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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1996.
REGISTRATION NO. 333- . . . . .
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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1389
1311
(PRIMARY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL
CLASSIFICATION CODE NUMBER)
MINNESOTA 95-3409686
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
13430 NORTHWEST FREEWAY, SUITE 350
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77040
(713) 690-1818
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
GERALD G. REUHL
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
13430 NORTHWEST FREEWAY, SUITE 350
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77040
(713) 690-1818
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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COPIES TO:
ANDREW C. BECHER
SENIOR V.P. & GENERAL COUNSEL
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
13430 NORTHWEST FREEWAY
SUITE 350
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77040
(713) 690-1818
KEVIN L. CRUDDEN T. MARK KELLY
ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI VINSON & ELKINS L.L.P.
2800 LASALLE PLAZA 2300 FIRST CITY TOWER
800 LASALLE AVENUE 1001 FANNIN STREET
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002
(612) 349-8500 (713) 758-2222
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC: As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
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If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, please check the following box. [ ]
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. [ ]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [ ]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF AGGREGATE OFFERING AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PRICE(1)(2) REGISTRATION FEE
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Common Stock, no par value.............$57,787,500 $19,927
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(1) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
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THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO
SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
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INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY
OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES
EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITIES
IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR
TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION DATED SEPTEMBER 4, 1996
3,350,000 SHARES
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
COMMON STOCK
Of the 3,350,000 shares of Common Stock, no par value per share (the
"Common Stock"), of Cal Dive International, Inc. (the "Company" or "Cal Dive"),
offered hereby, 2,800,000 shares are being sold by the Company and 550,000
shares are being sold by the Selling Shareholders. See "Principal and Selling
Shareholders." It is currently estimated that the initial public offering price
will be between $13.00 and $15.00 per share. Prior to this offering (this
"Offering"), there has been no public market for the Common Stock of the
Company. See "Underwriting" for information relating to the factors considered
in determining the initial public offering price.
The Company has filed an application for quotation of its Common Stock on
the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "CALD."
THE COMMON STOCK OFFERED HEREBY INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. SEE "RISK
FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 13.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE COMMISSION
OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF
THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE.
MARKED DRAFT -- 08/29/96
(AGAINST 08/28/96 VERSION)
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
__________ Shares
Common Stock
(No Par Value Per Share)
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
New York, New York
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SCHRODER WERTHEIM & CO. INCORPORATED
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.
SIMMONS & COMPANY INTERNATIONAL
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
c/o Schroder Wertheim & Co. Incorporated
Equitable Center
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019-6016
Dear Sirs:
Cal Dive International, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"),
proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell,
and certain shareholders of the Company (named in Schedule II attached hereto
the "Selling Shareholders") propose to sell, to the Underwriters named in
Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters"), an aggregate of __________ shares of
Common Stock, no par value per share (the "Common Stock"). The __________ shares
of Common Stock to be sold by the Company and the Selling Shareholders are
herein referred to as the "Firm Securities." In addition, the Company and
certain of the Selling Shareholders propose to grant to the Underwriters an
option to purchase up to an additional __________ shares of Common Stock (the
"Option Securities"), on the terms and for the purposes set forth in Section 2
hereof. The Firm Securities and the Option Securities are herein collectively
referred to as the "Securities." Except as may be expressly set forth below, any
reference to you in this Agreement shall be solely in your capacity as the
Representatives OF THE SEVERAL UNDERWRITERS (THE "REPRESENTATIVES").
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the
Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-l (File No. 333-_____) as
amended by Amendment No. filed (the "Initial Registration Statement") in
respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"); the Initial Registration Statement and
any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore
delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits thereto, to you for each of
the other Underwriters, have been declared effective by the Commission
in such form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing
the size of the offering (a "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement"), filed
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"), which became effective upon filing, no other document with
respect to the Initial Registration Statement has heretofore been filed
with the Commission; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto
or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and
no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the
Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial
Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(a) of the Rules and Regulations of the Commission under the Act (the
"Rules and Regulations"), is hereinafter called a "Preliminary
Prospectus," the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and
the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits
thereto and including the information contained in the form of final
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule
430A under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at
the time it was declared effective or such part of the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective,
each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement
became effective, is hereinafter collectively called the "Registration
Statement"; such final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Act, is hereinafter called the "Prospectus");
(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary
Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations of
the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter
through Schroder Wertheim & Co. Incorporated ("SCHRODER WERTHEIM")
expressly for use therein;
(c) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and
any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or
Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder, and
did not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, and as of the
applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through Schroder
Wertheim expressly for use therein;
(d) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the state
of Minnesota, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus,
and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction
of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property, or conducts any
business, so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no
material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so
qualified in any such jurisdiction, except where the failure to so
qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the condition,
financial or otherwise, or the business affairs or prospects of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, (such adverse effect to
be hereinafter referred to as a "Material Adverse Effect"); and each of
the Company's subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and
other) to own its properties and to conduct its business as described in
the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for
the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of
each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property, or conducts
any business, so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no
material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so
qualified in any such jurisdiction, (except where the failure to so
qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect);
(e) All of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary
of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are
fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Company free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities, security interests, or
claims; and there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights
calling for the issuance of, and there are no commitments, plans or
arrangements to issue, any shares of capital stock of any subsidiary or
any security convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for capital
stock of any subsidiary; except for the shares of stock of each
subsidiary owned by the Company, neither the Company nor any subsidiary
owns, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock of any
corporation or has any equity interest in any firm, partnership, joint
venture or other entity;
(f) The Company has all corporate power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement; the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of its obligations under this
Agreement have been duly and validly authorized
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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by all requisite corporate action of the Company; and this Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms except as
enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors
generally;
(g) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in
the Prospectus, any loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance,
or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or
decree, which loss or interference is material to the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and, since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, there has not been, and prior to the Time of Delivery (as
defined in Section 4 hereof) there will not be, any change in the
capital stock (other than shares issued pursuant to the exercise of
employee stock options that the Prospectus indicates are outstanding
(the "Employee Option Shares")), or any material adverse change, or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or
affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the Prospectus;
(h) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable
title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title
to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described or
contemplated by the Prospectus, or such as do not materially affect the
value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its
subsidiaries, and any real property and buildings held under lease by
the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not
material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made
of such real property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;
(i) The Company has an authorized, issued and outstanding
capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, and all of
the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and
validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, are
free of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar
rights, were issued and sold in compliance with the applicable Federal
and state securities laws and conform in all material respects to the
description in the Prospectus; except as described in the Prospectus,
there are no outstanding options warrants or other rights calling for
the issuance of, and there are no commitments, plans or arrangements to
issue, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any security
convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock of the
Company;
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(j) The Securities to be issued and sold by the Company to the
Underwriters hereunder have been duly and validly authorized and, when
issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will
be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and will
conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the
Prospectus and will be quoted on the NASDAQ National Market as of the
Effective Date;
(k) The performance of this Agreement, the consummation of the
transactions herein contemplated and the issue and sale of the
Securities and the compliance by the Company with all the provisions of
this Agreement will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation
of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, claim, or
encumbrance upon, any of the property or assets of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action
result in any violation of the provisions of the AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES of Incorporation (THE "ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION") or the
By-Laws, in each case as amended to the date hereof, of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or any statute or any order, rule or regulation
of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification
of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required for the
issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except the registration
under the Act of the Securities, and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under
state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters;
(l) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective
officers or directors is a party or of which any property of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is the subject, other than litigation or
proceedings incident to the business conducted by the Company and its
subsidiaries which will not individually or in the aggregate have a
Material Adverse Effect; and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no
such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental
authorities or threatened or contemplated by others;
(m) The Company and its subsidiaries have such licenses, permits
and other approvals or authorizations of and from governmental or
regulatory authorities ("Permits") as are necessary under applicable law
to own their respective properties and to conduct their respective
businesses in the manner now being conducted and as described in the
Prospectus; and the Company and its subsidiaries have fulfilled and
performed all of their respective obligations with respect to such
Permits, and no event has occurred which allows, or after
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notice or lapse of time or both would allow, revocation or termination
thereof or result in any other impairment of the rights of the holder of
any such permits where such revocation, termination or impairment would
have a Material Adverse Effect;
(n) Arthur Andersen LLP who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and
delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated
financial statements and schedules included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants as
required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Commission
thereunder;
(o) The historical information underlying the estimates of the
reserves of the Company supplied by the Company to Miller & Lents, Ltd.
("Miller & Lents"), independent petroleum engineers, for the purposes of
preparing the reserve reports of the Company referenced in the
Prospectus (the "Reserve Report"), including, without limitation,
production volumes, sales prices for production, contractual pricing
provisions under oil or gas sales or marketing contracts or under
hedging arrangements, costs of operations and development, and working
interest and net revenue information relating to the Company's ownership
interests in properties, was true and correct in all material respects
on the date of such Reserve Report; the estimates of future capital
expenditures and other future exploration and development costs supplied
to Miller & Lents were prepared in good faith and with a reasonable
basis; the information provided by Miller & Lents for purposes of
preparing the Reserve Report was prepared in accordance with customary
industry practices; to the best of the Company's knowledge, Miller &
Lents was, as of the date of the Reserve Report prepared by it, and are,
as of the date hereof, independent petroleum engineers with respect to
the Company; other than normal production of reserves and intervening
spot market product price fluctuations, and except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of
any facts or circumstances that would result in a materially adverse
change in the reserves in the aggregate, or the aggregate present value
of future net cash flows therefrom, as described in the Prospectus and
as reflected in the Reserve Report; estimates of such reserves and the
present value of the future net cash flows therefrom as described in the
Prospectus and reflected in the Reserve Report comply in all material
respects to the applicable requirements of the Rules and Regulations;
(p) The Company (A) is in compliance with any and all applicable
federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection
of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic
substances or waste, pollutants or contaminants ("Environmental Laws"),
(B) has received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of it
under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its business and (C) is
in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license
or approval, except for such noncompliance with Environmental Laws,
failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or
failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits,
licenses or approvals that would not, singularly or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect.
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There has been no storage, disposal, generation, transportation,
handling or treatment of hazardous substances or solid wastes by the
Company (or to the knowledge of the Company, any of its predecessors in
interest) at, upon or from any of the property now or previously owned
or leased by the Company in violation of any applicable law, ordinance,
rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would
require remedial action by the Company under any applicable law,
ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, except
for any violation or remedial action which would not result in, or which
would not be reasonably likely to result in, singularly or in the
aggregate with all such violations and remedial actions, a Material
Adverse Effect; there has been no spill, discharge, leak, emission,
injection, escape, dumping or release of any kind onto such property or
into the environment surrounding such property of any solid wastes or
hazardous substances due to or caused by the Company, except for any
such spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or
release which would not result in or would not be reasonably likely to
result in, singularly or in the aggregate with all such spills,
discharges, leaks, emissions, injections, escapes, dumpings and
releases, a Material Adverse Effect; and the terms "hazardous
substances" and "solid wastes" shall have the meanings specified in any
applicable local, state and federal laws or regulations with respect to
environmental protection;
(q) The consolidated financial statements and schedules of the
Company and its subsidiaries included in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus present fairly the financial condition, the results of
operations and the cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries as of
the dates and for the periods therein specified in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied throughout
the periods involved, except as otherwise stated therein; and the other
financial and statistical information and data set forth in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus is accurately presented and,
to the extent such information and data is derived from the financial
statements and books and records of the Company and its subsidiaries, is
prepared on a basis consistent with such financial statements and the
books and records of the Company and its subsidiaries; no other
financial statements or schedules are required to be included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus;
(r) There are no statutes or governmental regulations, or any
contracts or other documents that are required to be described in or
filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described
therein or filed as exhibits thereto; and all such contracts to which
the Company or any subsidiary is a party have been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company or such subsidiary, constitute
valid and binding agreements of the Company or such subsidiary and are
enforceable against the Company or such subsidiary in accordance with
the terms thereof;
(s) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate
patent rights or licenses or other rights to use patent rights,
inventions, trademarks, service marks, trade
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names, copyrights, technology and know-how necessary to conduct the
general business now or proposed to be operated by them as described in
the Prospectus; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights
of others with respect to any patent, patent rights, inventions,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, technology or
know-how which, singularly or in the aggregate, would have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(t) Neither the Company nor any of and its subsidiaries are in
violation of any term or provision of its ARTICLES of Incorporation or
By-Laws (or similar corporate constituent documents), in each case as
amended to the date hereof; nor are the Company or any of its
subsidiaries in violation of any law, ordinance, administrative or
governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, or of any decree of any court or governmental agency or
body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries
where such violation would have a Material Adverse Effect;
(u) No default exists, and no event has occurred which with
notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default in the due
performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement, lease
or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or their respective
properties is bound or may be affected where such default would have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(v) The Company and its subsidiaries have timely filed all
necessary tax returns and notices and have paid all federal, state,
county, local and foreign taxes of any nature whatsoever for all tax
years through December 31, 1995, to the extent such taxes have become
due. The Company has no knowledge, or any reasonable grounds to know, of
any tax deficiencies which would have a Material Adverse Effect; the
Company and its subsidiaries have paid all taxes which have become due,
whether pursuant to any assessments, or otherwise, and there is no
further liability (whether or not disclosed on such returns) or
assessments for any such taxes, and no interest or penalties accrued or
accruing with respect thereto, except as may be set forth or adequately
reserved for in the financial statements included in the Registration
Statement; the amounts currently set up as provisions for taxes or
otherwise by the Company and its subsidiaries on their books and records
are sufficient for the payment of all their unpaid federal, foreign,
state, county and local taxes accrued through the dates as of which they
speak, and for which the Company and its subsidiaries may be liable in
their own right, or as a transferee of the assets of, or as successor to
any other corporation, association, partnership, joint venture or other
entity;
(w) The Company will not, during the period of 180 days after the
date hereof except pursuant to this Agreement, offer, sell, contract to
sell or otherwise dispose of any capital stock of the Company (or
securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, capital
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stock of the Company), directly or indirectly, without the prior written
consent of the Representatives of the Underwriters except for grants
under the Company's stock option plan and the issuance of stock upon the
exercise of any options granted thereunder;
(x) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances
that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's
general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain
accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv)
the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets
at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to
any differences;
(y) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
violation of any foreign, federal, state or local law or regulation
relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment
or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants,
nor any federal or state law relating to discrimination in the hiring,
promotion or paying of employees nor any applicable federal or state
wages and hours laws, nor any provisions of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the Rules and Regulations
promulgated thereunder, where such violation would have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(z) None of the Company or its subsidiaries, or its officers,
directors, employees or agents has used any corporate funds for any
unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense
relating to political activity, or made any unlawful payment of funds of
the Company or any subsidiary or received or retained any funds in
violation of any law, rule or regulation;
(aa) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Securities, will not be an "investment company" or an
entity "controlled" by an "investment company," as such terms are
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(bb) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business
with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in
Cuba within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes;
(cc) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is party to
any union or collective bargaining agreements, and no labor disturbance,
strike or slowdown exists, or, to the Company's knowledge, is
threatened, by or involving any employees of the Company or its
subsidiaries, in any such case that is or would be reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(dd) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
"Description of Capital Stock," insofar as they purport to constitute a
summary of the terms of the Common Stock, are, in all material respects,
accurate and complete;
(ee) The Company and any of its subsidiaries that owns the marine
vessels described in the Prospectus (the "Vessels"), which operate in
United States coastwise trade, are and at all times have been citizens
of the United States within the meaning of Section 2 of the Shipping Act
of 1916, as amended, 46 U.S.C. ss.802 (the "Shipping Act"), and
qualified to engage in coastwise trade. At no time during the Company or
any subsidiary's ownership of the Vessels have any of the Vessels been
sold, chartered or otherwise transferred to any person or entity in
violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. Except as set
forth of Schedule III, each Vessel has clean certificate of inspection
from the United States Coast Guard and an American Bureau of Shipping
load line certificate where applicable, in each case free of reported or
reportable exceptions or notations of record;
(ff) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by
insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and
risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses
in which they are engaged; neither the Company nor any such subsidiary
has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and
except as described in the Prospectus neither the Company nor any such
subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew
its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to
obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to
continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(gg) There are no holders of securities of the Company, who, by
reason of the filing of the Registration Statement, have the right (and
have not waived such right) to require the Company to register under the
Act, or to include in the Registration Statement, securities held by
them; and
(hh) The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later of
(i) any Option SECURITIES DELIVERY Date and (ii) the completion of the
distribution of the Securities,
will not distribute any offering material in connection with the
offering and sale of the Securities other than the Registration
Statement or any amendment thereto, any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or other materials,
if any, permitted by the Act.
1.A. Each of the Selling Shareholders severally and not jointly
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:
(a) Such Selling Shareholder has all requisite power, authority,
authorizations, approvals, orders and consents to enter into this
Agreement and to carry out the provisions and conditions hereof and in
the event that such Selling
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Shareholder is a corporation, such Selling Shareholder has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation; in the event
that such Selling Shareholder is a limited partnership, such Selling
Shareholder has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited
partnership in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
formation;
(b) Each of this Agreement, the Custody Agreement (a form of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit A) and the Power of Attorney (a form
of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B) has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of such Selling
Shareholder and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights
of creditors generally;
(c) On the closing date for the Securities, all stock transfer or
other taxes (other than income taxes) which are required to be paid in
connection with the sale and transfer of the Securities to be sold by
such Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters will have been fully paid
or provided for by such Selling Shareholder and all laws imposing such
taxes will have been fully complied with;
(d) The performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the assets of
such Selling Shareholder pursuant to the terms or provisions of, or
result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, or result in the acceleration of any obligation under the
articles of association or charter or BY-LAWS of such Selling
Shareholder, if applicable, or any contract or other agreement to which
such Selling Shareholder is a party or bound, or under any law, order,
statute, regulation, consent or memorandum of understanding applicable
to such Selling Shareholder of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having
jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder or the property of such
Selling Shareholder;
(e) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the
Selling Shareholder of the transactions on its part contemplated hereby,
except such as have been obtained under the Act and such as may be
required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with
the purchase and distribution by the Underwriters of the Shares to be
sold by the Selling Shareholder or such as may be required by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD");
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(f) To the best of such Selling Shareholder's knowledge, as of
the date hereof, and as of each of the Time of Delivery and the Option
Securities Delivery Date (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4 HEREOF), the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus did not and will not contain
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading;
(g) The Selling Shareholder has not distributed and, prior to the
later to occur of (i) the Time of Delivery, (ii) the Option Securities
Delivery Date or (iii) completion of the distribution of the Securities,
will not distribute without your prior written consent any offering
material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities
other than as permitted by the Act; and
(h) The Selling Shareholder now has, and at each of the Time of
Delivery and the Option Securities Delivery Date will have, good and
valid title to the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder
hereto, free and clear of all security interests, liens, encumbrances,
equities or other claims, and, upon delivery of and payment for such
Securities, the Selling Shareholder will deliver to the Underwriter,
good and valid title to such Securities, free and clear of all security
interests, liens, encumbrances, equities or other claims.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company
agrees to issue and sell, and the Selling Shareholders agree to sell, to the
several Underwriters an aggregate of __________ Firm Securities (__________
shares of such Firm Securities will be sold by the Company and __________ shares
of such Firm Securities will be sold by the Selling Shareholders), and each of
the Underwriters agrees to purchase from the Company and the Selling
Shareholders, at a purchase price of $_____ per share, the respective aggregate
number of Firm Securities determined in the manner set forth below. The
obligation of each Underwriter to the Company and the SELLING Shareholders shall
be to purchase that portion of the number of shares of Common Stock to be sold
by the Company and the Selling Shareholders pursuant to this Agreement as the
number of Firm Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter on
Schedule I bears to the total number of Firm Securities to be purchased by the
Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, in each case adjusted by you such that
no Underwriter shall be obligated to purchase Firm Securities other than in 100
share amounts. In making this Agreement, each Underwriter is contracting
severally and not jointly.
In addition, subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company agrees to issue and sell and the Selling Shareholders agree to sell, to
the Underwriters, as required (for the sole purpose of covering over-allotments
in the sale of the Firm Securities), up to __________ Option Securities at the
purchase price per share of the Firm Securities being sold by the Company and
the Selling Shareholders as stated in the preceding paragraph (with any Option
Securities sold to the Underwriters pursuant to this paragraph being sold in
equal numbers by the Company, on the one
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hand, and the Selling Shareholders collectively, on the other). The right to
purchase the Option Securities may be exercised by your giving 48 hours' prior
written or telephonic notice (subsequently confirmed in writing) to the Company
and the Selling Shareholders of your determina tion to purchase all or a portion
of the Option Securities. Such notice may be given at any time within a period
of 30 days following the date of this Agreement. Option Securities shall be
purchased severally for the account of each Underwriter in proportion to the
number of Firm Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in
Schedule I hereto. No Option Securities shall be delivered to or for the
accounts of the Underwriters unless the Firm Securities shall be simultaneously
delivered or shall theretofore have been delivered as herein provided. The
respective purchase obligations of each Underwriter shall be adjusted by you so
that no Underwriter shall be obligated to purchase Option Securities other than
in 100 share amounts and the Underwriters collectively must purchase an equal
number of Option Securities from the Company and the Selling Shareholders, taken
as a whole, except as noted above. The Underwriters may cancel
any purchase of Option Securities at any time prior to the Option Securities
Delivery Date by giving written notice of such cancellation to the Company.
3. Upon the authorization by you to release the Firm Shares, the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Securities for sale upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
4. Certificates in definitive form for the Firm Securities to be
purchased by each Underwriter hereunder shall be delivered by or on behalf of
the Company and the Selling Shareholders to you for the account of such
Underwriter, against payment by such Underwriter or on its behalf of the
purchase price therefor by wire transfer, payable in same-day funds to the order
of the Company and the Selling Shareholders, as appropriate, for the purchase
price of the Firm Securities being sold by the Company and the Selling
Shareholders at the office of Schroder Wertheim & Co. Incorporated, Equitable
Center, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York, at 9:30 a.m., New York City
time, on __________ ___, 1996, or at such other time, date and place as you and
the Company may agree upon in writing, such time and date being herein called
the "Time of Delivery."
Certificates in definitive form for the Option Securities to be
purchased by each Underwriter hereunder shall be delivered by or on behalf of
the Company and the Selling Shareholders to you for the account of such
Underwriter, against payment by such Underwriter or on its behalf of the
purchase price thereof by certified or official bank check or checks, payable in
New York Clearing House funds, to the order of the Company and the respective
Selling Shareholders, for the purchase price of the Option Securities, in New
York, New York, at such time and on such date (not earlier than the Time of
Delivery nor later than ten business days after giving of the notice delivered
by you to the Company with reference thereto) and in such denominations and
registered in such names as shall be specified in the notice delivered by you to
the Company and the Selling Shareholders with respect to the purchase of such
Option Securities. The date and time of such delivery and payment are herein
sometimes referred to as the "Option Securities Delivery Date." The obligations
of the
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Underwriters shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that there
shall be delivered to the Underwriters on the Option Securities Delivery Date
opinions and certificates, dated such Option Securities Delivery Date, referring
to the Option Securities, instead of the Firm Securities, but otherwise to the
same effect as those required to be delivered at the Time of Delivery pursuant
to Sections 7(d), 7(e), 7(f), 7(g), 7(h) and 7(k).
Certificates for the Firm Securities and the Option Securities so to be
delivered will be in good delivery form, and in such denominations and
registered in such names as you may request not less than 48 hours prior to the
Time of Delivery and the Option Securities Delivery Date, respectively. Such
certificates will be made available for checking and packaging in New York, New
York, at least 24 hours prior to the Time of Delivery and the Option Securities
Delivery Date.
5. The Company covenants and agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to
file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later
than the Commission's close of business on the second business day
following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if
applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3)
under the Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus which shall be disapproved by you
promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after
it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the
Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any
supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed
and to furnish you with copies thereof; to advise you, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus, of the suspension of the
qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of
the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or
of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of
the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information;
and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or
prospectus or suspending any such qualification, promptly to use its
best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may
request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the
securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and to comply
with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings
therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to
complete the distribution, PROVIDED that in connection therewith the
Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to
file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York
Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to
time, to furnish the Underwriters
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with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as you
may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required
at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of
issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the
Shares and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of
which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is
delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be
necessary during such period to amend or supplement the Prospectus in
order to comply with the Act to notify you and upon your request to
prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer
in securities as many copies as you may from time to time reasonably
request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which
will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, and
in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus in
connection with sales of any of the Shares at any time nine months or
more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your request but at
the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such
Underwriter as many copies as you may request of an amended or
supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(d) That it has caused the Securities to be included for
quotation on the NASDAQ National Market as of the Effective Date; and
(e) To file with the Commission such reports on Form SR as may
be required pursuant to Rule 463 under the Act.
5.A. Each of the Selling Shareholders covenants with each of the
Underwriters as follows:
(a) Such Selling Shareholder will not at any time, directly or
indirectly, take any action intended, or which might reasonably be
expected, to cause or result in, or which will cause, stabilization of
the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale
of any of the Securities in connection with the Offering.
(b) As soon as such Selling Shareholder is advised thereof, such
Selling Shareholder will advise the Underwriters and confirm such advice
in writing, (1) of receipt by such Selling Shareholder, or by any
representative of the Selling Shareholder, of any communication from the
Commission relating to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any
Preliminary Prospectus, or any notice or order of the Commission
relating to the Company or such Selling Shareholder in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (2) of the happening
of any event during the period from and after the Effective Date that in
the judgment of such Selling Shareholder makes any statement made in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the
making of any changes in the
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Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading.
