panama merely as a result of the trust being formed pursuant to the Charter Trust Agreement under the laws of Panama and/or the performance by the Charter Trustee of Permitted Charter Trustee Acts).
of appeals), and shall not settle without Deepwater's good faith consent (or (i) if such contest can be pursued in the name of Deepwater and independently from any other proceeding involving a tax liability, other than a net income or withholding Tax, of such Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party shall, at Deepwater's sole discretion, allow Deepwater to contest, (ii) if such contest involves a Tax, other than a net income or withholding Tax, which must be pursued in the name of the Indemnified Party, but can be pursued independently from any other proceeding involving a tax liability of such Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party shall allow Deepwater to contest in the name of the Indemnified Party unless, in the good faith judgment of the Indemnified Party, such contest by Deepwater could have a material adverse impact on the business or operations of the Indemnified Party, in which case the Indemnified Party may control such contest or (iii) in the case of any contest, the Indemnified Party may request Deepwater to contest) the validity, applicability or amount of such Taxes by, in the sole discretion of the Person conducting such contest, (i) resisting payment thereof, (ii) not paying the same except under protest, if protest is necessary and proper, (iii) if the payment be made, using reasonable efforts to obtain a refund thereof in appropriate administrative and judicial proceedings; or (iv) taking such other action as is reasonably requested by Deepwater from time to time.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.4(f), such Indemnified Party shall not be required to take any administrative or judicial or other action and Deepwater shall not be able to contest such claim in its own name or that of the Indemnified Party unless (A) Deepwater shall have agreed to pay, and shall pay, to such Indemnified Party on demand all reasonable out-of-pocket costs, losses and expenses that such Indemnified Party may incur in connection with contesting such Taxes, including all reasonable legal, accounting and investigatory fees and disbursements (including reasonable allocated time charges of internal counsel of such Indemnified Party), (B) the action to be taken will not result in any material imminent danger of sale, forfeiture or loss of the Drillship or any part thereof or interest therein or risk of criminal liability, (C) if such contest shall involve the payment of the Tax prior to the contest, Deepwater shall, at its option, either (x) pay or reimburse the Indemnified Party for such Taxes or (y) provide to the Indemnified Party an interest-free advance in an amount equal to the Tax which the Indemnified Party is required to pay (with no additional net after-tax cost to such Indemnified Party), (D) Deepwater shall have provided to such Indemnified Party an opinion of independent tax counsel selected by Deepwater, and reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party that a Reasonable Basis exists to contest such claim, and (E) if such contest is controlled by Deepwater, Deepwater shall have acknowledged, in writing, its liability for such indemnity in the event such contest is unsuccessful. In no event shall an Indemnified Party be required to appeal an adverse judicial determination to the United States Supreme Court. The Indemnified Party shall consult in good faith with Deepwater regarding the conduct of any contest controlled by such Indemnified Party and shall allow Deepwater to participate in the conduct of any such contest unless the Indemnified Party shall in good faith determine that allowing Deepwater to participate in the conduct of such contest could have a material adverse impact on the business or operations of the Indemnified Party. The parties agree that an Indemnified Party may at any time decline to take further action with respect to the contest of any claim for a Tax and may settle such claim, if such Indemnified Party shall waive its rights to any indemnity from Deepwater
that otherwise would be payable in respect of such claim (or any logically related claim) and shall pay to Deepwater any amount previously paid or advanced by Deepwater pursuant to this Section 10.4(f) other than clause (A) of this paragraph (by way of indemnification or advance for the payment of a Tax) with respect to such Taxes.
to it and reasonably requested in writing by an Indemnified Party that is
required to enable an Indemnified Party to fulfill its tax filing requirements
with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. If
any return, statement or report is required to be made or filed with respect to
any Tax imposed on or indemnified against by Deepwater under this Section 10.4,
Deepwater shall promptly notify the appropriate Indemnified Party of such
requirement and (i) to the extent permitted by law (unless otherwise requested
by the Indemnified Party) or required by law, make and file in its own name such
return, statement or report and furnish the relevant Indemnified Party with a
copy of such return, statement or report, (ii) where such return, statement or
report is required to be in the name of or filed by such Indemnified Party or
the Indemnified Party otherwise requests that such return, statement or report
be filed in its name, prepare and furnish such return, statement or report for
filing by such Indemnified Party in such manner as shall be satisfactory to such
Indemnified Party and send the same to the Indemnified Party for filing no later
than 15 days prior to the due date or (iii) where such return, statement or
report is required to reflect items in addition to Taxes imposed on or
indemnified against under this Section 10.4 as determined by such Indemnified
Party, provide such Indemnified Party with information within a reasonable time,
sufficient to permit such return, statement or report to be properly made and
timely filed with respect thereto. If an Indemnified Party fails to file a
return after it has been properly prepared by Deepwater in accordance with this
Section 10.4(h) and furnished to such Indemnified Party at least 15 days prior
to the due date of such return, Deepwater shall not be liable for Taxes imposed
as a result of the failure to file. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish
Deepwater, at the request and expense of Deepwater, with such information, not
within the control of Deepwater, as is in such Indemnified Party's control and
is reasonably available to such Indemnified Party and necessary for Deepwater to
comply with its obligations under this Section 10.4(h).
SECTION 11
AGENTS
(except for its or such Person's own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or
(ii) except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents, responsible in
any manner to any of the Certificate Purchasers for any recitals, statements,
representations or warranties made by Deepwater or any officer thereof contained
in the Transaction Documents or in any certificate, report, statement or other
document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Administrative
Agent under or in connection with, the Transaction Documents, or for the
validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of the
Transaction Documents, including the Certificates, or for any failure of
Deepwater to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall
be under no obligation to any Certificate Purchaser to ascertain or to inquire
as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or
conditions of, the Transaction Documents, or to inspect the properties, books or
records of Deepwater.
Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Deepwater, Conoco, R&B and their Affiliates) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agent and the Syndication Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to its Certificate Purchaser Amount, if any, each of the Agents shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Certificate Purchaser and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent.
SECTION 12
MISCELLANEOUS
If to Deepwater, to it at:
Attn: Manager
Deepwater Drilling L.L.C.
901 Threadneedle, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77079
Telephone: (281) 496-5000
Telecopier: (281) 496-0285
with copies to:
Attn: Wayne K. Anderson, Esq.
Corporate Counsel
Conoco Inc. (formerly Continental Oil Company)
Charter Number 523126
600 North Dairy Ashford
Houston, Texas 77079
Telephone: (281)293-3890
Telecopier: (281)293-3700
Attn: Wayne K. Hillin, Esq.
Counsel
R & B Falcon Corporation
901 Threadneedle, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77079
Telephone: (281) 496-5000
Telecopier: (281) 496-0285
If to the Investment Trust, to it at:
Attn: Corporate Trust Administration
Wilmington Trust FSB
3773 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 300 North
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Telephone: (702) 866-2200
Telecopier: (702) 866-2244
If to the Charter Trustee, to it at:
Attn: Corporate Trust Administration
Wilmington Trust Company
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, DE, 19890
Telephone: (302) 651-1000
Telecopier: (302) 651-8882
If to Administrative Agent, to it at
Attn: Linda Boardman
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Telephone: (212) 314-1724
Telecopier: (212) 314-1712
If to the Investment Trustee, to it at:
Attn: Corporate Trust Administration
Wilmington Trust FSB
3773 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 300 North
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Telephone: (702) 866-2200
Telecopier: (702) 866-2244
If to any Member, to it at:
Conoco Development Company
600 North Dairy Ashford
Houston, Texas 77079
Telephone: (281) 293-3890
Telecopier: (281) 293-3700
Attn: Assistant Secretary
or
RBF Deepwater Exploration Inc.
901 Threadneedle, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77079
Telephone: (281) 496-5000
Telecopier: (281) 496-0285
Attn: President
If to a Certificate Purchaser, to it at the address set forth in Schedule 5.
(a) change the Commitment of any Certificate Purchaser (except with the written consent of such Certificate Purchaser) except as provided in Section 7.9;
(b) postpone or delay any date fixed by any Transaction Document for any payment of Certificate Return on the Certificates, or any fees or other amounts due to the Certificate Purchasers (or any of them) under any Transaction Document (except, with respect to amounts owed only to a particular Certificate Purchaser, with the written consent of such Certificate Purchaser);
(c) reduce (i) the amount of any outstanding Advances or the rate of the Certificate Return on the Certificates, or (ii) any fees or other amounts payable to Certificate Purchasers (or any of them) under any Transaction Document (except, with respect to amounts owed only to a particular Certificate Purchaser, with the written consent of such Certificate Purchaser);
(d) postpone or reduce the payment obligations of Deepwater pursuant to any Transaction Document (except, with respect to amounts owed only to a particular Certificate Purchaser, with the written consent of such Certificate Purchaser);
(e) change the aggregate percentage of the Certificate Purchaser Balance or the Commitment Percentage which is required for Certificate Purchasers (or any of them) to take any action hereunder;
(f) amend this Section or any provision herein or in any other Transaction Document providing for consent or other action by all Certificate Purchasers;
(g) discharge the Completion Guarantor, the Conoco Guaranty, the R&B Guaranty or the Drilling Contract Guarantee, or release the Lien of the Ship Mortgage or any
material portion of any other Collateral or subordinate or take any action, including the issuance of additional instruments or documents, which results in the subordination of the interest of any Certificate Purchaser in any Collateral;
(i) amend Section 14.1 of the Charter or Article 3 of the Depository Agreement;
Purchasers, the Trustees and the Investment Trust hereby acknowledge and agree
that none of the Non-Recourse Parties shall have any liability to all or any of
the Certificate Purchasers, the Trustees or the Investment Trust for the payment
of any sums now or hereafter owing by Deepwater under this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document or for the performance of any of the obligations of
Deepwater contained herein or therein or shall otherwise be liable or
responsible with respect thereto (such liability, including such as may arise by
operation of law, being hereby expressly waived), except as provided in this
Section 12.13. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing or if any
claim of any Certificate Purchasers, the Investment Trust and the Trustees
against or alleged liability to the Certificate Purchasers, the Trustees or the
Investment Trust of, Deepwater shall be asserted under this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document, the Certificate Purchasers, the Trustees and the
Investment Trust agree that they shall not have the right to proceed directly or
indirectly against the Non-Recourse Parties or against their respective
properties and assets (other than the Collateral) for the satisfaction of any of
the obligations of Deepwater to pay Charter Hire or of any such claim or
liability or for any deficiency judgment (except to the extent enforceable out
of the Collateral) in respect of such obligations or any such claim or
liability. The foregoing notwithstanding, it is expressly understood and agreed
that nothing contained in this Section 12.13 shall be deemed to (a) release any
Non-Recourse Party from liability for its fraudulent actions or willful
misconduct or (b) limit or affect the obligations of any Non-Recourse Party in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document
creating such obligation to which such Non-Recourse Party is a party, including,
without limitation, the obligations of Conoco under the Completion Guaranty, the
obligations of Conoco Drilling under the Drilling Contract Guaranty and the
obligations of Conoco and R&B with respect to the Residual Guarantee Amount. The
foregoing acknowledgements, agreements and waivers shall be enforceable by any
Non-Recourse Party.
(b) Deepwater, Conoco and R&B hereby acknowledge and agree that none of the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agent, the Trustees and the Certificate Purchasers shall have any personal liability whatsoever to Deepwater, Conoco or R&B or their respective successors and assigns for any claim based on or in respect of this Agreement or arising from the transactions contemplated hereby. Subject to Section 6.1 of the Charter, the sole recourse of Deepwater, Conoco and R&B for any such claims arising hereunder will be to the Trust Estate. Deepwater, Conoco and R&B further acknowledge that each has no rights (as third-party beneficiaries or otherwise) or standing under any agreement between the Trustees and any or all of the Investment Trust, Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agent, or the Certificate Purchasers which agreements are not by their terms intended for the benefit of other parties other than Sections 5.2,5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 of the Charter Trust Agreement and Sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 of the Investment Trust Agreement.
America.
and shall be entitled to rely on and enforce such covenant as though it were a party to this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto agrees that the Hedging Agreement Counterparties shall be third-party beneficiaries of the covenant contained in Sections 10 and 12.5 and shall be entitled to rely on and enforce such covenants as though the Hedging Agreement Counterparties were parties to this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT to be duly executed by their respective officers and thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
DEEPWATER DRILLING L.L.C.
