<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001609253-17-000162.txt : 20171108
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001609253-17-000162
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171107
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171108
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171107

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			California Resources Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001609253
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				465670947
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36478
		FILM NUMBER:		171184920

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9200 OAKDALE AVENUE
		STREET 2:		9TH FLOOR
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91311
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8888484754

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9200 OAKDALE AVENUE
		STREET 2:		9TH FLOOR
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91311
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<div><a name="sBA0C2795A1A8BA395F0599675382A8DA"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;-sec-extract:summary;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:26px;text-align:center;font-size:16pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES <br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;<br>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:6px;text-align:left;padding-left:240px;text-indent:312px;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:20pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:20pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:6px;text-align:left;padding-left:240px;text-indent:312px;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:13px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#168;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:13px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#168;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:13px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#168;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR &#167;230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR &#167;240.12b-2). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Emerging growth company </font><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#168;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">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 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style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Other Events.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On November 6, 2017, California Resources Corporation announced in its earnings release that it is working with its lender group to enter into an amendment to its Credit Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and a Letter of Credit Issuer, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Swingline Lender and a Letter of Credit Issuer, and the Lenders named therein, dated as of September 24, 2014, (as previously amended, the &#8220;2014 Credit 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The proposed amendment has received approval from each member of the lender group and we expect that the amendment will be signed after completion of federally mandated flood insurance review. We can provide no assurances that the amendment will be signed or will become effective, or that the terms of the proposed amendment will not change, whether as a result of flood insurance review or otherwise.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The form of proposed amendment, which may be subject to change, is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">____________________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The information contained in this report is being furnished and shall not be deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Statements contained in the exhibits to this report that state the Company&#8217;s or its management&#8217;s expectations or predictions of the future are forward-looking statements intended to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 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<div><a name="s3BF542DEBB16415592D0996CD758A2C8"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">SEVENTH AMENDMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">TO</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">CREDIT AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;<br></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">DATED AS OF NOVEMBER [__], 2017</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;<br></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;<br>AMONG</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;<br></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;<br>CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORPORATION, <br>AS THE BORROWER,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;<br></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;<br>JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., <br>AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, SWINGLINE LENDER <br>AND A LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUER,</font><font 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style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement (this &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendment</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) dated as of [__], 2017, is among California Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Borrower</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), each of the undersigned Guarantors, each Lender party hereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Administrative Agent</font><font 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Unless otherwise defined in this Amendment, each capitalized term used in this Amendment, including the recitals hereto, has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.  Unless otherwise indicated, all section references in this Amendment refer to sections of the Credit Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;color:#010000;">Section 2.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendments to Credit Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:6px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">2.1</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendments to Section 1.1</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;color:#010000;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The following defined terms are hereby amended and restated in their entirety or added in their entirety, in each case to read as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">2020 Notes</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall mean</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the Borrower&#8217;s $1,000,000,000 5.00% Senior Notes due 2020.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">2021 Notes</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall mean</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the Borrower&#8217;s $1,750,000,000 5.50% Senior Notes due 2021.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">ABR</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; shall mean for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">plus</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;&#189; of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:624px;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its &#8220;prime rate&#8221; and (c) the LIBOR Rate for a one-month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">plus</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;1.0%; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;that, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of calculating the LIBOR Rate pursuant to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">clause (c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;above, the LIBOR Rate for any day shall be based on the LIBOR Screen Rate (or if the LIBOR Screen Rate is not available for such one month Interest Period, the Interpolated Rate) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day for a period equal to one-month. 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:624px;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:112px;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:74.57264957264957%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="5"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:44%;"></td><td style="width:14%;"></td><td style="width:14%;"></td><td style="width:14%;"></td><td style="width:14%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" 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Section 2.10 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8220;2.10    </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a) In the event that any Lender, shall have reasonably determined (which determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto):</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(i) that, due to a Change in Law occurring at any time or after the Funding Date, which Change in Law shall (A) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender, (B) subject any Lender to any Tax with respect to any Credit Document or any LIBOR Loan made by it (other than (i) Taxes indemnifiable under </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 5.4</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, or (ii) Excluded Taxes), or (C) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or LIBOR Loans made by such Lender, which results in the cost to such Lender of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining LIBOR Loans or participating in Letters of Credit (in each case hereunder) increasing by an amount which such Lender reasonably deems </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">8</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:624px;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:624px;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">material or the amounts received or receivable by such Lender hereunder with respect to the foregoing shall be reduced; or</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(ii) at any time, that the making or continuance of any LIBOR Loan has become unlawful as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any Requirement of Law (or would conflict with any such Requirement of Law not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful);</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">then, and in any such event, such Lender shall within a reasonable time thereafter give notice (if by telephone, confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the other Lenders).  