(c) Such Selling Shareholder will not, for a period of 180 days
following the date of the Prospectus, without prior written consent of
the Underwriters, offer, sell or contract to sell, or otherwise dispose
of, directly or indirectly, any other shares of Common Stock or any
securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of Common
Stock.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that
the Company will pay or cause to be paid: (i) the fees, disbursements and
expenses of counsel and accountants for the Company, and all other expenses, in
connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the
furnishing of copies thereof, including charges for mailing, air freight and
delivery and counting and packaging thereof and of any Preliminary Prospectus
and related offering documents to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of
copying and distributing this Agreement, the Agreement Among Underwriters, the
Selling Agreement, communications with the Underwriters and selling group and
the Preliminary and Supplemental Blue Sky Memoranda and any other documents in
connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities;
(iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for
offering and sale under securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof,
including filing and registration fees and the fees, reasonable disbursements
and expenses for counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such
qualification and in connection with Blue Sky surveys or similar advice with
respect to sales; (iv) the filing fees incident to securing any required review
by the NASD of the terms of the sale of the Securities; (v) all fees and
expenses in connection with quotation of the Securities on the NASDAQ National
Market; and (vi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of
their obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in
this Section 6, including the fees of the Company's Transfer Agent and
Registrar, the cost of any stock issue or transfer taxes on sale of the
Securities to the Underwriters, the cost of the Company's personnel and other
internal costs, the cost of printing and engraving the certificates representing
the Securities and all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of
the Securities to be sold by the Company to the Underwriters hereunder. It is
understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, Section 8 and
Section 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all their own costs and expenses,
including the fees of their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of
the Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers
they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be subject, in
their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and
other statements of the Company and the Selling Shareholders herein are, at and
as of the Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company and
the Selling Shareholders shall have performed all its obligations hereunder
theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
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(a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective, and
you shall have received notice thereof not later than 10:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the date of execution of this Agreement, or at such
other time as you and the Company may agree; if required, the Prospectus
shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the
time period required by Rule 424(b); no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and
no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened
by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the
part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable
satisfaction;
(b) All corporate proceedings and related legal and other matters
in connection with the organization of the Company and the registration,
authorization, issue, sale and delivery of the Securities shall have
been reasonably satisfactory to Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., counsel to the
Underwriters, and Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. shall have been timely
furnished with such papers and information as they may reasonably have
requested to enable them to pass upon the matters referred to in this
subsection;
(c) You shall not have advised the Company that the Registration
Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
contains an untrue statement of fact or omits to state a fact which in
your judgment is in either case material and in the case of an omission
is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
(d) Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi ("Robins Kaplan"), counsel to
the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated
the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the
effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly and validly incorporated and
is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of the state of Minnesota, and is qualified to do business
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which its
ownership or leasing of properties requires such qualification or
the conduct of its business requires such qualification (except
where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse
Effect); and the Company has all necessary corporate power and
all material governmental authorizations, permits and approvals
required to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus;
(ii) Each of the Company's subsidiaries has been duly and
validly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, and is qualified to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or leasing
of properties requires such qualification or the conduct of its
business requires such qualification (except where the failure to
so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect); and each
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such subsidiary has all necessary corporate power and all
material governmental authorizations, permits and approvals
required to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct
its business as described in the Prospectus;
(iii) All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
of the Company's subsidiaries have been duly authorized and are
validly issued and outstanding, are fully paid and non-assessable
are owned by the Company of record and to the best knowledge of
such counsel, (A) beneficially and (B) free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, equities, security interests or claims of
any nature whatsoever; and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has granted any outstanding options, warrants or
commitments with respect to any shares of its capital stock,
whether issued or unissued, except as otherwise described in the
Prospectus;
(iv) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set
forth in the Registration Statement and all of the issued shares
of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; are
free of any preemptive rights, and were issued and sold in
compliance with all applicable Federal and state securities laws;
except as described in the Prospectus, to the knowledge of such
counsel, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other
rights calling for the issuance of, and there are no commitments,
plans or arrangements to issue, any shares of capital stock of
the Company; the Securities being sold by the Company have been
duly and validly authorized and, when duly countersigned by the
Company's Transfer Agent and Registrar and issued, delivered and
paid for in accordance with the provisions of the Registration
Statement and this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable; the Securities conform to the
description thereof in the Prospectus; the Securities have been
duly authorized for quotation on the NASDAQ National Market, as
of the Effective Date; and the certificates for the Securities
are in valid and sufficient form and complies with all applicable
statutory requirements, all applicable requirements of the
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS of the Company and the
requirements of the NASDAQ National Market;
(v) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are no
legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective
officers or directors is a party or of which any property of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if
resolved against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of
their respective officers or directors, individually, or to the
extent involving related claims or issues, in the aggregate, is
of a character required to be disclosed in the Prospectus;
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(vi) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and is a legal, valid and binding
agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance with its
terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by
general principles of equity and, with respect to Section 8 of
this Agreement, by public policy under federal and state
securities laws;
(vii) The Company has full corporate power and authority
to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the
issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the
Company with all the provisions of this Agreement will not
conflict with, or result in a breach of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge, claim or encumbrance
upon, any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries pursuant to, the terms of any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement or other material agreement or
instrument known to such counsel to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will
such action result in any violation of the provisions of the
ARTICLES of Incorporation or the By-Laws, in each case as
amended, of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any
statute or any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel of
any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their
properties;
(viii) No consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration or qualification of or with any court or any
regulatory authority or other governmental body is required for
the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation of the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as
have been obtained under the Act and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be
required under state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities
by the Under writers;
(ix) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries is currently in violation of
its ARTICLES of Incorporation or By-Laws or in default under, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, bank loan or credit
agreement or any other agreement or instrument of which such
counsel has knowledge to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their
property may be bound or affected (in
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any respect that is material in light of the financial condition
of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole);
(x) There are no preemptive or other rights to subscribe
for or to purchase, nor any restriction upon the voting or
transfer of, any Securities pursuant to the Company's ARTICLES of
Incorporation or By-Laws (except as provided in the Company's
ARTICLES of Incorporation with respect to ownership of Common
Stock by non-U.S. citizens), in each case as amended to the date
hereof, or any agreement or other instrument known to such
counsel; and no holders of securities of the Company have rights
to the registration thereof under the Registration Statement or,
if any such holders have such rights, such holders have waived
such rights;
(xi) To the extent summarized therein, all contracts and
agreements summarized in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus are fairly summarized therein, conform in all material
respects to the descriptions thereof contained therein, and, to
the extent such contracts or agreements or any other material
agreements are required under the Act or the Rules and
Regulations thereunder to be filed, as exhibits to the
Registration Statement, they are so filed; and such counsel does
not know of any contracts or other documents required to be
summarized or disclosed in the Prospectus or to be so filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement, which have not been so
summarized or disclosed, or so filed;
(xii) All descriptions in the Prospectus of statutes,
regulations or legal or governmental proceedings are fair
summaries thereof and fairly present the information required to
be shown with respect to such matters;
(xiii) Each of the Asset Purchase Agreement , THE MASTER
DIVING SERVICE AGREEMENT AND THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS Agreement
among the Company and affiliates of J. Ray McDermott (forms of
which have been filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement)
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company
and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the
Company and is enforceable in accordance to its terms, except as
enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws relating to or affecting the
rights of creditors generally; and
(xiv) The Registration Statement has become effective
under the Act, the Prospectus has been filed in accordance with
Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations of the Commission under
the Act, including the applicable time periods set forth therein,
or such filing is not required and, to the best knowledge of such
counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for
that purpose have been instituted or are pending
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or threatened under the Act, and the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of their
respective effective or issue dates, complied as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Rules
and Regulations thereunder; it being understood that such counsel
need express no opinion as to the financial statements and
schedules or other financial data contained in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus.
Such counsel shall also state that nothing has come to
such counsel's attention that would lead such counsel to believe
that either the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement thereto, at the time such Registration Statement or
amendment or supplement became effective, or the Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its date and as of the
Time of Delivery, contains or contained any untrue statement of
material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
In rendering their opinions set forth in Section 7(d)
above, such counsel may rely, to the extent deemed advisable by
such counsel, (a) as to factual matters, upon certificates of
public officials and officers of the Company, and (b) as to the
laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, the state
of New York and the state of Minnesota, on opinions of counsel
(PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that you shall have received a copy of each
of such opinions which shall be dated the Time of Delivery,
addressed to you or otherwise authorizing you to rely thereon,
and Robins Kaplan in its opinion to you delivered pursuant to
this subsection, shall state that such counsel are satisfactory
to them and Robins Kaplan has no reason to believe that the
Underwriters and they are not justified to so rely);
(e) Robins Kaplan (or other law firm acceptable to the
Underwriters), shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated
the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the
effect that:
(i) Each of this Agreement, the Power of Attorney and the
Custody Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by or on behalf of each of the Selling Shareholders and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of each Selling
Shareholder.
(ii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the
consummation by any Selling Shareholder of the transactions on
its part contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the
Securities to be sold by any Selling Shareholder hereunder,
except such as have been obtained under the Act and such as may
be required under
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the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the
purchase and distribution of such Securities by the Underwriters;
and
(iii) Upon purchase of the Securities to be sold by the
Securities Shareholders as provided in this Agreement, each of
the Underwriters (assuming that it is a bona fide purchaser
within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code) will acquire
good and valid title to such Securities, free and clear of all
security interests, liens, encumbrances, equities or other
claims.
Such counsel may rely upon certificates of the Selling
Shareholders. The opinions of such counsel relate solely to, are based
solely upon and are limited exclusively to the laws of the state of New
York and the state of New York and the laws of the United States of
America, to the extent applicable.
(f) Miller & Lents, such firm constituting independent petroleum
engineering consultants (the "Engineering Consultants"), shall have
delivered to you on the date of this Agreement a letter (the "Reserve
Letter") and also on the Closing Date a letter dated the Closing Date,
in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you and
substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex III, stating, as of
the date of such letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes
or developments since the respective dates as of which specified
information with respect to the oil and gas reserves is given or
incorporated in the Prospectus as of the date not more than five days
prior to the date of such letter), the conclusions and findings of such
firm with respect to the oil and gas reserves of the Company;
(g) Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., counsel to the Underwriters, shall
have furnished to you their written opinion or opinions, dated the Time
of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, with respect to
the incorporation of the Company, the validity of the Securities, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and other related matters as you
may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers
and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass
upon such matters;
(h) At the time this Agreement is executed and also at the Time
of Delivery, Arthur Andersen LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or
letters, dated the date of this Agreement and the Time of Delivery, in
form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect, that:
(i) They are independent accountants with respect to the
Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and
the applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder;
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(ii) In their opinion the consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries (including the
related schedules and notes) included in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus and covered by their reports included
therein comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the published
Rules and Regulations thereunder;
(iii) On the basis of specified procedures as of a
specified date not more than five days prior to the date of their
letter (which procedures do not constitute an examination made in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards),
consisting of a reading of the latest available unaudited interim
consolidated financial statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries, a reading of the latest available minutes of any
meeting of the Board of Directors and stockholders of the Company
and its subsidiaries since the date of the latest audited
financial statements included in the Prospectus, inquiries of
officials of the Company and its subsidiaries who have
responsibility for financial and accounting matters, and such
other procedures or inquiries as are specified in such letter,
nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that:
(A) The unaudited consolidated condensed financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included in
the Prospectus do not comply in form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of
the Act and the Rules and Regulations promulgated
thereunder or are not presented in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
basis substantially consistent with that of the audited
consolidated financial statements included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus;
(B) as of a specified date not more than five days
prior to the date of their letter, there was any change in
the capital stock, or the long-term debt or subordinated
debt of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis, or any decrease in total assets, total current
assets or stockholders' equity or other items specified by
the Representatives, of the Company and its subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis, each as compared with the amounts
shown on the __________ ___, 1996 balance sheet included
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except
in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the
Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or such
other changes, decreases or increases which are described
in their letter and which do not, in the sole judgment of
the Representatives, make it impractical or inadvisable to
proceed with the purchase and delivery of the Securities
as contemplated by the Registration Statement; and
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(C) for the period from ___________ ___, 1996 to a
specified date not more than five days prior to the date
of such letter, there was any decrease, as compared with
the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year, in
the following consolidated amounts: total revenues,
revenues less direct operating expenses, income (loss)
before income taxes, net income (loss) or net income
(loss) per average common share outstanding, except in all
instances for decreases which the Registration Statement
discloses have occurred or may occur; or such other
decreases which are described in their letter and which do
not, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, make it
impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the purchase
and delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the
Registration Statement; and
(iv) in addition to the examination referred to in their
reports included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
and the limited procedures referred to in clause (iii) above,
they have carried out certain specified procedures, not
constituting an audit, with respect to certain amounts,
percentages and financial information specified by the
Representatives, which are derived from the general accounting
records of the Company and its subsidiaries which appear in the
Prospectus, or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules to,
the Registration Statement, and have compared such amounts and
financial information with the accounting records of the Company
and its subsidiaries, and have found them to be in agreement and
have proved the mathematical accuracy of certain specified
percentages.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included in the Prospectus, any loss or interference with its business
from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action,
order or decree; and since the respective dates as of which information
is given in the Prospectus, there shall not have been any change in the
capital stock (other than shares issued pursuant to the exercise of
Employee Option Shares) or short-term debt or long-term debt (excluding
changes in the amount of indebtedness outstanding under the Company's
REVOLVING Credit AGREEMENT (as defined in the Registration Statement)
incurred for working capital purposes) of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries nor any change or any development involving a prospective
change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial
position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case is in your judgment so
material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to
proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on
the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
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(j) Between the date hereof and the Time of Delivery there shall
have been no declaration of war by the Government of the United States;
at the Time of Delivery there shall not have occurred any material
adverse change in the financial or securities markets in the United
States or in political, financial or economic conditions in the United
States or any outbreak or material escalation of hostilities or other
calamity or crisis, the effect of which is such as to make it, in the
judgment of the Representatives, impracticable to market the Securities
or to enforce contracts for the resale of Securities and no event shall
have occurred resulting in (i) trading in securities generally on the
New York Stock Exchange or in the Common Stock on the principal
securities exchange or market in which the Common Stock is listed or
quoted being suspended or limited or minimum or maximum prices being
generally established on such exchanges or market, or (ii) additional
material governmental restrictions, not in force on the date of this
Agreement, being imposed upon trading in securities generally by the New
York Stock Exchange or in the Common Stock on the principal securities
exchange or market in which the Common Stock is listed or quoted or by
order of the Commission or any court or other governmental authority, or
(iii) a general banking moratorium being declared by either Federal or
New York authorities;
(k) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to
you at the Time of Delivery certificates signed by the chief executive
officer and the chief financial officer, on behalf of the Company,
satisfactory to you as to such matters as you may reasonably request and
as to (i) the accuracy of the Company's representations and warranties
herein at and as of the Time of Delivery and (ii) the performance by the
Company of all its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to
the Time of Delivery; (iii) the fact that they have carefully examined
the Registration Statement and Prospectus and, (a) as of the Effective
Date, the statements contained in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus were true and correct and neither the Registration Statement
nor the Prospectus omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading and (b) since the Effective Date, no event has occurred that
is required by the Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission
thereunder to be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the
Prospectus that has not been set forth in such an amendment or
supplement; and (iv) the matters set forth in subsection (a) of this
Section 7;
(l) Each director, officer and five percent stockholder of the
Company shall have delivered to you an agreement not to sell, offer or
agree to sell or otherwise dispose of any capital stock of the Company
(or securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, capital stock of
the Company), directly or indirectly, for a period of 180 days after the
date hereof (other than pursuant to this Agreement), without the prior
written consent of the Representative, PROVIDED that the foregoing
restrictions shall not apply to grants under the Company's stock option
plan and the exercise of options granted thereunder or to any gift of
Common Stock or any private sale of Common Stock not made on the open
market to a
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donee or purchaser, respectively, that agrees in writing for the benefit
of the Representative to be bound by the same restrictions with respect
to such shares; and
(m) The Company shall have delivered to you evidence that the
Securities have been authorized for quotation on the NASDAQ National
Market as of the Effective Date.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or
any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky application or
other document executed by the Company specifically for that purpose or
based upon written information furnished by the Company filed in any
state or other jurisdiction in order to qualify any or all the
Securities under the security laws thereof or filed with the Commission
or any securities association or securities exchange (each, an
"Application"), or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements made therein not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement made by the Company in Section 1 of this
Agreement, or (iii) the employment by the Company of any device, scheme
or artifice to defraud, or the engaging by the Company in any act,
practice or course of business which operates or would operate as a
fraud or deceit, or any conspiracy with respect thereto, in which the
Company shall participate, in connection with the issuance and sale of
any of the Securities, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection
with investigating, preparing to defend, defending or appearing as a
third-party witness in connection with any such action or claim;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case
to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out
of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission relating to an Underwriter made in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or
such amendment or supplement or any Application in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.
(b) In addition to any obligations of the Company under Section
8(a), the Company agrees that it shall perform its indemnification
obligations under Section 8(a) (as modified by the last paragraph of
this Section 8(b)) with respect to counsel fees and expenses and other
expenses reasonably incurred by making payments within 45 days to the
Underwriter in the amount of the statements of the Underwriter's counsel
or other statements which shall be forwarded by the Underwriter, and
that they shall make such payments notwithstanding the absence of a
judicial determination as to the propriety and enforceability
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of the obligation to reimburse the Underwriters for such expenses and
the possibility that such payments might later be held to have been
improper by a court and a court orders return of such payments.
The indemnity agreement in Section 8(a) shall be in addition to
any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend upon
the same terms and conditions to each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act.
(c) Each Selling Shareholder will indemnify and hold harmless
each Underwriter or the Company, as the case may be, against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such
Underwriter or the Company, as the case may be, may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any
Blue Sky application or other document executed by the Company
specifically for that purpose or based upon written information
furnished to the Company by the Selling Shareholder filed in any state
or other jurisdiction in order to qualify any or all the Securities
under the security laws thereof or filed with the Commission or any
securities association or securities exchange (each, an "Application"),
or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made
therein not misleading in each case to the extent, but only to the
extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Selling Shareholder
specifically for use therein or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement made by the Selling Shareholder in Section 1.A of this
Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Selling Shareholder shall not be
liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage
or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission relating to an
Underwriter made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or such amendment or supplement or any
Application in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through you expressly for
use therein. In addition, in no event shall the liability of any Selling
Shareholder for indemnification in this Section 8(c) exceed the proceeds
received by such Selling Shareholder in the Offering.
(d) In addition to any obligations of each of the Selling
Shareholders under Section 8(c), each of the Selling Shareholders agrees
that it shall perform its indemnification obligations under Section 8(c)
(as modified by the last paragraph of this Section 8(d)) with respect to
counsel fees and expenses and other expenses reasonably incurred by
making payments within 45 days to the Underwriter in the amount of the
statements of the Underwriter's counsel or other statements which shall
be forwarded by the Underwriter, and
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that they shall make such payments notwithstanding the absence of a
judicial determination as to the propriety and enforceability of the
obligation to reimburse the Underwriters for such expenses and the
possibility that such payments might later be held to have been improper
by a court and a court orders return of such payments.
The indemnity agreement in Section 8(c) shall be in addition to
any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend upon
the same terms and conditions to each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act.
(e) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company
or the Selling Shareholders, as the case may be, against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any of the
Selling Shareholders may become subject, under the Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or any Application, or arise out of or
are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only
to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or such amendment or supplement
or any Application in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company or the Selling Shareholder by such
Underwriter relating to such Underwriter through you expressly for use
therein, and will reimburse the Company or the Selling Shareholder for
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or the
Selling Shareholder in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim.
The indemnity agreement in this Section 8(e) shall be in addition
to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have
and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer
and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act.
(f) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under Section
8(a), 8(c) or 8(e) of notice of the commencement of any action
(including any governmental investigation), such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party
in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify
the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it
may have to any indemnified party under Section 8(a), 8(c) or 8(e)
except to the extent it was unaware of such action and has been
prejudiced in any material respect by such failure or from any liability
which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such
Section 8(a), 8(c) or 8(e). In case any such action shall be
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brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party
shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it
shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to
such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to
such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof,
the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party
under such subsection for any legal or other expenses subsequently
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. If, however, (i)
the indemnifying party has authorized the employment of counsel for the
indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party or (ii) an
indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that representation of
such indemnified party and the indemnifying party by the same counsel
would be inappropriate under applicable standards of professional
conduct due to actual or potential differing interests between them and
the indemnified party so notifies the indemnifying party, then the
indemnified party shall be entitled to employ counsel different from
counsel for the indemnifying party at the expense of the indemnifying
party and the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the
defense of such indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying
parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in
addition to local counsel) for all indemnified parties in connection
with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the
same jurisdiction arising out of the same set of allegations or
circumstances. The counsel with respect to which fees and expenses shall
be so reimbursed shall be designated in writing by Schroder Wertheim in
the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a) and 8(c) and by
the Company and the Selling Shareholders in the case of parties
indemnified pursuant to Section 8(e).
No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of
the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or
could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder
by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on
claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(g) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution under
the Act in any case in which (i) any Underwriter (or any person who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange
Act) makes claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(c)
hereof, but is judicially determined (by the entry of a final judgment
or decree by a court of competent jurisdiction and the expiration of
time to appeal or the denial of the last right of appeal) that such
indemnification may not be enforced in such case notwithstanding the
fact that Section 8(a) or 8(c) provides for indemnification in such case
or (ii) contribution under the Act may be required on the part of any
Underwriter or any such controlling person in circumstances for which
indemnification is provided under Section 8(e), then, and in each such
case, each indemnifying party shall contribute to the
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aggregate losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they may be
subject as an indemnifying party hereunder (after contribution from
others) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company or any of the Selling Shareholders on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the
Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately
preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the
indemnified party failed to give the notice required under Section 8(d)
above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid
or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on
the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted
in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative benefits received by the Company or any of the Selling
Shareholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the
offering of the Securities purchased under this Agreement (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company or any of the Selling
Shareholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions
received by the Underwriters with respect to the Securities purchased
under this Agreement, in each case as set forth in the table on the
cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or
any of the Selling Shareholders on the one hand or the Underwriters on
the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. The Company, each of the Selling Shareholders and the
Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contributions pursuant to this Section 8(g) were determined by PRO RATA
allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this
Section 8(g). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 8(g) shall be deemed
to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(g), no
Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by
it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the
amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required
to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission and no Selling Shareholder shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the proceeds received by such Selling
Shareholder in the Offering. No person guilty of a fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall
be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this
Section 8(e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective
underwriting obligations and not joint.
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(h) Promptly after receipt by any party to this Agreement of
notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, such party
will, if a claim for contribution in respect thereof is to be made
against another party (the "contributing party"), notify the
contributing party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to
notify the contributing party will not relieve it from any liability
which it may have to any other party for contribution under the Act
except to the extent it was unaware of such action and has been
prejudiced in any material respect by such failure or from any liability
which it may have to any other party other than for contribution under
the Act. In case any such action, suit or proceeding is brought against
any party, and such party notifies a contributing party of the
commencement thereof, the contributing party will be entitled to
participate therein with the notifying party and any other contributing
party similarly notified.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase
the Firm Securities which it has agreed to purchase hereunder, you may
in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to
purchase such Firm Securities on the terms contained herein. If the
aggregate number of Firm Securities as to which Underwriters default is
more than one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Firm
Securities and within 36 hours after such default by any Underwriter you
do not arrange for the purchase of such Firm Securities, then the
Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which
to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you to
purchase such Firm Securities on such terms. In the event that, within
the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company that you have
so arranged for the purchase of such Firm Securities, or the Company
notifies you that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Firm
Securities, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Time
of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect
whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements,
and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion may
thereby be made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this
Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with
like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this
Agreement with respect to such Firm Securities.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase
of the Firm Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by
you or the Company or both as provided in subsection (a) above, the
aggregate number of such Firm Securities which remain unpurchased does
not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Firm
Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each
non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of the Firm Securities
which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder and, in addition, to
require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share
(based on the number of Firm Securities which such Underwriter agreed to
purchase hereunder) of the Firm Securities of such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing shall
relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase
of the Firm Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by
you or the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate
number of such Firm Securities which remain unpurchased exceeds
one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Firm Securities, or if
the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b)
above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Firm Securities
of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement shall
thereupon terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting
Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the
Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof and the
indemnity agreement in Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall
relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties
and other statements of the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the several
Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them,
respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof)
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any
Underwriter, or the Company, or an officer or director or controlling person of
the Company, or an Selling Shareholder, or an officer or director or controlling
person of the Selling Shareholder, and shall survive delivery of and payment for
the Securities.
11. This Agreement shall become effective (a) if the Registration
Statement has not heretofore become effective, at the earlier of 12:00 Noon, New
York City time, on the first full business day after the Registration Statement
becomes effective, or at such time after the Registration Statement becomes
effective as you may authorize the sale of the Securities to the public by
Underwriters or other securities dealers, or (b) if the Registration Statement
has heretofore become effective, at the earlier of 24 hours after the filing of
the Prospectus with the Commission or at such time as you may authorize the sale
of the Securities to the public by Underwriters or securities dealers, unless,
prior to any such time you shall have received notice from the Company that it
elects that this Agreement shall not become effective, or you, or through you
such of the Underwriters as have agreed to purchase in the aggregate fifty
percent or more of the Firm Securities hereunder, shall have given notice to the
Company that you or such Underwriters elect that this Agreement shall not become
effective; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the provisions of this Section and Section 6
and Section 8 hereof shall at all times be effective.
If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, or
if this Agreement, by election of you or the Underwriters, shall not become
effective pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Company shall not then
be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Section 6 and
Section 8 hereof, but if this Agreement becomes effective and is not so
terminated
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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but the Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided
herein because the Company has been unable for any reason beyond its control and
not due to any default by it to comply with the terms and conditions hereof, the
Company will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket
expenses approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of
counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the
purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities, but the Company shall then be
under no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Section 6
and Section 8 hereof.
12. The statements set forth in the last paragraph on the front cover
page of the Prospectus, the paragraph on the inside front cover of the
Prospectus containing stabilization language and the second paragraph under the
caption "Underwriting" in the Prospectus constitute the only information
furnished by any Underwriter through the Representatives to the Company for
purposes of Sections 1(b), 1(c) and 8 hereof.
13. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the
Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any
statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or
given by you jointly or by Schroder Wertheim on behalf of you as the
Representatives.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder, unless
otherwise specified in this Agreement, shall be in writing and, if to the
Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile
transmission (subsequently confirmed by delivery or by letter sent by mail) to
you as the Representatives in care of Schroder Wertheim & Co. Incorporated,
Equitable Center, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attention:
Syndicate Department; and if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex or facsimile transmission (subsequently confirmed by delivery or by letter
sent by mail) to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration
Statement, Attention: Victor M. Perez; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any notice to any
Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(d) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex or facsimile transmission (subsequently confirmed by delivery or by letter
sent by mail) to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters'
Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be
supplied to the Company by you upon request. Any such statements, requests,
notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof.
14. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the
benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Section
8 and Section 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each
person who controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs,
executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall
acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of
any of the Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign
by reason merely of such purchase.
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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15. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the
term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in
Washington, D.C. is open for business.
16. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES
THEREOF.
17. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties
hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign
and return to us two counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you,
on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof
shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters and the
Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each
of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of
Agreement Among Underwriters, manually or facsimile executed counterparts of
which, to the extent practicable and upon request, shall be submitted to the
Company for examination, but without warranty on your part as to the authority
of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
By:
As Attorney-in-Fact for each of the
several Selling Shareholders named in
Schedule II
Accepted as of the date hereof:
SCHRODER WERTHEIM & CO.
INCORPORATED
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.
SIMMONS & COMPANY INTERNATIONAL
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
By: SCHRODER WERTHEIM & CO.
INCORPORATED
By:
Managing Director
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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SCHEDULE I
UNDERWRITER NUMBER OF FIRM SECURITIES
Schroder Wertheim & Co. Incorporated..........
Raymond James & Associates, Inc...............
Simmons & Company International...............
Total......................................... ___________
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE I
SCHEDULE II
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS NUMBER OF FIRM SECURITIES
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE II
EXHIBIT 3.1
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
OF
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
I, Gerald G. Reuhl, the President of Cal Dive International, Inc., a
Minnesota corporation, do hereby certify that by resolutions in lieu of a
special meeting of the shareholders of said Corporation, effective as of August
_____, 1996, the following resolutions were unanimously in writing by the
shareholders:
RESOLVED:
The Articles of Incorporation of this corporation shall be amended and
restated to read as follows:
"1996 AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC."
ARTICLE I
The name of this corporation shall be Cal Dive International, Inc.
ARTICLE II
The corporation shall have general business purposes and shall have
authority to engage in and do any act necessary or incidental to the conduct of
any business for which corporations may be organized under the provisions of
Chapter 302A, Minnesota Statutes.