By: /s/ TIM W. NAGLE -------------------------------------------- Name: Tim W. Nagle Title: Member Representative |
DEEPWATER INVESTMENT TRUST 1998-A
By: WILMINGTON TRUST FSB, not in its
individual capacity, but solely as
Investment Trustee
By: /s/ JAMES P. LAWLER -------------------------------------------- Name: James P. Lawler Title: Vice President |
WILMINGTON TRUST FSB, not in its individual capacity, except as specified herein, but solely as Investment Trustee
By: /s/ JAMES P. LAWLER -------------------------------------------- Name: James P. Lawler Title: Vice President |
[Participation Agreement]
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its
individual capacity, except as specified herein,
but solely as Charter Trustee
By: /s/ JAMES P. LAWLER -------------------------------------------- Name: James P. Lawler Title: Vice President |
RBF DEEPWATER EXPLORATION INC.,
with respect to Sections 5.2 and 6.4 only
By: /s/ TIM W. NAGLE -------------------------------------------- Name: Tim W. Nagle Title: Vice President and Treasurer |
CONOCO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, with
respect to Sections 5.2 and 6.4 only
By: /s/ R. N. HEINRICH -------------------------------------------- Name: R. N. Heinrich Title: Attorney-in-Fact |
[Participation Agreement]
BA LEASING & CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Documentation Agent
By: /s/ MARK A. ERICKSON -------------------------------------------- Name: Mark A. Erickson Title: Vice President |
Title:
[Participation Agreement]
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.,
as Administrative Agent
By: /s/ STUART MURRAY -------------------------------------------- Name: Stuart Murray Title: Vice President By: /s/ STEPHANIE BALETTE -------------------------------------------- Name: Stephanie Balette Title: Assistant Vice President |
[Participation Agreement]
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as Syndication Agent
By: /s/ F. C. H. ASHBY -------------------------------------------- Name: F. C. H. Ashby Title: Senior Manager Loan Operations |
Title:
[Participation Agreement]
Certificate Purchasers:
BA LEASING & CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ MARK A. ERICKSON -------------------------------------------- Name: Mark A. Erickson Title: Vice President |
Title:
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
By: /s/ STUART MURRAY -------------------------------------------- Name: Stuart Murray Title: Vice President By: /s/ STEPHANIE BALETTE -------------------------------------------- Name: Stephanie Balette Title: Assistant Vice President |
BANK AUSTRIA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
NEW YORK BRANCH
By: /s/ R. TENHAVE -------------------------------------------- Name: R. Tenhave Title: SVP By: /s/ KAREN L. JILL -------------------------------------------- Name: Karen L. Jill Title: Assistant Vice President Bank Austria |
[Participation Agreement]
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
By: /s/ F. C. H. ASHBY -------------------------------------------- Name: F. C. H. Ashby Title: Senior Manager Loan Operations |
Title:
BAYERISCHE VEREINSBANK AG
NEW YORK BRANCH
By: /s/ RALF ENKE -------------------------------------------- Name: Ralf Enke Title: Assistant Treasurer By: /s/ ALAN BABCOCK -------------------------------------------- Name: Alan Babcock Title: Executive Vice President |
COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT,
ATLANTA AGENCY
Title:
By: /s/ W. DAVID SUTTLES -------------------------------------------- Name: W. David Suttles Title: Vice President |
[Participation Agreement]
CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH
By: /s/ CONRAD MEYER -------------------------------------------- Name: Conrad Meyer Title: Vice President |
Title:
GREAT-WEST LIFE AND ANNUITY
INSURANCE COMPANY
By: /s/ JAMES G. LOWERY -------------------------------------------- Name: James G. Lowery Title: Assistant Vice President Investments By: /s/ WAYNE T. HOFFMANN -------------------------------------------- Name: Wayne T. Hoffmann Title: Vice President Investments |
MEES PIERSON CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ D. THOMAS ABBOTT -------------------------------------------- Name: D. Thomas Abbott Title: Chairman By: /s/ SVEIN ENGH -------------------------------------------- Name: Svein Engh Title: Vice President |
[Participation Agreement]
WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK
GIROZENTRALE, NEW YORK BRANCH
By: /s/ FELICIA LA FORGIA -------------------------------------------- Name: Felicia La Forgia Title: Vice President By: /s/ KENNETH R. CREPSO -------------------------------------------- Name: Kenneth R. Crespo Title: Vice President |
[Participation Agreement]
EXHIBIT A
Form of Funding Indemnity Letter
[Participation Agreement]
EXHIBIT B
Opinion of White & Case LLP, special counsel to Deepwater Exhibit C
Opinion of Hunton & Williams, counsel to Conoco Exhibit D
Opinion of Wayne K. Anderson, in-house counsel to Conoco Exhibit E
Opinion of Wayne K. Hillin, counsel to R&B Exhibit F
Officer's and Manager's Certificate Exhibit G
Officer's Certificate Exhibit H-1
Amended and Restated Drilling Contract Exhibit H-2
Amended and Restated Drilling Contract Guaranty Exhibit I
Conoco Drilling Consent Exhibit J
Securities Act Representation from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Exhibit K
Form of Conoco Assumption Agreement and Opinion Exhibit L
Builder's Certificate Exhibit M
Bill of Sale Exhibit N
Form of Advance Request Exhibit O
Opinion of Haight, Gardner, Holland & Knight
[Participation Agreement]
Exhibit P
Opinion of Arias, Fabrega & Fabrega, Panamanian Counsel Exhibit Q
Form of Notice of Certificate Return Rate Exhibit R
Replacement Certificate Purchaser Assignment and Assumption Agreement Exhibit S-1
Form of Hedging Agreements Exhibit S-2
Form of Deepwater Hedging Agreements Exhibit T
Form of Ship Mortgage Exhibit U
Opinions of Cynthia L. Corliss, Vice President and Trust Counsel of Wilmington Trust Company and Richards, Layton & Finger Schedule 1
List of Transaction Documents Schedule 2
Facility Fee Rate Schedule 3
List of UCC and Other Necessary Security Filings Schedule 4
Information Relied Upon by Appraiser
1. Description & General Design Specifications for the Drillship
2. Construction Cost Data
3. Participation Agreement
Schedule 5
Certificate Purchaser Notice Addresses,
Payment Instructions and Responsible Officers
[Participation Agreement]
Schedule 6
Description of OFE
Schedule 7
Terms of Subordination for Subordinated Debt
[Participation Agreement]
Schedule 8
Conditions to Effective Date
1. Each Certificate Purchaser shall have received its respective Certificate in accordance with Section 2.4.
2. All parties thereto shall have executed and delivered this Agreement, the Trust Agreements, the Completion Guaranty, the Conoco Guaranty and the R&B Guaranty.
3. The Agents and each Certificate Purchaser shall have received the Appraisal in form and substance satisfactory to the Documentation Agent and Deepwater shall have received a copy thereof.
4. No action shall have been instituted, nor shall any action or proceeding be threatened, before any Government Authority, nor shall any order, judgment or decree have been issued or proposed to be issued by any Government Authority (i) to set aside, restrain, enjoin or prevent the performance of this Participation Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
5. The transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents do not
and will not (i) violate any Applicable Law, (ii) contravene any charter,
by-laws or other organizational document of Deepwater, the Members, Conoco, R&B,
the Investment Trust, the Trustees, the Agents or any Certificate Purchaser,
(iii) contravene any contract, agreement or other arrangement to which
Deepwater, the Investment Trust, the Trustees, the Agents or any Certificate
Purchaser is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets
are bound, or (iv) subject Deepwater, any Member, the Investment Trust, the
Trustees, any Agent or any Certificate Purchaser to any regulations to which
such party had not been subject prior to entering into such Transaction
Documents and which would be materially adverse to such party.
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
dated as of December 18, 2001
among
DEEPWATER DRILLING II L.L.C.,
DEEPWATER INVESTMENT TRUST 1999-A,
as Investment Trust,
WILMINGTON TRUST FSB,
not in its individual capacity
except as expressly stated herein, but solely as Investment Trustee,
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual capacity except as expressly provided herein, but solely as Charter Trustee,
VARIOUS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
as Certificate Purchasers,
HATTERAS FUNDING CORPORATION,
as the Conduit (Hatteras),
PARADIGM FUNDING LLC,
as the Conduit (Paradigm),
LIBERTY STREET FUNDING CORP.,
as the Conduit (Liberty),
VARIOUS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
as Liquidity Purchasers,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Co-Syndication Agent
FORTIS CAPITAL CORP.,
as Co-Syndication Agent
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as Co-Documentation Agent
WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Co-Documentation Agent
THE PERSON NAMED ON SCHEDULE II TO THE INVESTMENT TRUST AGREEMENT,
as Investment Trust Beneficiary
VARIOUS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AS ADMINISTRATORS
AND AS LIQUIDITY AGENTS
RBF DEEPWATER EXPLORATION II INC. and
CONOCO DEVELOPMENT II INC.
SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION SECTION 2 COMMITMENTS OF THE PARTIES SECTION 2.1 Certain Documentation Date Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 SECTION 2.2 Certain Refinancing Date Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 SECTION 2.3 Contributions by Certificate Purchasers; Advance by the Conduit. 3 SECTION 2.4 Certificates and Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SECTION 2.5 Limitations on Contributions and Advances. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SECTION 2.6 Application of Proceeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SECTION 2.7 [Intentionally Omitted]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SECTION 2.8 Postponement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SECTION 2.9 Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SECTION 2.10 [Intentionally Omitted]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SECTION 2.11 Refinancing Request; Timing of Advances and Contributions. . . . 7 SECTION 2.12 Computations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SECTION 2.13 Charter Hire Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 SECTION 2.14 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 SECTION 2.15 Payments Under the Ship Mortgage; Limitation on Foreclosure. . . 8 SECTION 2.16 Payment to each Conduit on Charter Hire Payment Date . . . . . . 9 SECTION 3 DOCUMENTATION DATE; DOCUMENTATION DATE CONDITIONS PRECEDENT SECTION 3.1 Documentation Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SECTION 3.2 Conditions Precedent to Documentation Date . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SECTION 4 EFFECTIVE DATE; REFINANCING DATE CONDITIONS PRECEDENT SECTION 4.1 Effective Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 SECTION 4.2 Conditions Precedent to Refinancing Date . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 SECTION 4.3 Head Lease Transaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 SECTION 4.4 Replacement Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 SECTION 4.5 Accounting Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 SECTION 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SECTION 5.1 Representations and Warranties of Deepwater. . . . . . . . . . . 17 i |
TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont.) Page ---- SECTION 5.2 Representations and Warranties of Members. . . . . . . . . . . . 21 SECTION 5.3 Representations and Warranties of the Investment Trust and the Investment Trust Beneficiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 SECTION 5.4 Representations and Warranties of the Liquidity Purchasers and Certificate Purchasers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 SECTION 5.5 Representations and Warranties of the Trustees . . . . . . . . . 25 SECTION 6 CERTAIN COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS SECTION 6.1 Covenants of Deepwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 SECTION 6.2 Certain Covenants of the Charter Trustee, the Investment Trustee, the Investment Trust and Investment Trust Beneficiary . 31 SECTION 6.3 Covenants of the Funding Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 SECTION 6.4 Covenants of the Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 SECTION 6.5 Hedging Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 SECTION 6.6 [Intentionally Omitted]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 SECTION 6.7 Charter Extension Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 SECTION 6.8 Excessive Use Indemnity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 SECTION 7 CERTAIN PROCEDURES SECTION 7.1 Illegality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 SECTION 7.2 Increased Costs and Reduction of Return. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 SECTION 7.3 Funding Losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 SECTION 7.4 Inability to Determine Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 SECTION 7.5 Reserves on Base Rate Advances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 SECTION 7.6 Certificates of Funding Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 SECTION 7.7 Substitution of Funding Participants; Change in Applicable Office; Prepayments . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 SECTION 7.8 Legal and Tax Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 SECTION 7.9 Failure of a Certificate Purchaser to Fund . . . . . . . . . . . 40 SECTION 8 PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES SECTION 8.1 Transaction Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 SECTION 8.2 Transaction Expenses if Closing does not Occur . . . . . . . . . 42 SECTION 8.3 On-Going Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 ii |
TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont.) Page ---- SECTION 9 RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS; CHANGE OF CONTROL; MEMBER TRANSFER SECTION 9.1 Restrictions on the Funding Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 SECTION 9.2 Restrictions on Trustees and Investment Trust Beneficiary. . . . 45 SECTION 9.3 Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 SECTION 9.4 Change of Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 SECTION 9.5 Member Transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 SECTION 10 INDEMNIFICATION SECTION 10.1 General Indemnity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 SECTION 10.2 General Indemnity Exclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 SECTION 10.3 Proceedings in Respect of Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 SECTION 10.4 General Tax Indemnity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 SECTION 11 AGENTS SECTION 11.1 Appointment of Administrative Agent and Investment Trust Beneficiary; No Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 SECTION 11.2 Delegation of Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 SECTION 11.3 Exculpatory Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 SECTION 11.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent and the Investment Trust Beneficiary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 SECTION 11.5 [Intentionally Omitted]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 SECTION 11.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent or Investment Trust Beneficiary and Other Funding Participants . . . . . . . . . . . 62 SECTION 11.7 Indemnification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 SECTION 11.8 Administrative Agent and Investment Trust Beneficiary. . . . . . 64 SECTION 11.9 Successor Administrative Agent and Investment Trust Beneficiary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 SECTION 12 MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 12.1 Survival of Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 SECTION 12.2 No Broker; etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 SECTION 12.3 Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 SECTION 12.4 Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 SECTION 12.5 Amendments, Waivers and Consents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 iii |
TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont.) Page ---- SECTION 12.6 Confidentiality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 SECTION 12.7 Headings; etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 SECTION 12.8 Parties in Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 SECTION 12.9 Governing Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 SECTION 12.10 Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 SECTION 12.11 Further Assurances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 SECTION 12.12 Waiver of Jury Trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 SECTION 12.13 Limitations on Recourse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 SECTION 12.14 Applicable Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 SECTION 12.15 Right to Inspect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 SECTION 12.16 Accounts, Distribution of Payments and Flow of Funds . . . . . . 73 SECTION 12.17 Attorneys-in-Fact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 SECTION 12.18 Successor Trustees; Jurisdiction of Trust. . . . . . . . . . . . 74 SECTION 12.19 Third-Party Beneficiaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 SECTION 12.20 Consent to Jurisdiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 SECTION 12.21 Deepwater Acknowledgment With Respect to Charter Trust Agreement 75 SECTION 12.22 Appointment of Wilmington Trust FSB as Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the Beneficial Owners; Powers of Attorney . . . . . 75 SECTION 12.23 Non-Defaulting Drilling Party's Right to Pursue Contests . . . . 75 SECTION 12.24 Non-Petition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 SECTION 12.25 Payments to Conduits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 SECTION 12.26 UCC-1 Authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 |
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A - Form of Funding Indemnity Letter EXHIBIT B - Form of Notice of Return Rate EXHIBIT C Form of Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P., special counsel to Deepwater EXHIBIT D Form of Opinion of Wayne K. Anderson, Corporate Counsel to Conoco EXHIBIT E Form of Opinion of William E. Turcotte, Associate General Counsel to Transocean EXHIBIT F - Form of Opinion of Arias, Fabrega & Fabrega EXHIBIT G - Form of Opinion of Richards Layton & Finger EXHIBIT H-1 - Form of Deepwater Member's Secretary's Certificate EXHIBIT H-2 - Form of Conoco Member Secretary's Certificate EXHIBIT H-3 - Form of Transocean Member Secretary's Certificate EXHIBIT H-4 - Form of Conoco's Secretary's Certificate EXHIBIT H-5 - Form of Transocean's Secretary's Certificate EXHIBIT H-6 - Form of Deepwater Member's Certificate EXHIBIT H-7 - Form of Conoco Member Officer's Certificate EXHIBIT H-8 - Form of Transocean Member Officer's Certificate EXHIBIT H-9 - Form of Conoco's Officer's Certificate EXHIBIT H-10 - Form of Transocean's Officer's Certificate EXHIBIT I-1 - Form of Investment Trustee's Officer's Certificate EXHIBIT I-2 - Form of Charter Trustee's Officer's Certificate EXHIBIT J - Form of Refinancing Request EXHIBIT K - Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement EXHIBIT L-1 - Hedging Agreements EXHIBIT L-2 - Deepwater Hedging Agreements EXHIBIT M - Form of Subcharter EXHIBIT N-1 - Special Power of Attorney on Behalf of Wilmington Trust FSB and the Beneficial Owners EXHIBIT N-2 - Special Power of Attorney on Behalf of Wilmington Trust Company EXHIBIT O - Form of Opinion of Walkers, Cayman counsel to Transocean EXHIBIT P - Form of Offer Letter |
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 - List of UCC and Other Necessary Security Filings SCHEDULE 2 - Funding Participant Notice Addresses, Payment Instructions and Responsible Officers SCHEDULE 3 - OFE SCHEDULE 4 - Terms of Subordination for Subordinated Debt SCHEDULE 5 - Transaction Documents |
WHEREAS, Deepwater supervised the construction of the Vessel pursuant to the Construction Contract and the acquisition and installation of the OFE;
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, (i) in exchange for the advances made by the Original Certificate Purchasers to the Charter Trustee and the Investment Trust, as applicable, the Charter Trustee issued Original Series A Charter Trust Certificates to the Original Certificate Purchasers and the Investment Trust issued Original Investment Trust Certificates to the Original Certificate Purchasers and (ii) in exchange for the advances made by the Investment Trust to the Charter Trustee, the Charter Trustee issued a Series B Charter Trust Certificate to the Investment Trust;
WHEREAS, the Charter Trustee advanced to Deepwater all funds received directly and indirectly from the Original Certificate Purchasers primarily to reimburse or to pay for costs it incurred in connection with the construction (and financing thereof) and acquisition of the Drillship;
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, the Charter Trustee acquired title to the Drillship from Deepwater and the Charter Trustee chartered the Drillship to Deepwater;
WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto desires to refinance the Original Series A Trust Certificates and the Original Investment Trust Certificates and otherwise amend and restate the Original Participation Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, each of the Original Certificate Purchasers entered into a Consent and Amendment to the Participation Agreement and Certain Transaction Documents with Deepwater and the Trustees, to, among other things, consent to the amendments contained herein and the other Transaction Documents;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1
DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION
SECTION 2
COMMITMENTS OF THE PARTIES
(e) the Series B Charter Trust Certificate issued by the Charter Trustee to the Investment Trust on the Closing Date shall be amended and restated to conform to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, but shall remain outstanding;
(f) all Fees and Transaction Expenses then due and payable shall be paid in full by, or on behalf of, Deepwater to the Persons entitled to receive such payments; and
(g) when the Effective Date has occurred the Investment Trust shall return the letter of credit maintained pursuant to Section 6.9 of the Original Participation Agreement to Transocean.
