UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 2, 2019

 

HALCÓN RESOURCES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-35467

 

20-0700684

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1000 Louisiana, Suite 1500

 

 

Houston, Texas

 

77002

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (832) 538-0300

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o       Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o       Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o       Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o       Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock

 

HKRS

 

OTC Pink

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

 

 


 

Item 1.01               Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Restructuring Support Agreement

 

Halcón Resources Corporation (“ Halcón ”) has been involved in discussions with certain of its stakeholders in respect of a possible restructuring of the indebtedness and capitalization of Halcón and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Company ”). On August 2, 2019 the Company entered into a restructuring support agreement (together with the exhibits annexed thereto, the “ RSA ”) with holders of approximately 67.3% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 6.75% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “ Senior Notes ”) issued by Halcón under that certain indenture, dated as of February 16, 2017 (as amended, modified, or otherwise supplemented from time to time, the “ Senior Notes Indenture ”), pursuant to which the parties have agreed to support a restructuring on the terms of a prepackaged plan of reorganization (the “ Plan ”) as described therein and attached as an exhibit thereto. The RSA contemplates that the Company will file for voluntary relief under title 11 of chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “ Chapter 11 Case ”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “ Bankruptcy Court ”) on or before August 7, 2019 if certain approval levels are attained from the Senior Noteholders in favor of the restructuring in accordance with the terms of the RSA. The description below of the RSA is qualified by reference to the full text of such agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the RSA, stakeholders and other interest holders will receive the following treatment:

 

·                   Lenders (the “ RBL Lenders ”) under the Company’s prepetition revolving credit facility holding allowed claims in the aggregate principal amount up to $225,000,000 (together with interest and certain obligations and fees thereunder, the “ RBL Claims ”) will receive, on account of such RBL claims, payment in full, in cash, including by a refinancing, and the RBL Lenders’ existing commitments will be terminated.

·                   Holders of the Senior Notes (the “ Senior Noteholders ”) will receive, in respect of their $625 million in allowed claims, their pro rata share of (i) 91% of the new common shares of reorganized Halcón (“ New Common Shares ”) to be issued under the Plan on the effective date of the Plan (the “ Effective Date ”) and (ii) the right to purchase New Common Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $150,150,000 (the “ Senior Noteholder Rights Offering ”).

·                   Holders of the existing shares of common stock of Halcón (the “ Existing Equity Interests ”), including any restricted stock of Halcón that vests prior to the Effective Date, will receive their pro rata share of (i) 9% of the total New Common Shares to be issued pursuant to the Plan on the Effective Date, (ii) the Warrants (as defined below), and (iii) the right to purchase New Common Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $14,850,000 (the “ Existing Equity Rights Offering ”) (collectively, the “ Existing Equity Total Consideration ”); provided, however, that registered holders of Existing Equity Interests with fewer than or equal to 2,000 shares of Existing Equity Interests will instead receive cash in an amount equal to the inherent value of such holder’s pro rata share of 9% of the Existing Equity Total Consideration (the “ Existing Equity Cash Out ”).

·                   The warrants (the “ Warrants ”) to be issued to holders of Existing Equity Interests will be composed of three series, each of which will be exercisable, in cash, for a period of three (3) years following the Effective Date: (i) for 10% of the New Common Shares as of the Effective Date, at an exercise price equal to an implied 75% recovery to Senior Noteholders; (ii) for 10% of the New Common Shares as of the Effective Date, at an exercise price equal to an implied 95% recovery to Senior Noteholders; and (iii) for 10% of the New Common Shares as of the Effective Date, at an exercise price equal to an implied 125% recovery to Senior Noteholders (in each case, subject to the Existing Equity Cash Out). Such implied amounts are inclusive of non-default interest under the Senior Notes through the date of exercise, calculated as if accrued daily (subject to certain limitations).

·                   All other equity interests of Halcón, including all issued and outstanding warrants, options or other securities convertible into equity securities or interests of Halcón will be cancelled, released, and extinguished and receive no distributions under the Plan.

·                   A post-emergence management incentive Plan will be adopted, which will include restricted stock units, options, New Common Shares, or other rights exercisable, exchangeable, or convertible into New Common Shares representing 7.5% to 10% of the New Common Shares on a fully diluted basis (the “ MIP Equity ”).

 

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The New Common Shares to be issued on the Effective Date to the Senior Noteholders and to the holders of Existing Equity Interests on account of their claims will be subject to dilution by the (i) New Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, (ii) MIP Equity, (iii) Senior Noteholder Rights Offering equity, (iv) Existing Equity Rights Offering equity and (v) Backstop Commitment Premium (as defined below).

 

The RSA contains certain covenants on the part of the Company and the Senior Noteholders party to the RSA, including that such Senior Noteholders vote in favor of the Plan. The RSA also provides for termination by the parties upon the occurrence of certain events.

 

Backstop Commitment Agreement

 

On August 2, 2019 Halcón entered into a backstop commitment agreement (the “ BCA ”) with certain of the Senior Noteholders (the “ Backstop Parties ”) pursuant to which the Backstop Parties agreed to backstop the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering. The BCA is subject to Bankruptcy Court approval.

 

Pursuant to the BCA, the Backstop Parties have committed to (i) exercise their respective rights to purchase their pro rata share of the New Common Shares available to be purchased in the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering and (ii) backstop the aggregate Senior Noteholder Rights Offering and purchase the New Common Shares available in the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering to the extent unsubscribed.

 

In consideration of each Backstop Party’s backstop commitment, each Backstop Party shall be entitled to receive its pro rata share (the “ Backstop Commitment Premium ”) of either (i) on the Effective Date, in the form of New Common Shares, 6% of the aggregate amount of the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering issued at a price per share equal to the price per share offered to Senior Noteholders in the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering, or (ii) if the BCA is terminated due to a material breach of the BCA by Halcón, a cash payment equal to 6% of the aggregate amount of the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering.

 

The Backstop Parties’ obligation to backstop the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering, and the other transactions contemplated by the BCA, are conditioned upon the satisfaction (or waiver) of all conditions to the effectiveness of the Plan, and other conditions precedent set forth in the BCA, including Bankruptcy Court approval of the BCA. The BCA may be terminated upon the occurrence of certain events, including termination of the RSA and material, uncured breaches by the parties under the BCA.

 

The foregoing description of the BCA is qualified by reference to the full text of such agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Exit Financing

 

In connection with the RSA and the Chapter 11 Case, the Company has received an underwritten commitment from BMO Harris Bank, N.A. for the entire amount of a new $750 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “ Exit Facility ”), effective upon the Company’s emergence from the Chapter 11 Case, which will be arranged by BMO Capital Markets Corp. The Exit Facility will have an expected initial borrowing base of $275 million.  A portion of the Exit Facility in the amount of $50 million will be available for the issuance of letters of credit. The proceeds of the Exit Facility will be used to refinance indebtedness that the Company incurs during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Case under a debtor-in-possession credit facility, for working capital and other general corporate purposes, to issue letters of credit, for transaction fees and expenses and for fees related to the Company’s emergence from the Chapter 11 Case. The Exit Facility is subject to customary closing conditions and approval by the Bankruptcy Court, which has not been obtained at this time.

 

The terms of the Exit Facility are set forth in a senior secured revolving credit facility commitment letter (the “ Exit Commitment Letter ”), and the foregoing description of the Exit Facility is qualified by reference to the full text of the Exit Commitment Letter, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 2.03               Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation

 

The information set forth under Item 1.01 regarding the Exit Facility is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03

 

Item 7.01               Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, is a copy of Halcón’s press release dated August 2, 2019 announcing the entry into the RSA, BCA and Exit Commitment Letter.

 

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall Exhibit 99.1 be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, the “ Securities Act ”) or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase  any equity securities of Halcón, including any New Common Shares, Warrants, or the rights to be offered in either rights offering or any other securities.

 

Certain statements and information included herein may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Statements that are not strictly historical statements constitute forward-looking statements and may often, but not always, be identified by the use of such words as “expects”, “believes”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “plans”, “estimates”, “potential”, “possible”, or “probable” or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “will”, “should”, or “could” be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and expectations and involve certain assumptions or estimates that involve various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the statements. These risks include, but are not limited to the ability to confirm and consummate the Plan in accordance with the terms of the RSA; risks attendant to the bankruptcy process, including the effects thereof on the Parties’ business and on the interests of various constituents, the length of time that the Parties might be required to operate in bankruptcy and the continued availability of operating capital during the pendency of such proceedings; risks associated with third party motions in any bankruptcy case, which may interfere with the ability to confirm and consummate the Plan, potential adverse effects on the Parties’ liquidity or results of operations; increased costs to execute the reorganization contemplated by the RSA, effects on market price of the Company’s common stock and on the Company’s ability to access the capital markets; and those set forth in Halcón’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and other filings submitted by Halcón to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”), copies of which may be obtained from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or through Halcón’s website at www.halconresources.com. Readers should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which are made only as of the date hereof. Halcón has no duty, and assumes no obligation, to update forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or changes in Halcón’s expectations.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibits

10.1

 

Restructuring Support Agreement

 

 

 

10.2

 

Backstop Commitment Agreement

 

 

 

10.3

 

Exit Commitment Letter

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release issued by Halcón on August 2, 2019.

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibit

10.1

 

Restructuring Support Agreement

 

 

 

10.2

 

Backstop Commitment Agreement

 

 

 

10.3

 

Exit Commitment Letter

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release issued by Halcón on August 2, 2019.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Halcón Resources Corporation

 

 

August 3, 2019

By :

/s/ David S. Elkouri

 

 

Name: David S. Elkouri

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

This RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT (together with all exhibits, schedules, and attachments hereto, as each may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “ Agreement ”), dated as of August 2, 2019, is entered into by and among:

 

(a)                                  Halcón Resources Corporation (“ Parent ”), Halcón Resources Operating, Inc., Halcón Holdings, Inc., Halcón Energy Properties, Inc., Halcón Permian, LLC, Halcón Field Services, LLC, and Halcón Operating Co., Inc., each such entity a subsidiary of Parent (collectively with Parent, the “ Company ” or the “ Debtors ”); and

 

(b)                                  the undersigned beneficial holders, or investment advisors or managers for the account of beneficial holders (the “ Senior Noteholders ”), of the 6.75% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “ Senior Notes ”) issued under that certain indenture, dated as of February 16, 2017 (as amended, modified, or otherwise supplemented from time to time, the “ Senior Notes Indenture ”), by and among Parent, as issuer, each of the guarantors named therein, and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns and any subsequent Senior Noteholder that becomes party hereto in accordance with the terms hereof (collectively, the “ Consenting Creditors ”).

 

The Company, each Consenting Creditor, and any subsequent Person that becomes a party hereto in accordance with the terms hereof are referred to herein collectively as the “ Parties ” and each individually as a “ Party .”  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Restructuring Term Sheet (as defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS , the Parties have engaged in arm’s-length, good faith discussions regarding a restructuring of certain of the Company’s indebtedness and other obligations, including the Company’s indebtedness and obligations under the Revolving Credit Agreement and Senior Notes Indenture;

 

WHEREAS , the Parties have agreed to a restructuring of the Company’s capital structure (the “ Restructuring ”), which is anticipated to be implemented through the Plan (as defined below), a solicitation of votes thereon (the “ Solicitation ”), the Equity Rights Offerings (as defined below), and the commencement by the Company of voluntary cases (the “ Chapter 11 Cases ”) under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “ Bankruptcy Court ”);

 

WHEREAS , as of the date hereof, the Consenting Creditors, in the aggregate, hold approximately 67.3% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Senior Notes;

 

WHEREAS , as of the date hereof, the Consenting Creditors, in the aggregate, hold or control, directly or indirectly, approximately 26.2% of the issued and outstanding common equity of Parent (the “ Existing Equity Interests ”);

 


 

WHEREAS , in connection with the Restructuring, (i) the Senior Noteholders will be offered the right to purchase New Common Shares (as defined below) for an aggregate purchase price of $150,150,000 (the “ Senior Noteholder Rights Offering ”), and (ii) certain of the Consenting Creditors (in such capacity, the “ Backstop Parties ”) will backstop the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering, in each case, in accordance with the terms and conditions described in the Restructuring Term Sheet and the backstop commitment agreement dated as of the date hereof, attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS , in connection with the Restructuring, subject to the Existing Equity Cash Out, the holders of common stock of Parent will be offered the right to purchase New Common Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $14,850,000 (the “ Existing Equity Interests Rights Offering ”) in accordance with the terms and conditions described in the Restructuring Term Sheet;

 

WHEREAS , the Restructuring will include the grant of a new post-restructuring management incentive plan (the “ Management Incentive Plan ”) in accordance with the terms and conditions described in the Restructuring Term Sheet;

 

WHEREAS , the Parties desire to express to each other their mutual support and commitment specifically as set forth in the Restructuring Term Sheet and this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Certain Definitions.   The following terms used in this Agreement shall have the following definitions:

 

(a)                                  Ad Hoc Noteholder Group ” means those certain holders of Senior Notes represented by the Consenting Creditor Advisors.

 

(b)                                  Alternative Restructuring ” means any new money investment, restructuring, reorganization, merger, amalgamation, acquisition, consolidation, dissolution, winding up, assignment for the benefit of creditors, transaction, debt investment, equity investment, joint venture, partnership, sale, plan proposal, liquidation, tender offer, recapitalization, plan of reorganization, share exchange, business combination, or similar transaction involving any one or more of the Debtors or the debt, equity, or other interests in any one or more of the Debtors that is an alternative to the Restructuring and the Plan, including the Equity Rights Offerings, the Exit Facility and the other transactions contemplated by the Plan.

 

(c)                                   Backstop Assumption Motion ” means the motion and proposed form of order to be filed by the Debtors with the Bankruptcy Court seeking the assumption of the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement pursuant to section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, authorizing the payment of certain expenses and other amounts thereunder (including the Backstop Commitment Premium and the Expense Reimbursement (each as defined in the Senior

 

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Noteholder Backstop Agreement) and the indemnification provisions set forth therein, and granting any other related relief.

 

(d)                                  Backstop Order ” means an order of the Bankruptcy Court approving the Backstop Assumption Motion, which shall include, among other things, provisions expressly approving (i) the payment of the Backstop Commitment Premium and Expense Reimbursement, and (ii) the indemnification provisions set forth in the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement.

 

(e)                                   Consenting Creditor Advisors ” means, together, the Consenting Creditor Counsel and Ducera Partners, LLC, as financial advisor to the Ad Hoc Group of Noteholders.

 

(f)                                    Consenting Creditor Counsel ” means, collectively, (i) Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, as counsel and (ii) Porter Hedges LLP, as local counsel, to the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group.

 

(g)                                   Definitive Documents ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3 of this Agreement.

 

(h)                                  Equity Rights Offerings ” means, collectively, the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering and the Existing Equity Interests Rights Offering.

 

(i)                                      Plan ” means the prepackaged chapter 11 plan of reorganization of the Company implementing the Restructuring, attached hereto as Exhibit C , including all appendices, exhibits, schedules, and supplements thereto, as may be modified from time to time.

 

(j)                                     Qualified Marketmaker ” means an entity that (i) holds itself out to the public or the applicable private markets as standing ready in the ordinary course of business to purchase from customers and sell to customers Claims against or Interests in the Company (or enter with customers into long and short positions in Claims against or Interests in the Company), in its capacity as a dealer or marketmaker in Claims against or Interests in the Company and (ii) is, in fact, regularly in the business of making a market in claims against or interests in issuers or borrowers (including debt securities or other debt).

 

(k)                                  Requisite Creditors ” means, as of the date of determination, Consenting Creditors holding at least two-thirds of the outstanding Senior Notes held by the Consenting Creditors as of such date.

 

(l)                                      Restructuring Term Sheet ” means the term sheet (including any schedules and exhibits attached thereto), attached hereto as Exhibit A , which contains the material terms and provisions of the Restructuring agreed upon by the Parties that are to be incorporated into the Plan and the Definitive Documents.

 

(m)                              Support Period ” means the period commencing on the Support Effective Date and ending on the earlier of the (i) date on which this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 6 and (ii) the Effective Date.

 

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(n)                                  Voting Deadline ” means the deadline to submits votes to accept or reject the Plan.

 

2.                                       Support Effective Date .   This Agreement shall become effective, and the obligations contained herein shall become binding upon the Parties, upon the first date (such date, the “ Support Effective Date ”) that:

 

(a)                                  this Agreement has been executed by (i) each Debtor and (ii) Consenting Creditors holding, in aggregate, at least 66 2 / 3 % in principal amount of the Senior Notes; and

 

(b)                                  the reasonable and documented fees and expenses incurred by the Consenting Creditor Advisors pursuant to the terms of their fee letters as of the Support Effective Date have been paid in full in Cash.

 

3.                                       Exhibits; Definitive Documents; Bankruptcy Process.

 

(a)                                  Each of the exhibits attached hereto, including the Restructuring Term Sheet, and any schedules or exhibits to such exhibits (collectively, the “ Exhibits and Schedules ”) are expressly incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement, and all references to this Agreement shall include the Exhibits and Schedules.  In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement (excluding the Exhibits and Schedules) and the Exhibits and Schedules, the Exhibits and Schedules shall govern.  In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement (including the Exhibits and Schedules) and the Definitive Documents, as applicable, the terms of the Definitive Documents shall govern.

 

(b)                                  The definitive documents and agreements governing the Restructuring (collectively, the “ Definitive Documents ”) shall include:

 

i.                               the Plan;

 

ii.                            the Confirmation Order and any motion or other pleadings related to the Plan or to confirmation of the Plan;

 

iii.                         the Solicitation Materials and the motion seeking approval of the Solicitation Materials;

 

iv.                        (A) the interim order authorizing use of cash collateral and approving the DIP Financing (if any) (the “ Interim DIP Order ”) and (B) the final order authorizing use of cash collateral and approving the DIP Financing (if any) (the “ Final DIP Order ” and, together with the Interim DIP Order, the “ DIP Orders ”);

 

v.                           the DIP Documents;

 

vi.                        the Equity Rights Offering Documents;

 

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vii.                     the Backstop Assumption Motion and Backstop Order;

 

viii.                  the Exit Facility, if any, and any material document related to the Exit Facility;

 

ix.                        the Amended Organizational Documents;

 

x.                           the Management Incentive Plan;

 

xi.                        the Warrant Agreement; and

 

xii.                     if applicable, the Governance Term Sheet (as defined in the Plan).

 

(c)                                   Except as set forth or provided for herein, the Definitive Documents (and any modifications, restatements, supplements, or amendments to any of the Definitive Documents) shall, after the Support Effective Date, remain subject to negotiation and shall, upon completion, contain terms, conditions, representations, warranties, and covenants consistent in all respects with the terms of this Agreement and otherwise be in form and substance reasonably  satisfactory to the Debtors and the Requisite Creditors.

 

(d)                                  Commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases .  Provided that the Support Effective Date has occurred, the Company hereby agrees that, as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than August 7, 2019 (the “ Outside Petition Date ”) (the date on which such filing occurs, the “ Petition Date ”), the Company shall file with the Bankruptcy Court voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and any and all other documents necessary to commence the Chapter 11 Cases.

 

4.                                       Agreements of the Consenting Creditors.

 

(a)                                  Voting; Support .  Each Consenting Creditor (severally and not jointly) agrees that, for the duration of the Support Period applicable to such Consenting Creditor, such Consenting Creditor shall:

 

i.                               timely vote or cause to be voted its Claims or Interests, if applicable, to accept the Plan by delivering or causing to be delivered its duly authorized, executed, and completed ballot or ballots, and consent to and, if applicable, not opt out of, the releases set forth in the Plan against each Released Party on a timely basis, and, in any event, within four (4) Business Days following commencement of the Solicitation;

 

ii.                            not change or withdraw (or cause or direct to be changed or withdrawn) any such vote or release described in clause (i) above; provided , however , that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, a Consenting Creditor’s vote and release may, upon prior written notice to the Company and the other Parties, be revoked (and, upon such revocation, deemed void ab initio ) by any Consenting Creditor at any time following (and solely in

 

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the event of) the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6 with respect to such Consenting Creditor;

 

iii.                         timely vote (or cause to be voted) its Claims or Interests against any Alternative Restructuring;

 

iv.                        negotiate in good faith with the Company the form of the Definitive Documents and (as applicable) execute the Definitive Documents;

 

v.                           not directly or indirectly, through any Person (including any indenture trustee), seek, solicit, propose, support, assist, engage in negotiations in connection with or participate in the formulation, preparation, filing, or prosecution of any Alternative Restructuring;

 

vi.                        not object to, or take any other action that is inconsistent with or that would reasonably be expected to prevent, interfere with, delay, or impede, the Solicitation, the Equity Rights Offerings, the Exit Facility, the approval of and entry of the DIP Orders, approval of the Disclosure Statement, or the confirmation and consummation of the Plan and the Restructuring;

 

vii.                     not direct the Senior Notes Trustee to take any action inconsistent with such Consenting Creditor’s obligations under this Agreement or the Restructuring Term Sheet, and, if the Senior Notes Trustee takes any action inconsistent with such Consenting Creditor’s obligations under this Agreement or the Restructuring Term Sheet, such Consenting Creditor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause and direct (if reasonably requested by the Company) the Senior Notes Trustee to cease, withdraw, and refrain from taking any such action;

 

viii.                  to the extent any legal or structural impediment arises that would prevent, hinder, or delay the consummation of the Restructuring, negotiate in good faith appropriate additional, or alternative provisions to address any such impediment; provided , however , that no such additional or alternative provisions shall modify any Consenting Creditor’s economic treatment set forth in the Restructuring Term Sheet without such Consenting Creditor’s written consent.

 

(b)                                  Transfers .  Each Consenting Creditor agrees that, for the duration of the Support Period, such Consenting Creditor shall not sell, transfer, loan, issue, pledge, hypothecate, assign, or otherwise dispose of (each, a “ Transfer ”), directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any of its Claims or Interests or any option thereon or any right or interest therein or any other claims against or interests in the Company (including grant any proxies, deposit any Claims against or Interests into a voting trust, or entry into a voting agreement with respect to any such Claims or Interests), unless the transferee thereof either (i) is a Consenting Creditor or (ii) prior to such Transfer, agrees in writing for the benefit of the Parties to become a Consenting Creditor and to be bound by all of the terms of this Agreement applicable to Consenting Creditors (including with respect to any and all Claims, Interests, or other claims or interests it

 

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already may hold against or in the Company prior to such Transfer) by executing a joinder agreement, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “ Joinder Agreement ”), and delivering an executed copy thereof within two (2) Business Days following such execution, to Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (“ Weil ”), as counsel to the Company, and the Consenting Creditor Counsel, in which event (A) the transferee (including the Consenting Creditor transferee, if applicable) shall be deemed to be a Consenting Creditor hereunder to the extent of such transferred rights and obligations and (B) the transferor shall be deemed to relinquish its rights (and be released from its obligations) under this Agreement to the extent of such transferred rights and obligations.  Each Consenting Creditor agrees that any Transfer of any Claims or Interests that does not comply with the terms and procedures set forth herein shall be deemed void ab initio , and the Company and each other Consenting Creditor shall have the right to enforce the voiding of such Transfer.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Consenting Creditor may Transfer its Claims or Interests to an entity that is acting in its capacity as a Qualified Marketmaker without the requirement that the Qualified Marketmaker become a Party; provided , however , that (x) such Qualified Marketmaker must Transfer such right, title, or interest by the earlier of five (5) Business Days following its receipt thereof and, if received prior to the Voting Deadline, five (5) Business Days prior to the Voting Deadline, (y) any subsequent Transfer by such Qualified Marketmaker of the right, title, or interest in such Claims or Interests is to a transferee that is or becomes a Consenting Creditor at the time of such transfer, and (z) such Consenting Creditor shall be solely responsible for the Qualified Marketmaker’s failure to comply with the requirements of this Section 4 . Without limitation of the foregoing, if the Qualified Marketmaker fails to comply with this Section 4(b) , such Qualified Marketmaker shall comply with the obligations of a Consenting Creditor under Section 4(a)  of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                   Additional Claims and Interests .  To the extent any Consenting Creditor (i) acquires additional Claims or Interests, (ii) holds or acquires any other claims or interests against the Company entitled to vote on the Plan, or (iii) Transfers any Claims or Interests, then, in each case, such Consenting Creditor shall promptly notify Weil and the Consenting Creditor Counsel (in no event less than three (3) Business Days following such transaction).  Each such Consenting Creditor agrees that such additional Claims, Interests, or other claims and interests shall be subject to this Agreement and that, for the duration of the Support Period applicable to such Consenting Creditor, it shall vote (or cause to be voted) any such additional Claims, Interests, or other claims or interests entitled to vote on the Plan (to the extent still held by it or on its behalf at the time of such vote), in a manner consistent with Section 4(a)  hereof.

 

(d)                                  Additional Parties .  Any Senior Noteholder may, at any time after the Support Effective Date, become a party to this Agreement as a Consenting Creditor (an “ Additional Consenting Creditor ”), by delivering an executed copy of a Joinder Agreement to Weil and the Consenting Creditor Counsel, pursuant to which such Additional Consenting Creditor shall be bound by the terms of this Agreement as a Consenting Creditor hereunder and shall be deemed a Consenting Creditor for all purposes hereunder.

 

(e)                                   The foregoing provisions of this Section 4 will not (i) limit any Consenting Creditor’s rights to enforce any rights under this Agreement or (ii) be construed to prohibit or limit any Consenting Creditor from appearing as a party-in-interest in any matter to

 

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be adjudicated in a court of competent jurisdiction or the Chapter 11 Cases (as applicable), so long as, from the Support Effective Date and continuing for the Support Period, such appearance and the positions advocated in connection therewith are not inconsistent with this Agreement, are not in violation of this Agreement, and are not for the purpose of hindering, delaying, or preventing the consummation of the Restructuring.

 

5.                                       Agreements of the Company.

 

(a)                                  Covenants .  The Company agrees that, for the duration of the Support Period, the Company shall:

 

i.                               use commercially reasonable efforts to (A) support the Restructuring, as contemplated under this Agreement and the Restructuring Term Sheet, (B) implement and consummate the Restructuring in a timely manner, and take any and all actions in furtherance of the Restructuring, as contemplated under this Agreement and the Restructuring Term Sheet, (C) negotiate in good faith with the Consenting Creditors the form of the Definitive Documents and (as applicable) execute the Definitive Documents, and (D) obtain, file, submit, or register any and all required governmental, regulatory, and third-party approvals that are necessary for the Restructuring;

 

ii.                            subject to Section 29 hereof, not directly or indirectly (A) seek, solicit, support, propose, assist, encourage, vote for, consent to, enter, or participate in any discussion regarding the negotiation or formulation of an Alternative Restructuring, (B) publicly announce its intention not to pursue the Restructuring, or (C) object to, impede, delay, or take any other action that is inconsistent with, or that would reasonably be expected to prevent, interfere with, or materially impede or delay, the confirmation or consummation of the Restructuring;

 

iii.                         operate its business in the ordinary course in a manner consistent with past practice in all material respects (other than any changes in operations (A) resulting from or relating to this Agreement or the filing or prosecution of the Chapter 11 Cases or (B) imposed by the Bankruptcy Court);

 

iv.                        as reasonably requested, confer with the Consenting Creditors and their respective representatives that have entered into and are subject to a confidentiality agreement with the Company to report on operational matters and the general status of ongoing operations; provided , however , that (A) such requests shall be directed solely to David S. Elkouri in accordance with Section 23 hereof and (B) any information provided in response to such requests shall be deemed “Confidential Information” in accordance with the applicable confidentiality agreements between the Company and the receiving Consenting Creditors;

 

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v.                           maintain good standing and legal existence under the laws of the state or other jurisdiction in which such entity is incorporated, organized, or formed;

 

vi.                        not sell, or file any motion or application seeking to sell, any assets in excess of $5 million other than in the ordinary course of business, except (A) as otherwise provided in this Agreement or (B) with the prior written consent of the Requisite Creditors;

 

vii.                     promptly provide written notice to the Consenting Creditors and the Consenting Creditor Advisors of (A) the occurrence, or failure to occur, of any event of which the Company has actual knowledge which occurrence or failure would be likely to cause any condition precedent contained in this Agreement not to occur or become impossible to satisfy, (B) the receipt of any written notice from any governmental authority or third party alleging that the consent of such party is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Restructuring, or (C) receipt of any written notice of any proceeding commenced or, to the actual knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company relating to or involving or otherwise affecting in any material respect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Restructuring, or (D) a failure of the Company to comply in any material respect with or satisfy a covenant, condition, or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder;

 

viii.                  promptly notify the Consenting Creditors and the Consenting Creditor Advisors in writing following the receipt of notice of any material governmental or third-party complaints, litigations, investigations, or hearings (or communications indicating that the same may be contemplated or threatened);

 

ix.                        not adopt any new executive compensation or retention plans, approve any executive bonuses, or retention payments, or terminate any employees that would give rise to contractual severance obligations, without the prior written consent of the Requisite Creditors;

 

x.                           subject to Section 29 hereof, not take any action that is inconsistent with, or is intended to interfere with, consummation of the Restructuring;

 

xi.                        provide draft copies of all material motions or applications related to the Restructuring (including all “first day” and “second day” motions and orders, the Plan, the Disclosure Statement, ballots, and other Solicitation Materials in respect of the Plan and any proposed amended version of the Plan or the Disclosure Statement, and a proposed Confirmation Order) the Company intends to file with the Bankruptcy Court to the Consenting Creditors Counsel, if reasonably practicable, at least two (2) Business Days prior to the date when the Company intends to file any such pleading or other document (provided that if delivery of such motions, orders, or materials at least two (2) Business Days in

 

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advance is not reasonably practicable prior to filing, such motion, order, or material shall be delivered as soon as reasonably practicable prior to filing), and shall consult in good faith with the Consenting Creditor Advisors regarding the form and substance of any such proposed filing with the Bankruptcy Court;

 

xii.                     to the extent any legal or structural impediment arises that would prevent, hinder, or delay the consummation of the Restructuring, negotiate in good faith appropriate additional, or alternative provisions to address any such impediment;

 

xiii.                  subject to professional responsibilities, timely file with the Bankruptcy Court a written objection to any motion filed with the Bankruptcy Court by a third party seeking the entry of an order (A) directing the appointment of an examiner with expanded powers or a trustee, (B) converting any of the Chapter 11 Cases to cases under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, (C) dismissing any of the Chapter 11 Cases, or (D) modifying or terminating the Company’s exclusive right to file and/or solicit acceptances of a plan of reorganization; and

 

xiv.                 pay in cash (A) immediately prior to the Petition Date, all reasonable and documented fees and expenses accrued prior to the Petition Date for which invoices or receipts are furnished by the Consenting Creditor Advisors at least one Business Day prior thereto, (B) after the Petition Date, subject to any applicable orders of the Bankruptcy Court but without the need to file fee or retention applications, all reasonable and documented fees and expenses incurred by the Consenting Creditor Advisors from time to time prior to (to the extent not previously paid), on, and after the Petition Date, and (C) on the Effective Date, all reasonable and documented fees and expenses of the Consenting Creditor Advisors incurred and outstanding in connection with the Restructuring (including any estimated fees and expenses estimated to be incurred through the Effective Date).

 

6.                                       Termination of Agreement.

 

(a)                                  This Agreement shall terminate three (3) Business Days following the delivery of written notice (in accordance with Section 23 hereof) from: (i) the Requisite Creditors to Parent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Creditor Termination Event (as defined below) or (ii) Parent to the Consenting Creditors at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Company Termination Event (as defined below).  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Section 6 , no Party may exercise any of its respective termination rights as set forth herein if such Party has failed to perform or comply in all material respects with the terms and conditions of this Agreement (unless such failure to perform or comply arises as a result of another Party’s actions or inactions), with such failure to perform or comply causing, or resulting in, the occurrence of a Creditor Termination Event or Company Termination Event specified herein.  This Agreement shall terminate automatically, without any further action required by any Party, upon the occurrence of the

 

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Effective Date.  This Agreement shall terminate automatically as to any Consenting Creditor that sells or transfers all Claims against and Interests in the Company that it holds in accordance with Section 4(b) .

 

(b)                                  A “ Creditor Termination Event ” shall mean any of the following:

 

i.                               the breach by the Company of any of the undertakings, representations, warranties, or covenants of the Company set forth herein in any material respect that remains uncured (if susceptible to cure) for a period of five (5)

 

Business Days after the receipt of written notice of such breach pursuant to this Section 6 and in accordance with Section 23 (as applicable);

 

ii.                            the issuance by any governmental authority, including any regulatory authority or court of competent jurisdiction, of any ruling, judgment, or order enjoining the consummation of or prohibiting the Debtors from implementing the Plan or the Restructuring, and such ruling, judgment, or order has not been stayed, reversed, or vacated within fifteen (15) days after such issuance;

 

iii.                         the Company enters into a definitive agreement with respect to an Alternative Restructuring or publicly announces its intention to pursue an Alternative Restructuring;

 

iv.                        if, as of 11:59 p.m. prevailing Eastern Time on August 5, 2019, the Company has not commenced the Solicitation in accordance with section 1126(b) of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

v.                           if, as of 11:59 p.m. prevailing Eastern Time on the Outside Petition Date, the Chapter 11 Cases have not been filed;

 

vi.                        on the Petition Date, the Company has not filed (A) the Plan, (B) the Disclosure Statement, (C) motions seeking (x) interim and final approval of the DIP Orders and DIP Credit Agreement, if applicable and (y) a combined hearing for approval of the Disclosure Statement and confirmation of the Plan, and (D) the Backstop Assumption Motion;

 

vii.                     if, as of 11:59 p.m. prevailing Eastern Time on the date that is three (3) Business Days after the Petition Date, the Bankruptcy Court has not entered the Interim DIP Order;

 

viii.                  if, as of 11:59 p.m. prevailing Eastern Time on the date that is thirty (30) days after the Petition Date, the Bankruptcy Court has not entered the Final DIP Order;

 

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ix.                        if, as of 11:59 p.m. prevailing Eastern Time on the date that is thirty (30) days after the commencement of Solicitation, the Voting Deadline has not occurred;

 

x.                           if, as of 11:59 p.m. prevailing Eastern Time on the date that is seventy (70) days after the Petition Date, the Bankruptcy Court has not entered the Confirmation Order and the Backstop Order;

 

xi.                        if, as of 11:59 p.m. prevailing Eastern Time on the date that is eighty-five (85) days after the Petition Date, the Effective Date has not occurred (the “ Outside Date ”);

 

xii.                     the Bankruptcy Court (A) enters an order denying confirmation of the Plan or (B) after entry of the Confirmation Order, enters an order vacating the Plan or Confirmation Order, or modifying or otherwise amending the Plan or Confirmation Order in a manner materially inconsistent with this Agreement, the Restructuring, the Plan, or any other Definitive Documents then in effect;

 

xiii.                  the Bankruptcy Court enters an order terminating the Company’s exclusive right to file or solicit acceptances of a chapter 11 plan;

 

xiv.                 the Company withdraws the Plan or publicly announces its intention to withdraw the Plan;

 

xv.                    the Bankruptcy Court enters an order (A) directing the appointment of a trustee in the Chapter 11 Cases, (B) converting any of the Chapter 11 Cases to cases under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (C) dismissing any of the Chapter 11 Cases;

 

xvi.                 the Bankruptcy Court enters any order authorizing the use of cash collateral or post-petition financing that is inconsistent in any material respect with this Agreement or the applicable DIP Order, or otherwise not consented to by the Requisite Creditors;

 

xvii.              if any of the DIP Orders are reversed, stayed, dismissed, vacated, reconsidered, modified, or amended in any material respect without the consent of the Requisite Creditors;

 

xviii.           if applicable, the occurrence of the Maturity Date (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement) without the Plan having been substantially consummated;

 

xix.                 the termination of the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement, other than as a result of consummation of the Equity Rights Offerings;

 

xx.                    if the Company shall not have obtained a firm commitment for DIP Financing and the consensual use of cash collateral in form and substance satisfactory to the Requisite Creditors prior to the Petition Date;

 

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xxi.                 if the Company shall not have obtained a firm commitment for the Exit Facility in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Requisite Creditors prior to the Effective Date;

 

xxii.              if any court of competent jurisdiction has entered a final, non-appealable judgement or order declaring this Agreement to be unenforceable;

 

xxiii.           the Bankruptcy Court enters an order granting relief from the automatic stay imposed by section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code authorizing any party to proceed against any material asset of the Company or that would materially and adversely affect the Company’s ability to operate the Company’s businesses in the ordinary course; or

 

xxiv.          either (A) the Company files a motion, application, or adversary proceeding (or the Company supports any such motion, application, or adversary proceeding filed or commenced by any third party) challenging the validity, enforceability, or priority of, or seeking avoidance or subordination of, any portion of the Claims arising under the Senior Notes and Senior Notes Indenture asserting any other cause of action against the Consenting Creditors or with respect or relating to the Claims arising under the Senior Notes and Senior Notes Indenture; or (B) the Bankruptcy Court (or any court with jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases) enters an order that is inconsistent with this Agreement or the Plan in any material respect.

 

(c)                                   A “ Company Termination Event ” shall mean any of the following:

 

i.                               the breach by one or more of the Consenting Creditors of any of the undertakings, representations, warranties, or covenants of the Consenting Creditors set forth herein in any material respect that remains uncured for a period of five (5) Business Days after the receipt of written notice of such breach pursuant to this Section 6 and in accordance with Section 23 hereof (as applicable), but only if the non-breaching Consenting Creditors hold less than 66 2 / 3 % of the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes;

 

ii.                            if, pursuant to Section 29 hereof, the board of directors, managers, members, or partners, as applicable, of any Company entity party hereto reasonably determines in good faith based upon the advice of legal counsel that continued performance under this Agreement would be inconsistent with the exercise of its fiduciary duties under applicable law; provided , however , that such Company entity provides notice of any such determination to the Consenting Creditors within one (1) day of board approval of any Alternative Restructuring;

 

iii.                         if, as of 11:59 p.m. prevailing Eastern Time on August 5, 2019, the Support Effective Date has not occurred;

 

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iv.                        the issuance by any governmental authority, including any regulatory authority or court of competent jurisdiction, of any ruling, judgment, or order enjoining the consummation of or prohibiting the Debtors from implementing the Plan or the Restructuring, and such ruling, judgment, or order has not been stayed, reversed, or vacated within fifteen (15) days after such issuance;

 

v.                           if the Company shall not have obtained a firm commitment for DIP Financing and the consensual use of cash collateral in form and substance satisfactory to the Company prior to the Petition Date;

 

vi.                        if the Company shall not have obtained a firm commitment for the Exit Facility in form and substance satisfactory to the Company prior to the Effective Date;

 

vii.                     the Bankruptcy Court enters an order (A) directing the appointment of a trustee in the Chapter 11 Cases, (B) converting any of the Chapter 11 Cases to cases under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (C) dismissing any of the Chapter 11 Cases;

 

viii.                  the Bankruptcy Court (A) enters an order denying confirmation of the Plan or (B) after entry of the Confirmation Order, enters an order vacating the Plan or Confirmation Order, or modifying or otherwise amending the Plan or Confirmation Order in a manner materially inconsistent with this Agreement, the Restructuring, the Plan, or any other Definitive Documents then in effect;

 

ix.                        the Bankruptcy Court enters an order terminating the Company’s exclusive right to file or solicit acceptances of a chapter 11 plan;

 

x.                           the termination of the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement, other than as a result of consummation of the Equity Rights Offerings; or

 

xi.                        the occurrence of the Outside Date if the Effective Date has not occurred.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any of the dates or deadlines set forth in  Sections 6(b)  and 6(c)   may be extended by agreement of the Company and the Requisite Creditors (which may be provided by the Consenting Creditors Advisors on behalf of the Requisite Creditors).

 

(d)                                  Mutual Termination .  This Agreement may be terminated at any time by the mutual written agreement of the Company and the Requisite Creditors.

 

(e)                                   Effect of Termination .

 

i.                               The date on which termination of this Agreement is effective as to a Party in accordance with this Section 6 shall be referred to as the “ Termination

 

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Date ” and, the provisions of this Agreement shall terminate on the Termination Date, except as otherwise provided in Section 15 hereof.

 

ii.                            Subject to the provisions contained in Section 6(a)  and Section 15 hereof, upon the Termination Date, this Agreement shall forthwith become null and void and of no further force or effect and each Party shall, except as provided otherwise in this Agreement, be immediately released from its liabilities, obligations, commitments, undertakings, and agreements under or related to this Agreement and shall have all the rights and remedies that it would have had and shall be entitled to take all actions, whether with respect to the Restructuring or otherwise, that it would have been entitled to take had it not entered into this Agreement, including all rights and remedies available to it under applicable law;

 

provided , however , that in no event shall any such termination relieve a Party from liability for its breach or non-performance of its obligations hereunder prior to the date of such termination.

 

(f)                                    Limited Waiver of Automatic Stay .  The Company acknowledges and agrees and shall not dispute that after the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, the giving of notice of termination of this Agreement by any Party solely in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall not be a violation of the automatic stay of section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code (and the Company hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the applicability of the automatic stay to the giving of such notice, and if this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 6 , each Consenting Creditor’s vote or release described in Section 4(a)i of this Agreement may be revoked (and, upon such revocation, deemed void ab initio ) notwithstanding the Automatic Stay or passage of the Voting Deadline); provided , however , that nothing herein shall prejudice any Party’s rights to argue that the giving of notice of default or termination was not proper under the terms of this Agreement.

 

7.                                       Definitive Documents; Good Faith Cooperation; Further Assurances.

 

Each Party hereby covenants and agrees to cooperate with each other in good faith in connection with, and shall exercise commercially reasonable efforts with respect to the pursuit, approval, negotiation, execution, delivery, implementation, and consummation of the Plan and the Restructuring, as well as the negotiation, drafting, execution and delivery of the Definitive Documents, which shall be subject to the applicable consent rights of the Requisite Creditors in Section 3 .  Furthermore, subject to the terms hereof, each of the Parties shall (i) take such action as may be reasonably necessary or reasonably requested by the other Parties to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement, including making and filing any required regulatory filings, and (ii) refrain from taking any action that would frustrate the purpose and intent of this Agreement.

 

8.                                       Representations and Warranties.

 

(a)                                  Each Party, severally (and not jointly), represents and warrants to the other Parties that the following statements are true, correct, and complete as of the Support Effective

 

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Date (or as of the date a Consenting Creditor becomes a Party to this Agreement by executing and delivering a Joinder Agreement):

 

i.                               such Party is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, and has all requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability company, or similar authority to enter into this Agreement and carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and perform its obligations contemplated hereunder; and the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of such Party’s obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other similar action on its part;

 

ii.                            the execution, delivery, and performance by such Party of this Agreement does not and will not (A) violate any material provision of law, rule, or regulation applicable to it or any of its subsidiaries or its charter or bylaws (or other similar governing documents) or those of any of its subsidiaries, or (B) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any material contractual obligation to which it or any of its subsidiaries is a party except, in the case of the Company, for the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases;

 

iii.                         the execution, delivery, and performance by such Party of this Agreement does not and will not require any material registration or filing with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action, with or by, any federal, state or governmental authority or regulatory body, except such filings as may be necessary and/or required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or other securities regulatory authorities under applicable securities laws; and

 

iv.                        this Agreement is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability or a ruling of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

(b)                                  Representations and Warranties of the Consenting Creditors . Each Consenting Creditor severally (and not jointly) represents and warrants to the other Parties that, as of the Support Effective Date (or such later date on which a Consenting Creditor becomes a Party to this Agreement by executing and delivering a Joinder Agreement), such Consenting Creditor (i) is the owner of the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes and the number of shares of Existing Equity Interests set forth below its name on the signature page hereto (or below its name on the signature page of a Joinder Agreement for any Consenting Creditor that becomes a party hereto after the date hereof), free and clear of any restrictions on transfer, liens or options, warrants, purchase rights, contracts, commitments, claims, demands, and other encumbrances and does not own any other Senior Notes or Existing Equity Interests or (ii) has, with respect to the beneficial owners of such Senior Notes and Existing Equity Interests, (A) sole investment or voting discretion with respect thereto, (B) full power and authority to vote on and

 

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consent to matters concerning such Senior Notes and Existing Equity Interests or to exchange, assign, and transfer such Senior Notes and Existing Equity Interests and (C) full power and authority to bind or act on the behalf of, such beneficial owners.

 

(c)                                   Representations and Warranties of the Company .  The Company represents and warrants, on a joint and several basis, to the other Parties as of the Support Effective Date:

 

i.                               there is no pending or undisclosed agreement, understanding, negotiation, or discussion (in each case, whether oral or written) with respect to any Alternative Restructuring;

 

ii.                            except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement), when furnished, none of the material and information regarding the Company that was provided to the Consenting Creditors in the virtual data room maintained by or on behalf of the Company or provided by or on behalf of the Company to the Consenting Creditor Advisors on an advisors’ eyes only basis, in each case, in connection with the Restructuring, when read or considered together, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to prevent the statements made therein from being materially misleading; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not apply to any projections or other forward looking material or information provided by or on behalf of the Company and, with respect to any such projections or other forward looking material or information, the Company represents, warrants, and covenants, on a joint and several basis, that such material and information was prepared in good faith by the Company based on assumptions that the Company determined were reasonable at the time of the preparation thereof; provided , further , however , that the foregoing representation shall not survive confirmation of the Plan; and

 

iii.                         the aggregate principal amount of outstanding indebtedness (excluding any fees, costs, expenses and indemnities that may be owed by the applicable obligors) on account of the Senior Notes is at least $625 million.

 

9.                                       Disclosure; Publicity.   The Company shall submit drafts to Consenting Creditor Counsel of any press releases, and any and all filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that constitute disclosure of the existence or terms of this Agreement or any amendment to the terms of this Agreement at least two (2) Business Days prior to making any such disclosure.  Except as required by applicable law, and notwithstanding any provision of any other agreement between the Company and such Consenting Creditor to the contrary, no Party or its advisors shall disclose to any Person (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any other Consenting Creditor), other than advisors to the Company and the Consenting Creditor Advisors, the principal amount or percentage of any Senior Notes or other Claims against, or Interests in, the Debtors held by any Consenting Creditor without such Consenting Creditor’s prior written consent; provided , however , that (i) if such disclosure is required by law, subpoena, or other legal process or regulation, the disclosing Party shall, to the extent permitted by law, afford the

 

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relevant Consenting Creditor a reasonable opportunity to review and comment in advance of such disclosure and shall take commercially reasonable measures to limit such disclosure (the expense of which, if any, shall be borne by the relevant Consenting Creditor) and (ii) the foregoing shall not prohibit the disclosure of the aggregate percentage or aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes collectively held by the Consenting Creditors.  Notwithstanding the provisions in this Section 9 , any Party may disclose, to the extent consented to in writing by a Consenting Creditor, such Consenting Creditor’s individual holdings.

 

10.                                Amendments and Waivers.

 

(a)                                  Other than as set forth in Section 10(b) , this Agreement, including the Exhibits and Schedules, may not be waived, modified, amended, or supplemented except with the written consent of the Company and the Requisite Creditors.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding Section 10(a) :

 

i.                               any waiver, modification, amendment, or supplement to this Section 10 shall require the written consent of all of the Parties;

 

ii.                            any modification, amendment, or change to the definition of “Requisite Creditors” shall require the written consent of each Consenting Creditor and the Company;

 

iii.                         any waiver, modification, amendment, or supplement to the Securities Issuance Requirements shall require the written consent of all Parties; and

 

iv.                        any change, modification, or amendment to this Agreement, the Restructuring Term Sheet, or the Plan that treats or affects any Consenting Creditor’s Claims arising under the Senior Notes and Senior Notes Indenture in a manner that is materially and adversely disproportionate, on an economic or non-economic basis, to the manner in which any of the other Consenting Creditors are treated shall require the written consent of such materially adversely and disproportionately affected Consenting Creditor.

 

(c)                                   In the event that a materially adversely and disproportionately affected Consenting Creditor (“ Non-Consenting Creditor ”) does not consent to a waiver, change, modification, or amendment to this Agreement requiring the consent of each Consenting Creditor, but such waiver, change, modification, or amendment receives the consent of Consenting Creditors (i) owning at least 66 2 / 3 % of the outstanding Senior Notes and (ii) representing at least a majority in number of claimants asserting Claims arising under the Senior Notes, this Agreement shall be deemed to have been terminated only as to such Non-Consenting Creditor, but this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect with respect to all other Consenting Creditors from time to time without the consent of any Consenting Creditors who have so consented.

 

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(d)                                  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no amendment or waiver of the Outside Date shall be effective as to any Supporting Party without such Supporting Party’s prior written consent.  In the event that the Parties properly amend or waive the Outside Date, this Agreement shall terminate on the Outside Date that existed under this Agreement immediately prior to such amendment or waiver with respect to each Party that did not expressly consent in writing to such amendment or waiver.

 

11.                                Effectiveness.   This Agreement shall become effective and binding upon each Party on the Support Effective Date; provided , however , that signature pages executed by Consenting Creditors shall be delivered to (i) other Consenting Creditors in a redacted form that removes such Consenting Creditors’ holdings of the Senior Notes and (ii) the Company, Weil, and Consenting Creditor Counsel in an unredacted form (to be held by Weil and Consenting Creditor Counsel on a professionals’ eyes only-basis).

 

12.                                Fee and Expenses.   In accordance with and subject to Section 2(b)  and Section 5(a)xiv hereof and the terms of the applicable fee letters, the Company shall pay or reimburse when due all reasonable and documented fees and expenses of the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group and the Consenting Creditor Advisors (regardless of whether such fees and expenses were incurred before or after the Petition Date) incurred through and including the Termination Date.

 

13.                                GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

 

(a)                                  This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the Parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York, without giving effect to any conflict of laws principles that would require the application of the law of any other jurisdiction.