ARTICLE III
The corporaiton shall have perpetual existence.
ARTICLE IV
REGISTERED OFFICE
The registered office of this corporation is located at 2800 LaSalle
Plaza, 800 LaSalle Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402.
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ARTICLE V
CAPITAL
A. The total authorized capital stock of the Corporation is forty
million (40,000,000) shares of Common Stock, without par value, and five million
(5,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock with $0.01 par value.
B. Shares of Preferred Stock may be divided into and issued from time to
time in one or more series. In addition to, and not by way of limitation of, the
power granted to the Board of Directors of this Corporation by Minnesota
Statutes, Chapter 302A, the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have the
power and authority to fix by resolution the preferences, limitations and
relative rights of the Preferred Stock of each series. The Board of Directors is
hereby authorized to fix and determine such variations in the designations,
preferences, and relative participating, optional or other special rights
(including, without limitation, special voting rights, preferential rights to
receive dividends or assets upon liquidation, rights of conversion into Common
Stock or other securities, redemption provisions or sinking fund provisions) as
between series and as between the Preferred Stock or any series thereof and the
Common Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
rights, and the shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof may have full or
limited voting powers. Upon adoption of such resolution, a statement shall be
filed with the Secretary of State in compliance with Section 302A.401, Minnesota
Statutes, before the issuance of any shares for which the resolution creates
rights or preferences not set forth in these Articles; provided, however, where
the shareholders have received notice of the creation of shares with rights or
preferences not set forth in the Articles before the issuance of the shares, the
statement may be filed any time within one year after the issuance of the
shares.
C. Except in respect of characteristics of a particular series fixed by
the Board of Directors, all shares of Preferred Stock shall be of equal rank and
shall be identical. All shares of any one series of Preferred Stock so
designated by the Board of Directors shall be alike in every particular, except
that the shares of any one series issued at different times may differ as to the
dates from which dividends thereon shall be cumulative.
D. Subject to the preferences of any series of Preferred Stock, the
Board of Directors may, in its discretion, out of funds legally available for
the payment of dividends and at such times and in such manner as determined by
the Board of Directors, declare and pay dividends on the Common Stock of the
corporation. No dividend (other than a dividend in capital stock ranking on a
parity with the Common Stock or cash in lieu of fractional shares with respect
to such stock dividend) shall be declared or paid on any share or shares of any
class of stock or series thereof ranking on a parity with the Common Stock in
respect of payment of dividends for any period unless there shall have been
declared, for the same dividend period, like proportionate dividends on all
shares of Common Stock then outstanding.
E. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary after payment or provision for
payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and payment or
setting aside for payment of any preferential amount due to the holders of any
other class or series of stock, the holders of the Common Stock shall be
entitled to receive ratably any or all assets remaining to be paid or
distributed.
F. The holders of the Common Stock of the Corporation shall be entitled
to one vote for each share of such stock held by them.
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G. Whenever reference is made in this Article IV to shares "ranking
prior to" another class of stock or "on a parity with" another class of stock,
such reference shall mean and include all other shares of the Corporation in
respect of which the rights of the holders thereof as tot he payment of
dividends or as to distributions in the event of a voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation are
given preference over, or rank on an equal basis with, as the case may be, the
rights of the holders of such other class of stock. Whenever reference is made
to shares "ranking junior to" another class of stock, such reference shall mean
and include all shares of the Corporation in respect of which the rights of the
holders thereof as to the payment of dividends and as to distributions in the
event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Corporation are junior and subordinate to the rights of the
holders of such class of stock. Except as otherwise provided in these Articles
of Incorporation, each series of Preferred Stock ranks on a parity with each
other and each ranks prior to the Common Stock. Common Stock ranks junior to
Preferred Stock.
H. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available, out of
its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or out of shares of Common
Stock held in its treasury, the full number of shares of Common Stock into which
all shares of any series of Preferred Stock having conversion privileges from
time to time outstanding are convertible. Unless otherwise provided in these
Articles of Incorporation with respect to a particular series of Preferred
Stock, all shares of Preferred Stock, redeemed or acquired (as a result of
conversion or otherwise) shall be retired and restored to the status of
authorized but unissued shares.
I. No holder of shares of stock of the Corporation shall have any
preemptive or other rights, except as such rights are expressly provided by
contract, to purchase or subscribe for or receive any shares of any class, or
series thereof, of stock of the Corporation, whether now or hereafter
authorized, or any warrants, options, bonds, debentures or other securities
convertible into exchangeable for or carrying any right to purchase any shares
of any class, or series thereof, of stock; but such additional shares of stock
and such warrants, options, bonds, debentures or other securities convertible
into, exchangeable for or carrying any right to purchase any shares of any
class, or series thereof, of stock may be issued or disposed of by the Board of
Directors to such persons, and on such terms and for such lawful consideration,
as in its discretion it shall deem advisable or to which the Corporation shall
have by binding contract agreed.
ARTICLE VI
DIRECTORS
A. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed as
specified or provided for in the by-laws of the Corporation. Election of
directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws shall so provide.
B. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, but
only by a 80% vote of the holders of the shares then entitled to vote at an
election of directors; provided further that, unless the Aritcles of
Incorporation otherwise provides, if the Board of Directors is classified, then
the stockholders may effect such removal only for cause.
C. Any director absent from a meeting of the Board of Directors or any
committee thereof may be represented by any other directors, who may cast the
vote of the absent director according to the written instructions, general or
special, of the absent director.
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D. The Board of Directors, when evaluating a tender offer or an offer to
make a tender or exchange offer or to the effect a merger, consolidation or
share exchange may, in exercising its judgment in determining what is in the
best interests of the Corporation and its shareholders, consider the following
factors and any other factors that it deems relevant: (1) not only the
consideration being offered in the proposed transaction, in relation to the then
current market price for the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation, but
also the market price for the capital stock of the Corporation over a period of
years, the estimated price that might be achieved in a negotiated sale of the
Corporation as a whole or in part or through orderly liquidation, the premiums
over market price for the securities of other corporations in similar
transaction, current political, economic and other factors bearing on securities
prices and the Corporation's financial condition and future prospects; (2) the
social and economic effects of such transaction on the Corporation, its
subsidiaries, or their employees, customers, creditors and the communities in
which the Corporation and its subsidiaries do business; (3) the business and
financial condition and earnings prospects of the acquiring party or parties;
including, but not limited to, debt service and other existing or likely
financial obligations of the acquiring party or parties, and the possible effect
of such condition upon the Corporation and its subsidiaries and the communities
in which the Corporation and its subsidiaries do business; and (4) the
competence, experience, and integrity of the acquiring party or parties and its
or their management. Notwithstanding any provision of this Article VI(C), this
Article is not intended to confer any rights on any subsidiary of the
Corporation, or on any of the Corporations's or its subsidiaries' employees,
customers, creditors or other members of the communities in which it or they do
business.
ARTICLE VII
SHAREHOLDER VOTING
No shareholder of this corporation shall be entitled to any cumulative
voting rights.
ARTICLE VIII
PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS
No shareholder of this corporation shall have any preferential,
preemptive, or other rights of subscription to any shares of any class or series
of stock of this corporation allotted or sold or to be allotted or sold, whether
now or hereafter authorized, or to any obligations or securities convertible
into any class or series of stock of this corporation.
ARTICLE IX
DIRECTOR LIABILITY
A director of this corporation shall not be personally liable to the
corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, except for (i) liability based on a breach of the duty of
loyalty to the corporation or the shareholders; (ii) liability for acts or
omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law; (iii) liability based on the payment of an improper dividend
or an improper repurchase of the corporation's stock under Minnesota Statutes,
Section 302A.559, or on violations of federal or state securities laws; (iv)
liability for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit; or (v) liability for any act or omission occurring prior to
the date this Article VII becomes
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effective. If Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 302A, hereafter is amended to
authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors,
then the liability of a director of the corporation in addition to the
limitation on personal liability provided herein, shall be limited to the
fullest extent permitted by the amended Chapter 302A. Any repeal of this
provision as a matter of law or any modification of this Article by the
shareholders of the corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not
adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the
corporation existing at the atime of such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE X
BOARD ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING
Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board
of Directors may be taken without a meeting by written action signed by all of
the Board of Directors then in office.
ARTICLE XI
LIMITATIONS ON OWNERSHIP BY NON-U.S. CITIZENS
(a) PURPOSE. The purpose of this Article VIII is to limit ownership and
control of the Corporation by Non-U.S. Citizens in order to permit the
Corporation to be a citizen of the United States qualified to engage in
coastwise trade within the meaning of Section 2 of the Shipping Act of 1916, as
amended or as it may hereafter be amended (the "Shipping Act").
(b) DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this Article VIII, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
"Non-U.S. Citizen" means (1) any person (including an individual,
partnership, corporation or association) who is not a United States citizen
qualified to engage in coastwise trade within the meaning of Section 2 of the
Shipping Act; (2) any foreign government or representative thereof; (3) any
corporation, the president, chief executive officer or chairman of the board of
directors of which is a Non-U.S. Citizen, or of which more than a minority of
the number of its directors necessary to constitute a quorum are Non-U.S.
Citizens; (4) any corporation, partnership, or limited liability company
organized under the laws of any foreign government; (5) any corporation of which
a 25% or greater interest is owned beneficially or of record, or may be voted
by, one or more Non- U.S. Citizens, or which by any other means whatsoever is
controlled by or in which control is permitted to be exercised by one or more
Non-U.S. Citizens (the Board of Directors being authorized to determine
reasonably the meaning of "control" for this purpose); (6) any greater than a
25% ownership interest, or which is controlled by one or more Non-U.S. Citizens;
(7) any partnership in which any of the general partners are Non-U.S. Citizens;
(8) any trust not domiciled in or existing under U.S. law, or having a Non-U.S.
Citizen as trustee, or having less than 75% of trust assets held for the benefit
of U.S. Citizens; (9) any joint venture not organized under U.S. law or of which
any co-venturer is a Non-U.S. Citizen; or (10) any person (including an
individual, partnership, corporation, or association) who acts as representative
of or fiduciary for any person described in clauses (1) through (9) of this
paragraph.
"Permitted Percentage" shall mean a percentage 2% less than the
percentage that would cause the Corporation to be no longer qualified as a U.S.
Citizen qualified to engage in a coastwise trade under Section 2 of the Shipping
Act.
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(c) RESTRICTION ON TRANSFERS. Any transfer, or attempted or purported
transfer, of any shares of the capital stock of the Corporation or any interest
therein or right thereof, which would (i) result in the ownership or control by
one or more Non-U.S. Citizens of an aggregate percentage of the outstanding
capital stock of the Corporation in excess of the Permitted Percentage, or (ii)
result in the ownership or control by one or more Non-U.S. Citizens of an
aggregate percentage of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the
Corporation in excess of the Permitted Percentage, will, until such excess no
longer exists, be void and ineffective as against the Corporation and the
Corporation will not recognize, to the extent of such excess, the purported
transferee as a shareholder of the Corporation for any purpose other than the
transfer of such excess to a person who is not a Non-U.S. Citizen; provided,
that such shares, to the extent of such excess, may nevertheless be deemed to be
Non-U.S. Citizen owned shares for the pruposes of this Article VIII. The Board
of Directors is hereby authorized to effect any and all other measures
reasonably necessary or desirable (consistent with applicable law and the
provisions of this Articles of Incorporation) to fulfill the purpose and
implement the provisions of this Article VIII, including without limitation,
obtaining, as a condition precedent to the transfer of shares on the records of
the Corporation, representations and other proof as to the identity of existing
or prospective shareholders and persons on whose behalf shares of the capital
stock of the Corporation or any interest therein or right thereof are or are to
be held or establishing and maintaining a dual stock certificate system under
which different forms of stock certificates, representating outstanding shares
of the capital stock of the Corporation are issued to the holders of record of
the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation are issued to the holders of
record of the shares represented thereby to indicate whether or not such shares
or any interest therein or right thereof are owned or controlled by a Non-U.S.
Citizen.
(d) SUSPENSION OF VOTING, DIVIDEND AND DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS WITH RESPECT
TO NON-U.S. CITIZEN OWNED STOCK. If in excess of the Permitted Percentage of the
outstanding capital stock of the Corporation is owned or controlled by one or
more Non-U.S. Citizens, or if in excess of the Permitted Percentage of the
voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation is owned or
controlled by one or more Non-U.S. Citizens, the shares deemed to be included in
such excess, determined in accordance with this subparagraph (d), will, until
such excess no longer exists, not be entitled (i) to receive or accrue any
rights with respect to any dividends or distributions of assets declared payable
or paid to the holders of the capital stock of the Corporation during such
period or (ii) to vote with respect to any matter submitted to shareholders of
the Corporation. If the percentage of capital stock or voting power of capital
stock owned or controlled by Non-U.S. Citizens is in excess of the Permitted
Percentage, the shares deemed included in such excess for purposes of this
subparagraph (d) will be those shares owned or controlled by Non-U.S. Citizens
that the Board of Directors determines became so owned or controlled most
recently.
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS
In furtherance of, and not in limitation of, the powers conferred by
statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or
repeal the by-laws of the Corporation or adopt new by-laws, without any action
on the part of the shareholders; provided, however, that not such adoption,
amendment, or repeal shall be valid with respect to by-law provisions which have
been adopted, amended, or repealed by the shareholders; and further provided,
that by-laws adopted or amended by the Directors and any powers thereby
conferred may be amended, altered, or
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repealed by the shareholders. In addition, the affirmative vote of the holders
of at least 80% of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of voting
stock, voting together as a single class, and in addition to any other vote
required by the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, is required to amend
provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws relating to: (i) the
prohibition of shareholder action without a meeting; (ii) the prohibition of
shareholders calling a special meeting; (iii) the number, election and term of
the Company's directors; or (iv) the removal of directors.
RESOLVED FURTHER:
The Chairman of this Corporation is hereby authorized and directed to
make, execute and acknowledge the 1996 Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation embracing the foregoing resolution and to cause such 1996 Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation to be filed for record in the manner
required by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand this _____ day of August,
1996.
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Gerald G. Reuhl
Chairman
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EXHIBIT 3.2
1996 AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
PREAMBLE
The Corporation, J. Ray McDermott, S.A., First Reserve Secured Energy
Assets Fund, Limited Partnership, First Reserve Fund V, Limited Partnership,
First Reserve Fund V-2, Limited Partnership and First Reserve Fund VI, Limited
Partnership (the latter four collectively the "Funds") and Gerald G. Reuhl, Owen
Kratz and S. James Nelson, have entered into that certain 1996 Amended and
Restated Shareholders Agreement dated as of October _____, 1996 (the
"Shareholders Agreement"). The Shareholders Agreement regulates certain aspects
of corporate governance of the corporation, including the composition of the
corporation's Board of Directors. In conjunction with the Shareholder's
Agreement, the corporation agreed to amend and restate these By-laws.
Accordingly, to the extent any provision of these By-laws conflicts with any
provision of the Shareholders Agreement, the provisions of the Shareholders
Agreement shall prevail.
ARTICLE 1.
OFFICES
The registered office of the Corporation in Minnesota shall be as stated
in the Articles of Incorporation, as from time to time amended. The corporation
may also have offices in Texas and at such other places as the Board of
Directors shall from time to time determine.
ARTICLE 2.
CORPORATE SEAL
The Corporation shall have no corporate seal.
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ARTICLE 3.
SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS
SECTION 3.01. REGULAR MEETINGS.
(1) Regular meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation for the
purpose of election of Directors and transaction of such other business as may
properly come before the regular meetings may be held annually at the principal
executive office of the Corporation or at such other place within or without the
State of Minnesota or Texas as may be designated by the Board of Directors.
Regular meetings of shareholders, when held, shall be held on the second Tuesday
in May of each year at 10:00 a.m., or at such data and time as the Board of
Directors may from time to time designate. Regular meetings of the shareholders
(but not special meetings) may also be called by the shareholders in accordance
with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes Chapter 302A. Regular meetings of the
shareholders shall be known as "annual meetings."
(2) At the annual meeting of the shareholders, only such business shall
be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the annual meeting. To
be properly brought before the annual meeting of shareholders, business must be
(i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or
at the directions of the Board of Directors, (ii) otherwise properly brought
before the meeting by or at the direction of the board of Directors, or (iii)
otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a shareholder of the
Corporation who is a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice
provided for in this Section 3.03 of Article 3, who shall be entitled to vote at
such meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this
Section 3.01 of Article 3. For business to be properly brought before an annual
meeting by a shareholder, the shareholder, in addition to the requirements set
forth above, must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary
of the Corporation. To be timely, a shareholder's notice must be delivered to or
mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not
less than ninety (90) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately
preceding annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation. A shareholder's
notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the shareholder
proposes to bring before the annual meeting: (a) a brief description of the
business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for
conducting such business at the annual meeting, (b) the name and address, as
they appear on the Corporation's books, of the shareholder proposing such
business, (c) the class and number of shares of voting stock of the Corporation
which are beneficially owned by the shareholder, (d) a representation that the
shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring the
proposed business before the annual meeting, and (e) a description of any
material interest of the shareholder in such
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business. Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no business
shall be conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this Section 3. The presiding officer of an annual meeting shall,
if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not
properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 3 of Article II, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to
the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall
not be transacted.
SECTION 3.02. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the shareholders may
be called for any purpose at any time by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief
Financial Officer, or a majority of the Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall within thirty (30) days of
receipt of such written request cause a special meeting of shareholders to be
called, said meeting to be held no later than ninety (90) days after receipt of
the written request.
SECTION 3.03. NOTICE OF SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS. Written notice of
shareholders' meetings, whether regular or special, shall be mailed to all
shareholders entitled to vote at any such meeting at least ten (10) days, and
not more than sixty (60) days, before the date of the meeting. The written
notice shall contain the date, time and place of the meeting and, in the case of
a special meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof.
SECTION 3.04. WAIVER OF NOTICE. Failure to receive notice of the time,
place and purpose of any meeting of shareholders may be waived by any
shareholder in writing or orally before, at, or after the meeting. Attendance by
a shareholder at a meeting is a waiver of notice of that meeting, except where
the shareholder objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of
business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, or objects
before a vote on an item of business because the item may not lawfully be
considered at that meeting and does not participate in the consideration of the
item at that meeting.
SECTION 3.05. RECORD DATE. The Board of Directors may fix in advance a
date not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of any meeting of
shareholders as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled
to vote at the meeting.
SECTION 3.06. QUORUM. The presence, in person or by proxy, of the
holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereat shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of
shareholders. If, however, a quorum is not present or represented at any meeting
of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, either
present in person or represented by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the
meeting to a future date. The time and place to which an adjournment is taken
shall be publicly announced at the meeting, and no further notice thereof shall
be necessary.
Provided that a quorum is present or represented at an adjourned
meeting, any business
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may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If a
quorum is present when a duly called or held meeting of shareholders is
convened, the shareholders present may continue to transact business until
adjournment, even though the withdrawal of a number of shareholders originally
present leaves less than the proportion or number otherwise required for a
quorum.
SECTION 3.07. VOTING. A shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of
shareholders may vote in person or by proxy. Except as otherwise provided by law
or the Articles of Incorporation, every shareholder shall be entitled to one
vote for each share outstanding in his name on the record of shareholders of the
corporation. The votes of a corporate stockholder may be cast in person or by
proxy, and shall be executed by any duly elected officer of a corporate
stockholder.
SECTION 3.08. PROXIES. Every appointment of a proxy must be in writing
and must be dated and signed by the shareholder and filed with an officer of the
corporation at or before the shareholder meeting at which the appointment is to
be effective. No appointment of a proxy shall be valid after the expiration of
eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless a longer period is
expressly provided in the appointment.
SECTION 3.09. NOMINATION FOR ELECTION AS A DIRECTOR. Only persons who
are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these bylaws shall
be eligible for election as, and to serve as, directors. Nominations of persons
for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at a
meeting of shareholders (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or
(b) by any shareholder of the Corporation who is a shareholder of record at the
time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 3.09, who shall be
entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting and who complies
with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3.09. Such nominations,
other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be
made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation.
To be timely, a shareholder's notice shall be delivered to or mailed and
received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) with respect
to an election to be held at the annual meeting of the shareholders of the
Corporation, not less than ninety (90) days prior to the anniversary date of the
immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation; and
(ii) with respect to an election to be held at a special meeting of shareholders
of the Corporation, not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day
following the date on which notice of the date of the special meeting (whether
or not such notice of the date of the special meeting constitutes the "notice of
special meeting" required by Section 3.02 Article 3 of these bylaws) was mailed
to shareholders or public disclosure of the date of the special meeting was
made, whichever first occurs. Such shareholder's notice to the Secretary shall
set forth (i) as to each person whom the shareholder proposes to
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nominate for election or re-election as a director, all information relating to
such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for
election of directors, or is otherwise required, pursuant to Regulation 14A
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including such person's
written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serve
as a director if elected); and (ii) as to the shareholder giving the notice (a)
the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation's books, of such
shareholder and (b) the class and number of shares of voting stock of the
Corporation which are beneficially owned by such shareholder. At the request of
the Board of Directors, any person nominated by the board of Directors for
election as a director shall furnish to the Secretary of the Corporation that
information required to be set forth in a shareholder's notice of nomination
which pertains to the nominee. In the event that a person is validly designated
as a nominee to the Board of Directors in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this Section 3.09 and shall thereafter become unable or unwilling to
stand for election to the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors or the
shareholder who proposed such nominee, as the case may be, may designate a
substitute nominee. Other than directors chosen pursuant to Section 3.09, no
person shall be eligible to serve as a director of the Corporation unless
nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3.09 of
Article II. The presiding officer of the meeting of shareholders shall, if the
facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not
made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these bylaws, and if he
should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective
nomination shall be disregarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 3.09, a shareholder shall also comply with all applicable
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section
3.09.
SECTION 3.10. NO SHAREHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. Action shall not
be taken by the Shareholders but, in all cases, shall be taken at a meeting of
the Shareholders as described in this Article 3.01 and 3.02
ARTICLE 4.
DIRECTORS
SECTION 4.01. DUTIES AND POWERS. The business and affairs of the
corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors
(hereinafter, the "Board of Directors" or "Board"), subject to any shareholder
control agreement entered into in accordance with Minnesota Statutes Chapter
302A. The Board shall take action by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
directors present at a meeting, except as otherwise provided by law, or the 1996
Shareholders Agreement dated as of October _____, 1996, among the corporation
and each of the parties thereto; or the Articles of Incorporation provided a
quorum is present. The Board may adopt
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such rules and regulations for the conduct of its meetings and the management of
the corporation as it deems appropriate, consistent with law, these By-Laws and
the Articles of Incorporation.
SECTION 4.02. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. Directors shall be U.S. citizens
and need not be shareholders of the corporation. The number of directors of the
Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by or pursuant to the By-laws. The
Directors shall be classified, with respect to the time for which they severally
hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, as shall
be provided in the manner specified in the By-laws, one class to be originally
elected for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in
1997, another class to be originally elected for a term expiring at the annual
meeting of stockholders to be held in 1998, and another class to be originally
elected for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in
1999, with the members of each class to hold office until their successors are
elected and qualified. At each annual meeting of stockholders of the
Corporation, the successors of the class of directors whose term expires at the
meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the annual
meeting of stockholders held in the third year following the year of their
election.
SECTION 4.03. TERM OF OFFICE. Newly created directorships resulting from
any increase in the number of directors and any vacancies on the Board of
Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other
cause shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining
directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of
Directors. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall
hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in
which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until such
director's successor shall have been elected and qualified. No decrease in the
number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term
of any incumbent director.
SECTION 4.04. REGULAR MEETINGS. The Board of Directors may, pursuant to
a standing resolution of the Board, provide for Board meetings to be held at
regular intervals. Such meetings shall be known as "regular meetings" and may be
held at such place or places, within or without the State of Texas, as the Board
shall designate from time to time. No notice of the purpose of regular meetings
of the Board shall be required.
SECTION 4.05. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors of the corporation may be called by any three (3) Directors by giving
ten (10) days notice to all Directors of the date, time, place and purpose of
the meeting. Such notice shall be given to each Director by mail or by telegram
or by telephone message or by a notice in writing delivered to the Director
personally or left at his residence or his usual place of business.
SECTION 4.06. PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS. If the day or date, time
and place of a
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Board meeting have been provided in the By-Laws or announced at a previous
meeting of the Board, no notice is required. Notice of an adjourned meeting need
not be given other than by announcement at the meeting at which adjournment is
taken.
SECTION 4.07. WAIVER OF NOTICE AND ASSENT TO ACTION. Failure to receive
notice of any meeting of the Board may be waived by any Director before, at or
after the meeting in writing or orally. Attendance by a Director at a meeting is
a waiver of notice of that meeting, except where the Director objects at the
beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting is
not lawfully called or convened and does not participate thereafter in the
meeting.
SECTION 4.08. QUORUM. The presence of a majority of the Directors shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum,
a majority of the Directors present may adjourn a meeting of the Board from time
to time until a quorum is present. If a quorum is present when a duly called or
held Board meeting is convened, the Directors present may continue to transact
business until adjournment, even though the withdrawal of a number of Directors
originally present leaves less than the proportion or number otherwise required
for a quorum.
SECTION 4.09. ABSENT DIRECTORS. A Director may give advance written
consent or opposition to a proposal to be acted on at a Board meeting. If the
Director is not present at the meeting, consent or opposition to a proposal does
not constitute presence for purposes of determining the existence of a quorum,
but consent or opposition shall be counted as a vote in favor of or against the
proposal and shall be entered in the minutes or other record of action at the
meeting, if the proposal acted on at the meeting is substantially the same or
has substantially the same effect as the proposal to which the Director has
consented or objected.
SECTION 4.10. VOTING. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, each
Director shall have one (1) vote irrespective of the number of shares that he
may hold. The Board of Directors shall take action by the affirmative vote of a
majority of Directors present at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is
present or voting pursuant to Section 4.08 of these By-Laws, except where the
affirmative vote of a larger proportion or number is required by law or the
Articles of Incorporation.
SECTION 4.11. COMPENSATION. The compensation of Directors shall be as
fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4.12. VACANCIES. Vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting
from the death, resignation, removal, or disqualification of a Director may be
filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors, even
though less than a quorum. Each Director elected under this section to fill a
vacancy shall hold office until a qualified successor is elected by the
stockholders shareholders.
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SECTION 4.13. REMOVAL. A Director may be removed only by the
Shareholders as provided in the Company's Articles of Incorporation. If the
Board of Directors is classified, then the stockholders may effect such removal
only for cause.
SECTION 4.14. RESIGNATION. A Director may resign at any time by giving
written notice to the corporation. The resignation is effective without
acceptance when the notice is given to the corporation, unless a later effective
time is specified in the notice.
SECTION 4.15. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS. A conference among Directors by
any means of communication through which the Directors may simultaneously hear
each other during the conference constitutes a Board meeting, if the same notice
is given of the conference as would be required under these By-Laws for a Board
meeting, and if the number of Directors participating in the conference would be
sufficient to constitute a quorum at a meeting. A Director may participate in a
Board meeting at which he is not personally present by any means of
communication through which the Director, other Directors so participating, and
all Directors physically present at the meeting may simultaneously hear each
other during the meeting. Participation in a Board meeting by either of the
foregoing means constitutes presence in person at the meeting.