SECTION 2.7 [Intentionally Omitted].
SECTION 2.10 [Intentionally Omitted].
SECTION 3
Documentation DATE; Documentation DATE CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
(b) All documents and instruments required to be delivered on the Documentation Date shall be delivered at the offices of Mayer, Brown & Platt, 1675 Broadway, New York, New York 10019, or at such other location as may be determined by the Administrative Agent and Deepwater.
(a) Each party thereto shall have executed and delivered each of the Transaction Documents.
(b) All Taxes, fees and other charges due in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, recording, filing and registration of the Transaction Documents on the Documentation Date shall have been paid.
(c) [Intentionally Omitted]
(d) All actions required to have been taken by any Government Authority on or prior to the Documentation Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall have been taken and all Government Actions required to be in effect on or prior to the Documentation Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall have been issued or made, and all such Government Actions shall be in full force and effect on the Documentation Date. All necessary consents, approvals and authorizations of all non-Government Authorities required to be obtained, given or made on or prior to the Documentation Date in connection with the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall have been obtained, given or made and shall be in full force and effect.
(e) No action shall have been instituted, nor shall any action or proceeding be threatened, before any Government Authority, nor shall any order, judgment or decree have been issued or, to the Actual Knowledge of Deepwater, proposed to be issued by any Government Authority (i) to set aside, restrain, enjoin or prevent the performance of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) The transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents do not and will not (i) violate any Applicable Law, (ii) contravene any charter, by-laws or other organizational document of Deepwater, the Members, Conoco, Transocean, the Investment Trust, the Trustees, any Agent or any Funding Participant, (iii) contravene any contract, agreement or other arrangement to which Deepwater, the Investment Trust, the Trustees, any Agent or any Funding Participant is a party or by which any of their respective properties or assets are bound, or (iv) subject Deepwater, any Member, the Investment Trust, the Trustees, any Agent or any Funding Participant to any regulations to which such party had not been subject prior to entering into such Transaction Documents and which would be materially adverse to such party.
(g) Deepwater, each Member, Conoco and Transocean shall have each delivered, or shall have caused to be delivered, to the Administrative Agent, and the Trustees the following, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (with copies for each Funding Participant):
company operating agreement, articles of association or bylaws, as the case may be, certified by an appropriate officer or representative as of the Documentation Date to be true and correct and in full force and effect as of such date and (c) incumbency certificates regarding the officers of such Person authorized to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which such Person is a party and the other documents and agreements delivered in connection therewith.
(h) Each of the Trustees shall have delivered, or shall have caused to be delivered, to Deepwater, the Members, and each Funding Participant the following:
(i) All Transaction Expenses then due and owing for which Deepwater has received an invoice at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Documentation Date and which will not be paid from the proceeds of the Contribution and Advance shall have been paid by Deepwater.
(j) [Intentionally Omitted].
(l) [Intentionally Omitted].
(m) [Intentionally Omitted].
(o) No change in Applicable Laws will have occurred that would make it illegal for any of the parties to the Transaction Documents to participate in the transaction.
SECTION 4
EFFECTIVE DATE; REFINANCING DATE CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
(c) The Charter Trustee shall have paid, canceled and redeemed each Original Series A Charter Trust Certificate in accordance with Section 2.1(c) of the Charter Trust Agreement.
(d) Each applicable Lender shall have funded its Advance in accordance with Section 2.3(b) and the Loan Agreement. --------------- (e) Each Lender shall have received its Note in accordance with Section |
2.3 of the Loan Agreement.
(f) The Investment Trust shall have paid, canceled and redeemed each Original Investment Trust Certificate in accordance with Section 2.1(c) of the Investment Trust Agreement.
(i) Each of the Services Agreements, the Drilling Contracts, the Drilling Contract Guaranties and the Drilling Consent shall be in full force and effect and no default or material breach shall exist thereunder.
(j) All Fees and Transaction Expenses (including registration and recordation fees under Panamanian Law) then due and owing shall have been paid in full on or prior to the Refinancing Date.
(m) All necessary approvals, orders, permits, authorizations, and consents which are required as of the Refinancing Date on the part of Deepwater, the Funding Participants, the Administrative Agent, the Investment Trust, the Trustees or other third parties (except to the extent that such approvals, orders, permits, authorizations and consents are required as a result of such Person's status as a trust company or a regulated depository or banking institution) in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in connection with the ownership, use or operation of the Drillship as of the Refinancing Date shall have been duly obtained, and Deepwater shall have provided evidence thereof reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(n) All actions, if any, required to have been taken by any Government Authority as of the Refinancing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been taken and all Government Actions required to be in effect as of the Refinancing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been issued and all such Government Actions shall be in full force and effect.
(o) As of the Refinancing Date, there shall not have occurred any material adverse change in the consolidated assets, liabilities, operations, business or financial condition of: (i) Deepwater from that set forth in its financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2001, (ii) Transocean from that set forth in its financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2001 or (iii) Conoco from that set forth in its financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2001; provided that the entry by Conoco into a merger agreement with Phillips Petroleum Company shall not be considered a material adverse change.
(q) The Ship Mortgage and the Master Charter shall each have been filed with the appropriate public register in Panama.
(s) Each Administrator shall have received a copy of a rating letter from its Conduit's Rating Agency or Rating Agencies stating that the applicable Commercial Paper Notes shall be rated P-1 by Moody's and A-1 by S&P and/or an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency.
(i) such replacement does not conflict with any Applicable Law;
(vi) with respect to the replacement of a Liquidity Purchaser, such Person meets the requirements of the applicable LAPA;
SECTION 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Government Actions that are normally obtained at a later time and with respect to which Deepwater does not anticipate any problems in obtaining.
Drilling Contract Guaranties or the Rig Sharing Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance by Deepwater of its obligations under the Services Agreements, the Drilling Contracts, the Rig Sharing Agreement, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, will not violate in any material respect any provisions of any Applicable Law.
(s) [Intentionally Omitted].
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights and the enforcement of debtors' obligations generally, and (ii) general principles of equity, regardless of whether enforcement is pursuant to a proceeding in equity or at law.
delivered by it in connection with, or as contemplated by, each such Transaction Document to which it is or will be a party.
or as trustee, as the case may be) is or will be a party and each other agreement, instrument and document to be executed and delivered by it (individually or as trustee, as the case may be) in connection with, or as contemplated by, each such Transaction Document to which it is or will be a party.
Investment Trust, the Certificates or the Notes to the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act or require the qualification of any Transaction Document under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
SECTION 6
CERTAIN COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
Deepwater shall, upon the request of the Charter Trustee, (i) advise the Charter Trustee in writing in reasonable detail of its response to any Environmental Claim with respect to the Drillship and (ii) provide to the Charter Trustee prompt notice of the date and location of the next scheduled dry-docking, if any, of the Drillship prior to such date.
Deepwater shall furnish to the Charter Trustee and the Investment Trust (with copies for each Funding Participant) within ninety (90) days after each anniversary of the Closing Date, the annual confirmation of classification of the Drillship issued by the Classification Society, and at any other time upon the request of the Charter Trustee, copies of all certificates issued by the U.S. Coast Guard or the Classification Society with respect to the Drillship.
documentation or recordation results from the failure of any of the Participants to execute any necessary documents or instruments promptly upon receipt from Deepwater or to take any other action necessary to effectuate such documentation or recording promptly upon request by Deepwater. Deepwater, at its sole expense, shall thereafter cause the Drillship to be duly permanently documented (if the Head Lease Transaction has not been entered into) and the Ship Mortgage and the Charter to be duly permanently recorded at least 10 Business Days prior to the end of the six (6) months following the issuance of the provisional documentation.
(i) for each fiscal year ended on and after December 30, 1999, within 120 days after the end of such fiscal year, annual financial statements including a statement of earnings, a statement of cash flows and a balance sheet of Deepwater for the fiscal year then ended prepared in conformity with GAAP, consistently applied, and audited by its independent outside auditors;
(ii) for each fiscal quarter of Deepwater, within 60 days after the end of such fiscal quarter, unaudited financial statements, including a statement of earnings, a statement of cash flows and a balance sheet of Deepwater for the fiscal quarter then ended prepared in conformity with GAAP, consistently applied; and
(i) such Plan shall be operated and administered by Deepwater in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all Applicable Laws, in all material respects;
(ii) no material liability pursuant to Titles I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code shall be incurred; and
(iii) no lien pursuant to Titles I or IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code shall be imposed on any of the rights, properties or assets of Deepwater.
(p) Deepwater shall not create or suffer to exist (and shall discharge promptly) any Lien except any Lien created by, or contemplated in, the Transaction Documents.
(q) Deepwater shall not incur any indebtedness except for Permitted Indebtedness.
Each Funding Participant, as applicable, individually and not jointly, covenants as follows:
Trustee's or the Investment Trust's or the Investment Trust Beneficiary's obligations thereunder, and each Funding Participant agrees that it shall instruct, or vote to instruct, the Investment Trust, the Charter Trustee or the Investment Trust Beneficiary to take any affirmative action necessary to satisfy the Investment Trust's and the Charter Trustee's and the Investment Trust's Beneficiary's obligations under the Drilling Consent (including any obligation to enter into an assumption agreement, replacement drilling contract or similar arrangement and with respect to a Non-Defaulting Drilling Party, the Cross-Default cure provision and the assignment of rights and interests upon election and satisfaction of the Purchase Option, all in accordance with the terms of the Drilling Consent).
liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to Deepwater or its debts; (ii) seek appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for Deepwater or for all or any substantial part of its property; or (iii) vote its interest as a member of Deepwater to, or to otherwise, cause Deepwater to file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or an answer seeking reorganization in a proceeding under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws or an answer admitting the material obligations of a petition filed against Deepwater in any such proceeding.
deposited pursuant to the preceding sentence shall satisfy, to the extent so deposited, the obligations of the Charter Trustee under the Deepwater Hedging Agreements. All payments made to the Hedging Agreement Counterparties of amounts owed to the Hedging Agreement Counterparties under the Hedging Agreements pursuant to the Depository Agreement shall satisfy the corresponding obligations of Deepwater under the Deepwater Hedging Agreements. If a Responsible Officer of Deepwater has Actual Knowledge of a Charter Event of Default or Event of Loss, Deepwater shall promptly give notice thereof to each of the Hedging Agreement Counterparties. In addition, Deepwater shall provide to each of the Hedging Agreement Counterparties a copy of any notice of its election to exercise its Special Purchase Right under Section 16.4 of the Master Charter. The Charter Trustee shall provide to each of the Hedging Agreement Counterparties a copy of any notice given to Deepwater under Article XVI of the Master Charter.
SECTION 6.6 [Intentionally Omitted].