Thereafter (x) in the case of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">clause (i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;above, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender, promptly (but no later than fifteen days) after receipt of written demand therefor such additional amounts as shall be required to compensate such Lender for such increased costs or reductions in amounts receivable hereunder (it being agreed that a written notice as to the additional amounts owed to such Lender, showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof, submitted to the Borrower by such Lender shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) and (y) in the case of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">clause (ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;above, the Borrower shall take one of the actions specified in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 2.10(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, as promptly as possible and, in any event, within the time period required by applicable Requirements of Law.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(b) At any time that any LIBOR Loan is affected by the circumstances described in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 2.10(a)(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">or </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">(ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, the Borrower may (and in the case of a LIBOR Loan affected pursuant to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 2.10(a)(ii)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;shall) either (i) if the affected LIBOR Loan is then being made pursuant to a Borrowing, cancel such Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (confirmed promptly in writing) thereof on the same date that the Borrower was notified by a Lender pursuant to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 2.10(a)(i)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;or (ii) or (ii) if the affected LIBOR Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three Business Days&#8217; notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert each such LIBOR Loan into an ABR Loan; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;that if more than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated in the same manner pursuant to this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 2.10(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(c) If, after the Funding Date, any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity requirements of any Lender or compliance by any Lender or its parent with any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy or liquidity requirements occurring after the Funding Date, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender&#8217;s or its parent&#8217;s capital or assets as a consequence of such Lender&#8217;s commitments or obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or its parent could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender&#8217;s or its parent&#8217;s policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity requirements), then from time to time, promptly (but in any event no later than fifteen days) after written demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or its parent for such reduction, it being </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">9</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:624px;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:624px;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">understood and agreed, however, that a Lender shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Lender&#8217;s compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any applicable Requirement of Law as in effect on the Funding Date (except as otherwise set forth in the definition of Change in Law).  Each Lender, upon determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 2.10(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, will give prompt written notice thereof to the Borrower, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such additional amounts, although the failure to give any such notice shall not, subject to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 2.13</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, release or diminish the Borrower&#8217;s obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 2.10(c)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;upon receipt of such notice.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:6px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">2.4</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendment to Section 2.16.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;Subsection 2.16(a)(iii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8220;(iii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;no such increase shall cause the aggregate increases in Commitments pursuant to this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 2.16</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;to exceed the lesser of (a) $50,000,000 and (b) the positive difference if any between (i) the Borrowing Base and (ii) the sum of the Total Revolving Commitments and the Total Term Loans Commitments;&#8221; </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:6px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">2.5</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendment to Article 2</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Article 2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following new Section 2.17 to read as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8220;2.17.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Alternate Rate of Interest</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a) If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(i)  the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR Rate (including, without limitation, because the LIBOR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis), for such Interest Period; 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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 14.01</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date notice of such alternate rate of interest is provided to the Lenders, a written notice from the Majority Lenders stating that such Majority Lenders object to such amendment. Until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">clause (b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;(but, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii) of the first sentence of this </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 2.17(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, only to the extent the LIBOR Screen Rate for  such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), (x) any Notice of Conversion or Continuation that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans shall be ineffective, (y) if any Notice of Borrowing requests a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans, such Borrowing shall be made as a Borrowing of ABR Loans; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">provided that</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, if such alternate rate of interest shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:6px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">2.6</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendment to Section 5.2</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;color:#010000;">(a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Subsection 5.2(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8220;(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Repayment of Loans Following Disposition of Non-Borrowing Base Properties</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  If the Borrower or any one of the other Credit Parties consummates a Disposition (other than (i) Dispositions valued in good faith by the Borrower at less than $1,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate for any fiscal year of the Borrower, (ii) Exploration and Development Dispositions for which any cash received is used to pay or reimburse </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;color:#212121;">costs and expenses incurred in the conduct of exploration and development operations </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">in connection with the related Development Joint Venture, farm-ins or farm-outs, </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">11</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:624px;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:624px;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(iii) Dispositions of any non-Borrowing Base Properties (including net profits interests) to any Development Joint Venture (including any NPI JV) on or after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date for which the consideration received is reinvested in any Development Joint Venture (including any NPI JV) or in any of the Credit Parties&#8217; 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