SECTION 4.16. WRITTEN ACTIONS. Any action required or permitted to be
taken at a Board meeting may be taken by a written action signed collectively,
or individually in counterparts, by all Directors. Any such written action shall
be effective when signed by all the Directors, unless a different effective time
is provided in the written action.
SECTION 4.17. COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors may from time to time,
by resolution, establish committees having the authority of the Board in the
management of the business of the corporation to the extent provided in the
resolution. Any committee so established shall consist of one (1) or more
natural persons and shall be subject at all times to the direction and control
of the Board of Directors. At any meeting of any such committee the presence of
a majority of the members of the committee shall be necessary to constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business. Unless a larger or smaller proportion or
number is provided for in the resolution establishing a committee, such
committee shall take action by the affirmative vote of a majority of committee
members present at a duly held meeting.
SECTION 4.18. POWER TO AMEND BYLAWS. In furtherance and not in
limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is
expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal from time to time the By-Laws of
the Corporation in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of
Minnesota or its Articles of Incorporation.
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ARTICLE 5.
OFFICERS
SECTION 5.01. OFFICERS AND QUALIFICATIONS. The officers of the
Corporation may consist of positions and titles as the Board of Directors may
from time to time designate. Any corporate officer may hold more than one office
or any number of offices.
SECTION 5.02. ELECTION. The officers of the corporation shall be elected
or appointed periodically by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 5.03. TERM OF OFFICE. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold
office until their respective successors are elected and have qualified, or
until their earlier death, resignation, or removal.
SECTION 5.04. REMOVAL. Any officer of the corporation may be removed at
any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
Directors present at a duly called Board meeting. All officers, agents and
employees, other than those elected or appointed by the Board of Directors, may
be removed by the officer appointing them.
SECTION 5.05. DUTIES.
(1) The Chief Executive Officer of the corporation shall,oversee
general management of the business of the corporation; when
present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of
the shareholders; sign and deliver in the name of the corporation
any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments
pertaining to the business of the corporation, except in cases in
which the authority to sign and deliver is required by law to be
exercised by another person or is expressly delegated by the
Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws or by the Board to some
other officer or agent of the corporation; perform other duties
prescribed by the Board; provided, however, that in the event the
corporation shall have a Chairman of the Board, the duties set
forth in (b) above shall be presumed to have been delegated to
such officer by the Board.
(2) The President and Chief Operating Officer shall, unless the Board of
Directors otherwise determines, have the authority to agree upon and
execute all leases, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other
obligations in the name of the Corporation; and, unless the Board of
Directors otherwise determines, he shall, in the absence of the Chief
Executive Officer (or if there be no Chairman of the Board) preside at
all meetings of the stockholders and (should he be a director) of the
Board of Directors; and he shall have such other powers and duties as
designated in accordance with these bylaws and as from time to time may
be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.
(3) The Chief Financial Officer of the corporation shall: keep accurate
financial records for the corporation ;endorse for deposit all notes,
checks, and drafts received by the corporation, making proper vouchers
therefor; deposit all money, drafts, and checks in the name of and to
the credit of the corporation in authorized banks and
depositories;disburse
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corporate funds and issue checks and drafts in the name of the
corporation;render to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating
Officer, and the Board, whenever requested, an account of all
transactions by the Chief Financial Officer and of the financial
condition of the corporation; and have the authority to agree upon and
execute all leases, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other
obligations in the name of the Corporation; and, unless the Board of
Directors otherwise determines, he shall, in the absence of the Chief
Executive Officer and the Chief Operating Officer preside at all
meetings of the stockholders and (should he be a director) of the Board
of Directors; and perform other duties prescribed by the Board or by the
Chief Executive Officer; provided, however, that the Board of Directors
may designate another person, either alone or together with the Chief
Financial Officer, to perform the duties set forth in (b), (c) and (d)
above.
The other officers of the corporation shall perform such duties as are
from time to time prescribed by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive
Officer.
SECTION 5.06. VACANCIES. All vacancies in any office of the corporation
may be filled by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 5.07. COMPENSATION. The Compensation of all officers of the
corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors or by such committee or
person as the Board may from time to time designate. ARTICLE 6.
SHARES
SECTION 6.01. CERTIFICATES. The shares of the Corporation shall be
represented by certificates approved by the Board of Directors and signed by
such officer or officers as the Board may designate. Each certificate shall
state the name of the Corporation, that the Corporation is incorporated in
Minnesota, the name of the person to whom it is issued, the number and class or
series of shares represented thereby, the date of issue, the par value of such
shares, if any, and may contain such other provisions as the Board may
designate.
SECTION 6.02. SIGNATURE. For the purpose of facilitating the execution
of stock certificates, the Board of Directors may appoint one or more persons,
each bearing the title "Vice President," having power to sign stock
certificates, or to execute any instrument on behalf of the corporation which
shall have been approved by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 6.03. TRANSFER OF SHARES. The shares of the corporation shall be
assignable and transferable only on the books and records of the corporation on
behalf of the registered owner, or his duly authorized attorney, upon surrender
of the certificate duly and properly endorsed together with proper evidence of
authority to transfer. The corporation shall issue a new certificate for the
shares surrendered to the person or persons entitled thereto.
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SECTION 6.04. LOST OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES. If a certificate is lost
or destroyed, another may be issued in its stead upon proof of such loss or
destruction and upon giving such security as is deemed necessary by the Board of
Directors to indemnify the corporation against loss therefrom.
ARTICLE 7.
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 7.01. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this section, the terms
defined in this Section have the meanings given them.
SECTION 7.1.1 OFFICIAL CAPACITY. "Official capacity" means (a) with
respect to a director, the position of director in the corporation, (b) with
respect to a person other than a director, the elective or appointive office or
position held by an officer, member of a committee of the board, or the
employment or agency relationship undertaken by an employee or agent of the
corporation, and (c) with respect to a director, officer, employee, or agent of
the corporation who, while a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation or whose duties
in that position involve or involved service as a director, officer, partner,
trustee, or agent of another organization or employee benefit plan, the position
of that person as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent as
the case may be, of the other organization or employee benefit plan.
SECTION 7.1.2. PROCEEDING. "Proceeding" means a threatened, pending, or
completed civil, criminal, administrative, arbitration, or investigative
proceeding, including a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation.
SECTION 7.02. INDEMNIFICATION REQUIRED. The corporation shall indemnify
a person made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of the
former or present official capacity of the person with the corporation against
judgments, penalties, fines (including, without limitation, excise taxes
assessed against the person with respect to an employee benefit plan),
settlements, and reasonable expenses (including attorneys, fees and
disbursements), incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding, if,
with respect to the acts or omissions of the person complained of in the
proceeding, the person:
(a) Has not been indemnified by another organization or employee
benefit plan for the same judgments, penalties, fines
(including, without limitation, excise taxes assessed
against the person with respect to an employee benefit
plan), settlements, and reasonable expenses, (including
attorneys' fees and disbursements), incurred by the person
in connection with the proceeding with respect to the same
acts or omissions;
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(b) Acted in good faith;
(c) Received no improper personal benefit and the provisions of
Chapter 302A relating to director conflicts of interest, if
applicable, have been satisfied;
(d) In the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe the conduct was unlawful; and
(e) In the case of acts or omissions undertaken while acting in
the official capacity described in Section 6.1.1, clause (a)
or (b), reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best
interests of the corporation, or in the case of acts or
omissions undertaken while acting in the official capacity
described in Section 6.1.1, clause (c), reasonably believed
that the conduct was not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation. If the person's acts or omissions
complained of in the proceeding relate to conduct as a
director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of an employee
benefit plan, the conduct is not considered to be opposed to
the best interests of the corporation if the person
reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best
interests of the participants or beneficiaries of the
employee benefit plan.
SECTION 7.03. ADVANCES. If a person is made or threatened to be made a
party to a proceeding, the person is entitled, upon written request to the
corporation, to payment or reimbursement by the corporation of reasonable
expenses (including attorneys' fees and disbursements), incurred by the person
in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding, (a) upon receipt by the
corporation of a written affirmation by the person of a good faith belief that
the criteria for indemnification set forth in Section 7.2 have been satisfied
and a written undertaking by the person to repay all amounts so paid or
reimbursed by the corporation, if it is ultimately determined that the criteria
for indemnification set forth in Section 7.2 have not been satisfied, and (b)
after a determination that the facts then known to those making the
determination pursuant to Section 7.5 would not preclude indemnification under
this Article. The written undertaking required by clause (a) is an unlimited
general obligation of the person making it, but need not be secured and shall be
accepted without reference to financial ability to make the repayment.
SECTION 7.04. REIMBURSEMENT TO WITNESSES. This Article does not require,
or limit the ability of, the corporation to reimburse expenses (including
attorneys' fees and disbursements), incurred by a person in connection with an
appearance as a witness in a proceeding at a time when the person has not been
made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding.
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SECTION 7.05. DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY.
7.5.1. PROCEDURE GENERALLY. All determinations whether indemnification
of a person is required because the criteria set forth in Section 7.2 have been
satisfied and whether a person is entitled to payment or reimbursement of
expenses in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding as provided in
Section 7.3 shall be made:
(a) By a majority of the Board. Directors who are at the time
parties to the proceeding shall not be counted for
determining either a majority or the presence of a quorum;
(b) If a quorum under clause (a) cannot be obtained, in
accordance with Minnesota Statutes Chapter 302A; or
(c) If an adverse determination is made or if no determination
is made within 60 days after the termination of a proceeding
or after a request for an advance of expenses, as the case
may be, by a court in this state, which may be the same
court in which the proceeding concerning the person's
liability took place, upon application of the person and any
notice the court requires.
7.5.2. ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE FOR NON-MANAGEMENT. With respect to a
person who is not, and was not at the time of the acts or omissions complained
of in the proceedings, a director, officer, or person possessing, directly or
indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of the corporation, the determination whether indemnification of this
person is required because the criteria set forth in Section 7.2 have been
satisfied and whether this person is entitled to payment or reimbursement or
expenses in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding as provided in
Section 7.3 may be made by an annually appointed committee of the Board, having
at least one member who is a director. The committee shall report at least
annually to the Board concerning its actions.
7.07. DISCLOSURE. If the corporation indemnifies or advances expenses to
a person in accordance with this Article in connection with a proceeding by or
on behalf of the corporation, it shall report the amount of the indemnification
or advance and to whom and on whose behalf it was made as part of the annual
financial statements furnished to shareholders pursuant to Chapter 302A covering
the period when the indemnification or advance was paid or accrued under the
accounting method of the corporation reflected in the financial statements.
7.08. INSURANCE. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense,
to protect itself and any person who is or was serving as a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense,
liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to
indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the
Minnesota Business Corporation Act.
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7.09. SAVINGS CLAUSE. If this Article 7 or any portion hereof shall be
invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the
Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each director and
officer of the Corporation, as to costs, charges and expenses (including
attorney's fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement with respect
to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this
Article 7 that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.
7.10. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Article, reference to the
"Corporation" shall include, in addition to the Corporation, any constituent
corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a
consolidation or merger prior to (or, in the case of an entity specifically
designated in a resolution of the Board of Directors, after) the adoption hereof
and which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had the power and
authority to indemnify its directors, officers and employees or agents, so that
any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such
constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same
position under the provisions of this Article with respect to the resulting or
surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent
corporation if its separate existence had continued.
ARTICLE 8.
AMENDMENTS
Except as provided in the Article of Incorporation,the power to adopt,
amend, or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation is vested in the Board of
Directors. The power of the Board is subject to the power of the Shareholders,
exercisable in the manner provided by statute, to adopt, amend, or repeal
By-Laws adopted, amended or repealed by the Board. The Board shall not amend or
repeal a By-Law fixing a quorum for meetings of shareholders, taking of
shareholder action without a meeting prohibiting shareholders from calling a
special meeting, fixing the number, election and term of Directors or removal of
Directors.
ARTICLE 9.
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DISTRIBUTIONS
The Board of Directors may declare or authorize and the corporation may
make distributions to the extent provided by law. Such distributions may, but
need not, be in the form of a dividend or a distribution in liquidation, or as
consideration for the purchase, redemption or other acquisition of shares of the
corporation. The Board may at any time set apart out of any funds of the
corporation available for distribution any reserve or reserves for any proper
purpose and may alter or abolish any reserve or reserves so established.
ARTICLE 10.
FISCAL YEAR
The last day of the corporation's fiscal year shall be December 31 or
such other day as is designated by the Board of Directors from time to time.
CERTIFICATION
The undersigned, the Secretary of the corporation, hereby certifies that
the foregoing 1996 Amended and Restated By-Laws were adopted pursuant to a 1996
Written Action of the Board of Directors and shareholder effective as of October
_____, 1996.
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S. James Nelson, Secretary
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EXHIBIT 4.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND
ENERGY RESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
COLLECTIVELY, AS BORROWER
AND
SHAWMUT CAPITAL CORPORATION
AS LENDER
DATED AS OF MAY 23, 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
SECTION 1. GENERAL DEFINITIONS
1.1. Defined Terms................................................ 2
1.2. Accounting Terms.............................................19
1.3. Other Terms..................................................19
1.4. Certain Matters of Construction..............................19
1.5. The Term "Borrower" or "Borrowers"...........................20
1.6. Cal Dive Obligations.........................................20
SECTION 2. CREDIT FACILITY
2.1. Revolving Credit Loans.......................................20
2.2. Equipment Loans..............................................21
2.3. Manner of Borrowing Revolving Credit Loans...................22
and Equipment Loans........................................23
2.4. Letters of Credit; LC Guaranties.............................23
2.5. All Loans to Constitute One Obligation.......................23
2.6. Loan Account.................................................23
2.7. Joint and Several Liability; Rights
of Contribution..............................................23
SECTION 3. INTEREST, FEES, TERM, REDUCTION AND REPAYMENT
3.1. Interest, Fees and Charges...................................24
3.2. Additional Provisions Regarding Eurodollar Loans.............27
3.3. Term of Agreement............................................29
3.4 Early Termination or Permanent Reduction by Borrower.........29
3.5. Effect of Termination........................................29
3.6. Payments.....................................................30
3.7. Application of Payments and Collections......................30
3.8. Statements of Account........................................31
SECTION 4. COLLATERAL: GENERAL TERMS
4.1. Security Interest in Collateral..............................31
4.2. Lien on Marine Vessels.......................................32
4.3. Lien on Oil and Gas Properties...............................32
4.4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants....................33
4.5. Lien Perfection..............................................33
4.6. Real Property Lien Documentation.............................34
4.7. Location of Collateral.......................................34
4.8. Insurance of Collateral......................................34
4.9. Protection of Collateral.....................................35
SECTION 5. PROVISIONS RELATING TO ACCOUNTS
5.1. Representations, Warranties and Covenants....................35
5.2. Assignments, Records and Schedules of Accounts...............36
5.3. Administration of Accounts...................................37
5.4. Collection of Accounts.......................................37
SECTION 6. PROVISIONS RELATING TO EQUIPMENT
6.1. Representations, Warranties and Covenants....................38
6.2. Evidence of Ownership of Equipment...........................38
6.3. Records and Schedules of Equipment...........................38
6.4. Dispositions.................................................38
SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
7.1. General Representations and Warranties.......................39
7.2. Reaffirmation................................................45
7.3. Survival of Representations and Warranties...................45
SECTION 8. COVENANTS AND CONTINUING AGREEMENTS
8.1. Affirmative Covenants........................................45
8.2. Negative Covenants...........................................52
8.3. Specific Financial Covenants.................................56
SECTION 9. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
9.1. Documentation................................................57
9.2. Other Conditions.............................................59
SECTION 10. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES ON DEFAULT
10.1. Events of Default............................................60
10.2. Acceleration of the Obligations..............................63
10.3. Remedies.....................................................63
10.4. Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver...............................64
SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS
11.1. Power of Attorney............................................64
11.2. Indemnity....................................................65
11.3. Modification of Agreement....................................66
11.4. Reimbursement of Expenses....................................66
11.5. Indulgences Not Waivers......................................67
11.6. Severability.................................................67
11.7. Successors and Assigns.......................................67
11.8. Cumulative Effect; Conflict of Terms.........................68
11.9. Execution in Counterparts....................................68
11.10. Notice.......................................................68
11.11. Lender's Consent.............................................69
11.12. Time of Essence..............................................69
11.13. Entire Agreement.............................................69
11.14. Interpretation...............................................69
11.15. No Fiduciary Relationship or Joint Venture...................69
11.16. Publicity....................................................69
11.17. Destruction of Borrower's Documents..........................70
11.18. Nonapplicability of Article 5069-15.01 et seq................70
11.19. No Preservation or Marshaling................................70
11.20. Governing Law; Consent to Forum..............................70
11.21. WAIVERS BY BORROWER..........................................71
11.22. DTPA WAIVER..................................................72
11.23. ORAL AGREEMENTS INEFFECTIVE..................................72
11.24. RELEASE......................................................72
11.25. Amendment and Restatement....................................73
EXHIBITS:
A - Borrowing Notice
B - Form of Equipment Note
C - Contingency Reserve Terms
D - Business Locations
E - Jurisdictions
F - Corporate Names
G - Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Licenses
H - Capital Structure
I - Shareholder Agreement
J - Contracts Restricting Debts
K - Litigation
L - Pension Plans
M - Tax Liability
N - Taxing Authorities
O - Labor Relations
P - Existing Environmental Violations
Q - Surety Obligations
R - Capitalized Leases
S - Operating Leases
T - Compliance Certificate
U - Form of Tax Certificate
V - Guarantees
W - Permitted Liens
X - Borrowing Base Certificate
Y - Amortization Amount Calculation
AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is made this 23rd
day of May, 1995, by and among SHAWMUT CAPITAL CORPORATION ("LENDER"), a
Connecticut corporation, successor in interest by assignment to Barclays
Business Credit, Inc. ("BARCLAYS"), with an office at 2711 North Haskell, Suite
2100, LB21, Dallas, Texas 75204; CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC. ("CAL DIVE"), a
Minnesota corporation, and ENERGY RESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, INC. ("ERT"), a Delaware
corporation (Cal Dive and ERT being referred to individually and collectively as
"BORROWER"), each Borrower having its chief executive office at 13430 Northwest
Expressway, Suite 350, Houston, Texas 77040-6013.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
A. On August 3, 1993, Barclays and Cal Dive entered into that certain
Loan and Security Agreement, as amended by (i) that certain First Amendment to
Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 31, 1994, executed by Barclays
and Cal Dive, and (ii) that certain Letter Agreement, dated as of December 30,
1994 by Barclays (as amended, the "ORIGINAL LOAN AGREEMENT"), pursuant to which
Barclays agreed to make loans and advances (collectively, the "LOANS") to Cal
Dive in accordance with the terms thereof.
B. The Loan Agreement and any other documents evidencing, governing,
securing or otherwise pertaining to the Loans are hereinafter referred to as the
"ORIGINAL LOAN DOCUMENTS".
C. Cal Dive has requested Lender to extend its relationship with Cal
Dive in connection with the Original Loan Documents and to make loans and
advances to ERT, and Lender, as the legal and equitable owner and holder of the
Original Loan Documents is willing to do so, subject to certain terms and
conditions expressed herein.
D. In connection with the extension of the relationship between Lender
and Cal Dive and the formation of a relationship between Lender and ERT, Lender,
Cal Dive and ERT wish to completely amend, restate and modify (but not
extinguish) the Original Loan Agreement and the other Original Loan Documents,
each through the execution of this Agreement, which will supersede all prior
agreements between Lender and Cal Dive, including without limitation the
Original Loan Documents, and Cal Dive, ERT and Lender have agreed that the
agreements contained herein represent an arms-length transaction among Lender,
Cal Dive and ERT.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and
conditions contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Lender, Cal Dive and
ERT covenant and agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
SECTION 1. GENERAL DEFINITIONS
1.1. DEFINED TERMS. When used herein, the following terms shall have the
following meanings (terms defined in the singular to have the same meaning when
used in the plural and vice versa):
ACCOUNTS - all accounts, contract rights, chattel paper, instruments and
documents, whether now owned or hereafter created or acquired by Borrower or in
which Borrower now has or hereafter acquires any interest.
ACCOUNT DEBTOR - any Person who is or may become obligated under or on
account of an Account.
ADJUSTED NET EARNINGS FROM OPERATIONS - with respect to any fiscal year,
means the Consolidated net earnings (or loss) after provision for income taxes
for such fiscal year of Borrower, all as reflected on the Consolidated Financial
Statements, but excluding:
(a) except for transactions of ERT as set forth in the last sentence of
this definition, any gain or loss arising from the sale of capital assets which
is not in the ordinary course of business;
(b) any gain or loss arising from any write-up or write down of assets;
(c) earnings of any Subsidiary accrued prior to the date it became a
Subsidiary;
(d) earnings of any corporation, substantially all the assets of which
have been acquired in any manner by Borrower, realized by such corporation prior
to the date of such acquisition, unless such earnings are combined with the
earnings of Borrower pursuant to a Qualified Pooling of Interests;
(e) net earnings of any business entity (except for a Subsidiary) in
which Borrower has an ownership interest, unless such earnings are combined with
the earnings of Borrower pursuant to a Qualified Pooling of Interests;
(f) any portion of the net earnings of any Subsidiary which for any
reason is unavailable for payment of dividends to Borrower;
(g) the earnings of any Person to which any assets of Borrower shall
have been sold, transferred or disposed of, or into which Borrower shall have
merged, or been a party to any consolidation or other form of reorganization,
prior to the date of such transaction;
(h) any gain or loss arising from the acquisition of any Securities of
Borrower other than in the ordinary course of business; and
(i) any gain or loss arising from extraordinary or non-recurring items
as reflected in the income statement.
Lender acknowledges that ERT sells Offshore Platforms and related Equipment in
the ordinary course of business and gains and losses therefrom shall be reported
according to GAAP and included in the Consolidated Financial Statements.
ADJUSTED TANGIBLE ASSETS - all assets of Borrower, all as reflected on
the Consolidated Financial Statements and other financial reports of Borrower
supplied to Lender, but excluding: (a) any surplus resulting from any write-up
of assets subsequent to July 27, 1990; (b) deferred assets, other than Cash
Deposits for Salvage Operations, Accounts due from Ivory Production Co. and
guaranteed by Blue Dolphin Energy Company prepaid insurance and prepaid taxes;
(c) patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, non-compete agreements,
franchises and other similar intangibles; (d) goodwill, including any amounts,
however designated on a Consolidated balance sheet of a Person and its
Subsidiaries, representing the excess of the purchase price paid for assets or
stock over the value assigned thereto on the books of such Person subsequent to
July 27, 1990; (e) Restricted Investments; (f) unamortized debt discount and
expense; (g) certain assets located and notes and receivables due from obligors
outside of the United States of America as determined by Lender in its
discretion, which discretion shall be exercised in good faith; and (h) Accounts,
notes and other receivables due from Affiliates or employees; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
for purposes of this CLAUSE (H), the term "Affiliate" shall not include any
Person deemed to be an Affiliate hereunder because such Person is an affiliate
of First Reserve.
ADJUSTED TANGIBLE NET WORTH - at any date means a sum equal to: (a) the
Adjusted Tangible Assets shown on a balance sheet at such date in accordance
with GAAP; MINUS (b) the amount at which such Person's liabilities (other than
capital stock and surplus) are shown on such balance sheet in accordance with
GAAP, and including as liabilities all reserves for contingencies and other
potential liabilities.
AFFILIATE - a Person (other than ERT, First Reserve (but not affiliates
of First Reserve) or a Subsidiary): (a) which directly or indirectly through one
or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control
with, Borrower; (b) which beneficially owns or holds ten percent (10%) or more
of any class of the Voting Stock of Borrower; (c) ten percent (10%) or more of
the Voting Stock (or in the case of a Person which is not a corporation, ten
percent (10%) or more of the equity interest) of which is beneficially owned or
held by Borrower or a Subsidiary of Borrower; (d) ten percent (10%) or more of
whose Voting Stock (or in the case of a Person which is not a corporation, 10%
or more of the equity interest) is beneficially owned or held by a Person
referred to in CLAUSES (A), (B) or (C) above; or (E) in the case of a natural
Person, is a director or officer of any of the foregoing. For purposes hereof,
"control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of Voting Stock, by contract or otherwise.
AMORTIZATION AMOUNT - (a) for Equipment owned by Borrower on the Closing
Date, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of monthly reductions, each in an
amount equal to the quotient of (i) the Orderly Liquidation Value of such
Equipment determined by Lender on the Closing Date, DIVIDED BY (ii) ninety-six
(96), to be made on the first day of each calendar month during the term hereof,
commencing on June 1, 1995 and continuing for each month thereafter, and (b) for
Equipment purchased by Borrower after the Closing Date, an amount equal to the
aggregate amount of monthly reductions, each in an amount equal to the quotient
of (i) the cost to Borrower to purchase such Equipment as calculated in
accordance with GAAP (exclusive of capitalized interest), DIVIDED BY (ii)
ninety-six (96), to be made on the first day of each calendar month during the
term hereof, commencing on the first day of the first month succeeding the date
of purchase and continuing for each month thereafter. An example of the
calculation of the Amortization Amount is attached hereto as EXHIBIT Y.
AGREEMENT - this Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement,
including all Exhibits hereto, as amended, modified, extended or supplemented
from time to time.
APPLICABLE ANNUAL RATE - as defined in SECTION 3.1(A).
AUTHORITY - as defined in SECTION 8.1(V).
BANK - Shawmut Bank Connecticut, N.A.
BARCLAYS - as defined in the preamble of this Agreement.
BASE RATE - the rate of interest generally announced or quoted by Bank
from time to time as its base rate for commercial loans, whether or not such
rate is the lowest rate charged by Bank to its most preferred borrowers; and, if
such base rate for commercial loans is discontinued by Bank as a standard, a
comparable reference rate designated by Bank as a substitute therefor shall be
the Base Rate.
BORROWER - as defined in the preamble of this Agreement.
BASE RATE LOAN - a Loan which bears interest at a Base Rate.
BORROWING BASE - as at any date of determination thereof, an amount
equal to the lesser of:
(a) the Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect; or
(b) an amount equal to:
(i) eighty-five percent (85%) (or after an Event of Default, such lesser
percentage as Lender may in its discretion determine from time to time after
providing Borrower with written notice of such reduction, which discretion shall
be exercised in good faith) of the net amount of Eligible Accounts outstanding
at such date;
PLUS
(ii) the lesser of (A) Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) or (B)
seventy-five percent (75%) (or after an Event of Default, such lesser percentage
as Lender may in its discretion determine from time to time after providing
Borrower with written notice of such reduction, which discretion shall be
exercised in good faith) of the amount of Unbilled Accounts outstanding at such
date;
MINUS
(iii) an amount equal to the sum of (A) the face amount of all Credit
Enhancements outstanding at such date, (B) any amounts which Lender may pay
pursuant to any of the Loan Documents for the account of Borrower, and (C) the
Contingency Reserve, if any.
For purposes hereof, the net amount of Eligible Accounts at any time shall be
the face amount of such Eligible Accounts LESS (1) any and all returns, rebates,
discounts, (which may, at Lender's option, be calculated on shortest terms),
credits, allowances or sales, excise or other taxes of any nature at any time
granted, issued, owing, or claimed by Account Debtors, outstanding or payable in
connection with such Accounts at such time and (2) any interest, late fees, and
services charges that may have accrued on such Accounts by reason of the Account
Debtors not having paid the Accounts as they became due.
