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The following additional definitions shall be added to Clause 1.1 (Definitions) of the
Facility Agreement:
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| (i) |
“Deferral Letters” means: (i) the side letter dated 15 April 2020, between the Borrower, the Rig Owners, HoldCo, the Ultimate Parent and the Agent; (ii) the
deferral letter dated 5 May 2020, between the Borrower, the Rig Owners, HoldCo, the Ultimate Parent and the Agent; (iii) the deferral extension letter dated 21 May 2020; and (iv) the deferral extension letter dated 25 May 2020 as extended
on 26 May 2020;
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| (ii) |
“Deferral Period” has the meaning given to such term in the Deferral Letters; and
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| (iii) |
“Deferred Amount” has the meaning given to such term in the Deferral Letters;”
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| (b) |
Clause 24.4(b) (Earnings and Requisition Compensation) of the Facility Agreement shall be
deleted and replaced with the following:
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| (c) |
The application of Clause 22.21 (Ultimate Parent Undertaking) of the Facility Agreement
will be suspended with respect to payments made under Clause 24.4(b)(iii), such that the Ultimate Parent is not required to pre-fund amounts to be paid under that Clause 24.4(b)(iii) and each relevant Account Holder may make payments under
that Clause 24.4(b)(iii) from amounts standing to the credit of the relevant Account irrespective of whether those amounts have been pre-funded by way of a Fresh Capital Injection, as contemplated in Clause 22.21; and
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| (d) |
Clause 24.5 (Minimum Liquidity Account) shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
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| (a) |
“subject to Clause 24.5(b), the Minimum Liquidity Account shall be a blocked account and the Account Holder shall not be permitted to withdraw any sums from the
Minimum Liquidity Account without the prior written consent of the Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders);
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| (b) |
notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that:
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| (i) |
if the Deferred Amount is paid in full to the Agent for distribution to the Lenders on or before the expiry of the Deferral Period the Agent shall, at the
request of the Borrower, consent to the withdrawal of all amounts standing to the credit of the Minimum Liquidity Account for transfer to the Borrower or any Rig Owner; and
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| (ii) |
the requirement to maintain an Off Hire Buffer Amount under Clause 20.1 (Off Hire Buffer Amount) in the Minimum Liquidity Account shall be suspended until 3
January 2021, provided that such suspension shall only apply in the event that: (1) any drawings from the Minimum Liquidity Account have been applied in payment of all or part of the Deferred Amount pursuant to paragraph (i) above only; and
(2) any analogous provisions the Bank Finance Facilities and Shipyard Finance Facilities are suspended for not less than the same period and on no more favourable terms. The Borrower shall (and each Obligor shall) ensure that on and from 4
January 2021, the amount standing to the credit of the Minimum Liquidity Account shall not be less than is required pursuant to Clause 20.1 (Off Hire Buffer Amount).
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| (e) |
The following representation shall be added to Clause 18 (Representations and warranties)
as a new Clause 18.32:
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| (f) |
The following additional information undertakings shall be added to Clause 19.5 (Information:
miscellaneous):
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| (e) |
“promptly on request and in any event on a monthly basis, up to date copies of the: (i) IADC specifications in respect of each Rig; and (ii) the asset transfer
register and print out of the inventory register from the maintenance system for each Rig as provided to the Agent on 20 May 2020;
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| (f) |
within 15 Business Days of the end of each Month, providing to the Agent monthly operational and financial reports for each Rig with details of uptime, revenue,
detailed cost breakdown, cash receipts and disbursements;
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| (g) |
provide to the Agent the detailed quarterly budget (including, without limitation, profit and loss and cashflow forecast for each Rig) for the relevant calendar
year and including (but not limited to) details of operational key performance indicators, a measure of the non-productive time rate on a per Rig quarterly basis, cash earnings per Rig on a quarterly basis, and percentage earnings per Rig
per month and any updates to such budget as the Borrower otherwise prepares;
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| (h) |
any confirmatory security over each BOP as the Agent may reasonably require to be provided within 15 Business Days following the date of the request (together
with corporate approval documentation and legal opinions to the satisfaction of the Agent).
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| (g) |
The following additional general undertaking shall be added to Clause 21 (General undertakings):
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| (h) |
The following additional general undertaking shall be added to Clause 21 (General undertakings):
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| (a) |
promptly and in any event within 5 Business Days of receipt of a notice from the Security Agent on behalf of the Finance Parties confirming that it has
exercised its rights under the Security Documents in respect of any of the Rigs following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing:
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| (i) |
give notice to any or all of IFS, Eyeshare, IFS Consulting, IFS AMS and CEVA notifying them that they are each authorised to cooperate with the Security Agent
to facilitate the creation of a replica IFS system and to facilitate any other actions ancillary to the foregoing, should the Security Agent or its nominee require an IFS licence to operate any or all of the Rigs; and
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| (ii) |
use best endeavours to engage, facilitate and cooperate (but not to pay any additional fees or licence payments) with any or all of IFS, Eyeshare, IFS
Consulting, IFS AMS and CEVA in respect of any additional requests they may have in connection with the foregoing; and
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| (b) |
promptly and in any event within 15 Business Days of a receipt of a notice from the Security Agent on behalf of the Finance Parties and subject to
confidentiality undertakings from the Security Agent and any consultant engaged to advise the Security Agent on Rig operational matters, establish and provide access to a secure data room containing operational procedures specific to each
of the Rigs (to be updated from time to time promptly following written request from the Security Agent), such access to be on a view-only basis unless and until the Security Agent on behalf of the Finance Parties has exercised its rights
under the Security Documents in respect of any of the Rigs following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing. The password to enable download access to the documents in the data room will be held in escrow by external
legal counsel for the Security Agent on written terms that provide that legal counsel is not entitled to release the password unless and until it receives notice the Security Agent on behalf of the Finance Parties has exercised its rights
under the Security Documents in respect of any of the Rigs following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing."
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| (i) |
Clause 22.6 (Removal of parts) shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
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