SECTION 7
CERTAIN PROCEDURES
If an Illegality Event occurs, upon written notice of such Illegality Event from the affected Funding Participant to Deepwater (with a copy to the Charter Trustee), all Base Rate Fundings of such Funding Participant then outstanding shall automatically be converted to an Alternate Rate Funding, either on the last day of the Return Period thereof, if such Funding Participant may lawfully continue to maintain such Base Rate Fundings to such day, or immediately, if such Funding Participant may not lawfully continue to maintain such Base Rate Funding.
conclusively deemed to have been funded at the LIBOR used in determining the applicable Return Rate for such Base Rate Funding by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the interbank Eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Base Rate Funding is in fact so funded.
In the event of any funding of all or a portion of the Defaulted Amount by the Non-Defaulting Certificate Purchasers, the following rules shall apply notwithstanding any other provision in any Transaction Document:
(ii) [Intentionally Omitted];
(iii) A Defaulting Certificate Purchaser shall not have the right to fund its Defaulted Amount without the written consent of Deepwater and then only to the extent such Defaulted Amount has not been funded by the Non-Defaulting Certificate Purchasers in a manner that resulted in a decrease in such Defaulting Certificate Purchaser's Certificate Purchaser Commitment Percentage;
(iv) If and to the extent that the Defaulted Amount is not funded in full by the Non-Defaulting Certificate Purchasers, the Charter Trustee, after providing written notice thereof to Deepwater, may delete funds from the Refinancing Request so that the total Contribution specified in the Refinancing Request equals the aggregate revised Contributions for the Refinancing Date and shall so notify all Certificate Purchasers thereof; and
(v) The Non-Defaulting Certificate Purchasers shall not be responsible for any damages suffered by Deepwater or any of Deepwater's Affiliates as a result of the Defaulting Certificate Purchaser's failure to so fund. The Defaulting Certificate Purchasers shall not be responsible for any consequential or special damages suffered by Deepwater or any of Deepwater's Affiliates as a result of its failure to fund.
SECTION 8
PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES
submitted to Deepwater which were not paid on the Refinancing Date shall be paid by Deepwater promptly after receipt of an invoice therefor.
SECTION 9
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS; CHANGE OF CONTROL; MEMBER TRANSFER
(a) in the case of a Funding Participant that is not a Purchasing Party, such Person obtains the prior written consent of Deepwater and transfers its interests in its Series A Charter
(b) in the case of any Certificate Purchaser, including any Purchasing Party, such Person transfers all or a portion of its interest in its Series A Charter Trust Certificates and the following conditions are satisfied:
(i) such transfer is equal to such Certificate Purchaser's then outstanding Certificate Purchaser Amount;
(ii) if the transferee is an Affiliate of a Certificate Purchaser and does not otherwise qualify under clause (iii) below, such Certificate Purchaser unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the payment and performance obligations of the transferee;
(iii) if the transferee is an Affiliate of a Certificate Purchaser, such transferee has a capital and surplus of at least $250 million or a tangible net worth of at least $100 million; or
(iv) if the transferee is not an Affiliate of a Certificate Purchaser, the transferee, or a party unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteeing the payment and performance obligations of the transferee pursuant to a guaranty in form and substance satisfactory to Deepwater, meets the following criteria:
(1) the transferee or guarantor of the payment and performance obligations of the transferee, if any, has a capital and surplus of at least $400 million or a net worth of at least $150 million;
(2) each of the transferee and the guarantor of the payment and performance obligations of the transferee, if any, is an institutional investor;
(3) Deepwater, Conoco and Transocean have not previously been involved in material litigation with the proposed transferee or guarantor of the payment and performance obligations of the transferee, if any, and are not currently involved in material litigation proceedings with the proposed transferee or guarantor of the payment and performance obligations of the transferee, if any;
(4) on the date of such transfer the transferee provides evidence satisfactory to Deepwater that it is not subject to or is exempt from United States withholding taxes;
(5) neither such transferee or guarantor nor any of its Affiliates is a Competitor; and
(c) in the case of any Liquidity Purchaser, such person meets the requirements contained in Section 10 of the applicable LAPA.
Any transfer of an interest in a Series A Charter Trust Certificate, a Note, Loan or Commitment by a Funding Participant in violation of the foregoing restrictions shall be null and void, and the transferor and any guarantor thereof shall remain liable under the Transaction Documents. A Funding Participant that intends to transfer an interest in its Series A Charter Trust Certificates (including a sale of a participation in any such Certificate pursuant to Section 3.8(h) of the Trust Agreement or Section 3.8(h) of the Investment Trust Agreement, respectively, or a pledge thereof) and has an interest in Notes must transfer the same percentage interest in both its Series A Trust Certificates and Notes together to the same purchaser or transferee in a single transaction.
Purchaser Amount relating to the Series A Charter Trust Certificates purchased by the Purchasing Party shall continue to be deemed a "Certificate Purchaser Amount" and shall be included as a part of the Certificate Purchaser Balance and the outstanding Lender Amounts relating to the Notes purchased by the Purchasing Party shall continue to be deemed "Lender Amounts" and shall be included as part of the "Lender Balance" and, as such, each shall be included in the calculation of any Purchase Option Price, Termination Value, Residual Guaranty Amount, Charter Balance or other amount having the Certificate Purchaser Balance and/or Lender Balance, as the case may be, as a component thereof. The foregoing restrictions and limitations with respect to voting rights and the receipt of distributions under the Depository Agreement are applicable only in so far as the Purchasing Party (or any of its Affiliates) remains the holder of such Purchased Interest. Any transferee of a Purchasing Party (other than a transferee which is, or is an Affiliate of, Conoco, Transocean or Deepwater) of its Purchased Interest (i) shall become a "Funding Participant" for all purposes under the Transaction Documents, (ii) shall not be deemed to be a "Purchasing Party" and (iii) shall not be subject to any such restrictions or limitations not otherwise applicable to a Funding Participant. Transferees which are Affiliates of Conoco, Transocean or Deepwater following the transfer of all or any portion of a Purchased Interest shall be deemed to be Purchasing Parties to the extent of the interest transferred.
If either Conoco or Transocean is required to make purchases set forth above then the following events shall automatically be deemed to have occurred immediately after such purchases:
(i) the Rig Sharing Agreement and (a) if Transocean is the Purchasing Party, the Transocean Charter, the R&B Falcon Drilling Contract and the Transocean Drilling Contract Guaranty shall terminate or (b) if Conoco is the Purchasing Party, the Conoco Charter, the Conoco Drilling Contract and the Conoco Drilling Contract Guaranty shall terminate;
(iii) the non-purchasing party shall have the right to exclusive possession of the Drillship for the remainder of the Charter Term; and
(iv) The obligations of such Purchasing Party listed in Sections
2(a)(i)(x)(A), 2(a)(i)(y)(A), 2(a)(ii)(A)(1), 2(a)(ii)(B)(1),
2(a)(vi) and 2(a)(v) of (a) the Transocean Guaranty, if
Transocean is the Purchasing Party or (b) the Conoco Guaranty, if
Conoco is the Purchasing Party, shall be terminated.
SECTION 10
INDEMNIFICATION
(a) the condition, ownership, construction, purchase, delivery, nondelivery, subcharter, charter, acceptance, rejection, possession, return, abandonment, disposition, use or operation of the Drillship;
(b) any defect in the Drillship arising from the material or any articles used therein or from the design, testing, or use thereof or from any maintenance, service, repair, overhaul or testing of the Drillship;
(c) any failure by Deepwater or either Member to perform or observe any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any of the Transaction Documents, or the falsity of any of Deepwater's or either Member's representations and warranties;
(d) the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents;
(e) any Environmental Claims arising from or relating to the construction, use, operation, ownership, maintenance, chartering or return of the Drillship;
(f) the exercise by such Indemnified Party of remedies in the event of a default under the Transaction Documents and the enforcement of any security or other rights with respect thereto;
(g) any violation of Applicable Law by Deepwater or a Member with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents;
(h) any Liens which Deepwater or any Member is required to remove; or
(i) any obligation asserted to be owed by the Indemnified Party under any Assigned Contract as a result of the assignment of such Assigned Contract pursuant to the Deepwater Assignment.
(a) acts, events or circumstances occurring after the expiration or earlier termination of the Charter and the return of the Drillship, when required in accordance with the Charter;
(c) increased costs, losses or expenses for which compensation is provided under Sections 2.8, 2.14, 6.8, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3,
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(d) the gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of any covenant, representation or warranty under any Transaction Document by such Indemnified Party to the extent that such Claim arises out of or is caused by an act, misrepresentation, breach or omission of such Indemnified Party where such act, misrepresentation, breach or omission, (x) is in breach or violation of the express covenants, representations or warranties of such Indemnified Party under the Transaction Documents or, (y) constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party (other than gross negligence or willful misconduct imputed as a matter of law to such Indemnified Party solely by reason of entering into the Transaction Documents or consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby) or (z) is in violation of any Applicable Law and such violation causes such Claim;
(e) transfers (direct or indirect) by: (i) the Charter Trustee or the Investment Trust of either of their interests in the Drillship or any portion thereof (other than any such transfer pursuant to Sections 15.2, 16.4, 20.1 or 20.3 of the Master Charter, Sections 4.2 or 4.4 of either Charter Supplement No. 1 or Charter Supplement No. 2) or (ii) a Funding Participant of all or any portion of its interest in the Trust Estate, the Investment Trust or the Transaction Documents, other than (x) a transfer upon an exercise of remedies after a Charter Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and either Charter Supplement No. 1 or Charter Supplement No. 2 has been declared in default or (y) transfers of Commercial Paper Notes or by the Conduits to any Program Support Providers;
(f) any amount for which such Indemnified Party has agreed to make payment without a right of reimbursement from Deepwater;
(g) any Claim resulting from the imposition of any Lien which such Indemnified Party is responsible for or is required to lift and discharge;
(h) any Claim arising out of or related to an inspection of the Drillship by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party, unless at the time of such inspection a Charter Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or unless and to the extent such Claim arises from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Deepwater or its agents; and
(i) any Claim for an amount of Basic Hire, Termination Value, Charter Return, Charter Balance, Residual Guaranty Amount, or Postponement Yield, or an amount due under the Deepwater Hedging Agreements or the Hedging Agreements.
(i) the Drillship or any part thereof or interest therein;
(ii) the manufacture, purchase, financing, refinancing, ownership, delivery, redelivery, transport, location, leasing, subleasing, possession, registration, use, operation, condition, maintenance, repair, return, abandonment, preparation, storage, transfer of title, sale, acceptance, importation, exportation, rejection or other disposition of or action or event with respect to the Drillship or any part thereof or interest therein;
(iii) the hire, receipts, income or earnings arising from the purchase, financing, ownership, delivery, redelivery, leasing, subleasing, possession, use, operation, return,
storage, transfer of title, sale or other disposition of the Drillship or any part thereof or interest therein;
(iv) the Contributions, Certificates, their issuance, modification, refinancing or acquisition, or the payments of any amounts thereon or with respect thereto;
(v) the Advances, Notes, their issuance, modification, refinancing or acquisition, or the payments of any amounts thereon or with respect thereto;
(vi) the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents or amendments or supplements thereto, their execution or the transactions contemplated thereby or any proceeds or payments under any thereof; or
(vii) otherwise with respect to or in connection with the transactions contemplated or effected by or resulting from the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents or the exercise of rights and remedies thereunder or the enforcement thereof.
(iii) Taxes imposed on or against or payable by such Indemnified Party to the extent of the excess of such Taxes over the amount of such Taxes that would have been imposed and indemnified hereunder had there not been a transfer by the original Indemnified Party (from which such Indemnified Party derives its interest) of any interest
in the Drillship, the Certificates, the Notes, the Trust Estate, the Investment Trust, any Indemnified Party or the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents; except (x) if such transferee acquired its interest in connection with the exercise of remedies with respect to a Charter Event of Default or (y) to the extent necessary to make indemnity payments to the transferee on an After-Tax Basis;
(iv) Taxes imposed with respect to any period (except during the exercise of remedies pursuant to the Charter in connection with the occurrence and continuance of a Charter Event of Default) more than one year after the expiration or earlier termination of the Charter and, where required, the return of the Drillship pursuant to Section 20.3 of the Master Charter (but not to the extent attributable to events occurring on or prior to such date);
(v) Taxes resulting from (x) the gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud of the Indemnified Party or any of its Related Indemnified Parties (except as solely attributed to such Party by virtue of its having executed the Transaction Documents), (y) the inaccuracy or breach of a representation, warranty or covenant under the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents or any undertaking required by the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents of such Indemnified Party or any of its Related Indemnified Parties (unless such inaccuracy or breach is caused by Deepwater's breach of any representation, warranty or covenant under the Transaction Documents or a breach by Deepwater or an Affiliate of Deepwater under the Head Lease Documents), or (z) in the case of any Indemnified Party, any Liens attributable to such Indemnified Party or a Related Indemnified Party;
(vi) Taxes that result from (x) a voluntary transfer or other
voluntary disposition by the Indemnified Party or a Related Indemnified
Party of all or any portion of its interest in the Drillship, the Trust
Estate, the Investment Trust, any Indemnified Party, the Certificates, the
Notes, the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents (other than a
transfer or disposition resulting from (A) any Charter, substitution, or
maintenance of, or any modification to the Drillship or any portion
thereof, (B) Deepwater's exercise of any purchase or termination option,
(C) an Event of Loss or (D) the exercise of remedies under the Charter
following a Charter Event of Default) or (y) an involuntary transfer or
other involuntary disposition by the Indemnified Party or a Related
Indemnified Party of all or any part of an interest in the Drillship, the
Trust Estate, the Investment Trust, any Indemnified Party, the
Certificates, the Notes, the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease
Documents (other than any such transfer or disposition that occurs while a
Charter Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) in connection with
any bankruptcy or other proceeding for the relief of debtors in which an
Indemnified Party is the debtor or any foreclosure by a creditor of an
Indemnified Party that is in each case unrelated to the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents;
(vii) Taxes imposed on the Charter Trustee in its individual capacity with respect to any fees received by or payable to the Charter Trustee for services rendered;
(viii) Taxes that would not have been imposed but for an amendment to any Transaction Document or Head Lease Document not requested or consented to or acquiesced in by Deepwater in writing, other than any amendment (A) that may be necessary or appropriate to, and is in conformity with, any amendment to any Transaction Document or Head Lease Document initiated or requested by or consented to by any Deepwater Person in writing, (B) to any Transaction Document or Head Lease Document due to, or in connection with there having occurred, a Charter Event of Default or (C) that is required by Applicable Law or the terms of the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents is executed in connection with any other amendment to the Transaction Documents or the Head Lease Documents that is required by Applicable Law;
(ix) Taxes to the extent actually utilized on a current basis by an Indemnified Party or an Affiliate of such Indemnified Party as a credit against Taxes not indemnifiable by Deepwater hereunder;
(x) Taxes to the extent resulting from or measured by income, assets, activities, or other matters of or relating to the Indemnified Party or a Related Indemnified Party that are unrelated to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (except to the extent necessary to make a payment on an After-Tax Basis (which shall be calculated assuming the Indemnified Party is taxable at the highest marginal rate in the applicable jurisdiction));
(xi) any Taxes, while such Taxes are being contested in accordance with the contest provisions of Section 10.4(f);
(xii) any interest, penalties or additions to Tax that result from the failure of an Indemnified Party to file any return properly and timely, unless such failure is caused by the failure of Deepwater to fulfill its obligations, if any, under this Agreement with respect to such return (including the provision of information sufficient to enable such Indemnified Party to file such return);
(xiii) Taxes that would not have been imposed but for the
Indemnified Party or a Related Indemnified Party having its tax residence,
place of business, situs of organization, place of management or controls,
permanent establishment or other presence in the taxing jurisdiction
(unless such tax residence, place of business, situs of organization, place
of management or control, permanent establishment or other presence results
from the presence or activities of Deepwater or any Deepwater Person
(including the making of payments unless directed by the Charter Trustee or
any Funding Participant to make payment to an account located in Panama
(except if such direction is made while a Charter Event of Default exists))
in such jurisdiction it being understood that, for this purpose, the
Charter Trustee shall not be treated as having any such presence in Panama
merely as a result of the trust being formed pursuant to the Charter Trust
Agreement under the laws of Panama and/or the performance by the Charter
Trustee of Permitted Charter Trustee Acts).