 

(b)                                  Each of the Parties irrevocably agrees that any legal action, suit, or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any Party shall be brought and determined in any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York (“ NY Courts ”) and each of the Parties hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for itself and with respect to its property, generally and unconditionally, with regard to any such proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Restructuring.  Each of the Parties agrees not to commence any proceeding relating to this Agreement or the Restructuring except in the NY Courts, other than proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce any judgment, decree, or award rendered by any NY Courts.  Each of the Parties further agrees that notice as provided in Section 23 shall constitute sufficient service of process and the Parties further waive any argument that such service is insufficient.  Each of the Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Restructuring, (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the NY Courts for any reason, (ii) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment, or otherwise) and (iii) that (A) the proceeding in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (B) the venue of such proceeding is improper, or (C)

 

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this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases, all proceedings contemplated by this Section 13(b)  shall be brought in the Bankruptcy Court.

 

(c)                                   EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT, OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

14.                                Specific Performance/Remedies.   It is understood and agreed by the Parties that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of this Agreement by any Party and each non-breaching Party shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief as a remedy of any such breach of this Agreement, without the necessity of proving the inadequacy of money damages as a remedy, including an order of the Bankruptcy Court or other court of competent jurisdiction requiring any Party to comply promptly with any of its obligations hereunder.  Each Party also agrees that it will not seek, and will waive any requirement for, the securing or posting of a bond in connection with any Party seeking or obtaining such relief.

 

15.                                Survival.   Notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6 hereof, the acknowledgements, agreements and obligations of the Parties in this Section 15 and Sections 6 , 12 (for purposes of enforcement of obligations accrued through the Termination Date), 13 , 14 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 22 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 and 28 hereof (and any defined terms used in any such Sections) shall survive such termination and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the terms hereof; provided , however , that any liability of a Party for failure to comply with the terms of this Agreement shall survive such termination.

 

16.                                Headings.   The headings of the sections, paragraphs, and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation hereof or, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Agreement.

 

17.                                Successors and Assigns; Severability; Several Obligations.   This Agreement is intended to bind and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and representatives; provided , however , that nothing contained in this Section 17 shall be deemed to permit Transfers of the Claims arising under the Senior Notes and Senior Notes Indenture or the Existing Equity Interests other than in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement.  If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of any such provision to any Person or circumstance, shall be

 

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held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision or part thereof and the remaining part of such provision hereof and this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party.  Upon any such determination of invalidity, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in a reasonably acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.  Except as expressly provided for herein, the agreements, representations, warranties, and obligations of the Parties are, in all respects, ratable and several and neither joint nor joint and several.

 

18.                                No Third-Party Beneficiaries.   The terms and provisions of this Agreement are intended solely for the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and no other Person shall be a third-party beneficiary hereof.

 

19.                                Prior Negotiations; Entire Agreement.   This Agreement, including the Exhibits and Schedules, constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other prior agreements (oral or written), negotiations, and documents between and among the Parties (and their respective advisors) with respect to the subject matter hereof, except that the Parties acknowledge that any confidentiality agreements (if any) heretofore executed between the Company and each Consenting Creditor shall continue in full force and effect.

 

20.                                Relationship Among Parties.   Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the duties and obligations of the Consenting Creditors under this Agreement shall be several, not joint and several, (ii) no Party shall have any responsibility by virtue of this Agreement for any trading by any other Person, and (iii) no prior history, pattern, or practice of sharing confidences among or between the Parties shall in any way affect or negate this Agreement.

 

21.                                Relationship Among Consenting Creditors . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Consenting Creditor hereby agrees and acknowledges that (i) this Agreement does not constitute an agreement, arrangement, or understanding with respect to acting together for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting, or disposing of any equity securities of the Company and the Consenting Creditors do not constitute a “group” within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, (ii) none of the Consenting Creditors shall have any fiduciary duty, any duty of trust or confidence in any form, or other duties or responsibilities in any kind or form to each other, the Company or any of the Company’s other lenders, Senior Noteholders, or stakeholders, including as a result of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein, and (iii) no action taken by any Consenting Creditor pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute or to create a presumption by any of the Consenting Creditors that the Consenting Creditors are in any way acting in concert or as a “group.”

 

22.                                Counterparts.   This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same agreement.  Execution copies of this Agreement and executed counterpart

 

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signature pages hereto may be delivered by electronic mail (in “.pdf” or “.tif” format), facsimile, or other electronic imaging means, which shall be deemed to be an original for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

23.                                Notices.   All notices hereunder shall be deemed given if in writing and delivered, if contemporaneously sent by electronic mail, courier, or by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) to the following addresses:

 

(1)                                  If to the Company, to:

 

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 1500

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention:

David S. Elkouri, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

 

(delkouri@halconresources.com)

 

 

With a copy to:

 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10153

Attention:

Gary Holtzer, Esq.

 

(Gary.Holtzer@weil.com)

 

Alfredo R. Pérez, Esq.

 

(Alfredo.Perez@weil.com)

 

Lauren Tauro, Esq.

 

(Lauren.Tauro@weil.com)

 

 

(2)                                  If to a Consenting Creditor, or a transferee thereof, to the addresses set forth below the Consenting Creditor’s signature (or as directed by any transferee thereof), as the case may be, with copies to:  

 

 

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

Attention:

Andrew Rosenberg, Esq.

 

(arosenberg@paulweiss.com)

 

Robert Britton, Esq.

 

(rbritton@paulweiss.com)

 

Samuel Lovett, Esq.

 

(slovett@paulweiss.com)

 

Any notice given by delivery, mail, or courier shall be effective when received.  Any notice given by electronic mail shall be effective upon oral, machine, or electronic mail (as applicable) confirmation of transmission.

 

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24.                                No Solicitation; Representation by Counsel; Adequate Information.

 

(a)                                  This Agreement is not and shall not be deemed to be a solicitation for votes in favor of the Plan in the Chapter 11 Cases or solicitation of an offer to buy securities, including with respect to the Equity Rights Offerings.  The acceptances of the Consenting Creditors with respect to the Plan will not be solicited until such Consenting Creditor has received the Disclosure Statement and, as applicable, related ballots and Solicitation Materials. In addition, this Agreement does not constitute an offer to issue or sell securities to any Person or the solicitation of an offer to acquire or buy securities in any jurisdiction where such offer or solicitation would be unlawful.

 

(b)                                  Each Party acknowledges that it has had an opportunity to receive information from the Company and that it has been represented by counsel in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.  Accordingly, any rule of law or any legal decision that would provide any Party with a defense to the enforcement of the terms of this Agreement against such Party based upon lack of legal counsel shall have no application and is expressly waived.

 

(c)                                   Each Consenting Creditor acknowledges, agrees, and represents to the other Parties that it (i) is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act and a “qualified institutional buyer” as such term is defined in Rule 144A of the Securities Act, (ii) understands that if it is to acquire any securities, as defined in the Securities Act, pursuant to the Restructuring, such securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and that such securities are, to the extent not offered, solicited, or acquired pursuant to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, being offered and sold pursuant to an exemption from registration contained in the Securities Act, based in part upon such Consenting Creditor’s representations contained in this Agreement and cannot be sold unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration is available, and (iii) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to evaluate properly the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Restructuring and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the securities to be acquired by it (if any) pursuant to the Restructuring and understands and is able to bear any economic risks with such investment.

 

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25.                                Time.   In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by the Plan, unless otherwise set forth in the Plan or determined by the Bankruptcy Court, the provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006 shall apply.

 

26.                                No Waiver of Participation and Preservation of Rights.   Except as provided in this Agreement, nothing herein is intended to, does, or shall be deemed in any manner to waive, limit, impair, or restrict the ability of each of the Parties to protect and preserve its rights, remedies, and interests, including its claims and any liens or security interests it may have in any assets of the Company.  Without limiting the foregoing sentence in any way, if this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms for any reason (other than consummation of the Restructuring), the Parties each fully and expressly reserve any and all of their respective rights, remedies, claims, defenses, and interests, in the case of any claim for breach of this Agreement arising prior to termination.

 

27.                                Settlement Discussions.   This Agreement is part of a proposed settlement of matters that could otherwise be the subject of litigation among the Parties.  Nothing herein (including Exhibits and Schedules) shall be construed as or be deemed to be evidence of an admission or concession of any kind on the part of any Party of any claim, fault, liability, or damages whatsoever.  Each of the Parties denies any and all wrongdoing or liability of any kind and does not concede any infirmity in the claims or defenses which it has asserted or could assert.  Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 408, any applicable state rules of evidence and any other applicable law, foreign, or domestic, this Agreement and all negotiations relating hereto shall not be admissible into evidence in any proceeding other than to prove the existence of this Agreement or in a proceeding to enforce the terms of this Agreement.

 

28.                                Miscellaneous.   This Agreement is the product of negotiations among the Parties, and the enforcement or interpretation of this Agreement is to be interpreted in a neutral manner.  Any presumption with regard to interpretation for or against any Party by reason of that Party having drafted or caused to be drafted this Agreement or any portion of this Agreement, shall not be effective in regard to the interpretation of this Agreement.  When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, Exhibit, or Schedule, such reference shall be to a Section, Exhibit, or Schedule, respectively, of or attached to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.  Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, (ii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement, (iii) the words “include,” “includes,” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation,” (iv) the word “or” shall not be exclusive and shall be read to mean “and/or,” and (v) any reference in this Agreement to “dollars” or “$” shall mean U.S. dollars.  The Parties agree that they have been represented by legal counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any law, regulation, holding, or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document shall be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document.

 

29.                                Fiduciary Duty.   Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Company or any directors, officers, or members of any Company party hereto, each in their capacity as such, to take any action, or to refrain from taking any action, to the extent that doing so would be

 

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inconsistent with its fiduciary obligations under applicable law (as reasonably determined by it in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel), provided , however , that within one (1) day of board approval of the entry into a definitive agreement with respect to any Alternative Restructuring, the Company shall provide written notice to the Consenting Creditor Advisors on behalf of the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group (which may be provided by email) of the taking of such action.

 

[ Signature Pages Follow ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers, solely in their respective capacity as officers of the undersigned and not in any other capacity, as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

HALCÓN RESOURCES CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard Little

 

 

Name:

Richard Little

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HALCÓN RESOURCES OPERATING, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard Little

 

 

Name:

Richard Little

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HALCÓN HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard Little

 

 

Name:

Richard Little

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HALCÓN ENERGY PROPERTIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard Little

 

 

Name:

Richard Little

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

[ Signature Page to Restructuring Support Agreement ]

 


 

 

HALCÓN PERMIAN, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard Little

 

 

Name:

Richard Little

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HALCÓN FIELD SERVICES, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard Little

 

 

Name:

Richard Little

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HALCÓN OPERATING CO., INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard Little

 

 

Name:

Richard Little

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

[ Signature Page to Restructuring Support Agreement ]

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

BLUE FALCON LIMITED

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

CITY OF PHOENIX EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT PLAN

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

NORTHROP GRUMMAN PENSION MASTER TRUST

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST II - GOLDMAN SACHS MULTI-MANAGER

NON-CORE FIXED INCOME FUND

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF INVESTMENT

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

FCA CANADA INC. ELECTED MASTER TRUST

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

FCA US LLC MASTER RETIREMENT TRUST

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

JPMORGAN FUNDS - MULTI-MANAGER ALTERNATIVES FUND

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

MEDIOLANUM BEST BRANDS

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND, SUBCHAPTER TWO

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

NEW YORK CITY POLICE PENSION FUND, SUBCHAPTER 2

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

U.S. HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

SEI GLOBAL MASTER FUND PLC THE SEI HIGH YIELD FIXED INCOME FUND

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

SEI INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENTS TRUST-HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

SEI INSTITUTIONAL MANAGED TRUST-HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

GIC PRIVATE LIMITED

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

ST. JAMES’S PLACE DIVERSIFIED BOND UNIT TRUST

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

SAS TRUSTEE CORPORATION

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Fax:

Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

TCORPIM HIGH YIELD FUND

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as Investment Manager

 

By:

/s/Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Name:

Patrick Criscillo

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

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New York, NY 10022

 

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Attention: Scott Hoffman

Email: sh@brigadecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

LION POINT MASTER, LP

By: Lion Point Capital GP, LLC, its general partner

 

By:

/s/ James Murphy

 

 

 

 

Name:

James Murphy

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

250 W 55 th  Street

New York, NY 10019

 

Fax:

Attention: Irshad Karim

Email: legal@lionpoint.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

LUMINUS ENERGY PARTNERS MASTER FUND, LTD

 

By:

/s/ Shawn R. Singh

 

 

 

 

Name:

Shawn R. Singh

 

 

 

 

Title:

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Notice Address:

 

1700 Broadway

New York, NY 10019

 

Fax:

Attention: Shawn R. Singh

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CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

OAKTREE OPPORTUNITIES FUND X HOLDINGS (DELAWARE), L.P.

 

By: Oaktree Fund GP, LLC, its General Partner

By: Oaktree Fund GP I, L.P., its Managing Member

 

By:

/s/ Allen Li

 

 

 

 

Name:

Allen Li

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Emily Stephens

 

 

 

 

Name:

Emily Stephens

 

 

 

 

Title:

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Notice Address :

 

333 S. Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90071

 

Fax:

Attention: Allen Li

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CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

OAKTREE OPPS XB HOLDCO LTD.

By: Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., its Director

 

By:

/s/ Allen Li

 

 

 

 

Name:

Allen Li

 

 

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Emily Stephens

 

 

 

 

Name:

Emily Stephens

 

 

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

333 S. Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90071

 

Fax:

Attention: Allen Li

Email: ali@oaktreecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

OAKTREE OPPORTUNITIES FUND XB HOLDINGS (DELAWARE), L.P.

By: Oaktree Fund GP, LLC, its General Partner

By: Oaktree Fund GP I, L.P., its Managing Member

 

By:

/s/ Allen Li

 

 

 

 

Name:

Allen Li

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Emily Stephens

 

 

 

 

Name:

Emily Stephens

 

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

333 S. Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90071

 

Fax:

Attention: Allen Li

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CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

OAKTREE VALUE OPPORTUNITIES FUND HOLDINGS, L.P.

By: Oaktree Value Opportunities Fund GP, L.P., its General Partner

By: Oaktree Value Opportunities Fund GP Ltd., its General Partner

By: Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., its Director

 

By:

/s/ Allen Li

 

 

 

 

Name:

Allen Li

 

 

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Emily Stephens

 

 

 

 

Name:

Emily Stephens

 

 

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

Notice Address :

 

333 S. Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90071

 

Fax:

Attention: Allen Li

Email: ali@oaktreecapital.com

 


 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

GEN IV INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, LLC

 

By:

/s/ Paul Segal

 

 

 

 

Name:

Paul Segal

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

 

Notice Address :

 

1700 Broadway, 38 th  Floor

New York, NY 10019

 

Fax:

Attention: David Chang

Email: dchang@lspower.com

 


 

EXHIBIT A

 

RESTRUCTURING TERM SHEET

 


 

HALCÓN RESOURCES CORPORATION

 

RESTRUCTURING TERM SHEET

 

August 2, 2019

 

This restructuring term sheet (this “ Term Sheet ”) presents the principal terms of a proposed financial restructuring (the “ Restructuring ”) of the existing indebtedness of Halcón Resources Corporation (“ Parent ”) and its subsidiaries identified below (collectively, the “ Company ” or the “ Debtors ”), which Restructuring will be consummated by commencing cases under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”) to pursue a prepackaged chapter 11 plan containing the terms set forth herein.  This is the Term Sheet referred to in, and appended to, the Restructuring Support Agreement dated as of August 2, 2019, by and among the Company and the other parties signatory thereto (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ RSA ”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein will have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Annex 1 .

 

THIS TERM SHEET DOES NOT CONSTITUTE (NOR WILL IT BE CONSTRUED AS) AN OFFER WITH RESPECT TO ANY SECURITIES OR A SOLICITATION OF ACCEPTANCES OR REJECTIONS AS TO ANY PLAN OF REORGANIZATION, IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT SUCH AN OFFER, IF ANY, ONLY WILL BE MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF SECURITIES, BANKRUPTCY, AND/OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.

 

THIS TERM SHEET DOES NOT PURPORT TO SUMMARIZE ALL OF THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND OTHER PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN, WHICH TRANSACTIONS WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE COMPLETION OF DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTS INCORPORATING THE TERMS SET FORTH HEREIN.  THE CLOSING OF ANY TRANSACTION WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN SUCH DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTS.  EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE RSA, NO BINDING OBLIGATIONS WILL BE CREATED BY THIS TERM SHEET UNLESS AND UNTIL BINDING DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTS ARE EXECUTED AND DELIVERED BY ALL APPLICABLE PARTIES.

 


 

OVERVIEW

 

Company:

 

Parent, Halcón Resources Operating, Inc., Halcón Holdings, Inc., Halcón Energy Properties, Inc., Halcón Permian, LLC, Halcón Field Services, LLC, and Halcón Operating Co., Inc.

 

 

 

Proposed Filing Date and Venue:

 

No later than August 7, 2019 (the “ Petition Date ”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “ Bankruptcy Court ”).

 

 

 

Claims and Interests to be Restructured:

 

Revolving Credit Agreement Claims : consisting of up to $225 million in principal amount, including reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit, plus all other secured obligations, including secured swap obligations, plus unpaid interest (including interest at the default rate that has accrued but not been paid during the Chapter 11 Cases), fees, and other expenses arising and payable under that certain Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2017 (as amended, modified, or otherwise supplemented from time to time, the “ Revolving Credit Agreement ”), by and among Parent, as borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “ Revolving Credit Agreement Agent ”), and the lenders thereunder (together with the other Secured Parties (as defined therein), the “ Revolving Credit Agreement Lenders ”) (the Claims thereunder, the “ Revolving Credit Agreement Claims ”) party thereto from time to time.

 

Senior Notes Claims : consisting of approximately $625,005,000 in principal amount, plus unpaid interest, fees, and other expenses arising and payable pursuant to the 6.75% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “ Senior Notes ,” and the holders thereof, the “ Senior Noteholders ”) or that certain indenture, dated as of February 16, 2017 (as amended, modified, or otherwise supplemented from time to time, the “ Senior Notes Indenture ,” and the Claims thereunder, the “ Senior Notes Claims ”), under which the Senior Notes were issued by and among Parent, as issuer, each of the guarantors named therein, and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee.

 

General Unsecured Claims : consisting of any prepetition Claim against the Company that is not a Revolving Credit Agreement Claim, a Senior Notes Claim, an Intercompany Claim, or a Claim that is secured, subordinated, or entitled to priority under the Bankruptcy Code (the “ General Unsecured Claims ”).

 

Existing Equity Interests : consisting of shares of the class of common stock of Parent that existed immediately prior to the Effective Date, including any restricted stock of Parent that vests prior to the Effective Date.

 

Other Equity Interests : consisting of all Interests in Parent other than

 

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Existing Equity Interests.

 

 

 

TRANSACTION OVERVIEW

 

 

 

Overview of the Restructuring:

 

The Restructuring will be implemented through the commencement of prepackaged Chapter 11 Cases by the Company to pursue confirmation of the Plan, which will be solicited to holders of Senior Notes Claims prior to the Petition Date.

 

As a component of the Restructuring and consistent with the Equity Rights Offering Documents, (i) each Senior Noteholder will be offered the right to purchase its Pro Rata share of New Common Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $150,150,000 (the “ Senior Noteholder Rights Offering ”) and (ii) subject to the Existing Equity Cash Out (as defined below), each holder of Existing Equity Interests will be offered the right to purchase its Pro Rata share of New Common Shares for an aggregate purchase price of up to $14,850,000 (the “ Existing Equity Interests Rights Offering ,” and together with the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering, the “ Equity Rights Offerings ”), in each case, at a price per share equal to a 26% discount to Plan Value based on the lower of (A) the Total Enterprise Value or (B) an assumed total enterprise value of $425 million. The proceeds of the Equity Rights Offerings will be used by the Company to (i) provide additional liquidity for working capital and general corporate purposes, (ii) pay all reasonable and documented Restructuring Expenses, and (iii) fund Plan distributions.

 

As of the Effective Date, the Revolving Credit Agreement Claims, Senior Notes Claims, Existing Equity Interests, and Other Equity Interests will be cancelled, released, and extinguished and will be of no further force and effect.

 

 

 

DIP Financing; Use of Cash Collateral:

 

The Restructuring will be financed by (i) consensual use of cash collateral and (ii) a new money post-petition junior secured term loan facility in an aggregate amount of up to $35 million (the “ DIP Financing ”), provided by the DIP Lenders and on terms and conditions consistent with the material terms set forth in the term sheet attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ DIP Term Sheet ”).

 

The prepetition liens on the Debtors’ assets pledged as collateral under the Revolving Credit Facility Agreement (the “ Prepetition Collateral ”) and the adequate protection replacement liens (the “ AP Revolver Liens ”) granted in favor of the Revolving Credit Agreement Lenders on the Prepetition Collateral under the DIP Order shall be senior to the liens granted to the DIP Lenders under the DIP Documents on the Prepetition Collateral, and the AP Revolver Liens shall be senior to the DIP Lenders’ liens granted under the DIP Documents with respect to unencumbered property.

 

The DIP Documents shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Company and the DIP Lenders.

 

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TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTEREST

 

 

 

Administrative Expense Claims, DIP Claims, and Priority Tax Claims:

 

Except to the extent that a holder of an Allowed Administrative Expense Claim, an Allowed DIP Claim, or an Allowed Priority Tax Claim agrees to a less favorable treatment, each holder of an Allowed Administrative Expense Claim, an Allowed DIP Claim, and an Allowed Priority Tax Claim will receive, in full and final satisfaction of such Claim, Cash in an amount equal to such Allowed Claim on the Effective Date or as soon as practicable thereafter or such other treatment consistent with the provisions of section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Unimpaired — Presumed to Accept.

 

 

 

Other Secured Claims:

 

Except to the extent that a holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim agrees to a less favorable treatment, in full and final satisfaction of such Allowed Other Secured Claim, at the option of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors (in consultation with the Consenting Creditors), (i) each such holder will receive payment in full in Cash, payable on the later of the Effective Date and the date that is ten (10) Business Days after the date on which such Other Secured Claim becomes an Allowed Other Secured Claim, in each case, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, (ii) such holder’s Allowed Other Secured Claim will be reinstated, or (iii) such holder will receive such other treatment so as to render such holder’s Allowed Other Secured Claim unimpaired pursuant to section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Unimpaired — Presumed to Accept.

 

 

 

Other Priority Claims:

 

Except to the extent that a holder of an Allowed Other Priority Claim agrees to a less favorable treatment, in full and final satisfaction of such Allowed Other Priority Claim, each holder of an Allowed Other Priority Claim will, at the option of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors (in consultation with the Consenting Creditors), (i) be paid in full in Cash or (ii) otherwise receive treatment consistent with the provisions of section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, payable on the later of the Effective Date and the date that is ten (10) Business Days after the date on which such Other Priority Claim becomes an Allowed Other Priority Claim, in each case, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.

 

Unimpaired — Presumed to Accept.

 

 

 

Revolving Credit Agreement Claims:

Up to $225 million in principal amount plus all other outstanding secured obligations thereunder

 

On the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Revolving Credit Agreement Claim will receive payment in full, in Cash, including by a refinancing, and all outstanding letters of credit will be replaced, cash collateralized or otherwise secured to the satisfaction of the Issuing Bank (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Credit Agreement.

 

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Senior Notes Claims:

$625,005,000 Allowed Claim

 

On the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Senior Notes Claim will receive, in full and final satisfaction of such Allowed Senior Notes Claim, its Pro Rata share of (i) 91% of the total New Common Shares issued pursuant to the Plan on the Effective Date, subject to dilution by the Rights Offering Equity, the Warrant Equity, the MIP Equity, and the New Common Shares issued pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Premium, and (ii) the right to participate in the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering.

 

Impaired — Entitled to Vote.

 

 

 

General Unsecured Claims:

 

Each holder of a General Unsecured Claim will be paid in the ordinary course of business without regard to the automatic stay or other restrictions on the payment of prepetition Claims under the Bankruptcy Code, but subject to all defenses and disputes the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may assert as to the validity or amount of such Claims, or will receive such other treatment as may be required to deem such General Unsecured Claim unimpaired under the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Unimpaired — Presumed to Accept.

 

 

 

Existing Equity Interests:

 

On the Effective Date, Existing Equity Interests will be cancelled, released, and extinguished and will be of no further force and effect. Each holder of Existing Equity Interests will receive either:

 

(1) if a Registered Holder holds fewer than or equal to 2,000 shares of Existing Equity Interests, Cash in an amount equal to the inherent value of such Registered Holder’s Pro Rata share of (i) 9% of the total New Common Shares issued pursuant to the Plan on the Effective Date, subject to dilution by the Rights Offering Equity, the Warrant Equity, the MIP Equity, and the New Common Shares issued pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Premium, (ii) the Warrants, and (iii) the right to participate in the Existing Equity Interests Rights Offering (the “ Existing Equity Cash Out ”); or

 

(2) for any other holder of Existing Equity Interests, such holder’s Pro Rata share of (i) 9% of the total New Common Shares issued pursuant to the Plan on the Effective Date, subject to dilution by the Rights Offering Equity, the Warrant Equity, the MIP Equity, and the New Common Shares issued pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Premium; provided , however , that the amount of total New Common Shares available to be issued pursuant to this provision shall be reduced by the amount of New Common Shares that would have been distributed to holders of Existing Equity Interests in the absence of the Existing Equity Cash Out, (ii) the Warrants, and (iii) the right to participate in the Existing Equity Interests

 

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Rights Offering.

 

Impaired — Entitled to Vote.

 

 

 

Other Equity Interests

 

On the Effective Date, Other Equity Interests will be cancelled, released, and extinguished and will be of no further force and effect.

 

Impaired — Presumed to Reject.

 

 

 

Intercompany Claims:

 

All Intercompany Claims will be adjusted, reinstated, or discharged in the Company’s discretion (in consultation with the Consenting Creditors).

 

Unimpaired — Presumed to Accept.

 

 

 

OTHER MATERIAL PROVISIONS

 

 

 

Senior Noteholder Rights Offering:

 

In connection with the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering, each Senior Noteholder will be offered the right to purchase its Pro Rata share of New Common Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $150,150,000 (subject to dilution by the MIP Equity, the Warrant Equity, and the New Common Shares issued pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Premium). The Senior Noteholder Rights Offering will be backstopped by the Backstop Parties in exchange for the Backstop Commitment Premium.

 

Discount : New Common Shares in the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering will be issued at an aggregate purchase price of $150,150,000 at a price per share equal to a 26% discount to Plan Value based on the lower of (A) the Total Enterprise Value or (B) an assumed total enterprise value of $425 million.

 

 

 

Existing Equity Interests Rights Offering:

 

In connection with the Existing Equity Interests Rights Offering, each holder of Existing Equity Interests will be offered the right to purchase its Pro Rata share of New Common Shares for an aggregate purchase price of up to $14,850,000 (subject to dilution by the MIP Equity, the Warrant Equity, and the New Common Shares issued pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Premium); provided , however , that the amount of total New Common Shares available to be purchased pursuant to the Existing Equity Interests Rights Offering will be reduced by the amount of New Common Shares that would have been distributed to holders of Existing Equity Interests in the absence of the Existing Equity Cash Out.

 

Discount : New Common Shares in the Existing Equity Interests Rights Offering will be issued as an aggregate purchase price of up to $14,850,000 at a price per share equal to a 26% discount to Plan Value based on the lower of (A) the Total Enterprise Value or (B) an assumed total enterprise value of $425 million.

 

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GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

 

 

Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases:

 

As of and subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date and the payment of any applicable Cure Amount, all executory contracts and unexpired leases to which any of the Debtors are parties shall be deemed assumed, unless such contract or lease (i) was previously assumed or rejected by the Debtors, pursuant to a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, (ii) previously expired or terminated pursuant to its own terms or by agreement of the parties thereto, (iii) is the subject of a motion to reject filed by the Debtors on or before the Confirmation Date, (iv) is specifically designated as a contract or lease to be rejected on the Schedule of Rejected Contracts (as defined in the Plan); provided , however , that the Requisite Creditors consent to such rejection, or (v) is specifically designated as a contract or lease to be rejected as reasonably requested by the Requisite Creditors in the Plan Supplement ; provided, however , that such rejection shall be deemed unreasonable if it would give rise to a potential Cure Amount that cannot be satisfied on the Effective Date or otherwise cause the Plan to not be feasible pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

 

 

Board of Directors:

 

The Board of Directors will consist of (i) the Reorganized Debtors’ chief executive officer and (ii) the members selected by the Requisite Creditors to be disclosed in the plan supplement (the “ New Board ”).

 

 

 

Charter, By-Laws and Organizational Documents:

 

The Amended Organizational Documents will become effective as of the Effective Date.

 

 

 

Management Incentive Plan:

 

The Plan will provide for the establishment of a post-emergence management incentive plan to be adopted by the New Board (the “ Management Incentive Plan ”), which will include restricted stock units, options, New Common Shares, or other rights exercisable, exchangeable, or convertible into New Common Shares representing 7.5% - 10% of the New Common Shares on a fully diluted basis (the “ MIP Equity ”). The MIP Equity will be reserved for grants made from time to time to directors, officers, or other management and employees of the Company, in a form, amounts, and at times to be determined by the New Board.

 

 

 

Cancellation of Notes, Instruments, Certificates and other Documents:

 

On the Effective Date of the Plan, all notes, instruments, certificates evidencing debt of the Company and Interests in Parent will be cancelled and obligations of the Company thereunder will be discharged.

 

 

 

Vesting of Assets:

 

On the Effective Date, pursuant to section 1141(b)-(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, all operating assets of the Company will vest in the Reorganized Debtors free and clear of all liens, Claims, and encumbrances.

 

 

 

Survival of Indemnification Obligations and D&O Insurance:

 

Any obligations of the Company pursuant to corporate charters, bylaws, limited liability company agreements, or other organizational documents to

 

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indemnify current and former officers, directors, agents, or employees with respect to all present and future actions, suits, and proceedings against the Company or such directors, officers, agents, or employees, based upon any act or omission for or on behalf of the Company will not be discharged or impaired by confirmation of the Plan. All such obligations will be deemed and treated as executory contracts to be assumed by the Company under the Plan and will continue as obligations of the Reorganized Debtors. Any Claim based on the Company’s obligations herein will be an Allowed Claim.

 

In addition, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors will not terminate or otherwise reduce the coverage under any directors’ and officers’ insurance policies (including any “tail policy”) in effect or purchased as of the Petition Date, and all members, managers, directors, and officers of the Company who served in such capacity at any time prior to the Effective Date or any other individuals covered by such insurance policies, will be entitled to the full benefits of any such policy for the full term of such policy regardless of whether such members, managers, directors, officers, or other individuals remain in such positions after the Effective Date.

 

 

 

Conditions to Effectiveness:

 

Effectiveness of the Plan will be subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, including the following (as applicable):

 

i.                        the Definitive Documents (as defined in the RSA) will contain terms and conditions consistent in all material respects with this Term Sheet and the RSA;

 

ii.                     the Bankruptcy Court will have entered the Confirmation Order, and such Confirmation Order will not have been stayed or modified;

 

iii.                  the Exit Facility, including all documentation related thereto, will have been consummated;

 

iv.                 all governmental approvals, including Bankruptcy Court approval, necessary to effectuate the Restructuring will have been obtained and all applicable waiting periods will have expired; and

 

v.                    all Restructuring Expenses will have been paid in full.

 

The conditions to effectiveness may be waived, in whole or in part, in writing by the Debtors and the Requisite Creditors.

 

 

 

Releases by Debtors:

 

As of the Effective Date, except for the rights and remedies that remain in effect from and after the Effective Date to enforce the Plan and the obligations contemplated by the Definitive Documents and the documents in the plan supplement or as otherwise provided in any order of the Bankruptcy Court, on and after the Effective Date, the Released Parties will be deemed conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably, and forever released and discharged, to the maximum extent permitted by law, by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and the Estates, in each case on

 

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behalf of themselves and their respective successors, assigns, and representatives and any and all other Persons that may purport to assert any Cause of Action derivatively, by or through the foregoing Persons, from any and all Claims and Causes of Action (including any derivative claims, asserted or assertable on behalf of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Estates), whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereinafter arising, in law, equity, contract, tort, or otherwise, by statute, violations of federal or state securities laws or otherwise that the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, or their affiliates would have been legally entitled to assert in their own right (whether individually or collectively) or on behalf of the holder of any Claim or Interest or other Person, based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors, the Chapter 11 Cases, the Restructuring, the purchase, sale, or rescission of the purchase or sale of any security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any Claim or Interest that is treated in the Plan, the business or contractual arrangements between any Debtor and any Released Party, the restructuring of Claims and Interests before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, the negotiation, formulation, preparation, or consummation of the Plan, the RSA, the Definitive Documents and the documents in the plan supplement or related agreements, instruments, or other documents relating thereto, or the solicitation of votes with respect to the Plan, in all cases based upon any act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date; provided, however, that nothing herein will be construed to release any Person from willful misconduct or intentional fraud as determined by a Final Order.

 

 

 

Releases by Third- Parties:

 

As of the Effective Date, except for the rights that remain in effect from and after the Effective Date to enforce the Plan, the Definitive Documents, and the documents in the plan supplement and the obligations contemplated by the Restructuring, on and after the Effective Date, the Released Parties will be deemed conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably, and forever released and discharged, to the maximum extent permitted by law, by the Releasing Parties, in each case from any and all Claims and Causes of Action whatsoever (including any derivative claims, asserted or assertable on behalf of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or their Estates), whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, asserted or unasserted, accrued or unaccrued, existing or hereinafter arising, whether in law or equity, whether sounding in tort or contract, whether arising under federal or state statutory or common law, or any other applicable international, foreign, or domestic law, rule, statute, regulation, treaty, right, duty, requirement or otherwise, that such holders or their estates, affiliates, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, managers, accountants, attorneys, representatives, consultants, agents, and any other Persons

 

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claiming under or through them would have been legally entitled to assert in their own right (whether individually or collectively) or on behalf of the holder of any Claim or Interest or other Person, based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or their Estates, the Chapter 11 Cases, the purchase, sale, or rescission of the purchase or sale of any security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any Claim or Interest that is treated in the Plan, the business or contractual arrangements or interactions between any Debtor and any Released Party, the Restructuring, the restructuring of any Claim or Interest before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, the Definitive Documents and the documents in the plan supplement, and related agreements, instruments, and other documents, and the negotiation, formulation, preparation, or implementation thereof, the solicitation of votes with respect to the Plan, or any other act or omission; provided, however, that nothing herein will be construed to release any Person from willful misconduct or intentional fraud as determined by a Final Order.

 

 

 

Exculpation:

 

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Exculpated Party will have or incur, and each Exculpated Party will be released and exculpated from, any Claim or Cause of Action in connection with or arising out of the administration of the Chapter 11 Cases; the negotiation and pursuit of the DIP Facility, the Exit Facility, the Equity Rights Offerings, the Management Incentive Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the RSA, the Restructuring, and the Plan (including the Definitive Documents and the documents in the plan supplement), or the solicitation of votes for, or confirmation of, the Plan; the funding of the Plan; the occurrence of the Effective Date; the administration of the Plan or the property to be distributed under the Plan; the issuance of securities under or in connection with the Plan; the purchase, sale, or rescission of the purchase or sale of any security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors; or the transactions in furtherance of any of the foregoing; other than Claims or Causes of Action arising out of or related to any act or omission of an Exculpated Party that is a criminal act or constitutes intentional fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a Final Order, but in all respects such Persons will be entitled to reasonably rely upon the advice of counsel with respect to their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Plan. The Exculpated Parties have acted in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code with regard to the solicitation and distribution of securities pursuant to the Plan and, therefore, are not, and on account of such distributions will not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of the Plan or such distributions made pursuant to the Plan, including the issuance of securities thereunder. The exculpation will be in addition to, and not in limitation of, all other releases, indemnities, exculpations, and any other applicable law or rules protecting such Exculpated Parties from liability.

 

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Discharge and Injunction:

 

The Plan will contain standard discharge and injunction provisions.

 

 

 

Exemption from SEC Registration:

 

The issuance and distribution under the Plan of the (i) New Common Shares (other than New Common Shares issued pursuant to the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement, including the Backstop Commitment Premium), (ii) the Warrants, and (iii) the Warrant Equity will be issued in reliance on the exemption from registration under the Securities Act or applicable securities laws pursuant to section 1145(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and the New Common Shares issued pursuant to the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement, including on account of the Backstop Commitment Premium, will be issued in reliance on the exemption from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) and/or Regulation D of the Securities Act (each, a “ Securities Exception ”).

 

 

 

Securities Issuance Requirements/

Registration Rights Agreement:

 

The issuance of the New Common Shares will be subject to the following requirements (the “ Securities Issuance Requirements ”):

 

·                   the issuance of the New Common Shares under the Plan on the Effective Date will be made through the facilities of DTC in accordance with the customary practices of DTC for a mandatory distribution and the Reorganized Debtors will reflect ownership of the New Common Shares through the facilities of DTC; provided , however , that to the extent the New Common Shares are not eligible for distribution in accordance with DTC’s customary practices, Reorganized Parent shall take all such reasonable actions as may be required to cause the distributions of the New Common Shares under this Plan, provided , further , however , that Holders of Existing Equity Interests that are entitled to receive New Common Shares, but had held such Existing Equity Interests outside of the facilities of DTC, may receive their New Common Shares by means of book-entry with the Reorganized Parent’s transfer agent;

 

·                   no later than seven (7) calendar days prior to the Voting Deadline, the Debtors, with the consent of the Requisite Creditors, shall make a determination as to whether Reorganized Parent will continue to be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78(a) — 78(pp) following December 31, 2019. If the Debtors determine that Reorganized Parent will continue to be a reporting company under the Exchange Act following December 31, 2019, the Debtors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to have the New Common Shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange, or another nationally recognized exchange, as soon as practicable, subject to meeting applicable listing requirements following the Effective Date. If the Debtors determine pursuant to this provision that Reorganized Parent will not continue to be a reporting company

 

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under the Exchange Act following December 31, 2019, the Debtors shall file a governance term sheet, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company and Requisite Creditors, with the Plan Supplement;

 

·                   the composition of the New Board will comply in all respects with the rules applicable to the nationally recognized exchange on which the New Common Shares are listed (and the Consenting Creditors will agree to such modifications to the New Board as are necessary to comply with such requirements); and

 

·                   after the Effective Date, the sale or transfer of the New Common Shares will not be subject to any right of first refusal or right of first offer restrictions in favor of other holders of the New Common Shares.

 

Furthermore, on the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors, the Consenting Creditors and any holder of 10% or more of the New Common Shares will be party to a registration rights agreement (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”).

 

 

 

Tax Structure:

 

To the extent practicable, the Restructuring contemplated by this Term Sheet will be structured (in consultation with the Consenting Creditors) so as to obtain the most beneficial structure for the Company, its equity holders post-transaction, holders of Existing Equity Interests, and holders of Senior Notes Claims as determined by the Company.

 

 

 

Consent Rights of Consenting Creditors:

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Plan, any and all consent rights of the Consenting Creditors set forth in the RSA with respect to the Definitive Documents, including any amendments, restatements, supplements, or other modifications to such documents, will be incorporated into the Plan by reference and fully enforceable as if stated in full in the Plan.

 

 

 

Restructuring Expenses:

 

The Company will pay, immediately prior to the Petition Date, all Restructuring Expenses, including fees and expenses estimated to be incurred prior to the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, for which invoices or receipts are furnished by the Consenting Creditor Advisors at least one (1) Business Day prior thereto.

 

On the Effective Date, without the need to file a fee or retention application in the Chapter 11 Cases, the Company will pay all Restructuring Expenses, including fees and expenses estimated to be incurred through the Effective Date to the extent invoiced at least one (1) Business Day before the Effective Date by the Consenting Creditor Advisors.

 

 

 

Retention of Jurisdiction:

 

The Plan will provide for a broad retention of jurisdiction by the Bankruptcy Court for (i) resolution of Claims, (ii) allowance of

 

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compensation and expenses for pre-Effective Date services, (iii) resolution of motions, adversary proceedings, or other contested matters, (iv) entry of such orders as necessary to implement or consummate the Plan and any related documents or agreements, and (v) other purposes.

 

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ANNEX 1

 

Defined Terms

 


 

Defined Terms

 

Ad Hoc Noteholder Group

 

The ad hoc group of Senior Noteholders represented by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, as counsel, and Ducera Partners LLC, as financial advisor.

 

 

 

Administrative Expense Claim

 

Any right to payment constituting a cost or expense of administration incurred during the Chapter 11 Cases of a kind specified under section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and entitled to priority under sections 507(a)(2), 507(b), or 1114(e)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, including (i) the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred after the Petition Date and through the Effective Date of preserving the Estates and operating the businesses of the Debtors (such as wages, salaries, or commissions for services and payments for goods and other services and leased premises), (ii) Fee Claims, and (iii) Restructuring Expenses.

 

 

 

Allowed

 

With reference to any Claim or Interest, (i) any Claim or Interest arising on or before the Effective Date (a) as to which no objection to allowance has been interposed within the time period set forth in the Plan or (b) as to which any objection has been determined by a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court to the extent such objection is determined in favor of the respective holder, (ii) any Claim or Interest as to which the liability of the Debtors and the amount thereof are determined by a Final Order of a court of competent jurisdiction other than the Bankruptcy Court, or (iii) any Claim or Interest expressly allowed under the Plan; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Reorganized Debtors will retain all claims and defenses with respect to Allowed Claims that are reinstated or otherwise unimpaired pursuant to the Plan.

 

 

 

Amended Organizational Documents

 

The forms of certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, bylaws, limited liability company agreements, shareholder agreement (if any), or other similar organizational documents, as applicable, of the Reorganized Parent.

 

 

 

Backstop Commitment Premium

 

The amount to be paid as consideration to the Backstop Parties on the Effective Date, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement, in the form of New Common Shares, issued at a price per share equal to a 26% discount to Plan Value based on the lower of (A) the Total Enterprise Value or (B) an assumed total enterprise value of $425 million, equal to 6% of the aggregate amount of the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering, subject to dilution by the MIP Equity and the Warrant Equity.

 

 

 

Backstop Parties

 

Senior Noteholders that are signatories to the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement.

 

 

 

Business Day

 

Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or any other day on which

 


 

 

 

banking institutions in New York, NY are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.

 

 

 

Cash

 

Legal tender of the United States of America.

 

 

 

Cause of Action

 

Any action, claim, cross-claim, third-party claim, cause of action, controversy, dispute, demand, right, lien, indemnity, contribution, guaranty, suit, obligation, liability, loss, debt, fee or expense, damage, interest, judgment, cost, account, defense, remedy, offset, power, privilege, proceeding, license, and franchise of any kind or character whatsoever, known, unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereafter arising, contingent or non-contingent, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated, disputed or undisputed, secured or unsecured, assertable directly or derivatively (including any alter ego theories), whether arising before, on, or after the Petition Date, in contract or in tort, in law or in equity or pursuant to any other theory of law (including under any state or federal securities laws). For the avoidance of doubt, Cause of Action also includes (i) any right of setoff, counterclaim, or recoupment and any claim for breach of contract or for breach of duties imposed by law or in equity, (ii) the right to object to Claims or Interests, (iii) any claim pursuant to section 362 or chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code, (iv) any claim or defense including fraud, mistake, duress, and usury and any other defenses set forth in section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (v) any state law fraudulent transfer claim.

 

 

 

Chapter 11 Cases

 

The jointly administered cases under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code commenced by the Debtors on the Petition Date in the Bankruptcy Court.

 

 

 

Claim

 

A “claim,” as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, as against any Debtor.

 

 

 

Confirmation Date

 

The date on which the Bankruptcy Court enters the Confirmation Order.

 

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Confirmation Order

 

The order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan in the Chapter 11 Cases and approving the Disclosure Statement and Solicitation Materials.

 

 

 

Consenting Creditors

 

Senior Noteholders that are signatories to the RSA, and any subsequent Senior Noteholder that becomes party thereto in accordance with the terms of the RSA.

 

 

 

DIP Claim

 

All Claims held by the DIP Lenders on account of, arising under, or relating to the DIP Financing or the DIP Orders, which includes Claims for all principal amounts outstanding, interest, reasonable and documented fees, expenses, costs, and other charges of the DIP Lenders.

 

 

 

DIP Credit Agreement

 

The credit agreement governing the terms of the DIP Financing, which shall be in form and substance consistent in all material respects with the DIP Term Sheet and acceptable to the DIP Lenders.

 

 

 

DIP Documents

 

The DIP Credit Agreement, any guaranty or intercreditor agreements related thereto, any collateral and security documentation related thereto, and any ancillary documentation related thereto.

 

 

 

DIP Lenders

 

Certain of the Consenting Creditors in their capacity as lenders under the DIP Financing.

 

 

 

DIP Order

 

The interim and final order(s) of the Bankruptcy Court authorizing, among other things, the Debtors to enter into and make borrowings under the DIP Financing and granting certain rights, protections, and liens to and for the benefit of the DIP Lenders.

 

 

 

Disclosure Statement

 

The disclosure statement in respect of the Plan, including all exhibits and schedules thereto, as approved or ratified by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

 

 

DTC

 

The Depository Trust Company.

 

 

 

Effective Date

 

The date upon which all conditions to the effectiveness of the Plan have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms thereof and the Plan becomes effective.

 

 

 

Entity

 

An “entity,” as defined in section 101(15) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

 

 

Equity Rights Offering Documents

 

Collectively, the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement and the Rights Offering Procedures.

 

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Estate(s)

 

Individually or collectively, the estate or estates of the Debtors created under section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

 

 

Exculpated Parties

 

Collectively, (i) the Debtors, (ii) the Reorganized Debtors, (iii) any statutory committee appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases, and (iv) with respect to each of the foregoing Persons in clauses (i) through (iii), such Persons’ predecessors, successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates, current and former officers and directors, principals, equity holders, members, partners, managers, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, management companies, fund advisors, and other professionals, and such Persons’ respective heirs, executors, estates, and nominees, in each case in their capacity as such.

 

 

 

Existing Equity Interests

 

Shares of the class of common stock of Parent that existed immediately prior to the Effective Date, including any restricted stock of Parent that vests prior to the Effective Date.

 

 

 

Exit Facility

 

The financing to be provided to the Reorganized Debtors on the Effective Date in accordance with the Plan and that certain commitment letter among the Debtors, BMO Harris Bank N.A. and BMO Capital Markets Corp. dated as of even date herewith.

 

 

 

Fee Claim

 

A Claim for professional services rendered or costs incurred on or after the Petition Date through the Confirmation Date by professional persons retained by an order of the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to sections 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, or 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code in the Chapter 11 Cases.

 

 

 

Final Order

 

An order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that has been entered on the docket maintained by the clerk of such court, which has not been reversed, vacated, or stayed and as to which (i) the time to appeal, petition for certiorari , or move for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing has expired and as to which no appeal, petition for certiorari , or other proceedings for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing shall then be pending, or (ii) if an appeal, writ of certiorari , new trial, reargument, or rehearing thereof has been sought, such order or judgment shall have been affirmed by the highest court to which such order was appealed, or certiorari shall have been denied, or a new trial, reargument, or rehearing shall have been denied or resulted in no modification of such order, and the time to take any further appeal, petition for certiorari , or move for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing shall have expired; provided , however , that no order or judgment shall fail to be a “Final Order” solely because of the possibility that a motion under Rules 59 or

 

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60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or any analogous Bankruptcy Rule (or any analogous rules applicable in another court of competent jurisdiction) or sections 502(j) or 1144 of the Bankruptcy Code has been or may be filed with respect to such order or judgment.

 

 

 

Intercompany Claim

 

Any Claim against a Debtor held by another Debtor.

 

 

 

Interest

 

Any equity interest (as defined in section 101(16) of the Bankruptcy Code) in the Company, including all ordinary shares, units, common stock, preferred stock, membership interest, partnership interest or other instrument, evidencing any fixed or contingent ownership interest in the Company, whether or not transferable, including any option, warrant, or other right, contractual or otherwise, to acquire any such interest in the Company, that existed immediately before the Effective Date.

 

 

 

New Common Shares

 

Shares of common stock of Reorganized Parent.

 

 

 

Other Equity Interests

 

All Interests in Parent other than Existing Equity Interests.

 

 

 

Other Priority Claim

 

Any Claim other than an Administrative Expense Claim or a Priority Tax Claim that is entitled to priority of payment as specified in section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

 

 

Other Secured Claim

 

A Secured Claim other than a Priority Tax Claim, a DIP Claim, or a Revolving Credit Agreement Claim.

 

 

 

Person

 

Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, limited partnership, trust, estate, unincorporated organization, governmental unit (as defined in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code), or other Entity.

 

 

 

Plan

 

The prepackaged chapter 11 plan of reorganization of the Company implementing the Restructuring, including all appendices, exhibits, schedules, and supplements thereto, as may be modified from time to time in accordance with its terms and the RSA.

 

 

 

Plan Value

 

The value of a New Common Share as of the Effective Date.

 

 

 

Priority Tax Claim

 

Any Secured Claim or unsecured Claim of a governmental unit of the kind entitled to priority of payment as specified in sections 502(i) and 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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Pro Rata

 

The proportion that an Allowed Claim or Interest in a particular class bears to the aggregate amount of Allowed Claims or Interests in that class.

 

 

 

Registered Holder

 

A holder of Existing Equity Interests whose ownership interest is registered directly on the books and records of the Company’s transfer agent.