BORROWING NOTICE - as defined in SECTION 2.3(A).
BUSINESS DAY - any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a
legal holiday under the laws of the States of Texas or Illinois or is a day on
which banking institutions located in such state are closed or, with respect to
Eurodollar Interest Periods, a day on which dealings in U.S. dollars are carried
out in the interbank eurodollar market selected by Lender or Bank.
BUY-SELL AGREEMENTS - agreements for the purchase and sale of assets,
including, without limitation, federal offshore leases or interests therein,
together with all real and personal property held or used in connection
therewith, which assets are held or used in connection with the ownership of, or
operations involving, Hydrocarbons.
CAL DIVE OBLIGATIONS - as defined in SECTION 1.6.
CAPITALIZED LEASE OBLIGATION - any Indebtedness represented by
obligations under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial
reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of such Indebtedness
shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance
with GAAP.
CASH DEPOSITS FOR SALVAGE OPERATIONS - collectively, (a) cash deposits
held in an account of Borrower's for salvage operations that are pledged to the
MMS, and (b) cash deposits for salvage operations paid into a money market fund
of Borrower until such time as a specified level of funding has been set aside
for salvaging and abandoning oil and gas Properties, as set forth on the
Consolidated Financial Statements.
CLOSING DATE - the date on which all of the conditions precedent in
SECTION 9 are satisfied and the initial Loan is made hereunder.
CODE - the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted and in force in the State
of Texas, as from time to time in effect.
COLLATERAL - all of the Property and interests in Property described in
SECTIONS 4.1, 4.2 AND 4.3 and all other Property and interests in Property that
now or hereafter secure the payment and performance of any of the Obligations.
CONSOLIDATED - the consolidation in accordance with GAAP of the accounts
or other items as to which such term applies.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - the Consolidated financial
statements of Cal Dive, ERT and their Subsidiaries, if any, delivered to Lender
pursuant to SECTION 8.1(J).
CONTINGENCY RESERVE - the reserve established by Lender in accordance
with the terms set forth on EXHIBIT C attached hereto if at any time Excess
Availability is less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000). The Contingency
Reserve shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other reserve Lender may
establish.
CREDIT ENHANCEMENTS - LC Guaranties and Letters of Credit issued by Bank
or Lender from time to time for Borrower's account in accordance with SECTION
2.4.
CURRENT ASSETS - at any date means the amount at which all of the
current assets of a Person are classified as current assets on a balance sheet
at such date in accordance with GAAP.
CURRENT LIABILITIES - at any date means the amount at which all of the
current liabilities of a Person are classified as current liabilities on a
balance sheet at such date in accordance with GAAP.
DATED ASSETS - as defined in SECTION 2.7.
DATED LIABILITIES - as defined in SECTION 2.7.
DEFAULT - an event or condition the occurrence of which would, with the
lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, become an Event of Default.
DEFAULT RATE - as defined in SECTION 3.1(B).
DISTRIBUTION - in respect of any corporation means and includes: (a) the
payment of any dividends or other distributions on capital stock of the
corporation (except distributions in such stock) and (b) the redemption or
acquisition of its Securities unless made contemporaneously from the net
proceeds of the sale of Securities.
DOMINION ACCOUNT - a special account of Lender established by Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement at a bank selected by Borrower, but acceptable to
Lender, and over which Lender shall have sole and exclusive access and control
for withdrawal purposes.
ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT - an Account arising in the ordinary course of
Borrower's business from the sale of goods or rendition of services which
Lender, in its credit judgment, deems to be an Eligible Account. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Account shall be an Eligible
Account if:
(a) it is an Unbilled Account; or
(b) the services giving rise to such Account require performance bonds,
except for those Accounts where the services giving rise to such Account require
Cash Deposits for Salvage Operations or have been completed and there is no
continuing obligation of Borrower; or
(c) the services giving rise to such Account require retention withheld
to the extent of such retention; or
(d) it is an Account arising out of a contract requiring acknowledgment
of assignment from the Account Debtor and Lender has notified Borrower that
obtaining such acknowledgment of assignment is necessary, unless the Account
Debtor has acknowledged such assignment in a form and substance satisfactory to
Lender; or
(e) it arises out of a sale made by or services rendered by Borrower to
(i) another Borrower, (ii) a Subsidiary of Borrower, (iii) an Affiliate of
Borrower, (iv) a Person controlled by an Affiliate of Borrower, or (v) an
officer, director, employee or agent of Borrower, a Subsidiary of Borrower or an
Affiliate of Borrower; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, for purposes of this CLAUSE (E), the
term "Affiliate" shall not include any other Person deemed to be an Affiliate
hereunder by reason of such Person's association with First Reserve; or
(f) it is due or unpaid from an Account Debtor (other than Ivory
Production Co. (if it is guaranteed by Blue Dolphin Energy Company), J. Ray
McDermott or Walter Oil & Gas Corp.) for more than ninety (90) days after the
original invoice date; or
(g) it is due or unpaid from J. Ray McDermott or Walter Oil & Gas Corp.
for more than one hundred-twenty (120) days after the original invoice date; or
(h) Accounts, or a portion thereof, unpaid from Walter Oil & Gas Corp.
for less than one hundred twenty (120) days from the original invoice date that
exceed more than Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) in the
aggregate; or
(i) thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the Accounts from the Account
Debtor (other than J. Ray McDermott or Walter Oil & Gas Corp.) are not deemed
Eligible Accounts hereunder; or
(j) any covenant, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement
with respect to such Account has been breached; or
(k) the Account Debtor is also Borrower's creditor or supplier, or has
disputed liability with respect to such Account, or has made any claim with
respect to any other Account due from such Account Debtor to Borrower, or the
Account otherwise is or may become subject to any right of setoff by the Account
Debtor, to the extent of any offset, dispute or claim; or
(l) the Account Debtor has commenced a voluntary case under the federal
bankruptcy laws, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or made an assignment
for the benefit of creditors, or a decree or order for relief has been entered
by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of the Account Debtor
in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws, as now constituted or
hereafter amended, or any other petition or other application for relief under
the federal bankruptcy laws has been filed against the Account Debtor, or if the
Account Debtor has failed, suspended business, ceased to be Solvent, or
consented to or suffered a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian to be
appointed for it or for all or a significant portion of its assets or affairs;
or
(m) it arises from the rendition of services or a sale to an Account
Debtor outside the United States, unless the sale or services are to a Major
Domestic Energy Company and the invoice and payment are in U.S. Dollars, or the
sale or services are on letter of credit, guaranty or acceptance terms, in each
case acceptable to Lender; or
(n) it arises from a sale to the Account Debtor on a bill-and-hold,
guaranteed sale, sale-or-return, sale-on-approval, consignment or any other
repurchase or return basis; or
(o) the Account Debtor is the United States of America or any
department, agency or instrumentality thereof, unless Borrower assigns its right
to payment of such Account to Lender, in form and substance satisfactory to
Lender, so as to comply with the Assignment of Claims Act of l940, as amended
(3l U.S.C. Sub-Section 203 et seq.); or
(p) the Account Debtor is located in the States of New Jersey, Minnesota
or Indiana, unless Borrower has filed a Notice of Business Activities Report
with the appropriate officials in each applicable state for the then current
year; or
(q) the Account is subject to a Lien other than a Permitted Lien; or
(r) the goods giving rise to such Account have not been delivered to and
accepted by the Account Debtor or the services giving rise to such Account have
not been performed by Borrower and accepted by the Account Debtor or the Account
otherwise does not represent a final sale, except for Accounts which arise from
(i) Long Day Rate Contracts or (ii) Turnkey Contracts where the Account Debtor
has approved the basic work completed and an invoice for such work has been
issued; or
(s) the Account arises from a progress billing or an invoice for
deposit, except for Accounts which arise from (i) Long Day Rate Contracts or
(ii) Turnkey Contracts where the Account Debtor has approved the basic work
completed and an invoice for such work has been issued; or
(t) the Account arises from a sale which is an installment sale or lease
or is otherwise a sale on an extended payment basis; or
(u) the Account is evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument of any
kind, or has been reduced to judgment; or
(v) Borrower has made any agreement with the Account Debtor for any
deduction therefrom, except for discounts or allowances made in the ordinary
course of business and which discounts or allowances are disclosed to Lender; or
(w) Borrower has made an agreement with the Account Debtor to extend the
time of payment thereof, other than Accounts due from Ivory Production Co. and
guaranteed by Blue Dolphin Energy Company that are being paid in accordance with
the extended payment terms in effect on the Closing Date; or
(x) the Account arises from a retail sale of goods to a Person who is
purchasing same primarily for personal, family or household purposes; or
(y) Lender in good faith believes that collection of such Account is
insecure or that payment thereof is doubtful or will be delayed by reason of the
Account Debtor's financial condition.
In determining whether an Account is an Eligible Account, Lender may from time
to time in its credit judgment, which will be exercised in good faith, establish
credit limits for certain Account Debtors after providing Borrower with written
notice thereof. Borrower may request from time to time that Lender remove a
credit limit for an Account Debtor and Lender may or may not do so in its credit
judgment, which will be exercised in good faith.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINT - as defined in SECTION 8.1(U).
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS - all federal, state and local laws, rules,
regulations, ordinances, programs, permits, guidances, orders and consent
decrees relating to health, safety and environmental matters, including, but not
limited to, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980; the Clean Air
Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended; the Clean Water Act; the
River and Harbor Act; Water Pollution Control Act; the Marine Protection
Research and Sanctuaries Act; the Deep-Water Port Act; the Safe Drinking Water
Act; the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986; the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; the Mineral Lands and Leasing Act;
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act; state and federal superlien and
environmental cleanup programs and laws; and U.S. Department of Transportation
regulations.
EQUIPMENT - all machinery, apparatus, equipment, fittings, furniture,
fixtures, motor vehicles, marine vessels and other tangible personal Property
(other than Inventory and Offshore Platforms) of every kind and description used
in Borrower's operations or owned by Borrower or in which Borrower has an
interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired and wherever located, and all
parts, accessories and special tools and all increases and accessions thereto
and substitutions and replacements therefor.
EQUIPMENT BORROWING BASE - at any date of determination thereof, an
amount equal to the lesser of:
(a) the Equipment Commitment then in effect; or
(b) an amount equal to:
(i) the difference of (A) one hundred percent (100%) (or after an
Event of Default, such lesser percentage as Lender may in its discretion
determine from time to time after providing Borrower with written notice of such
reduction, which discretion shall be exercised in good faith) of the aggregate
Orderly Liquidation Value (as determined by Lender on the Closing Date) of
Equipment owned by a Borrower on the Closing Date and on the date of
determination in which Lender has a perfected first priority lien, MINUS (B) the
aggregate Amortization Amount of such Equipment;
PLUS
(ii) the difference of (A) one hundred percent (100%) (or after
an Event of Default, such lesser percentage as Lender may in its discretion
determine from time to time after providing Borrower with written notice of such
reduction, which discretion shall be exercised in good faith) of the cost to
Borrower to purchase Equipment as calculated in accordance with GAAP (exclusive
of capitalized interest) after the Closing Date, which Equipment is owned by
Borrower on the date of determination and in which Lender has a perfected first
priority Lien, MINUS (B) the aggregate Amortization Amount of such Equipment.
The Equipment Borrowing Base shall not include the Offshore Platforms, whether
or not Lender has a perfected Lien therein.
EQUIPMENT COMMITMENT - as at any date of determination thereof, an
amount equal to (a) Twenty-One Million Dollars ($21,000,000), MINUS (b) the
aggregate amount of all monthly reductions, each in an amount of Two Hundred
Eighteen Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($218,750), to occur on the first
day of each calendar month during the term hereof, commencing on June 1, 1995
and continuing for each month thereafter.
EQUIPMENT LOAN - the Loans to be made by Lender to Borrower pursuant to
SECTION 2.2(A).
EQUIPMENT NOTE - the Revolving Promissory Note to be executed by
Borrower in favor of Lender to evidence the Equipment Loans, which shall be in
the form of EXHIBIT B attached hereto.
ERISA - the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and all
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
ERISA AFFILIATE - Borrower and each Person under common control with
Borrower or otherwise treated as a single employer with Borrower under ERISA or
IRC Section 414.
EURODOLLAR BASE RATE - with respect to a Eurodollar Loan for the
relevant Eurodollar Interest Period, a rate per annum equal to the quotient of
the following: (a) the rate at which deposits in U.S. dollars in immediately
available funds are offered by Lender or Bank to first-class banks in the London
interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days
prior to the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period, in the approximate
amount of the Eurodollar Loan and having a maturity approximately equal to the
Eurodollar Interest Period, DIVIDED BY (b) the difference of one (1.00) MINUS
the Eurodollar Reserve Requirement.
EURODOLLAR INTEREST PERIOD - with respect to a Eurodollar Loan, a period
of one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months commencing on a Business Day
selected by Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement. Such Eurodollar Interest
Period shall end on (but exclude) the day which corresponds numerically to such
date one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such first,
second, third or sixth succeeding month, such Eurodollar Interest Period shall
end on the last Business Day of such first, second, third or sixth succeeding
month. If a Eurodollar Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not
a Business Day, such Eurodollar Interest Period shall end on the next succeeding
Business Day; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if said next succeeding Business Day falls
in a new month, such Eurodollar Interest Period shall end on the immediately
preceding Business Day.
EURODOLLAR LOAN - a Loan which bears interest at a Eurodollar Base Rate.
EURODOLLAR RESERVE REQUIREMENT - at any date of determination, that
percentage (expressed as a decimal fraction) which is in effect on such day, as
provided by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
successor governmental body) applied for determining the maximum reserve
requirements (including without limitation, basic, supplemental, marginal and
emergency reserves) under Regulation D with respect to "eurocurrency
liabilities" as currently defined in Regulation D, or under any similar or
successor regulation with respect to eurocurrency liabilities or eurocurrency
funding. Each determination by Lender of the Eurodollar Reserve Requirement
shall be provided to Borrower and, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive and binding. Any Eurodollar Reserve Requirement shall be determined
in accordance with Lender's customary practice and applied on a consistent
basis.
EXCESS - as defined in SECTION 3.1(D).
EXCESS AVAILABILITY - As at any date of determination thereof, an amount
equal to the difference of (a) the Borrowing Base PLUS the Equipment Borrowing
Base, MINUS (b) the aggregate principle balance of Revolving Credit Loans and
Equipment Loans then outstanding.
EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS - as defined in SECTION 7.1(S).
EVENT OF DEFAULT - as defined in SECTION 10.1.
FIRST RESERVE - collectively, First Reserve Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, and the investment funds it manages that are or become shareholders
of Cal Dive.
FIXED CHARGED RATIO - for any twelve (12) month period means the ratio
of (a) an amount equal to the sum of (i) Adjusted Net Earnings From Operations,
PLUS (ii) depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges deducted in
arriving at Adjusted Net Earnings From Operations, PLUS (iii) Interest Expense,
to (b) an amount equal to the sum of (i) Interest Expense, PLUS (ii) the
aggregate amount of payments made on Capitalized Lease Obligations.
GAAP - with respect to any date of determination, generally accepted
accounting principles as used by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and/or
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants consistently applied and
maintained throughout the periods indicated.
GENERAL INTANGIBLES - all general intangibles of Borrower, whether now
owned or hereafter created or acquired by Borrower, including, without
limitation, all choses in action, causes of action, corporate or other business
records, deposit accounts, inventions, designs, patents, patent applications,
trademarks, trade names, trade secrets, goodwill, copyrights, registrations,
licenses, franchises, rights to royalties, blueprints, drawings, confidential
information, catalogs, sales literature, video tapes, consulting agreements,
employment agreements, customer lists, tax refund claims, computer programs,
insurance policies, deposits with insurers, all claims under guaranties,
security interests or other security held by or granted to a Borrower to secure
payment of any of the Accounts by an Account Debtor, all rights to
indemnification and all other intangible property of every kind and nature
(other than Accounts and Cash Deposits for Salvage Operations).
GUARANTY AGREEMENT - the Guaranty Agreement which is to be executed by
ERT in favor of Lender on or about the Closing Date, pursuant to which ERT shall
guaranty the Cal Dive Obligations, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender.
HAZARDOUS DISCHARGE - as defined in SECTION 8.1(U).
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE - without limitation, any flammable explosives,
radon, radioactive materials, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation,
polychlorinated byphenyls, petroleum and petroleum products, methane, hazardous
materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic substances or related materials
as defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, applicable
state or local law, or any other applicable federal and state Environmental Laws
now in force or hereafter enacted.
HYDROCARBONS - all oil, gas, hydrocarbons (including, distillate,
condensate, residue gas and liquified petroleum gas) and all other substances
that may be found in, associated with, or produced from a well, together with
all components thereof, and substances that may be executed therefrom.
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS - with respect to any fiscal period, means the
Consolidated income (or loss) from operations before provision for income taxes,
Interest Expense and other nonoperating income and nonoperating expense items
for such fiscal period of Borrower, all as reflected on the Consolidated
Financial Statements.
INDEBTEDNESS - as applied to a Person means, without duplication (a) all
items which in accordance with GAAP would be included in determining total
liabilities as shown on the liability side of a balance sheet of such Person as
at the date as of which Indebtedness is to be determined, including, without
limitation, Capitalized Lease Obligations, (b) all obligations of other Persons
which such Person has guaranteed and (c) in the case of Borrower (without
duplication), the Obligations.
INDEMNIFIED PERSONS - as defined in SECTION 11.2.
INTEREST EXPENSE - for any fiscal period, the amount equal to interest
charges paid or accrued during such fiscal period (including imputed interest on
Capitalized Lease Obligations, but excluding amortization of debt discount and
expense) on the Indebtedness, LESS interest income received during such fiscal
period.
INVENTORY - all of Borrower's inventory, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired and wherever located, including, but not limited to, all goods intended
for sale or lease by Borrower, or for display or demonstration; all work in
process; all raw materials and other materials and supplies of every nature and
description used or which might be used in connection with the manufacture,
printing, packing, shipping, advertising, selling, leasing or furnishing of such
goods or otherwise used or consumed in Borrower's business; and all documents
evidencing and General Intangibles relating to any of the foregoing.
IRC - the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
LC GUARANTY - a guaranty executed by Lender at Borrower's request in
favor of a Person who has issued a Letter of Credit for the account of Borrower.
LAWFUL SUBSTANCES - as defined in SECTION 7.1(AA)(III).
LENDER - as defined in the preamble to this Agreement and includes all
successors and assigns of Shawmut Capital Corporation.
LETTER OF CREDIT - a standby letter of credit at any time issued by
Lender, Bank or another Person for the account of Borrower.
LIEN - any interest in Property securing an obligation owed to, or a
claim by, a Person other than the owner of the Property, whether such interest
is based on the common law, statute or contract, and including, but not limited
to, the security interest, security title or lien arising from a security
agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, preferred ship mortgage, deed to secure
debt, encumbrance, pledge, conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease,
consignment or bailment for security purposes. The term "Lien" shall include
reservations, exceptions, encroachments, easements, rights-of-way, covenants,
conditions, restrictions, leases and other title exceptions and encumbrances
affecting Property. For the purpose of this Agreement, Borrower shall be deemed
to be the owner of any Property which it has acquired or holds subject to a
conditional sale agreement or other arrangement pursuant to which title to the
Property has been retained by or vested in some other Person.
LOAN ACCOUNT - the loan account established on the books of Lender
pursuant to SECTION_2.6.
LOAN DOCUMENTS - this Agreement, the Other Agreements and the Security
Documents.
LOANS - all loans and advances made by Lender pursuant to this
Agreement, including, without limitation, all Revolving Credit Loans, all
Equipment Loans and each payment made pursuant to a Credit Enhancement.
LONG DAY RATE CONTRACTS - contracts for services performed on a time and
materials basis for which: (a) services continue for more than one billing cycle
of Borrower, (b) the Account Debtor is willing to accept for payment an invoice
appropriate for that billing cycle, and (c) payment of such invoice is due and
owing, not being contingent on further provision of such services.
LOSSES - as defined in SECTION 11.2.
MAJOR DOMESTIC ENERGY COMPANY - a multinational energy company (or
subsidiary thereof) with substantial corporate representation in the United
States that Lender, in its sole discretion, deems to be an acceptable credit
risk.
MANAGEMENT GROUP - collectively, Gerald G. Reuhl, Owen E. Kratz and S.
James Nelson.
MAXIMUM LEGAL RATE - as defined in SECTION 3.1(C).
MMS - the Department of Interior Mineral Management Services and any
successor thereto.
MONEY BORROWED - as applied to Indebtedness, means (a) Indebtedness for
borrowed money; (b) Indebtedness, whether or not in any such case the same was
for borrowed money, (i) which is represented by notes payable or drafts accepted
that evidence extensions of credit, (ii) which constitutes obligations evidenced
by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, or (iii) upon which interest
charges are customarily paid (other than accounts payable) or that was issued or
assumed as full or partial payment for Property; (c) Indebtedness that
constitutes a Capitalized Lease Obligation; and (d) Indebtedness under any
guaranty of obligations that would constitute Indebtedness for Money Borrowed
under CLAUSES (A) through (C).
NEW MORTGAGES - as defined in SECTION 4.3.
MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN - a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 3(37) of
ERISA to which any ERISA Affiliate contributes, has contributed to in the last
six years or is required to contribute to.
NEGATIVE PLEDGE AGREEMENT - an agreement executed by a Borrower and
Lender pursuant to which such Borrower agrees that for so long as any
Obligations remain outstanding, that it will not, without the prior written
consent of Lender, create or permit any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on its
interest in the Offshore Platforms and the other oil and gas Properties
described therein, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender and its counsel.
NEW SHIP MORTGAGES - as defined in SECTION 4.2.
1989 ACT - comprehensive legislation dealing with maritime commercial
instruments and liens enacted by Congress on November 23, 1988.
OBLIGATIONS - all Loans and all other advances, debts, liabilities,
obligations, covenants and duties owing, arising, due or payable from Borrower
to Lender of any kind or nature, present or future, whether or not evidenced by
any note, guaranty or other instrument, whether arising under this Agreement or
any of the other Loan Documents or otherwise, whether direct or indirect
(including those acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, primary or
secondary, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and however
acquired. The term includes, without limitation, all interest, charges,
expenses, fees, attorneys' fees and any other sums chargeable to Borrower under
any of the Loan Documents.
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS - any structure located in the Gulf of Mexico,
together with all equipment, facilities or structures affixed thereto utilized
in connection with, or related to, drilling or work with respect to wells, or
the production, processing, treating, gathering, storing, measuring or
transportation of Hydrocarbons.
ORDERLY LIQUIDATION VALUE - for Equipment, the value which is attainable
through an orderly liquidation of such Equipment within a time frame of six (6)
to twelve (12) months, the balance being sold at public auction.
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS - as defined in the preamble of this Agreement.
ORIGINAL TERM - as defined in SECTION 3.3.
OSHA - the Occupational Safety and Health Act and all rules and
regulations from time to time promulgated thereunder.
OTHER AGREEMENTS - any and all agreements, instruments and documents
(other than this Agreement and the Security Documents), heretofore, now or
hereafter executed by Borrower and delivered to Lender in respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
PBGC - the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
PENSION PLAN - an employee pension benefit plan as defined in Section
3(2) of ERISA, which is maintained or contributed to by an ERISA Affiliate or
for which contributions are required from an ERISA Affiliate, and which is
subject to Title IV of ERISA.
PERMITTED LIENS - any Lien of a kind specified in CLAUSES (I) through
(X) of SECTION 8.2(H).
PERMITTED PURCHASE MONEY INDEBTEDNESS - Purchase Money Indebtedness of
Borrower incurred after the date hereof which is secured by a Purchase Money
Lien and which, when aggregated with the Consolidated principal amount of all
other such Purchase Money Indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations of
Borrower at the time outstanding, does not exceed (a) Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($250,000) for the purchase of fixed assets other than marine vessels
and (b) One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) for the purchase of marine vessels. For
the purposes of this definition, the principal amount of any Purchase Money
Indebtedness consisting of capitalized leases shall be computed as a Capitalized
Lease Obligation.
PERSON - an individual, partnership, corporation, joint stock company,
land trust, business trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or
agency or political subdivision thereof.
PLAN - an employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA that
is maintained or contributed to or for which contributions are required by an
ERISA Affiliate.
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION - a transaction described in Section 406 of ERISA
or Section 4975 of the IRC which would subject any Plan or ERISA Affiliate to
any taxes, fines, penalties or other liabilities, directly or through any
indemnification agreements.
PROJECTIONS - Borrower's Consolidated and consolidating forecasted (a)
balance sheets, (b) profit and loss statements, and (c) cash flow statements,
all prepared on a consistent basis with Borrower's historical Consolidated
Financial Statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a
statement of underlying assumptions.
PROPERTY - any interest of Borrower in any kind of property or asset,
whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.
PURCHASE MONEY INDEBTEDNESS - means and includes (a) Indebtedness (other
than the Obligations) for the payment of all or any part of the purchase price
of any fixed assets, (b) any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) incurred
at the time of or within ten days prior to or after the acquisition of any fixed
assets for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price
thereof, and (c) any renewals, extensions or refinancings thereof, but not any
increases in the principal amounts thereof outstanding at the time.
PURCHASE MONEY LIEN - a Lien upon fixed assets which secure Purchase
Money Indebtedness, but only if such Lien shall at all times be confined solely
to the fixed assets the purchase price of which was financed through the
incurrence of the Purchase Money Indebtedness secured by such Lien.
QUALIFIED POOLING OF INTERESTS - a financial accounting method for the
combination of one or more business entities with Borrower which qualifies for
the pooling-of-interests method of accounting for business combinations under
GAAP and is so accounted for by Borrower.
REAL PROPERTY - as defined in SECTION 8.1(U).
RELEASE - as defined in SECTION 7.1(AA).
RENTALS - as at any date of determination thereof, the amount of all
payments which the lessee is required to make by the terms of any lease, but
excluding those payments for which lessee is directly or indirectly compensated
as a result of services provided.
RENEWAL TERM - as defined in SECTION 3.3.
REPORTABLE EVENT - any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of
ERISA and the regulations thereunder, excluding any event not subject to the
provision for 30 days notice to the PBGC under such regulations.
RESTRICTED INVESTMENT - any investment in cash or by delivery of
Property to any Person, whether by acquisition of stock, Indebtedness or other
obligation or Security, or by loan, advance or capital contribution, or
otherwise, or in any Property except the following: (a) investments in one or
more Subsidiaries of Borrower to the extent existing on the Closing Date; (b)
Property to be used in the ordinary course of business; (c) Current Assets
arising from the sale of goods and services in the ordinary course of business
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries; (d) investments in direct obligations of the
United States of America, or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the
United States of America, PROVIDED, THAT, such obligations mature within five
(5) years from the date of acquisition thereof; and (e) investments pursuant to
agreements by and between Borrower and Southwest Bank of Texas, N.A.
satisfactory to Lender.
REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENT - as at any date of determination thereof,
an amount equal to (a) Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000) MINUS (b) the
aggregate principal amount of Equipment Loans outstanding at such date, MINUS
(c) the face amount of all Credit Enhancements outstanding at such
date.
REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN - a Loan made by Lender as provided in SECTION
2.1.
SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS - as defined in SECTION 5.2.
SECURITY - shall have the same meaning as in Section 2(1) of the
Securities Act of l933, as amended.
SECURITY DOCUMENTS - the Ship Mortgage, each New Ship Mortgage, each New
Mortgage, each Negative Pledge Agreement and all other instruments and
agreements now or at any time hereafter securing the whole or any part of the
Obligations.
SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT - that certain Amended and Restated Shareholders
Agreement, dated as of January 12, 1995, among Cal Dive, First Reserve, on
behalf of certain investment funds it manages, the Management Group and the
other parties thereto, which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT I.
SHIP MORTGAGE - the First Preferred Fleet Mortgage executed by Cal Dive
on August 3, 1993 pursuant to which Cal Dive granted and conveyed for the
benefit of Lender, as successor in interest by assignment to Barclays, as
security for the Obligations, Liens upon all the marine vessels owned by Cal
Dive, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
SOLVENT - as to any Person, such Person (a) owns Property whose fair
salable value is greater than the amount required to pay all of such Person's
Indebtedness (including contingent debts), (b) is able to pay all of its
Indebtedness as such Indebtedness matures and (c) has capital sufficient to
carry on its business and transactions and all business and transactions in
which it is about to engage.
STATUTORY LIENS - as defined in SECTION 8.2(H).
SUBSIDIARY - any corporation of which a Person owns, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, more than fifty percent (50%) of
the Voting Stock at the time of determination; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, with respect
to Cal Dive, the term "Subsidiary" as used in this Agreement shall not include
ERT.
TERMINATION AMOUNT - at any date of determination thereof, an amount
equal to the sum of (a) the Revolving Credit Commitment, PLUS (b) the Equipment
Commitment, then in effect.
TIME CHARTER - A Time Charter Agreement (or similar agreement) pursuant
to which Cal Dive shall lease a derrick barge.
TURN KEY CONTRACTS - contracts entered into in the ordinary course of
business to perform a specific scope of work for a set price, subject at times
to additional charges resulting from changes to the agreed upon scope of work.
UNBILLED ACCOUNT - an Account arising in the ordinary course of
Borrower's business for the rendition of services that represent completed
services of Borrower not yet invoiced to the Account Debtor (except for Long Day
Rate Contracts), but which shall be invoiced within 90 days from the date such
services were completed, and which Account is otherwise an Eligible Account.
VOTING STOCK - Securities of any class or classes of a corporation the
holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to
elect a majority of the corporate directors (or Persons performing similar
functions).
1.2. ACCOUNTING TERMS. All accounting terms not specifically defined
herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP consistent with that applied
in preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements, and all financial data
pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with such principles.
In the event that changes in GAAP shall be mandated by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board and/or the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or
any similar accounting body of comparable standing, and shall be recommended by
Borrower's certified public accountants, to the extent that such changes would
modify such accounting terms or the interpretation or computation thereof as
contemplated by this Agreement at the time of execution hereof, then in such
event such changes shall be followed in defining such accounting terms only
after Lender and Borrower amend this Agreement to reflect the original intent of
such terms in light of such changes, and such terms shall continue to be applied
and interpreted without such change until such agreement.
1.3. OTHER TERMS. All other terms contained in this Agreement shall
have, when the context so indicates, the meanings provided for by the Code to
the extent the same are used or defined therein.
1.4. CERTAIN MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION. The terms "herein", "hereof" and
"hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole
and not to any particular section, paragraph or subdivision. Any pronoun used
shall be deemed to cover all genders. The section titles, table of contents and
list of exhibits appear as a matter of convenience only and shall not affect the
interpretation of this Agreement. All references to statutes and related
regulations shall include any amendments of same and any successor statutes and
regulations. All references to any instruments or agreements, including, without
limitation, references to any of the Loan Documents, shall include any and all
modifications or amendments thereto and any and all extensions or renewals
thereof.
1.5 THE TERM "BORROWER" OR BORROWERS". All references to "Borrower" or
"Borrowers" herein shall refer to and include each Borrower separately and all
representations contained herein shall be deemed to be separately made by each
of them, and each of the covenants, agreements and obligations set forth herein
shall be deemed to be the joint and several covenants, agreements and
obligations of them. Any notice, request, consent, report or other information
or agreement delivered to Lender by any Borrower shall be deemed to be ratified
by, consented to and also delivered by the other Borrower. Each Borrower
recognizes and agrees that each covenant and agreement of "Borrower" or
"Borrowers" under this Agreement and the Other Agreements shall create a joint
and several obligation of the Borrowers, which may be enforced against
Borrowers, jointly, or against each Borrower separately. Without limiting the
terms of this Agreement and the Other Agreements, security interests granted
under this Agreement and Other Agreements in properties, interests, assets and
collateral shall extend to the properties, interests, assets and collateral of
each Borrower. Similarly, the term "Obligations" shall include, without
limitation, all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of such corporations,
or any one of them, to Lender, whether such obligations, liabilities and
indebtedness shall be joint, several, joint and several or individual.
1.6 CAL DIVE OBLIGATIONS. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Equipment Note or this Agreement to the contrary, it is hereby agreed that ERT
is not assuming payment of the unpaid principal balance of the Obligations which
was incurred by Cal Dive prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the Original Loan
Documents (the "CAL DIVE OBLIGATIONS"). However, the parties hereto agree and
acknowledge that the preceding sentence shall not (A) limit any contingent
liability of ERT for payment of any of the Cal Dive Obligations which arises
pursuant to the Guaranty Agreement, or (B) limit the Liens in favor of Lender
granted by ERT against the assets of ERT as a result of ERT becoming an
additional named "Borrower", which Liens shall secure payment of all Obligations
arising in connection with this Agreement, whether currently existing or
hereafter arising. For purposes of determining on or after the date hereof which
Obligations outstanding constitute Cal Dive Obligations, all payments received
by Lender on account of the Obligations shall be deemed to be applied first in
payment of the Cal Dive Obligations until such time as the Cal Dive Obligations
shall have been reduced to zero, and thereafter to the other Obligations as
hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 2. CREDIT FACILITY
Subject to the terms and conditions of, and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties made in, this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, Lender agrees to make a total credit facility of up to Thirty Million
Dollars ($30,000,000.00) available upon Borrower's request therefor, as follows:
2.1. REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS.
(A) Subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lender
agrees, for so long as no Event of Default exists, to make Revolving Credit
Loans to Borrower from time to time, as requested by Borrower in accordance with
the terms of SECTION 2.3, up to a maximum principal amount at any time
outstanding equal to the Borrowing Base at such time. It is expressly understood
and agreed that Lender shall use the Borrowing Base as a maximum ceiling on
Revolving Credit Loans outstanding to Borrower at any time. If the unpaid
balance of the Revolving Credit Loans should exceed the Borrowing Base or any
other limitation set forth in this Agreement, such Revolving Credit Loans shall
nevertheless constitute Obligations that are secured by the Collateral and
entitled to all the benefits thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if such an overadvance
occurs, Borrower shall immediately repay, without premium or penalty, Revolving
Credit Loans in an amount equal to such excess, along with accrued unpaid
interest on the amount so repaid to the date of such repayment. In no event
shall Borrower be authorized to request a Revolving Credit Loan at any time that
there exists an Event of Default.
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of SECTION 2.1(A), Lender
shall have the right to establish reserves (in addition to the Contingency
Reserve) in such amounts, and with respect to such matters, as Lender shall deem
necessary or appropriate, against the amount of Revolving Credit Loans which
Borrower may otherwise request under SECTION 2.1(A), including, without
limitation, with respect to (i) price adjustments, damages, unearned discounts,
returned products or other matters for which credit memoranda are issued in the
ordinary course of Borrower's business; (ii) other sums chargeable against
Borrower's Loan Account as Revolving Credit Loans under any section of this
Agreement; (iii) sales tax liabilities; (iv) price adjustments, damages,
returned products or other matters related to contractual obligations of
Borrower; (v) offset exposure relating to contractual obligations of Borrower;
and (vi) such other matters, events, conditions or contingencies as to which
Lender, in its credit judgment, determines reserves should be established from
time to time hereunder.
(C) The Revolving Credit Loans shall be used solely for (i) the payment
of costs, expenses and fees relating to the Loans to be made under this
Agreement, (ii) the payment of principal and interest under the Equipment Loans,
(iii) the purchase of the capital stock of Borrower, and (iv) Borrower's general
operating capital needs, to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Agreement.
2.2. EQUIPMENT LOANS.
(A) Subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lender
agrees, for so long as no Event of Default exists, to make Equipment Loans to
Borrower, from time to time, in accordance with the terms of SECTION 2.3, up to
a maximum principal amount which, the aggregate of, shall not exceed the
Equipment Borrowing Base at such time. It is expressly understood and agreed
that Lender shall use the Equipment Borrowing Base as a maximum ceiling on
Equipment Loans outstanding to Borrower at any time. If the unpaid balance of
the Equipment Loans should exceed the Equipment Borrowing Base or any other
limitation set forth in this Agreement, such Equipment Loans shall nevertheless
constitute Obligations that are secured by the Collateral and entitled to the
benefits thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if such an overadvance occurs, (i) a
request for a Revolving Credit Loan shall be deemed to be made by Borrower in an
amount equal to such excess PLUS accrued unpaid interest on the amount of such
excess, to repay such overadvance, provided there is sufficient availability
under the Borrowing Base for such Revolving Credit Loan or (ii) if there is
insufficient availability under the Borrowing Base for such Revolving Credit
Loan, then Borrower shall immediately repay, without premium or penalty,
Equipment Loans in an amount equal to such excess, along with accrued unpaid
interest on the amount so repaid to the date of such repayment. The Equipment
Commitment will mature simultaneously with the termination of the Revolving
Credit Commitment. In no event shall a Borrower be authorized to request an
Equipment Loan at any time there exists an Event of Default.
(B) If Borrower sells any of the Equipment, or any Offshore Platform, or
if any of the Collateral is taken by condemnation, Borrower shall pay to Lender,
unless otherwise agreed by Lender, as and when received by Borrower and as a
mandatory payment of the Loans (or, at Lender's option, such of the other
Obligations as Lender may elect), a sum equal to the proceeds received by
Borrower from such sale or condemnation.
(C) The Equipment Loans shall be used solely by Borrower for purposes
for which the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans are authorized to be used,
and to finance Borrower's purchase of Equipment and oil and gas Properties.
2.3. MANNER OF BORROWING REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS AND EQUIPMENT LOANS.
Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Commitment and Equipment Commitment shall
be as follows:
(A) A request for a Eurodollar Loan shall be made, or shall be deemed to
be made, if Borrower gives Lender notice of its intention to borrow in the form
of EXHIBIT A (a "BORROWING NOTICE"), in which notice Borrower shall specify (i)
the aggregate amount of such Eurodollar Loan, (ii) the requested date of such
Eurodollar Loan, (iii) the Applicable Annual Rate selected in accordance with
SECTION 3.1, and (iv) the Eurodollar Interest Period applicable thereto. If
Borrower selects a Eurodollar Loan, Borrower shall give Lender the Borrowing
Notice at least two (2) Business Days prior to the requested date of the
Eurodollar Loan.
(B) A request for a Base Rate Loan shall be made, or shall be deemed to
be made, if (i) Borrower sends by facsimile transmission to (214) 828-6531, or
such other number as Lender may designate, a request for a Base Rate Loan prior
to 12:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on the Business Day on which Borrower is
requesting such Base Rate Loan (if a request is received after such time on a
Business Day, Lender, in its sole discretion, may make the requested Base Rate
Loan on the day of such notice or on the next following Business Day); (ii)
Borrower fails to pay any interest accruing under this Agreement or the
Equipment Note on the date such interest becomes due and payable, or (iii)
Borrower fails to pay any other Obligations under this Agreement on the date
such Obligations become due and payable. The amount of Base Rate Loans advanced
according to clause (i) shall be for the amount requested. The amount of Base
Rate Loans advanced according to clauses (ii) and (iii) shall be deemed to be an
amount equal to the amount of interest that was not actually paid by Borrower or
the amount of funds actually disbursed, respectively.
(C) Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes Lender to disburse the
proceeds of each Loan requested, or deemed to be requested, pursuant to this
SECTION 2.3 as follows: (i) the proceeds of each Loan requested under SECTIONS
2.3(A) or 2.3(B)(I) shall be disbursed by Lender in lawful money of the United
States of America in immediately available funds, in the case of the initial
borrowing, in accordance with the terms of the written disbursement letter from
Borrower, and in the case of each subsequent borrowing, by wire transfer to such
bank account as may be agreed upon by Borrower and Lender from time to time; and
(ii) the proceeds of each Revolving Credit Loan requested under SECTION
2.3(B)(II) or (III) shall be disbursed by Lender by way of direct payment of the
relevant Obligation.
2.4. LETTERS OF CREDIT; LC GUARANTIES. If requested to do so by Borrower
and subject to the terms of this Agreement and any documents executed in
connection with any Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty, Lender may attempt to cause
Bank to issue, in its good faith discretion, Letters of Credit for the account
of Borrower or execute LC Guaranties; PROVIDED, THAT, no Event of Default then
exists. The aggregate face amount of all Letters of Credit issued by Lender or
Bank and LC Guaranties outstanding at any time shall not exceed Five Million
Dollars ($5,000,000.00). No Letter of Credit issued by Lender or Bank and no LC
Guaranty shall have a term exceeding one year and shall, upon expiration, be
renewable for an additional period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Letter of
Credit issued by Lender or Bank and no LC Guaranty may have an expiration date
that is after the last day of the Original Term, or, if this Agreement remains
in effect after the Original Term, after the last day of any Renewal Term then
in effect. Any amounts paid by Lender under any LC Guaranty or in connection
with any Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be advances of Revolving Credit
Loans and Obligations under this Agreement.
2.5. ALL LOANS TO CONSTITUTE ONE OBLIGATION. All Loans shall constitute
one general joint and several obligation of Borrowers, and shall be secured by
Lender's security interest in and Lien upon all of the Collateral, and by all
other security interests and Liens heretofore, now or at any time or times
hereafter granted by Borrower to Lender.
2.6. LOAN ACCOUNT. Lender shall enter all Loans as debits to the Loan
Account and shall also record in the Loan Account all payments made by Borrowers
on each Loan and all proceeds of Collateral which are finally paid to Lender,
and may record therein, in accordance with customary accounting practices, all
charges and expenses properly chargeable to Borrower hereunder.
2.7 JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY; RIGHTS OF CONTRIBUTION.
(A) Each Borrower states and acknowledges that: (i) pursuant to this
Agreement, Borrowers desire to utilize their borrowing potential on a
consolidated basis to the same extent possible if they were merged into a single
corporate entity; (ii) it has determined that it will benefit specifically and
materially from the advances of credit contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) it
is both a condition precedent to the obligations of Lender hereunder and a
desire of the Borrowers that each Borrower execute and deliver to Lender this
Agreement; and (iv) Borrowers have requested and bargained for the structure and
terms of and security for the advances contemplated by this Agreement.
(B) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: (i) agrees
that it is jointly and severally liable to Lender for the full and prompt
payment of the Obligations and the performance by each Borrower of its
obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof; (ii) agrees to fully
and promptly perform all of its obligations hereunder with respect to each
advance of credit hereunder as if such advance had been made directly to it; and
(iii) agrees as a primary obligation to indemnify Lender on demand for and
against any loss incurred by Lender as a result of any of the obligations of any
Borrower being or becoming void, voidable, unenforceable or ineffective for any
reason whatsoever, whether or not known to Lender or any Person, the amount of
such loss being the amount which Lender would otherwise have been entitled to
recover from Borrower.
(C) It is the intent of each Borrower that the indebtedness, obligations
and liability hereunder of no one of them be subject to challenge on any basis.
Accordingly, as of the date hereof, the liability of each Borrower under this
SECTION 2.7, together with all of its other liabilities to all Persons as of the
date hereof and as of any other date on which a transfer is deemed to occur by
virtue of this Agreement, calculated in amount sufficient to pay its probable
net liabilities on its existing Indebtedness as the same become absolute and
matured ("DATED LIABILITIES ") is, and is to be, less than the amount of the
aggregate of a fair valuation of its property as of such corresponding date
("DATED ASSETS"). To this end, each Borrower under this SECTION 2.7, (i) grants
to and recognizes in each other Borrower, ratably, rights of subrogation and
contribution in the amount, if any, by which the Dated Assets of such Borrower,
but for the aggregate of subrogation and contribution in its favor recognized
herein, would exceed the Dated Liabilities of such Borrower or, as the case may
be, (ii) acknowledges receipt of and recognizes its right to subrogation and
contribution ratably from the other Borrower in the amount, if any, by which the
Dated Liabilities of such Borrower, but for the aggregate of subrogation and
contribution in its favor recognized herein, would exceed the Dated Assets of
such Borrower under this SECTION 2.7. In recognizing the value of the Dated
Assets and the Dated Liabilities, it is understood that Borrowers will
recognize, to at least the same extent of their aggregate recognition of
liabilities hereunder, their rights to subrogation and contribution hereunder.
It is a material objective of this SECTION 2.7 that each Borrower recognizes
rights to subrogation and contribution rather than be deemed to be insolvent (or
in contemplation thereof) by reason of an arbitrary interpretation of its joint
and several obligations hereunder.
SECTION 3. INTEREST, FEES, TERM, REDUCTION AND REPAYMENT
3.1. INTEREST, FEES AND CHARGES.
(A) INTEREST. Outstanding principal on the Loans shall bear interest at
the option of Borrower (subject to the terms and conditions herein) at either
the Base Rate or Eurodollar Base Rate, calculated daily, at the following rates
per annum (individually called, as applicable, an "APPLICABLE ANNUAL RATE"): (i)
each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to two and
one quarter percent (2.25%) above the Eurodollar Base Rate for the Eurodollar
Interest Period applicable thereto if the principal aggregate amount of Loans
outstanding is less than Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) on the date of the
Borrowing Notice for such Eurodollar Loan, (ii) each Eurodollar Loan shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to two percent (2.00%) above the Eurodollar
Base Rate for the Eurodollar Interest Period applicable thereto if the aggregate
principal amount of Loans outstanding is Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) or
more on the date of the Borrowing Notice for such Eurodollar Loan, and (iii) the
Base Rate Loans shall bear interest at a fluctuating rate per annum equal to
one-half of one percent (0.50%) above the Base Rate. The interest rate
applicable to Base Rate Loans shall be increased or decreased, as the case may
be, by an amount equal to any increase or decrease in the Base Rate, with such
adjustments to be effective as of the opening of business on the day that any
such change in the Base Rate becomes effective. The Base Rate in effect on the
date hereof shall be the Base Rate effective as of the opening of business on
the date hereof, but if this Agreement is executed on a day that is not a
Business Day, the Base Rate in effect on the date hereof shall be the Base Rate
effective as of the opening of business on the last Business Day immediately
preceding the date hereof. Interest on the Loans shall be calculated daily,
based on the actual days elapsed over a three hundred-sixty (360) day year.
Further, for the purpose of computing interest, all items of payment received by
Lender shall be applied by Lender (subject to final payment of all drafts and
other items received in form other than immediately available funds) against the
Obligations on the day of receipt. The determination of when a payment is
received by Lender will be made in accordance with SECTION 3.6.
(B) DEFAULT RATE OF INTEREST. Upon and after the occurrence of an Event
of Default, and during the continuation thereof, the principal amount of the
Loans and other Obligations shall bear interest, calculated daily (computed on
the actual days elapsed over a three hundred-sixty (360) day year), at two
percent (2.00%) above the Applicable Annual Rate or other applicable rate of
interest (a "DEFAULT RATE").
(C) MAXIMUM RATE OF INTEREST. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Agreement or otherwise, (i) if at any time the amount of interest
computed on the basis of an Applicable Annual Rate or a Default Rate would
exceed the amount of such interest computed upon the basis of the maximum rate
of interest permitted by applicable state or federal law in effect from time to
time hereafter (the "MAXIMUM LEGAL RATE"), the interest payable under this
Agreement shall be computed upon the basis of the Maximum Legal Rate, but any
subsequent reduction in such Applicable Annual Rate or Default Rate, as
applicable, shall not reduce such interest thereafter payable hereunder below
the amount computed on the basis of the Maximum Legal Rate until the aggregate
amount of such interest accrued and payable under this Agreement equals the
total amount of interest which would have accrued if such interest had been at
all times computed solely on the basis of an Applicable Annual Rate or Default
Rate, as applicable; and (ii) unless preempted by federal law, an Applicable
Annual Rate or Default Rate, as applicable, from time to time in effect
hereunder may not exceed the "indicated ceiling rate" from time to time in
effect under Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art 5069-1.04(c) (Vernon 1987). If the
applicable state or federal law is amended in the future to allow a greater rate
of interest to be charged under this Agreement than is presently allowed by
applicable state or federal law, then the limitation of interest hereunder shall
be increased to the maximum rate of interest allowed by applicable state or
federal law as amended, which increase shall be effective hereunder on the
effective date of such amendment, and all interest charges owing to Lender by
reason thereof shall be payable upon demand.
(D) EXCESS INTEREST. No agreements, conditions, provisions or
stipulations contained in this Agreement or any other instrument, document or
agreement between Borrower and Lender or default of Borrower, or the exercise by
Lender of the right to accelerate the payment of the maturity of principal and
interest, or to exercise any option whatsoever contained in this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, or the arising of any contingency whatsoever, shall
entitle Lender to contract for, charge, or receive, in any event, interest
exceeding the Maximum Legal Rate. In no event shall Borrower be obligated to pay
interest exceeding such Maximum Legal Rate and all agreements, conditions or
stipulations, if any, which may in any event or contingency whatsoever operate
to bind, obligate or compel Borrower to pay a rate of interest exceeding the
Maximum Legal Rate, shall be without binding force or effect, at law or in
equity, to the extent only of the excess of interest over such Maximum Legal
Rate. In the event any interest is contracted for, charged or received in excess
of the Maximum Legal Rate ("EXCESS"), Borrower acknowledges and stipulates that
any such contract, charge, or receipt shall be the result of an accident and
bona fide error, and that any Excess received by Lender shall be applied, first,
to reduce the principal then unpaid hereunder; second, to reduce the other
Obligations; and third, returned to Borrower, it being the intention of the
parties hereto not to enter at any time into a usurious or otherwise illegal
relationship. Borrower recognizes that, with fluctuations in the Base Rate and
the Maximum Legal Rate, such a result could inadvertently occur. By the
execution of this Agreement, Borrower covenants that (i) the credit or return of
any Excess shall constitute the acceptance by Borrower of such Excess, and (ii)
Borrower shall not seek or pursue any other remedy, legal or equitable, against
Lender, based in whole or in part upon contracting for, charging or receiving of
any interest in excess of the maximum authorized by applicable law. For the
purpose of determining whether or not any Excess has been contracted for,
charged or received by Lender, all interest at any time contracted for, charged
or received by Lender in connection with this Agreement shall be amortized,
prorated, allocated and spread in equal parts during the entire term of this
Agreement.
(E) INCORPORATION BY THIS REFERENCE. The provisions of SECTION 3.1(D)
shall be deemed to be incorporated into every document or communication relating
to the Obligations which sets forth or prescribes any account, right or claim or
alleged account, right or claim of Lender with respect to Borrower (or any other
obligor in respect of Obligations), whether or not any provision of this SECTION
3.1 is referred to therein. All such documents and communications and all
figures set forth therein shall, for the sole purpose of computing the extent of
the Obligations and obligations of the Borrowers (or other obligor) asserted by
Lender thereunder, be automatically re-computed by any Borrower or obligor, and
by any court considering the same, to give effect to the adjustments or credits
required by SECTION 3.1(D).
(F) UNUSED COMMITMENT FEE. From the date hereof, Borrower agrees to pay
to Lender an annual unused commitment fee of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
Such unused commitment fee shall be payable (i) on the Closing Date, and (ii) on
each anniversary date of the Closing Date during the term of this Agreement.
(G) CAPITAL ADEQUACY CHARGE. In the event that Lender shall have
determined in good faith that the adoption of any law, rule or regulation
regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein or in the interpretation or
application thereof or compliance by Lender with any request or directive
regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any
central bank or governmental authority, does or shall have the effect of
reducing the rate of return on Lender's capital as a consequence of its
obligations hereunder to a level below that which Lender could have achieved but
for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration Lender's
policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by Lender, in its
sole discretion, to be material, then from time to time, after submission by
Lender to Borrower of a certificate certifying the amount by which such rate of
return is actually reduced with respect to this transaction, together with the
calculation and a written demand therefor, Borrower shall promptly pay to Lender
such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Lender for such reduction;
PROVIDED, THAT, Lender's other debtors are required to reimburse Lender for the
same type of reduction. The certificate of Lender claiming entitlement to
payment as set forth above shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
Such certificate shall set forth the nature of the occurrence giving rise to
such payment, the additional amount or amounts to be paid to Lender, and the
method by which such amounts were determined. In determining such amount, Lender
may use any reasonable averaging and attribution method, so long as it
accurately reflects the reduction. Lender agrees to provide Borrower such
additional information with respect thereto upon request.
(H) LETTER OF CREDIT; LC GUARANTY FEES. As additional consideration for
Lender's issuing its, or causing Bank to issue its Letters of Credit for
Borrower's account or for issuing its LC Guaranties at Borrower's request
pursuant to SECTION 2.4, Borrower agrees to pay to Lender, in addition to
Lender's costs and expenses incurred in issuing such Letters of Credit and LC
Guaranties, fees equal to two percent (2.00%) per annum of the face amount of
each Letter of Credit and LC Guaranty, which fee shall be deemed fully earned
upon issuance of each such Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty, and shall be due and
payable in equal monthly installments beginning on the first Business Day of the
month following the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty and
continuing on the first Business Day of each month thereafter during the term
thereof. No fee payable by Borrower to Lender under this SECTION 3.2(H) shall be
subject to rebate or proration upon the termination of this Agreement for any
reason.
3.2. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING EURODOLLAR LOANS.
(A) Borrower may select a Eurodollar Base Rate with respect to all or
any portion of the Loans as provided in this SECTION 3.2; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that (i) each Eurodollar Loan shall be in a principal amount of not less than
One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) (and, if greater than One Million Dollars
($1,000,000), in integral multiples of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000)),
(ii) no more than five (5) Eurodollar Interest Periods may be in existence at
any one time, and (iii) Borrower may not select a Eurodollar Base Rate for a
Loan if there exists a Default or Event of Default. Borrower shall select
Eurodollar Interest Periods with respect to Eurodollar Loans so that no
Eurodollar Interest Period expires after the end of the Original Term, or if
extended pursuant to SECTION 3.3, any Renewal Term. With respect to a Eurodollar
Loan, the Borrowing Notice shall be delivered to Lender not later than two (2)
Business Days before the proposed borrowing date referenced therein. An
outstanding Base Rate Loan may be converted to a Eurodollar Loan at any time
subject to the provisions of this SECTION_3.2.
(B) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest from and including the
first day of the Eurodollar Interest Period applicable thereto (but not
including the last day of such Eurodollar Interest Period) at the interest rate
determined as applicable to such Eurodollar Loan, but interest on such
Eurodollar Loan shall be payable as provided in SECTION 3.6. If at the end of an
Eurodollar Interest Period for an outstanding Eurodollar Loan, Borrower has
failed to deliver to Lender a new Borrowing Notice with respect to such
Eurodollar Loan or to pay such Eurodollar Loan, then such Eurodollar Loan shall
be converted to a Base Rate Loan on and after the last day of such Eurodollar
Interest Period and shall remain a Base Rate Loan until paid or until the
effective date of a new Borrowing Notice with respect thereto.