shall be taken with respect to such claim or Tax without the consent of Deepwater before the end of such shorter period. If, within 30 days of receipt of such notice from the Indemnified Party (or such shorter period as the Indemnified Party has notified Deepwater is required by law or regulation for the Indemnified Party to commence such contest), Deepwater shall request in writing that such Indemnified Party contest the imposition of such Tax, the Indemnified Party shall, at the expense of Deepwater, in good faith contest (including, without limitation, by pursuit of appeals), and shall not settle without Deepwater's good faith consent (or (i) if such contest can be pursued in the name of Deepwater and independently from any other proceeding involving a tax liability, other than a net income or withholding Tax, of such Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party shall, at Deepwater's sole discretion, allow Deepwater to contest, (ii) if such contest involves a Tax, other than a net income or withholding Tax, which must be pursued in the name of the Indemnified Party, but can be pursued independently from any other proceeding involving a tax liability of such Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party shall allow Deepwater to contest in the name of the Indemnified Party unless, in the good faith judgment of the Indemnified Party, such contest by Deepwater could have a material adverse impact on the business or operations of the Indemnified Party, in which case the Indemnified Party may control such contest or (iii) in the case of any contest, the Indemnified Party may request Deepwater to contest) the validity, applicability or amount of such Taxes by, in the sole discretion of the Person conducting such contest, (i) resisting payment thereof, (ii) not paying the same except under protest, if protest is necessary and proper, (iii) if the payment be made, using reasonable efforts to obtain a refund thereof in appropriate administrative and judicial proceedings; or (iv) taking such other action as is reasonably requested by Deepwater from time to time.
SECTION 11
AGENTS
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein or elsewhere in the Transaction Documents, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Investment Trust Beneficiary shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein or therein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Funding Participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into the Transaction Documents or otherwise exist against either the Administrative Agent or the Investment Trust Beneficiary, as the case may be.
pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Funding Participants and all future holders of the Series A Charter Trust Certificates and the Notes, as the case may be.
SECTION 11.5 [Intentionally Omitted].
same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Funding Participant and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent or Investment Trust Beneficiary, as the case may be.
SECTION 12
MISCELLANEOUS
business hours on a Business Day (or, if confirmed after business hours or on a non-Business Day, on the next Business Day) and shall be directed to the address of such Person as indicated:
If to Deepwater, to it at:
Attn: Treasury Dept.
c/o Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc.
4 Greenway Plaza
Houston, Texas 77046
Telephone: (713) 232-7500
Telecopier: (713) 232-7766
with copies to:
Attn: Wayne K. Anderson, Esq.
Corporate Counsel
Conoco Inc.
Charter Number 523126
600 North Dairy Ashford
Houston, Texas 77079
Telephone: (281) 293-3890
Telecopier: (281) 293-3700
Attn: General Counsel
c/o Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc.
4 Greenway Plaza
Houston, Texas 77046
Telephone: (713) 232-7500
Telecopier: (713) 232-7600
If to the Investment Trust, to it at:
Attn: Corporate Trust Administration
Wilmington Trust FSB 3773 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 300 North Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 |
Telephone: (702) 866-2200 Telecopier: (702) 866-2244
If to the Charter Trustee, to it at:
Attn: Corporate Trust Administration
Wilmington Trust Company
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, DE, 19890
Telephone: (302) 651-1000
Telecopier: (302) 651-8882
If to the Investment Trustee, to it at:
Attn: Corporate Trust Administration
Wilmington Trust FSB 3773 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 300 North Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 Telephone: (702) 866-2200 Telecopier: (702) 866-2244 If to any Member, to it at: Conoco Development II Inc. 600 North Dairy Ashford Houston, Texas 77079 |
Telephone: (281) 293-3890 Telecopier: (281) 293-3700 Attn: Assistant Secretary
or
RBF Deepwater Exploration II Inc.
c/o Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc.
4 Greenway Plaza
Houston, Texas 77046
Attention: Treasury Department
Telephone: (713) 232-7500
Telecopier: (713) 232-7766
If to the Investment Trust Beneficiary at:
850 Library Avenue, Suite 204
P.O. Box 885
Newark, Delaware 19715
Telephone: (302) 738-6680
Telecopier: (302) 738-7210
(b) postpone or delay any date fixed by any Transaction Document for any payment of Charter Return, or any fees or other amounts due to any Funding Participant under any Transaction Document (except, with respect to amounts owed only to a particular Funding Participant, with the written consent of such Funding Participant);
(c) reduce (i) the amount of any outstanding Contributions or Advances or the rate of the Charter Return, or (ii) any fees or other amounts payable to any Funding Participant under any Transaction Document (except, with respect to amounts owed only to a particular Funding Participant, with the written consent of such Funding Participant);
(d) postpone or reduce the payment obligations of Deepwater pursuant to any Transaction Document (except, with respect to amounts owed only to a particular Funding Participant, with the written consent of such Funding Participant);
(e) change the aggregate percentage which is required for the Funding Participants (or any of them) to take any action hereunder or under the Transaction Documents;
(i) amend Section 14.1 of the Master Charter or Article 3 of the Depository Agreement;
(A) to such Conduit's commercial paper dealers or placement agents and to investors and prospective investors in such Commercial Paper Notes, information concerning the transaction, as required by such Conduits agreements with such dealers or placement agents;
(B) to Moody's and S&P (or any successor or other rating agency that maintains a rating of such Conduit's Commercial Paper Notes), any information, in connection with such rating agency's review and maintenance of its rating of such Commercial Paper Notes; and
(C) to any Program Support Provider or other entity that issues a financial guaranty insurance policy or other credit enhancement facility for the account of such Conduit or any provider of corporate management services to such Conduit, and such Conduit's certified public accountants, any information, in connection with the provision and administration of credit facilities or corporate management services or accounting services, as applicable, to or on
behalf of such Conduit; provided, that each such Person described in clauses (A)
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(b) Deepwater, Conoco and Transocean hereby acknowledge and agree that
none of the Agents, the Trustees and the Funding Participant shall have any
personal liability whatsoever to Deepwater, Conoco, Transocean or their
respective successors or assigns for any claim based on or in respect of this
Agreement or arising from the transactions contemplated hereby. Subject to
Section 6.1 of the Master Charter, the sole recourse of Deepwater, Conoco or
Transocean or any Person claiming through or on behalf thereof for any such
claims arising hereunder will be to the Trust Estate. Each of Deepwater, Conoco
and Transocean further acknowledges and agrees that it has no rights (as
third-party beneficiary or otherwise) or standing under any agreement between
the Trustees and any or all of the Investment Trust, the Agents, or the Funding
Participants, which agreements are not by their terms intended for the benefit
of other parties other than Sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 of the Charter Trust
Agreement and Sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 of the Investment Trust Agreement.
(c) It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that
(a) this Agreement and the other Transactions Documents executed by either
Trustee, are not being executed in such Trustee's respective personal
capacities, except as expressly stated herein or therein, but solely (i) in the
case of Wilmington Trust Company, (x) as charter trustee under the Charter Trust
Agreement and, (y) solely with respect to the Depository Agreement, as
Depository and Securities Intermediary thereunder, and (ii) in the case of
Wilmington Trust FSB, as investment trustee under the Investment Trust Agreement
and (b) under no circumstances shall either Trustee be personally liable for the
payment of any indebtedness or expenses of the Charter Trust or the Investment Trust, as applicable, or be liable for the breach or failure of any obligation, representation, warranty or covenant made or undertaken by the Charter Trustee or Investment Trust, as applicable, under this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any related agreement, except to the extent of the Charter Trust Estate and the Investment Trust Estate, respectively.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT to be duly executed by their respective officers and thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
DEEPWATER DRILLING II L.L.C.
By: /s/ TIM JURAN --------------------------------------- Name: Tim Juran Title: Manager |
DEEPWATER INVESTMENT TRUST 1999-A
WILMINGTON TRUST FSB, not in its
individual capacity, but solely as
Investment Trustee
By: /s/ JAMES P. LAWLER ------------------------------------- Name: James P. Lawler Title: Vice President |
WILMINGTON TRUST FSB, not in its individual capacity, except as specified herein, but solely as Investment Trustee
By: /s/ JAMES P. LAWLER --------------------------------------- Name: James P. Lawler Title: Vice President |
INVESTMENT TRUST BENEFICIARY
By: /s/ DONALD J. PUGLISI --------------------------------------- Name: Donald J. Puglisi Title: Investment Trust Beneficiary |
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its
individual capacity, except as specified
herein, but solely as Charter Trustee
By: /s/ JAMES A. HANLEY --------------------------------------- Name: James A. Hanley Title: Financial Services Officer |
By: /s/ Eric B. Brown ---------------------------------------- Name: ERIC B. BROWN Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
By: /s/ R.W. GOLDMAN ---------------------------------------- Name: R.W. Goldman Title: |
By: /s/ W. DENNIS HEAGNEY ---------------------------------------- Name: W. Dennis Heagney Title: Vice President |
By: /s/ Robert ---------------------------------------- Name: Title: |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
By: /s/ ALBERT Z. NORONA ---------------------------------------- Name: Albert Z. Norona Title: Vice President |
HATTERAS FUNDING CORPORATION, as the
Conduit (Hatteras)
By: /s/ CHRIS T. BURT ---------------------------------------- Name: Chris T. Burt Title: Vice President |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrator
(Hatteras)
By: /s/ M. RANDALL ROSS ---------------------------------------- Name: M. Randall Ross Title: Principal |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Liquidity Agent
(Hatteras)
By: /s/ M. RANDALL ROSS ---------------------------------------- Name: M. Randall Ross Title: Principal |
LIBERTY STREET FUNDING CORP., as the
Conduit (Liberty)
By: /s/ ANDREW L. STIDD ---------------------------------------- Name: Andrew L. Stidd Title: President |
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as Administrator
(Liberty)
By: /s/ N. BELL ---------------------------------------- Name: N. Bell Title: Assistant Agent |
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as Liquidity Agent
(Liberty)
By: /s/ N. BELL ---------------------------------------- Name: N. Bell Title: Assistant Agent |
PARADIGM FUNDING LLC, as the Conduit
(Paradigm)
By: /s/ EVELYN ECHEVARRIA ---------------------------------------- Name: Evelyn Echevarria Title: Vice President |
WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE
NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrator (Paradigm)
By: /s/ CHRISTIAN BRUNE ---------------------------------------- Name: Christian Brune Title: Associate Director Securitization By: /s/ VIOLET DIAMANT ---------------------------------------- Name: Violet Diamant Title: Associate Director Securitization |
WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE
NEW YORK BRANCH, as Liquidity Agent
(Paradigm)
By: /s/ CHRISTIAN BRUNE ---------------------------------------- Name: Christian Brune Title: Associate Director Securitization By: /s/ VIOLET DIAMANT ---------------------------------------- Name: Violet Diamant Title: Associate Director Securitization |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Liquidity Purchaser
By: /s/ CLAIRE M. LIU ---------------------------------------- Name: Claire M. Liu Title: Managing Director |
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Liquidity Purchaser
By: /s/ N. BELL ---------------------------------------- Name: N. Bell Title: Assistant Agent |
DEN NORSKE BANK ASA, as a Liquidity Purchaser
By: /s/ BARBARA GRONQUIST ---------------------------------------- Name: Barbara Gronquist Title: Senior Vice President By: /s/ HANS JORGEN ORMAR ---------------------------------------- Name: Hans Jorgen Ormar Title: Vice President |
FORTIS CAPITAL CORP., as a Liquidity Purchaser
By: /s/ JOHN C. PRENATA ---------------------------------------- Name: John C. Prenata Title: Executive Vice President |
FORTIS CAPITAL CORP., as a Certificate Purchaser
By: /s/ JOHN C. PRENATA ---------------------------------------- Name: John C. Prenata Title: Executive Vice President By: /s/ C. TURTON ---------------------------------------- Name: C. Turton Title: Managing Director |
NATEXIS BANQUES POPULAIRES, as a Liquidity Purchaser
By: /s/ TIMOTHY L. POLVADO ---------------------------------------- Name: Timothy L. Polvado Title: Vice President and Group Manager By: /s/ LOUIS P. LAVILLE, III ---------------------------------------- Name: Louis P. Laville, III Title: Vice President and Group Manager |
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as a
Liquidity Purchaser
By: /s/ SCOTT BARTON ---------------------------------------- Name: Scott Barton Title: Sr. Vice President |
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as a
Liquidity Purchaser
By: /s/ SCOTT BARTON ---------------------------------------- Name: Scott Barton Title: Sr. Vice President |
SUNTRUST BANK, as a Liquidity Purchaser
By: /s/ JOSEPH M. MCGREEVY ---------------------------------------- Name: Joseph M. McGreevy Title: Assistant Vice President |
WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE
NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Liquidity Purchaser
By: /s/ CHRISTIAN BRUNE ---------------------------------------- Name: Christian Brune Title: Associate Director Securitization |
SCHEDULE 1
List of UCC and Other Necessary Security Filings
UCC-1 financing statements covering the assignment of Account Collateral under the Depository Agreement, naming Deepwater as the debtor and the Depository, for the benefit of the Charter Trustee, as the secured party filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.