 

 

 

Released Parties

 

Collectively, (i) the Debtors, (ii) the Reorganized Debtors, (iii) the Consenting Creditors, (iv) the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group, (v) the Senior Notes Trustee, (vi) the arrangers, agents and lenders under the Exit Facility, (vii) the agent and DIP Lenders under the DIP Financing, (viii) the Revolving Credit Agreement Agent and the Revolving Credit Agreement Lenders, (ix) with respect to each of the foregoing Persons, in clauses (i) through (viii), each of their affiliates, and (x) with respect to each of the foregoing Persons in clauses (i) through (ix), such Persons’ predecessors, successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates, current and former officers and directors, principals, equity holders, members, partners, managers, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, management companies, fund advisors, and other professionals, and such Persons’ respective heirs, executors, estates, and nominees, in each case in their capacity as such.

 

 

 

Releasing Parties

 

Collectively, (i) the holders of all Claims or Interests who vote to accept the Plan, (ii) the holders of all Claims or Interests whose vote to accept or reject the Plan is solicited but who do not vote either to accept or to reject the Plan, (iii) the holders of all Claims or Interests who vote, or are deemed, to reject the Plan but do not opt out of granting the releases set forth herein, (iv) the holders of all Claims and Interests who were given notice of the opportunity to opt out of granting the releases set forth herein but did not opt out, and (v) all other holders of Claims and Interests to the maximum extent permitted by law.

 

 

 

Reorganized Debtors

 

Each of the Debtors as reorganized on the Effective Date in accordance with the Plan.

 

 

 

Reorganized Parent

 

Parent as reorganized on the Effective Date in accordance with the Plan.

 

 

 

Requisite Creditors

 

As of the date of determination, Consenting Creditors holding at least two-thirds of the outstanding Senior Notes held by the Consenting Creditors as of such date.

 

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Restructuring Expenses

 

The reasonable and documented fees and expenses incurred by the Consenting Creditors Advisors pursuant to the terms of their fee letters.

 

 

 

Rights Offering Equity

 

New Common Shares issued pursuant to the Equity Rights Offerings.

 

 

 

Rights Offering Procedures

 

The rights offering procedures filed with the Bankruptcy Court, which set forth the procedures for the Senior Noteholders and holders of Existing Equity Interests to participate in the Equity Rights Offerings.

 

 

 

Senior Notes Trustee

 

U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Senior Notes Indenture and its successors, assigns, or any replacement trustee appointed pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes Indenture.

 

 

 

Secured Claim

 

A Claim (i) secured by a lien on collateral to the extent of the value of such collateral as (a) set forth in the Plan, (b) agreed to by the holder of such Claim and the Debtors, or (c) determined by a Final Order in accordance with section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, or (ii) secured by the amount of any right of setoff of the holder thereof in accordance with section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

 

 

Securities Act

 

Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 77a—77aa, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereby.

 

 

 

Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement

 

The Backstop Commitment Agreement entered into simultaneously with the RSA, and attached thereto as Exhibit B .

 

 

 

Solicitation Materials

 

Collectively, the Disclosure Statement and the related solicitation materials.

 

 

 

Total Enterprise Value

 

The total enterprise value of the Reorganized Debtors.

 

 

 

Unimpaired

 

With respect to a Claim, Interest, or a class of Claims or Interests, not “impaired” within the meaning of sections 1123(a)(4) and 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

 

 

Warrant Agreement

 

One or more warrant agreement(s) to be entered into by and among Reorganized Parent and the warrant agent named therein that will govern the terms of the Warrants.

 

 

 

Warrants

 

The Series A Warrants, the Series B Warrants, and the Series C Warrants issued pursuant to the Plan as of the Effective Date.

 

(i)                                      Series A Warrants ” means warrants issued to holders of

 

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Existing Equity Interests pursuant to the Plan that will be exercisable in Cash for a 3-year period after the Effective Date for a number of shares equal to 10% of the New Common Shares issued and outstanding as of the Effective Date, less the number of New Common Shares that would have been issued but for the Existing Equity Cash Out (subject to dilution by the MIP Equity), in an amount equal to an implied 75% recovery to Senior Noteholders on account of the Senior Notes Claims (inclusive of non-default interest under the Senior Notes through the date of such exercise calculated as though the Senior Notes remained outstanding through the date of such exercise and all accrued and unpaid interest had been added to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes daily; provided , however , that to the extent DTC requirements are applicable, if DTC is not able to provide for daily accretion, the Consenting Creditors agree to negotiate in good faith with the Debtors on alternative accretion schedules to address any such impediment in accordance with section 4(a)(viii) of the RSA.

 

(ii)                                   Series B Warrants ” means warrants issued to holders of Existing Equity Interests pursuant to the Plan that will be exercisable in Cash for a 3-year period after the Effective Date for a number of shares equal to 10% (20% cumulative) of the New Common Shares issued and outstanding as of the Effective Date, less the number of New Common Shares that would have been issued but for the Existing Equity Cash Out (subject to dilution by the MIP Equity), in an amount equal to an implied 95% recovery to Senior Noteholders on account of the Senior Notes Claims (inclusive of non-default interest under the Senior Notes through the date of such exercise calculated as though the Senior Notes remained outstanding through the date of such exercise and all accrued and unpaid interest had been added to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes daily; provided , however , that to the extent DTC requirements are applicable, if DTC is not able to provide for daily accretion, the Consenting Creditors agree to negotiate in good faith with the Debtors on alternative accretion schedules to address any such impediment in accordance with section 4(a)(viii) of the RSA.

 

(iii)                                Series C Warrants ” means warrants issued to holders of Existing Equity Interests pursuant to the Plan that will be exercisable in Cash for a 3-year period after the Effective Date for a number of shares equal to 10% (30% cumulative) of the New Common Shares issued and outstanding as of the Effective Date, less the number of New Common Shares that would have

 

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been issued but for the Existing Equity Cash Out (subject to dilution by the MIP Equity), in an amount equal to an implied 125% recovery to Senior Noteholders on account of the Senior Notes Claims (inclusive of non-default interest under the Senior Notes through the date of such exercise calculated as though the Senior Notes remained outstanding through the date of such exercise and all accrued and unpaid interest had been added to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes daily; provided , however , that to the extent DTC requirements are applicable, if DTC is not able to provide for daily accretion, the Consenting Creditors agree to negotiate in good faith with the Debtors on alternative accretion schedules to address any such impediment in accordance with section 4(a)(viii) of the RSA.

 

 

 

Warrant Equity

 

The New Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants, subject to dilution by the MIP Equity.

 

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Exhibit A

 

DIP Term Sheet

 


 

Key Terms Noteholder DIP Financing Borrower Halcón Resources Corporation Guarantor(s) All existing or future domestic subsidiaries of the Borrower Administrative Agent Wilmington Trust, National Association DIP Facility $35 million multi-draw DIP term loan facility, available in one borrowing on the entry of the Interim Order in an amount to be agreed and one borrowing on entry of the Final Order Tenor 6 months Pricing Interest: L+550 Undrawn Spread: 1.00% Fees Upfront Fee: 2.00% on allocated commitment amount, earned and paid in full on the closing date Administrative Agent Fees: $20,000 per annum and a $5,000 acceptance fee Security Subject to a professional fee carve-out, junior lien on all assets encumbered by the prepetition RBL facility, and a lien on any unencumbered assets (but subject to the adequate protection lien in favor of the RBL facility in such assets) Ranking Subject to the RBL liens, any recovery from the foreclosure of collateral shall be applied, first to post-petition secured hedges and second, to the obligations outstanding under the DIP facility Milestones 30 days after petition date for final DIP order 75 days after petition date for confirmation of a plan of reorganization 95 days after the petition date for effective date of a plan of reorganization

GRAPHIC

 

Key Terms Noteholder DIP Financing Financial Maintenance Covenants Rolling 13-week budget recast every four weeks subject to majority lender approval 4 week variance reporting with initial variance test performed 4 weeks after petition date and then performed every 4 weeks thereafter 120% permitted variance on aggregate operating disbursements Positive variance carryforward for immediately succeeding 4-week period Reporting Requirements Consolidated financial statements: monthly, quarterly, annual (audited) 4 week variance reporting with first variance report due 4 weeks after petition date Bi-weekly cash flow and operations update call Use of Proceeds Incremental liquidity purposes during the Borrower’s bankruptcy proceeding, subject to budget agreed to by majority lenders and permitted variances Closing Conditions Usual and customary conditions to closing for facilities and transactions of this type, including: Approval by the majority lenders of the initial budget Execution of credit documentation Delivery of PATRIOT Act information Grant of security interest and lien on DIP collateral Entry into interim DIP order Payment of fees and expenses

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EXHIBIT B

 

SENIOR NOTEHOLDER BACKSTOP AGREEMENT

 

(Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Form 8-K)

 


 

EXHIBIT C

 

PLAN

 


 

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION

 

 

 

§

 

In re:

§

Chapter 11

 

§

 

HALC Ó N RESOURCES

§

 

CORPORATION, et al. ,

§

Case No. 19-       (      )

 

§

 

 

§

(Joint Administration Requested)

Debtors. (1)

§

 

 

§

 

 

JOINT PREPACKAGED CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF
HALC Ó N CORPORATION AND ITS AFFILIATED DEBTORS

 

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP

Alfredo R. Pérez (15776275)

Gary T. Holtzer

700 Louisiana Street, Suite 1700

Lauren Tauro

Houston, Texas 77002

767 Fifth Avenue

Telephone: (713) 546-5000

New York, New York 10153

Facsimile: (713) 224-9511

Telephone: (212) 310-8000

 

Facsimile: (212) 310-8007

 

 

Proposed Counsel for the Debtors and Debtors in Possession

 

 

 

Dated:

August 2, 2019

 

 

Houston, Texas

 

 


(1)  The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, as applicable, are:  Halcón Resources Corporation (0684), Halcón Resources Operating, Inc. (4856), Halcón Holdings, Inc. (5102), Halcón Energy Properties, Inc. (5292), Halcón Permian, LLC (6153), Halcón Field Services, LLC (0280), and Halcón Operating Co., Inc. (3588).  The Debtors’ mailing address is 1000 Louisiana St., Suite 1500, Houston, TX 77002.

 


 

Table of Contents

 

ARTICLE I.

Definitions and Interpretation

1

 

 

 

1.1

Definitions

1

 

 

 

1.2

Interpretation; Application of Definitions; Rules of Construction

12

 

 

 

1.3

Reference to Monetary Figures

13

 

 

 

1.4

Consent Rights of Consenting Creditors

13

 

 

 

1.5

Controlling Document

13

 

 

 

ARTICLE II.

Administrative Expense Claims, Fee Claims, priority tax claims, and DIP Claims

13

 

 

 

2.1

Treatment of Administrative Expense Claims

13

 

 

 

2.2

Treatment of Fee Claims

14

 

 

 

2.3

Treatment of Priority Tax Claims

15

 

 

 

2.4

Treatment of DIP Claims

15

 

 

 

2.5

Restructuring Expenses

15

 

 

 

2.6

Statutory Fees

15

 

 

 

ARTICLE III.

Classification of Claims and Interests

16

 

 

 

3.1

Classification in General

16

 

 

 

3.2

Formation of Debtor Groups for Convenience Only

16

 

 

 

3.3

Summary of Classification of Claims and Interests

16

 

 

 

3.4

Special Provision Governing Unimpaired Claims

17

 

 

 

3.5

Elimination of Vacant Classes

17

 

 

 

3.6

Voting Classes; Presumed Acceptance by Non-Voting Classes

17

 

 

 

3.7

Voting; Presumptions; Solicitation

17

 

 

 

3.8

Cramdown

17

 

 

 

3.9

No Waiver

18

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV.

Treatment of Claims and Interests

18

 

 

 

4.1

Class 1: Other Priority Claims

18

 

 

 

4.2

Class 2: Other Secured Claims

18

 

 

 

4.3

Class 3: RBL Claims

19

 

 

 

4.4

Class 4: Senior Notes Claims

19

 

 

 

4.5

Class 5: General Unsecured Claims

19

 


 

4.6

Class 6: Intercompany Claims

20

 

 

 

4.7

Class 7: Existing Equity Interests

20

 

 

 

4.8

Class 8: Other Equity Interests

21

 

 

 

4.9

Class 9: Intercompany Interests

21

 

 

 

ARTICLE V.

Means for Implementation

21

 

 

 

5.1

Sources of Consideration for Plan Distributions

21

 

 

 

5.2

Compromise and Settlement of Claims, Interests, and Controversies

22

 

 

 

5.3

Continued Corporate Existence; Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions

22

 

 

 

5.4

Cancellation of Existing Securities and Agreements

23

 

 

 

5.5

Cancellation of Certain Existing Security Interests

23

 

 

 

5.6

Officers and Boards of Directors

23

 

 

 

5.7

Management Incentive Plan

24

 

 

 

5.8

Authorization and Issuance of New Common Shares and Warrants

24

 

 

 

5.9

Securities Exemptions

25

 

 

 

5.10

Equity Rights Offerings

26

 

 

 

5.11

Exit RBL Agreement

27

 

 

 

5.12

Registration Rights Agreement

27

 

 

 

5.13

Intercompany Interests

28

 

 

 

5.14

Senior Notes Trustee Expenses and Certain Senior Notes Trustee Rights

28

 

 

 

5.15

Restructuring Transactions

28

 

 

 

5.16

Separate Plans

28

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI.

Distributions

28

 

 

 

6.1

Distributions Generally

28

 

 

 

6.2

Postpetition Interest on Claims

29

 

 

 

6.3

Date of Distributions

29

 

 

 

6.4

Distribution Record Date

29

 

 

 

6.5

Distributions after Effective Date

30

 

 

 

6.6

Disbursing Agent

30

 

 

 

6.7

Delivery of Distributions

30

 

 

 

6.8

Unclaimed Property

31

 

 

 

6.9

Satisfaction of Claims

31

 

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6.10

Manner of Payment under Plan

31

 

 

 

6.11

Fractional Shares

31

 

 

 

6.12

Minimum Distribution

32

 

 

 

6.13

No Distribution in Excess of Amount of Allowed Claim

32

 

 

 

6.14

Allocation of Distributions Between Principal and Interest

32

 

 

 

6.15

Setoffs and Recoupments

32

 

 

 

6.16

Rights and Powers of Disbursing Agent

32

 

 

 

6.17

Expenses of Disbursing Agent

33

 

 

 

6.18

Withholding and Reporting Requirements

33

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII.

Procedures for Resolving Claims

34

 

 

 

7.1

Disputed Claims Process

34

 

 

 

7.2

Objections to Claims

34

 

 

 

7.3

Estimation of Claims

34

 

 

 

7.4

Claim Resolution Procedures Cumulative

35

 

 

 

7.5

No Distributions Pending Allowance

35

 

 

 

7.6

Distributions after Allowance

35

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII.

Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases

35

 

 

 

8.1

General Treatment

35

 

 

 

8.2

Determination of Assumption and Cure Disputes; Deemed Consent

36

 

 

 

8.3

Rejection Damages Claims

37

 

 

 

8.4

Survival of the Debtors’ Indemnification Obligations

37

 

 

 

8.5

Compensation and Benefit Plans

37

 

 

 

8.6

Insurance Policies

37

 

 

 

8.7

Reservation of Rights

38

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX.

Conditions Precedent to the Occurrence of the Effective Date

38

 

 

 

9.1

Conditions Precedent to Effective Date

38

 

 

 

9.2

Waiver of Conditions Precedent

39

 

 

 

9.3

Effect of Failure of a Condition

39

 

 

 

ARTICLE X.

Effect of Confirmation

40

 

 

 

10.1

Binding Effect

40

 

 

 

10.2

Vesting of Assets

40

 

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10.3

Discharge of Claims against and Interests in Debtors

40

 

 

 

10.4

Pre-Confirmation Injunctions and Stays

40

 

 

 

10.5

Injunction against Interference with Plan

41

 

 

 

10.6

Plan Injunction

41

 

 

 

10.7

Releases

41

 

 

 

10.8

Exculpation

43

 

 

 

10.9

Injunction Related to Releases and Exculpation

43

 

 

 

10.10

Subordinated Claims

44

 

 

 

10.11

Retention of Causes of Action and Reservation of Rights

44

 

 

 

10.12

Ipso Facto and Similar Provisions Ineffective

44

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI.

Retention of Jurisdiction

44

 

 

 

11.1

Retention of Jurisdiction

44

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII.

Miscellaneous Provisions

46

 

 

 

12.1

Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes

46

 

 

 

12.2

Request for Expedited Determination of Taxes

47

 

 

 

12.3

Dates of Actions to Implement Plan

47

 

 

 

12.4

Amendments

47

 

 

 

12.5

Revocation or Withdrawal of Plan

47

 

 

 

12.6

Severability

48

 

 

 

12.7

Governing Law

48

 

 

 

12.8

Immediate Binding Effect

48

 

 

 

12.9

Successors and Assigns

48

 

 

 

12.10

Entire Agreement

49

 

 

 

12.11

Computing Time

49

 

 

 

12.12

Exhibits to Plan

49

 

 

 

12.13

Notices

49

 

 

 

12.14

Reservation of Rights

50

 

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Each of Halcón Resources Corporation , Halcón Resources Operating, Inc., Halcón Holdings, Inc., Halcón Energy Properties, Inc., Halcón Permian, LLC, Halcón Field Services, LLC, and Halcón Operating Co., Inc. (each, a “ Debtor ” and collectively, the “ Debtors ”) proposes the following joint prepackaged chapter 11 plan of reorganization pursuant to section 1121(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.  Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in section 1.1 below.

 

ARTICLE I.                                                                           DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION.

 

1.1                                Definitions.

 

The following terms shall have the respective meanings specified below:

 

Administrative Expense Claim means any Claim (other than DIP Claims) for costs and expenses of administration of the Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 327, 328, 330, 365, 503(b), 507(a)(2), or 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, including (i) the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred on or after the Petition Date and through the Effective Date of preserving the Estates and operating the Debtors’ businesses, (ii) Fee Claims, and (iii) Restructuring Expenses.

 

Ad Hoc Noteholder Group means those certain holders of Senior Notes represented by the Consenting Creditor Advisors.

 

Allowed means, with respect to any Claim against or Interest in a Debtor, (i) any Claim to which the Debtors and the holder of the Claim agree to the amount of the Claim or a court of competent jurisdiction has determined the amount of the Claim by Final Order, (ii) any Claim or Interest that is compromised, settled, or otherwise resolved pursuant to the authority of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, in a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, (iii) any Claim that is listed in the Schedules, if any are filed, as liquidated, non-contingent, and undisputed, or (iv) any Claim or Interest expressly allowed hereunder; provided, however, that, the Reorganized Debtors shall retain all claims and defenses with respect to Allowed Claims that are reinstated or otherwise Unimpaired pursuant to this Plan.

 

Amended Organizational Documents means, with respect to each Reorganized Debtor, the form of certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, bylaws, limited liability company agreement, shareholder agreement (if any), or other similar organizational documents, as applicable, for such Reorganized Debtor.

 

Asset means all of the rights, title, and interests of a Debtor in and to property of whatever type or nature, including real, personal, mixed, intellectual, tangible, and intangible property.

 

Backstop Commitment Premium has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement.

 


 

Backstop Parties means the Senior Noteholders that are signatories to the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement.

 

Backstop Purchase has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement.

 

Bankruptcy Code means title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time, as applicable to these Chapter 11 Cases.

 

Bankruptcy Court means the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases and, to the extent of any reference made under section 157 of title 28 of the United States Code or if the Bankruptcy Court is determined not to have authority to enter a Final Order on an issue, the unit of such District Court having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases under section 151 of title 28 of the United States Code.

 

Bankruptcy Rules  means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure as promulgated by the United States Supreme Court under section 2075 of title 28 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time, applicable to the Chapter 11 Cases, and any local rules of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or any other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.

 

Cash means legal tender of the United States of America.

 

Cause of Action means any action, claim, cross-claim, third-party claim, cause of action, controversy, dispute, demand, right, lien, indemnity, contribution, guaranty, suit, obligation, liability, loss, debt, fee or expense, damage, interest, judgment, cost, account, defense, remedy, offset, power, privilege, proceeding, license, and franchise of any kind or character whatsoever, known, unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereafter arising, contingent or non-contingent, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated, disputed or undisputed, secured or unsecured, assertable directly or derivatively (including any alter ego theories), whether arising before, on, or after the Petition Date, in contract or in tort, in law or in equity or pursuant to any other theory of law (including under any state or federal securities laws).  For the avoidance of doubt, Cause of Action also includes (i) any right of setoff, counterclaim, or recoupment and any claim for breach of contract or for breach of duties imposed by law or in equity, (ii) the right to object to Claims or Interests, (iii) any claim pursuant to section 362 or chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code, (iv) any claim or defense including fraud, mistake, duress, and usury and any other defenses set forth in section 558 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (v) any state law fraudulent transfer claim.

 

Chapter 11 Case means, with respect to a Debtor, such Debtor’s case under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code commenced on the Petition Date in the Bankruptcy Court, jointly administered with all other Debtors’ cases under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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Claim means a “claim,” as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, against any Debtor.

 

Class  means any group of Claims or Interests classified under this Plan pursuant to section 1122(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Collateral means any Asset of an Estate that is subject to a Lien securing the payment or performance of a Claim, which Lien is not invalid and has not been avoided under the Bankruptcy Code or applicable nonbankruptcy law.

 

Confirmation Date means the date on which the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court enters the Confirmation Order.

 

Confirmation Hearing means the hearing to be held by the Bankruptcy Court regarding confirmation of this Plan, as such hearing may be adjourned or continued from time to time.

 

Confirmation Order means the order of the Bankruptcy Court (i) approving (a) the Disclosure Statement pursuant to sections 1125 and 1126(b), (b) the solicitation of votes and voting procedures, (c) the form of ballots, and (d) the Rights Offering Procedures, and (ii) confirming this Plan pursuant to section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Consenting Creditors has the meaning set forth in the RSA.

 

Consenting Creditor Advisors means, together, the Consenting Creditor Counsel and Ducera Partners, LLC, as financial advisor to the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group.

 

Consenting Creditor Counsel means (i) Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, as counsel and (ii) Porter Hedges LLP, as local counsel, to the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group.

 

Cure Amount means the payment of Cash or the distribution of other property (as the parties may agree or the Bankruptcy Court may order) as necessary to (i) cure a monetary default by the Debtors in accordance with the terms of an executory contract or unexpired lease of the Debtors and (ii) permit the Debtors to assume such executory contract or unexpired lease under section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Debtor(s)  has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Plan.

 

Definitive Documents has the meaning ascribed to such term in the RSA.

 

DIP Agent means Wilmington Trust, National Association, solely in its capacity as administrative agent under the DIP Facility, or its successors, assigns, or any replacement agent appointed pursuant to the terms of the DIP Agreement.

 

DIP Agreement means that certain Junior Secured Debtor-In-Possession Credit Agreement, to be dated after the Petition Date, by and among, Halcón Parent, as borrower, the other Debtors, as guarantors, the DIP Lenders, and the DIP Agent, as the same may be amended,

 

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restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

DIP Claim means all Claims held by the DIP Lenders on account of, arising under, or relating to the DIP Agreement, the DIP Facility, or the DIP Orders, including Claims for all principal amounts outstanding, interest, reasonable and documented fees, expenses, costs, and other charges of the DIP Lenders.

 

DIP Facility means that certain debtor-in-possession financing facility provided by the DIP Lenders in an aggregate principal amount of $35,000,000 made available pursuant to the terms of the DIP Agreement.

 

DIP Lenders means lenders from time to time party to the DIP Agreement.

 

DIP Orders means, collectively, (i) the Interim Order (I) Authorizing Debtors (A) to Obtain Postpetition Financing Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 105, 361, 362, 363(b), 364(c)(2), 364(c)(3), and 364(e) and (B) to Utilize Cash Collateral Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 363, (II) Granting Adequate Protection to Prepetition Secured Parties Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 361, 362, 363, 364, and 507(b) and (III) Scheduling Final Hearing Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rules 4001(b) and (c) and (ii) a Final Order entered by the Bankruptcy Court authorizing the Debtors to enter into the DIP Agreement and access the DIP Facility, which DIP Orders shall be in form and substance acceptable to the DIP Lenders.

 

Disbursing Agent means any Entity in its capacity as a disbursing agent under section 6.6 hereof, including any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable, that acts in such capacity to make distributions pursuant to this Plan.

 

Disclosure Statement means the disclosure statement for this Plan, including all exhibits, schedules, supplements, modifications, amendments, and annexes thereto, each as supplemented from time to time, which is prepared and distributed in accordance with sections 1125, 1126(b), or 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rules 3016 and 3018, or other applicable law.

 

Disputed means, with respect to a Claim, (i) any Claim, which Claim is disputed under ARTICLE VII of this Plan or as to which the Debtors have interposed and not withdrawn an objection or request for estimation that has not been determined by a Final Order, (ii) any Claim, proof of which was required to be filed by order of the Bankruptcy Court but as to which a proof of Claim was not timely or properly filed, (iii) any Claim that is listed in the Schedules, if any are filed, as unliquidated, contingent or disputed, and as to which no request for payment or proof of Claim has been filed, or (iv) any Claim that is otherwise disputed by any of the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors in accordance with applicable law or contract, which dispute has not been withdrawn, resolved or overruled by a Final Order.  To the extent the Debtors dispute only the amount of a Claim, such Claim shall be deemed Allowed in the amount the Debtors do not dispute, if any, and Disputed as to the balance of such Claim.

 

Distribution Record Date means, except as otherwise provided in this Plan or the Plan Documents, the Effective Date.

 

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DTC means Depository Trust Company, a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York State Banking Law.

 

Effective Date means the date which is the first Business Day on which (i) all conditions to the effectiveness of this Plan set forth in section 9.1 of this Plan have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of this Plan and (ii) no stay of the Confirmation Order is in effect.

 

Entity has the meaning set forth in section 101(15) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Equity Rights Offerings means, collectively, the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering and the Existing Equity Interests Rights Offering.

 

Estate(s)  means individually or collectively, the estate or estates of the Debtors created under section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Exculpated Parties means, collectively, and in each case in their capacities as such during the Chapter 11 Cases, (i) the Debtors, (ii) the Reorganized Debtors, (iii) any statutory committee appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases, and (iv) with respect to each of the foregoing Persons in clauses (i) through (iii), such Persons’ predecessors, successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates, managed accounts and funds, and all of their respective current and former officers and directors, principals, equity holders, members, partners, managers, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, investment managers, investment advisors, management companies, fund advisors, and other professionals, and such Persons’ respective heirs, executors, estates, and nominees, in each case in their capacity as such.

 

Existing Equity Cash Out has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Term Sheet.

 

Existing Equity Interests means shares of the class of common stock of Halcón Parent that existed immediately prior to the Effective Date, including any restricted stock of Halcón Parent that vests prior to the Effective Date.

 

Existing Equity Interests Rights Offering means that certain rights offering pursuant to which, subject to the Existing Equity Cash Out, each holder of Allowed Existing Equity Interests is entitled to receive Existing Equity Interests Subscription Rights to acquire New Common Shares in accordance with the applicable Rights Offering Procedures.

 

Existing Equity Interests Subscription Rights means the Subscription Rights allocated to holders of Allowed Existing Equity Interests in accordance with the Rights Offering Procedures.

 

Exit RBL Agent means the administrative agent under the Exit RBL Agreement.

 

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Exit RBL Agreement means that certain senior secured revolving credit agreement, to be dated as of the Effective Date, by and among Halcón Parent, as borrower, the Exit RBL Agent, and the Exit RBL Lenders, the form of which shall be contained in the Plan Supplement, and which shall otherwise be in form and substance substantially consistent with the Exit RBL Commitment Letter.

 

Exit RBL Commitment Letter means that certain commitment letter among the Halcón Parent, BMO Harris Bank N.A. and BMO Capital Markets Corp., attached to the Disclosure Statement as Exhibit G that sets forth the principal terms of the Exit RBL Agreement and as approved by order of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

Exit RBL Lenders means the lenders party to the Exit RBL Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

Exit RBL Facility means a revolving loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000, with an initial borrowing base at $275,000,000, governed by the Exit RBL Agreement, the proceeds of which shall be used, subject to the terms thereof, to (i) provide the Reorganized Debtors with additional liquidity for working capital and general corporate purposes, (ii) pay all reasonable and documented Restructuring Expenses, and (iii) fund Plan Distributions, in each case consistent with the Restructuring Term Sheet.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Exit RBL Facility is the same as, and is referred to in the RSA as, the “Exit Facility.”

 

Fee Claim means a Claim for professional services rendered or costs incurred on or after the Petition Date through the Confirmation Date by Professional Persons.

 

Fee Escrow Account means an interest-bearing account in an amount equal to the total estimated amount of Fee Claims funded by the Debtors on the Effective Date.

 

Final Order means an order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that has been entered on the docket maintained by the clerk of such court, which has not been reversed, vacated, or stayed and as to which (i) the time to appeal, petition for certiorari , or move for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing has expired and as to which no appeal, petition for certiorari , or other proceedings for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing shall then be pending, or (ii) if an appeal, writ of certiorari , new trial, reargument, or rehearing thereof has been sought, such order or judgment shall have been affirmed by the highest court to which such order was appealed, or certiorari shall have been denied, or a new trial, reargument, or rehearing shall have been denied or resulted in no modification of such order, and the time to take any further appeal, petition for certiorari , or move for a new trial, reargument, or rehearing shall have expired; provided , however , that no order or judgment shall fail to be a “Final Order” solely because of the possibility that a motion under Rules 59 or 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or any analogous Bankruptcy Rule (or any analogous rules applicable in another court of competent jurisdiction) or sections 502(j) or 1144 of the Bankruptcy Code has been or may be filed with respect to such order or judgment.

 

Governance Term Sheet means a term sheet, in accordance with section 5.8 of this Plan, setting forth the post-Effective Date corporate governance of Reorganized Halcón Parent.

 

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Governmental Unit has the meaning set forth in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

General Unsecured Claim means any Claim, other than a RBL Claim, Senior Notes Claim, Other Secured Claim, Administrative Expense Claim, Priority Tax Claim, Other Priority Claim, DIP Claim, or Intercompany Claim that is not entitled to priority under the Bankruptcy Code or any Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

Halcón Parent means Halcón Resources Corporation.

 

Impaired means, with respect to a Claim, Interest, or a Class of Claims or Interests, “impaired” within the meaning of such term in section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Intercompany Claim means any Claim against a Debtor held by another Debtor.

 

Intercompany Interest means any Interests in any of the Debtors held by another Debtor.

 

Interest means any equity security (as defined in section 101(16) of the Bankruptcy Code) in a Debtor, including all ordinary shares, units, common stock, preferred stock, membership interest, partnership interest or other instrument, evidencing any fixed or contingent ownership interest in any Debtor, whether or not transferable and whether fully vested or vesting in the future, including any option, warrant, or other right, contractual or otherwise, to acquire any such interest in the applicable Debtor, that existed immediately before the Effective Date.

 

Lien has the meaning set forth in section 101(37) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Management Incentive Plan means a post-emergence management incentive plan to be implemented by the New Board after the Effective Date as further described in section 5.7 of this Plan.

 

MIP Equity means New Common Shares issued in connection with the Management Incentive Plan.

 

New Board means the initial board of directors of Reorganized Halcón Parent.

 

New Common Shares means the shares of common stock of Reorganized Halcón Parent to be issued (i) on the Effective Date pursuant to this Plan, including pursuant to the Equity Rights Offerings and Backstop Commitment Premium, (ii) upon implementation of the Management Incentive Plan, (iii) upon exercise of the Warrants, or (iv) as otherwise permitted pursuant to the Amended Organizational Documents of Reorganized Halcón Parent.

 

Other Equity Interests means all Interests in Halcón Parent other than Existing Equity Interests.

 

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Other Priority Claim means any Claim other than an Administrative Expense Claim, a DIP Claim, or a Priority Tax Claim that is entitled to priority of payment as specified in section 507(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Other Secured Claim means any Secured Claim other than a Priority Tax Claim, a DIP Claim, or a RBL Claim.

 

Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, limited partnership, trust, estate, unincorporated organization, Governmental Unit, or other Entity.

 

Petition Date means, with respect to a Debtor, the date on which such Debtor commenced its Chapter 11 Case.

 

Plan means this joint prepackaged chapter 11 plan, including all appendices, exhibits, schedules, and supplements hereto (including any appendices, schedules, and supplements to this Plan contained in the Plan Supplement), as may be modified from time to time in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code, the terms hereof, and the RSA.

 

Plan Distribution means the payment or distribution of consideration to holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests under this Plan.

 

Plan Document means any Definitive Document or document in the Plan Supplement.

 

Plan Supplement means a supplement or supplements to this Plan containing certain documents relevant to the implementation of this Plan, to be filed with the Bankruptcy Court no later than seven (7) calendar days before the Voting Deadline, which shall include (i) the Amended Organizational Documents of Reorganized Halcón Parent, (ii) the slate of directors to be appointed to the New Board to the extent known and determined, (iii) with respect to the members of the New Board, information required to be disclosed in accordance with section 1129(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, (iv) the Exit RBL Agreement, (v) the Warrant Agreement(s), (vi) a schedule of retained Causes of Action, (vii) the Registration Rights Agreement, (viii) and the Governance Term Sheet, if applicable; provided , however , that, through the Effective Date, the Debtors shall have the right to amend documents contained in, and exhibits to, the Plan Supplement in accordance with the terms of this Plan and the RSA.

 

Priority Tax Claim means any Claim of a Governmental Unit of the kind entitled to priority of payment as specified in sections 502(i) and 507(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Pro Rata means the proportion that an Allowed Claim or Interest in a particular Class bears to the aggregate amount of Allowed Claims or Interests in that Class.

 

Professional Person means any Person retained by order of the Bankruptcy Court in connection with these Chapter 11 Cases pursuant to sections 327, 328, 330, 331, 503(b), or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code, excluding any ordinary course professional retained pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

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Registration Rights Agreement means the registration agreement to be entered into on the Effective Date by Reorganized Halcón Parent and the Registration Rights Parties, the terms of which shall be consistent in all material respects with the Restructuring Term Sheet.

 

Registration Rights Parties means the Consenting Creditors and any recipient of New Common Shares that receives (together with its affiliates and related funds) 10% or more of the voting Securities of Reorganized Halcón Parent issued pursuant to this Plan.

 

Released Parties means, collectively, (i) the Debtors, (ii) the Reorganized Debtors, (iii) the Consenting Creditors, (iv) the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group and each of its members, (v) the Senior Notes Trustee, (vi) the Exit RBL Agent, Exit RBL Lenders, and any arranger under the Exit RBL Facility, (vii) the DIP Agent and DIP Lenders, (viii) the RBL Agent and the RBL Lenders, (ix) with respect to each of the foregoing Persons in clauses (i) through (viii), each of their affiliates, and (x) with respect to each of the foregoing Persons in clauses (i) through (ix) such Persons’ predecessors, successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates, managed accounts and funds, and all of their respective current and former officers and directors, principals, equity holders, members, partners, managers, employees, agents, advisory board members, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, consultants, representatives, investment managers, investment advisors, management companies, fund advisors, and other professionals, and such Persons’ respective heirs, executors, estates, and nominees, in each case in their capacity as such.

 

Releasing Parties means, collectively, (i) the holders of all Claims or Interests who vote to accept this Plan, (ii) the holders of all Claims or Interests whose vote to accept or reject this Plan is solicited but who do not vote either to accept or to reject this Plan, (iii) the holders of all Claims or Interests who vote, or are deemed, to reject this Plan but do not opt out of granting the releases set forth herein, (iv) the holders of all Claims and Interests who were given notice of the opportunity to opt out of granting the releases set forth herein but did not opt out, (v) all other holders of Claims and Interests to the maximum extent permitted by law, and (vi) the Released Parties.

 

Reorganized Halcón Parent means Halcón Parent, as reorganized on the Effective Date in accordance with this Plan.

 

Reorganized Debtor(s)  means, with respect to each Debtor, such Debtor as reorganized as of the Effective Date in accordance with this Plan.

 

Requisite Creditors has the meaning set forth in the RSA.

 

Restructuring has the meaning set forth in the RSA.

 

Restructuring Expenses means the reasonable and documented fees and expenses incurred by the Consenting Creditors Advisors and the DIP Agent in connection with the Restructuring, as provided by the RSA, payable in accordance with the terms of the applicable fee letters executed with such parties, and any applicable law or orders of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

Restructuring Term Sheet means that certain term sheet attached as Exhibit A to the RSA.

 

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Restructuring Transactions means one or more transactions pursuant to section 1123(a)(5)(D) of the Bankruptcy Code to occur on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, that may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved by, contemplated by, or necessary to effectuate this Plan, including (i) the consummation of the transactions provided for under or contemplated by the RSA and the Restructuring Term Sheet, (ii) the execution and delivery of appropriate agreements or other documents containing terms that are consistent with or reasonably necessary to implement the terms of this Plan, the RSA, and the Restructuring Term Sheet, and that satisfy the requirements of applicable law, (iii) the execution and delivery of appropriate instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption, or delegation of any property, right, liability, duty, or obligation on terms consistent with the terms of this Plan, the RSA, and the Restructuring Term Sheet, and (iv) all other actions that the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, determine are necessary or appropriate and consistent with the RSA and the Restructuring Term Sheet.

 

RBL Agent means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent under the RBL Agreement.

 

RBL Agreement means that certain Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2017 (as amended, modified, or otherwise supplemented from time to time), by and among Halcón Parent, as borrower, the RBL Agent, and the RBL Lenders party thereto from time to time.

 

RBL Claims means all Claims against the Debtors arising under or in connection with the RBL Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including all Letters of Credit, Loan Documents, and Secured Swap Agreements (each as defined in the RBL Agreement).

 

RBL Lenders means the lenders from time to time party to the RBL Agreement and all other Secured Parties (as defined in the RBL Agreement).

 

Registered Holder means a holder of an Existing Equity Interest whose ownership interest is registered directly on the books and records of Halcón Parent’s transfer agent.

 

Rights Offering Equity means New Common Shares issued pursuant to the Equity Rights Offerings.

 

Rights Offering Participant means each holder of an Existing Equity Interest (subject to the Existing Equity Cash Out) or Senior Notes Claim as of the Rights Offering Record Date.

 

Rights Offering Procedures means the procedures for the implementation of the Equity Rights Offerings, as applicable, in substantially the form attached to the Disclosure Statement as Exhibit E and Exhibit F .

 

Rights Offering Record Date means August 30, 2019.

 

RSA means that certain Restructuring Support Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2019, by and among the Debtors and the Consenting Creditors, attached to the Disclosure

 

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Statement as Exhibit A , as the same may be amended, restated, or otherwise modified in accordance with its terms.

 

Schedule of Rejected Contracts means the schedule of executory contracts and unexpired leases to be rejected by the Debtors pursuant to this Plan, if any, as the same may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time.

 

Schedules means, the schedules of Assets and liabilities, statements of financial affairs, lists of holders of Claims and Interests and all amendments or supplements thereto filed by the Debtors with the Bankruptcy Court to the extent such filing is not waived pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

Secured Claim means a Claim to the extent (i) secured by a Lien on property of a Debtor’s Estate, the amount of which is equal to or less than the value of such property (a) as set forth in this Plan, (b) as agreed to by the holder of such Claim and the Debtors, or (c) as determined by a Final Order in accordance with section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or (ii) subject to any setoff right of the holder of such Claim under section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Senior Notes Claim means any Claim arising from, or related to, the Senior Notes.

 

Senior Notes Indenture means that certain indenture, dated as of February 16, 2017 (as amended, modified, or otherwise supplemented from time to time), under which the Senior Notes were issued, by and among Halcón Parent, as issuer, each of the guarantors named therein, and the Senior Notes Trustee.

 

Senior Noteholder means a holder of Senior Notes.

 

Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement means the Backstop Commitment Agreement, dated August 2, 2019, by and among Halcón Parent and the Backstop Commitment Parties and attached to the RSA as Exhibit B .

 

Senior Noteholder Rights Offering means that certain rights offering pursuant to which each holder of Allowed Senior Notes Claim is entitled to receive Senior Noteholder Subscription Rights to acquire New Common Shares in accordance with the applicable Rights Offering Procedures.

 

Senior Noteholder Subscription Rights means the Subscription Rights allocated to holders of Allowed Senior Notes Claims in accordance with the applicable Rights Offering Procedures.

 

Senior Notes means the 6.75% Senior Notes due 2025 issued pursuant to the Senior Notes Indenture in the aggregate principal amount of $625,005,000.

 

Senior Notes Trustee means U.S. Bank National Association in its capacity as trustee under the Senior Notes Indenture and its successors, assigns, or any replacement trustee appointed pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes Indenture.

 

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Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Security means any “security” as such term is defined in section 101(49) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Statutory Fees means all fees and charges assessed against the Estates pursuant to sections 1911 through 1930 of chapter 123 of title 28 of the United States Code.

 

Subscription Rights means the subscription rights to acquire New Common Shares in accordance with the Rights Offering Procedures.

 

Tax Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

Unimpaired means, with respect to a Claim, Interest, or Class of Claims or Interests, not “impaired” within the meaning of such term in section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

U.S. Trustee means the United States Trustee for Region 7.

 

Voting Deadline means September 5, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. prevailing Central Time, or such other date and time as may set by the Bankruptcy Court.

 

Warrant Agreement(s)  means one or more warrant agreement(s) to be entered into by and among Reorganized Parent and the warrant agent named therein that shall govern the terms of the Warrants, the form(s) of which shall be included in the Plan Supplement.

 

Warrants has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Term Sheet.

 

Warrant Equity means New Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants, subject to dilution by the MIP Equity.

 

1.2                                Interpretation; Application of Definitions; Rules of Construction.

 

Unless otherwise specified, all section or exhibit references in this Plan are to the respective section in or exhibit to this Plan, as the same may be amended, waived, or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and the RSA.  The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto,” “hereunder,” and other words of similar import refer to this Plan as a whole and not to any particular section, subsection, or clause contained therein and have the same meaning as “in this Plan,” “of this Plan,” “to this Plan,” and “under this Plan,” respectively.  The words “includes” and “including” are not limiting.  The headings in this Plan are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the provisions hereof.  For purposes herein: (a) in the appropriate context, each term, whether stated in the singular or plural, shall include both the singular and plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine, and the neuter gender; (b) any reference herein to a contract, lease, instrument, release, indenture, or other agreement or document being in a particular form or on particular terms and conditions means that the referenced document shall

 

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be substantially in that form or substantially on those terms and conditions; (c) the rules of construction set forth in section 102 of the Bankruptcy Code shall apply; and (d) any term used in capitalized form herein that is not otherwise defined but that is used in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules, as the case may be.

 

1.3                                Reference to Monetary Figures.

 

All references in this Plan to monetary figures shall refer to the legal tender of the United States of America unless otherwise expressly provided.

 

1.4                                Consent Rights of Consenting Creditors.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any and all consent rights of the Consenting Creditors set forth in the RSA with respect to the form and substance of this Plan, and any other Definitive Documents, including any amendments, restatements, supplements, or other modifications to such documents, and any consents, waivers, or other deviations under or from any such documents, shall be incorporated herein by this reference and fully enforceable as if stated in full herein.

 

1.5                                Controlling Document.

 

In the event of an inconsistency between this Plan and the Plan Supplement, the terms of the relevant document in the Plan Supplement shall control unless otherwise specified in such Plan Supplement document.  In the event of an inconsistency between this Plan and any other instrument or document created or executed pursuant to this Plan, or between this Plan and the Disclosure Statement, this Plan shall control.  The provisions of this Plan and of the Confirmation Order shall be construed in a manner consistent with each other so as to effectuate the purposes of each; provided , however , that if there is determined to be any inconsistency between any provision of this Plan and any provision of the Confirmation Order that cannot be so reconciled, then, solely to the extent of such inconsistency, the provisions of the Confirmation Order shall govern, and any such provisions of the Confirmation Order shall be deemed a modification of this Plan.

 

ARTICLE II.                                                                      ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CLAIMS, FEE CLAIMS, PRIORITY TAX CLAIMS, AND DIP CLAIMS.

 

2.1                                Treatment of Administrative Expense Claims.

 

Except to the extent that a holder of an Allowed Administrative Expense Claim agrees to a different treatment, each holder of an Allowed Administrative Expense Claim (other than Restructuring Expenses or a Fee Claim) shall receive, in full and final satisfaction of such Claim, Cash in an amount equal to such Allowed Administrative Expense Claim on, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, the later of (i) the Effective Date and (ii) the first Business Day after the date that is thirty (30) calendar days after the date such Administrative Expense Claim becomes an Allowed Administrative Expense Claim; provided , however , that Allowed

 

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Administrative Expense Claims representing liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Debtors shall be paid by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice and in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of any orders or agreements governing, instruments evidencing, or other documents establishing, such liabilities.

 

2.2                                Treatment of Fee Claims.

 

(a)                                  All Professional Persons seeking awards by the Bankruptcy Court of compensation for services rendered or reimbursement of expenses incurred through and including the Confirmation Date under sections 327, 328, 330, 331, 503(b)(2), 503(b)(3), 503(b)(4), 503(b)(5), or 1103 of the Bankruptcy Code shall (i) file, on or before the date that is forty five (45) days after the Confirmation Date, their respective applications for final allowances of compensation for services rendered and reimbursement of expenses incurred and (ii) be paid in full, in Cash, in such amounts as are Allowed by the Bankruptcy Court or authorized to be paid in accordance with the order(s) relating to or allowing any such Fee Claim.  The Debtors are authorized to pay compensation for professional services rendered and reimbursement of expenses incurred after the Confirmation Date in the ordinary course and without the need for Bankruptcy Court approval.

 

(b)                                  On the Effective Date, the Debtors shall establish and fund the Fee Escrow Account.  The Debtors shall fund the Fee Escrow Account with Cash equal to the Professional Persons’ good faith estimates of the Fee Claims.  Funds held in the Fee Escrow Account shall not be considered property of the Debtors’ Estates or property of the Reorganized Debtors, but shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors only after all Fee Claims allowed by the Bankruptcy Court have been irrevocably paid in full.  The Fee Escrow Account shall be held in trust for Professional Persons retained by the Debtors and for no other parties until all Fee Claims Allowed by the Bankruptcy Court have been paid in full.  Fee Claims shall be paid in full, in Cash, in such amounts as are Allowed by the Bankruptcy Court (i) on the date upon which a Final Order relating to any such Allowed Fee Claim is entered or (ii) on such other terms as may be mutually agreed upon between the holder of such an Allowed Fee Claim and the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable.  The Reorganized Debtors’ obligations with respect to Fee Claims shall not be limited by nor deemed limited to the balance of funds held in the Fee Escrow Account.  To the extent that funds held in the Fee Escrow Account are insufficient to satisfy the amount of accrued Fee Claims owing to the Professional Persons, such Professional Persons shall have an Allowed Administrative Expense Claim for any such deficiency, which shall be satisfied in accordance with section 2.1 of this Plan.  No Liens, claims, or interests shall encumber the Professional Fee Escrow in any way, other than customary liens in favor of the depository bank at which the Fee Escrow Account is maintained.

 

(c)                                   Any objections to Fee Claims shall be served and filed (i) no later than twenty one (21) days after the filing of the final applications for compensation or reimbursement or (ii) such later date as ordered by the Bankruptcy Court upon a motion of the Reorganized Debtors.

 

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2.3                                Treatment of Priority Tax Claims.

 

Except to the extent that a holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim agrees to a different treatment, each holder of an Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall receive, in full and final satisfaction of such Allowed Priority Tax Claim, at the sole option of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable (i) Cash in an amount equal to such Allowed Priority Tax Claim on, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, the later of (a) the Effective Date, to the extent such Claim is an Allowed Priority Tax Claim on the Effective Date, (b) the first Business Day after the date that is thirty (30) calendar days after the date such Priority Tax Claim becomes an Allowed Priority Tax Claim, and (c) the date such Allowed Priority Tax Claim is due and payable in the ordinary course as such obligation becomes due, or (ii) such other treatment consistent with the provisions of section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

2.4                                Treatment of DIP Claims.

 

On the Effective Date, in full and final satisfaction, settlement, release, and discharge of, and in exchange for, each Allowed DIP Claim, each such Allowed DIP Claim (a) shall be paid in full in Cash by the Debtors equal to the Allowed amount of such DIP Claim and all commitments under the DIP Agreement shall terminate, or (b) shall be otherwise satisfied by the Debtors in a manner acceptable to the DIP Agent, any affected DIP Lender under the DIP Agreement, and any other holder of a DIP Claim, as applicable.  Upon the indefeasible payment or satisfaction in full in Cash, or other satisfactory treatment, of the DIP Claims in accordance with the terms of this Plan, on the Effective Date, all Liens granted to secure such obligations shall be terminated and of no further force and effect.

 

2.5                                Restructuring Expenses.

 

The Restructuring Expenses incurred, or estimated to be incurred, up to and including the Effective Date, shall be paid in full in Cash on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter (to the extent not previously paid during the course of the Chapter 11 Cases) in accordance with, and subject to, the terms of the RSA, without any requirement to file a fee application with the Bankruptcy Court or without any requirement for Bankruptcy Court review or approval.  All Restructuring Expenses to be paid on the Effective Date shall be estimated prior to and as of the Effective Date and such estimates shall be delivered to the Debtors at least three (3) Business Days before the anticipated Effective Date; provided , however , that such estimates shall not be considered an admission or limitation with respect to such Restructuring Expenses.  On the Effective Date, final invoices for all Restructuring Expenses incurred prior to and as of the Effective Date shall be submitted to the Debtors.

 

2.6                                Statutory Fees.

 

All Statutory Fees due and payable prior to the Effective Date shall be paid by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors.  On and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall pay any and all Statutory Fees when due and payable, and shall file with the Bankruptcy Court quarterly reports in a form reasonably acceptable to the U.S. Trustee.  Each Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable, shall remain obligated to pay quarterly fees to the U.S.