(C) If Lender determines that maintenance of any of its Eurodollar Loans
would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation or directive, whether or not
having the force of law, Lender shall suspend the availability of Eurodollar
Loans and require any Eurodollar Loans outstanding to be repaid; or if Lender
determines that (i) deposits of a type or maturity appropriate to match fund
Eurodollar Loans are not available, or (ii) the Eurodollar Base Rate does not
accurately reflect the cost of making a Eurodollar Loan, then Lender shall
promptly provide notice to Borrower of its decision to suspend Borrower's
ability to make Eurodollar Loans and/or require Borrower to repay all Eurodollar
Loans and shall suspend the availability of Eurodollar Loans after the date of
any such determination.
(D) If any payment of a Eurodollar Loan occurs on a date which is not
the last day of the applicable Eurodollar Interest Period, whether because of
acceleration, prepayment or otherwise, or a Eurodollar Loan is not made on the
date specified by Borrower because Borrower has not satisfied the conditions
precedent to such Eurodollar Loan contained in this Agreement or a Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower will indemnify Lender
for any loss or cost incurred by it resulting therefrom, including without
limitation any loss or cost in liquidating or employing deposits required to
fund or maintain the Eurodollar Loan.
(E) Lender shall deliver a written statement as to the amount due, if
any, under SECTIONS 3.2(C) or (D). Such written statement shall set forth in
reasonable detail the calculations upon which Lender determined such amount and
shall be final, conclusive and binding on Borrower in the absence of manifest
error. Determination of amounts payable under such Sections in connection with a
Eurodollar Loan shall be calculated as though Lender funded its Eurodollar Loan
through the purchase of a deposit of the type and maturity corresponding to the
deposit used as a reference in determining the Eurodollar Base Rate applicable
to such Loan whether in fact that is the case or not. Unless otherwise provided
herein, the amount specified in the written statement shall be payable on demand
after receipt by Borrower of the written statement.
3.3. TERM OF AGREEMENT. Subject to Lender's right to cease making Loans
to Borrower at any time upon or after the occurrence of an Event of Default,
this Agreement shall be in effect for (a) a period of five (5) years from the
date hereof, through and including May 22, 2000 (the " ORIGINAL TERM"), and (b)
an additional one year period, through and including May 22, 2001 unless
terminated by either Lender or Borrower by giving written notice of such
termination to the other party no less than ninety (90) days prior to the end of
the Original Term (the "RENEWAL TERM"). Upon written request by Borrower, Lender
may, in its sole and absolute discretion, renew this Agreement for any number of
successive one year periods thereafter (each such successive one year period, a
"Renewal Term"), but Lender shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, Lender may terminate this Agreement
without notice upon or after the occurrence of an Event of Default.
3.4. EARLY TERMINATION BY BORROWER.
(A) Borrower may prepay the Loans at any time during the term of this
Agreement, in whole or in part, without premium, penalty or liquidated damages.
However, if Borrower chooses to terminate the Revolving Credit Commitment, the
Equipment Commitment and this Agreement (which all must terminate
simultaneously) in its entirety, Borrower shall give Lender at least ninety (90)
days prior written notice thereof if such termination occurs during the first
twelve-month period of the Original Term, and at least six (6) months prior
written notice thereof if such termination occurs during any other time, and, on
the designated termination date, all of the Obligations shall become due and
payable, in immediately available funds, and all Credit Enhancements issued by
Lender or Bank shall have expired or otherwise been terminated.
(B) At the effective date of any termination by Borrower under SECTION
3.4(A) of the entire Revolving Credit Commitment, the Equipment Commitment and
this Agreement, Borrower shall pay to Lender (in addition to the then
outstanding principal, accrued interest and other charges owing under the terms
of this Agreement and any of the other Loan Documents, as liquidated damages for
the loss of the bargain and not as a penalty, an amount equal to 1.50% of the
Termination Amount if such termination occurs during the first twelve-month
period of the Original Term (May 23, 1995 through May 22, 1996). If termination
occurs at any other time during the Original Term, during any Renewal Term, or
within one hundred-eighty (180) days from the date Lender submits a certificate
to Borrower certifying a reduction in Lender's rate of return pursuant to
SECTION 3.1(G), no liquidated damages shall be payable.
3.5 EFFECT OF TERMINATION. All of the Obligations shall be forthwith due
and payable upon any termination of this Agreement in accordance with SECTION
3.4. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents, no termination or cancellation (regardless of cause or
procedure) of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall in any way
affect or impair the rights, powers or privileges of Lender or the obligations,
duties or liabilities of Borrower or Lender in any way relating to (A) any
transaction or event occurring prior to such termination or cancellation or (B)
any of the undertakings, agreements, covenants, warranties or representations of
Borrower contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. All
such undertakings, agreements, covenants, warranties and representations of
Borrower shall survive such termination or cancellation and Lender shall retain
its Liens in the Collateral and all of its rights and remedies under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents notwithstanding such termination or
cancellation until all of the Obligations known existing, threatened or claimed
which can be given a monetary value have been paid in full, in immediately
available funds.
3.6. PAYMENTS. Principal and interest on the Equipment Loans shall be
payable as provided in the Equipment Note. Except where evidenced by notes or
other instruments issued or made by Borrower to Lender specifically containing
payment provisions which are in conflict with this SECTION 3.6 (in which event
the conflicting provisions of said notes or other instruments shall govern and
control), the Obligations shall be payable as follows:
(A) principal payable on account of Revolving Credit Loans made by
Lender to Borrower pursuant to SECTION 2.1 of this Agreement shall be payable by
Borrower to Lender immediately upon the earliest of (i) the receipt by Lender or
Borrower of any proceeds of any of the Collateral, to the extent of said
proceeds, (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default in consequence of which
Lender elects to accelerate the maturity and payment of such Loans, or (iii)
termination of this Agreement.
(B) interest accrued on the Revolving Credit Loans shall be due on the
earliest of (i) the first day of each month (for the immediately preceding
month), computed through the last calendar day of the preceding month, (ii) the
occurrence of an Event of Default in consequence of which Lender elects to
accelerate the maturity and payment of the Obligations, or (iii) termination of
this Agreement.
(C) reasonable and itemized costs, fees and expenses payable pursuant to
this Agreement shall be promptly payable by Borrower to Lender or to any other
Person designated by Lender in writing.
(D) the balance of the Obligations requiring the payment of money, if
any, shall be payable by Borrower to Lender as and when provided in this
Agreement, the Other Agreements or the Security Documents, or, if not otherwise
provided, then on demand.
Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes Lender, in Lender's good faith
discretion, to advance to Borrower and to charge to the Loan Account as a
Revolving Credit Loan, sums sufficient to pay all amounts due and payable under
SECTIONS 3.6(B), (C) and (D) above and under the Equipment Note, whether or not
any such advance would cause the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans to exceed
the Borrowing Base.
3.7. APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS AND COLLECTIONS. Except as otherwise
provided in this SECTION 3.7, Borrower irrevocably waives the right to direct
the application of any and all payments and collections at any time or times
hereafter received by Lender from or on behalf of Borrower, and Borrower does
hereby irrevocably agree that Lender shall have the continuing exclusive right
to apply and reapply any and all such payments and collections received at any
time or times hereafter by Lender or its agent against the Obligations, in such
manner as Lender may deem advisable, notwithstanding any entry by Lender upon
any of its books and records. If as the result of collections of Accounts as
authorized by SECTION 5.2 a credit balance exists in the Loan Account with
respect to the Revolving Credit Commitment, such credit balance shall not accrue
interest in favor of Borrower, but shall be returned to Borrower within one (1)
Business Day for so long as no Default or Event of Default exists. In no event
shall such credit balance be applied or be deemed to have been applied as a
payment of the Equipment Loans unless so requested by Borrower, but Lender may
offset such credit balance against the Obligations upon or after the occurrence
of an Event of Default. Payments and collections received by Lender from the
Dominion Account or otherwise in Chicago, Illinois (A) before 2:00 p.m. Central
Standard Time on a Business Day shall be deemed received on such Business Day,
and (B) after 2:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on a Business Day shall be deemed
received on the next succeeding Business Day, in each case for purposes of
determining the amount of Revolving Credit Loans and Equipment Loans available
for borrowing hereunder and for purposes of computing interest on the Loans
(subject in each case to final payment of all items and collections received in
form other than immediately available funds). For so long as no Event of Default
has occurred, all payments and collections deposited into the Dominion Account
shall be transferred to a bank account specified by Borrower, and upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, Lender may, in its sole discretion, direct
all such payments and collections to be transferred to a bank account specified
by Lender. Borrower hereby agrees that it shall not (on a Consolidated basis)
maintain more than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in its bank operating
account.
3.8. STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNT. Lender will account to Borrower monthly with
a statement of Loans, charges and payments made pursuant to this Agreement, and
such account rendered by Lender, absent manifest error, shall be deemed final,
binding and conclusive upon Borrower unless Lender is notified by Borrower in
writing to the contrary within seventy-five (75) days after the date each
account is mailed to Borrower. Such notice shall only be deemed an objection to
those items specifically objected to therein.
SECTION 4. COLLATERAL: GENERAL TERMS
4.1. SECURITY INTEREST IN COLLATERAL. To secure the prompt payment and
performance to Lender of the Obligations, Borrower hereby grants to Lender a
continuing security interest in and Lien upon all the following Property and
interests in Property of Borrower, whether now owned or existing or hereafter
created, acquired or arising and wheresoever located:
(A) Accounts;
(B) Inventory;
(C) Equipment (other than Equipment leased by Borrower);
(D) General Intangibles;
(E) all monies and other Property of any kind, now or at any time or
times hereafter, in the possession or under the control of Lender or a bailee of
Lender;
(F) all accessions to, substitutions for and all replacements, products
and cash and non-cash proceeds of CLAUSES (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) above,
including, without limitation, proceeds of and unearned premiums with respect to
insurance policies insuring any of the Collateral; ----------- --- --- --- ---
and
(G) all books and records (including, without limitation, customer
lists, credit files, computer programs, print-outs, and other computer materials
and records) of Borrower pertaining to any of CLAUSES (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) or
(F) above.
The Collateral shall not include the monies held at Southwest Bank of Texas,
N.A. for the benefit of the Management Group and certain other employees of Cal
Dive pursuant to that certain Collateral Security Agreement, dated as of January
12, 1995 among Cal Dive, Southwest Bank of Texas, N.A., the Management Group and
the other parties named therein.
The security interests in the Collateral granted to Lender by Cal Dive are given
in renewal, extension and modification of the security interests previously
granted to Lender by Cal Dive in the Original Loan Documents; such prior
security interests are not extinguished hereby; and the making, perfection and
priority of such prior security interests shall continue in full force and
effect.
4.2. LIEN ON MARINE VESSELS. The due and punctual payment and
performance of the Obligations shall be secured by the Lien created by the Ship
Mortgage upon all marine vessels owned by Cal Dive described therein. Except as
otherwise permitted herein, if Borrower shall acquire at any time or times
hereafter any interest in other marine vessels, Borrower hereby agrees to
promptly execute and deliver to Lender, as additional security and Collateral
for the Obligations, Ship Mortgages or other collateral assignments satisfactory
in form and substance to Lender and its counsel (herein collectively referred to
as "NEW SHIP MORTGAGES") covering such marine vessels. The Ship Mortgage and
each New Ship Mortgage shall be duly recorded in each port where such recording
is required to constitute a valid Lien on the marine vessels. Borrower shall
deliver to Lender such other documents as Lender and its counsel may reasonably
request relating to the Property subject to the Ship Mortgage and any New Ship
Mortgages.
4.3. LIEN ON OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES. Upon the request of Lender, the due
and punctual payment and performance of the Obligations shall also be secured by
a Lien upon any interest of Borrower in the Offshore Platforms and all other oil
and gas Properties of Borrower. Borrower agrees that upon the request of Lender
such Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver to Lender, as additional
security and Collateral for the Obligations, deeds of trust, security deeds,
mortgages or other collateral assignments satisfactory in form and substance to
Lender and its counsel (herein collectively referred to as "NEW MORTGAGES")
covering such interests in the Offshore Platforms and other oil and gas
Properties. Each New Mortgage shall be duly recorded in each office where such
recording is required to constitute a valid Lien on Borrower's interest in the
Offshore Platforms and other oil and gas Properties covered thereby. Borrower
further agrees that until such time as Lender requests that a New Mortgage be
executed, such Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver to Lender a Negative
Pledge Agreement covering such Borrower's interest in the Offshore Platforms and
other oil and gas Properties. Each Negative Pledge Agreement shall be duly
recorded in each office where a New Mortgage covering such interest in the
Offshore Platforms and other oil and gas Properties would be required to be
filed. Upon request, Borrower shall deliver to Lender agreements, documents,
opinions, certificates and such other information as Lender and its legal
counsel may reasonably request, relating to Borrower's interest in the Offshore
Platforms and other oil and gas Properties subject to any Negative Pledge
Agreement or any New Mortgage.
4.4. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS. To induce Lender to
enter into this Agreement, Borrower represents, warrants, and covenants to
Lender:
(A) Subject to the statutory right of the MMS to approve the
acquisition of an Offshore Platform and related oil and gas Properties and the
provisions of the Buy-Sell Agreements, the Collateral is now and, so long as any
of the Obligations are outstanding, will continue to be owned solely by
Borrower, and no other Person has or will have any right, title, interest,
claim, or Lien therein, thereon or thereto other than a Permitted Lien.
(B) Except for Permitted Liens or as specifically consented to in
writing by Lender, the Liens granted to Lender shall be first and prior on the
Collateral and as to the Accounts and proceeds, including insurance proceeds,
resulting from the sale, disposition, or loss thereof. No further action need be
taken to perfect the Liens granted to Lender, other than the filing of
continuation statements under the Code or other applicable law, continued
possession by Lender of that portion of the Collateral constituting instruments
or documents, the recording of the Ship Mortgage and each New Ship Mortgage
under the 1989 Act, and the recording of each New Mortgage with the applicable
filing offices.
(C) All goods evidenced by the Collateral constituting chattel
paper, documents or instruments, the possession of which has been given to
Lender, are owned by Borrower and the same are free and clear of any prior Lien,
except for Statutory Liens contested by Borrower as required by SECTION 8.2(H).
Borrower further warrants and guarantees the value, quantities, adequate
condition, grades and qualities of the goods and services described therein.
Borrower shall pay and discharge when due all taxes, levies, and other charges
upon said Collateral and upon the goods evidenced by any documents constituting
Collateral, except and to the extent only that such taxes, levies and other
charges are being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate lawful
proceedings, and Borrower has established adequate reserves therefor, which are
properly reflected on the Consolidated Financial Statements, and the nonpayment
of such taxes, levies and charges does not result in a lien upon any Collateral
other than a Permitted Lien. Borrower shall defend Lender against and save it
harmless from all claims of any Person with respect to the Collateral. This
indemnity shall include reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses.
4.5. LIEN PERFECTION. Borrower agrees to execute the UCC-1 financing
statements provided for by the Code or otherwise together with any and all other
instruments, assignments or documents and shall take such other action as may be
required to perfect or to continue the perfection of Lender's security interest
in the Collateral. Unless prohibited by applicable law, Borrower hereby
authorizes Lender to execute and file any such financing statement on Borrower's
behalf. The parties agree that a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of
this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement and may be filed in
any appropriate office in lieu thereof.
4.6. REAL PROPERTY LIEN DOCUMENTATION. Borrower agrees to execute for
Lender's benefit the leasehold mortgages, deeds of trust or other documents
evidencing a collateral assignment of Borrower's interest in certain real
Property owned or leased by Borrower and any additional real Property owned or
leased by Borrower as Lender may request. Such documents shall be recorded, at
the expense of Borrower, with such filing offices as may be required to evidence
Lender's Lien upon the real Property owned or leased or hereafter acquired by
Borrower.
4.7. LOCATION OF COLLATERAL. All Collateral, other than Inventory in
transit, motor vehicles, marine vessels and diving equipment, will at all times
be kept by Borrower at one or more of the business locations set forth in
EXHIBIT D attached hereto and shall not, without the prior written approval of
Lender, be moved therefrom except, prior to an Event of Default, for (A) sales
of Inventory and the providing of services in the ordinary course of business;
(B) the storage of Inventory at locations within the continental United States
other than those shown on EXHIBIT D attached hereto if (i) Borrower gives Lender
written notice of the new storage location at least sixty (60) days prior to
storing Inventory at such location, (ii) except for Statutory Liens contested by
Borrower as required by SECTION 8.2(H), Lender's security interest in such
Inventory is and continues to be a duly perfected, first priority Lien thereon,
(iii) neither Borrower's nor Lender's right of entry upon the premises where
such Inventory is stored, or its right to remove the Inventory therefrom, is in
any way restricted, (iv) the owner of such premises agrees with Lender not to
assert any landlord's, bailee's or other Lien in respect of the Inventory for
unpaid rent or storage charges, and (v) all negotiable documents and receipts in
respect of any Collateral maintained at such premises are promptly delivered to
Lender; (C) temporary transfers (for period not to exceed three months in any
event) of Equipment from a location set forth on EXHIBIT D attached hereto to
another location if done for the limited purpose of repairing, refurbishing or
overhauling such Equipment in the ordinary course of Borrower's business; and
(D) removals in connection with dispositions of Equipment that are authorized by
SECTION 6.4.
4.8. INSURANCE OF COLLATERAL. Borrower agrees to maintain and pay for
insurance upon all Collateral (other than Offshore Platforms) wherever located,
in storage or in transit, including goods evidenced by documents, covering
casualty, hazard, public liability and such other risks and in such amounts and
with insurance companies acceptable to Lender. Borrower shall deliver to Lender
certificates regarding such insurance and the originals of such policies when
available, with satisfactory endorsements naming Lender as loss payee or
co-insured and as mortgagee pursuant to a standard mortgagee clause. Each policy
of insurance or endorsement shall contain a clause requiring the insurer to give
not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to Lender in the event of
cancellation of the policy for any reason whatsoever and a clause that the
interest of Lender shall not be impaired or invalidated by any act or neglect of
Borrower or owner of the Property nor by the occupation of the premises for
purposes more hazardous than are permitted by said policy. If Borrower fails to
provide and pay for such insurance, Lender may, at Borrower's expense, procure
the same, but shall not be required to do so. Borrower agrees to deliver to
Lender, promptly as rendered, true copies of all reports made in any reporting
forms to insurance companies. Borrower will maintain, with financially sound and
reputable insurers, insurance with respect to its Properties and business
against such casualties and contingencies of such type (including public
liability, product liability, larceny, embezzlement, or other criminal
misappropriation insurance) and in such amounts as is customary in the business
or as otherwise required by Lender.
4.9. PROTECTION OF COLLATERAL. All insurance expenses and all expenses
of protecting, storing, warehousing, insuring, handling, maintaining and
shipping the Collateral, any and all excise, property, sales, and use taxes
imposed by any state, federal, or local authority on any of the Collateral or in
respect of the sale thereof shall be borne and paid by Borrower. If Borrower
fails to promptly pay any portion thereof when due or is not actively contesting
such taxes in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and has not established
adequate reserves, which are properly reflected on the Consolidated Financial
Statements, Lender may, at its option, but shall not be required to, pay the
same and charge the Loan Account therefor. Borrower agrees to reimburse Lender
promptly therefor with interest accruing thereon daily at the Applicable Annual
Rate for Base Rate Loans. All sums so paid or incurred by Lender for any of the
foregoing and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees,
legal expenses, and court costs) which Lender may incur in enforcing or
protecting its Lien on or rights and interest in the Collateral or any of its
rights or remedies under any Loan Document or in respect of any of the
transactions to be had hereunto, together with interest at the Default Rate
applicable to Base Rate Loans, shall be considered Obligations hereunder secured
by all Collateral. Lender shall not be liable or responsible in any way for the
safekeeping of any of the Collateral or for any loss or damage thereto (except
for reasonable care in the custody thereof while any Collateral is in Lender's
actual possession) or for any diminution in the value thereof, or for any act or
default of any warehouseman, carrier, forwarding agency, or other person
whomsoever, but the same shall be at Borrower's sole risk.
SECTION 5. PROVISIONS RELATING TO ACCOUNTS
5.1. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS. With respect to all
Accounts, Borrower represents and warrants to Lender that Lender may rely, in
determining which Accounts are Eligible Accounts, on all statements and
representations made by Borrower with respect to any Account or Accounts, and,
unless otherwise indicated in writing to Lender, that with respect to each
Account:
(A) it is genuine and in all respects what it purports to be,
and it is not evidenced by a judgment;
(B) it arises out of a completed, bona fide sale and delivery of
goods or rendition of services by Borrower in the ordinary course of its
business and in accordance with the terms and conditions of all purchase orders,
contracts or other documents relating thereto and forming a part of the contract
between Borrower and the Account Debtor;
(C) except for the long-term Accounts due from Ivory Production
Co. and guaranteed by Blue Dolphin Energy Corporation outstanding as of the
Closing Date, it has been generated in compliance with Borrower's normal credit
policies as historically in effect (or as modified from time to time on prior
written notice to Lender) or on such other reasonable terms disclosed in writing
to Lender in advance of the creation of such Account, and such terms are
expressly set forth on the face of the invoice covering such sale or rendition
of services;
(D) it is for a liquidated amount maturing as stated in the
duplicate invoice covering such sale or rendition of services, a copy of which
has been furnished or is available to Lender;
(E) Borrower has made no agreement with any Account Debtor
thereunder for any deduction therefrom, except discounts or allowances which are
granted by Borrower in the ordinary course of its business and which are
disclosed to Lender;
(F) to the best of Borrower's knowledge, there are no facts,
events or occurrences which have not been disclosed to Lender which in any way
impair the validity or enforceability thereof or tend to reduce the amount
payable thereunder from the face amount of the invoice and statements delivered
to Lender with respect thereto;
(G) to the best of Borrower's knowledge, the Account Debtor
thereunder (i) is Solvent and (ii) had the capacity to contract at the time any
contract or other document giving rise to the Account was executed; and
(H) Borrower has no knowledge of any fact or circumstance which
would impair the validity or collectability of the Account, and to the best of
Borrower's knowledge there are no proceedings or actions which are threatened or
pending against any Account Debtor thereunder which might result in any material
adverse change in such Account Debtor's financial condition or the
collectability of such Account.
5.2. ASSIGNMENTS, RECORDS AND SCHEDULES OF ACCOUNTS. If so requested by
Lender, Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender formal written assignments
of all of its Accounts on a monthly or more frequent basis, which shall include
all Accounts that have been created since the date of the last assignment,
together with copies of invoices or invoice registers related thereto. Borrower
shall keep accurate and complete records of its Accounts and all payments and
collections thereon and shall submit to Lender on a monthly basis, unless
requested on a more frequent basis by Lender, a sales and collections report for
the preceding month, in form satisfactory to Lender. On or before the last day
of each month from and after the date hereof, Borrower shall deliver to Lender,
in form satisfactory to Lender, a detailed listing of all Unbilled Accounts
existing as of the last day of the preceding month, a detailed aged trial
balance of all Accounts existing as of the last day of the preceding month,
specifying the names, face value, dates of invoices and due dates for each
Account Debtor obligated on an Account so listed and a listing of all disputed
amounts due and owing (a "SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS"), and upon Lender's request
therefor, the reason for any disputed amounts, all claims related thereto and
the amount in controversy, and addresses, copies of proof of delivery and the
original copy of all documents, including, without limitation, repayment
histories and present status reports relating to the Accounts so scheduled, and
such other matters and information relating to the status of then existing
Accounts as Lender shall reasonably request.
5.3. ADMINISTRATION OF ACCOUNTS.
(A) Borrower shall report discounts, allowances or credits
granted by Borrower that are not shown on the face of the invoice for the
Account involved to Lender at the time of its submission to Lender of the next
Schedule of Accounts as provided in SECTION 5.2 or more frequently upon the
request of Lender. Upon and after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Lender
shall have the right to settle or adjust all disputes and claims directly with
the Account Debtor and to compromise the amount or extend the time for payment
of the Accounts upon such terms and conditions as Lender may deem advisable, and
to charge the deficiencies, costs and expenses thereof, including reasonable
attorney's fees, to Borrower.
(B) If an Account includes a charge for any tax payable to any
governmental taxing authority, Lender is authorized, in its sole discretion, to
pay the amount thereof to the proper taxing authority for the account of
Borrower and to charge the Loan Account therefor. Borrower shall notify Lender
if any Account includes any tax due to any governmental taxing authority and, in
the absence of such notice, Lender shall have the right to retain the full
proceeds of the Account and shall not be liable for any taxes to any
governmental taxing authority that may be due by Borrower by reason of the sale
and delivery creating the Account.
(C) Whether or not an Event of Default has occurred, any of
Lender's officers, employees or agents shall have the right, at any time or
times hereafter, in the name of Lender, any designee of Lender or Borrower, to
verify the validity, amount or any other matter relating to any Accounts by
mail, telephone, telegraph or otherwise. Borrower shall cooperate fully with
Lender in an effort to facilitate and promptly conclude any such verification
process.
5.4. COLLECTION OF ACCOUNTS.
(A) To expedite collection, Borrower shall endeavor in the first
instance to make collection of its Accounts for Lender. All remittances received
by Borrower on account of Accounts shall be held as Lender's property by
Borrower as trustee of an express trust for Lender's benefit and Borrower shall
immediately deposit same in the Dominion Account. Lender shall have the right at
any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default to notify Account Debtors
that Accounts have been assigned to Lender and to collect Accounts directly in
its own name and to charge the collection costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, to Borrower. Lender has no duty to protect, insure,
collect or realize upon the Accounts or preserve rights in them.
(B) Borrower shall deposit all proceeds of the Collateral or
cause the same to be deposited in kind in a Dominion Account pursuant to a
lockbox arrangement with such banks as may be selected by Borrower and be
acceptable to Lender. Borrower shall issue to any such bank, an irrevocable
letter of instruction directing such banks to deposit all payments or other
remittances received in the lockbox to the Dominion Account for application on
account of the Obligations. All funds deposited in the Dominion Account shall
immediately become the property of Lender and Borrower shall obtain the
agreement by such banks to waive any offset rights against the funds so
deposited. Lender assumes no responsibility for such lockbox arrangement,
including, without limitation, any claim of accord and satisfaction or release
with respect to deposits accepted by any bank thereunder.
SECTION 6. PROVISIONS RELATING TO EQUIPMENT AND OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
6.1. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS. With respect to
the Equipment and the Offshore Platforms, Borrower represents, warrants and
covenants to and with Lender that:
(A) substantially all of the Equipment is in adequate operating
condition and repair, and all necessary replacements of and repairs thereto
shall be made so that the value and operating efficiency of the Equipment shall
be maintained and preserved, reasonable wear and tear excepted; and
(B) except for Equipment affixed to Offshore Platforms in the
ordinary course of ERT's business (which Equipment shall not be included in the
Equipment Borrowing Base), Borrower will not permit any of the Equipment to
become affixed to any real Property leased to Borrower so that an interest
arises therein under the real estate laws of the applicable jurisdiction unless
the landlord of such real Property has executed a landlord waiver or leasehold
mortgage in favor of Lender, and Borrower will not permit any of the Equipment
to become an accession to any personal Property other than Equipment subject to
first priority Liens in favor of Lender or subject to Permitted Liens.