UCC-1 financing statements covering the assignment of the Assigned Contracts referenced in the Deepwater Assignment, naming Deepwater as the debtor and the Charter Trustee as the secured party filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.
A UCC-1 financing statement, covering the Drillship and naming Deepwater as the debtor and the Charter Trustee as the secured party, filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.
UCC-1 financing statements covering the assignment of Account Collateral under the Depository Agreement, naming Charter Trustee as the debtor and the Depository, for the benefit of the Investment Trust and Hedging Agreement Counterparties, if any, as the secured party filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.
UCC-1 financing statements covering the assignment of the Assigned Contracts and Contract Payments referenced in the Charter Trustee Assignment, naming Charter Trustee as the debtor and the Investment Trust, for itself and on behalf of the Hedging Agreement Counterparties, if any, as the secured party filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.
A UCC-1 financing statement, covering the Drillship and naming Charter Trustee as the debtor and the Investment Trust and Hedging Agreement Counterparties, if any, as the secured parties, filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.
Master Charter. Filing in Panama.
Charter Supplement No. 1. Filing in Panama.
Charter Supplement No. 2. Filing in Panama.
First Addendum to Ship Mortgage. Filing in Panama.
SCHEDULE 2 FUNDING PARTICIPANT NOTICE ADDRESSES, PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS AND RESPONSIBLE OFFICERS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. GENERAL INFORMATION: -------------------- DOMESTIC LENDING OFFICE: EURODOLLAR LENDING OFFICE: ------------------------- --------------------------- |
Name: Bank of America, N.A. Name:
333 Clay Street, Suite 4550 Address:
Address: Houston, TX 77002
ADDRESS FOR NOTICES:
NAME: Ramon Garcia ----- ADDRESS: Bank of America Plaza -------- 901 Main Street Dallas, TX 75202-3714 TEL #: 214-209-2119 ------ FAX #: 214-290-9462 ------ |
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT PERSON:
NAME: Ramon Garcia ----- ADDRESS: Bank of America Plaza -------- 901 Main Street Dallas, TX 75202-3714 TEL #: 214-209-2119 ------ FAX #: 214-290-9462 ------ |
Bank of America
ABA #: 111000012
Account #: 1292000883
Account Name: Transocean
Attention: Corporate Loan Funds
Bank of America, National Association as Liquidity Agent (Hatteras)
Independence Center, NC1-001-15-04
101 N. Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28255
Attention: Angela Berry/Kelly Weaver
Tel: 704-388-6483
Fax: 704-409-0014
Re: Deepwater Drilling
Bank of America, National Association as Administrator (Hatteras)
Interstate Tower, NC1-005-15-01
121 West Trade Street
Charlotte, NC 28255
Attention: M. Randall Ross
Telephone: 704-386-8234
Facsimile: 704-386-0892
Re: Deepwater Drilling
Hatteras Funding Corporation
c/o Global Securitization Services, LLC
114 West 47th Street, Suite 1715
New York, NY 10036
Attention: Christopher T. Burt
Tel: 212-302-5151
Fax: 212-302-8767
Address for Wires:
U.S. Bank N.A.
Corporate Trust Services
100 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
Attention: Rosalyn Calendar ABA No.: 091-000-022 Account No.: 1731 0185 1827 Account Name: Hatteras Funding Corporation Account No.: 770 864 72 Account Name: Hatteras Funding AccuTrust Reference: Deepwater Drilling |
DEN NORSKE BANK, A.S.A. ----------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION: -------------------- DOMESTIC LENDING OFFICE: EURODOLLAR LENDING OFFICE: ----------------------- --------------------------- Name: Den Norske Bank, A.S.A. Name: Address: 200 Park Ave., 31st Floor Address: New York, NY 10666 |
ADDRESS FOR NOTICES:
NAME: Anny Peralta ---- ADDRESS: 200 Park Ave., 31st Floor ------- New York, NY 10666 TEL #: 212-681-3842 ----- FAX #: 212-681-4123 ----- |
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT PERSON:
TEL #: 212-681-3842 ----- FAX #: 212-681-4123 ----- |
Bank of New York
ABA #: 021 000018
Account #: dnbaus 33
Account Name: den norske bank
Further Credit To: Deepwater Drilling A/C # 13216999
Attn: Anny Peralta
FORTIS CAPITAL CORP. GENERAL INFORMATION: ------------------- DOMESTIC LENDING OFFICE: EURODOLLAR LENDING OFFICE: ------------------------- --------------------------- Name: Fortis Capital Corp. Name: Address: 3 Stamford Plaza Address: 301 Tresser Blvd., 9th Floor Stanford, CT 06901 |
ADDRESS FOR NOTICES:
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT PERSON:
NAME: Frank Campanelli ---- ADDRESS: 3 Stamford Plaza ------- 301 Tresser Boulevard, 9th Floor Stamford, CT 06901-3239 TEL #: 203-705-5936 ----- FAX #: 203-705-5888 ----- |
Chase Manhattan Bank
ABA #: 021 000 021
For Credit To: Fortis Capital Corp.
Acct #: 001 1 624 418
Ref: Deepwater Drilling II
NATEXIS BANQUES POPULAIRES GENERAL INFORMATION: ------------------- DOMESTIC LENDING OFFICE: EURODOLLAR LENDING OFFICE: ----------------------- --------------------------- Name: Natexis Banques Populaires Name: Address: Southwest Representative Office Address: 333 Clay Street, Suite 4340 |
Houston, TX 77002
ADDRESS FOR NOTICES:
NAME: Tanya Mcallister ---- ADDRESS: Southwest Representative Office ------- 333 Clay Street, Suite 4340 Houston, TX 77002 TEL #: 713-759-9447 ----- FAX #: 713-759-9908 ----- |
NAME: Tanya McAllister ----- ADDRESS: Southwest Representative Office ------- 901 Main Street Houston, TX 77002 TEL #: 713-759-9447 ----- FAX #: 713-759-9908 ----- |
JP Morgan/Chase New York
ABA Routing # 021-000021
To Further Credit:
Natexis Banques Populaires
Account # 544-775-330
Ref: Deepwater Investment Trust 1999-A, Houston Office
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA GENERAL INFORMATION: ------------------- DOMESTIC LENDING OFFICE: EURODOLLAR LENDING OFFICE: ----------------------- --------------------------- Name: The Bank of Nova Scotia Name: Same as Domestic Lending Atlanta Agency Office |
Address: 600 Peachtree St. N.E., Suite 2700 Address: Same as Domestic Lending Atlanta, GA 30308 Office
ADDRESS FOR NOTICES:
ADDRESS: 600 Peachtree ST. N.E., Suite 2700 ------- Atlanta, Ga 30308
TEL #: 404-877-1552 ------ FAX #: 404-888-8998 ------ |
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT PERSON:
ADDRESS: 600 Peachtree ST. N.E., Suite 2700 -------- Atlanta, GA 30308
TEL #: 404-877-1552 ----- FAX #: 404-888-8998 ----- |
The Bank of Nova Scotia, New York Agency
ABA #: 026 002 532
For Credit to BNS Atlanta Agency, Acct # 0606634
Re: Deepwater Drilling II L.L.C.
SUNTRUST BANK GENERAL INFORMATION: ------------------- DOMESTIC LENDING OFFICE: EURODOLLAR LENDING OFFICE: ----------------------- --------------------------- Name: Suntrust Bank Name: Address: 303 Peachtree St. N.E., 10th Floor Address: Atlanta, GA 30308 |
ADDRESS FOR NOTICES:
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT PERSON:
NAME: Roshawn Orise ADDRESS: 303 Peachtree Street N.E., 10th Floor Atlanta, GA 30308 TEL #: 404-230-1939 ----- FAX #: 404-575-2730 ----- |
Suntrust Bank
Bank Address: Same As Domestic Lending Office
ABA #: 061-000-104
Account # 9088-000-112
Account Name: Wire Clearing
Attn: Corporate Banking
Ref: Deepwater Drilling
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC GENERAL INFORMATION: ------------------- DOMESTIC LENDING OFFICE: EURODOLLAR LENDING OFFICE: ------------------------- --------------------------- Name: The Royal Bank of Scotland Name: Same as Domestic Lending New York Branch Office |
Address: 65 East 55th Street, 21st Floor Address: Same as Domestic Lending New York, NY 10022 Office
ADDRESS FOR NOTICES:
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT PERSON:
NAME: Sheila Shaw and Juanita Baird ----- ADDRESS: Same As Domestic Lending Office ------- |
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
ABA 021000021
Account Name: NWB PLC-NY Commercial Lending
Account #: 400931052
Ref: Deepwater Drilling II L.L.C.
WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE, NEW YORK BRANCH
GENERAL INFORMATION: ------------------- DOMESTIC LENDING OFFICE: EURODOLLAR LENDING OFFICE: ------------------------- --------------------------- Name: West LB, New York Branch Name: Address: 1211 Avenue of the America Address: New York, NY 10036 |
ADDRESS FOR NOTICES:
ADDRESS: 1211 Avenue of the Americas
------- New York, NY 10036
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT PERSON:
ADDRESS: 1211 Avenue of the Americas
------- New York, NY 10036
PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (FOR US DOLLARS):
Chase Manhattan
Bank Address: 4 Chase Metro Tech Centre
ABA#: 021000021
Acct #: 9201060663
Account Name: WestLB New York
Ref: Name of Deal/Paradigm Funding
SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS
All Junior Creditors will mark their books and records so as clearly to indicate that the Junior Liabilities are subordinated in accordance with these Subordination Provisions and will execute such further documents or instruments and take such further action as Depository (if the Depository Agreement is in full force and effect, otherwise Administrative Agent) may reasonably from time to time request to carry out the intent of these Subordination Provisions.
Corporation, as the Conduit (Hatteras), Liberty Street Funding Corp., as the Conduit (Liberty), Paradigm Fundings LLC, as the Conduit (Paradigm), various financial institutions, as Liquidity Purchasers, Bank of America N.A., as Administrative Agent, the Investment Trust Beneficiary, various Administrators and Liquidity Agents, solely with respect to Sections 2.15, 9.4, 12.13(b) and 12.13(d) thereof, Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. and Conoco Inc., and solely with respect to Sections 5.2 and 6.4, RBF Deepwater Exploration II Inc. and Conoco Development II Inc.
(i) the Participation Agreement;
(ii) the Charter Trust Agreement;
(iii) the Investment Trust Agreement;
(iv) the Deepwater Hedging Agreements, if any;
(v) the Hedging Agreements, if any;
(vi) the Drilling Consent;
(vii) the Master Charter;
(viii) Charter Supplement No. 1;
(ix) Charter Supplement No. 2;
(x) the Security Documents;
(xi) the Series A Charter Trust Certificates;
(xii) the Series B Charter Trust Certificate;
(xiii) Loan Agreement;
(xiv) [Intentionally Omitted];
(xv) Fee Letters;
(xvi) Notes
(xvii) the Conoco Guaranty; and
(xviii) the Transocean Guaranty.
EXECUTION COPY
APPENDIX 1
to
Participation Agreement
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
I. RULES OF INTERPRETATION
(ii) reference to any Person (individually or in any particular capacity) includes such Person's legal representatives, successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such legal representatives, successors and assigns are permitted by the Transaction Documents, and reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity or individually;
(iii) reference to any gender includes the other gender;
(iv) reference to any agreement (including any Transaction Document), document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if applicable, the terms of the other Transaction Documents and reference to any promissory note, certificate or other instrument includes any promissory note, certificate or other instrument which is an extension or renewal thereof or a substitute or replacement therefor;
(v) reference to any Applicable Law means such Applicable Law as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and reference to any section or other provision of any Applicable Law means that provision of such Applicable Law from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement or reenactment of such section or other provision;
(viii) "including" (and with correlative meaning "include") means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; and
(ix) relative to the determination of any period of time, "from" means "from and including" and "to" means "to and excluding".
II. DEFINITIONS
(i) with respect to payments made or obligations guaranteed by (A) Transocean or its Affiliates (other than Deepwater) or (B) Deepwater pursuant to the terms of Charter Supplement No. 1, 60%; or
(ii) with respect to payments made or obligations guaranteed by (A) Conoco or its Affiliates (other than Deepwater) or (B) Deepwater pursuant to the terms of Charter Supplement No. 2, 40%.
Return any day which is a Business Day described in (i) above and which is also a day for trading by and between banks in U.S. dollar deposits in the London interbank Eurodollar market.