 

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Trustee until the earliest of that particular Debtor’s, or Reorganized Debtor’s, as applicable, case being closed, dismissed, or converted to a case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

ARTICLE III.                                                               CLASSIFICATION OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS.

 

3.1                                Classification in General.

 

A Claim or Interest is placed in a particular Class for all purposes, including voting, confirmation, and distribution under this Plan and under sections 1122 and 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code; provided , however , that a Claim or Interest is placed in a particular Class for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to this Plan only to the extent that such Claim or Interest is an Allowed Claim or Allowed Interest in that Class and such Claim or Interest has not been satisfied, released, or otherwise settled prior to the Effective Date.

 

3.2                                Formation of Debtor Groups for Convenience Only.

 

This Plan groups the Debtors together solely for the purpose of describing treatment under this Plan, confirmation of this Plan, and making Plan Distributions in respect of Claims against and Interests in the Debtors under this Plan.  Such groupings shall not affect any Debtor’s status as a separate legal entity, change the organizational structure of the Debtors’ business enterprise, constitute a change of control of any Debtor for any purpose, cause a merger or consolidation of any legal entities, or cause the transfer of any Assets; and, except as otherwise provided by or permitted under this Plan, all Debtors shall continue to exist as separate legal entities.

 

3.3                                Summary of Classification of Claims and Interests.

 

The following table designates the Classes of Claims against and Interests in the Debtors and specifies which Classes are (i) Impaired and Unimpaired under this Plan, (ii) entitled to vote to accept or reject this Plan in accordance with section 1126 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (iii) deemed to accept or reject this Plan.  In accordance with section 1123(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, Administrative Expense Claims and Priority Tax Claims have not been classified.  The classification of Claims and Interests set forth herein shall apply separately to each Debtor.

 

Class

 

Type of Claim or Interest

 

Impairment

 

Entitled to Vote

Class 1

 

Other Priority Claims

 

Unimpaired

 

No (Deemed to accept)

Class 2

 

Other Secured Claims

 

Unimpaired

 

No (Deemed to accept)

Class 3

 

RBL Claims

 

Unimpaired

 

No (Deemed to accept)

Class 4

 

Senior Notes Claims

 

Impaired

 

Yes

Class 5

 

General Unsecured Claims

 

Unimpaired

 

No (Deemed to accept)

Class 6

 

Intercompany Claims

 

Unimpaired

 

No (Deemed to accept)

Class 7

 

Existing Equity Interests

 

Impaired

 

Yes

Class 8

 

Other Equity Interests

 

Impaired

 

No (Deemed to reject)

Class 9

 

Intercompany Interests

 

Unimpaired

 

No (Deemed to accept)

 

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3.4                                Special Provision Governing Unimpaired Claims.

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, nothing under this Plan shall affect the rights of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, in respect of any Unimpaired Claims, including all rights in respect of legal and equitable defenses to, or setoffs or recoupments against, any such Unimpaired Claims.

 

3.5                                Elimination of Vacant Classes.

 

Any Class that, as of the commencement of the Confirmation Hearing, does not have at least one holder of a Claim or Interest that is Allowed in an amount greater than zero for voting purposes shall be considered vacant, deemed eliminated from this Plan for purposes of voting to accept or reject this Plan, and disregarded for purposes of determining whether this Plan satisfies section 1129(a)(8) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to such Class.

 

3.6                                Voting Classes; Presumed Acceptance by Non-Voting Classes.

 

With respect to each Debtor, if a Class contained Claims eligible to vote and no holder of Claims eligible to vote in such Class votes to accept or reject this Plan, this Plan shall be presumed accepted by the holders of such Claims in such Class.

 

3.7                                Voting; Presumptions; Solicitation.

 

(a)                                  Acceptance by Certain Impaired Classes .  Only holders of Claims in Class 4 and Interests in Class 7 are entitled to vote to accept or reject this Plan.  An Impaired Class of Claims shall have accepted this Plan if (i) the holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) in amount of the Allowed Claims actually voting in such Class have voted to accept this Plan and (ii) the holders of more than one-half (1/2) in number of the Allowed Claims actually voting in such Class have voted to accept this Plan.  An Impaired Class of Interests shall have accepted this Plan if the holders of at least two-thirds (2/3) in amount of the Allowed Interests actually voting in such Class have voted to accept this Plan.  Holders of Claims in Class 4 and Interests in Class 7 shall receive ballots containing detailed voting instructions.

 

(b)                                  Deemed Acceptance by Unimpaired Classes .  Holders of Claims and Interests in Classes 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 9 are conclusively deemed to have accepted this Plan pursuant to section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code.  Accordingly, such holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject this Plan.

 

(c)                                   Deemed Rejection by Impaired Class .  Holders of Interests in Class 8 are deemed to have rejected this Plan pursuant to section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code.  Accordingly, such holders are not entitled to vote to accept or reject this Plan.

 

3.8                                Cramdown.

 

If any Class is deemed to reject this Plan or is entitled to vote on this Plan and does not vote to accept this Plan, the Debtors may (i) seek confirmation of this Plan under section 1129(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or (ii) amend or modify this Plan in accordance with the terms hereof and the Bankruptcy Code, including by (A) modifying the treatment applicable to a

 

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Class of Claims or Interests to render such Class of Claims or Interests Unimpaired to the extent permitted by the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Rules or (B) withdrawing the Plan as to an individual Debtor at any time before the Confirmation Date.  If a controversy arises as to whether any Claims or Interests, or any class of Claims or Interests, are impaired, the Bankruptcy Court shall, after notice and a hearing, determine such controversy on or before the Confirmation Date.

 

3.9                                No Waiver.

 

Nothing contained in this Plan shall be construed to waive a Debtor’s or other Person’s right to object on any basis to any Claim.

 

ARTICLE IV.                                                                  TREATMENT OF CLAIMS AND INTERESTS.

 

4.1                                Class 1:  Other Priority Claims.

 

(a)                                  Treatment :  The legal, equitable, and contractual rights of the holders of Allowed Other Priority Claims are unaltered by this Plan.  Except to the extent that a holder of an Allowed Other Priority Claim agrees to different treatment, on the later of the Effective Date and the date that is ten (10) Business Days after the date such Other Priority Claim becomes an Allowed Claim, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, each holder of an Allowed Other Priority Claim shall receive, on account of such Allowed Claim, at the option of the Reorganized Debtors (i) Cash in an amount equal to the Allowed amount of such Claim or (ii) other treatment consistent with the provisions of section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

(b)                                  Impairment and Voting :  Allowed Other Priority Claims are Unimpaired.  In accordance with section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of Allowed Other Priority Claims are conclusively presumed to accept this Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject this Plan, and the votes of such holders shall not be solicited with respect to such Allowed Other Priority Claims.

 

4.2                                Class 2:  Other Secured Claims.

 

(a)                                  Treatment :  The legal, equitable, and contractual rights of the holders of Allowed Other Secured Claims are unaltered by this Plan.  Except to the extent that a holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim agrees to different treatment, on the later of the Effective Date and the date that is ten (10) Business Days after the date such Other Secured Claim becomes an Allowed Claim, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, each holder of an Allowed Other Secured Claim shall receive, on account of such Allowed Claim, at the option of the Reorganized Debtors (i) Cash in an amount equal to the Allowed amount of such Claim, (ii) reinstatement or such other treatment sufficient to render such holder’s Allowed Other Secured Claim Unimpaired pursuant to section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (iii) such other recovery necessary to satisfy section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

(b)                                  Impairment and Voting :  Allowed Other Secured Claims are Unimpaired.  In accordance with section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of Allowed

 

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Other Secured Claims are conclusively presumed to accept this Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject this Plan, and the votes of such holders shall not be solicited with respect to such Allowed Other Secured Claims.

 

4.3                                Class 3:  RBL Claims

 

(a)                                  Treatment :  The legal, equitable, and contractual rights of the holders of Allowed RBL Claims are unaltered by this Plan.  On the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed RBL Claim shall receive payment in full, in Cash of all Allowed RBL Claims, including by a refinancing, and all outstanding letters of credit shall either be replaced, cash collateralized or otherwise secured to the satisfaction of the Issuing Bank (as defined in the RBL Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the RBL Agreement.

 

(b)                                  Impairment and Voting :  Allowed RBL Claims are Unimpaired.  In accordance with section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of Allowed RBL Claims are conclusively presumed to accept this Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject this Plan, and the votes of such holders shall not be solicited with respect to such Allowed RBL Claims.

 

(c)                                   Allowance :  The RBL Claims shall be deemed Allowed on the Effective Date in the aggregate principal amount up to $225 million, plus all amounts owing by the Debtors under the Secured Swap Agreements (as defined in the RBL Agreement) that have terminated as of or prior to the Effective Date, plus all accrued and unpaid interest and fees (including interest and fees at the default rate that has accrued but not been paid during the Chapter 11 Cases), and all other amounts that are outstanding under the RBL Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

4.4                                Class 4:  Senior Notes Claims.

 

(a)                                  Treatment :  On the Effective Date, each holder of an Allowed Senior Notes Claim shall receive, in full and final satisfaction of such Claim, such holder’s Pro Rata share of (i) 91% of the total New Common Shares issued pursuant to this Plan on the Effective Date, subject to dilution by the Rights Offering Equity, the Warrant Equity, the MIP Equity, and the New Common Shares issued pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Premium, and (ii) the Senior Noteholder Subscription Rights.

 

(b)                                  Impairment and Voting :  Senior Notes Claims are Impaired.  Holders of Senior Notes Claims are entitled to vote on this Plan.

 

(c)                                   Allowance :  The Senior Notes Claims shall be deemed Allowed on the Effective Date in the aggregate principal amount of $625,005,000.

 

4.5                                Class 5:  General Unsecured Claims.

 

(a)                                  Treatment :  The legal, equitable, and contractual rights of the holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims are unaltered by this Plan.  Except to the extent that a holder of an Allowed General Unsecured Claim agrees to different treatment, on and after the Effective Date, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Debtors shall continue to pay or dispute

 

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each General Unsecured Claim in the ordinary course of business as if the Chapter 11 Cases had never been commenced.

 

(b)                                  Impairment and Voting :  Allowed General Unsecured Claims are Unimpaired.  In accordance with section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of Allowed General Unsecured Claims are conclusively presumed to accept this Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject this Plan, and the votes of such holders shall not be solicited with respect to such Allowed General Unsecured Claims.

 

4.6                                Class 6:  Intercompany Claims.

 

(a)                                  Treatment :  On or after the Effective Date, all Intercompany Claims shall be paid, adjusted, continued, settled, reinstated, discharged, or eliminated, in each case to the extent determined to be appropriate by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, in their discretion and in consultation with the Consenting Creditors.

 

(b)                                  Impairment and Voting :  All Allowed Intercompany Claims are deemed Unimpaired.  In accordance with section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of Allowed Intercompany Claims are conclusively presumed to accept this Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject this Plan, and the votes of such holders shall not be solicited with respect to such Allowed Intercompany Claims.

 

4.7                                Class 7:  Existing Equity Interests.

 

(a)                                  Treatment :  On the Effective Date, Existing Equity Interests shall be cancelled, released, and extinguished and shall be of no further force and effect.  Each holder of Existing Equity Interests shall receive on account of such holder’s Existing Equity Interests:

 

(1) if a Registered Holder holds fewer than or equal to 2,000 shares of Existing Equity Interests, Cash in an amount equal to the inherent value of such Registered Holder’s Pro Rata share of (i) 9% of the total New Common Shares issued pursuant to this Plan on the Effective Date, subject to dilution by the Rights Offering Equity, the Warrant Equity, the MIP Equity, and the New Common Shares issued pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Premium, (ii) the Warrants and (iii) the Existing Equity Interests Subscription Rights; or

 

(2) for any other holder of Existing Equity Interests, such holder’s Pro Rata share of (i) 9% of the total New Common Shares issued pursuant to this Plan on the Effective Date, subject to dilution by the Rights Offering Equity, the Warrant Equity, the MIP Equity, and the New Common Shares issued pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Premium; provided , however , that the amount of total New Common Shares available to be issued pursuant to this provision shall be reduced by the amount of New Common Shares that would have been distributed to holders of Existing Equity Interests in the absence of the immediately preceding clause (1), (ii) the Warrants, and (iii) the Existing Equity Interests Subscription Rights.

 

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(b)                                  Impairment and Voting :  Existing Equity Interests are Impaired.  Holders of Existing Equity Interests are entitled to vote on this Plan.

 

4.8                                Class 8:  Other Equity Interests.

 

(a)                                  Treatment :  On the Effective Date, Other Equity Interests shall be cancelled, released, and extinguished and shall be of no further force and effect.

 

(b)                                  Impairment and Voting :  Other Equity Interests are Impaired.  In accordance with section 1126(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, holders of Other Equity Interests are conclusively presumed to reject this Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject this Plan, and the votes of such holders shall not be solicited with respect to Other Equity Interests.

 

4.9                                Class 9:  Intercompany Interests.

 

(a)                                  Treatment :  Intercompany Interests are Unimpaired.  On the Effective Date, all Intercompany Interests shall be treated as set forth in section 5.13 of this Plan.

 

(b)                                  Impairment and Voting :  Intercompany Interests are Unimpaired.  In accordance with section 1126(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, the holders of Allowed Intercompany Interests are conclusively presumed to accept this Plan and are not entitled to vote to accept or reject this Plan, and the votes of such holders shall not be solicited with respect to such Allowed Intercompany Interests.

 

ARTICLE V.                                                                       MEANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

 

5.1                                Sources of Consideration for Plan Distributions.

 

(a)                                  Cash on Hand .  The Reorganized Debtors shall use Cash on hand to fund distributions to certain holders of Claims against the Debtors.

 

(b)                                  New Common Shares and Warrants .  On or as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Date, Reorganized Halcón Parent shall issue and distribute the New Common Shares and the Warrants to holders of Allowed Senior Notes Claims and Existing Equity Interests entitled to receive New Common Shares and Warrants pursuant to the Plan or notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, such holder’s designated affiliates to the extent permitted by DTC.

 

(c)                                   Exit RBL Facility .  On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall enter into the Exit RBL Facility, the proceeds of which may be used to (i) provide the Reorganized Debtors with additional liquidity for working capital and general corporate purposes, (ii) pay all reasonable and documented Restructuring Expenses, and (iii) fund Plan Distributions.

 

(d)                                  Plan Funding .  Plan Distributions of Cash shall be funded from the Debtors’ Cash on hand as of the applicable date of such Plan Distribution and from the proceeds of the Equity Rights Offerings and Exit RBL Facility.

 

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5.2           Compromise and Settlement of Claims, Interests, and Controversies.

 

Pursuant to section 363 and 1123(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 9019 and in consideration for the distributions and other benefits provided pursuant to this Plan, the provisions of this Plan shall constitute a good faith compromise of Claims, Interests, and controversies relating to the contractual, legal, and subordination rights that a creditor or an Interest holder may have with respect to any Allowed Claim or Interest or any distribution to be made on account of such Allowed Claim or Interest.  The entry of the Confirmation Order shall constitute the Bankruptcy Court’s approval of the compromise or settlement of all such Claims, Interests, and controversies, as well as a finding by the Bankruptcy Court that such compromise or settlement is in the best interests of the Debtors, their Estates, and holders of such Claims and Interests, and is fair, equitable, and reasonable.

 

5.3           Continued Corporate Existence; Effectuating Documents; Further Transactions.

 

(a)           Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, the Debtors shall continue to exist after the Effective Date as Reorganized Debtors in accordance with the applicable laws of the respective jurisdictions in which they are incorporated or organized and pursuant to the Amended Organizational Documents.

 

(b)           On and after the Effective Date, all actions contemplated by the Plan shall be deemed authorized and approved by the Bankruptcy Court in all respects without any further corporate or equity holder action.  On or after the Effective Date, without prejudice to the rights of any party to a contract or other agreement with any Reorganized Debtor and subject to the terms of each such contract or other agreement, each Reorganized Debtor may, in its sole discretion, take such action as permitted by applicable law and the Amended Organizational Documents, as such Reorganized Debtor may determine is reasonable and appropriate, including causing (i) a Reorganized Debtor to be merged into another Reorganized Debtor or an affiliate of a Reorganized Debtor, (ii) a Reorganized Debtor to be dissolved, (iii) the legal name of a Reorganized Debtor to be changed, or (iv) the closure of a Reorganized Debtor’s Chapter 11 Case on the Effective Date or any time thereafter, and such action and documents are deemed to require no further action or approval (other than any requisite filings required under applicable state, federal, or foreign law).

 

(c)           On the Effective Date or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, the Reorganized Debtors may take all actions as may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved by, or necessary or appropriate to effectuate this Plan, including (i) the execution and delivery of appropriate agreements or other documents of merger, consolidation, restructuring, conversion, disposition, transfer, dissolution, or liquidation containing terms that are consistent with the terms of this Plan and the Definitive Documents and that satisfy the requirements of applicable law and any other terms to which the applicable entities may agree, (ii) the execution and delivery of appropriate instruments of transfer, assignment, assumption, or delegation of any Asset, property, right, liability, debt, or obligation on terms consistent with the terms of this Plan and having other terms to which the applicable parties agree, (iii) the filing of appropriate certificates or articles of incorporation or formation and amendments thereto, reincorporation, merger, consolidation, conversion, or dissolution

 

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pursuant to applicable law, (iv) the Restructuring Transactions, (v) if the Debtors expect to qualify for and elect to utilize the special bankruptcy exception under section 382(l)(5) of the Tax Code, the Debtors may seek Bankruptcy Court approval of certain procedures and potential restrictions on the accumulation of Claims with respect to Persons who are or will be substantial claimholders and the charter, bylaws, and other organizational documents may restrict certain transfers of the New Common Shares, and (vi) all other actions that the applicable entities determine to be necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, making filings or recordings that may be required by applicable law.

 

5.4           Cancellation of Existing Securities and Agreements.

 

Except for the purpose of evidencing a right to a distribution under this Plan and except as otherwise set forth in this Plan, or in any Plan Document, including with respect to refinancing the RBL Agreement, on the Effective Date, all agreements, instruments, notes, certificates, indentures, mortgages, Securities and other documents evidencing any Claim or Interest (other than Intercompany Interests that are not modified by this Plan) and any rights of any holder in respect thereof shall be deemed cancelled and of no force or effect and the obligations of the Debtors thereunder shall be deemed fully satisfied, released, and discharged and, as applicable, shall be deemed to have been surrendered to the Disbursing Agent.  The holders of or parties to such cancelled instruments, Securities, and other documentation shall have no rights arising from or related to such instruments, Securities, or other documentation or the cancellation thereof, except the rights provided for pursuant to this Plan.

 

5.5           Cancellation of Certain Existing Security Interests.

 

Upon the full payment or other satisfaction of an Allowed Other Secured Claim, or promptly thereafter, the holder of such Allowed Other Secured Claim shall deliver to the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, any Collateral or other property of a Debtor held by such holder, together with any termination statements, instruments of satisfaction, or releases of all security interests with respect to its Allowed Other Secured Claim that may be reasonably required to terminate any related financing statements, mortgages, mechanics’ or other statutory Liens, or lis pendens, or similar interests or documents.

 

5.6           Officers and Boards of Directors.

 

(a)           On the Effective Date, the New Board shall consist of (i) the Reorganized Debtors’ chief executive officer and (ii) the members selected by the Requisite Creditors to be disclosed in the Plan Supplement to the extent known and determined.  The identity and affiliations of any person proposed to serve on the New Board shall be disclosed in accordance with section 1129(a)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

(b)           Except as otherwise provided in the Plan Supplement, the officers of the respective Reorganized Debtors immediately before the Effective Date, as applicable, shall serve as the initial officers of each of the respective Reorganized Debtors on and after the Effective Date.  After the Effective Date, the selection of officers of the Reorganized Debtors shall be as provided by their respective Amended Organizational Documents.

 

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(c)           Except to the extent that a member of the board of directors or a manager, as applicable, of a Debtor continues to serve as a director or manager of such Debtor on and after the Effective Date, the members of the board of directors or managers of each Debtor prior to the Effective Date, in their capacities as such, shall have no continuing obligations or duties to the Reorganized Debtors on or after the Effective Date and each such director or manager shall be deemed to have resigned or shall otherwise cease to be a director or manager of the applicable Debtor on the Effective Date.  Commencing on the Effective Date, each of the directors and managers of each of the Reorganized Debtors shall be elected and serve pursuant to the terms of the applicable Amended Organizational Documents of such Reorganized Debtor and may be replaced or removed in accordance with such organizational documents.

 

5.7           Management Incentive Plan.

 

After the Effective Date, the New Board shall adopt the Management Incentive Plan.  The participants and amounts allocated under the Management Incentive Plan and other terms and conditions thereof shall be determined in the sole discretion of the New Board; provided , however , that the Management Incentive Plan shall include restricted stock units, options, New Common Shares, or other rights exercisable, exchangeable, or convertible into New Common Shares representing 7.5% to 10% of the New Common Shares authorized to be issued pursuant to this Plan and the Equity Rights Offerings on a fully diluted basis.

 

5.8           Authorization and Issuance of New Common Shares and Warrants.

 

(a)           On the Effective Date, (i) Reorganized Halcón Parent is authorized to issue or cause to be issued and shall issue (A) the New Common Shares (including the New Common Shares issuable in connection with the Backstop Commitment Premium and the Equity Rights Offerings) and (B) the Warrants, and (ii) the issuance of Subscription Rights by Reorganized Halcón Parent in connection with the Equity Rights Offerings is authorized, ratified, and confirmed in all respects; each in accordance with the terms of this Plan without the need for any further corporate or shareholder action.  All of the New Common Shares and the Warrants issuable under this Plan, when so issued, shall be duly authorized, validly issued, and, in the case of the New Common Shares, fully paid, and non-assessable.  The Warrant Equity (upon payment of the exercise price in accordance with the terms of such Warrants) issued pursuant to this Plan shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.

 

(b)           No later than seven (7) calendar days prior to the Voting Deadline, the Debtors, with the consent of the Requisite Creditors, shall make a determination as to whether Reorganized Halcón Parent will continue to be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78(a) — 78(pp) following December 31, 2019.  If the Debtors determine pursuant to this provision that Reorganized Halcón Parent will continue to be a reporting company under the Exchange Act following December 31, 2019, the Debtors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to have the New Common Shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange, or another nationally recognized exchange, as soon as practicable, subject to meeting applicable listing requirements following the Effective Date.  If the Debtors determine pursuant to this provision that Reorganized Halcón Parent will not continue to be a reporting company under the Exchange Act following December 31, 2019, the Debtors shall file the Governance Term Sheet.

 

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(c)           The Warrants shall be issuable pursuant to the terms of the respective Warrant Agreements, the form and substance of which shall be consistent with the Restructuring Term Sheet and filed with the Plan Supplement.  Each Warrant shall, subject to the terms of the respective Warrant Agreements, be exercisable for one (1) New Common Share.

 

5.9           Securities Exemptions.

 

(a)           The issuance and distribution of the New Common Shares, the Warrants (and the Warrant Equity), and the Subscription Rights to holders of Allowed Senior Notes Claims and Allowed Existing Equity Interests, as applicable, under Article IV of this Plan shall be exempt, pursuant to section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, without further act or actions by any Person, from registration under the Securities Act, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any other applicable securities laws, to the fullest extent permitted by section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code.  The New Common Shares and the Warrants (and the Warrant Equity issuable upon exercise thereof) issued pursuant to section 1145(a) of the Bankruptcy Code may be resold without registration under the Securities Act or other federal securities laws pursuant to the exemption provided by section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act, unless the holder is an “underwriter” with respect to such Securities, as that term is defined in section 1145(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.  In addition, such section 1145 exempt Securities generally may be resold without registration under state securities laws pursuant to various exemptions provided by the respective laws of the several states.

 

(b)           The issuance and sale, as applicable, of the New Common Shares to be issued pursuant to the Backstop Commitment Agreement, including those to be issued in respect of the Backstop Commitment Premium, are being made in reliance on the exemption from registration set forth in section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D thereunder.  Such Securities will be considered “restricted securities” and may not be transferred except pursuant to an effective registration statement or under an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, such as under certain conditions, the resale provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act.

 

(c)           On the Effective Date, the ownership of the New Common Shares shall be reflected through the facilities of the DTC.  None of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or any other Person shall be required to provide any further evidence other than the Plan or the Confirmation Order with respect to the treatment of the New Common Shares or the Warrants under applicable securities laws.  DTC and any transfer agent shall be required to accept and conclusively rely upon the Plan or Confirmation Order in lieu of a legal opinion regarding whether the New Common Shares or the Warrants are exempt from registration and/or eligible for DTC book-entry delivery, settlement, and depository services.

 

(d)           The Debtors may elect to deliver the Warrants through the facilities of DTC; provided , however , that delivery of the Warrants through the facilities of DTC shall not be mandatory.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, no Person (including DTC and any transfer agent) shall be entitled to require a legal opinion regarding the validity of any transaction contemplated by this Plan, including whether the New Common

 

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Shares, the Warrants, and the Warrant Equity are exempt from registration and/or eligible for DTC book-entry delivery, settlement, and depository services.

 

5.10         Equity Rights Offerings.

 

The Equity Rights Offerings shall be conducted by the Debtors and consummated on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Rights Offering Procedures and the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement. To facilitate the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering and the other Restructuring Transactions, and in exchange for the Backstop Commitment Premium, the Backstop Parties have agreed to consummate the Backstop Purchase, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement.  The Backstop Parties’ obligation to consummate the Backstop Purchase pursuant to the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement shall be contingent upon all conditions set forth in the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement being satisfied or otherwise waived in accordance with the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement.  Confirmation shall constitute Bankruptcy Court approval of the Equity Rights Offerings (including the transactions contemplated thereby, and all actions to be undertaken, undertakings to be made, and obligations to be incurred by the Reorganized Debtors in connection therewith).

 

(a)           Existing Equity Interests Rights Offering .  After the Petition Date, subject to interim approval of the Disclosure Statement by the Bankruptcy Court, subject to the Existing Equity Cash Out, the Debtors shall distribute the Existing Equity Interests Subscription Rights to holders of Existing Equity Interests as set forth in the Plan and the applicable Rights Offering Procedures. Each Rights Offering Participant in the Existing Equity Interests Rights Offering shall be offered the Existing Equity Interests Subscription Rights to purchase its Pro Rata share of the New Common Shares to be issued pursuant to the Existing Equity Interests Rights Offering.  On the Effective Date, the Debtors shall consummate the Existing Equity Interests Rights Offering.  The Existing Equity Interests Subscription Rights may not be sold, transferred, or assigned.

 

(b)           Senior Noteholder Rights Offering .

 

(i)            After the Petition Date, subject to interim approval of the Disclosure Statement by the Bankruptcy Court, the Debtors shall distribute the Senior Noteholder Subscription Rights to holders of Senior Notes Claim as set forth in the Plan and the applicable Rights Offering Procedures. Each Rights Offering Participant in the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering shall be offered the Senior Noteholder Subscription Rights to purchase its Pro Rata share of the New Common Shares to be issued pursuant to the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering.  On the Effective Date, the Debtors shall consummate the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering.  The Senior Noteholder Subscription Rights may not be sold, transferred, or assigned.  The Senior Noteholder Rights Offering shall be fully backstopped by the Backstop Parties in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement.

 

(ii)           In accordance with the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, each of the Backstop Parties has agreed, severally but not jointly, to purchase, on or prior to the Effective Date, the amount of New

 

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Common Shares equal to its respective Backstop Commitment (as defined in the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement).  The Backstop Commitment for the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering, shall be treated as a put option and the Backstop Commitment Premium shall be treated as remuneration for agreeing to enter into such put option.  Upon the Effective Date, the Backstop Commitment Premium shall be immediately and automatically payable and issued.

 

(c)           Proceeds .  The proceeds of the Equity Rights Offerings shall be used to (i) fund Plan distributions, (ii) provide the Reorganized Debtors with additional liquidity for working capital and general corporate purposes, and (iii) pay all reasonable and documented Restructuring Expenses.

 

5.11         Exit RBL Agreement.

 

(a)           On the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors are authorized to and shall enter into the Exit RBL Agreement and all other documents, notes, agreements, guaranties, and other collateral documents contemplated thereby.  The Exit RBL Agreement shall constitute legal, valid, binding, and authorized joint and several obligations of the Reorganized Debtors enforceable in accordance with its terms and such obligations shall not be enjoined or subject to discharge, impairment, release, avoidance, recharacterization, or subordination under applicable law, this Plan, or the Confirmation Order.  On the Effective Date, all Liens and security interests granted pursuant to, or in connection with the Exit RBL Agreement (x) shall be valid, binding, perfected, enforceable first priority Liens and security interests in the property subject to a security interest granted by the applicable Reorganized Debtors pursuant to the Exit RBL Agreement, with the priorities established in respect thereof under applicable non-bankruptcy law and (y) shall not be enjoined or subject to discharge, impairment, release, avoidance, recharacterization, or subordination under any applicable law, this Plan, or the Confirmation Order.

 

(b)           The Exit RBL Agent is hereby authorized to file, with the appropriate authorities, financing statements, amendments thereto or assignments thereof and other documents, including mortgages or amendments or assignments thereof in order to evidence the first priority Liens, pledges, mortgages, and security interests granted in connection with the Exit RBL Agreement.  The guaranties, mortgages, pledges, Liens, and other security interests granted in connection with the Exit RBL Agreement are granted in good faith as an inducement to the Exit RBL Lenders to extend credit thereunder and shall be deemed not to constitute a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, shall not otherwise be subject to avoidance and the priorities of such Liens, mortgages, pledges, and security interests shall be as set forth in the Exit RBL Agreement and the collateral documents executed and delivered in connection therewith.

 

5.12         Registration Rights Agreement.

 

On the Effective Date, Reorganized Halcón Parent and the Registration Rights Parties shall enter into the Registration Rights Agreement.  The Registration Rights Agreement shall provide the Registration Rights Parties with commercially reasonable demand and piggyback registration rights and other customary terms and conditions.

 

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5.13         Intercompany Interests.

 

On the Effective Date and without the need for any further corporate action or approval of any board of directors, board of managers, managers, management, or shareholders of any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor, as applicable, the certificates and all other documents representing the Intercompany Interests shall be deemed to be in full force and effect.  For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent reinstated pursuant to the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, all Intercompany Interests shall be owned by the same Reorganized Debtor that corresponds with the Debtor that owned such Intercompany Interests prior to the Effective Date.

 

5.14         Senior Notes Trustee Expenses and Certain Senior Notes Trustee Rights.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, distributions under the Plan on account of the Senior Notes Claims shall be subject to the rights of the Senior Notes Trustee under the Senior Notes Indenture, including the right of the Senior Notes Trustee to assert and exercise their charging lien.  To allow the holders of Senior Notes Claims to receive the full treatment set forth in this Plan without reduction by the charging lien or the expenses of the Senior Notes Trustee, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors shall, on account of the Senior Notes Claims, pay to the Senior Notes Trustee all reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred on or prior to the Effective Date by the Senior Notes Trustee that are required to be paid under the Senior Notes Indenture.

 

5.15         Restructuring Transactions.

 

On the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may take all actions consistent with this Plan as may be necessary or appropriate to effect any transaction described in, approved by, contemplated by, or necessary to effectuate the Restructuring Transactions under and in connection with this Plan.

 

5.16         Separate Plans.

 

Notwithstanding the combination of separate plans of reorganization for the Debtors set forth in this Plan for purposes of economy and efficiency, this Plan constitutes a separate chapter 11 plan for each Debtor.  Accordingly, if the Bankruptcy Court does not confirm this Plan with respect to one or more Debtors, it may still confirm this Plan with respect to any other Debtor that satisfies the confirmation requirements of section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

ARTICLE VI.                       DISTRIBUTIONS.

 

6.1           Distributions Generally.

 

The Disbursing Agent shall make all Plan Distributions to the appropriate holders of Allowed Claims and Allowed Interests in accordance with the terms of this Plan.

 

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6.2           Postpetition Interest on Claims.

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, the Plan Documents, or the Confirmation Order, postpetition interest shall accrue, and shall be paid, on any Claim (except for Senior Notes Claims) in the ordinary course of business in accordance with any applicable law, agreement, document, or Final Order, as the case may be, as if the Chapter 11 Cases had never been commenced; provided , however , that nothing herein shall expand any Person’s right to receive, or the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ obligation to pay, postpetition interest.

 

 

6.3           Date of Distributions.

 

Unless otherwise provided in this Plan, any distributions and deliveries to be made under this Plan shall be made on the Effective Date or as soon as practicable thereafter; provided, however, that the Reorganized Debtors may implement periodic distribution dates to the extent they determine them to be appropriate.

 

6.4           Distribution Record Date.

 

(a)           As of the close of business on the Distribution Record Date, the various lists of holders of Claims in each Class, as maintained by the Debtors or their agents, shall be deemed closed, and there shall be no further changes in the record holders of any Claims after the Distribution Record Date.  Neither the Debtors nor the Disbursing Agent shall have any obligation to recognize any transfer of a Claim occurring after the close of business on the Distribution Record Date.  In addition, with respect to payment of any Cure Amounts or disputes over any Cure Amounts, neither the Debtors nor the Disbursing Agent shall have any obligation to recognize or deal with any party other than the non-Debtor party to the applicable executory contract or unexpired lease, even if such non-Debtor party has sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred its Claim for a Cure Amount.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, in connection with any Plan Distribution to be effected through the facilities of DTC (whether by means of book entry exchange, free delivery, or otherwise), the Debtors and the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall be entitled to recognize and deal for all purposes under this Plan with holders of New Common Shares to the extent consistent with the customary practices of DTC used in connection with such distributions.  All New Common Shares to be distributed under this Plan shall be issued in the names of such holders or their nominees in accordance with DTC’s book entry exchange procedures to the extent that the holders of New Common Shares held their Existing Equity Interests or Senior Notes through the facilities of DTC; provided , however , that such New Common Shares are permitted to be held through DTC’s book entry system; provided , further , however , that to the extent the New Common Shares are not eligible for distribution in accordance with DTC’s customary practices, Reorganized Halcón Parent shall take all such reasonable actions as may be required to cause the distributions of the New Common Shares under this Plan.  Holders of Existing Equity Interests that are entitled to receive New Common Shares, but had held such Existing Equity Interests outside of the facilities of DTC, may receive their New Common Shares by means of book-entry with the Reorganized Debtor’s transfer agent.  Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, no Person (including, for the avoidance of doubt, DTC) may require a legal opinion regarding the validity of any transaction

 

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contemplated by this Plan, including, whether the New Common Shares are exempt from registration and/or eligible for DTC book-entry delivery, settlement, and depository services.

 

6.5           Distributions after Effective Date.

 

Distributions made after the Effective Date to holders of Disputed Claims that are not Allowed Claims as of the Effective Date but which later become Allowed Claims shall be deemed to have been made on the Effective Date.

 

6.6           Disbursing Agent.

 

All distributions under this Plan shall be made by the Disbursing Agent on and after the Effective Date as provided herein.  The Disbursing Agent shall not be required to give any bond or surety or other security for the performance of its duties.  The Reorganized Debtors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Disbursing Agent (if other than the Reorganized Debtors) with the amounts of Claims and the identities and addresses of holders of Claims, in each case, as set forth in the Debtors’ or Reorganized Debtors’ books and records.  The Reorganized Debtors shall cooperate in good faith with the applicable Disbursing Agent (if other than the Reorganized Debtors) to comply with the reporting and withholding requirements outlined in section 6.18 of this Plan.

 

6.7           Delivery of Distributions.

 

Subject to Bankruptcy Rule 9010, the Disbursing Agent shall make all distributions to any holder of an Allowed Claim as and when required by this Plan at (i) the address of such holder on the books and records of the Debtors or their agents or (ii) at the address in any written notice of address change delivered to the Debtors or the Disbursing Agent, including any addresses included on any transfers of Claim filed pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3001.  In the event that any distribution to any holder is returned as undeliverable, no distribution or payment to such holder shall be made unless and until the Disbursing Agent has been notified of the then-current address of such holder, at which time or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable such distribution shall be made to such holder without interest.

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, all distributions to holders of RBL Claims shall be governed by the RBL Agreement and shall be deemed completed when made to the RBL Agent, which shall be deemed to be the holder of all RBL Claims for purposes of distributions to be made hereunder.  The RBL Agent shall hold or direct such distributions for the benefit of the holders of Allowed RBL Claims, as applicable.  As soon as practicable in accordance with the requirements set forth in this provision, the RBL Agent shall arrange to deliver such distributions to or on behalf of such holders of Allowed RBL Claims.

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, all distributions to holders of Senior Notes Claims shall be governed by the Senior Notes Indenture and shall be deemed completed when made to the Senior Notes Trustee, which shall be deemed to be the holder of all Senior Notes Claims for purposes of distributions to be made hereunder.  The Senior Notes Trustee shall hold or direct such distributions for the benefit of the holders of Allowed Senior Notes Claims, as applicable.  As soon as practicable in accordance with the requirements set forth in this provision, the Senior Notes Trustee shall arrange to deliver such distributions to or on behalf of

 

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such holders of Allowed Senior Notes Claims.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the distribution of New Common Shares shall be made through the facilities of DTC in accordance with the customary practices of DTC for a mandatory distribution, as and to the extent practicable, and the Distribution Record Date shall not apply.  In connection with such distribution, the Senior Notes Trustee shall deliver instructions to DTC instructing DTC to effect distributions on a Pro Rata basis as provided under this Plan with respect to the Senior Notes Claims.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the distribution of Warrants (provided the Warrants are DTC-eligible and the Debtors elect, subject to approval by the Requisite Creditors, to deliver such Warrants through the facilities of DTC) shall be made through the facilities of DTC in accordance with the customary practices of DTC for a mandatory distribution, as and to the extent practicable, and the Distribution Record Date shall not apply.  To the extent the Warrants are not delivered through the facilities of DTC, the Debtors shall facilitate registration of the Warrants into the names of the relevant beneficial owners as soon as practicable following the Effective Date.

 

6.8           Unclaimed Property.

 

One year from the later of: (i) the Effective Date and (ii) the date that is ten (10) Business Days after the date a Claim is first Allowed, all distributions payable on account of such Claim shall be deemed unclaimed property under section 347(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and shall revert to the Reorganized Debtors or their successors or assigns, and all claims of any other Person (including the holder of a Claim in the same Class) to such distribution shall be discharged and forever barred.  The Reorganized Debtors and the Disbursing Agent shall have no obligation to attempt to locate any holder of an Allowed Claim other than by reviewing the Debtors’ books and records and the Bankruptcy Court’s filings.

 

6.9           Satisfaction of Claims.

 

Unless otherwise provided in this Plan, any distributions and deliveries to be made on account of Allowed Claims under this Plan shall be in complete and final satisfaction, settlement, and discharge of and exchange for such Allowed Claims.

 

6.10         Manner of Payment under Plan.

 

Except as specifically provided herein, at the option of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, any Cash payment to be made under this Plan may be made by a check or wire transfer or as otherwise required or provided in applicable agreements or customary practices of the Debtors.

 

6.11         Fractional Shares.

 

No fractional shares of New Common Shares shall be distributed.  When any distribution would otherwise result in the issuance of a number of shares of New Common Shares that is not a whole number, the New Common Shares subject to such distribution shall be rounded to the next higher or lower whole number as follows: (i) fractions equal to or greater than 1/2 shall be rounded to the next higher whole number, and (ii) fractions less than 1/2 shall

 

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be rounded to the next lower whole number. The total number of New Common Shares to be distributed on account of Allowed Claims shall be adjusted as necessary to account for the rounding provided for herein.  No consideration shall be provided in lieu of fractional shares that are rounded down.  Fractional amounts of New Common Shares that are not distributed in accordance with this section shall be returned to, and ownership thereof shall vest in, Reorganized Halcón Parent.

 

6.12                         Minimum Distribution .

 

Neither the Reorganized Debtors nor the Disbursing Agent, as applicable, shall have an obligation to make a distribution pursuant to this Plan that is less than one (1) share of New Common Shares or less than $100.00 in Cash; provided , however , that Registered Holders of Existing Equity Interests receiving a Plan Distribution under section 4.7(a)(1) of this Plan shall receive such distributions notwithstanding this section 6.12.

 

6.13                         No Distribution in Excess of Amount of Allowed Claim.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, no holder of an Allowed Claim shall receive, on account of such Allowed Claim, Plan Distributions in excess of the Allowed amount of such Claim (plus any postpetition interest on such Claim solely to the extent permitted by section 6.2 of this Plan).

 

6.14                         Allocation of Distributions Between Principal and Interest.

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Plan and subject to section 6.2 of this Plan or as otherwise required by law (as determined by the Reorganized Debtors), distributions with respect to an Allowed Claim shall be allocated first to the principal portion of such Allowed Claim (as determined for United States federal income tax purposes) and, thereafter, to the remaining portion of such Allowed Claim, if any.

 

6.15                         Setoffs and Recoupments.

 

Each Reorganized Debtor, or such entity’s designee as instructed by such Reorganized Debtor, may, pursuant to section 553 of the Bankruptcy Code or applicable nonbankruptcy law, set off or recoup against any Allowed Claim and the distributions to be made pursuant to this Plan on account of such Allowed Claim, any and all claims, rights, and Causes of Action of any nature whatsoever that a Reorganized Debtor or its successors may hold against the holder of such Allowed Claim after the Effective Date; provided , however , that neither the failure to effect a setoff or recoupment nor the allowance of any Claim hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release by a Reorganized Debtor or its successor of any claims, rights, or Causes of Action that a Reorganized Debtor or its successor or assign may possess against the holder of such Claim.

 

6.16                         Rights and Powers of Disbursing Agent.

 

The Disbursing Agent shall be empowered to (i) effect all actions and execute all agreements, instruments, and other documents necessary to perform its duties hereunder, (ii) make all applicable distributions or payments provided for under this Plan, (iii) employ

 

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professionals to represent it with respect to its responsibilities, and (iv) exercise such other powers as may be vested in the Disbursing Agent by order of the Bankruptcy Court (including any Final Order issued after the Effective Date) or pursuant to this Plan, or as deemed by the Disbursing Agent to be necessary and proper to implement the provisions hereof.

 

6.17                         Expenses of Disbursing Agent.

 

Except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court and subject to the written agreement of the Reorganized Debtors, the amount of any reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Disbursing Agent on or after the Effective Date (including taxes) and any reasonable compensation and expense reimbursement Claims (including for reasonable attorneys’ fees and other professional fees and expenses) made by the Disbursing Agent shall be paid in Cash by the Reorganized Debtors in the ordinary course of business.

 

6.18                         Withholding and Reporting Requirements.

 

In connection with this Plan, any Person issuing any instrument or making any distribution or payment in connection therewith, shall comply with all applicable withholding and reporting requirements imposed by any federal, state, or local taxing authority.  In the case of a non-Cash distribution that is subject to withholding, the distributing party may require the intended recipient of such distribution to provide the withholding agent with an amount of Cash sufficient to satisfy such withholding tax as a condition to receiving such distribution or withhold an appropriate portion of such distributed property and either (i)  sell such withheld property to generate Cash necessary to pay over the withholding tax (or reimburse the distributing party for any advance payment of the withholding tax) or (ii) pay the withholding tax using its own funds and retain such withheld property.  The distributing party shall have the right not to make a distribution under this Plan until its withholding or reporting obligation is satisfied pursuant to the preceding sentences.  Any amounts withheld pursuant to this Plan shall be deemed to have been distributed to and received by the applicable recipient for all purposes of this Plan.

 

Any party entitled to receive any property as an issuance or distribution under this Plan shall, upon request, deliver to the withholding agent or such other Person designated by the Reorganized Debtors a Form W-8, Form W-9 and/or any other forms or documents, as applicable, requested by any Reorganized Debtor to reduce or eliminate any required federal, state, or local withholding.  If the party entitled to receive such property as an issuance or distribution fails to comply with any such request for a one hundred eighty (180) day period beginning on the date after the date such request is made, the amount of such issuance or distribution shall irrevocably revert to the applicable Reorganized Debtor and any Claim in respect of such distribution under this Plan shall be discharged and forever barred from assertion against such Reorganized Debtor or its respective property.

 

Notwithstanding the above, each holder of an Allowed Claim or Interest that is to receive a distribution under this Plan shall have the sole and exclusive responsibility for the satisfaction and payment of any tax obligations imposed on such holder by any Governmental Unit, including income, withholding, and other tax obligations, on account of such Plan Distribution.

 

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ARTICLE VII.                                                             PROCEDURES FOR RESOLVING CLAIMS.

 

7.1                                Disputed Claims Process.

 

Notwithstanding section 502(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, and except as otherwise set forth in this Plan, holders of Claims need not file proofs of Claim with the Bankruptcy Court, and the Reorganized Debtors and holders of Claims shall determine, adjudicate, and resolve any disputes over the validity and amounts of such Claims in the ordinary course of business as if the Chapter 11 Cases had not been commenced.  The holders of Claims shall not be subject to any claims resolution process in the Bankruptcy Court in connection with their Claims and shall retain all their rights under applicable non-bankruptcy law to pursue their Claims against the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors in any forum with jurisdiction over the parties.  Except for (i) proofs of Claim asserting damages arising out of the rejection of an executory contract or unexpired lease by any of the Debtors pursuant to section 8.3 of this Plan and (ii) proofs of Claim that have been objected to by the Debtors before the Effective Date, upon the Effective Date, any filed Claim, regardless of the time of filing, and including Claims filed after the Effective Date, shall be deemed withdrawn.  To the extent not otherwise provided in this Plan, the deemed withdrawal of a proof of Claim is without prejudice to such claimant’s rights under section 7.1 of this Plan to assert its Claims in any forum as though the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases had not been commenced.  From and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may satisfy, dispute, settle, or otherwise compromise any Claim without approval of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

7.2                                Objections to Claims.

 

Except insofar as a Claim is Allowed under this Plan, only the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors shall be entitled to object to Claims.  Any objections to Claims shall be served and filed (i) on or before the ninetieth (90th) day following the later of (a) the Effective Date and (b) the date that a proof of Claim is filed or amended or a Claim is otherwise asserted or amended in writing by or on behalf of a holder of such Claim, or (ii) such later date as ordered by the Bankruptcy Court upon motion filed by the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors.

 

7.3                                Estimation of Claims.

 

The Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, may at any time request that the Bankruptcy Court estimate any contingent, unliquidated, or Disputed Claim pursuant to section 502(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, regardless of whether the Debtors had previously objected to or otherwise disputed such Claim or whether the Bankruptcy Court has ruled on any such objection.  The Bankruptcy Court shall retain jurisdiction to estimate any Claim at any time during litigation concerning any objection to any Claim, including during the pendency of any appeal relating to any such objection.  In the event that the Bankruptcy Court estimates any contingent, unliquidated, or Disputed Claim, the amount so estimated shall constitute either the Allowed amount of such Claim or a maximum limitation on such Claim, as determined by the Bankruptcy Court.  If the estimated amount constitutes a maximum limitation on the amount of such Claim, the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors may pursue supplementary proceedings to object to the allowance of such Claim.

 

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7.4                                Claim Resolution Procedures Cumulative.

 

All of the objection, estimation, and resolution procedures in this Plan are intended to be cumulative and not exclusive of one another.  Claims may be estimated and subsequently settled, compromised, withdrawn, or resolved in accordance with this Plan without further notice or Bankruptcy Court approval.

 

7.5                                No Distributions Pending Allowance.

 

If an objection, motion to estimate, or other challenge to a Claim is filed, no payment or distribution provided under this Plan shall be made on account of such Claim unless and until (and only to the extent that) such Claim becomes an Allowed Claim.

 

7.6                                Distributions after Allowance.

 

To the extent that a Disputed Claim ultimately becomes an Allowed Claim, distributions (if any) shall be made to the holder of such Allowed Claim in accordance with the provisions of this Plan.  As soon as practicable after the date on which the order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court allowing any Disputed Claim becomes a Final Order, the Disbursing Agent shall provide to the holder of such Claim the distribution (if any) to which such holder is entitled under this Plan as of the Effective Date, without any interest to be paid on account of such Claim unless required by the Bankruptcy Code.

 

ARTICLE VIII.                                                        EXECUTORY CONTRACTS AND UNEXPIRED LEASES.

 

8.1                                General Treatment.

 

(a)                                  As of and subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date and the payment of any applicable Cure Amount, all executory contracts and unexpired leases to which any of the Debtors are parties shall be deemed assumed, unless such contract or lease (i) was previously assumed or rejected by the Debtors, pursuant to a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, (ii) previously expired or terminated pursuant to its own terms or by agreement of the parties thereto, (iii) is the subject of a motion to reject filed by the Debtors on or before the Confirmation Date, (iv) is specifically designated as a contract or lease to be rejected on the Schedule of Rejected Contracts; provided , however , that the Requisite Creditors consent to such rejection, or (v) is specifically designated as a contract or lease to be rejected as reasonably requested by the Requisite Creditors in the Plan Supplement ; provided, however, that such rejection shall be deemed unreasonable if it would give rise to a potential Cure Amount that cannot be satisfied on the Effective Date or otherwise cause the Plan to not be feasible pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

(b)                                  Subject to (i) satisfaction of the conditions set forth in section 8.1(a)  of this Plan, (ii) resolution of any disputes in accordance with section 8.2 of this Plan with respect to the contracts or leases subject to such dispute, and (iii) the occurrence of the Effective Date, entry of the Confirmation Order by the Bankruptcy Court shall constitute approval of the assumptions or rejections provided for in this Plan pursuant to sections 365(a) and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code.  Each executory contract and unexpired lease assumed pursuant to this Plan shall vest in and be fully enforceable by the applicable Reorganized Debtor in accordance with

 

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its terms, except as modified by the provisions of this Plan, any Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court authorizing and providing for its assumption, or applicable law.

 

8.2                                Determination of Assumption and Cure Disputes; Deemed Consent.

 

(a)                                  Following the Petition Date, the Debtors shall have served a notice to parties of executory contracts and unexpired leases to be assumed reflecting the Debtors’ intention to assume such contracts or leases in connection with this Plan and indicating that Cure Amounts (if any) shall be asserted against the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, in the ordinary course.  Any monetary amounts by which any executory contract or unexpired lease to be assumed under this Plan is in default shall be satisfied, under section 365(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, upon assumption thereof.

 

(b)                                  If there is a dispute regarding (i) any Cure Amount, (ii) the ability of the Debtors to provide adequate assurance of future performance (within the meaning of section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code) under the contract or lease to be assumed, or (iii) any other matter pertaining to assumption, such dispute shall be heard by the Bankruptcy Court prior to such assumption being effective.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the dispute relates solely to any Cure Amounts, the applicable Debtor may assume the executory contract or unexpired lease prior to the resolution of any such dispute; provided , however , that the Debtor reserves Cash in an amount sufficient to pay the full amount reasonably asserted as the required Cure Amount by the contract counterparty; provided , further , however , that following entry of a Final Order resolving any such dispute, the Debtor shall have the right to reject any executory contract or unexpired lease within thirty (30) days of such resolution.

 

(c)                                   Any counterparty to an executory contract or unexpired lease that fails to object timely to the notice of the proposed assumption of such executory contract or unexpired lease in accordance with the procedures set forth therein, shall be deemed to have assented to such assumption and shall be forever barred, estopped, and enjoined from challenging the validity of such assumption thereafter.

 

(d)                                  Subject to resolution of any dispute regarding any Cure Amount, all Cure Amounts shall be satisfied by the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as the case may be, upon assumption of the underlying contracts and unexpired leases.  Assumption of any executory contract or unexpired lease pursuant to this Plan, or otherwise, shall result in the full release and satisfaction of any Claims or defaults, subject to satisfaction of the Cure Amount, whether monetary or nonmonetary, including defaults of provisions restricting the change in control or ownership interest composition or other bankruptcy-related defaults, arising under any assumed executory contract or unexpired lease at any time before the effective date of the assumption.  Any proofs of Claim filed with respect to an executory contract or unexpired lease that has been assumed or assigned shall be deemed disallowed and expunged, without further notice to or action, order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Entity, upon the deemed assumption of such contract or unexpired lease.

 

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8.3                                Rejection Damages Claims.

 

Any counterparty to a contract or lease that is identified on the Schedule of Rejected Contracts or is otherwise rejected by the Debtors must file and serve a proof of Claim on the applicable Debtor that is party to the contract or lease to be rejected no later than thirty (30) days after the later of (i) the Confirmation Date or (ii) the effective date of rejection of such executory contract or unexpired lease.

 

8.4                                Survival of the Debtors’ Indemnification Obligations.

 

Any obligations of the Debtors pursuant to their corporate charters, bylaws, limited liability company agreements, or other organizational documents to indemnify current and former officers, directors, members, managers, agents, or employees with respect to all present and future actions, suits, and proceedings against the Debtors or such officers, directors, members, managers, agents, or employees based upon any act or omission for or on behalf of the Debtors shall not be discharged, impaired, or otherwise affected by this Plan.  All such obligations shall be deemed and treated as executory contracts to be assumed by the Debtors under this Plan and shall continue as obligations of the Reorganized Debtors.  Any claim based on the Debtors’ obligations herein shall not be a Disputed Claim or subject to any objection in either case by reason of section 502(e)(1)(B) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

8.5                                Compensation and Benefit Plans.

 

All employment policies, and all compensation and benefits plans, policies, and programs of the Debtors applicable to their respective employees, retirees, and nonemployee directors, including all savings plans, retirement plans, healthcare plans, disability plans, severance benefit plans, incentive plans, and life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance plans, are deemed to be, and shall be treated as, executory contracts under this Plan and, on the Effective Date, shall be assumed pursuant to sections 365 and 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

8.6                                Insurance Policies.

 

(a)                                  All insurance policies to which any Debtor is a party as of the Effective Date, including any directors’ and officers’ insurance policies, shall be deemed to be and treated as executory contracts and shall be assumed by the applicable Debtor or Reorganized Debtor and shall continue in full force and effect thereafter in accordance with their respective terms.  All other insurance policies shall vest in the Reorganized Debtors.

 

(b)                                  In addition, after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors shall not terminate or otherwise reduce the coverage under any directors’ and officers’ insurance policies (including any “tail policy”) in effect or purchased as of the Petition Date, and all members, managers, directors, and officers of the Company who served in such capacity at any time prior to the Effective Date or any other individuals covered by such insurance policies, shall be entitled to the full benefits of any such policy for the full term of such policy regardless of whether such members, managers, directors, officers, or other individuals remain in such positions after the Effective Date.

 

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8.7                                Reservation of Rights.

 

(a)                                  Neither the exclusion nor the inclusion by the Debtors of any contract or lease on any exhibit, schedule, or other annex to this Plan or in the Plan Supplement, nor anything contained in this Plan, shall constitute an admission by the Debtors that any such contract or lease is or is not an executory contract or unexpired lease or that the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors or their respective affiliates has any liability thereunder.

 

(b)                                  Except as explicitly provided in this Plan, nothing in this Plan shall waive, excuse, limit, diminish, or otherwise alter any of the defenses, claims, Causes of Action, or other rights of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors under any executory or non-executory contract or unexpired or expired lease.

 

(c)                                   Nothing in this Plan shall increase, augment, or add to any of the duties, obligations, responsibilities, or liabilities of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, under any executory or non-executory contract or unexpired or expired lease.

 

(d)                                  If there is a dispute regarding whether a contract or lease is or was executory or unexpired at the time of its assumption under this Plan, the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors, as applicable, shall have thirty (30) days following entry of a Final Order resolving such dispute to alter their treatment of such contract or lease.

 

ARTICLE IX.                                                                 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OCCURRENCE OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

 

9.1                                Conditions Precedent to Effective Date.

 

The Effective Date shall not occur unless all of the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

(a)                                  the Plan Supplement has been filed;

 

(b)                                  the Bankruptcy Court has entered the Confirmation Order and such Confirmation Order has not been stayed, modified, or vacated;

 

(c)                                   the conditions to the effectiveness of the Exit RBL Facility, and all documentation related thereto, have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms thereof and the Exit RBL Agreement is in full force and effect;

 

(d)                                  all governmental approvals, including Bankruptcy Court approval, necessary to effectuate the Restructuring shall have been obtained and all applicable waiting periods have expired;

 

(e)                                   all Restructuring Expenses shall have been paid in Cash;

 

(f)                                    the RSA shall be in full force and effect and binding on all parties thereto;

 

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(g)                                   the Senior Noteholder Backstop Agreement shall be in full force and effect and binding on all parties thereto, and the Backstop Order (as defined in the RSA) shall be entered;

 

(h)                                  each of the Definitive Documents shall have satisfied the consent requirements of the Requisite Creditors in accordance with the RSA;

 

(i)                                      the amended certificate of incorporation of Reorganized Halcón Parent shall have been filed with the appropriate Governmental Unit, as applicable; and

 

(j)                                     the Debtors, together with the Subscription Agent (as defined in the Rights Offering Procedures), shall have received proceeds of at least $150,150,000 for the issuance of the New Common Shares in connection with the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering.

 

9.2                                Waiver of Conditions Precedent.

 

(a)                                  Each of the conditions precedent to the occurrence of the Effective Date may be waived in writing by the Debtors and the Requisite Creditors without leave of or order of the Bankruptcy Court.  If any such condition precedent is waived pursuant to this section and the Effective Date occurs, each party agreeing to waive such condition precedent shall be estopped from withdrawing such waiver after the Effective Date or otherwise challenging the occurrence of the Effective Date on the basis that such condition was not satisfied, the waiver of such condition precedent shall benefit from the “equitable mootness” doctrine, and the occurrence of the Effective Date shall foreclose any ability to challenge this Plan in any court.  If this Plan is confirmed for fewer than all of the Debtors, only the conditions applicable to the Debtor or Debtors for which this Plan is confirmed must be satisfied or waived for the Effective Date to occur.

 

(b)                                  Except as otherwise provided herein, all actions required to be taken on the Effective Date shall take place and shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously and no such action shall be deemed to have occurred prior to the taking of any other such action.

 

(c)                                   The stay of the Confirmation Order pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e) shall be deemed waived by and upon the entry of the Confirmation Order, and the Confirmation Order shall take effect immediately upon its entry.

 

9.3                                Effect of Failure of a Condition.

 

If the conditions listed in section 9.1 of this Plan are not satisfied or waived in accordance with section 9.2 of this Plan on or before the first Business Day that is more than sixty (60) days after the date on which the Confirmation Order is entered or by such later date set forth by the Debtors in a notice filed with the Bankruptcy Court prior to the expiration of such period, this Plan shall be null and void in all respects and nothing contained in this Plan or the Disclosure Statement shall (i) constitute a waiver or release of any Claims by or against or any Interests in the Debtors, (ii) prejudice in any manner the rights of any Person, or (iii) constitute an admission, acknowledgement, offer, or undertaking by the Debtors, any of the Consenting Creditors, or any other Person.

 

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ARTICLE X.                                                                      EFFECT OF CONFIRMATION.

 

10.1                         Binding Effect.

 

Except as otherwise provided in section 1141(d)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, and subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, on and after the entry of the Confirmation Order, the provisions of this Plan shall bind every holder of a Claim against or Interest in any Debtor and inure to the benefit of and be binding on such holder’s respective successors and assigns, regardless of whether the Claim or Interest of such holder is Impaired under this Plan and whether such holder has accepted this Plan.

 

10.2                         Vesting of Assets.

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, or any Plan Document, on and after the Effective Date, pursuant to sections 1141(b) and (c) of the Bankruptcy Code, all Assets of the Estates, including all claims, rights, and Causes of Action and any property acquired by the Debtors under or in connection with this Plan, shall vest in each respective Reorganized Debtor free and clear of all Claims, Liens, encumbrances, charges, and other interests.  Subject to the terms of this Plan, on and after the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors may operate their businesses and may use, acquire, and dispose of property and prosecute, compromise, or settle any Claims (including any Administrative Expense Claims) and Causes of Action without supervision of or approval by the Bankruptcy Court and free and clear of any restrictions of the Bankruptcy Code or the Bankruptcy Rules other than restrictions expressly imposed by this Plan or the Confirmation Order.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Reorganized Debtors may pay the charges that they incur on or after the Confirmation Date for Professional Persons’ fees, disbursements, expenses, or related support services without application to the Bankruptcy Court.

 

10.3                         Discharge of Claims against and Interests in Debtors.

 

Upon the Effective Date and in consideration of the distributions to be made under this Plan, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Plan or in the Confirmation Order, each holder (as well as any trustee or agents on behalf of each holder) of a Claim or Interest and any affiliate of such holder shall be deemed to have forever waived, released, and discharged the Debtors, to the fullest extent permitted by section 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, of and from any and all Claims, Interest, rights, and liabilities that arose prior to the Effective Date.  Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, upon the Effective Date, all such holders of Claims and Interests and their affiliates shall be forever precluded and enjoined, pursuant to sections 105, 524, and 1141 of the Bankruptcy Code, from prosecuting or asserting any such discharged Claim against or terminated Interest in any Debtor or Reorganized Debtor.

 

10.4                         Pre-Confirmation Injunctions and Stays.

 

Unless otherwise provided in this Plan or a Final Order of the Bankruptcy Court, all injunctions and stays arising under or entered during the Chapter 11 Cases, whether under sections 105 or 362 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, and in existence on the date of entry of the Confirmation Order, shall remain in full force and effect until the later of the Effective Date and the date indicated in the order providing for such injunction or stay.

 

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10.5                         Injunction against Interference with Plan.

 

Upon the entry of the Confirmation Order, all holders of Claims and Interests and all other parties in interest, along with their respective present and former affiliates, employees, agents, officers, directors, and principals, shall be enjoined from taking any action to interfere with the implementation or the occurrence of the Effective Date.

 

10.6                         Plan Injunction.

 

(a)                                  Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, in the Plan Documents, or in the Confirmation Order, as of the entry of the Confirmation Order but subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, all Persons who have held, hold, or may hold Claims against or Interests in any or all of the Debtors and other parties in interest, along with their respective present or former employees, agents, officers, directors, principals, and affiliates, are permanently enjoined after the entry of the Confirmation Order from (i) commencing, conducting, or continuing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any suit, action, or other proceeding of any kind (including any proceeding in a judicial, arbitral, administrative, or other forum) against or affecting, directly or indirectly, a Debtor, a Reorganized Debtor, or an Estate or the property of any of the foregoing, or any direct or indirect transferee of any property of, or direct or indirect successor in interest to, any of the foregoing Persons mentioned in this subsection (i) or any property of any such transferee or successor, (ii) enforcing, levying, attaching (including any prejudgment attachment), collecting, or otherwise recovering in any manner or by any means, whether directly or indirectly, any judgment, award, decree, or order against a Debtor, a Reorganized Debtor, or an Estate or its property, or any direct or indirect transferee of any property of, or direct or indirect successor in interest to, any of the foregoing Persons mentioned in this subsection (ii) or any property of any such transferee or successor, (iii) creating, perfecting, or otherwise enforcing in any manner, directly or indirectly, any encumbrance of any kind against a Debtor, a Reorganized Debtor, or an Estate or any of its property, or any direct or indirect transferee of any property of, or successor in interest to, any of the foregoing Persons mentioned in this subsection (iii) or any property of any such transferee or successor, (iv) acting or proceeding in any manner, in any place whatsoever, that does not conform to or comply with the provisions of this Plan, and the Plan Documents, to the full extent permitted by applicable law, and (v) commencing or continuing, in any manner or in any place, any action that does not comply with or is inconsistent with the provisions of this Plan and the Plan Documents.

 

(b)                                  By accepting distributions pursuant to this Plan, each holder of an Allowed Claim or Interest shall be deemed to have affirmatively and specifically consented to be bound by this Plan, including the injunctions set forth in section 10.6 of this Plan.

 

10.7                         Releases.

 

(a)                                  Releases by Debtors.  As of the Effective Date, except for the rights and remedies that remain in effect from and after the Effective Date to enforce this Plan and the obligations contemplated by the Plan Documents or as otherwise provided in any order of the Bankruptcy Court, for good and valuable consideration, the adequacy of which is hereby confirmed, including the service of the Released Parties to facilitate the reorganization of the Debtors and the implementation of the Restructuring Transactions,

 

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on and after the Effective Date, the Released Parties shall be deemed conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably, and forever released and discharged, to the maximum extent permitted by law, by the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, and the Estates, in each case on behalf of themselves and their respective successors, assigns, and representatives and any and all other Persons that may purport to assert any Cause of Action derivatively, by or through the foregoing Persons, from any and all claims and Causes of Action (including any derivative claims, asserted or assertable on behalf of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or the Estates), whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, existing or hereinafter arising, in law, equity, contract, tort, or otherwise, by statute, violations of federal or state securities laws or otherwise that the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the Estates, or their affiliates would have been legally entitled to assert in their own right (whether individually or collectively) or on behalf of the holder of any Claim or Interest or other Person, based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors, the Chapter 11 Cases, the Restructuring Transactions, the purchase, sale, or rescission of the purchase or sale of any Security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any Claim or Interest that is treated in this Plan, the business or contractual arrangements between any Debtor and any Released Party, the restructuring of Claims and Interests before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, the negotiation, formulation, preparation, or consummation of this Plan, the RSA, the Plan Documents or related agreements, instruments, or other documents relating thereto, or the solicitation of votes with respect to this Plan, in all cases based upon any act or omission, transaction, agreement, event, or other occurrence taking place on or before the Effective Date; provided , however , that nothing herein shall be construed to release any Person from willful misconduct or intentional fraud as determined by a Final Order.

 

(b)                                  Releases by Holders of Claims or Interests.  As of the Effective Date, except for the rights that remain in effect from and after the Effective Date to enforce this Plan and the Plan Documents and the obligations contemplated by the Restructuring Transactions, for good and valuable consideration, the adequacy of which is hereby confirmed, including the service and contribution of the Released Parties to facilitate the reorganization of the Debtors and the implementation of the Restructuring Transactions, on and after the Effective Date, the Released Parties shall be deemed conclusively, absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably, and forever released and discharged, to the maximum extent permitted by law, by the Releasing Parties, in each case from any and all claims and Causes of Action whatsoever (including any derivative claims, asserted or assertable on behalf of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or their Estates), whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, asserted or unasserted, accrued or unaccrued, existing or hereinafter arising, whether in law or equity, whether sounding in tort or contract, whether arising under federal or state statutory or common law, or any other applicable international, foreign, or domestic law, rule, statute, regulation, treaty, right, duty, requirement or otherwise, that such holders or their estates, affiliates, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, assigns, managers, accountants, attorneys, representatives, consultants, agents, and any other Persons claiming under or through them would have been legally entitled to assert in their own right (whether individually or collectively) or on

 

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behalf of the holder of any Claim or Interest or other Person, based on or relating to, or in any manner arising from, in whole or in part, the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, or their Estates, the Chapter 11 Cases, the purchase, sale, or rescission of the purchase or sale of any Security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors, the subject matter of, or the transactions or events giving rise to, any Claim or Interest that is treated in this Plan, the business or contractual arrangements or interactions between any Debtor and any Released Party, the Restructuring Transactions, the restructuring of any Claim or Interest before or during the Chapter 11 Cases, the Plan Documents, and related agreements, instruments, and other documents, and the negotiation, formulation, preparation, or implementation thereof, the solicitation of votes with respect to this Plan, or any other act or omission; provided , however , that nothing herein shall be construed to release any Person from willful misconduct or intentional fraud as determined by a Final Order.

 

10.8                         Exculpation.

 

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Exculpated Party shall have or incur, and each Exculpated Party shall be released and exculpated from, any claim or Cause of Action in connection with or arising out of the administration of the Chapter 11 Cases; the negotiation and pursuit of the DIP Facility, the Exit RBL Facility, the Equity Rights Offerings, the Management Incentive Plan, the Disclosure Statement, the RSA, the Restructuring Transactions, and this Plan (including the Plan Documents), or the solicitation of votes for, or confirmation of, this Plan; the funding of this Plan; the occurrence of the Effective Date; the administration of this Plan or the property to be distributed under this Plan; the issuance of Securities under or in connection with this Plan; the purchase, sale, or rescission of the purchase or sale of any Security of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors; or the transactions in furtherance of any of the foregoing; other than claims or Causes of Action arising out of or related to any act or omission of an Exculpated Party that is a criminal act or constitutes intentional fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a Final Order, but in all respects such Persons shall be entitled to reasonably rely upon the advice of counsel with respect to their duties and responsibilities pursuant to this Plan.  The Exculpated Parties have acted in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code with regard to the solicitation and distribution of Securities pursuant to this Plan and, therefore, are not, and on account of such distributions shall not be, liable at any time for the violation of any applicable law, rule, or regulation governing the solicitation of acceptances or rejections of this Plan or such distributions made pursuant to this Plan, including the issuance of Securities thereunder.  This exculpation shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, all other releases, indemnities, exculpations, and any other applicable law or rules protecting such Exculpated Parties from liability.

 

10.9                         Injunction Related to Releases and Exculpation.

 

The Confirmation Order shall permanently enjoin the commencement or prosecution by any Person, whether directly, derivatively, or otherwise, of any Claims, obligations, suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action, losses, or liabilities released pursuant to this Plan, including, without limitation, the claims, obligations,

 

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suits, judgments, damages, demands, debts, rights, Causes of Action, and liabilities released or exculpated in this Plan or the Confirmation Order.

 

10.10                  Subordinated Claims.

 

The allowance, classification, and treatment of all Allowed Claims and Interests and the respective distributions and treatments thereof under this Plan take into account and conform to the relative priority and rights of the Claims and Interests in each Class in connection with any contractual, legal, and equitable subordination rights relating thereto, whether arising under general principles of equitable subordination, sections 510(a), 510(b), or 510(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise.  Pursuant to section 510 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Debtors reserve the right to reclassify any Allowed Claim or Interest in accordance with any contractual, legal, or equitable subordination relating thereto.

 

10.11                  Retention of Causes of Action and Reservation of Rights.

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, including sections 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9, nothing contained in this Plan or the Confirmation Order shall be deemed to be a waiver or relinquishment of any rights, claims, Causes of Action, rights of setoff or recoupment, or other legal or equitable defenses that the Debtors had immediately prior to the Effective Date on behalf of the Estates or of themselves in accordance with any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable nonbankruptcy law, including any affirmative Causes of Action against parties with a relationship with the Debtors.  The Reorganized Debtors shall have, retain, reserve, and be entitled to assert all such claims, Causes of Action, rights of setoff or recoupment, and other legal or equitable defenses as fully as if the Chapter 11 Cases had not been commenced, and all of the Debtors’ legal and equitable rights in respect of any Unimpaired Claim may be asserted after the Confirmation Date and Effective Date to the same extent as if the Chapter 11 Cases had not been commenced.

 

10.12                  Ipso Facto and Similar Provisions Ineffective.

 

Any term of any prepetition policy, prepetition contract, or other prepetition obligation applicable to a Debtor shall be void and of no further force or effect with respect to any Debtor to the extent that such policy, contract, or other obligation is conditioned on, creates an obligation of the Debtor as a result of, or gives rise to a right of any Entity based on (i) the insolvency or financial condition of a Debtor, (ii) the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, (iii) the confirmation or consummation of this Plan, including any change of control that shall occur as a result of such consummation, or (iv) the Restructuring Transactions.

 

ARTICLE XI.                                                                 RETENTION OF JURISDICTION.

 

11.1                         Retention of Jurisdiction.

 

On and after the Effective Date, the Bankruptcy Court shall retain exclusive jurisdiction, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1334 and 157, over all matters arising in or related to the Chapter 11 Cases for, among other things, the following purposes:

 

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(a)                                  to hear and determine motions and/or applications for the assumption or rejection of executory contracts or unexpired leases and any disputes over Cure Amounts resulting therefrom;

 

(b)                                  to determine any motion, adversary proceeding, application, contested matter, and other litigated matter pending on or commenced after the entry of the Confirmation Order;

 

(c)                                   to hear and resolve any disputes arising from or related to (i) any orders of the Bankruptcy Court granting relief under Bankruptcy Rule 2004 or (ii) any protective orders entered by the Bankruptcy Court in connection with the foregoing;

 

(d)                                  to ensure that distributions to holders of Allowed Claims are accomplished as provided in this Plan and the Confirmation Order and to adjudicate any and all disputes arising from or relating to distributions under this Plan;

 

(e)                                   to consider Claims or the allowance, classification, priority, compromise, estimation, or payment of any Claim;

 

(f)                                    to enter, implement, or enforce such orders as may be appropriate in the event that the Confirmation Order is for any reason stayed, reversed, revoked, modified, or vacated;

 

(g)                                   to issue and enforce injunctions, enter and implement other orders, and take such other actions as may be necessary or appropriate to restrain interference by any Person with the consummation, implementation, or enforcement of this Plan, the Confirmation Order, or any other order of the Bankruptcy Court;

 

(h)                                  to hear and determine any application to modify this Plan in accordance with section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code to remedy any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan, the Disclosure Statement, or any order of the Bankruptcy Court, including the Confirmation Order, in such a manner as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and effects thereof;

 

(i)                                      to hear and determine all Fee Claims;

 

(j)                                     to resolve disputes concerning any reserves with respect to Disputed Claims or the administration thereof;

 

(k)                                  to hear and determine disputes arising in connection with the interpretation, implementation, or enforcement of this Plan, the Confirmation Order, any transactions or payments in furtherance of either (including the Equity Rights Offerings), or any agreement, instrument, or other document governing or related to any of the foregoing, other than the Exit Facility;

 

(l)                                      to take any action and issue such orders, including any such action or orders as may be necessary after entry of the Confirmation Order or the occurrence of the

 

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Effective Date, as may be necessary to construe, enforce, implement, execute, and consummate this Plan;

 

(m)                              to determine such other matters and for such other purposes as may be provided in the Confirmation Order;

 

(n)                                  to hear and determine matters concerning state, local, and federal taxes in accordance with sections 346, 505, and 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code (including any requests for expedited determinations under section 505(b) of the Bankruptcy Code);

 

(o)                                  to hear and determine any other matters related to the Chapter 11 Cases and not inconsistent with the Bankruptcy Code or title 28 of the United States Code;

 

(p)                                  to resolve any disputes concerning whether a Person had sufficient notice of the Chapter 11 Cases, the Disclosure Statement, any solicitation conducted in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, any bar date established in the Chapter 11 Cases, or any deadline for responding or objecting to a Cure Amount, in each case, for the purpose for determining whether a Claim or Interest is discharged hereunder or for any other purposes;

 

(q)                                  to hear, adjudicate, decide, or resolve any and all matters related to ARTICLE X of this Plan, including, without limitation, the releases, discharge, exculpations, and injunctions issued thereunder;

 

(r)                                     to hear and determine any rights, Claims, or Causes of Action held by or accruing to the Debtors pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or pursuant to any federal statute or legal theory;

 

(s)                                    to recover all Assets of the Debtors and property of the Estates, wherever located; and

 

(t)                                     to enter a final decree closing each of the Chapter 11 Cases.

 

ARTICLE XII.                                                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

 

12.1                         Exemption from Certain Transfer Taxes.

 

Pursuant to section 1146 of the Bankruptcy Code, (i) the issuance, transfer or exchange of any Securities, instruments or documents, (ii) the creation of any Lien, mortgage, deed of trust or other security interest, (iii) all sale transactions consummated by the Debtors and approved by the Bankruptcy Court on and after the Confirmation Date through and including the Effective Date, including any transfers effectuated under this Plan, (iv) any assumption, assignment, or sale by the Debtors of their interests in unexpired leases of nonresidential real property or executory contracts pursuant to section 365(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, (v) the grant of Collateral under the Exit RBL Agreement, and (vi) the issuance, renewal, modification, or securing of indebtedness by such means, and the making, delivery or recording of any deed or other instrument of transfer under, in furtherance of, or in connection with, this Plan, including

 

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the Confirmation Order, shall not be subject to any document recording tax, stamp tax, conveyance fee or other similar tax, mortgage tax, real estate transfer tax, mortgage recording tax, Uniform Commercial Code filing or recording fee, regulatory filing or recording fee, sales tax, use tax or other similar tax or governmental assessment.  Consistent with the foregoing, each recorder of deeds or similar official for any county, city or Governmental Unit in which any instrument hereunder is to be recorded shall, pursuant to the Confirmation Order, be ordered and directed to accept such instrument without requiring the payment of any filing fees, documentary stamp tax, deed stamps, stamp tax, transfer tax, intangible tax or similar tax.

 

12.2                         Request for Expedited Determination of Taxes.

 

The Debtors shall have the right to request an expedited determination under section 505(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to tax returns filed, or to be filed, for any and all taxable periods ending after the Petition Date through the Effective Date.

 

12.3                         Dates of Actions to Implement Plan.

 

In the event that any payment or act under this Plan is required to be made or performed on a date that is not a Business Day, then the making of such payment or the performance of such act may be completed on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the next succeeding Business Day but shall be deemed to have been completed as of the required date.

 

12.4                         Amendments.

 

(a)                                        Plan Modifications .  This Plan may be amended, modified, or supplemented by the Debtors in the manner provided for by section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code or as otherwise permitted by law, without additional disclosure pursuant to section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, except as otherwise ordered by the Bankruptcy Court in accordance with the RSA.  In addition, after the Confirmation Date, so long as such action does not materially and adversely affect the treatment of holders of Allowed Claims pursuant to this Plan, the Debtors may remedy any defect or omission or reconcile any inconsistencies in this Plan or the Confirmation Order with respect to such matters as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of effects of this Plan, and any holder of a Claim or Interest that has accepted this Plan shall be deemed to have accepted this Plan as amended, modified, or supplemented; provided , however , that any such modification is acceptable to the Requisite Creditors.

 

(b)                                        Certain Technical Amendments .  Subject to the RSA, prior to the Effective Date, the Debtors may make appropriate technical adjustments and modifications to this Plan without further order or approval of the Bankruptcy Court; provided , however , that such technical adjustments and modifications do not adversely affect in a material way the treatment of holders of Claims or Interests under this Plan.

 

12.5                         Revocation or Withdrawal of Plan.

 

Subject to the terms of the RSA, the Debtors reserve the right to revoke or withdraw this Plan prior to the Effective Date as to any or all of the Debtors.  If, with respect to a Debtor, this Plan has been revoked or withdrawn prior to the Effective Date, or if confirmation or the occurrence of the Effective Date as to such Debtor does not occur on the Effective Date,

 

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then, with respect to such Debtor (i) this Plan shall be null and void in all respects, (ii) any settlement or compromise embodied in this Plan (including the fixing or limiting to an amount any Claim or Interest or Class of Claims or Interests), assumption or rejection of executory contracts or unexpired leases affected by this Plan, and any document or agreement executed pursuant to this Plan shall be deemed null and void, and (iii) nothing contained in this Plan shall (a) constitute a waiver or release of any Claim by or against, or any Interest in, such Debtor or any other Person, (b) prejudice in any manner the rights of such Debtor or any other Person, or (c) constitute an admission of any sort by any Debtor or any other Person.

 

12.6                         Severability.

 

If, prior to the entry of the Confirmation Order, any term or provision of this Plan is held by the Bankruptcy Court to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the Bankruptcy Court, at the request of the Debtors, subject to the terms of the RSA, shall have the power to alter and interpret such term or provision to make it valid or enforceable to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with the original purpose of the term or provision held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, and such term or provision shall then be applicable as altered or interpreted.  Notwithstanding any such holding, alteration, or interpretation by the Bankruptcy Court, the remainder of the terms and provisions of this Plan shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated by such holding, alteration, or interpretation.  The Confirmation Order shall constitute a judicial determination and shall provide that each term and provision of this Plan, as it may have been altered or interpreted in accordance with this section, is (i) valid and enforceable pursuant to its terms, (ii) integral to this Plan and may not be deleted or modified without the consent of the Debtors or the Reorganized Debtors (as the case may be), and (iii) nonseverable and mutually dependent.

 

12.7                         Governing Law.

 

Except to the extent that the Bankruptcy Code or other federal law is applicable or to the extent that a Plan Document provides otherwise, the rights, duties, and obligations arising under this Plan and the Plan Documents shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof (other than section 5-1401 and section 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law).

 

12.8                         Immediate Binding Effect.

 

Notwithstanding Bankruptcy Rules 3020(e), 6004(h), 7062, or otherwise, upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, the terms of this Plan and the Plan Documents shall be immediately effective and enforceable and deemed binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Debtors, the Reorganized Debtors, the holders of Claims and Interests, the Released Parties, and each of their respective successors and assigns.

 

12.9                         Successors and Assigns.

 

The rights, benefits, and obligations of any Person named or referred to in this Plan shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of any heir, executor, administrator, successor, or permitted assign, if any, of each such Person.

 

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12.10                  Entire Agreement.

 

On the Effective Date, this Plan, the Plan Supplement, and the Confirmation Order shall supersede all previous and contemporaneous negotiations, promises, covenants, agreements, understandings, and representations on such subjects, all of which have become merged and integrated into this Plan.

 

12.11                  Computing Time.

 

In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by this Plan, unless otherwise set forth in this Plan or determined by the Bankruptcy Court, the provisions of Bankruptcy Rule 9006 shall apply.

 

12.12                  Exhibits to Plan.

 

All exhibits, schedules, supplements, and appendices to this Plan (including the Plan Supplement) are incorporated into and are a part of this Plan as if set forth in full in this Plan.

 

12.13                  Notices.

 

All notices, requests, and demands hereunder shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission) and, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made only when actually delivered or, in the case of notice by facsimile transmission, when received and telephonically confirmed, addressed as follows:

 

(a)                                  if to the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors:

 

Halcón Resources Corporation

1000 Louisiana St., Suite 1500
Houston, Texas 7702
Attn: David Elkouri, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

 

— and —

 

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
700 Louisiana Street, Suite 1700
Houston, Texas 77002
Attn:
Alfredo R. Pérez
Telephone: (713) 546-5000
Facsimile:  (713) 224-9511

 

— and —

 

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WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
Attn:  Gary T. Holtzer, Esq., and Lauren Tauro, Esq.
Telephone:  (212) 310-8000
Facsimile:  (212) 310-8007

 

Attorneys for Debtors

 

(b)                                  if to the Consenting Creditors:

 

PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
Attn:  Andrew Rosenberg, Esq., Robert Britton, Esq., Samuel Lovett, Esq.
Telephone:  (212) 450-4000
Facsimile:  (212) 701-5361

 

Attorneys for Consenting Creditors

 

After the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors have authority to send a notice to Entities that, to continue to receive documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002, such entities must file a renewed request to receive documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002; provided , however , that the U.S. Trustee need not file such a renewed request and shall continue to receive documents without any further action being necessary.  After the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Reorganized Debtors are authorized to limit the list of entities receiving documents pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002 to those Entities that have filed such renewed requests.

 

12.14                  Reservation of Rights.

 

Except as otherwise provided herein, this Plan shall be of no force or effect unless the Bankruptcy Court enters the Confirmation Order.  None of the filing of this Plan, any statement or provision of this Plan, or the taking of any action by the Debtors with respect to this Plan shall be or shall be deemed to be an admission or waiver of any rights of the Debtors with respect to any Claims or Interests prior to the Effective Date.

 

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Dated:

 

Houston, Texas

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Richard Little

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

on behalf of

 

 

 

Halcón Resources Corporation

 

Halcón Resources Operating, Inc.

 

Halcón Holdings, Inc.

 

Halcón Energy Properties, Inc.

 

Halcón Permian, LLC

 

Halcón Field Services, LLC

 

Halcón Operating Co., Inc.

 


 

EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT FOR CONSENTING CREDITORS

 

This Joinder Agreement to the Restructuring Support Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2019 (as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Agreement ”), by and among the Company and certain holders of the Senior Notes (together with their respective successors and permitted assigns, the “ Consenting Creditors ” and each, a “ Consenting Creditor ”) is executed and delivered by (the “ Joining Party ”) as of [ · ], 2019.  Each capitalized term used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

 

1.               Agreement to be Bound .  The Joining Party hereby agrees to be bound by all of the terms of the Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Joinder Agreement as Annex I (as the same has been or may be hereafter amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof).  The Joining Party shall hereafter be deemed to be a “Consenting Creditor” and a “Party” for all purposes under the Agreement and with respect to any and all Claims and Interests held by such Joining Party.

 

2.               Representations and Warranties .  With respect to the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes and the number of shares of Existing Equity Interests, in each case, set forth below its name on the signature page hereto, the Joining Party hereby makes the representations and warranties of the Consenting Creditors set forth in Section 8 and Section 24 of the Agreement to each other Party to the Agreement.

 

3.               Governing Law .  This Joinder Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions that would require the application of the law of any other jurisdiction.

 

[ Signature Page Follows ]

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Joining Party has caused this Joinder to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

CONSENTING CREDITOR

 

[ · ]

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

Principal Amount of Senior Notes:  $

 

Number of Shares of Existing Equity Interests:

 

Notice Address :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Email:

 

 

 

 

Acknowledged:

 

 

 

HALCÓN RESOURCES CORPORATION AND EACH OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 


Exhibit 10.2

 

Execution Version

HALCÓN RESOURCES CORPORATION

 

BACKSTOP COMMITMENT AGREEMENT

 

August 2, 2019

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

Page

1.

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

2

 

 

 

 

2.

THE BACKSTOP COMMITMENT

9

 

2.1

Backstop Commitment

9

 

2.2

Escrow; Closing

10

 

2.3

Expense Reimbursement

11

 

2.4

Funding Default

11

 

 

 

 

3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

12

 

3.1

Organization

12

 

3.2

Due Authorization, Execution and Delivery; Enforceability

12

 

3.3

Authorized and Issued Equity Interests

13

 

3.4

Consents

13

 

3.5

No Conflicts

13

 

3.6

Company Information

14

 

3.7

Absence of Certain Changes

14

 

3.8

No Violation; Compliance with Laws

14

 

3.9

Legal Proceedings

14

 

3.10

No Unlawful Payments

14

 

3.11

Compliance with Money Laundering Laws

14

 

3.12

No Broker’s Fees

15

 

3.13

Investment Company Act

15

 

3.14

Takeover Statutes

15

 

3.15

Arm’s-Length

15

 

3.16

Title to Real Property

15

 

3.17

No Undisclosed Relationships

16

 

3.18

Licenses and Permits

16

 

3.19

Environmental

16

 

3.20

Tax Matters

17

 

3.21

Employee Benefit Plans

18

 

3.22

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

18

 

3.23

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

19

 

3.24

Material Contracts

19

 

3.25

Insurance

19

 

3.26

Intellectual Property

19

 

3.27

No Other Representations and Warranties

21

 

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4.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EACH BACKSTOP PARTY

21

 

4.1

Organization

21

 

4.2

Due Authorization

21

 

4.3

Due Execution; Enforceability

21

 

4.4

No Registration Under the Securities Act; Selling Restrictions

21

 

4.5

Acquisition for Investment

22

 

4.6

No Conflicts

22

 

4.7

Consents and Approvals

22

 

4.8

Investor Representation

22

 

4.9

Investment Experience

22

 

4.10

Sufficiency of Funds

22

 

4.11

Ownership

22

 

4.12

Legal Proceedings

23

 

4.13

No Broker’s Fee

23

 

4.14

Independent Investigation

23

 

 

 

 

5.

COVENANTS

23

 

5.1

Conduct of Business

23

 

5.2

Non-Disclosure of Holdings Information

24

 

5.3

Use of Proceeds

24

 

5.4

Blue Sky

24

 

5.5

Senior Noteholder Rights Offering

25

 

5.6

The New Common Shares

25

 

5.7

Backstop Notice

25

 

5.8

Facilitation

25

 

5.9

Access to Information; Confidentiality

25

 

5.10

Regulatory Approvals

27

 

 

 

 

6.

CONDITIONS TO THE BACKSTOP PARTIES’ CLOSING OBLIGATIONS

28

 

6.1

Conditions to the Backstop Parties’ Closing Obligations

28

 

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6.2

Conditions to the Company’s Closing Obligations

30

 

 

 

 

7.

INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

31

 

7.1

Indemnification Obligations

31

 

7.2

Indemnification Procedure

31

 

7.3

Settlement of Indemnified Claims

32

 

7.4

Contribution

33

 

7.5

Treatment of Indemnification Payments

33

 

 

 

 

8.

MISCELLANEOUS

33

 

8.1

Notice

33

 

8.2

Assignment

34

 

8.3

Survival

35

 

8.4

Entire Agreement

35

 

8.5

Waivers and Amendments

35

 

8.6

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue; Process

36

 

8.7

Counterparts

36

 

8.8

Headings

36

 

8.9

Severability

36

 

8.10

Termination

36

 

8.11

Breach

37

 

8.12

Effect of Termination

37

 

8.13

Waiver of Jury Trial

38

 

8.14

Damages

38

 

8.15

Specific Performance

38

 

8.16

No Reliance

38

 

8.17

Publicity

39

 

8.18

Settlement Discussions

39

 

8.19

No Recourse

39

 

8.20

Other Interpretive Matters

39

 

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HALCÓN RESOURCES CORPORATION
BACKSTOP COMMITMENT AGREEMENT
August 2, 2019

 

BACKSTOP COMMITMENT AGREEMENT , dated as of August 2, 2019 (this “ Agreement ”), among Halcón Resources Corporation (the “ Company ”), a Delaware corporation (collectively, with Halcón Resources Operating, Inc., Halcón Holdings, Inc., Halcón Energy Properties, Inc., Halcón Permian, LLC, Halcón Field Services, LLC, and Halcón Operating Co., Inc., the “ Company Parties ” or the “ Debtors ”) and the parties set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (each a “ Backstop Party ” and collectively, the “ Backstop Parties ”).  The Company and each Backstop Party is referred to herein, individually, as a “ Party ” and, collectively, as the “ Parties .”

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS , the Company is the issuer of those certain 6.75% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “ Senior Notes ”) issued under that certain indenture, dated as of February 16, 2017 (as amended, modified, or otherwise supplemented from time to time, the “ Senior Notes Indenture ”), by and among the Company, each of the guarantors named therein, and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee.

 

WHEREAS , the Parties have engaged in arm’s-length, good faith discussions regarding a restructuring of certain of the Company’s indebtedness and other obligations, including the Company’s indebtedness and obligations under the Revolving Credit Agreement and Senior Notes Indenture.

 

WHEREAS , the Parties, and certain other Senior Noteholders, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns and any subsequent Senior Noteholder that becomes party to the RSA in accordance with the terms thereof (collectively, the “ Consenting Creditors ”), entered into that certain Restructuring Support Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “ RSA ”), pursuant to which the Parties agreed to, among other things, support a restructuring of the Company’s capital structure (the “ Restructuring ”).

 

WHEREAS , consistent with the RSA, the Restructuring is anticipated to be implemented through a prepackaged plan of reorganization (as may be supplemented, amended, or modified from time to time, the “ Plan ”), a solicitation of votes thereon (the “ Solicitation ”), the Rights Offerings and the commencement by the Company of voluntary cases (the “ Chapter 11 Cases ”) under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “ Bankruptcy Court ”).

 

WHEREAS , in connection with the Restructuring and pursuant to the Plan, among other things, (a) the Company will conduct an equity rights offering (the “ Senior Noteholder Rights Offering ”), by distributing to each Senior Noteholder rights to purchase such Senior Noteholder’s pro rata share of the New Common Shares (defined below) available to be purchased in connection with the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering, and in an amount consistent with the Restructuring Term Sheet, for an aggregate purchase price of $150,150,000.00, and (b) subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, each

 

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Backstop Party has agreed to purchase (on a several and not joint basis) an aggregate amount of New Common Shares equal to its Backstop Obligation (as defined below).

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual promises, representations, warranties, and covenants hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                       CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

The following terms have the meanings set forth below:

 

Ad Hoc Noteholder Group ”  has the meaning set forth in the RSA.

 

Affiliate ” of any Person means any Person that directly or indirectly controls, or is under common control with, or is controlled by, such Person.  As used in this definition, “control” (including with its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise).

 

Aggregate Commitment Amount ” means USD $150,150,000.00.

 

Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Preamble hereto.

 

Antitrust Authorities ” means the United States Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice, the attorneys general of the several states of the United States and any other governmental entity, whether domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction pursuant to the Antitrust Laws.

 

Antitrust Laws ” means the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and any other Law, whether domestic or foreign, governing agreements in restraint of trade, monopolization, pre-merger notification, the lessening of competition through merger or acquisition or anti-competitive conduct, and any foreign investment Laws.

 

Approval Order ” means an order entered by the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11 Cases authorizing the Company (on behalf of the Debtors) to assume this Agreement, including all exhibits and other attachments hereto.

 

Backstop Commitment ” means, with respect to each Backstop Party, the maximum amount of consideration in exchange for New Common Shares that such Backstop Party may be required to pay under this Agreement.  Such amounts are set forth opposite each Backstop Party’s name in Schedule 1 hereto.  The aggregate Backstop Commitments under this Agreement shall equal $150,150,000.00.

 

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Backstop Commitment Premium ” means (a) in the event of the purchase of New Common Shares by any Backstop Party in accordance with this Agreement, 6.00% of such Backstop Party’s Backstop Commitment, payable in the form of New Common Shares issued at the Per Share Price, and (b) in the event this Agreement is terminated by the Required Backstop Parties under Section 8.10.4 , 6.00% of such Backstop Party’s Backstop Commitment, payable in full in cash.

 

Backstop Notice ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.1.3 hereto.

 

Backstop Obligation ” means, with respect to each Backstop Party, the amount of New Common Shares required to be purchased by it on the Effective Date, in an amount equal to the product of:  (a) the Remaining Shares; and (b) such Backstop Party’s Backstop Percentage.

 

Backstop Party ” and “ Backstop Parties ” have the meanings assigned to them in the Preamble hereto.

 

Backstop Party Professionals ” means (a) Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, as counsel to the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group, (b) one local counsel to the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group, (c) one financial advisor to the Ad Hoc Group of Noteholders, and (d) other professional advisors for specialized areas of expertise as circumstances warrant, which are retained by Consenting Creditors, with the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably delayed, conditioned or withheld).

 

Backstop Percentage ” means, with respect to a Backstop Party, the figure expressed as a percentage, calculated by dividing: (a) such Backstop Party’s Backstop Commitment; by (b) the Aggregate Commitment Amount.  Such percentages are set forth opposite each Backstop Party’s name in Schedule 1 attached hereto.

 

Backstop Purchase ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.1.2(b)  hereto.

 

Bankruptcy Code ” means Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code.

 

Bankruptcy Court ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals hereto.

 

Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by Law to close.

 

Chapter 11 Cases ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals hereto.

 

Closing ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.2.2(a)  hereto.

 

Company ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Preamble hereto.

 

Company Disclosure Schedule ” means the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to the Backstop Parties on the date of this Agreement.

 

Company Information ” means all of the reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents (including exhibits and other information incorporated therein) posted or filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements set forth in the Exchange Act.

 

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Company Parties ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Preamble hereto.

 

Company Plan and “Company Plans ” have the meanings assigned to them in Section 3.21.1 hereto.

 

Confirmation Order ” has the meaning set forth in the RSA.

 

Consenting Creditors ” has the meaning assigned to in the Recitals hereto.

 

Debtors ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Preamble hereto.

 

Defaulting Backstop Party ” means each Backstop Party that causes a Funding Default.

 

Definitive Documents ” has the meaning set forth in the RSA.

 

Disclosure Statement ” has the meaning assigned to in the RSA.

 

Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Term Sheet.

 

Entity ” has the meaning set forth in section 101(15) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Environmental Laws ” means all applicable Laws (including common law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders in council, orders, decrees, treaties, directives, judgments or legally binding agreements promulgated or entered into by or with any governmental entity, relating to the protection of the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the generation, management, use, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or threatened release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or to occupational health and safety matters (to the extent relating to the management of or exposure to Hazardous Materials).

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Company is, or at any relevant time during the past six years was, treated as a single employer under section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

Event ” means any event, change, effect, circumstance, occurrence, development, condition, result, state of facts or change of facts.

 

Excepted Liens ” has the meaning set forth in the Revolving Credit Agreement.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Exit Facility ” means financing to be provided to the Debtors, as reorganized on the Effective Date in accordance with the Plan, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Backstop Parties.

 

Expense Reimbursement ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.3.1 hereto.

 

Filing Party ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.10.2 hereto.

 

Funding Amount ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.1.3 hereto.

 

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Funding Default ” means the failure by any Backstop Party to pay the Purchase Price with respect to its Backstop Obligation by the Effective Date in accordance with Section 2.2 .

 

GAAP ” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Hazardous Materials ” means all pollutants, contaminants, hazardous wastes, chemicals, hazardous materials, and hazardous substances, including any sulphuric or other acid, explosive or radioactive substances or petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, lead in any form (including soluble and particulate), arsenic, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde or radon gas that are subject to regulation or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law because of their hazardous or deleterious properties or characteristics.

 

HSR Act ” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended from time to time.

 

Indemnified Claim ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.2 hereto.

 

Indemnified Losses ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.1 hereto.

 

Indemnified Person ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.1 hereto.

 

Indemnifying Party ” and “ Indemnifying Parties ” have the meanings assigned to them in Section 7.1 hereto.

 

Intellectual Property ” means any and all of the following in any jurisdiction throughout the world, and all corresponding rights: (a) material inventions, patents and industrial designs (including utility model rights, design rights and industrial property rights), patent and industrial design applications, and patent disclosures, together with all reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part, revisions, divisionals, extensions, and reexaminations; (b) material trademarks, service marks, designs, trade dress, logos, slogans, trade names, business names, corporate names, Internet domain names, and all other indicia of origin, all applications and registrations in connection therewith, and all goodwill associated with any of the foregoing (this clause (b), “ Marks ”); (c) material works of authorship, copyrights, software, data, database rights and moral rights, and all applications and registrations in connection therewith; (d) trade secrets and other confidential information, including know how, methods, processes, techniques, formulae, and product specifications; (e) material rights of privacy and publicity, including rights to the use of names of real persons; and (f) material other intellectual property rights.

 

Internal Revenue Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

Investment Company Act ” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Joinder Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.2 hereto.

 

Joint Filing Party ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.10.3 .

 

Knowledge of the Company ” means the actual knowledge of Richard Little, Quentin Hicks and David Elkouri.

 

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Law ” means any law (including common law), statute, ordinance, treaty, rule, regulation, policy or requirement of any governmental authority and authoritative interpretations thereon, in each case, applicable to or binding on such Person or any of its properties or to which such Person or any of its properties is subject.

 

Leased Real Property ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.16.2 .

 

Legal Proceedings ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.9 hereto.

 

Lien ” means any lien, adverse claim, charge, option, right of first refusal, servitude, security interest, mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, easement, encumbrance, restriction on transfer, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, defect in title, lien or judicial lien as defined in Sections 101(36) and (37) of the Bankruptcy Code or other restrictions of a similar kind.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means any Event occurring after the date hereof that, individually or together with all other Events, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the business, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company Parties, or the properties, assets, finances or liabilities of the Company Parties, taken as a whole; provided that “Material Adverse Effect” shall not include any Event occurring after the date hereof and arising out of or resulting from: (a) conditions or effects that generally affect persons or entities engaged in the industries, business, markets, financial conditions or the geographic area in which the Company Parties operate taking into consideration any Event that is related to the operations of the Company in the specific geographical and geological areas in which it operates, (b) general economic conditions in regions and markets in which the Company Parties operate, (c) regional, national or international political or social conditions, including acts of war, terrorism or natural disasters, escalation or material worsening of hostilities, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack upon the United States or its territories, possessions, diplomatic or consular offices or upon any military installation, equipment or personnel of the United States, (d) financial, banking, securities, credit, or commodities markets, prevailing interest rates or general capital markets conditions, (e) changes in United States generally accepted accounting principles, (f) changes in Laws, orders, or other binding directives issued by any governmental entity, (g) the taking of any action or any inaction required by this Agreement, the RSA, the Restructuring Term Sheet, the Plan, or any action or inaction in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, including the commencement, announcement and pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases, or (h) any action or inaction consented to or requested by the Consenting Creditors; provided , that exceptions set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this definition shall not apply to the extent that such Event is disproportionately adverse to the Company Parties, taken as a whole, as compared to other companies comparable in size and scale to the Company Parties operating in the industries and same geographical area in which the Company Parties operate.