"Conduit Loan Amount (Hatteras)" means $126,470,589. --------------------------------- "Conduit Loan Amount (Liberty)" means $50,000,000. -------------------------------- "Conduit Loan Amount (Paradigm)" means $52,076,267. --------------------------------- |
Operation and Maintenance Expenses) that will be required to be made under clauses "first" through "ninth" of Section 3.4(b) of the Depository Agreement during such three-month period, and (ii) thereafter, as of any Charter Hire Payment Date, the ratio of (A) the actual Revenues for the immediately preceding three calendar months (including the month in which such Charter Hire Payment Date occurs) to (B) the aggregate amount of all payments under clauses "first" through "eighth" of Section 3.4(b) of the Depository Agreement that were actually made during such three-month period or that would have been made during such period if there had been sufficient funds in the Operating Account at the time such payments were required to be made.
times the actual Charter Balance (or portion thereof) allocable to such Return Period as of the first day of such Return Period.
(i) all indemnity payments and expenses to which any Indemnitee is entitled pursuant to the Transaction Documents;
(ii) any amounts payable under any Transaction Document to reimburse the Charter Trustee, any Agent or any other Participant (including the reasonable expenses of any such Person incurred in connection with any such payment) for performing any of the obligations of Deepwater under and as permitted by any Transaction Document;
(iii) any insurance proceeds (or payments with respect to risks self-insured or policy deductibles) under liability policies payable to the Charter Trustee, any Agent or any other Participant (or any such Person's successors, assigns, agents, trustees, officers, directors or employees);
(iv) any insurance proceeds under policies maintained by the Charter Trustee, any Agent or any other Participant and not required to be maintained by Deepwater under the Charter;
(v) any amount payable by Deepwater pursuant to Sections 3.2(i) and 4.2(j) of the Participation Agreement, whether or not such amounts are or can be characterized as a Supplemental Hire; and
of or failure of transportation facilities, inability, despite Deepwater's best efforts, to arrange or secure importation, exportation or permits, or any law, proclamation, regulation, ordinance, demand or requirement of any government or any government agency having or claiming to have jurisdiction over the operations of or with respect to the Drillship or any part thereof, or over Deepwater or any act of God, or any other act of government or act or omission of a supplier.
environmental and operating permits and licenses that are required for the full use and operation of the Drillship (or any part thereof).
(iii) have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business, assets or operations of Conoco, Transocean or Deepwater;
(iv) have a material adverse effect on Deepwater's, Conoco's or Transocean's ability to perform its respective obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
(v) have a material adverse effect on the title, priority or perfection of the Participants' interest in the Drillship;
(vi) have a material adverse effect on the validity, legality or enforceability of any material provision of any Transaction Document or on the rights or remedies of any of the Participants under the Transaction Documents;
(vii) have a material adverse effect on the value, utility or remaining useful life of the Drillship; or
(viii) result in criminal liability or material civil liability to any Indemnitee or forfeiture or loss of the Drillship.
(ii) all accrued and unpaid Supplemental Hire (not included in clause (i)).
guaranteed speed specified in Paragraph 2 of Article I of the Construction
Contract; (ii) actual fuel consumption shall not be more than ten percent (10%)
in excess of the guaranteed fuel consumption specified in Paragraph 2 of Article
I of the Construction Contract; (iii) the capacity of the "Extended Well Test"
tanks, including slop tanks, shall not be less than 14,310 cubic meters; and
(iv) the actual displacement of the Drillship shall not vary by more than 3,500
metric tons (whether higher or lower) from the guaranteed displacement of the
Drillship specified in Paragraph 2 of Article I of the Construction Contract.
(i) the Original Participation Agreement;
(ii) the Original Charter Trust Agreement;
(iii) the Original Investment Trust Agreement;
(iv) the Deepwater Hedging Agreements, if any;
(v) the Hedging Agreements, if any;
(vi) the Original Drilling Consent;
(vii) the Original Master Charter;
(viii) the Original Charter Supplement No. 1;
(ix) the Original Charter Supplement No. 2;
(x) the Protocol of Delivery and Acceptance;
(xi) the Security Documents as defined in the Original Participation
Agreement;
(xii) the Original Certificates;
(xiii) the Original Conoco Guaranty; and
(xiv) the R&B Falcon Guaranty as defined in the Original
Participation Agreement.
acceptable to the Majority Funding Participants for any obligations of such person under the Transaction Documents reasonably equivalent to that in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control.
related to the Notes purchased by Conoco pursuant to Section 9.4 of the Participation Agreement.
(B) all accrued and unpaid Supplemental Hire;
(i) except where clause (ii) of this definition is applicable, for any Return Period, an amount equal to the product of the applicable Certificate Return Rate times the Certificate Purchaser Balance (or portion thereof) allocable to such Return Period or
(ii) where one, but not both, of the Charter Supplements has been accelerated pursuant to Section 4.2(a) thereof, Series A Return accruing after the termination of the accelerated Charter Supplement shall be calculated as, for any Return Period, an amount equal to the product of the applicable Certificate Return Rate times the Certificate Purchaser Balance that would have been in effect on such date, but for the acceleration.
(i) except where clause (ii) of this definition is applicable, for any Return Period, an amount equal to the product of the applicable Loan Return Rate times the Lender Balance (or portion thereof) allocable to such Return Period or
(ii) where one, but not both, of the Charter Supplements has been accelerated pursuant to Section 4.2(a) thereof, Series B Return accruing after the termination of the accelerated Charter Supplement shall be calculated as, for any Return Period, an amount equal to the product of the applicable Loan Return Rate times the Lender Balance that would have been in effect on such date, but for the acceleration.
(i) the Participation Agreement;
(ii) the Charter Trust Agreement;
(iii) the Investment Trust Agreement;
(iv) the Deepwater Hedging Agreements, if any;
(v) the Hedging Agreements, if any;
(vi) the Drilling Consent;
(vii) the Master Charter;
(viii) Charter Supplement No. 1;
(ix) Charter Supplement No. 2;
(x) the Security Documents;
(xi) the Series A Charter Trust Certificates;
(xii) the Series B Charter Trust Certificate;
(xiii) Loan Agreement;
(xiv) LAPAs;
(xv) Fee Letters;
(xvi) Notes
(xvii) the Conoco Guaranty; and
(xviii) the Transocean Guaranty.
(i) the fees and expenses of Mayer, Brown & Platt, special
counsel to Certificate Purchasers, Liquidity Purchasers and
Administrative Agent, Baker Botts, L.L.P., special counsel
to Deepwater, Watson, Farley & Williams, special maritime
counsel to the Certificate Purchasers, the Conduit,
Liquidity Purchasers, and Administrative Agent, Mayer, Brown
& Platt, special counsel to each of the Conduit (Liberty)
and the Conduit (Paradigm) (including any fees incurred in
connection with extension of each applicable LAPA),
Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft, special counsel to the
Conduit (Hatteras), (including any fees incurred in
connection with extension of the LAPA (Hatteras)), Arias,
Fabrega & Fabrega, Panamanian counsel to the Liquidity
Purchasers, the Conduit and the Certificate Purchasers,
Benedetti & Benedetti, special Panamanian counsel to
Deepwater, and Walkers, Cayman Islands counsel to
Transocean;
(ii) the fees and expenses of the Placement Agent other than
legal fees and expenses;
(iii) the fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent other than
legal fees and expenses;
(iv) the fees and expenses of the Investment Trust Beneficiary
other than legal fees and expenses;
(v) the fees and expenses of the Trustees;
(vi) the fees and expenses of Delaware counsel to the Investment
Trustee, the Charter Trustee and the Depository;
(vii) certain other expenses incurred in connection with the
negotiation and execution of the Transaction Documents and
the transactions contemplated thereby (including fees or
expenses incurred in connection
with the translation, documentation or recordation of the
Ship Mortgage); and
(viii) the fees and expenses of one local counsel, if any, to the
Funding Participants, the Trustees, the Investment Trust and
the Administrative Agent in connection with the review of
the Head Lease Documents, if any.
Event of Default), (b) any Tax owed by any such Person, except for any Tax required to be paid by Deepwater under the Transaction Documents, including any Tax for which Deepwater is obligated to indemnify such Person under the General Tax Indemnity, or (c) any act or omission of such Person that is in breach of any of the covenants or agreements of the Transaction Documents.
class or classes of stock that have or might have voting power upon the occurrence of a contingency.
SEPARATION AGREEMENT
THIS SEPARATION AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") made and entered into effective as of December 21, 2001 (the "Effective Date"), by and between Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (the "Company") and W. Dennis Heagney (the "Executive");
WHEREAS, the Executive is an officer of the Company; and
WHEREAS, the parties mutually desire to arrange for a separation from the Company and its affiliates and subsidiaries under certain terms; and
WHEREAS, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, the parties hereto are willing to enter into this Agreement upon the terms and conditions herein set forth.
NOW, THERFORE, in consideration of the premises, the terms and provisions set forth herein, the mutual benefits to be gained by the performance thereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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Bonus Plan (the "Performance Plan") for 2001 in an amount determined by the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of TSF pursuant to the terms of the Performance Plan, with an "Individual Performance" rating of 100%. Such payment shall be made at the time bonus awards for 2001 are made to other similarly situated executives.
To the Company:
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc.
4 Greenway Plaza
Houston, Texas 77046
Attention: Eric Brown
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
To the Executive:
W. D. Heagney
3601 Amherst
Houston, Texas 77005
All such notices shall be conclusively deemed to be received and shall be effective; (i) if sent by hand delivery, upon receipt, (ii) if sent by telecopy or facsimile transmission, upon confirmation of receipt by the sender of such transmission or (iii) if sent by registered or certified mail, on the fifth day after the day on which such notice is mailed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement in multiple counterparts, all of which shall constitute one agreement, on December 21, 2001, but effective as of the date and year first above written.
TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE DEEPWATER DRILLING INC.
By: /s/ J. MICHAEL TALBERT -------------------------------------- J. Michael Talbert Chief Executive Officer |
W. DENNIS HEAGNEY
/s/ W. DENNIS HEAGNEY ------------------------------------------- |
WAIVER AND RELEASE
In exchange for the consideration offered under the Separation Agreement between me and Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (the "Company"), dated effective ____________ (the "Agreement"), I hereby waive all of my claims and release the Company, Transocean Sedco Forex Inc., their affiliates, their subsidiaries and each of their directors and officers, executives and agents, and executive benefit plans and the fiduciaries and agents of said plans (collectively referred to as the "Corporate Group") from any and all claims, demands, actions, liabilities and damages.
I UNDERSTAND THAT SIGNING THIS WAIVER AND RELEASE IS AN IMPORTANT LEGAL ACT. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE COMPANY HAS ADVISED ME IN WRITING TO CONSULT AN ATTORNEY BEFORE SIGNING THIS WAIVER AND RELEASE. I UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE UNTIL 21 CALENDAR DAYS AFTER THE DATE SHOWN ABOVE TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO SIGN AND RETURN THIS WAIVER AND RELEASE TO THE COMPANY BY FIRST-CLASS MAIL OR BY HAND DELIVERY IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE EFFECTIVE.
In exchange for the consideration offered to me by the Agreement, which I acknowledge provides consideration to which I would not otherwise be entitled, I agree not to sue or file any charges of discrimination, or any other action or proceeding with any local, state and/or federal agency or court regarding or relating in any way to the Company, and I knowingly and voluntarily waive all claims and release the Corporate Group from any and all claims, demands, actions, liabilities, and damages, whether known or unknown, arising out of or relating in any way to the Corporate Group, except with respect to rights under the Agreement, rights under employee benefit plans or programs other than those specifically addressed in the Agreement, and such rights or claims as may arise after the date this Waiver and Release is executed. This Waiver and Release includes, but is not limited to, claims and causes of action under: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended; the Civil Rights Act of 1866, as amended; the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990; the Executive Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended; the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; and/or contract, tort, defamation, slander, wrongful termination or other claims or any other state or federal statutory or common law.
Should any of the provisions set forth in this Waiver and Release be determined to be invalid by a court, agency or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction, it is agreed that such determination shall not affect the enforceability of other provisions of this Waiver and Release.
I acknowledge that this Waiver and Release and the Agreement set forth the entire understanding and agreement between me and the Company or any other member of the Corporate Group concerning the subject matter of this Waiver and Release and supersede any
prior or contemporaneous oral and/or written agreements or representations, if any, between me and the Company or any other member of the Corporate Group.
I understand that for a period of seven (7) calendar days following my signing this Waiver and Release (the "Waiver Revocation Period"), I may revoke my acceptance of the offer by delivering a written statement to the Company by hand or by registered mail, addressed to the address for the Company specified in the Agreement, in which case the Waiver and Release will not become effective. In the event I revoke my acceptance of this offer, the Company shall have no obligation to provide me the consideration offered under the Agreement to which I would not otherwise have been entitled. I understand that failure to revoke my acceptance of the offer within the Waiver Revocation Period will result in this Waiver and Release being permanent and irrevocable.
I acknowledge that I have read this Waiver and Release, have had an opportunity to ask questions and have it explained to me and that I understand that this Waiver and Release will have the effect of knowingly and voluntarily waiving any action I might pursue, including breach of contract, personal injury, retaliation, discrimination on the basis of race, age, sex, national origin or disability and any other claims arising prior to the date of this Waiver and Release.
By execution of this document, I do not waive or release or otherwise relinquish any legal rights I may have which are attributable to or arise out of acts, omissions or events of the Company or any other member of the Corporate Group which occur after the date of execution of this Waiver and Release.
AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED this
______ day of _________, ______.
SUBSIDIARIES OF TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC. ------------------------------------------- Name* Jurisdiction ----- ------------ Transocean Holdings Inc Delaware Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. Delaware Transocean Offshore International Ventures Limited Cayman Islands Triton Drilling Limited Cayman Islands Transocean Offshore Limited Cayman Islands Transocean Offshore International Limited Cayman Islands Transocean Offshore (North Sea) Limited Cayman Islands Transocean Offshore Services Ltd. Cayman Islands Transocean Offshore Europe Limited Cayman Islands Transocean International Drilling Limited Cayman Islands Transocean Offshore (Cayman) Inc. Cayman Islands Transocean Alaskan Ventures Inc. Delaware Transocean-Nabors Drilling Technology LLC (50%) Delaware Transocean Drilling Services Inc. Delaware Transocean Enterprise Inc. Delaware Transocean Offshore D.V. Inc Delaware DeepVision L.L.C. (50%) Delaware Transocean Offshore Norway Inc. Delaware Transocean Offshore USA Inc. Delaware Transocean Offshore Ventures Inc. Delaware Transocean Offshore (U.K.) Inc. Delaware Transocean Offshore Caribbean Sea, L.L.C. Delaware Sonat Offshore S.A. Panama Asie Sonat Offshore Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia Sonat Brasocean Servicos de Perfuracoes Ltda. Brazil Sonat Offshore do Brasil Perfuracoes Maritimos Ltda. Brazil Transocean Brasil Ltda. Brazil Transocean Investimentos Ltda. Brazil Transocean Offshore Nigeria Ltd. Nigeria Transhav AS Norway Transocean Services AS Norway Transocean AS Norway Transocean 4 AS Norway Transocean Offshore Holdings ApS Denmark Target Drilling Services Ltd. U.K. Transocean UK Limited U.K. Transocean Services UK Ltd. U.K. Transocean I AS Norway Transocean Drilling (U.S.A.) Inc. Texas Transocean Drilling Netherlands Ltd. Bahamas Transocean Drilling (Nigeria) Ltd. Nigeria SDS Offshore Ltd. U.K. Transocean Drilling Ltd. U.K. Transocean Sino Ltd. U.K. pg. 1 |
Wilrig Offshore (UK) Ltd. U.K. Wilrig Drilling (Canada) Inc. Canada Transocean (Bahamas) Inc. Bahamas Transocean Drilling GmbH Germany Sedco Forex Holdings Limited British Virgin Islands Sedco Forex International, Inc. Panama Cariba Ships Corporation N.V. Netherlands Antilles Caspian Sea Ventures International Ltd. (75%) British Virgin Islands Hellerup Finance International Ltd. Ireland International Chandlers, Inc. Texas Overseas Drilling Ltd. (50%) Liberia Sedco Forex Canada Ltd. Alberta Sedco Forex Corporation Delaware Transocean Sedco-Forex Brazil Ltda. Brazil Sedco Forex International Drilling, Inc. Panama PT Hitek Nusantara Offshore Drilling (80%) Indonesia Sedco Forex International Resources, Limited British Virgin Islands Sedco Forex International Services, S.A. Panama Sedco Forex of Nigeria Limited (60%) Nigeria Sedco Forex Offshore International N.V. (Limited) Netherlands Antilles Sedco Forex Shorebase Support Limited U.K. Sedco Forex Technical Services, Inc. Panama Sedco Forex Technology, Inc. Panama Services Petroliers Sedco Forex France Triton Holdings Limited British Virgin Islands Sefora Maritime Ltd. British Virgin Islands Triton Industries, Inc. Panama Sedneth Panama S.A. Panama Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited Cayman Islands Transocean Support Services Limited Cayman Islands R&B Falcon Corporation Delaware Cliffs Drilling Company Delaware R&B Falcon Holdings, Inc Delaware R&B Falcon Drilling (International & Deepwater) Inc. Delaware R&B Falcon Deepwater Development Inc. Nevada R&B Falcon Subsea Development Inc. Nevada RBF Production Co. Delaware RBFUS-1, Inc. Delaware RBFUS-2, Inc. Delaware Cliffs Oil and Gas Company Delaware Cliffs Drilling International, Inc. Delaware Transocean Offshore Mexico, Inc. Delaware Cliffs Drilling de Venezuela, S.A. Venezuela Cliffs Drilling (Barbados) Holdings SRL Barbados pg. 2 |
Cliffs Drilling Trinidad L.L.C. Delaware Cliffs Drilling do Brasil Servicos de Petroleo S/C Ltda. (90%) Brazil Cliffs Central Drilling International (50%) Mexico Cliffs Drilling de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Mexico Cliffs Drilling (Barbados) SRL Barbados Cliffs Drilling Trinidad Offshore Limited Trinidad Falcon Atlantic Ltd. Cayman Islands Perforaciones Falrig De Venezuela C.A. Venezuela Raptor Exploration Company, Inc. Delaware R&B Falcon Drilling USA, Inc. Delaware Arcade Drilling AS Norway R&B Falcon Drilling Co. Oklahoma RBF Holding Corporation Delaware R&B Falcon Management Services, Inc. Delaware Reading & Bates Coal Co. Nevada Reading & Bates Development Co. Delaware Reading & Bates Petroleum Co. Texas Onshore Services, Inc. Texas R&B Falcon Borneo Drilling Co., Ltd. Oklahoma R&B Falcon Deepwater (UK) Limited England R&B Falcon Drilling Limited Oklahoma R&B Falcon Exploration Co. Oklahoma R&B Falcon Enterprises Co. Texas R&B Falcon, Inc. Oklahoma R&B Falcon International Energy Services B.V. Netherlands R&B Falcon (Ireland) Limited Ireland R&B Falcon Offshore, Limited Oklahoma R&B Falcon (U.K.) Limited England RBF Deepwater Exploration Inc. Nevada RBF Deepwater Exploration II Inc. Nevada RBF Deepwater Exploration III Inc. Nevada RBF Drilling Co. Oklahoma RBF Drilling Services, Inc. Oklahoma RBF Exploration Co. Nevada RBF Exploration II Inc. Nevada RBF Offshore, Inc. Nevada RBF Rig Corporation Oklahoma Rig Logistics, Inc. Nevada Reading & Bates-Demaga Perfuracoes Ltda. Brazil PT RBF Offshore Drilling Indonesia RB Gabon Inc. Oklahoma RB International Ltd. Cayman Islands RB Mediterranean Ltd. Cayman Islands Mediterranean Development Ltd. Cayman Islands Total Offshore Production Systems Texas Appalachian Permit Co. Kentucky Bismarck Coal Inc. Kentucky Caymen Coal Inc. West Virginia Deepwater Drilling L.L.C. (50%) Delaware Deepwater Drilling II L.L.C. (60%) Delaware RBF Servicos Angola, Limitada Angola NRB Drilling Services Limited (60%) Nigeria RBF (Nigeria) Limited Nigeria RBF Subsidiary Corporation Delaware pg. 3 |
Shore Services, Inc. Texas R&B Falcon (A) Pty Ltd Australia R&B Falcon Canada Co. Canada R&B Falcon B.V. Netherlands R&B Falcon (Caledonia) Limited England Certicoals, Incorporated West Virginia RB Anton Ltd. Cayman Islands RB Astrid Ltd. Cayman Islands RB Vietnam Ltd. Cayman Islands R&B Falcon Drilling do Brasil, Ltda. Brazil Transocean Deepwater Pathfinder Limited Cayman Islands Transocean Deepwater Frontier Limited Cayman Islands RBF Finance Co. Delaware R&B Falcon (S.E.A.) Pte. Ltd. Singapore TOPS Gyrfalcon L.L.C. (75%) Delaware |
*SUBSIDIARIES (50% OR GREATER OWNERSHIP) ARE OWNED 100% UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in each of the following Registration Statements of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. and Subsidiaries of our report dated January 29, 2002, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. and Subsidiaries included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2001.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURPOSE ------------- -------------------------------------- No. 333-58604 Registration Statement on Form S-3 No. 333-46374 Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment on Form S-8 No. 333-54668 Registration Statement on From S-4, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment on Form S-8 No. 33-64776 Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 33-66036 Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-12475 Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-58211 Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-58203 Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-94543 Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-94569 Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-94551 Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-75532 Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-75540 Registration Statement on Form S-8 /s/ Ernst & Young LLP Houston, Texas March 22, 2002 |
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Power of Attorney
WHEREAS, TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC., a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of the Company, together with any and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary, advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendments thereto (the "Form 10-K");
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint J. Michael Talbert, Robert L. Long, Gregory L. Cauthen, Eric B. Brown, William E. Turcotte, Ricardo H. Rosa and Brenda S. Masters, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to act with or without the other, and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity as director, officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents said attorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the 14th day of February, 2002.
By: /s/ VICTOR E. GRIJALVA --------------------------- Name: Victor E. Grijalva --------------------------- |
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Power of Attorney
WHEREAS, TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC., a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of the Company, together with any and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary, advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendments thereto (the "Form 10-K");
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint J. Michael Talbert, Robert L. Long, Gregory L. Cauthen, Eric B. Brown, William E. Turcotte, Ricardo H. Rosa and Brenda S. Masters, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to act with or without the other, and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity as director, officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents said attorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the 14th day of February, 2002.
By: /s/ RICHARD D. KINDER ------------------------- Name: Richard D. Kinder ------------------------- |
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Power of Attorney
WHEREAS, TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC., a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of the Company, together with any and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary, advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendments thereto (the "Form 10-K");
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint J. Michael Talbert, Robert L. Long, Gregory L. Cauthen, Eric B. Brown, William E. Turcotte, Ricardo H. Rosa and Brenda S. Masters, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to act with or without the other, and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity as director, officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents said attorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the 14th day of February, 2002.
By: /s/ RONALD L. KUEHN, JR. ---------------------------- Name: Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr. ---------------------------- |
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Power of Attorney
WHEREAS, TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC., a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of the Company, together with any and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary, advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendments thereto (the "Form 10-K");
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint J. Michael Talbert, Robert L. Long, Gregory L. Cauthen, Eric B. Brown, William E. Turcotte, Ricardo H. Rosa and Brenda S. Masters, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to act with or without the other, and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity as director, officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents said attorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the 14th day of February, 2002.
By: /s/ ARTHUR LINDENAUER ----------------------- Name: Arthur Lindenauer ----------------------- |
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Power of Attorney
WHEREAS, TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC., a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of the Company, together with any and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary, advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendments thereto (the "Form 10-K");
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint J. Michael Talbert, Robert L. Long, Gregory L. Cauthen, Eric B. Brown, William E. Turcotte, Ricardo H. Rosa and Brenda S. Masters, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to act with or without the other, and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity as director, officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents said attorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the 14th day of February, 2002.
By: /s/ PAUL B. LOYD, JR. ------------------------- Name: Paul B. Loyd, Jr. ------------------------- |
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Power of Attorney
WHEREAS, TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC., a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of the Company, together with any and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary, advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendments thereto (the "Form 10-K");
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint J. Michael Talbert, Robert L. Long, Gregory L. Cauthen, Eric B. Brown, William E. Turcotte, Ricardo H. Rosa and Brenda S. Masters, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to act with or without the other, and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity as director, officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents said attorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the 14th day of February, 2002.
By: /s/ MARTIN B. MCNAMARA ------------------------- Name: /s/ Martin B. McNamara ------------------------- |
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Power of Attorney
WHEREAS, TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC., a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of the Company, together with any and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary, advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendments thereto (the "Form 10-K");
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint J. Michael Talbert, Robert L. Long, Gregory L. Cauthen, Eric B. Brown, William E. Turcotte, Ricardo H. Rosa and Brenda S. Masters, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to act with or without the other, and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity as director, officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents said attorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the 14th day of February, 2002.
By: /s/ ROBERTO MONTI ---------------------- Name: /s/ Roberto Monti ---------------------- |
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Power of Attorney
WHEREAS, TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC., a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of the Company, together with any and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary, advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendments thereto (the "Form 10-K");
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint J. Michael Talbert, Robert L. Long, Gregory L. Cauthen, Eric B. Brown, William E. Turcotte, Ricardo H. Rosa and Brenda S. Masters, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to act with or without the other, and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity as director, officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents said attorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the 14th day of February, 2002.
By: /s/ RICHARD A. PATTAROZZI ---------------------------- Name: Richard A. Pattarozzi ---------------------------- |
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Power of Attorney
WHEREAS, TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC., a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of the Company, together with any and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary, advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendments thereto (the "Form 10-K");
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint J. Michael Talbert, Robert L. Long, Gregory L. Cauthen, Eric B. Brown, William E. Turcotte, Ricardo H. Rosa and Brenda S. Masters, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to act with or without the other, and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity as director, officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents said attorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the 14th day of February, 2002.
By: /s/ ALAIN ROGER --------------------- Name: Alain Roger --------------------- |
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Power of Attorney
WHEREAS, TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC., a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of the Company, together with any and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary, advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendments thereto (the "Form 10-K");
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint J. Michael Talbert, Robert L. Long, Gregory L. Cauthen, Eric B. Brown, William E. Turcotte, Ricardo H. Rosa and Brenda S. Masters, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to act with or without the other, and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity as director, officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents said attorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the 14th day of February, 2002.
By: /s/ KRISTIAN SIEM ------------------------ Name: Kristian Siem ------------------------ |
TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC.
Power of Attorney
WHEREAS, TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX INC., a Cayman Islands company (the "Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of the Company, together with any and all exhibits, documents and other instruments and documents necessary, advisable or appropriate in connection therewith, including any amendments thereto (the "Form 10-K");
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned, in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint J. Michael Talbert, Robert L. Long, Gregory L. Cauthen, Eric B. Brown, William E. Turcotte, Ricardo H. Rosa and Brenda S. Masters, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to act with or without the other, and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead, in his capacity as director, officer or both, as the case may be, of the Company, the Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto, including any and all exhibits and other instruments and documents said attorney or attorneys shall deem necessary, appropriate or advisable in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission and to appear before the Commission in connection with any matter relating thereto. Each of said attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts that said attorneys and each of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney as of the 14th day of February, 2002.
By: /s/ IAN C. STRACHAN -------------------------- Name: Ian C. Strachan -------------------------- |