 

Marks ” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of Intellectual Property.

 

Material Contracts ” means (a) all “plans of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or succession” and “material contracts” (as such terms are defined in Items 601(b)(2) and 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) to which the Company is a party, (b) any contracts to which the Company is a party that are likely to reasonably involve consideration of more than $10,000,000, in the aggregate, over a twelve-month period, and

 

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(c) all contracts: (i) the Company is granted a right or license with respect to any material Intellectual Property of any other Person thereunder, which right or license is material to the Company’s business; (ii) the Company grants to any other Person thereunder any right or license with respect to any material Owned IP; or (iii) the Company’s ability to use, own, license, transfer, enforce, or disclose any material Owned IP is adversely affected, including settlement agreements, but in the case of (i) and (iii), excluding Off-the-Shelf Licenses.

 

MIP ” means a post-emergence management incentive plan to be implemented by the board of the Company after the Effective Date as further described in the Plan.

 

Money Laundering Laws ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.11 hereto.

 

New Common Shares ” means shares of common stock of the Company as reorganized on the Effective Date in accordance with the Plan.

 

Notice of Assignment ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.2 hereto.

 

Off-the-Shelf License ” means any license for unmodified, commercially available “off-the-shelf” software that is used in the Company’s internal “back-office” operations for which the Company pays an aggregate fee, royalty, or other consideration for any such software or group of related Software licenses of no more than $50,000.

 

Offering Deadline ” means the date on which the subscription period for the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering shall expire (as such date may be extended pursuant to the Plan and the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering Procedures).

 

Owned IP ” means all Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by any Group Company, including the Registered IP.

 

Party ” and “ Parties ” have the meanings assigned to them in the Preamble hereto.

 

Perella ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.9.1 hereto.

 

Per Share Price ” means an amount equal to the price at which one share of the New Common Shares is sold to holders of Senior Notes in the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering pursuant to the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering Documents.

 

Person ” includes any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, limited partnership, trust, estate, unincorporated organization, governmental unit (as defined in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code), or other Entity.

 

Petition Date ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Plan.

 

Plan ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals hereto.

 

Purchase Price ” means, with respect to any Backstop Party, the applicable purchase price in respect of its Backstop Purchase calculated as the product (expressed in U.S. dollars) of (a) such Backstop Party’s Backstop Obligation, multiplied by (b) the Per Share Price.

 

Real Property ” means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned in fee simple or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures incidental to the ownership or lease thereof.

 

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Registered IP ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.26.1 hereto.

 

Related Party Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.17 hereto.

 

Remaining Shares ” means the aggregate number of New Common Shares that have not been subscribed for and purchased, if any, in the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering as of the Offering Deadline.

 

Replacement Period ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.4.1 hereto.

 

Replacement Purchase ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.4.1 hereto.

 

Replacing Backstop Parties ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.4.1 hereto.

 

Required Backstop Parties ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.5 hereto.

 

Reserve Report ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.16.1 hereto.

 

Restructuring ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals hereto.

 

Restructuring Term Sheet ” has the meaning assigned to it in the RSA.

 

Revolving Credit Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Restructuring Term Sheet.

 

Rights Offerings ” has the meaning set forth in the RSA for “Equity Rights Offerings.”

 

RSA ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals hereto.

 

SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Senior Noteholder Rights Offering ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals hereto.

 

Senior Noteholder Rights Offering Documents ” means this Agreement and the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering Procedures.

 

Senior Noteholder Rights Offering Procedures ” means the procedures governing the Senior Notes Rights Offering, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Backstop Parties.

 

Senior Notes ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals hereto.

 

Senior Notes Indenture ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals hereto.

 

Solicitation ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Recitals hereto.

 

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Subscription Agent ” means Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC, together with its affiliates and subcontractors.

 

Subscription Account ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.1.3 hereto.

 

Subscription Amount ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.1.2(a)  hereto.

 

Subscription Funding Date ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.2.1 hereto.

 

Subscription Rights ” means those certain rights to purchase New Common Shares pursuant to the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering at the “Per Share Price” per share, which the reorganized Company will issue to participating Senior Noteholders pursuant to the Plan.

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or other legal entity as to which such Person (either alone or through or together with any other Subsidiary or Affiliate), (a) owns, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the stock or other equity interests, (b) has the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body thereof or (c) has the power to direct, or otherwise control, the business and policies thereof by contract, equity ownership or otherwise.

 

Takeover Statute ” means any restrictions contained in any “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition”, “business combination” or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation.

 

Tudor ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.9.1 hereto.

 

Warrants ” has the meaning assigned to it in the RSA.

 

Weil ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 5.9.1 hereto.

 

2.                                       THE BACKSTOP COMMITMENT

 

2.1                                Backstop Commitment .

 

2.1.1                      New Common Shares .  The Senior Noteholder Rights Offering will be made, and the New Common Shares will be issued and sold in reliance upon, the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided in section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, and all New Common Shares (other than the New Common Shares issued on account of the Backstop Commitment Premium to the Backstop Parties) will be issued in reliance upon such exemption.  The issuance of the New Common Shares to the Backstop Parties on account of the Backstop Obligations and the Backstop Commitment Premium will be made in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by section 4(a)(2) and Regulation D of the Securities Act or another available exemption from registration under the Securities Act, and, in each case, the Disclosure Statement, Confirmation Order and Plan shall include a statement to such effect.

 

2.1.2                      The Rights Offering and the Backstop Commitment .  (a) On and subject to the terms and conditions hereof and the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering Procedures, including entry of the Confirmation Order, each Backstop Party agrees, severally and not jointly, to (i) fully exercise all Subscription Rights that

 

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are properly issued to it and its Affiliates pursuant to the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering, (ii) duly purchase all New Common Shares issuable to it and its Affiliates pursuant to such exercise (the “ Subscription Amount ”) at the applicable Per Share Price and (iii) complete, duly execute and submit a subscription exercise form and any other documentation required pursuant to the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering Procedures and the Plan.

 

(b)                                  On and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, including entry of the Confirmation Order, each Backstop Party agrees, severally and not jointly, to (i) purchase an aggregate number of New Common Shares equal to its Backstop Obligation (the “ Backstop Purchase ”) for an amount equal to the Purchase Price and (ii) complete, duly execute and submit a subscription exercise form and any other documentation required pursuant to the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering Procedures and the Plan.

 

2.1.3                      Backstop Notice .  On or before the fifth (5 th ) Business Day after the Offering Deadline, the Subscription Agent on behalf of the Company shall notify each Backstop Party in writing (the “ Backstop Notice ”) as to: (a) the Remaining Shares; (b) its consequent Backstop Obligation; (c) the aggregate amount payable on the Effective Date with respect to such Backstop Party’s Subscription Amount and Backstop Obligation (collectively, the “ Funding Amount ”); and (d) the account information (including wiring instructions) for the account to which such Backstop Party shall deliver and pay the Funding Amount, which account may be an escrow account and the Funding Amount (the “ Subscription Account ”).

 

2.2                                Escrow; Closing .

 

2.2.1                      Escrow .  No later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Effective Date (such date, the “ Subscription Funding Date ”), each Backstop Party shall deliver and pay its Funding Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds in U.S. dollars into the Subscription Account in satisfaction of such Backstop Party’s Backstop Commitment.

 

2.2.2                      Closing .  (a) Subject to Article VI, the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby (the “ Closing ”) shall take places at the offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 767 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10253, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Effective Date contemporaneously with the substantial consummation of the Plan.

 

(b)                                  At the Closing, the funds held in the Subscription Account shall be released to the Company.

 

(c)                                   At the Closing, issuance of the Remaining Shares will be made by the Reorganized Company to each Backstop Party against payment of the applicable portion of such Backstop Party’s Funding Amount, in satisfaction of such Backstop Party’s Backstop Commitment.

 

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2.2.3                      Premium .  Subject to Section 2.4 , the Company hereby agrees to pay each Backstop Party its Backstop Commitment Premium, which premium shall be deemed earned upon the effective date of this Agreement and payable upon the earlier of (a) the Effective Date and (b) termination of this Agreement by the Requisite Backstop Parties, pursuant to Section 8.10.4 .

 

2.2.4                      Certain Tax Matters. All parties hereto agree to treat the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as follows for U.S. federal income tax purposes: (a) the Backstop Obligation shall be treated as a put option; (b) the Backstop Commitment Premium herein shall be treated as remuneration to the Backstop Parties for agreeing to enter into such put option; and (c) no party shall take any position or action inconsistent with such treatment and/or characterization, except, in each case, to the extent otherwise required by applicable Law.

 

2.2.5                      Withholding .  Except as otherwise required by applicable Law, the Company shall not withhold any taxes with respect to the Backstop Commitment Premium.

 

2.3                                Expense Reimbursement .

 

2.3.1                      The Company agrees to pay or reimburse when due, to the extent not otherwise paid pursuant to the RSA or in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases or another order of the Bankruptcy Court, all accrued and unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Backstop Parties’ Professionals, incurred in connection with this Agreement, the RSA, and these Chapter 11 Cases, whether prior to, on, or after the date hereof through the Effective Date for which invoices or receipts are forwarded to the Company by the Backstop Parties at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Effective Date (the “ Expense Reimbursement ”).

 

2.4                                Funding Default .

 

2.4.1                      Upon the occurrence of a Funding Default, the Backstop Parties (other than any Defaulting Backstop Party) shall have the right, but not the obligation, within five (5) Business Days after receipt of written notice from the Company to all Backstop Parties of such Funding Default, which notice shall be given promptly following the occurrence of such Funding Default and to all Backstop Parties substantially concurrently (such five (5) Business Day period, the “ Replacement Period ”), to elect, by written notice to the Company, to purchase all or any portion of the New Common Shares attributable to such Defaulting Backstop Party’s Backstop Obligation (such purchase, a “ Replacement Purchase ”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in such amounts as may be agreed upon by all of the non-defaulting Backstop Parties that elect to purchase all or any portion of the New Common Shares attributable to such Defaulting Backstop Party, or, if no such agreement is reached by the date upon which the Replacement Period expires, based upon each such electing Backstop Party’s Backstop Percentage of the aggregate number of New Common Shares that have not been purchased as a result of such Funding Default (such Backstop Parties, the “ Replacing Backstop Parties ”).  The purchase price paid by

 

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any Replacing Backstop Party in connection with a Replacement Purchase shall be equal to the applicable Purchase Price.  Within one (1) Business Day from delivery of written notice of a Funding Default, electing Backstop Parties will fund the Subscription Account with the additional Purchase Price with respect to the Replacement Purchase.

 

2.4.2                      If a Backstop Party is a Defaulting Backstop Party, it shall not be entitled to any of the Backstop Commitment Premium hereunder.

 

2.4.3                      Other than as set forth in Section 2.4.1 , nothing in this Agreement shall require any Backstop Party to purchase more than its Backstop Obligation.

 

2.4.4                      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 8.12 but subject to Section 8.14 , no provision of this Agreement shall relieve any Defaulting Backstop Party from liability hereunder, or limit the availability of the remedies set forth in Section 8.15 or otherwise available to the non-defaulting parties hereto, in connection with any such Backstop Party’s Funding Default.

 

3.                                       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY .  Except (a) as set forth in the corresponding section of the Company Disclosure Schedule or (b) as disclosed in the Company Information and publicly available on the SEC’s website prior to the date hereof, the Company, on behalf of itself and each of the Company Parties, as applicable, hereby represents and warrants to each of the Backstop Parties, in their capacities as Backstop Parties, as of the date hereof, as follows:

 

3.1                                Organization . Each Company Party:

 

3.1.1                      is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, except where any such failure to be duly organized, validly existing and in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

3.1.2                      has all corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties, to lease the property it operates under lease and to conduct its business, except where any such failure to own and/or operate, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.2                                Due Authorization, Execution and Delivery; Enforceability .  The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and, subject to the entry of the Approval Order and the Confirmation Order, to perform its obligations hereunder, and has taken all necessary corporate action required for the due authorization, execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement.  Assuming due and valid execution and delivery by the other Parties, this Agreement constitutes the legally valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

 

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3.3                                Authorized and Issued Equity Interests .

 

3.3.1                      On the Effective Date, (i) the outstanding equity interests in the Company will consist solely of the New Common Shares issued under the Rights Offerings and the Plan, any New Common Shares issued upon exercise of the Warrants or under the MIP, (ii) no New Common Shares will be held by the Company in its treasury, and, (iii) except as may otherwise be provided under the MIP or the Warrants issued under the Plan, no New Common Shares will be reserved for issuance upon exercise of options and other rights to purchase or acquire New Common Shares.

 

3.3.2                      As of the Effective Date, the New Common Shares, when issued, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will be fully paid and non-assessable.  As of the Effective Date, the Company shall have the ability to issue sufficient New Common Shares to consummate the transaction contemplated under this Agreement, the RSA and the Plan.

 

3.3.3                      Except as set forth in this Section 3.3, as of the Effective Date, no shares or other equity interests or voting interests in the Company will have been issued, reserved for issuance or be outstanding.

 

3.4                                Consents .  Subject to the entry of the Confirmation Order and the filing of the Amended Organizational Documents with the Delaware Secretary of State prior to or on the Effective Date, none of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company, including the issuance of the New Common Shares by the Company, will require any consent of, authorization by, exemption from, filing with, or notice to any governmental entity having jurisdiction over the Company Parties, other than the failure of which to make or obtain, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.5                                No Conflicts .  Except for entry of the Confirmation Order, and subject to the occurrence of the Effective Date, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, including the issuance of the New Common Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder, will not (a) conflict with or result in any breach of any provision of any Company Party’s certificate of incorporation, by-laws or equivalent governing documents as in effect on the Effective Date, (b) conflict with or result in the breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give rise to any right of termination or, except to the extent specified in the Plan, acceleration or cancellation under any Material Contract, lease, mortgage, license, indenture, instrument or any other material agreement or contract to which any Company Party is a party or by which any Company Party’s properties or assets are bound as in effect on the Effective Date after giving effect to the Plan, or (c) result in a violation of any Law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including, without limitation, federal and state securities Laws and regulations) applicable to any Company Party or by which any Company Party’s properties or assets will be bound or affected, except in the case of

 

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clauses (b) and (c), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.6                                Company Information .  Since December 31, 2018, the Company has timely filed all required Company Information with the SEC. The Disclosure Statement as filed with the Bankruptcy Court will contain “adequate information,” as such term in defined in section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, and will otherwise comply in all material respects with section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

3.7                                Absence of Certain Changes .  Since December 31, 2018, no event has occurred or exists that constitutes, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.8                                No Violation; Compliance with Laws .  (a) The Company is not in violation of its charter or by-laws in any material respect, and (b) no other Company Party is in violation of its respective charter or by-laws, certificate of formation or limited liability company operating agreement or similar organizational document in any material respect.  None of the Company Parties is or has been at any time since February 16, 2017 deemed to be in violation of any Law or order, except for any such violations that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.9                                Legal Proceedings .  Other than the Chapter 11 Cases and any adversary proceedings or contested motions commenced in connection therewith, as of the date hereof, there are no legal, governmental, administrative, judicial or regulatory investigations, audits, actions, suits, claims, arbitrations, demands, demand letters, claims, notices of noncompliance or violations, or proceedings (“ Legal Proceedings ”) pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened to which any of the Company Parties is a party or to which any property of the Company Parties is the subject, in each case that (a) in any manner draws into question the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Definitive Documents or the Restructuring or (b) would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.10                         No Unlawful Payments .  Since February 16, 2017, none of the Company Parties nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their respective directors, officers or employees acting on behalf of the Company with the express authority to do such act has in any material respect: (a) used any funds of any of the Company Parties for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense, in each case relating to political activity; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (c) violated or is in violation of any applicable provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any other applicable statute, regulation, order or measure prohibiting bribery and corruption in any relevant jurisdiction; or (d) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other similar unlawful payment.

 

3.11                         Compliance with Money Laundering Laws .  The operations of the Company Parties are and, since February 16, 2017 have been at all times, conducted in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of

 

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the U.S. Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions in which the Company Parties operate (and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) and any related or similar Laws (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws ”) and, as of the date hereof, no material Legal Proceeding by or before any governmental entity or any arbitrator involving any of the Company Parties with respect to Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

3.12                         No Broker’s Fees .  None of the Company Parties is  a party to any contract with any Person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Backstop Parties for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering.

 

3.13                         Investment Company Act .  The Company Parties are not and, after giving effect to the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Definitive Documents, will not be subject to registration and regulation as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act.

 

3.14                         Takeover Statutes .  No Takeover Statute is applicable to this Agreement, the Backstop Commitment and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

3.15                         Arm’s-Length .  The Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) each of the Backstop Parties is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s-length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other Company Party or any of their Affiliates and (b) no Backstop Party is advising the Company or any other Company Party or any of their Affiliates as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction.

 

3.16                         Title to Real Property .

 

3.16.1               Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Company Parties have good and defensible title to the oil and gas properties evaluated in the most recently delivered Reserve Report and good title to all its other personal properties, in each case, free and clear of all Liens except Liens permitted under the Revolving Credit Agreement, and (b) after giving full effect to the Excepted Liens, the Company (or applicable Subsidiary) owns the net interests in production attributable to the hydrocarbon interests as reflected in the most recently delivered Reserve Report, and the ownership of such properties shall not in any material respect obligate the Company or such Subsidiary to bear the costs and expenses relating to the maintenance, development and operations of each such property in an amount in excess of the working interest of each property set forth in the most recently delivered Reserve Report that is not offset by a corresponding proportionate increase in the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s net revenue interest in such property.  “Reserve Report” means that certain report issued by

 

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Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc., as of December 31, 2018  with respect to the oil and gas reserves of the Company attributable to the properties of the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries.

 

3.16.2               Each Company Party is in compliance with all obligations under all material real property leases other than oil and gas leases to which it is a party (“ Leased Real Property ”), except where the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and all such material real property leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  Each of the Company Parties enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such material leases, other than leases in respect of which the failure to enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.17                         No Undisclosed Relationships .  Other than contracts or other direct or indirect relationships between or among the Company Parties, there are no contracts or other direct or indirect relationships (a “ Related Party Agreement ”) existing as of the date hereof between or among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any director, officer or greater than five percent (5%) stockholder of any Company Party on the other hand, that is required by the Exchange Act to be described in the Company Information and that is not so described, except for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  Any Related Party Agreement existing as of the date hereof is described in the Company Information or the Definitive Documents.

 

3.18                         Licenses and Permits .  Each Company Party possesses or has access to all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and has made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate governmental entities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of its respective properties and the conduct of its business, except where the failure to possess, make or give the same would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  No Company Party (a) has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or (b) has reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except to the extent that any of the foregoing would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.19                         Environmental .  Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, since February 16, 2017: (a) no written notice, claim, demand, request for information, order, complaint or penalty has been received by any Company Party and there are no judicial, administrative or other actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in each case which allege a violation of liability under any Environmental Laws, in each case relating to any Company Party and that have not been settled or resolved, (b) each Company Party has all environmental permits, licenses and other approvals, and has maintained all financial assurances, necessary for its operations to comply with all applicable

 

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Environmental Laws and is, and during the term of all applicable statutes of limitation, has been, in compliance with the terms of such permits, licenses and other approvals and with all other applicable Environmental Laws, (c) to the Knowledge of the Company, since February 16, 2017, no Hazardous Material has been released at, on or under any property currently owned, operated or leased by any Company Party in a manner or circumstance or condition that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of any Company Party under any Environmental Laws, (d) to the Knowledge of the Company, since February 16, 2017, no Hazardous Material has been generated, owned, treated, stored, handled or controlled by any Company Party or transported by any Company Party to or released by any Company Party at any location in a manner that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of any Company Party under any Environmental Laws, (e) except for leases of the Leased Real Property, there are no written agreements in which any Company Party has expressly assumed or undertaken responsibility for any known or reasonably likely liability or obligation of any other Person arising under or relating to Environmental Laws, which in any such case has not been filed or posted by the Company as Company Information or made available to the Backstop Parties prior to the date hereof, and (f) to the Knowledge of the Company, no Company Party has entered into any consent decree, settlement or other agreement with any governmental entity or is subject to any order issued by any governmental entity relating to any Environmental Laws or Hazardous Materials.

 

3.20                         Tax Matters .

 

3.20.1               Except as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company Parties taken as a whole, (a) each of the Company Parties has filed or caused to be filed all U.S. federal, state, provincial, local and non-U.S. tax returns required to have been filed by it and (b) taken as a whole, each such tax return is true and correct;

 

3.20.2               Each of the Company Parties has timely paid or caused to be timely paid all material taxes required to be paid by it (whether or not shown on any tax returns) or made adequate provision (to the extent required in accordance with GAAP) for the payment thereof; and

 

3.20.3               As of the date hereof, with respect to the Company Parties, other than in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases and other than taxes or assessments that are being contested in good faith or are not expected to result in material negative adjustments to the Company Parties taken as a whole, (a) there are no claims being asserted in writing with respect to any taxes, (b) no presently effective waivers or extensions of statutes of limitations with respect to taxes have been given or requested and (c) no tax returns are being examined by, and no written notification of intention to examine a tax return has been received from, the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental entity charged with the administration and collection of taxes.

 

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3.21                         Employee Benefit Plans .

 

3.21.1               Except for the filing and pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases or otherwise as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (a) all employee benefit plans of the Company Parties (the “ Company Plans ”, each of them a “ Company Plan ”) comply in form and in operation in all material respects with their terms and with all applicable Laws; and (b) no Company Party, nor any ERISA Affiliate of a Company Party, in the four (4) years preceding the date hereof has contributed to, or incurred any liability or obligation with respect to, any employee benefit plan subject to Title IV of ERISA.

 

3.21.2               Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, there are no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claims, sanctions, actions or lawsuits, asserted or instituted against any Company Plan or any Person as fiduciary or sponsor of any Company Plan, in each case other than claims for benefits in the normal course.

 

3.21.3               Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (a) all other compensation and benefit arrangements of the Company Parties comply and have complied in both form and operation with their terms and all applicable Laws and legal requirements, and (b) no Company Party could reasonably be expected to have any obligation to provide any individual with a “gross up” or similar payment in respect of any taxes that may become payable under section 409A or 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

3.21.4               Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, there are (a) no labor disputes against the Company Parties, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against any Company Party, and (b) no claims of unfair labor practices, charges or grievances pending against any Company Party, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against any of them by any Person.

 

3.21.5               Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Company Party has complied and is currently in compliance with all Laws and legal requirements in respect of personnel, employment and employment practices, (b) all service providers of the Company Parties are correctly classified as employees, independent contractors, or otherwise for all purposes (including any applicable tax and employment policies or Law), and (c) the Company Parties have not and are not engaged in any unfair labor practice.

 

3.22                         Internal Control Over Financial Reporting .  Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has established and maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting that has been designed to provide reasonable assurances regarding the

 

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reliability of financial reporting (within the meaning of Rules 13(a)-15(f) and 15(d) — 15(f) under the Exchange Act) and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.  To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of the date hereof.

 

3.23                         Disclosure Controls and Procedures .  Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company under the Exchange Act in its Company Information is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, including information that is accumulated and communicated to management of the Company as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

3.24                         Material Contracts .  Other than as a result of the Chapter 11 Cases, all Material Contracts are valid, binding and enforceable by and against the Company Parties that are party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto (except where the failure to be valid, binding or enforceable does not constitute a Material Adverse Effect), and since December 31, 2018, no written notice to terminate, in whole or part, any Material Contract has been delivered to any Company Party (except where such termination would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect).  No Company Party nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party to any Material Contract, is in material default or breach under the terms thereof, in each case, except for such instances of material default or breach that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.25                         Insurance .  Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (a) the Company Parties have insured their properties and assets against such risks and in such amounts as are customary for companies engaged in similar businesses; (b) all premiums due and payable in respect of material insurance policies maintained by the Company Parties have been paid; (c) the Company reasonably believes that the insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Company Parties is adequate in all material respects; and (d) as of the date hereof, to the Knowledge of the Company, no Company Party has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer with respect to any material insurance policies of any Company Party of cancellation or termination of such policies, other than such notices which are received in the ordinary course of business or for policies that have expired in accordance with their terms.

 

3.26                         Intellectual Property .

 

3.26.1               Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (a) each Company Party exclusively owns and possesses the entire right, title and interest in and to all applications or registrations for Intellectual Property owned by or registered to any Company

 

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Party (the “ Registered IP ”), free and clear of all encumbrances and licenses; (b) the material Registered IP is subsisting and, to the Knowledge of the Company, valid and enforceable; and (c) the Company Parties have taken reasonable steps under the circumstances to preserve, maintain and protect all material Owned IP.

 

3.26.2               Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, no Person possesses any Intellectual Property that materially restricts the use or registration anywhere in the world by the Company Parties of any material Mark used in the Company Parties’ respective businesses (other than Marks licensed from a third Person to the Company Parties pursuant to a Material Contract, but including any Marks constituting Registered IP).  No Person possesses any Intellectual Property sufficient to successfully cancel or otherwise invalidate any such Mark on grounds of prior use, registration, fraud, lack of distinctiveness, or other defects or circumstances.

 

3.26.3               Since February 16, 2017, there are no and there have not been any material Legal Proceedings pending or threatened in writing against or affecting any Company Party asserting or relating to (a) any material invalidity, misuse, misappropriation or unenforceability of or challenging the ownership or scope of any of the Owned IP, or (b) any material infringement, dilution, or misappropriation by, or conflict with, any Person with respect to any Intellectual Property (including any material demand or request that a Company Party license any rights from any Person).  To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Company Parties or the conduct of any of their respective businesses (including any manufacture, marketing, distribution, importation, offer for sale, sale, or use of any of their respective products) has materially infringed, misappropriated, diluted, or conflicted with, or does materially infringe, misappropriate, dilute, or conflict with, any Intellectual Property of any other Person.  To the Knowledge of the Company, no material Owned IP has been infringed, misappropriated, diluted, or conflicted by any other Person.

 

3.26.4               The Company Parties uses commercially reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality, integrity and security of the systems and all information stored or contained therein or transmitted thereby from any unauthorized use, access, interruption or modification by third parties.  The Company Parties have taken reasonable precautions to ensure that all material systems (a) are fully functional and operate and run in a reasonable and efficient business manner and (b) conform in all material respects to the specifications and purposes thereof.  The Company Parties have an adequate disaster recovery and business continuity plan in place with respect to the material systems and have adequately tested such plan for effectiveness.  Since February 16, 2017 there have not been any malfunctions, breakdowns, unplanned downtime, service interruptions, or continued substandard performance with respect to material systems that have disrupted the business of any Company Party that have not been remedied or replaced in all material respects.  To the Knowledge of the Company, there have been no actual or alleged security breaches or unauthorized use, access or intrusions, of any system or any

 

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personal information, payment card information, data, or any other such information (including data of any customer of any Company Party) used, collected, maintained, or stored by or on behalf of any Company Party (or any loss, destruction, compromise, or unauthorized disclosure thereof).  The systems are adequate for the operation of the businesses of the Company Parties as currently conducted in all material respects.

 

3.27                         No Other Representations and Warranties.   Except for the representations and warranties contained in this Article III (including the related portions of the Company Disclosure Schedule), none of the Company Parties has made or makes any other express or implied representation or warranty, either written or oral, on behalf of the Company Parties, including any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding the Company Parties furnished or made available to the Backstop Parties and their Affiliates or as to the future revenue, profitability or success of the Company Parties, or any representation or warranty arising from statute or otherwise in Law.

 

4.                                       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EACH BACKSTOP PARTY

 

Each Backstop Party hereby severally and not jointly represents and warrants, on its own behalf and in its capacity as investment manager for its managed funds and accounts party hereto, to the Company as of the date of this Agreement:

 

4.1                                Organization .  The Backstop Party is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or equivalent thereof) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.

 

4.2                                Due Authorization .  The Backstop Party has the requisite power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and has taken all necessary action required for the due authorization, execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement.

 

4.3                                Due Execution; Enforceability .  This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Backstop Party and constitutes its legally valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

 

4.4                                No Registration Under the Securities Act; Selling Restrictions .  Each Backstop Party acknowledges that the New Common Shares to be purchased by it, or to be issued to it in respect of the Backstop Commitment Premium, in each case, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement have not been registered under the Securities Act by reason of specific exemptions and the Company is relying on the truth and accuracy of, and such Backstop Party’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of such Backstop Party set forth herein, and that the Company shall not be required to effect any registration under the Securities Act, or any state securities Law, of the New Common Shares.  Each Backstop Party understands and agrees that it will not offer, resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the New Common Shares unless the New Common Shares are offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred in accordance with any applicable securities Laws of the United States or any state thereof.

 

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4.5                                Acquisition for Investment .  The New Common Shares are being acquired under this Agreement by the Backstop Party in good faith solely for its own account, for investment and not with a view toward, or for resale in connection with, distribution within the meaning of the Securities Act.

 

4.6                                No Conflicts .  The execution, delivery, and, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, performance by such Backstop Party of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder, do not and will not (a) violate any provision of the organizational documents of such Backstop Party or (b) conflict with or violate any Law or order applicable to such Backstop Party or any of its respective assets or properties, except for any such conflict, violation, breach or default that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the ability of the Backstop Parties to timely consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

4.7                                Consents and Approvals .  No consent, approval, order, authorization, filing, notice, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental authority or body having jurisdiction over such Backstop Party is required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

4.8                                Investor Representation .  It is (i) a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A of the Securities Act and (ii) an institutional accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), or (8) under the Securities Act.

 

4.9                                Investment Experience .  It has substantial experience in evaluating and investing in securities and acknowledges that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of, and can bear the economic risk of entering into, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that each Backstop Party’s financial condition and investments are such that it is in a financial position to bear the economic risk of and withstand a complete loss of such investment.

 

4.10                         Sufficiency of Funds .  As of the Effective Date, each Backstop Party shall have available funds sufficient to pay the total Funding Amount, including the Backstop Obligation of such Backstop Party as of the date thereof.

 

4.11                         Ownership .  (a) As of the date hereof, each Backstop Party and its Affiliates are, collectively, the beneficial owner of, or the investment advisor or manager for the beneficial owner of, the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes set forth opposite such Backstop Party’s name under the column “Face Amount of Senior Notes Held” on Schedule 1 attached hereto.

 

(b)                                  As of the date hereof, such Backstop Party or its applicable Affiliates has the full power to vote, dispose of and compromise at least the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes set forth opposite such Backstop Party’s name under the column “Face Amount of Senior Notes Held” on Schedule 1 attached hereto.

 

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(c)                                   Such Backstop Party has not entered into any contract to transfer, in whole or in part, any portion of its right, title or interest in such Senior Notes where such transfer would prohibit such Backstop Party from complying with the terms of this Agreement or the RSA.

 

4.12                         Legal Proceedings .  There are no Legal Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of such Backstop Party, threatened to which the Backstop Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Backstop Party or any of its Subsidiaries is the subject, in each case that will (or would be reasonably likely to) prohibit, delay or adversely impact such Backstop Party’s timely performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

4.13                         No Broker’s Fee .  None of the Backstop Parties or their Affiliates is a party to any contract with any Person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering or the sale of the Remaining Shares.

 

4.14                         Independent Investigation.  (a) Each of the Backstop Parties has conducted its own independent investigation, review and analysis of the business, results of operations, prospects, condition (financial or otherwise) or assets of the Company Parties, and acknowledges that it has been provided adequate access to the personnel, properties, assets, premises, books and records, and other documents and data of the Company Parties for such purpose.

 

(b) Each of the Backstop Parties acknowledges and agrees that (i) none of the Company Parties, nor any other Person on behalf of the Company Parties has made any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to the Company Parties, or the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding the Company Parties furnished or made available to the Backstop Parties and its representatives, or any other matter related to the transactions contemplated herein, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, (ii) such Backstop Party has not relied on any representation or warranty from the Company Parties or any other Person on behalf of the Company Parties in determining to enter into this Agreement, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iii) none of the Company Parties or any other Person acting on behalf of the Company Parties shall have any liability to such Backstop Party or any other Person with respect to any projections, forecasts, estimates, plans or budgets of future revenue, expenses or expenditures, future results of operations, future cash flows or the future financial condition of the Company Parties or the future business, operations or affairs of the Company Parties, except as set forth in this Agreement.

 

5.                                       COVENANTS

 

5.1                                Conduct of Business .  Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Definitive Documents or with the prior written consent of the Required Backstop Parties (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and taking into account the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases), during the period from the date of this Agreement to the earlier of the Effective Date and

 

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the date on which this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, (a) the Company shall, and shall cause each of the other Company Parties to, carry on its business in the ordinary course and use its commercially reasonable efforts to: (i) preserve intact its current business and business organizations in all material respects, (ii) preserve its material relationships with customers, sales representatives, suppliers, licensors, licensees, distributors and others having material business dealings with any of the Company Parties in connection with their business, (iii) file or post Company Information within the time periods required under the Exchange Act, or reasonably promptly thereafter, in each case in accordance with ordinary course practices, (iv) maintain its physical assets, properties and facilities in all material respects in their current working order, condition and repair as of the date hereof, ordinary wear and tear excepted, (v) operate its businesses in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in all material respects, and (vi) maintain all insurance policies, or suitable replacements therefor, in full force and effect through the close of business on the Effective Date in all material respects, and (b) the Company shall not: (i) sell, license to any Person, transfer, assign, abandon, subject to a security interest, or allow to lapse or expire any material Intellectual Property (other than expiration of any issued or registered Intellectual Property at the end of its respective maximum statutory term), or (ii) enter into any transaction that is material to the Company Parties’ business other than (A) transactions in the ordinary course of business that are consistent with prior business practices of the Company Parties, and (B) transactions expressly contemplated by the RSA and the Plan.

 

For the avoidance of doubt and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following shall be deemed to occur outside of the ordinary course of business of the Company Parties and shall require the prior written consent of the Required Backstop Parties unless the same would otherwise be permissible under the RSA, the Plan or this Agreement (including the preceding clause (A) or (B)):

 

1.               material amendments of the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws;

2.               any new executive compensation or retention plans; or

3.               any executive bonuses or retention payments.

 

5.2                                Non-Disclosure of Holdings Information .  The Company shall not disclose publicly Schedule 1 to this Agreement or the holdings information of any Backstop Party as of the date hereof or any time hereafter; provided , that in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, on or after the Petition Date, the Company Parties may file this Agreement with the Bankruptcy Court and the SEC, but shall redact Schedule 1 and any holdings information of any Backstop Party set forth in Schedule 1 ; provided , further , that the Company shall be permitted to disclose in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, on or after the Petition Date, the aggregate principal amount of, and aggregate percentage of, the Senior Notes held by the Backstop Parties and Consenting Creditors, in each case, as a group.

 

5.3                                Use of Proceeds .  The Company will apply the proceeds from the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering for purposes identified in the Definitive Documents.

 

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to qualify the New Common Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement, at the Effective Date, under applicable securities and “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification).  The Company shall timely make all filings and reports relating to the offer and sale of the Remaining Shares issued hereunder required under applicable securities and “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United States following the Effective Date.  The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 5.4 .

 

5.5                                Senior Noteholder Rights Offering .  The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable in order to consummate and effectuate the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering in accordance with the Plan, the RSA, the Restructuring Term Sheet, the Definitive Documents and this Agreement.

 

5.6                                The New Common Shares .  Subject to the entry of the Confirmation Order and the occurrence of the Effective Date, the New Common Shares, when issued, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will be fully paid and non-assessable.  As of the Effective Date, the Company shall have the ability to issue sufficient New Common Shares to consummate the transaction contemplated under this Agreement, the RSA and the Plan.

 

5.7                                Backstop Notice .  The Company shall determine the aggregate amount of Remaining Shares and Purchase Price, if any, set forth in the Backstop Notice in good faith, and shall direct the Subscription Agent to provide such written backup relating to the calculation thereof as the Backstop Parties may reasonably request.

 

5.8                                Facilitation .  The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, and cause each of the other Company Parties to, and each Backstop Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, support and take all actions necessary or reasonably requested by the Required Backstop Parties to facilitate the Solicitation, the Rights Offerings and confirmation and consummation of the Plan within the timeframes contemplated by the RSA.

 

5.9                                Access to Information; Confidentiality .

 

5.9.1                      Subject to applicable Law and Section 5.9.2 , upon reasonable, prior written, notice prior to the Effective Date and for a reasonable business purpose, the Debtors shall afford the Backstop Parties and the Backstop Party Professionals upon request reasonable access, during normal business hours and without unreasonable disruption or interference with the business or operations of the Company Parties or any of their subsidiaries, to the Debtors’ properties, books, assets, Contracts and records and, prior to the Effective Date, the Debtors shall furnish promptly to such parties all reasonable information concerning the Debtors’ business, properties and personnel as may reasonably be requested by any such party; provided that the foregoing shall not require the Company (i) to permit any inspection, or to disclose any information, that in the reasonable judgment of the Company, would cause any of the Company Parties or any of

 

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their subsidiaries to violate any of their respective obligations with respect to confidentiality to a third-party, (ii) to disclose any legally privileged information of any of the Company Parties or any of their subsidiaries, (iii) to violate any applicable Law or (iv) to permit any invasive environmental sampling. All requests for information and access made in accordance with this Section 5.9 shall be directed to Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (“ Weil ”), Perella Weinberg Partners L.P. (“ Perella ”), Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Advisors LP (“ Tudor ”), or any other entity or person identified by any of them in writing; provided, however, that the Backstop Parties may initiate communications with the Company’s officers, directors or management with the advance written consent of Weil, Perella or Tudor.

 

5.9.2                      From and after the date hereof until the date that is one (1) year after the expiration of the Effective Date, each Backstop Party shall, and shall cause the Backstop Party Professionals to, (i) treat as confidential and not provide or disclose to any Person any documents or information that is, was or becomes known by such Backstop Party or Backstop Party Professional on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure to such Backstop Party or Backstop Party Professional, or is or was received or otherwise obtained by such Backstop Party or the Backstop Party Professionals pursuant to Section 5.9.1 or in connection with a request for approval pursuant to Section 5.1 (except that provision or disclosure may be made to any Backstop Party Professional of such Backstop Party who needs to know such information for purposes of this Agreement and who agrees to observe the terms of this Section 5.9.2 (and such Backstop Party will remain liable for any breach of such terms by any such Backstop Party Professional)), and (ii) not use such documents or information for any purpose other than in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the immediately preceding sentence shall not apply in respect of documents or information that (A) is now or subsequently becomes generally available to the public through no violation of this Section 5.9.2 , (B) becomes available to a Backstop Party or the Backstop Party Professionals on a non-confidential basis from a source other than any of the Company Parties, provided that such information was not furnished to such Backstop Party or Backstop Party Professional by a source known by it to be prohibited from disclosing such information by a contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation to the Company (including its advisors) or any other party with respect to such information, (C) becomes available to a Backstop Party or the Backstop Party Professionals through document production or discovery in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases or other judicial or administrative process, but subject to any confidentiality restrictions imposed by the Chapter 11 Cases or other such process, or (D) such Backstop Party or any Backstop Party Professionals thereof is required to disclose pursuant to applicable Law, rule, regulation, governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange requirements, or by legal, judicial, administrative or regulatory process or pursuant to applicable Law or applicable securities exchange rules; provided , that, such Backstop Party or such Backstop Party Professional shall provide the Company with prompt written notice of such legal compulsion and cooperate with the Company to obtain a protective order or

 

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similar remedy to cause such information or documents not to be disclosed, including interposing all available objections thereto, at the Company’s sole cost and expense; provided , further , that, in the event that such protective order or other similar remedy is not obtained, the disclosing party shall furnish only that portion of such information or documents that is legally required to be disclosed and shall exercise its commercially reasonable efforts (at the Company’s sole cost and expense) to obtain assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such disclosed information or documents. The provisions of this Section 5.9.2 shall not apply to any Consenting Creditor that is or becomes a party to a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement with the Company Parties, for so long as such agreement remains in full force and effect (including any amendments thereto).

 

5.10                         Regulatory Approvals .

 

5.10.1               Each Party agrees to use reasonable best efforts to make all filings and to obtain all consents, approvals and authorizations required to be obtained from any governmental authority, in each case in order to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and to make effective the Plan and the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering Documents, including (i) if applicable, filing, or causing to be filed, the Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice and the United States Federal Trade Commission and any filings (or, if required by any Antitrust Authority, any drafts thereof) under any other Antitrust Laws that are necessary to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable after the commencement of the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering (and with respect to any filings required pursuant to the HSR Act, if any, no later than five (5) Business Days following the date of the commencement of the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering) and (ii) promptly furnishing any documents or information reasonably requested by any Antitrust Authority.

 

5.10.2               The Company and each Backstop Party subject to an obligation pursuant to the Antitrust Laws to notify any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, the Plan or the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering Documents that has notified the Company in writing of such obligation (each such Backstop Party, a “ Filing Party ”) agree to reasonably cooperate with each other as to the appropriate time of filing such notification and its content. The Company and each Filing Party shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law: (i) promptly notify each other of, and if in writing, furnish each other with copies of (or, in the case of material oral communications, advise each other orally of) any material communications from or with an Antitrust Authority; (ii) not participate in any meeting with an Antitrust Authority unless it consults with each other Filing Party and the Company, as applicable, in advance and, to the extent permitted by the Antitrust Authority and applicable Law, give each other Filing Party and the Company, as applicable, a reasonable opportunity to attend and participate thereat; (iii) furnish each other Filing Party and the Company, as applicable, with copies of all material correspondence and communications between such Filing Party or the Company

 

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and the Antitrust Authority; (iv) furnish each other Filing Party with such necessary information and reasonable assistance as may be reasonably necessary in connection with the preparation of necessary filings or submission of information to the Antitrust Authority; and (v) not withdraw its filing, if any, under the HSR Act without the prior written consent of the Backstop Parties and the Company.

 

5.10.3               Should a Filing Party be subject to an obligation under the Antitrust Laws to jointly notify with one or more other Filing Parties (each, a “ Joint Filing Party ”) any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, the Plan or the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering Documents, such Joint Filing Party shall promptly notify each other Joint Filing Party of, and if in writing, furnish each other Joint Filing Party with copies of (or, in the case of material oral communications, advise each other Joint Filing Party orally of) any communications from or with an Antitrust Authority.

 

5.10.4               The Company and each Filing Party shall use their reasonable best efforts to obtain all authorizations, approvals, consents, or clearances under any applicable Antitrust Laws or to cause the termination or expiration of all applicable waiting periods under any Antitrust Laws in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement at the earliest possible date after the date of filing. The communications contemplated by this Section 5.10.4 may be made by the Company or a Filing Party on an outside counsel-only basis or subject to other agreed upon confidentiality safeguards.

 

6.                                       CONDITIONS TO THE BACKSTOP PARTIES’ CLOSING OBLIGATIONS

 

6.1                                Conditions to the Backstop Parties’ Closing Obligations .  The obligation of the Backstop Parties to consummate the Backstop Purchase shall be subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions on the Effective Date:

 

6.1.1                      Certain Documents . Each of the Exit Facility and the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering Documents is in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Backstop Parties.

 

6.1.2                      Agreements . The RSA and this Agreement shall not have been terminated.

 

6.1.3                      Antitrust Laws .  The expiration or termination of any waiting periods under the HSR Act or other Antitrust Laws, if applicable, with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

6.1.4                      Approval Order .  The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Approval Order in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Backstop Parties, and such order shall not be reversed, stayed, dismissed, vacated, reconsidered, modified or amended in any material respect (other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the RSA).

 

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6.1.5                      Confirmation Order . The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Confirmation Order in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Backstop Parties and such order shall not be reversed, stayed, dismissed, vacated, reconsidered, modified or amended in any material respect (other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the RSA).

 

6.1.6                      Plan . The Company and all of the other Company Parties shall have complied in all material respects with the terms of the Plan, once filed, that are to be performed by the Company, and the other Company Parties on or prior to the Effective Date and the conditions to the occurrence of the Effective Date (other than the consummation of the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering and the Backstop Purchase) set forth in the Plan shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

 

6.1.7                      Expense Reimbursement .  The Company shall have paid the Expense Reimbursement in full in cash, or such amount shall be paid concurrently with the Effective Date, in each case, to the extent invoiced in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

6.1.8                      Senior Noteholder Rights Offering .  The Senior Noteholder Rights Offering shall have been conducted in accordance with this Agreement and the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering Documents.

 

6.1.9                      Backstop Notice .  The Backstop Parties shall have received the Backstop Notice in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

6.1.10               Material Adverse Effect .  Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.1.11               Representations and Warranties .

 

(a)                                  The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 3.1 , Section 3.2 and Section 3.3 shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date after giving effect to the Plan with the same effect as if made on and as of the Effective Date after giving effect to the Plan (except for such representations and warranties made as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects only as of the specified date).

 

(b)                                  The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement other than those referred to in clauses (a) above shall be true and correct (disregarding all materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifiers) on and as of the Effective Date after giving effect to the Plan with the same effect as if made on and as of the Effective Date after giving effect to the Plan (except for such representations and warranties made as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct only as of the specified date), except where the failure to be so true and correct would not

 

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reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.1.12               Covenants .  The Company, on behalf of itself and the other Company Parties, shall have performed and complied, in all material respects, with all of its respective covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement that contemplate, by their terms, performance or compliance prior to the Effective Date.

 

6.1.13               Officer’s Certificate .  The Backstop Parties shall have received on and as of the Effective Date a certificate of the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the Company confirming that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1.10 and 6.1.11 and have been satisfied.

 

6.1.14               No Legal Impediment .  No Law or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental entity that prohibits the consummation of the Restructuring or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

6.2                                Conditions to the Company’s Closing Obligations .   The obligation of the Company to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions on the Effective Date:

 

6.2.1                      Confirmation Order . The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Confirmation Order in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Backstop Parties and such order shall not be reversed, stayed, dismissed, vacated, reconsidered, modified or amended in any material respect (other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the RSA).

 

6.2.2                      Plan .  The conditions to the occurrence of the Effective Date (other than the consummation of the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering and the Backstop Purchase) set forth in the Plan shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

 

6.2.3                      Representations and Warranties .  Each of the representations and warranties of each of the Backstop Parties, set forth in Section 4 hereof, shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Effective Date, except with respect to representations and warranties that expressly speak of an earlier date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date.

 

6.2.4                      Covenants .  Each of the Backstop Parties, on its own behalf and in its capacity as investment manager for its managed funds and accounts party hereto, shall have performed and complied, in all material respects, with all of its respective covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement that contemplate, by their terms, performance or compliance prior to the Effective Date.

 

6.2.5                      No Legal Impediment .  No Law or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental entity that prohibits the consummation of the Restructuring or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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6.2.6                      Antitrust Approval .  All terminations or expirations of waiting periods imposed by any governmental entity required under any Antitrust Laws, shall have occurred and other notifications, consents, authorizations and approvals required to be made or obtained from any governmental entity under any Antitrust Law shall have been made or obtained for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

6.2.7                      Proceeds of Rights Offering .  The Company shall have received each of the Backstop Party’s respective Funding Amounts in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

7.                                       INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

 

7.1                                Indemnification Obligations .  The Company and the other Company Parties (the “ Indemnifying Parties ” and each, an “ Indemnifying Party ”) shall, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Backstop Party and its Affiliates, equity holders, members, partners, general partners, managers and its and their respective representatives, attorneys, and controlling Persons (each, an “ Indemnified Person ”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and costs and expenses (other than taxes of the Backstop Parties except to the extent otherwise provided for in this Agreement) (collectively, “ Indemnified Losses ”) that any such Indemnified Person may incur or to which any such Indemnified Person may become subject arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, or any claim, challenge, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, regardless of whether any Indemnified Person is a party thereto, whether or not such proceedings are brought by the Company, the other Company Parties, their respective equity holders, Affiliates, creditors or any other Person, and reimburse each Indemnified Person upon demand for reasonable and documented out-of-pocket legal or other third-party expenses of counsel (which, so long as there are no actual conflicts of interests among such Indemnified Persons, shall be limited to one law firm serving as counsel for the Indemnified Persons) incurred in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending, or providing evidence in or preparing to serve or serving as a witness with respect to, any lawsuit, investigation, claim or other proceeding relating to any of the foregoing (including in connection with the enforcement of the indemnification obligations set forth herein), irrespective of whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan are consummated or whether or not this Agreement is terminated; provided , that the foregoing indemnity will not, as to any Indemnified Person, apply to Indemnified Losses (a) as to a Defaulting Backstop Party, its Affiliates or any Indemnified Person related thereto, caused by a default by such Defaulting Backstop Party (or Indemnified Persons related thereto) or any breach by any Backstop Party (or Indemnified Persons related thereto) under this Agreement, or (b) to the extent they are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to arise from the bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnified Person.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Indemnifying Parties will not be liable for, and no Indemnified Person shall claim or seek to recover, any punitive, special, indirect or consequential damages or damages for lost profits.

 

7.2                                Indemnification Procedure .  Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person of notice of the commencement of any indemnified claim, challenge, litigation, investigation or proceeding (an “ Indemnified Claim ”), such Indemnified Person will, if a claim is to be made

 

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hereunder against an Indemnifying Party in respect thereof, notify such Indemnifying Party in writing of the commencement thereof; provided , that (a) the omission to so notify the Indemnifying Party will not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability that it may have hereunder except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such failure and (b) the omission to so notify the Indemnifying Party will not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability that it may have to such Indemnified Person other than on account of this Section 7.2 or otherwise under this Agreement. In case any such Indemnified Claims are brought against any Indemnified Person and it notifies the Indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof, the Indemnifying Party will be entitled to participate therein, and, at its election by providing written notice to such Indemnified Person, the Indemnifying Party will be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably acceptable to such Indemnified Person; provided , that if the parties (including any impleaded parties) to any such Indemnified Claims include both such Indemnified Person and the Indemnifying Party and based on advice of such Indemnified Person’s counsel there are legal defenses available to such Indemnified Person that are different from or additional to those available to the Indemnifying Party, such Indemnified Person shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such Indemnified Claims. Upon receipt of notice from the Indemnifying Party to such Indemnified Person of its election to so assume the defense of such Indemnified Claims with counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Person, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to such Indemnified Person for expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with the defense thereof or participation therein (other than reasonable and documented costs of investigation) unless (a) such Indemnified Person shall have employed separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in connection with the assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel representing the Indemnified Persons who are parties to such Indemnified Claims (in addition to one local counsel in each jurisdiction in which local counsel is required)), (b) after the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of the Indemnified Claims, the Indemnified Person determines in good faith that the Indemnifying Party has failed or is failing to defend such claim and provides written notice of such determination and the basis for such determination, and such failure is not reasonably cured within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such notice, or (d) the Indemnifying Party shall have authorized in writing the employment of counsel for such Indemnified Person. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall have sole control over any tax controversy or tax audit and shall be permitted to settle any liability for taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

7.3                                Settlement of Indemnified Claims . In connection with any Indemnified Claim for which an Indemnified Person is assuming the defense in accordance with this Section 7.3 , the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement, compromise, or consent to the entry of any judgment of any Indemnified Claims effected by such Indemnified Person without the written consent of the Indemnifying Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).  If any settlement compromise, or consent to the entry of any judgment of any Indemnified Claims is consummated with the written consent of the Indemnifying Party or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such Indemnified Claims, the Indemnifying Party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any and all Indemnified Losses by reason of such settlement compromise, consent to the entry of any

 

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judgment or judgment to the extent such Indemnified Losses are otherwise subject to indemnification by the Indemnifying Party hereunder in accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, this Section 7.3 . The Indemnifying Party shall not, without the prior written consent of an Indemnified Person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), effect any settlement compromise, consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened Indemnified Claims in respect of which indemnity or contribution has been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person unless (a) such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on the claims that are the subject matter of such Indemnified Claims and (b) such settlement, compromise or consent does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

 

7.4                                Contribution .  If for any reason the foregoing indemnification is unavailable to any Indemnified Person or insufficient to hold it harmless from Indemnified Losses that are subject to indemnification pursuant to Section 7.1 , then the Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such loss in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and such Indemnified Person, on the other hand, but also the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and such Indemnified Person, on the other hand, as well as any relevant equitable considerations. It is hereby agreed that the relative benefits to the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and all Indemnified Persons, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (a) the total value received or proposed to be received by the Company pursuant to the issuance and sale of the unsubscribed New Common Shares in the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan bears to (b) the Backstop Commitment Premium paid or proposed to be paid to the Backstop Parties. The Indemnifying Parties also agree that no Indemnified Person shall have any liability based on their comparative or contributory negligence or otherwise to the Indemnifying Parties, any Person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of any of the Indemnifying Parties, or any other Person in connection with an Indemnified Claim.

 

7.5                                Treatment of Indemnification Payments .  All amounts paid by an Indemnifying Party to an Indemnified Person under this Article 7 shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, be treated as adjustments to the Purchase Price for all tax purposes. The provisions of this Article 7 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and without these provisions the Backstop Parties would not have entered into this Agreement. The Approval Order shall provide that the obligations of the Company under this Article 7 shall constitute allowed administrative expenses of the Debtors’ estate under sections 503(b) and 507 of the Bankruptcy Code and are payable without further order of the Bankruptcy Court, and that the Company may comply with the requirements of this Article 7 without further order of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

8.                                       MISCELLANEOUS

 

8.1                                Notice .  Any notice or other communication required or which may be given pursuant to this Agreement will be in writing and either delivered personally to the addressee or sent via electronic mail, courier, by certified mail, or registered mail (return receipt requested), and will be deemed given when so delivered personally or sent via electronic mail, or, if mailed, five (5) calendar days after the date of mailing, as follows:

 

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if to a Backstop Party, to the address or email address set forth in Schedule 1 hereto:

 

with a copy to:

 

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019

 

Attn.:

 

Andrew Rosenberg, Esq.

(arosenberg@paulweiss.com)

Robert Britton, Esq.

(rbritton@paulweiss.com)

John Weber, Esq.

(jweber@paulweiss.com)

 

if to the Company, to:

 

Denver, Colorado 80202

 

Attn.:                  David S. Elkouri
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
(delkouri@halconresources.com)

 

with copies to:

 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10153

 

Attn.:                  Gary Holtzer, Esq.
(Gary.Holtzer@weil.com)
Alfredo R. Pérez, Esq.
(Alfredo.Perez@weil.com)
Gavin Westerman, Esq.
(Gavin.Westerman@weil.com)
Lauren Tauro, Esq.
(Lauren.Tauro@weil.com)

 

8.2                                Assignment .  Except as described in this Section 8.2 , this Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each and all of the Parties, and neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder will be assigned by any of the Parties without the prior written consent of the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Backstop Party may assign its rights and obligations hereunder prior to the date upon which the Backstop Notice is delivered to the Backstop Parties, to (a) any other Consenting Creditor in a manner consistent with the terms of the RSA that agrees as part of such assignment to assume such Backstop Party’s Backstop Obligation, or (b) any

 

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Backstop Party or to any of its or their wholly-owned affiliates (and/or any affiliate that is wholly-owned by any of such Backstop Party’s wholly-owned affiliates); provided , that , in each case, any such assignment shall not release such Backstop Party from any of its obligations under this Agreement in the event that such assignee does not fulfill its obligations hereunder; provided , further , that (i) such assignee and the assigning Backstop Party shall have duly executed and delivered to the Company and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP a written notice of such assignment in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (a “ Notice of Assignment ”), and the Company shall have delivered countersigned copies of such notice to such assignee and the assigning Backstop Party and to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; and (ii) with respect to any assignee that is not a party to this Agreement, such assignee shall be required, by delivery of an executed agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit B hereto (a “ Joinder Agreement ”), to be bound by the obligations of such assignee’s assigning Backstop Party hereunder.  Upon the effectiveness of any assignment pursuant to this Section 8.2 , the Company shall update Schedule 1 hereto to reflect such assignment.

 

8.3                                Survival . Subject to Section 8.12 , (a) all representations and warranties made in this Agreement and the schedules attached hereto shall not survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and consummation of the Senior Noteholder Rights Offering and (b) covenants and agreements that by their terms are to be satisfied after the Effective Date, including, without limitation, the Expense Reimbursement set forth in Section 2.3.1 and the covenants set forth in Section 5.3 , shall survive the Effective Date until satisfied in accordance with their terms.

 

8.4                                Entire Agreement .  This Agreement, including the terms of the agreements contemplated hereby and referred to herein (including the RSA and Equity Rights Offering Documents (as defined in the RSA)) contain the entire agreement by and between the Company and the Backstop Parties with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and representations, written or oral, with respect thereto.  To the extent there is an inconsistency between the provisions in this Agreement and the agreements contemplated hereby and referred to herein, the provisions in this Agreement shall control. To the extent there is an inconsistency between the provisions in this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall control; provided , that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan (including any amendments, supplements or modifications thereto) or the Confirmation Order (and any amendments, supplements or modifications thereto) or an affirmative vote to accept the Plan submitted by any Backstop Party, nothing contained in the Plan (including any amendments, supplements or modifications thereto) or Confirmation Order (including any amendments, supplements or modifications thereto) shall alter, amend or modify the rights of the Backstop Parties under this Agreement unless such alteration, amendment or modification has been made in accordance with Section 8.5 .

 

8.5                                Waivers and Amendments .  This Agreement may be amended, modified or superseded, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement may be waived, only by a written instrument signed by the Company and the Backstop Parties who are holders of 66.67% of the aggregate issued and outstanding principal amount of Senior Notes held by all Backstop Parties (the “ Required Backstop Parties ”).  No delay on the part of any Party in

 

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exercising any right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement will operate as a waiver thereof.  No waiver on the part of any Party of any right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement, nor any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement, shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement.  The rights and remedies provided pursuant to this Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies which any Party otherwise may have at law or in equity.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no amendment that reduces or otherwise modifies the Backstop Commitment Premium, Purchase Price, or increases a Backstop Party’s Backstop Obligation or any other funding or financial obligation of any Backstop Party shall be effective against any Backstop Party without such Backstop Party’s prior written consent.

 

8.6                                Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue; Process .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any conflict of laws principles that would require the application of the Law of any other jurisdiction. Each Party hereby irrevocably submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in the Borough of Manhattan, for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each Party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases, all proceedings contemplated by this Section 8.6 shall be brought in the Bankruptcy Court.

 

8.7                                Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.  All such counterparts will be deemed an original, will be construed together and will constitute one and the same instrument.

 

8.8                                Headings .  The headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and will not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

8.9                                Severability .  In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein will not be in any way impaired thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties hereto will be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by Law.

 

8.10                         Termination .  This Agreement shall terminate:

 

8.10.1               automatically if the RSA is terminated pursuant to the terms thereof;

 

8.10.2               if the Parties mutually agree in writing to terminate this Agreement;

 

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8.10.3               at the Company’s election, by written notice to the Backstop Parties, in the event of a material breach of this Agreement by any Backstop Party or any Replacing Backstop Party that has prevented the satisfaction of any condition, or the Company’s or any Backstop Party’s performance of any of its obligations hereunder or under the RSA, if such violation or breach has not been waived by the Company or cured in all material respects by the applicable Backstop Party or Replacing Backstop Parties within ten (10) Business Days after written notice thereof from the Company ( provided , however , that the Company may not seek to terminate this Agreement based upon a material breach arising out of its own actions or omissions in breach hereof); or

 

8.10.4               at the Required Backstop Parties’ election, by written notice to the Company, in the event that a material breach of this Agreement by the Company has prevented the satisfaction of any condition to the effectiveness of the Plan, or the Company’s or any Backstop Party’s performance of any of its obligations hereunder or under the RSA, if such violation or breach has not been waived by the Required Backstop Parties or been cured in all material respects by the Company within ten (10) Business Days after written notice thereof from the Backstop Parties ( provided , however , that the Backstop Parties may not seek to terminate this Agreement based upon a material breach arising out of the actions or omissions of any Backstop Party in breach hereof);

 

8.11                         Breach .  Regardless of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.10 , each Party shall remain liable for any breaches of this Agreement prior to its termination.

 

8.12                         Effect of Termination .

 

8.12.1               Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.10 , this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no further obligations or liabilities on the part of the parties hereto; provided , that (a) the obligation of the Company to pay the Expense Reimbursement pursuant to Section 2.3 and to pay the Backstop Commitment Premium if payable pursuant to Sections 2.2.3 and/or 8.12.2 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall remain in full force and effect until such obligation has been satisfied (except as otherwise set forth herein), (b) the provisions set forth in this Section 8.12 , Section 8.13 , Section 8.14 , Section 8.15 , Section 8.17 , Section 8.18 , Section 8.19 and Section 8.20 shall survive the termination of this Agreement in accordance with their terms and (c) subject to Section 8.14 , nothing in this Section 8.12 shall relieve any Party from liability for its intentional fraud or any willful or intentional breach of this Agreement occurring prior to the date of termination of this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, “willful or intentional breach” means a breach of this Agreement that is a consequence of an intentional act undertaken by the breaching party with the knowledge that the taking of such act would, or would reasonably be expected to, cause a breach of this Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, the failure to timely pay the Purchase Price by any of the Backstop Parties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (and subject to the applicable cure

 

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period set forth in Section 8.10.3 ) shall constitute a willful breach of this Agreement.

 

8.12.2               If this Agreement is terminated by the Required Backstop Parties under Section 8.10.4 , the Company shall, promptly after the date of such termination, pay the Backstop Commitment Premium; provided that such fee is payable pursuant to Section 2.2.3 , entirely in cash to each Backstop Party or its designee(s). The Backstop Commitment Premium shall (to the extent payable in cash hereunder) pursuant to an Approval Order, constitute allowed administrative expenses of the Debtors’ estates under sections 503(b) and 507 of the Bankruptcy Code and shall be payable by the Debtors as provided in this Agreement without further order of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

8.13                         Waiver of Jury Trial .  EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICALBE LAW ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE.

 

8.14                         Damages .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Party will be liable for, and no Party shall claim or seek to recover, any punitive, special, indirect or consequential damages or damages for lost profits.

 

8.15                         Specific Performance .  The Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions without the necessity of posting a bond to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.  Unless otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement, no right or remedy described or provided in this Agreement is intended to be exclusive or to preclude a Party from pursuing other rights and remedies to the extent available under this Agreement, at law or in equity.

 

8.16                         No Reliance .  No Backstop Party or any of its Affiliates shall have any duties or obligations to the other Backstop Parties in respect of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby, the Definitive Documents or the Restructuring, except those expressly set forth herein.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Backstop Party or any of its Affiliates shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties to the other Backstop Parties, (b) no Backstop Party or any of its Affiliates shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers on behalf of any other Backstop Party, (c) no Backstop Party or any of its Affiliates shall have any duty to the other Backstop Parties to obtain, through the exercise of diligence or otherwise, to investigate, confirm, or disclose to the other Backstop Parties any information relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates that may have been

 

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communicated to or obtained by such Backstop Party or any of its Affiliates in any capacity, (d) no Backstop Party may rely, and each Backstop Party confirms that it has not relied, on any due diligence investigation that any other Backstop Party or any Person acting on behalf of such other Backstop Party may have conducted with respect to the Company or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective securities, and (e) each Backstop Party acknowledges that no other Backstop Party is acting as a placement agent, initial purchaser, underwriter, broker or finder with respect to its Backstop Obligation.

 

8.17                         Publicity .  Except as required by Law, at all times prior to the Effective Date or the earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company and the Backstop Parties shall consult with each other prior to issuing any press releases (and provide each other a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon such release) or otherwise making public announcements with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  No Party may identify or use the name of any Backstop Party in connection with any press release or other public announcement related to this Agreement without the prior written consent of such Backstop Party.

 

8.18                         Settlement Discussions .  This Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein are part of a proposed settlement of a dispute between the Parties.  Nothing herein shall be deemed an admission of any kind.  Pursuant to section 408 of the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence and any applicable state rules of evidence, this Agreement and all negotiations relating thereto shall not be admissible into evidence in any Legal Proceeding (other than a legal proceeding to approve or enforce the terms of this Agreement).

 

8.19                         No Recourse .  Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement, and notwithstanding the fact that certain of the Parties may be partnerships or limited liability companies, each Party covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no recourse under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement shall be had against any Affiliates of any Party other than the parties to this Agreement and each of their respective successors and permitted assignees under this Agreement, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any applicable Law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any of the Affiliates of any Party, as such, for any obligation or liability of any Party or any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or liabilities or their creation; provided , however , that nothing in this Section 8.19 shall relieve or otherwise limit the liability of any Party or any of their respective successors or permitted assigns for any breach or violation of its obligations under this Agreement or such other documents or instruments.  For the avoidance of doubt, none of the parties hereto will have any recourse, be entitled to commence any proceeding or make any claim under this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby except against any of the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns, as applicable.

 

8.20                         Other Interpretive Matters .  Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, for purposes of this Agreement, the following rules of interpretation shall apply: (a) when calculating

 

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the period of time before which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded and, if the last day of such period is a non-Business Day, the period in question shall end on the next succeeding Business Day; (b) any reference in this Agreement to “$” or “dollars” shall mean U.S. dollars; (c) all exhibits and schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein and any capitalized terms used in any such exhibit or schedule but not otherwise defined therein shall be defined as set forth in this Agreement; (d) words imparting the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa; (e) words such as “herein,” “hereinafter,” “hereof,” and “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole and not merely to a subdivision in which such words appear unless the context otherwise requires; (f) the word “including” or any variation thereof means “including, without limitation” and shall not be construed to limit any general statement that it follows to the specific or similar items or matters immediately following it; (g) the division of this Agreement into Sections and other subdivisions are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect or be utilized in construing or interpreting this Agreement; and (h) all references in this Agreement to any “Section” are to the corresponding Section of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.  The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as jointly drafted by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

 

[ Signature pages follow ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers, solely in their respective capacity as officers of the undersigned and not in any other capacity, as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

 

HALCÓN RESOURCES CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard Little

 

 

Name: Richard Little

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

BLUE FALCON LIMITED

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

CITY OF PHOENIX EMPLOYEES’

 

RETIREMENT PLAN

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

NORTHROP GRUMMAN PENSION

 

MASTER TRUST

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

GOLDMAN SACHS TRUST II -

 

GOLDMAN SACHS MULTI-

 

MANAGER NON-CORE FIXED

 

INCOME FUND

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF

 

INVESTMENT

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

FCA CANADA INC. ELECTED

 

MASTER TRUST

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

FCA US LLC MASTER RETIREMENT

 

TRUST

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

JPMORGAN FUNDS - MULTI-

 

MANAGER ALTERNATIVES FUND

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY

 

EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT

 

ASSOCIATION

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

MEDIOLANUM BEST BRANDS

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

NEW YORK CITY FIRE

 

DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND,

 

SUBCHAPTER TWO

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

NEW YORK CITY POLICE PENSION

 

FUND, SUBCHAPTER 2

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM

 

OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

U.S. HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

SEI GLOBAL MASTER FUND PLC
THE SEI HIGH YIELD FIXED
INCOME FUND

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as
Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

SEI INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENTS
TRUST-HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as
Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

SEI INSTITUTIONAL MANAGED
TRUST-HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as
Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

GIC PRIVATE LIMITED

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

ST. JAMES’S PLACE DIVERSIFIED
BOND UNIT TRUST

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as
Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

SAS TRUSTEE CORPORATION

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

TCORPIM HIGH YIELD FUND

 

By Brigade Capital Management, LP as

 

Investment Manager

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Name: Patrick Criscillo

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

LION POINT MASTER, LP

 

By: Lion Point Capital GP, LLC, its general partner

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James Murphy

 

 

Name: James Murphy

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

LUMINUS ENERGY PARTNERS

 

MASTER FUND, LTD

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Shawn R. Singh

 

 

Name: Shawn R. Singh

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

 

OAKTREE OPPORTUNITIES FUND X

 

HOLDINGS (DELAWARE), L.P.

 

 

 

By: Oaktree Fund GP, LLC

 

Its: General Partner

 

 

 

By: Oaktree Fund GP I, L.P.

 

Its: Managing Member

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Allen Li

 

 

Name: Allen Li

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Emily Stephens

 

 

Name: Emily Stephens

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

OAKTREE OPPS XB HOLDCO LTD.

 

 

 

By: Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

 

Its: Director

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Allen Li

 

 

Name: Allen Li

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Emily Stephens

 

 

Name: Emily Stephens

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

OAKTREE OPPORTUNITIES FUND XB

 

HOLDINGS (DELAWARE), L.P.

 

 

 

By: Oaktree Fund GP, LLC

 

Its: General Partner

 

 

 

By: Oaktree Fund GP I, L.P.

 

Its: Managing Member

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Allen Li

 

 

Name: Allen Li

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Emily Stephens

 

 

Name: Emily Stephens

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

OAKTREE VALUE OPPORTUNITIES FUND

 

HOLDINGS, L.P.

 

 

 

By: Oaktree Value Opportunities Fund GP, L.P.

 

Its: General Partner

 

 

 

By: Oaktree Value Opportunities Fund GP Ltd.

 

Its: General Partner

 

 

 

By: Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

 

Its: Director

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Allen Li

 

 

Name: Allen Li

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Emily Stephens

 

 

Name: Emily Stephens

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

GEN IV INVESTMENT

 

OPPORTUNITIES, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul Segal

 

 

Name: Paul Segal

 

 

Title: President

 

[ Signature page to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


 

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

Backstop Parties

 

Backstop Party

 

Backstop
Commitment

 

Backstop
Percentage

 

Face Amount of
Senior Notes Held

 

Address

 

[On file with the Company]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total:

 

$

150,150,000

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 


 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Notice of Assignment

 

Halcón Resources Corporation

1801 California Street, Suite 3500

Denver, Colorado 80202

Attn.:                  David S. Elkouri
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
(delkouri@halconresources.com)

 

with copies to :

 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10153

Attn.:                  Gary Holtzer, Esq.
(Gary.Holtzer@weil.com)
Alfredo R. Perez, Esq.
(Alfredo.Perez@weil.com)
Lauren Tauro, Esq.
(Lauren.Tauro@weil.com)

 

[            ]

[Address]

Attn.: [   ]

Email address: [     ]

 

Re:                              Transfer Notice Under Backstop Agreement

 

Reference is hereby made to that certain Backstop Commitment Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2019, (the “ Backstop Commitment Agreement ”), by and among the Company and the Backstop Parties. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Backstop Commitment Agreement.

 

The purpose of this notice (“ Notice ”) is to advise you, pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Backstop Commitment Agreement, of the proposed transfer by [ · ] (the “ Transferor ”) to [ · ] (the “ Transferee ”) of the Backstop Commitment representing [ · ]% of the aggregate Backstop Commitments as of the date hereof, which represents $[ · ] of the Transferor’s Backstop Commitment (or [ · ]% of the aggregate Backstop Commitments). [If applicable: The Transferee represents to the Company and the Transferor that it is a Backstop Party under the Backstop Commitment Agreement.]

 

By signing this Notice below, Transferee represents to the Company and the Transferor that it will execute and deliver a joinder to the Backstop Agreement.

 


 

This Notice shall serve as a transfer notice in accordance with the terms of the Backstop Commitment Agreement. Please acknowledge receipt of this Notice delivered in accordance with Section 8.2 by returning a countersigned copy of this Notice to counsel to the Backstop Parties via the contact information set forth above.

 


 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Joinder Agreement

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

This Joinder Agreement (the “ Joinder Agreement ”) to the Backstop Commitment Agreement dated as of August 2, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Backstop Commitment Agreement ”), among the Company and the Backstop Parties is executed and delivered by the undersigned (the “ Joining Party ”) as of                      , 2019 (the “ Joinder Date ”).  Each capitalized term used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Backstop Commitment Agreement.

 

Agreement to be Bound .  The Joining Party hereby agrees to be bound by all of the terms of the Backstop Commitment Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Joinder Agreement as Annex 1 (as the same has been or may be hereafter amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof).  The Joining Party shall hereafter be deemed to be a “Backstop Party” for all purposes under the Backstop Commitment Agreement.

 

Representations and Warranties .  The Joining Party hereby severally and not jointly makes the representations and warranties of the Backstop Parties as set forth in Section 4 of the Backstop Commitment Agreement to the Company as of the date hereof.

 

Governing Law .  This Joinder Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York, but without giving effect to applicable principals of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the Law of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.

 

[ Signature pages to follow ]

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Joining Party has caused this Joinder to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

[JOINING PARTY]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

[ Signature Page to Joinder Agreement to Backstop Commitment Agreement ]

 


Exhibit 10.3

 

BMO HARRIS BANK N.A.

700 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 2100

HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002

 

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.

3 TIMES SQUARE

NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036

 

August 2, 2019

 

Halcón Resources Corporation

1000 Louisiana St., Suite 1500

Houston, TX 77002

Attention:  Richard Little, PE, Chief Executive Officer

 

$750.0 Million Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility

Commitment Letter

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

BMO Harris Bank N.A. (“ BMO Bank ”) and BMO Capital Markets (“ BMOCM ” and, together with BMO Bank, the “ Commitment Party ”, “ BMO ”, “ we ” or “ us ”) understand that Halcón Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ you ” or the “ Borrower ”), and certain of your subsidiaries (together with the Borrower, the “ Debtors ”) are considering filing voluntary petitions to commence cases (the “ Chapter 11 Cases ”) under title 11 of the United States Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “ Bankruptcy Court ”) in order to implement a restructuring of the Debtors pursuant to a prepackaged plan of reorganization contemplated by the plan of reorganization substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Chapter 11 Plan ” and the foregoing collectively, the “ Transactions ”).

 

In connection therewith, the Borrower has requested that (a) we structure, arrange and syndicate a $750.0 million senior secured reserve-based revolving credit facility (the “ Credit Facility ”) with an initial borrowing base of $275.0 million (the “ Initial Borrowing Base ”), (b) BMO Bank serve as sole administrative agent and (c) BMO Bank commit to provide a portion of the Credit Facility as set forth herein.

 

1.               Commitments

 

BMO Bank is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide 100% of the Initial Borrowing Base under the Credit Facility (BMO Bank, in such capacity, the “ Initial Lender ”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this letter and Exhibits B and C attached hereto (this letter, together with Exhibits A , B and C attached hereto, the “ Commitment Letter ”). Capitalized terms used in this letter but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Exhibits attached hereto.

 


 

2.               Titles and Roles

 

It is agreed that (a) BMOCM will act as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner for the Credit Facility (acting in such capacities, the “ Lead Arranger ”) and (b) BMO Bank will act as sole administrative agent for the Credit Facility.

 

It is further agreed that BMO will have “left” and “highest” placement in any and all marketing materials or other documentation used in connection with the Credit Facility and shall hold the leading role and responsibilities conventionally associated with such placement, including maintaining the sole physical books for the Credit Facility. You agree that no other agents, co-agents, arrangers, co-arrangers, bookrunners, co-bookrunners, managers or co-managers will be appointed, no other titles will be awarded and no compensation (other than that expressly contemplated by this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters referred to below) will be paid in connection with the Credit Facility unless you and we shall so agree (it being understood and agreed that no other agent, co-agent, arranger, co-arranger, bookrunner, co-bookrunner, manager or co-manager shall be entitled to greater economics in respect of the Credit Facility than BMO).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, BMO shall have the right, subject to your consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), to award titles to other financial institutions as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (each, an “ Additional Arranger ” and, together with the Lead Arranger, the “ Arrangers ”) who are (or whose respective lending affiliates are, as applicable) Lenders (each, an “ Additional Initial Lender ”) that provide (or whose affiliates provide) commitments in respect of the Credit Facility (it being agreed that (a) each of the parties hereto shall, upon request of you or the Lead Arranger, execute an amendment (or amendment and restatement) or joinder to this Commitment Letter to reflect the commitments of any such financial institutions, pursuant to which each such Additional Initial Lender will assume a portion of the commitments with respect to the Initial Borrowing Base under the Credit Facility, and upon such execution the commitments of BMO Bank in respect to the Initial Borrowing Base under the Credit Facility will be permanently reduced on a dollar for dollar basis by the amount of the commitments to the Initial Borrowing Base of such Additional Initial Lender and (b) no such other Additional Arranger or Additional Initial Lender will have rights in respect of the management of the syndication of the Credit Facility (including, without limitation, in respect of “market flex” rights under the Arranger Fee Letter, over which BMO will have sole control)).

 

3.               Syndication; Information

 

BMOCM, as Lead Arranger, intends to syndicate the Credit Facility (including, in our discretion, all or part of BMO Bank’s commitments hereunder) to a group of banks, financial institutions and other commercial bank lenders identified by us in consultation with you, and subject to your consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) (together with the Initial Lender and any Additional Initial Lender, the “Lenders”).  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Commitment Letter to the contrary, (a) the Initial Lender and any Additional Initial Lender shall not be relieved or novated from their respective obligations hereunder (including their respective obligations to fund the Credit Facility on the Closing Date) in connection with any syndication, assignment or participation of the Credit Facility, including their respective commitments in respect thereof, until after the initial funding of the Credit Facility on the Closing Date, (b) no assignment or novation shall become effective with respect to all or any portion of the Initial Lender’s or Additional Initial Lender’s commitments in respect of the Credit Facility until after the initial funding of the Credit Facility on the Closing Date (except in respect of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), upon execution and delivery of an amendment (or amendment and restatement) or joinder to this Commitment Letter to reflect the appointment of any financial institution as an Additional Agent or Additional Initial Lender as described in Section 2 above) and (c) unless you and we agree in writing, the Initial Lender and each Additional Initial Lender shall retain exclusive control over all rights and obligations with respect to their respective commitments in respect of the Credit

 

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Facility, including all rights with respect to consents, modifications, supplements and amendments, until the Closing Date has occurred.

 

The Lead Arranger intends to commence syndication efforts promptly upon the execution of this Commitment Letter, and you agree actively to assist the Lead Arranger in completing a syndication satisfactory to us and you. Such assistance shall include, but not be limited to, until the earlier to occur of (i) a Successful Syndication (as defined in the Upfront Fee Letter) and (ii) forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date (such earlier date, the “ Syndication Date ”), (a) your using commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the syndication efforts benefit from your and your affiliates’ existing lending relationships, (b) direct contact between your senior management and advisors and the proposed Lenders at times and locations to be mutually agreed upon, (c) your preparing and providing to the Lead Arranger a customary confidential information memoranda and other customary marketing materials (including, without limitation, lender slides and/or other marketing materials to be used in connection with the syndication) with respect to you and your properties, including financial information and Projections (as defined below), as the Lead Arranger may reasonably request in connection with the arrangement and syndication of the Credit Facility (all such information, memoranda and material, “Information Materials”) and (d) your hosting, with the Lead Arranger, of one or more meetings with prospective Lenders at such times and locations to be mutually agreed upon. You hereby authorize the Lead Arranger to download copies of the Borrower’s trademark logos from its website and post copies thereof on the SyndTrak site or similar workspace established by the Lead Arranger to syndicate the Credit Facility and use the logos on any confidential information memoranda, presentations and other marketing materials prepared in connection with the syndication of the Credit Facility or in any advertisements (to which you consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) that we may place after the closing of the Credit Facility in financial and other newspapers, journals, the World Wide Web, home page or otherwise, at our own expense describing our services to the Borrower hereunder. You also understand and acknowledge that we may provide to market data collectors, such as league table or other service providers to the lending industry, information regarding the closing date, size, type, purpose of, and parties to, the Credit Facility.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Commitment Letter or any Fee Letter or any other letter agreement or undertaking concerning the financing of the Transactions, without limiting your obligations to assist with syndication efforts as set forth above, none of the commencement or completion of syndication of the Credit Facility, the completion of a confidential information memorandum or other marketing materials, or compliance with any other provision set forth in this Commitment Letter (other than the conditions described in Section 5 of this Commitment Letter) shall constitute a condition to the commitments hereunder or to the funding of the Credit Facility on the Closing Date.

 

The Lead Arranger will manage all aspects of the syndication in consultation with you, including decisions as to (a) the selection of institutions to be approached (subject to your consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and when they will be approached, (b) when commitments will be accepted, (c) which institutions will participate (subject to your consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (d) the allocation of the commitments among the Lenders and (e) the amount and distribution of fees among the Lenders. You hereby acknowledge and agree that the Lead Arranger will have no responsibility other than to arrange the syndication of the commitments as set forth herein and to perform the other obligations to be performed by the Lead Arranger as set forth herein, and the Lead Arranger is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to you with respect to the arrangement of the Credit Facility (including in connection with determining the terms of the Credit Facility) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Borrower or any other person. In consideration of the Commitment Party’s commitments and other agreements hereunder, effective upon your acceptance of this Commitment Letter

 

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and continuing until the earlier of the Syndication Date and the termination of this Commitment Letter, you will ensure that there will be no competing arrangement, offering, placement, or syndication of any other debt financing similar to, or as a replacement of, all or any portion of the Credit Facility, excluding with respect to amendments, waivers and other similar agreements to the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined in Exhibit B ) prior to the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases or with respect to the DIP Facility (as defined in Exhibit B ) (it being agreed that deferred purchase obligations, intercompany debt, capital leases, purchase money financings and equipment financings are not restricted by the foregoing).

 

You hereby represent and warrant that (a) all written information (including all Information Materials), other than financial projections and other forward-looking information (collectively, the “ Projections ”), information of a general economic or general industry nature (such non-excluded items, the “ Information ”), that has been or will be made available to us by you or any of your representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, when taken as a whole, does not or will not, when furnished to us, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made (giving effect to all supplements thereto) and (b) the Projections that have been or will be made available to us by you or any of your representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby have been or will be prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by you to be reasonable at the time furnished to us (it being recognized by the Commitment Party that such Projections are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such Projections may differ from the projected results, and such differences may be material). You agree that if, at any time prior to the Closing Date, you become aware that any of the representations and warranties in the preceding sentence would be incorrect if such Information or Projections were furnished at such time and such representations were remade, in any material respect, then you will promptly supplement the Information and the Projections so that such representations when remade would be correct, in all material respects, under those circumstances. You understand that in arranging and syndicating the Credit Facility, the Commitment Party may use and rely on the Information and Projections without independent verification thereof.

 

If requested, you also will assist us in preparing an additional version of the Information Materials (the “ Public-Side Version ”) to be used by prospective Lenders’ public-side employees and representatives (“ Public-Siders ”) who do not wish to receive material non-public information (within the meaning of United States federal securities laws) with respect to the Borrower, its affiliates and any of their respective securities (“ MNPI ”) and who may be engaged in investment and other market related activities with respect to the Borrower’s or its affiliates’ securities or loans.  Before distribution of any Information Materials, you agree to execute and deliver to us (a) a customary letter in which you authorize distribution of the Information Materials to a prospective Lender’s employees willing to receive MNPI (“ Private-Siders ”) and (b) a separate customary letter in which you authorize distribution of the Public-Side Version to Public-Siders and represent that either (i) no MNPI is contained therein or (ii) neither the Borrower, nor any of its controlling or controlled entities has any debt or equity securities issued pursuant to a public offering or Rule 144A private placement and agree that if the Borrower, or any of its controlling or controlled entities is the issuer of any debt or equity securities issued pursuant to a public offering or Rule 144A private placement thereafter, you will publicly disclose any information contained in the Information Materials delivered to Public-Siders that constitutes MNPI at such time and, in the case of both clauses (a) and (b), exculpating us and our affiliates and the Borrower and its affiliates from any liability related to the use of the contents of the Information Materials by the recipients thereof. You also acknowledge that the Lead Arranger Public-Siders consisting of publishing debt analysts may participate in any meetings or telephone conference calls held pursuant to clause (d) of the second preceding paragraph; provided that such analysts shall not publish any information obtained from such meetings or calls (A) until the syndication of the Credit Facility has been completed upon the making of

 

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allocations by BMOCM freeing the Credit Facility to trade or (B) in violation of any confidentiality agreement between you and the BMO.

 

The Borrower agrees that the following documents may be distributed to both Private-Siders and Public-Siders, unless the Borrower advises BMO in writing (including by email) within a reasonable time prior to their intended distribution that such materials should only be distributed to Private-Siders: (a) administrative materials prepared by BMO for prospective Lenders (such as a lender meeting invitation, bank allocation, if any, and funding and closing memoranda), (b) notification of changes in the Credit Facility’s terms and (c) drafts and final versions of the Loan Documents and administrative materials prepared by the Commitment Party for prospective Lenders (such as lender meeting invitations, allocations and funding and closing memoranda).  If you advise us that any of the foregoing should be distributed only to Private-Siders, then Public-Siders will not receive such materials without further discussions with you.

 

4.               Fees

 

As consideration for the commitment and agreements of the Commitment Party hereunder and the Lead Arranger’s agreements to perform the services described herein, you agree to pay or cause to be paid the nonrefundable fees described in the Arranger Fee Letter and Upfront Fee Letter, each dated as of the date hereof and delivered herewith (collectively, the “ Fee Letters ”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein.

 

All fees payable hereunder and under the Fee Letters shall be paid in immediately available funds in U.S. Dollars and shall not be subject to reduction by way of withholding, setoff or counterclaim or be otherwise affected by any claim or dispute related to any other matter. In addition, all fees payable hereunder shall be paid without deduction for any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any national, state or local taxing authority, or will be grossed up by you for such amounts.

 

5.               Conditions

 

BMO Bank’s commitment hereunder and the Lead Arranger’s agreements to perform the services described herein are subject only to the conditions set forth in this Section 5 , in Exhibit B under the heading “CERTAIN CONDITIONS — Initial Conditions” and in Exhibit C .  It being understood that there are no conditions (implied or otherwise) to the commitments hereunder, including compliance with the terms of this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letters and the Loan Documents other than those expressly stated in this Section 5 .

 

6.               Indemnification and Expenses

 

You agree (a) to indemnify and hold harmless the Commitment Party, the Lead Arranger and any other arrangers or agents in respect of the Credit Facility appointed pursuant to the Commitment Letter, their affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, advisors, agents and other representatives (each, an “ indemnified person ”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities to which any such indemnified person may become subject arising out of or in connection with this Commitment Letter, the Chapter 11 Cases, the Fee Letters, the Credit Facility, the use of the proceeds thereof or the Transactions (or any related transaction) or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding (a “ Proceeding ”) relating to any of the foregoing, regardless of whether any indemnified person is a party thereto, whether or not such Proceedings are brought by you, your equity holders, affiliates, creditors or any other person, and to reimburse each indemnified person upon written demand with customary backup documentation for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket legal or other

 

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documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any of the foregoing (limited, in the case of counsel, to the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of a single counsel to the indemnified persons, including (if necessary) one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and one regulatory counsel to all such indemnified persons, taken as a whole, and, solely in the event of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel (and, if necessary, one regulatory counsel and one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction) to each group of similarly situated affected indemnified persons), provided that the foregoing indemnity will not, as to any indemnified person, apply (i) to losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses to the extent they are found by a final, nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to arise from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such indemnified person or its control affiliates, directors, officers or employees, advisors or agents (collectively, the “ Related Parties ”), (ii) to losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses to the extent they are found by a final, nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to arise from a material breach in bad faith of the funding obligations of such indemnified person or any control affiliate of such indemnified person under this Commitment Letter or (iii) to the extent arising from any dispute solely among indemnified persons (other than a Proceeding against any indemnified person in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as Lead Arranger, administrative agent, bookrunner, lender or any other similar role in connection with this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letters, the Credit Facility or the use of the proceeds thereof) not arising out of any act or omission on the part of you or your affiliates and (b) regardless of whether the Closing Date occurs, to reimburse the Commitment Party and its affiliates for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, due diligence expenses, syndication expenses, consultant’s fees and expenses, travel expenses, and fees, charges, expenses and disbursements of counsel) incurred in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, the Credit Facility and any related documentation (including this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letters and the definitive financing documentation in connection with the Credit Facility) or the administration, amendment, modification or waiver thereof (limited, in the case of counsel, to the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of a single counsel to the Commitment Party and its affiliates, including (if necessary) one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and one regulatory counsel to all such persons, taken as a whole, and, solely in the event of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel (and, if necessary, one regulatory counsel and one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction) to each group of similarly situated affected persons).  You further agree to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of each Commitment Party and its affiliates (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred in connection with the enforcement of any of its rights and remedies hereunder.

 

It is further agreed that the Commitment Party shall only have liability to you (as opposed to any other person) and that the Commitment Party shall be liable solely in respect of its own commitment to the Credit Facility on a several, and not joint, basis with any other party committing to the Credit Facility. No indemnified person shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of Information or other materials obtained through electronic, telecommunications or other information transmission systems, except to the extent any such damages are found by a final, nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to arise from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such indemnified person. None of the indemnified persons or you or any of your or their respective Related Parties of the foregoing shall be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages in connection with this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letters, the Credit Facility or the transactions contemplated hereby, provided that nothing contained in this sentence shall limit your indemnity obligations to the extent set forth in this Section 6 .

 

You shall not, without the prior written consent of an indemnified person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceedings in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified person unless (a) such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified person in form and

 

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substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceedings and (b) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified person or any injunctive relief or other non-monetary remedy.  You acknowledge that any failure to comply with your obligations under the preceding sentence may cause irreparable harm to the indemnified persons.

 

On and after the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, the expense reimbursements and indemnification provisions of this Commitment Letter shall constitute administrative expenses under Sections 503(b)(1) and 507(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code in the Chapter 11 Cases without the need to file any motion (other than any motion as may be necessary to obtain the approvals of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters), application or proof of claim and notwithstanding any administrative claims bar date, and shall be immediately payable in accordance with the terms hereof without further notice or order of the Bankruptcy Court.

 

7.               Sharing of Information, Affiliate Activities

 

BMO may employ the services of its affiliates in providing certain services hereunder and, in connection with the provision of such services, may exchange with such affiliates information concerning you and the other companies that may be the subject of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter, and, to the extent so employed, such affiliates shall be entitled to the benefits, and be subject to the obligations, of BMO hereunder.  BMO shall be responsible for its affiliates’ failure to comply with such obligations under this Commitment Letter.

 

You acknowledge that the Commitment Party and its affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services) to other companies in respect of which you may have conflicting interests regarding the transactions described herein and otherwise. The Commitment Party will not use confidential information obtained from you by virtue of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter or its other relationships with you in connection with the performance by the Commitment Party of services for other companies, and the Commitment Party will not furnish any such information to other companies. You also acknowledge that the Commitment Party has no obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter, or to furnish to you, confidential information obtained from other companies.

 

You further acknowledge that the Commitment Party is a full service securities and banking firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities as well as providing investment banking and other financial services. In the ordinary course of business, the Commitment Party and/or its affiliates may provide investment banking and other financial services to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for its own accounts and the accounts of customers, equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other obligations) of, you and other companies with which you may have commercial or other relationships. With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so held by the Commitment Party, its affiliates or any of its respective customers, all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including any voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole discretion.

 

8.               Confidentiality

 

This Commitment Letter is delivered to you on the understanding that neither this Commitment Letter nor any Fee Letter nor any of their terms or substance shall be disclosed by you, directly or indirectly, to any other person, except (a) to you and your officers, directors, employees, affiliates, members, partners, stockholders, attorneys, accountants, agents and advisors, in each case on a confidential and need-to-know basis, (b) in any legal, judicial or administrative proceeding or as

 

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otherwise required by law or regulation or as requested by a governmental or regulatory authority (in which case you agree, to the extent permitted by law, to inform us promptly in advance thereof), in each case excluding disclosure in the context of the Chapter 11 Cases, which shall be governed by the last sentence of this paragraph, (c) if the Commitment Party consents in writing to such proposed disclosure, (d) in connection with the enforcement of your rights hereunder or under the Fee Letter and (e) this Commitment Letter and the existence and contents hereof (but not the Fee Letters or the contents thereof other than the existence thereof and the contents thereof as part of projections, pro forma information and a generic disclosure of aggregate sources and uses to the extent customary in marketing materials and other required filings) may be disclosed (i) in connection with the arrangement or syndication of the Credit Facility or in connection with any public filing, (ii) to the Ad Hoc Noteholder Group (as defined in the Restructuring Support Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ RSA ”)) and (iii) after the execution of the RSA, in connection with the Solicitation (as defined in the RSA) of any holder of Senior Notes (as defined in the RSA). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, you shall be permitted to file the Fee Letters with the Bankruptcy Court under seal in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to BMO or in a redacted manner in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to BMO and provide an unredacted copy of the Fee Letters to the Bankruptcy Court, the Office of the United States Trustee and advisors to (x) any official committee appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases and (y) the Consenting Creditors who are party to the RSA; provided , that the disclosure to such advisors is on a confidential, “professionals only” basis.

 

The Commitment Party shall use all nonpublic information received by it in connection with the Credit Facility and the related transactions solely for the purposes of providing the services that are the subject of this Commitment Letter and shall treat confidentially all such information; provided , however, that nothing herein shall prevent the Commitment Party from disclosing any such information (a) to rating agencies in connection with any rating of the Commitment Party or any of its affiliates, (b) to any Lenders or participants or prospective Lenders or participants, (c) in any legal, judicial, administrative proceeding or other compulsory process or as required by applicable law or regulations (in which case the Commitment Party shall promptly notify you, in advance, to the extent permitted by law), (d) upon the request or demand of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Commitment Party or its affiliates, (e) to the employees, legal counsel, independent auditors, professionals and other experts or agents of the Commitment Party (collectively, “ Representatives ”) who are informed of the confidential nature of such information and are or have been advised of their obligation to keep information of this type confidential, (f) to any of its respective affiliates ( provided that any such affiliate is advised of its obligation to retain such information as confidential, and the Commitment Party shall be responsible for its affiliates’ compliance with this paragraph) solely in connection with the Transactions, (g) to the extent any such information becomes publicly available other than by reason of disclosure by the Commitment Party, its affiliates or Representatives in breach of this Commitment Letter, (h) for purposes of establishing a “due diligence” defense, (i) to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries and (j) pursuant to customary disclosure about the terms of the financing contemplated hereby in the ordinary course of business to market data collectors and similar service providers to the loan industry for league table purposes; provided that the disclosure of any such information to any Lenders or prospective Lenders or participants or prospective participants referred to above shall be made subject to the acknowledgment and acceptance by such Lender or prospective Lender or participant or prospective participant that such information is being disseminated on a confidential basis in accordance with the standard syndication processes of the Commitment Party or customary market standards for dissemination of such type of information. If the Closing Date occurs, the Commitment Party’s obligations under this paragraph shall terminate and be superseded by the confidentiality provisions in the Credit Facility. Otherwise, the provisions of this paragraph shall automatically terminate on the earlier of (a) the Closing Date and (b) one year following the date of this Commitment Letter.

 

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9.               Miscellaneous

 

This Commitment Letter shall not be assignable by you without the prior written consent of the Commitment Party (and any purported assignment without such consent shall be null and void), is intended to be solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and the indemnified persons and is not intended to and does not confer any benefits upon, or create any rights in favor of, any person other than the parties hereto and the indemnified persons to the extent expressly set forth herein. The Commitment Party reserves the right to employ the services of its affiliates in providing services contemplated hereby and to allocate, in whole or in part, to its affiliates certain fees payable to the Commitment Party in such manner as the Commitment Party and its affiliates may agree in their sole discretion. This Commitment Letter may not be amended or waived except by an instrument in writing signed by you and the Commitment Party. This Commitment Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Commitment Letter by facsimile or electronic transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. This Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters are the only agreements that have been entered into among us and you with respect to the Credit Facility and set forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect thereto. This Commitment Letter and any claim or controversy arising hereunder or related hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York and, to the extent applicable, the Bankruptcy Code.

 

The Borrower agrees that it will not assert any claim against any Arranger or the Commitment Party based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by such Arranger or Commitment Party in connection with this Commitment Letter and the transactions contemplated hereby. Additionally, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that neither any Arranger nor the Commitment Party is advising the Borrower as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting, regulatory or any other matters in any jurisdiction. The Borrower shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Arranger nor the Commitment Party shall have any responsibility or liability to the Borrower with respect thereto. Any review by any Arranger or the Commitment Party of the Borrower, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of any Arranger or the Commitment Party, as applicable, and shall not be on behalf of the Borrower.

 

You and we hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court or any other Federal court having jurisdiction over the Chapter 11 Cases, and, to the extent that the Bankruptcy Court or Federal court do not have jurisdiction, any state or Federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby, this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letters or the performance of services hereunder or thereunder. You and we agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail addressed to you or us shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court. You and we hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in any inconvenient forum. You and we hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, trial by jury in any suit, action, proceeding, claim or counterclaim brought by or on behalf of any party related to or arising out of the Transactions, this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letters or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (whether based on contract, tort or any other theory) or the performance of services hereunder or thereunder.

 

The Commitment Party hereby notifies you that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law on October 26, 2001) (the “ PATRIOT Act ”),

 

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it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each Guarantor, which information includes names, addresses, tax identification numbers and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower and each Guarantor in accordance with the PATRIOT Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the PATRIOT Act and is effective for the Commitment Party and each of their respective affiliates.

 

The indemnification, fee, expense, jurisdiction, syndication; information and confidentiality provisions contained herein and the provisions of the Fee Letters shall remain in full force and effect regardless of whether definitive financing documentation for the Credit Facility shall be executed and delivered and (other than in the case of the syndication and information provisions, which shall only survive if the Closing Date occurs) notwithstanding the termination of this Commitment Letter or the commitments hereunder; provided that your obligations under this Commitment Letter (other than your obligations with respect to confidentiality) shall automatically terminate and be superseded, to the extent comparable, by the provisions of the Credit Agreement upon the occurrence of the Closing Date thereunder.

 

If the foregoing correctly sets forth our agreement, please indicate your acceptance of the terms of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters by returning to us executed counterparts of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters not later than 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on August 2, 2019.  This offer will automatically expire at such time if we have not received such executed counterparts in accordance with the preceding sentence.  In the event that the initial borrowing under the Credit Facility does not occur on or before the Expiration Date (as defined below), then the commitments with respect to the Credit Facility shall automatically terminate unless the Commitment Party, in its sole discretion, agrees to an extension.

 

For purposes of this Commitment Letter, “Expiration Date” means the earliest to occur of: (i) the termination of the RSA, (ii) August 16, 2019, if and to the extent the Bankruptcy Court has not entered an order, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory the Lead Arranger (which order is final, is in full force and effect, is unstayed and has not been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified without the consent of the Lead Arranger) approving this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letters and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the fees, payments, expenses and indemnities and other obligations set forth in this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters), (iii) on any date after which an order described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) has been entered but ceases to be in full force and effect, is stayed, is vacated, or is amended or modified without the consent of the Lead Arranger, (iv) the completion of the Chapter 11 Cases without the closing of the Credit Facility, (v) the dismissal or conversion of the Chapter 11 Cases to proceedings under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code and (vi) November 15, 2019.

 

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We are pleased to have been given the opportunity to assist you in connection with this important financing.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

BMO HARRIS BANK N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James V. Ducote

 

 

Name:

James V. Ducote

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Will Felder

 

 

Name:

Will Felder

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

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Accepted and agreed to as of the date first written above:

 

 

 

HALCÓN RESOURCES CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard H. Little

 

 

Name:

Richard H. Little

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

CHAPTER 11 PLAN

 

Chapter 11 Plan is filed as Exhibit C to Exhibit 10.1 of this Form 8-K.

 


 

EXHIBIT B

 

$750.0 Million Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility

Summary of Terms and Conditions

 

Set forth below is a summary of the principal terms and conditions for the Credit Facility.  Capitalized terms used but not defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Commitment Letter to which this Exhibit B is attached and in Exhibit C to such Commitment Letter.

 

I.                                         Parties

 

 

 

 

 

Borrower:

 

Halcón Resources Corporation (“ Halcón ”), a Delaware corporation.

 

 

 

Guarantors:

 

Each of the Borrower’s direct and indirect, existing and future material domestic subsidiaries (the “ Guarantors ” and together with the Borrower the “ Credit Parties ”); provided that any subsidiary that (a) owns any Borrowing Base Properties (as defined below) or (b) incurs or guarantees any obligations under any Material Indebtedness (to be defined) shall, in each case, be a Guarantor. On the Closing Date (as defined below) the following subsidiaries will be Guarantors: Halcón Resources Operating, Inc., Halcón Holdings, Inc., Halcón Energy Properties, Inc., Halcón Permian, LLC, Halcón Field Services, LLC and Halcón Operating Co., Inc.

 

 

 

Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner:

 

BMO Capital Markets (“ BMOCM ”) will act as sole lead arranger and bookrunner (in such capacity, the “ Lead Arranger ”) for the Credit Facility (as defined below), and will perform the duties customarily associated with such role.

 

 

 

Administrative Agent:

 

BMO Harris Bank N.A. (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”).

 

 

 

LC Issuer:

 

BMO Harris Bank N.A. (acting through itself or such of its affiliates as it deems appropriate under the circumstances), each named agent under the Credit Facility and any other Lender reasonably acceptable to the Borrower (in such capacity, an “ LC Issuer ”).

 

 

 

Lenders:

 

A syndicate of banks, financial institutions and other commercial bank lenders, including BMO Bank (acting through itself or such of its affiliates as it deems appropriate under the circumstances), arranged by the Lead Arranger and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower (the “ Lenders ”).

 

 

 

Majority Lenders:

 

Lenders holding more than 50.0% of the aggregate amount of the Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and unused Commitments under the Credit Facility (each as defined below) (the “ Majority Lenders ”).

 

 

 

Required Lenders:

 

Lenders holding not less than 66 2/3% of the aggregate amount of the Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and unused Commitments under the Credit Facility (the “ Required Lenders ”).

 


 

II.                                    Credit Facility

 

 

 

Type and Amount of Credit Facility:

 

A senior secured revolving credit facility (the “ Credit Facility ”; the commitments thereunder the “ Commitments ”) in an aggregate principal amount of up to $750,000,000 (the loans thereunder, the “ Loans ”), subject to the Borrowing Base (as defined below) then in effect.

 

 

 

Availability:

 

Subject to the Borrowing Base then in effect, the Credit Facility shall be available on a revolving basis during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (the “ Maturity Date ”) in accordance with the terms hereof and subject to satisfaction of applicable conditions precedent.

 

Availability under the Credit Facility shall be equal to the lesser of (a) the then-effective aggregate Commitments and (b) the then-effective Borrowing Base.

 

 

 

Letters of Credit:

 

A portion of the Credit Facility not in excess of $50,000,000 shall be available for the issuance of letters of credit (the “ Letters of Credit ”) by the LC Issuer s.  The commitment to provide Letters of Credit shall be ratable among each LC Issuer.  No Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date after the earlier of (a) twelve (12) months after the date of issuance and (b) five business days prior to the Maturity Date; provided that any Letter of Credit may provide for the automatic renewal thereof; provided further that any Letter of Credit may expire after the date referred to in clause (b) above if (i) the LC Issuer consents to such expiration date and (ii) such Letter of Credit is cash collateralized or backstopped on terms reasonably acceptable to the LC Issuer and the Borrower.

 

Drawings under any Letter of Credit shall be reimbursed by the Borrower (whether with its own funds or with the proceeds of Loans) on the same business day.  To the extent that the Borrower does not so reimburse the LC Issuer, the Lenders shall be irrevocably and unconditionally obligated to reimburse the LC Issuer on a pro rata basis.

 

 

 

Use of Proceeds:

 

The proceeds of the Loans will be used by the Borrower (a) on the Closing Date, to refinance in full the indebtedness under that certain Junior Secured Debtor-In-Possession Credit Agreement, dated on or about August 7, 2019, among the Borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Borrower, as guarantors thereunder, the lenders party thereto and Wilmington Trust, N.A., as administrative agent (the “ DIP Facility ”), (b) for working capital and other general corporate purposes, (c) to issue Letters of Credit, (d) for transactions fees and expenses and (e) for fees and expenses related to the Borrower’s emergence from the Chapter 11 Cases.

 

The Borrower will not use any proceeds for (a) the purpose of purchasing or carrying directly or indirectly any margin stock or for any other purpose which would cause this transaction to constitute a “purpose credit” within the meaning of Regulation U or (b) in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions (in each case to be defined in the Loan Documents).

 

 

 

Security and Priority:

 

The Loans and other obligations under (a) the Credit Facility, (b) cash management products between the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries and the Administrative Agent or an affiliate of the Administrative Agent or a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender and (c) each hedging agreement between the Borrower or any of its

 

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subsidiaries and the Administrative Agent or an affiliate of the Administrative Agent or a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender shall be jointly and severally guaranteed by the Guarantors and the Borrower (with respect to secured hedge obligations and secured cash management obligations for which a Guarantor is the primary obligor) and ratably secured by first priority, perfected liens and security interests on (subject to customary exceptions and other exceptions to be agreed), whether now or hereafter acquired, (i) substantially all personal property (including a pledge of 100% of the stock of each of the Borrower’s subsidiaries (limited to 65% of all the voting equity of any foreign subsidiaries)), subject to exceptions to be agreed, (ii) oil and gas properties of the Credit Parties comprising not less than 85% of the total value of the PV-9 from the Borrowing Base Properties (as defined below) and (iii) all deposit accounts, securities accounts and commodity accounts of the Credit Parties which accounts shall be subject to control agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date (or such later date as may be reasonably agreed by the Administrative Agent); provided that the Loan Documents shall contain limited exceptions to the requirement to enter into such control agreements with respect to (A) deposit accounts that have a balance of no greater than $1.0 million, individually, and $3.0 million in the aggregate for all such accounts and (B) certain types of other accounts to be agreed (collectively, and together with all proceeds thereof, the “ Collateral ”).

 

On the Closing Date, the Borrower will also deliver acceptable evidence of title on not less than 85% of the total value of the PV-9 from the Borrowing Base Properties (as defined below) evaluated in the Initial Reserve Report.

 

All the above-described pledges and security interests shall be created on terms and pursuant to documentation consistent with the Documentation Principles (as defined below).

 

 

 

Borrowing Base:

 

The “ Borrowing Base ” shall be the loan value assigned to the proved reserves attributable to the Borrower’s and its subsidiaries’ oil and gas properties located within the geographic boundaries of the United States as set forth in the reserve report most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the Credit Agreement (the “ Borrowing Base Properties ”).

 

As of the Closing Date, the Borrowing Base will be set initially at an amount equal to $275.0 million (the “ Initial Borrowing Base ”) until the next scheduled redetermination of the Borrowing Base or the Borrowing Base is otherwise adjusted or redetermined as described herein (it being understood that the first scheduled redetermination of the Borrowing Base shall occur on or about May 1, 2020 (such date, the “ Initial Borrowing Base Redetermination Date ”)).

 

The Borrowing Base will be redetermined on a semi-annual basis, with the parties having the right to interim unscheduled redeterminations as described below.  The Borrowing Base will also be subject to interim adjustments in connection with (a) liquidations or unwinds of hedging agreements, (b) dispositions of Borrowing Base Properties, (c) the Credit Parties’ failure to provide the minimum required satisfactory title information, (d) the incurrence of Specified Additional Debt and (e) to the extent applicable, failure to satisfy the Post-Closing Hedging Covenant, in each case as described below.

 

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Scheduled Borrowing Base redeterminations will occur on a semi-annual basis each May 1st and November 1st, commencing on or about May 1, 2020, based upon a reserve report prepared as of the immediately preceding December 31st and June 30th, respectively, and delivered to the Administrative Agent on or before April 1st and October 1st, respectively. Each December 31st reserve report will be prepared by an independent petroleum engineering firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and each June 30th reserve report will be prepared by an independent petroleum engineering firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or internally by the Borrower consistent with the procedures used in the immediately preceding reserve report prepared by an independent petroleum engineer.  In the case of the June 30th reserve report, if such reserve report is prepared internally by or under the supervision of the Borrower’s chief engineer as set forth above, the Borrower shall certify that such reserve report is true and accurate in all material respects (with appropriate exceptions for projections and cost estimates) and, except as otherwise specified therein, has been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the procedures used in the immediately preceding December 31st reserve report.  In addition, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, and the Borrower, each may request one additional unscheduled Borrowing Base redetermination during each period between scheduled Borrowing Base redeterminations; provided, that no request for an unscheduled Borrowing Base redetermination may be made by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders prior to the Initial Borrowing Base Redetermination Date.

 

Decisions regarding the amount of the Borrowing Base will be made at the sole credit discretion of the Lenders based upon the value of the Borrowing Base Properties as set forth in the most recent reserve report and in accordance with each Lender’s normal and customary standards and practices for determining the value of oil and gas properties based upon its usual and customary criteria for reserve based lending as they exist at such time.  Increases in the amount of the Borrowing Base will require approval of all Lenders, and decreases or maintenance of the amount of the Borrowing Base will require approval of the Required Lenders.

 

If the Borrower or any subsidiary (a) liquidates or unwinds any hedging agreement upon which the Lenders relied in determining the Borrowing Base or (b) disposes of Borrowing Base Properties, and the Borrowing Base value attributable to such liquidated or unwound hedging agreement and/or the Borrowing Base value of such disposed Borrowing Base Properties, since the last scheduled redetermination exceeds, individually or in the aggregate, when combined with all such other liquidated or unwound hedging agreements and disposed Borrowing Base Properties since the last scheduled redetermination, ten percent (10%) of the then-effective Borrowing Base, then the Borrowing Base shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Borrowing Base value assigned to the such liquidated hedging agreement or disposed Borrowing Base Properties in the then-effective Borrowing Base.

 

The Borrowing Base shall be adjusted as a result of the Credit Parties’ failure to deliver acceptable evidence of title on not less than 85% of the total value of the PV-9 from the Borrowing Base Properties unless cured or otherwise rendered moot by the delivery of additional title information.

 

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The Borrowing Base shall be adjusted in connection with the issuance of any permitted unsecured senior or senior subordinated indebtedness after the Closing Date (such additional unsecured senior or senior subordinated loans or notes, “ Specified Additional Debt ”), by an amount equal to $0.25 for every $1.00 of Specified Additional Debt incurred, other than any Specified Additional Debt incurred to refinance any Specified Additional Debt (only to the extent that the aggregate principal amount of such refinancing indebtedness does not result in an increase in the principal amount thereof); provided, that, in the event a Borrowing Base Deficiency (as defined below) exists at the time of incurrence of Specified Additional Debt (after giving effect to the adjustment required hereby), then the Borrower shall be required to prepay the Loans in an amount equal to the lesser of the net cash proceeds of such Specified Additional Debt or such Borrowing Base Deficiency.

 

If the Credit Parties fail to satisfy the Post-Closing Hedging Covenant (as defined below) on or before the Post-Closing Hedging Date (as defined below), the Administrative Agent shall have the right to reduce the Borrowing Base then in effect, on the Post-Closing Hedging Date, by an amount determined by the Administrative Agent acting in its sole discretion and consistent with its normal oil and gas lending criteria as it exists at the particular time (but in any event in an amount not more than the Borrowing Base value attributable to the commodity hedging agreements not entered into in connection with the Post-Closing Hedging Covenant).

 

 

 

III.                               Certain Payment Provisions

 

 

 

Fees and Interest Rates:

 

As set forth in Annex I .

 

 

 

Maturity:

 

The fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (the “ Maturity Date ”).

 

 

 

Optional Prepayments:

 

Loans may be prepaid at any time on three (3) business day’s prior notice for Eurodollar Loans (as defined in Annex I ) and one (1) business day’s prior notice for ABR Loans (as defined in Annex I ), in writing, without premium or penalty in minimum amounts to be agreed upon, subject to reimbursement of the Lenders’ “breakage costs” in the case of a prepayment of Eurodollar Loans prior to the last day of the relevant interest period. Amounts repaid under the Credit Facility may be reborrowed.

 

 

 

Mandatory Prepayments:

 

If, as a result of (a) a scheduled redetermination of the Borrowing Base or (b) any adjustment of the Borrowing Base as a result of the failure to deliver satisfactory title information, the sum of outstanding Loans and the Lender’s exposure in respect of Letters of Credit exceeds the lesser of (x) the aggregate Commitments and (y) the Borrowing Base, a  deficiency (a “ Borrowing Base Deficiency ”) shall exist, and the Borrower will be required to eliminate such Borrowing Base Deficiency notifying the Administrative Agent with 10 days that it intends to take one or more of the following actions (provided that if the Borrower fails to elect any of the following actions within 10 days it shall be deemed to have elected option (i) hereof):

 

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(i) within 30 days, prepay the Loans (and cash collateralize any such deficiency attributable to Letter of Credit exposure) in an amount equal to such Borrowing Base Deficiency,

 

(ii) prepay the Loans (and cash collateralize any such deficiency attributable to Letter of Credit exposure) in not more than six equal monthly installments, in an aggregate amount equal to such Borrowing Base Deficiency (with the first such payment to be made within 30 days),

 

(iii) within 30 days, provide additional collateral not evaluated in the most recently delivered reserve report and/or evaluated but not mortgaged in the form of proved oil and gas properties having a Borrowing Base value determined by the Required Lenders sufficient to eliminate such Borrowing Base Deficiency or

 

(iv) a combination of the foregoing options (i), (ii) and (iii) sufficient to eliminate such Borrowing Base Deficiency.

 

If a Borrowing Base Deficiency exists as a result of a Borrowing Base adjustment for an asset disposition, an unwind or termination of a hedging agreement, the failure of the Borrower to satisfy the Post-Closing Hedging Covenant on or before the Post-Closing Hedging Date or an incurrence of Specified Additional Debt, within one business day of such asset disposition, unwind or termination of a hedging agreement, Post-Closing Hedging Date or incurrence of Specified Additional Debt, as applicable, the Borrower will be required to prepay the Loans in an amount equal to such Borrowing Base Deficiency, and if any Borrowing Base Deficiency remains after prepaying all of the Loans as a result of outstanding Letters of Credit, cash collateralize such excess.

 

Any mandatory prepayment made by the Borrower shall not require or trigger a reduction of the Commitments under the Credit Facility.

 

 

 

Optional Commitment Reductions:

 

Upon prior written notice to be agreed, the Commitments may be reduced by the Borrower in minimum amounts to be agreed upon or terminated in whole, subject to reimbursement of the Lenders’ “breakage costs” in the case of a prepayment of Eurodollar Loans prior to the last day of the relevant interest period.  If, as a result of any termination or reduction of the Commitments, a Borrowing Base Deficiency exists, the Borrower will be required to prepay the Loans on the date of such reduction or termination in an aggregate principal amount equal to such excess, and if any remains after prepaying all of the Loans as a result of outstanding Letters of Credit, cash collateralize such excess.

 

 

 

IV.                                Certain Conditions

 

 

 

Initial Conditions:

 

The availability of the initial borrowing under the Credit Facility on the Closing Date shall be conditioned only upon satisfaction or waiver of (a) the delivery of a customary borrowing notice, (b) the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 of the Commitment Letter and (c) the conditions set forth in Exhibit C (such requirements, the “ Initial Conditions ”).

 

For purposes of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters, “ Closing Date ” shall mean the date of the satisfaction or waiver of the Initial Conditions and the initial funding of the Credit Facility.

 

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Ongoing Conditions:

 

After the Closing Date, the making of each Loan and the issuance of each Letter of Credit shall be conditioned upon (a) the accuracy of all representations and warranties in the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the material adverse effect, solvency and litigation representations) in all material respects (or if such representation is already qualified by materiality, in all respects) and (b) there being no default or event of default in existence at the time of, or after giving effect to the making of, such extension of credit. 

 

 

 

V.                                     Certain Documentation Matters

 

 

 

Loan Documents:

 

The definitive documentation for the Credit Facility (the “ Loan Documents ”) shall be negotiated in good faith and shall contain only those conditions, mandatory prepayments, prepayment premiums (if any), representations, warranties, covenants and events of default expressly set forth in this Exhibit B (applicable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries or restricted subsidiaries, as applicable, in each case, with materiality thresholds, baskets, exceptions, limitations, qualifications and grace and cure periods to be agreed) and, except as set forth herein, those terms and conditions usual for facilities and transactions of this type and which shall reflect (a) the Administrative Agent’s required agency and other form provisions (including with respect to a replacement of the LIBO Rate) so long as such changes are not inconsistent with this Commitment Letter and are customarily included in credit agreements with respect to which the Administrative Agent acts as administrative agent, (b) the Chapter 11 Plan and (c) the terms and conditions set forth in the Commitment Letter and as otherwise mutually agreed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent  (collectively, the “ Documentation Principles ”).  It is understood and agreed that the Loan Documents shall give due regard to the Borrower’s existing Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2017, by and among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified to date, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”).

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties:

 

To be applicable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries or restricted subsidiaries, as applicable, limited to the following:

 

·                   Organization, Powers;

·                   Authority, Enforceability;

·                   Approvals, including full force and effect of the confirmation order, No Conflicts;

·                   Financial Condition, No Material Adverse Effect;

·                   Litigation;

·                   Environmental Matters;

·                   Compliance with Laws and Agreements, No Defaults;

·                   Investment Company Act;

·                   Taxes;

·                   ERISA;

·                   Disclosure, No Material Misstatements;

·                   Insurance;

·                   Restrictions on Liens;

·                   Subsidiaries;

 

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·                   Location of Business and Offices;

·                   Properties, Titles, Etc.;

·                   Maintenance of Properties;

·                   Gas Imbalances, Prepayments;

·                   Marketing of Production;

·                   Swap Agreements;

·                   Use of Loans and Letters of Credit;

·                   Solvency;

·                   Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions;

·                   Senior Debt Status; and

·                   EEA Financial Institutions.

 

 

 

Affirmative Covenants:

 

To be applicable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries or restricted subsidiaries, as applicable, limited to the following:

 

·                   Delivery of Financial Statements (with unaudited financial statements to be delivered within 45 days of the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of the Borrower’s fiscal year, and with audited financial statements to be delivered within 90 days of the end of the Borrower’s fiscal year) and other information customary for facilities of this type (including a quarterly compliance certificate, consolidating information regarding unrestricted subsidiaries, reporting of hedging agreements in connection with the delivery of any reserve report, insurance certificates, accounting reports, SEC filings and shareholder reports, notices under other material instruments, lists of purchasers, notice of dispositions and hedge liquidations, notice of casualty events, certain organizational changes, production reports and lease operating statements, a 12 month cash flow forecast and capital budget delivered within 90 days of fiscal year end and notice of certain incurrence of indebtedness);

·                   Notices of Material Events;

·                   Existence, Conduct of Business;

·                   Payment of Obligations;

·                   Performance of Obligations under Loan Documents;

·                   Operation and Maintenance of Properties;

·                   Insurance;

·                   Books and Records, Inspection Rights;

·                   Compliance with Laws (including OFAC, Patriot Act, FCPA and beneficial ownership requirements);

·                   Environmental Matters;

·                   Further Assurances;

·                   Reserve Reports;

·                   Title Information with respect to at least 85% of the PV-9 of the Borrowing Base Properties;

·                   Additional Collateral (including maintenance of liens on not less than 85% of the total value of the PV-9 of the Borrowing Base Properties), Additional Guarantors;

·                   ERISA Compliance;

 

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·                   Maintenance of control agreements over deposit, securities and commodities accounts and location of proceeds of Loans (violation of which will cause an immediate Event of Default);

·                   Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

·                   Marketing Activities;

·                   Keepwell;

·                   Swap Agreements as set forth in the “Minimum Hedging” paragraph in the Section titled “Commodity Hedging”; and

·                   Post-Closing Obligations (if applicable).

 

 

 

Financial Covenants:

 

Limited to the following:

 

(a)  Total Net Leverage Ratio : The Borrower will not permit, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter commencing with the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, its ratio of total net debt (net of unrestricted cash only to the extent that such cash and cash equivalents are maintained in accounts subject to a control agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent, in an amount not to exceed (i) if any Loans are outstanding under the Credit Facility, $50.0 million or (ii) if no Loans are outstanding under the Credit Facility, an unlimited amount) as of such date to consolidated adjusted EBITDAX (to be defined in a manner to be agreed, provided that fees, expenses and other restructuring transaction costs which are incurred through a date to be agreed, in connection with the Transactions, the Chapter 11 Cases and the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby and other non-recurring costs and expenses will be permitted to be added back when calculating consolidated adjusted EBITDAX) for the four fiscal quarters ending on such date to be greater than 4.00 to 1.00 (the “ Total Net Leverage Ratio ”).

 

For purposes of calculating the Total Net Leverage Ratio, (A) for the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, consolidated adjusted EBITDAX shall be calculated by multiplying consolidated adjusted EBITDAX for such fiscal quarter by 4, (B) for the period of the first two full fiscal quarters ending after the Closing Date, consolidated adjusted EBITDAX shall be calculated by multiplying consolidated adjusted EBITDAX for such two fiscal quarters by 2, and (C) for the period of the first three full fiscal quarters ending after the Closing Date, consolidated adjusted EBITDAX shall be calculated by multiplying consolidated adjusted EBITDAX for such three fiscal quarters by 4/3.

 

(b)  Current Ratio : The Borrower will not permit, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter commencing with the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, its ratio of (i) consolidated current assets (including the unused amount of the Borrowing Base then available to be borrowed, but excluding (A) all non-cash assets under Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 815, (B) the aggregate amount of any deposits (in each case, whether in cash or otherwise) posted by the Borrower or any of its restricted subsidiaries to secure swap obligations owing by such persons or to cover market exposures) and (C) any deferred tax assets to (ii) consolidated current liabilities (excluding non-cash obligations under FASB Accounting Standards Codification 815, current maturities under the Credit Facility and of long-term indebtedness and any deferred tax liabilities) to be less than 1.0 to 1.0 (the “ Current Ratio ” and, together with the Leverage Ratio, the “ Financial Covenants ”).

 

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Negative Covenants:

 

To be applicable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries or restricted subsidiaries, as applicable, limited to the following:

 

·                   Debt, to include a basket for Specified Additional Debt without limit, subject to (i) no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing after giving effect to any such Specified Additional Debt issuance, (ii) pro forma compliance, after giving effect to any such Specified Additional Debt issuance, with the Financial Covenants, (iii) reduction in the Borrowing Base in the manner described above (in the section titled “Borrowing Base”) and (iv) other conditions and restrictions to be agreed;

·                   Liens;

·                   Dividends, Distributions and Redemptions; Repayment and Amendment of certain junior debt (including any Specified Additional Debt), to include a basket for restricted payments and repayments of such junior debt, subject to (i) no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing after giving effect to such restricted payment or repayment of such junior debt, (ii) availability on a pro forma basis of at least 20% of the then-effective Borrowing Base and (iii) pro forma compliance, after giving effect to any such restricted payment or repayment of such junior debt, with a Total Net Leverage Ratio of not greater than 2.75:1.00 (the “ Restricted Payment Conditions ”);

·                   Investments, Loans and Advances, to include a basket subject to the Restricted Payment Conditions;

·                   Designation and Conversion of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries; Indebtedness of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

·                   Nature of Business; International Operations;

·                   Proceeds of Loans;

·                   ERISA Compliance;

·                   Sales or Discount of Receivables;

·                   Mergers, Other Fundamental Changes, Etc.;

·                   Sale of Properties;

·                   Environmental Matters;

·                   Transactions with Affiliates;

·                   Subsidiaries;

·                   Negative Pledge Agreements; Dividends Restrictions;

·                   Gas Imbalances, Take-or-Pay or Other Prepayments; and

·                   Swap Agreements as set forth in the “Maximum Hedging” paragraph in the Section titled “Commodity Hedging”; and

·                   Amendments to Organizational Documents in a manner that is material and adverse to the interests of the Lenders and Fiscal Year End.

 

 

 

Commodity Hedging:

 

Minimum Hedging : The Credit Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into as of the Closing Date, and shall thereafter maintain, commodity hedging contracts hedging at prices reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent for no less than (a) 75% of the total forecasted production (based on the most recently delivered reserve report) of crude oil and natural gas, calculated separately, from total proved developed producing oil and gas properties of the Credit Parties for a period through at least the first 12 full calendar months following the Closing Date and (b) 50% of the total forecasted production (based on the most recently delivered reserve report) of crude oil and natural gas, calculated separately, from

 

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total proved developed producing oil and gas properties of the Credit Parties for each of the full calendar months 13 through 24 following the Closing Date (the hedge contracts referred to herein, the “ Required Hedges ”).

 

Maximum Hedging : As of the date of entry into any commodity hedging contract, the Credit Parties shall have entered into commodity hedging contracts for no more than 85% of the total forecasted production (based on the most recently delivered reserve report) of crude oil and natural gas, calculated separately, from total proved developed producing oil and gas properties of the Credit Parties for the 60 full calendar months following such date. No commodity hedging contract shall have a tenor longer than 60 months from the date such hedging arrangement is created.

 

Secured commodity hedging contracts shall be limited to those entered into with the Administrative Agent or affiliates of the Administrative Agent, Lenders or affiliates of Lenders and “Approved Counterparties” (to be defined in a customary manner).

 

If, after using their commercially reasonable efforts, the Credit Parties are unable to enter into the Required Hedges as of the Closing Date, within 30 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) (the “ Post-Closing Hedging Date ”), the Credit Parties shall enter into the Required Hedges. The requirement set forth in this paragraph is referred to herein as the “ Post-Closing Hedging Covenant .

 

 

 

Events of Default:

 

To be applicable to the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries, limited to the following:

 

·                   Failure to pay any required principal of any Loan or reimbursement obligation in respect of Letter of Credit disbursement when due,

·                   Failure to pay interest, fees or other amounts when due (subject to a grace period of 3 business days);

·                   Failure to comply with any covenant or condition of the Loan Documents (subject to a grace period consistent with the Documentation Principles);

·                   Any representation or warranty shall have been incorrect in any material respect when made (without duplication of a materiality qualifier);

·                   Cross-payment default (subject to a grace period consistent with the Documentation Principles) and cross-acceleration to other material indebtedness;

·                   Bankruptcy or insolvency (subject to a grace period consistent with the Documentation Principles);

·                   Unsatisfied material judgment (subject to a 30 day grace period);

·                   Change in control (the definition of which is to be agreed);

·                   ERISA events;

·                   Actual or asserted (in writing) invalidity of any guarantee, security document or intercreditor or subordination provisions or non-perfection of any security interest; and

·                   The Loan Documents cease to be in full force and effect and valid, binding and enforceable.

 

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Voting:

 

Amendments and waivers with respect to the Loan Documents shall require the approval of the Majority Lenders, except that (a) the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby shall be required with respect to (i) reductions in the amount or extensions of the Maturity Date or the date for any scheduled date of payment or prepayment of principal, (ii) reductions in the rate of interest (other than waivers of default interest) or any fee or extensions of any due date thereof, (iii) increases in the amount of, or extensions of the expiry date of, any Lender’s commitment and (iv) changes in the pro rata payment sharing provisions, (b) the consent of all of the Lenders shall be required with respect to increases of the Borrowing Base, (c) the consent of the Required Lenders, shall be required with respect to reductions or reaffirmations of, waivers of an automatic reduction in, or postponement of a scheduled redetermination of the Borrowing Base and (d) the consent of all of the Lenders shall be required with respect to modifications of any of the voting percentages, releases of all or substantially all of the collateral or releases of any Guarantor (except as otherwise expressly permitted in the Loan Documents).  Notwithstanding the foregoing the Administrative Agent may (without the consent of the Lenders) enter into amendments or modifications to the Loan Documents in order to implement a LIBOR replacement rate in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

The Loan Documents shall contain customary provisions for replacing non-consenting Lenders, in connection with amendments, modifications, waivers and Borrowing Base redeterminations requiring the consent of all Lenders or of all Lenders directly affected thereby so long as the Required Lenders shall have consented thereto.

 

 

 

Assignments and Participations:

 

After the Closing Date, the Lenders shall be permitted to assign all or a portion of their Loans and Commitments with the consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, of (a) the Borrower, unless (i) the assignee is a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an approved fund or (ii) a payment or bankruptcy event of default has occurred and is continuing, provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) business days after having received notice thereof, (b) the Administrative Agent and (c) the LC Issuer.  In the case of partial assignments (other than to another Lender, to an affiliate of a Lender or an approved fund), the minimum assignment amount shall be $5.0 million, unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

The Lenders shall also be permitted to sell participations in their Loans.  Participants shall have the same benefits as the Lenders with respect to yield protection and increased cost provisions.  Voting rights of a participant shall be limited to those matters set forth in clause (a) of the preceding paragraph with respect to which the affirmative vote of the Lender from which it purchased its participation would be required.  Pledges of Loans in accordance with applicable law shall be permitted without restriction.  Promissory notes shall be issued under the Credit Facility upon request.  No assignments or participations shall be permitted to be made to the Borrower or any of its affiliates or to natural persons.

 

 

 

Yield Protection; Etc.:

 

The Loan Documents shall contain customary provisions (a) protecting the Lenders against increased costs or loss of yield resulting from changes in reserve, tax, capital adequacy or other requirements of law, and from the imposition of or

 

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changes in withholding or other taxes (including reflecting that both (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III shall, in the case of each of the foregoing clause (x) and clause (y), be deemed to be a change in law after the Closing Date regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued) and (b) indemnifying the Lenders for “breakage costs” incurred in connection with, among other things, any prepayment of a Eurodollar Loan on a day other than the last day of an interest period with respect thereto.

 

 

 

Defaulting Lenders:

 

The Loan Documents shall contain provisions relating to “defaulting” Lenders (including provisions relating to reallocation of participations in, or the Borrower providing cash collateral to support Letters of Credit, to the suspension of certain voting rights and rights to receive certain fees, and to termination or assignment of the Commitments or Loans of such Lenders).

 

 

 

Expenses and Indemnification:

 

The Borrower shall, regardless of whether the Closing Date occurs, pay (a) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger associated with the syndication of the Credit Facility and the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the Loan Documents and any amendment, modification or waiver with respect thereto (limited, in the case of counsel, to the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of a single counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger, including (if necessary) one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and one regulatory counsel to all such persons with respect to a relevant regulatory matter, taken as a whole, and, solely in the event of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel (and, if necessary, one regulatory counsel and one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction or for each matter) to each group of similarly situated affected persons), (b) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs, expenses, taxes, assessments and other charges incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with any filing, registration, recording or perfection of any security interest contemplated by the Credit Facility or any security instrument and (c) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents.

 

 

 

 

 

The Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders (and their affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, advisors, agents and other representatives) will have no liability for, and will be indemnified and held harmless against, any loss, claim, damage, liability, cost or expense incurred in respect of the transactions and the financing contemplated hereby or the use or the proposed use of proceeds thereof and any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing (except to the extent resulting from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the indemnified person, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment); provided, that counsel shall be limited to a single counsel to the

 

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indemnitees, taken as a whole, including (if necessary) one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and, solely in the case of a conflict, one additional counsel (and, if necessary one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction) for the conflicted parties.

 

 

 

EU Bail-In Provisions:

 

The Loan Documents will contain customary EU Bail-In provisions.

 

 

 

QFC Provisions:

 

The Loan Documents will contain customary “QFC” provisions.

 

 

 

Governing Law and Forum:

 

State of New York.

 

 

 

Counsel to the Lead Arranger and the Administrative Agent:

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

 

 

 

 

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Annex I

 

Interest and Certain Fees

 

Pricing Grid :

 

The applicable margin and applicable commitment fee will be determined in accordance with the following table:

 

Level

 

Borrowing Base Usage

 

Eurodollar Loans

 

ABR Loans

 

Commitment Fee

V

 

> 90%

 

300.0 bps

 

200.0 bps

 

50.0 bps

IV

 

> 75% < 90%

 

275.0 bps

 

175.0 bps

 

50.0 bps

III

 

> 50% < 75%

 

250.0 bps

 

150.0 bps

 

50.0 bps

II

 

> 25% < 50%

 

225.0 bps

 

125.0 bps

 

37.5 bps

I

 

< 25%

 

200.0 bps

 

100.0 bps

 

37.5 bps

 

 

 

Borrowing Base Usage at any time is based on total outstanding Loans, Letters of Credit and reimbursement obligations under the Credit Facility as a percentage of the Borrowing Base.

 

 

 

Interest Rate Options:

 

The Borrower may elect that the Loans comprising each borrowing bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin or the Adjusted LIBO Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

 

 

 

 

As used herein:

 

 

 

 

 

Alternate Base Rate ” means the highest of (i) the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal in the U.S. as the prime rate in effect (the “ Prime Rate ”), (ii) the NYFRB Rate from time to time plus 0.5% and (iii) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month interest period plus 1%.  If the ABR as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.00%.

 

Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means the LIBO Rate, as adjusted for statutory reserve requirements for eurocurrency liabilities.

 

Applicable Margin ” means a percentage determined in accordance with the pricing grid.

 

Commitment Fee Rate ” means a percentage determined in accordance with the pricing grid.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its

 


 

 

 

public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the federal funds effective rate, provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to zero for the purposes of calculating such rate.

 

Interest Period ” means a period of one, two, three or six months (as selected by the Borrower).

 

 

 

 

 

Interpolated Rate ” means, at any time, for any interest period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the LIBO Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBO Screen Rate for the longest period for which the LIBO Screen Rate is available) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the LIBO Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBO Screen Rate is available) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.

 

LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any interest period, the LIBO Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such interest period; provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such interest period (an “ Impacted Interest Period ”) then the LIBO Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate.

 

 

 

 

 

LIBO Screen Rate ” means, for any day and time, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any interest period, the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for a period equal in length to such interest period as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion); provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to zero for the purposes of calculating such rate.

 

NYFRB Rate ” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day; provided, that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to zero for the purposes of calculating such rate.

 

Overnight Bank Funding Rate ” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurodollar Borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate (from and after such date as the NYFRB shall commence to publish such composite rate).

 

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Interest Payment Dates:

 

In the case of Loans bearing interest based upon the Alternate Base Rate (“ ABR Loans ”), quarterly in arrears.

 

In the case of Loans bearing interest based upon the Adjusted LIBO Rate (“ Eurodollar Loans ”), on the last day of each relevant Interest Period and, in the case of any Interest Period longer than three months, on each successive date three months after the first day of such Interest Period.

 

 

 

Commitment Fees:

 

The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the applicable Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the unused amount of the commitment of such Lender. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable quarterly in arrears and on the date that is the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.

 

 

 

Letter of Credit Fees:

 

The Borrower shall pay a participation fee on all outstanding Letters of Credit at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to Eurodollar Loans on the face amount of each such Letter of Credit.  Such participation fee shall be shared ratably among the Lenders and shall be payable quarterly in arrears. 

 

 

 

 

 

A fronting fee equal to the greater of (i) $500 or (ii) 0.25% per annum on the face amount of each Letter of Credit, shall be payable quarterly in arrears to the applicable LC Issuer for its own account.  In addition, customary administrative, issuance, amendment, payment and negotiation charges shall be payable to the applicable Issuing Bank for its own account.

 

 

 

Default Rate:

 

During the continuation of a payment or bankruptcy event of default, and during the continuation of any other event of default after the Administrative Agent has delivered notice to the Borrower, all outstanding principal, fees and other obligations shall bear interest at 2.00% above the rate applicable to ABR Loans.

 

 

 

Rate and Fee Basis:

 

All commitment fees and all per annum rates shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days (or 365/366 days, in the case of ABR Loans the interest rate payable on which is then based on the Prime Rate) for actual days elapsed.  

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

$750.0 Million Senior Secured Reserve-Based Revolving Credit Facility

Conditions Precedent

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Exhibit C shall have the meanings set forth in the Summary of Terms and Conditions to which this Exhibit C is attached.

 

The Closing Date and the making of the initial extensions of credit under the Credit Facility will be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

1.               The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) the Loan Documents, which shall, in each case, be consistent with the terms of the Indicative Summary of Terms and Conditions to which this Exhibit C is attached and shall otherwise be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Arranger, shall have been executed and delivered by each of parties thereto, including all documents and instruments required to create and perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral and (b) customary officer’s closing certificates (including incumbency certificates of officers), organizational documents, customary evidence of authorization and good standing certificates in jurisdictions of formation/organization, in each case, with respect to the Credit Parties, customary legal opinions related to the Loan Documents, including an opinion on no conflicts with applicable laws in addition to other customary opinions, a solvency certificate (with respect to the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the transactions contemplated to occur on the Closing Date) certified by a senior authorized financial officer of the Borrower and such other documents and instruments as are customary for transactions of this type (including evidence of insurance).

 

2.               The Administrative Agent and the Arranger shall have received all commitment, arrangement, upfront and agency fees and all other fees and amounts due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date, and to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower (including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent).

 

3.               The Administrative Agent shall have received acceptable evidence of title on not less than 85% of the total value of the PV-9 from the Borrowing Base Properties evaluated in the Initial Reserve Report.

 

4.               All actions necessary to establish that the Administrative Agent will have a perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral (as described in the section titled “Collateral” on Exhibit B ) shall have been taken, including (a) delivery of counterparts and exhibits for mortgages or deeds of trust, as applicable, which are necessary and appropriate for filing in the appropriate jurisdictions and (b) the Borrower’s execution and delivery of control agreements in connection with its deposit accounts, commodities accounts or securities accounts, as applicable.

 

5.               The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a responsible officer of the Borrower certifying (a) that the Borrower and its subsidiaries have received all material third party and governmental consents and approvals required by the terms of the Loan Documents and (b) that since December 31, 2018, there has not been any event, occurrence, development or change in the circumstances or facts that has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, operations, performance or properties of the Borrower, the Guarantors or their respective restricted subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided , that a material adverse effect shall not include any event, occurrence, development or change

 


 

in the circumstances or facts arising out of or resulting from: (a) conditions or effects that generally affect persons or entities engaged in the industries, business, markets, financial conditions or the geographic area in which the Credit Parties operate taking into consideration any event that is related to the operations of the Credit Parties in the specific geographical and geological areas in which it operates, (b) general economic conditions in regions and markets in which the Credit Parties operate, (c) regional, national or international political or social conditions, including acts of war, terrorism or natural disasters, escalation or material worsening of hostilities, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack upon the United States or its territories, possessions, diplomatic or consular offices or upon any military installation, equipment or personnel of the United States, (d) financial, banking, securities, credit, or commodities markets, prevailing interest rates or general capital markets conditions, (e) changes in United States generally accepted accounting principles, (f) changes in Laws, orders, or other binding directives issued by any governmental entity, (g) the taking of any action or any inaction required by the RSA, the Backstop Agreement, the Restructuring Term Sheet, the Chapter 11 Plan, or any action or inaction in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, including the commencement, announcement and pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases, or (h) any action or inaction consented to or requested by the Consenting Noteholders; provided , that exceptions set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this definition shall not apply to the extent that such Event is disproportionately adverse to the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, as compared to other companies comparable in size and scale to the Credit Parties operating in the industries and same geographical area in which the Credit Parties operate.

 

6.               The Administrative Agent and the Lead Arranger shall have received (a) satisfactory audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the year ended December 31, 2018 and reasonably satisfactory unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for each fiscal quarter thereafter ending at least 45 days prior to the Closing Date, (b) a pro forma unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the making of the initial extensions of credit under the Facility, the application of the proceeds thereof and to the other transactions contemplated to occur on the Closing Date, certified by the Borrower’s chief financial officer, which shall reflect no indebtedness other than the Loans made by the Lenders on the Closing Date and other indebtedness permitted by the Facility Documentation (excluding any Specified Additional Debt), (c) a satisfactory reserve report prepared by Netherland Sewell & Associates, Inc. with an as of date of January 1, 2019 covering the oil and gas properties of the Borrower and its subsidiaries included in the Borrowing Base, (d) a satisfactory reserve report prepared internally by the Borrower consistent with the procedures used in the reserve report identified in clause (c) with an as of date of July 1, 2019 covering the oil and gas properties of the Borrower and its subsidiaries included in the Borrowing Base (the “ Initial Reserve Report ”), accompanied by an officer’s certificate covering certain customary matters with respect to such reserve report and (e) lease operating statements and production reports with respect to the oil and gas properties evaluated in the Initial Reserve Report, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lead Arranger, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and for each fiscal quarter ending thereafter ending at least 45 days prior to the Closing Date.

 

7.               The Administrative Agent and each Lender who has requested the same shall have received, at least three (3) business days prior to the Closing Date, (a) all documentation and other information regarding the Borrower in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, and (b) to the extent applicable, in connection with “beneficial ownership” rules and regulations, a customary certification regarding beneficial ownership or control of the Borrower in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each requesting Lender, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), to the extent reasonably requested in writing at least ten (10) business days prior to the Closing Date.

 

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8.               The Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that after the making of the Loans on the Closing Date, the application of the proceeds thereof and after giving effect to the other transactions contemplated hereby, the Borrower and the Guarantors shall have unused availability under the Borrowing Base of not less than $125.0 million.

 

9.               The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all loans and other obligations under the DIP Facility are being repaid in full, the DIP Facility is being terminated, and the liens securing the DIP Facility are being released, in each case substantially contemporaneously with the proceeds of the initial funding under the Credit Facility. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, the Borrower and its subsidiaries shall have no indebtedness outstanding other than (a) the Loans and other extensions of credit under the Credit Facility and (b) any other indebtedness permitted under the Loan Documents (excluding any Specified Additional Debt).  The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that all liens on the assets of the Borrower and its subsidiaries (other than liens permitted by the Loan Documents) have been (or will be concurrently with the initial funding under the Credit Facility) released or terminated and that duly executed recordable releases and terminations in forms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent with respect thereto have been obtained by the Borrower or its subsidiaries.

 

10.        Not later than August 16, 2019, the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an order in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Arranger (which order is final, is in full force and effect, is unstayed and has not been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified without the consent of the Lead Arranger) approving the Commitment Letter, the Fee Letters and the transactions contemplated thereby (including the fees set forth in the Fee Letters) and specifically providing for the right to receive all amounts due and owing, including indemnification obligations, the fees and other payments as set forth herein, and reimbursement of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated herein and as set forth herein and which shall be entitled to priority as administrative expense claims under Sections 503(b) and 507(a)(1) of title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, regardless of whether the Closing Date occurs.

 

11.        The Chapter 11 Plan and all other related documentation (a) shall be satisfactory to the Lead Arranger with respect to any portions of such Chapter 11 Plan that directly relate to the Credit Facility, and reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Arranger in all other respects, (b) shall have been confirmed by an order of the Bankruptcy Court which order shall be satisfactory to the Lead Arranger with respect to any portions of such order that directly relate to the Credit Facility, and reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Arranger in all other respects, which order shall be in full force and effect, unstayed and final, and shall not have been modified or amended without the written consent of the Lead Arranger, reversed or vacated, (c) all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Chapter 11 Plan as set forth therein shall have been satisfied or waived (the waiver thereof having been approved by the Lead Arranger), and the substantial consummation (as defined in Section 1101 of the Bankruptcy Code) of the Chapter 11 Plan in accordance with its terms shall have occurred contemporaneously with the Closing Date and (d) the transactions contemplated by the Chapter 11 Plan to occur on the effective date of the Chapter 11 Plan shall have been substantially consummated (as defined in Section 1101 of the Bankruptcy Code) on the Closing Date and substantially contemporaneously with the initial funding hereunder in accordance with the terms of the Chapter 11 Plan and in compliance with applicable law and Bankruptcy Court and regulatory approvals.

 

12.        All representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except in the case of any representation and warranty which (a) expressly relates to a given date, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the respective date and (b) is qualified by a materiality or material adverse effect standard in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

Halcón Enters into Restructuring Support Agreement with Unsecured Noteholders

 

Noteholders Have Also Agreed to Backstop $150 MM of a $165 MM Rights Offering for Common Stock

 

DENVER — August 2, 2019 — Halcón Resources Corporation (OTC PINK: HKRS) (“Halcón” or the “Company”) today announced the Company has entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (the “RSA”) with certain holders of its 6.75% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2025 (the “Unsecured Notes”), representing 67.3% of the amount of Unsecured Notes currently outstanding.  The agreements entered into under the RSA will result in a comprehensive restructuring of the Company’s balance sheet (the “Restructuring Plan”) to be implemented through the commencement of chapter 11 cases.  The Restructuring Plan, if implemented, will result in the elimination of more than $750 million of debt and an ongoing reduction in annual interest expense of more than $40 million.  The Restructuring Plan provides the Company significant additional liquidity and minimizes operational disruptions by ensuring trade creditors will be paid in full.

 

The terms of the RSA provide that holders of the Company’s $625 million outstanding Unsecured Notes (the “Unsecured Noteholders”) will receive 91.0% of the common stock of reorganized Halcón (the “New Common Shares”) and existing common shareholders will receive 9.0% of the New Common Shares (each prior to dilution from a new money common stock rights offering and a management incentive plan).  Existing common shareholders will also be granted warrants that provide them with the opportunity to purchase up to 30% of the New Common Shares at prices based on Unsecured Noteholders achieving certain recovery levels.  As part of the transaction, the Unsecured Noteholders have also committed to backstop $150 million of a $165 million new money equity rights offering of New Common Shares (the “Rights Offering”) on a pro rata basis.  The Rights Offering will be open to existing shareholders on a pro rata basis giving effect to pro forma Restructuring Plan ownership (i.e. 9.0% allocated to existing Halcón shareholders, or approximately $15 million, for a total Rights Offering of $165 million if fully subscribed).

 

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The Company will continue to operate its business in the normal course without material disruption to its vendors, partners or employees, and expects to have sufficient liquidity to meet its financial obligations during the restructuring. The Company has received a commitment for a $35 million debtor-in-possession credit facility from the Unsecured Noteholders to fund operations during the bankruptcy process.  Halcón has also received an underwritten commitment from BMO Harris Bank, N.A. for the entire amount of a new senior secured revolving credit facility, which will be arranged by BMO Capital Markets Corp., effective upon exit from bankruptcy with an expected initial borrowing base of $275 million.  The Company expects to have liquidity in excess of $150 million upon exit from the chapter 11 cases, with leverage below 1.5x (net debt/LTM EBITDA).

 

The proposed Restructuring Plan is subject to definitive documentation as well as court approval, so there can be no assurance the Restructuring Plan will be consummated on the terms set forth above and the final terms of any restructuring transaction could be materially different.

 

Richard Little, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, said, “After exploring all strategic and financial options available to the Company, and after months of negotiations, we are very pleased to have reached an agreement for a consensual restructuring with our Unsecured Noteholders.  We believe that the restructuring contemplated by the RSA will provide us with the capital structure and liquidity to compete and grow in today’s challenging oil and gas environment.  The contemplated transaction allows existing Halcón shareholders to maintain an interest in a de-levered and de-risked company with significantly improved growth and value creation prospects.  We plan to move through the restructuring process expeditiously with minimal operational disruptions.”

 

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or purchase any securities, which would be made only pursuant to definitive documents and an applicable exemption from the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Advisors

 

Perella Weinburg Partners and Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. are acting as financial advisors, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is acting as legal counsel and FTI Consulting, Inc. is acting as restructuring advisor to the Company in connection with the Restructuring Plan.  Ducera Partners LLC is acting as financial advisor and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison is acting as legal advisor to the Unsecured Noteholders.

 

Additional Information

 

More detailed information of the Restructuring Plan is available in the RSA, which will be filed on Form 8K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

 

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Forward-Looking Statements

 

This release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements that are not strictly historical statements constitute forward-looking statements and may often, but not always, be identified by the use of such words such as “expects”, “believes”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “plans”, “estimates”, “potential”, “possible”, or “probable” or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “will”, “should”, or “could” be taken, occur or be achieved.  Forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and expectations and involve certain assumptions or estimates that involve various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the statements. These risks include, but are not limited to, the ability to confirm and consummate a plan of reorganization in accordance with the terms of the RSA; risks attendant to the bankruptcy process, including the effects thereof on the Company’s business and on the interests of various constituents, the length of time that the Company might be required to operate in bankruptcy and the continued availability of operating capital during the pendency of such proceedings; risks associated with third party motions in any bankruptcy case, which may interfere with the ability to confirm and consummate a plan of reorganization, potential adverse effects on the Company’s liquidity or results of operations; increased costs to execute the reorganization, effects on market price of the Company’s common stock and on the Company’s ability to access the capital markets, and the risks set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and other filings submitted by the Company to the SEC, copies of which may be obtained from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or through the Company’s website at www.halconresources.com. Readers should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which are made only as of the date hereof. The Company has no duty, and assumes no obligation, to update forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or changes in the Company’s expectations.

 

About Halcón Resources

 

Halcón Resources Corporation is an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, production, exploration and development of onshore oil and natural gas properties in the United States.

 

Contact:

 

Quentin Hicks

EVP, CFO & Treasurer

Halcón Resources

(303) 802-5541

 

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