6.2. EVIDENCE OF OWNERSHIP OF EQUIPMENT. Immediately on request therefor
by Lender, Borrower shall deliver to Lender any and all evidence of ownership,
if any, of any of the Equipment.
6.3. RECORDS AND SCHEDULES OF EQUIPMENT. Borrower shall maintain
accurate records itemizing and describing the kind, type, quality, quantity and
value of its Equipment and all dispositions made in accordance with SECTION 6.4,
and shall furnish Lender with a current schedule, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender, containing the foregoing information on at least an
annual basis and more often if requested by Lender.
6.4. DISPOSITIONS. Borrower will not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of
or transfer any of the Equipment, any Offshore Platform or any oil and gas
Properties, or any part thereof without the prior written consent of Lender;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to
dispositions required by the United States government, or, for so long as no
Event of Default exists, to (A) (i) dispositions of Offshore Platforms, oil and
gas Properties and related Equipment by ERT in the ordinary course of business,
or (ii) dispositions of any other Equipment which, in the aggregate during any
consecutive twelve-month period, has a fair market value or book value,
whichever is less, of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) or less;
PROVIDED, THAT, all proceeds thereof are turned over to Lender, or (B)
replacements of Equipment that is substantially worn, damaged or obsolete with
Equipment of like kind, function and value; PROVIDED, THAT, (i) the replacement
Equipment shall be acquired prior to or concurrently with any disposition of the
Equipment that is to be replaced, (ii) the replacement Equipment shall be free
and clear of Liens other than Permitted Liens, (iii) Borrower shall give Lender
at least five (5) days prior written notice of such disposition and (iv)
Borrower shall turn over to Lender all proceeds realized from any such
disposition.
SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
7.1. GENERAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. To induce Lender to enter
into this Agreement and to make advances hereunder, Borrower warrants,
represents and covenants to Lender as follows:
(A) ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION. Borrower is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
state of its incorporation. Borrower has duly qualified and is authorized to do
business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each state or
jurisdiction listed on EXHIBIT E attached hereto and made a part hereof and in
all other states and jurisdictions where the character of its Properties or the
nature of its activities make such qualification necessary.
(B) CORPORATE NAMES. Since July 27, 1990, Cal Dive, and since
September 30, 1992, ERT, have not been known as or used any corporate,
fictitious or trade names except as disclosed on EXHIBIT F attached hereto and
made a part hereof. Except as set forth on EXHIBIT F attached hereto, Borrower
has not, during the preceding three years, been the surviving corporation of a
merger or consolidation or acquired all or substantially all of the assets of
any Person.
(C) CORPORATE POWER AND AUTHORITY. Borrower has the right and
power and is duly authorized and empowered to enter into, execute, deliver and
perform this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a
party. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each of the
other Loan Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
and do not and will not (i) require any consent or approval of the shareholders
of Borrower; (ii) contravene Borrower's charter, articles of incorporation or
by-laws; (iii) violate, or cause Borrower to be in default under, any provision
of any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
determination or award in effect having applicability to Borrower; (iv) result
in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture or loan or credit
agreement or any other agreement, lease or instrument to which Borrower is a
party or by which it or its Properties may be bound or affected; or (v) result
in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted
Liens) upon or with respect to any of the Properties now owned or hereafter
acquired by Borrower.
(D) LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE AGREEMENT. This Agreement is, and each of
the other Loan Documents when delivered under this Agreement will be, a legal,
valid and binding obligation of Borrower enforceable against it in accordance
with their respective terms, except to the extent that such enforcement may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally or by principles of equity pertaining to the
availability of equitable remedies.
(E) USE OF PROCEEDS. Borrower's uses of the proceeds of any Loans
pursuant to this Agreement are, and will continue to be, legal and proper
corporate uses, duly authorized by its Board of Directors, and such uses will
not violate any applicable laws, including, without limitation, the Foreign
Assets Control Regulations, the Foreign Funds Control Regulations and the
Transaction Control Regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31
CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended), where the failure to do so would have a
material adverse effect on its business, condition (financial or otherwise),
operations, prospects, or Properties.
(F) MARGIN STOCK. Borrower is not engaged principally, or as one
of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying "margin
stock" (within the meaning of Regulation G or U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System), and no part of the proceeds of any Loans to Borrower
will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others
for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock or be used for any
purpose which violates or is inconsistent with the provisions of Regulation G,
T, U or X of said Board of Governors.
(G) GOVERNMENTAL CONSENTS. Except where failure to do so would
have a material adverse effect on its business, condition (financial or
otherwise), operations, prospects, or Properties, Borrower has, and is in good
standing with respect to, all governmental consents, approvals, authorizations,
permits, certificates, inspections, and franchises necessary to continue to
conduct its business as heretofore or proposed to be conducted by it and to own
or lease and operate its Properties as now owned or leased by it.
(H) PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS AND LICENSES. Borrower owns
or possesses all the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights
and licenses necessary for the present and planned future conduct of its
business without any known conflict with the rights of others. All such patents,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and other similar
rights are listed on EXHIBIT G attached hereto and made a part hereof. ---------
(I) CAPITAL STRUCTURE. EXHIBIT H attached hereto and made a part
hereof states (i) the correct name of each of the Subsidiaries of Borrower, the
jurisdiction of incorporation and the percentage of its Voting Stock owned by
Borrower, (ii) the name of each of Borrower's corporate or joint venture
Affiliates and the nature of the affiliation, (iii) the number, nature and
holder of all outstanding Securities of Borrower and each Subsidiary of
Borrower, and (iv) the number of authorized, issued and treasury shares of
Borrower and each Subsidiary of Borrower. Borrower has good title to all of the
shares of stock it purports to own of each Subsidiary, free and clear in each
case of any Lien other than Permitted Liens. All such shares have been duly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as provided in EXHIBITS H
and I attached hereto, there are not outstanding any options to purchase, or any
rights or warrants to subscribe for, or any commitments or agreements to issue
or sell, or any Securities or obligations convertible into, or any powers of
attorney relating to, shares of the capital stock of Borrower. Except as
provided in EXHIBITS H and I attached hereto, there are not outstanding any
agreements or instruments binding upon any of Borrower's shareholders relating
to the ownership of its shares of capital stock.
(J) SOLVENT FINANCIAL CONDITION. Borrower is now and, after
giving effect to initial Loans to be made hereunder, at all times will be,
Solvent.
(K) RESTRICTIONS. Borrower is not a party or subject to any
contract, agreement, or charter or other corporate restriction, which materially
and adversely affects its business or the use or ownership of any of its
Properties other than as set forth on EXHIBIT J attached hereto. Borrower is not
a party or subject to any contract or agreement which restricts its right or
ability to incur Indebtedness, other than as set forth on EXHIBIT J attached
hereto, none of which prohibit the execution of or compliance with this
Agreement by Borrower. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has agreed
or consented to cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a
contingency or otherwise) any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, to be subject to a Lien that is not a Permitted Lien.
(L) LITIGATION. Except as set forth on EXHIBIT K attached hereto
and made a part hereof, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or
investigations pending, or to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened, against or
affecting Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or the business, operations,
Properties, prospects, profits or condition of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, in any court or before any governmental authority or arbitration
board or tribunal, and no action, suit, proceeding or investigation shown on
EXHIBIT K attached hereto, except as indicated on such EXHIBIT K, involves the
possibility of materially and adversely affecting the Properties, business,
prospects, profits or condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrower or the
ability of Borrower to perform this Agreement. Neither Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in default with respect to any order, writ, injunction,
judgment, decree or rule of any court, governmental authority or arbitration
board or tribunal.
(M) TITLE TO PROPERTIES. Subject to the statutory right of the
MMS to approve the acquisition of an Offshore Platform and related oil and gas
Properties and the provisions of the Buy-Sell Agreements, Borrower and its
Subsidiaries each has good, indefeasible and marketable title to and fee simple
ownership of, or valid and subsisting leasehold interests in, all of its oil and
gas Properties and real Property, and good title to all of its other Property,
in each case, free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens. EXHIBITS D and
S attached hereto identifies all of the Offshore Platforms, other oil and gas
Properties and real Property leased or owned by Borrower and its Subsidiaries
and, if leased, identifies the lessor thereof.
(N) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS; FISCAL YEAR. The Consolidated balance
sheet of Borrower and such other Persons described therein (including the
accounts of all Subsidiaries for the respective periods during which a
Subsidiary relationship existed) as of December 31, 1994, and the related
statements of income, changes in stockholder's equity, and changes in cash flow
for the periods ended on such dates, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
(except for changes in application in which Borrower's independent certified
public accountants concur), and present fairly the financial positions of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such dates and the results of Borrower's
operations for such periods. Since December 31, 1994 there has been no material
change in the condition, financial or otherwise, of Borrower, its Subsidiaries
and such other Persons as shown on the Consolidated balance sheet as of such
date and no change in the aggregate value of Equipment and other Property owned
by Borrower or its Subsidiaries or such other Persons, except as otherwise
disclosed in the footnotes to such financial statements and changes in the
ordinary course of business, which individually or in the aggregate has not been
materially adverse. The fiscal year of Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries
ends on December 31 of each year.
(O) FULL DISCLOSURE. The financial statements referred to in
SECTION 7.1(N), do not, nor does this Agreement or any other written statement
of Borrower to Lender (including, without limitation, Borrower's filings, if
any, with the Securities and Exchange Commission), contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit a material fact necessary to make the statements
contained therein or herein not misleading. There is no fact which Borrower has
failed to disclose to Lender in writing which materially affects adversely or,
so far as Borrower can now foresee, will materially affect adversely the
Properties, business, prospects, profits, or condition (financial or otherwise)
of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or the ability of Borrower or its
Subsidiaries to perform this Agreement.
(P) ERISA. Except as disclosed in EXHIBIT L attached hereto,
there are no Pension Plans or Multiemployer Plans and no fact exists that could
result in any material liability (other than as disclosed on Borrower's
financial statements) to Borrower relating to any former Plan. No Reportable
Event has occurred with respect to any Pension Plan that is not a Multiemployer
Plan. No Prohibited Transaction has occurred. The PBGC has not instituted
proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan. No ERISA Affiliate nor any duly
appointed administrator of a Pension Plan has (i) incurred any liability to the
PBGC with respect to a Pension Plan other than for premiums not yet due and
payable, or (ii) instituted or intends to institute proceedings under Section
4041(c) of ERISA to terminate any Pension Plan, or (iii) instituted proceedings
to withdraw from any Pension Plan that is a Multiemployer Plan. No "accumulated
funding deficiency" within the meaning of Section 302(a)(2) of ERISA exists with
respect to any Pension Plan. No liability has been incurred by any ERISA
Affiliate which remains unsatisfied for any taxes or penalties, with respect to
any Plan that is not a Multiemployer Plan or, to the best of Borrower's
knowledge and belief, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan. No litigation is
pending or threatened concerning or involving any Plan. No amendment to any
Pension Plan has been adopted such that security is required to be given
pursuant to IRC Section 401(a)(29) and no lien exists under IRC Section 412(n)
with respect to any Plan. Except as shown on EXHIBIT L attached hereto with
respect to the date and using the assumptions described thereon, and to the best
of Borrower's knowledge and belief, no unfunded or unreserved liability exists
for benefits under any Plan that would have a material adverse effect. No ERISA
Affiliate contributes to, has contributed to, or is or has been obligated to
contribute to, any Multiemployer Plan. No ERISA Affiliate maintains any Plan
which provides benefits to an employee or the employee's dependents after the
employee terminates employment other than as required by law and no written or
oral representations have been made to any employee or former employee promising
or guaranteeing any employer payment or funding for the continuation of medical,
dental, or disability coverage beyond that legally required.
(Q) TAXES. The federal tax identification numbers for Cal Dive
and ERT are 95-3409686 and 76-0413713, respectively. Borrower and its
Subsidiaries each has filed all federal, state and local tax returns and other
reports it is required by law to file and has paid, or made provision for the
payment of, all taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges that are
due and payable. The provision for taxes on the books of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries are adequate for all years not closed by applicable statutes, and
for its current fiscal year. There are no material unresolved questions or
claims concerning any tax liability of Borrower except as described in EXHIBIT M
attached hereto. None of the transactions contemplated hereby or under any
agreements referred to hereunder will result in any material tax liability for
Borrower or result in any other material adverse tax consequence for Borrower.
EXHIBIT N attached hereto contains an accurate list of all taxing authorities to
which Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective Properties are subject.
No Properties of Borrower or its Subsidiaries are or could become subject to any
Lien in favor of any such taxing authorities for nonpayment of taxes, except as
specified on EXHIBIT N attached hereto.
(R) LABOR RELATIONS. Except as described on EXHIBIT O attached
hereto, neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any
collective bargaining agreement, and there are no material grievances, disputes
or controversies with any union or any other organization of Borrower's
employees, or threats of strikes, work stoppages or any asserted pending demands
for collective bargaining by any union or organization.
(S) COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Except as disclosed on EXHIBIT P
attached hereto as to existing violations of Environmental Laws (the "EXISTING
ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS"), Borrower has duly complied with, and its Property,
business operations and leaseholds are in compliance in all material respects
with, the provisions of all federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations
orders, citations and notices applicable to Borrower, its Properties or the
conduct of its business, including, without limitation, OSHA, Environmental
Laws, the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Fair
Labor Standards Act, laws relating to income, unemployment, payroll or social
security taxes and Plans under ERISA, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,
the Consumer Credit Protection Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, statutes
creating and governing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and any and
all state statutes or pronouncements addressing, or related to, subjects the
same as or comparable to those covered by such enumerated federal statutes, and
there have been no citations, notices or orders of noncompliance issued to
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any such law, rule or regulation.
(T) SURETY OBLIGATIONS. Except as described in EXHIBIT Q attached
hereto, Borrower is not obligated as surety or indemnitor under any surety or
similar bond or other contract issued or entered into any agreement to assure
payment, performance or completion of performance of any undertaking or
obligation of any Person.
(U) NO DEFAULTS. No event has occurred and no condition exists
which would, upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement or Borrower's
performance hereunder, constitute a Default or an Event of Default. Neither
Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default, and no event has occurred
and no condition exists which constitutes, or which with the passage of time or
the giving of notice or both would constitute, a default in the payment of any
Indebtedness to any Person for Money Borrowed.
(V) BROKERS. There are no claims for brokerage commissions,
finder's fees or investment banking fees in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(W) BUSINESS LOCATIONS; AGENT FOR PROCESS. During the preceding
three year period, Borrower has had no office, place of business or agent for
service of process located in any state or county other than as shown on EXHIBIT
D attached hereto.
(X) TRADE RELATIONS. There exists no actual or threatened
termination, cancellation or limitation of, or any modification or change in,
the business relationship between Borrower and any customer or any group of
customers whose purchases individually or in the aggregate are material to the
business of Borrower, or with any material supplier, and there exists no present
condition or state of facts or circumstances which would materially affect
adversely Borrower or prevent Borrower from conducting such business after the
consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement in substantially
the same manner in which it has heretofore been conducted.
(Y) LEASES. EXHIBIT R attached hereto is a complete listing of
all capitalized leases of Borrower and EXHIBIT S attached hereto is a complete
listing of all operating leases of Borrower.
(Z) INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT. Borrower is not an "investment
company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company", within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(AA) OSHA AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.
(i) Except for the Existing Environmental Violations, Borrower is
in compliance with, and its facilities, business, operations, assets, Property,
leaseholds, Offshore Platforms and Equipment are in compliance in all material
respects with, the provisions of OSHA, the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, all Environmental Laws and all permits issued to Borrower under any
Environmental Laws; there have been no and are not now any outstanding
citations, notices or orders of non-compliance issued to Borrower, nor is
Borrower aware of any potential or threatening citations, notices or orders of
noncompliance that may be issued to Borrower or relating to its business,
assets, Property, leaseholds, Offshore Platforms or Equipment under such laws,
rules or regulations.
(ii) Borrower has been issued all required federal, state
and local licenses, certificates or permits relating to all applicable
Environmental Laws.
(iii) Except for the Existing Environmental Violations,
(a) there are no visible signs of material releases, spills, discharges, leaks
or disposal (collectively referred to as "RELEASES") of Hazardous Substances at,
upon, under or within any Real Property in violation of any
Environmental Law, nor is Borrower aware of the existence of any nonvisible
Releases; (b) there are no underground storage tanks or polychlorinated
biphenyls on the Real Property; (c) the Real Property has never been used as a
treatment, storage or disposal facility of Hazardous Substance (except for the
storage of fuels, Hydrocarbons, lubricants, solvents, paints and coatings,
compressed gases, explosives, anti-oxidants, rust inhibitors, surfactants, CO2
scavengers, soap and chemical dispersants, batteries and similar or substitute
items, substances or chemicals used or useful in the ordinary course of business
by Borrower (collectively the "LAWFUL SUBSTANCES")); and (d) no Hazardous
Substances are present on the Real Property in violation of any Environmental
Laws.
7.2. REAFFIRMATION. Each request for a Loan made by Borrower pursuant to
this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall constitute (i) an
automatic representation and warranty by Borrower to Lender that there does not
then exist any Default or Event of Default unless otherwise disclosed to Lender
in writing and (ii) a reaffirmation as of the date of said request that all of
the representations and warranties of Borrower contained in this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents are true in all material respects except for any
changes in the nature of Borrower's business or operations that would render the
information contained in any exhibit attached hereto either inaccurate or
incomplete, so long as Lender has consented to such changes in writing or such
changes are expressly permitted by this Agreement.
7.3. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Borrower covenants,
warrants and represents to Lender that all representations and warranties of
Borrower contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be
true at the time of Borrower's execution of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, and shall survive the execution, delivery and acceptance thereof by
Lender and the parties thereto and the closing of the transactions described
therein or related thereto until four (4) years and one (1) day after all of the
Obligations have been paid in full.
SECTION 8. COVENANTS AND CONTINUING AGREEMENTS
8.1. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. During the term of this Agreement,
and thereafter for so long as there are any Obligations to Lender, Borrower
covenants that, unless otherwise consented to by Lender in writing, it shall:
(A) TAXES AND LIENS. Pay and discharge, and cause each Subsidiary
to pay and discharge, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges upon it,
its income and Properties as and when such taxes, assessments and charges are
due and payable (and, if requested by Lender, provide Lender with proof that
Borrower or such Subsidiary has done so), except and to the extent only that
such taxes, assessments and charges are being actively contested in good faith
and by appropriate proceedings, Borrower maintains adequate reserves on its
books therefor and the nonpayment of such taxes, assessments and charges does
not result in a Lien upon any Properties or Borrower other than a Permitted
Lien. Borrower shall also pay and discharge any lawful claims which, if unpaid,
might become a Lien against any of Borrower's Properties, except for Permitted
Liens. Borrower shall also make timely payment or deposit of all FICA payments
and withholding taxes required of it by the applicable laws, and will, upon
request, furnish Lender with proof satisfactory of it that Borrower has made
such payments or deposits.
(B) TAX RETURNS. File, and cause each Subsidiary to file, all
federal, state and local tax returns and other reports Borrower or such
Subsidiary is required by law to file and maintain adequate reserves for the
payment of all taxes, assessments, governmental charges, and levies imposed upon
it, its income, or its profits, or upon any Property belonging to it.
(C) PAYMENT OF BANK CHARGES. Pay to Lender, on demand, any and
all reasonable and customary fees, costs or expenses which Lender pays to a bank
or other similar institution arising out of or in connection with (i) the
forwarding to Borrower or any other Person on behalf of Borrower, by Lender
proceeds of loans made by Lender to Borrower pursuant to this Agreement and (ii)
the depositing for collection, by Lender of any check or item of payment
received or delivered to Lender on account of the Obligations.
(D) BUSINESS AND EXISTENCE. Preserve and maintain, and cause each
Subsidiary to preserve and maintain, its separate corporate existence and all
rights, privileges, and franchises in connection therewith, and maintain, and
cause each Subsidiary to maintain, its qualification and good standing in all
states in which such qualification is necessary.
(E) MAINTAIN PROPERTIES. Maintain, and cause each Subsidiary to
maintain, its Properties in adequate operating condition and make, and cause
each Subsidiary to make, all necessary renewals, repairs, replacements,
additions and improvements thereto.
(F) COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REMEDIATION OF EXISTING
ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS. (i) Except for the Existing Environmental Violations
and the storage of the Lawful Substances, comply, and cause each Subsidiary to
comply, with all laws, ordinances, governmental rules and regulations to which
it is subject, including, without limitation, all Environmental Laws, and obtain
and keep in force any and all licenses, permits, franchises, or other
governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership or lease of its
Properties or to the conduct and operation of its business, which violation or
failure to obtain might materially and adversely affect the business, prospects,
profits, Properties, or condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrower.
(G) ERISA COMPLIANCE. Each ERISA Affiliate will (i) make prompt
payment of all contributions it is obligated to make under all Plans or are
required to meet the minimum funding standard set forth in ERISA, (ii) within
thirty (30) days after the filing thereof, furnish to Lender each annual
report/return (Form 5500 Series), as well as all schedules and attachments
required to be filed with the Department of Labor and/or the Internal Revenue
Service pursuant to ERISA, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, in
connection with each of its Plans that is not a Multiemployer Plan for each Plan
year, (iii) notify Lender prior to any request for a waiver of the funding
requirements of IRC Section 412 or the commencement of any distress termination
pursuant to ERISA Section 4041(c), (iv) notify Lender immediately of any
Reportable Event, Prohibited Transaction, and of any fact arising in connection
with any of its Plans that is not a Multiemployer Plan, which might constitute
grounds for termination thereof by the PBGC or for the appointment by the
appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to administer such Plan,
together with a statement, if requested by Lender, as to the reason therefor and
the action, if any, proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (v) notify Lender
immediately of any event which is likely to give rise to an assertion of
withdrawal liability in connection with a Multiemployer Plan, and (vi) furnish
to Lender, promptly upon Lender's request therefor, such additional information
concerning any Plan as may be reasonably requested.
(H) BUSINESS RECORDS. Keep, and cause each Subsidiary to keep,
adequate records and books of account with respect to its business activities in
which proper entries are made in accordance with GAAP reflecting all its
financial transactions.
(I) VISITS AND INSPECTIONS. Upon two (2) Business Days notice to
Borrower, permit representatives of Lender, from time to time, as often as may
be reasonably requested, but only during normal business hours, to visit and
inspect the Properties of Borrower, inspect and make extracts from its books and
records, and discuss with its officers, its employees and its independent
accountants, Borrower's business, assets, liabilities, financial condition,
business prospects and results of operations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if a Default or
Event of Default exists, Lender shall not be required to give notice to Borrower
prior to inspection or visitation by Lender of Borrower's Properties.
(J) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Cause to be prepared and furnished to
Lender the following (all to be kept and prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied on a consistent basis, unless Borrower's certified public accountants
concur in any change therein and such change is disclosed to Lender and is
consistent with GAAP):
(i) as soon as possible, but not later than ninety (90)
days after the close of each fiscal year of Borrower, unqualified audited
financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such
year, on a Consolidated basis, certified by a firm of independent certified
public accountants of recognized national standing or otherwise acceptable to
Lender (except for a qualification for a change in accounting principles with
which the independent public accountant concurs);
(ii) as soon as possible, but not later than thirty (30)
days after the end of each month (except for the month of January) hereafter,
unaudited interim financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of
the end of such month and of the portion of Borrower's fiscal year then elapsed,
on a consolidating basis certified by the principal financial officer of
Borrower as prepared in accordance with GAAP and fairly presenting the
consolidated financial position and results of operations of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such month and period subject only to changes from audit and
year-end adjustments and except that such statements need not contain notes;
(iii) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, as
the case may be, copies of any proxy statements, financial statements or reports
which Borrower has made available to its shareholders and copies of any regular,
periodic and special reports or registration statements which Borrower files
with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental authority which
may be substituted therefor, or any national securities exchange; and
(iv) such other data and information (financial and
otherwise) as Lender, from time to time, may reasonably request, bearing upon or
related to the Collateral, Borrower's financial condition or results of
operations, including, without limitation, federal income tax returns of
Borrower, accounts payable ledgers, vendor listings and bank statements.
Upon receipt, Borrower shall forward to Lender a copy of the
accountants' letter to Borrower's management that is prepared in connection with
the financial statements described in CLAUSE (I) above and also shall cause to
be prepared and shall furnish to Lender a certificate of the aforesaid certified
public accountants certifying to Lender that, based upon their examination of
the financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries performed in
connection with their examination of said financial statements, they are not
aware of any Default or Event of Default, or, if they are aware of such Default
or Event of Default, specifying the nature thereof. Concurrently with the
delivery of the financial statements described in CLAUSE (I) above and the
financial statements for the months ending on March 30, June 30, September 30
and December 31 of each calendar year delivered pursuant to CLAUSE (II) above,
Borrower shall cause to be prepared and furnished to Lender a Compliance
Certificate in the form of EXHIBIT T attached hereto.
(K) NOTICES TO LENDER. Notify Lender in writing: (i) promptly
after Borrower's learning thereof, of the commencement of any litigation
affecting Borrower or any of its Properties, whether or not the claim is
considered by Borrower to be covered by insurance, and of the institution of any
administrative proceeding, and of the receipt of any order or citation from any
federal, state or local agency which may materially and adversely affect
Borrower's operations, financial condition, Properties or business or Lender's
Lien upon any of the Collateral; (ii) at least sixty (60) days prior thereto, of
Borrower's opening of any new office or place of business or Borrower's closing
of any existing office or place of business; (iii) promptly after Borrower's
learning thereof, of any labor dispute to which Borrower may become a party, any
strikes or walkouts relating to any of its plants or other facilities, and the
expiration of any labor contract to which it is a party or by which it is bound;
(iv) promptly after Borrower's learning thereof, of any material default by
Borrower under any note, indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease, deed,
guaranty or other similar agreement relating to any Indebtedness of Borrower
exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000); (v) promptly after the occurrence
thereof, of any Default or Event of Default; (vi) promptly after the occurrence
thereof, of any default by any obligor under any note or other evidence of
Indebtedness payable to Borrower; and (vii) promptly after the rendition
thereof, of any judgment rendered against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
(L) LANDLORD AND STORAGE AGREEMENTS. Provide Lender with copies
of all agreements between Borrower and any landlord or warehouseman which owns
any premises at which any Collateral may, from time to time, be kept.
(M) SUBORDINATIONS. Except for Permitted Purchase Money
Indebtedness, provide Lender with a debt subordination agreement, in form and
substance satisfactory to Lender, executed by Borrower and any Person who is an
officer, director or Affiliate of Borrower to whom Borrower is or hereafter
becomes indebted for Money Borrowed, subordinating in right of payment and claim
all of such Indebtedness and any future advances thereon to the full and final
payment and performance of the Obligations. For purposes of this SECTION 8.1(M),
the term "Affiliate" shall include First Reserve.
(N) FURTHER ASSURANCES. At Lender's request, promptly execute or
cause to be executed and deliver to Lender any and all documents, instruments
and agreements deemed necessary by Lender to give effect to or carry out the
terms or intent of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any of the Accounts, the face value
of which exceeds One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), arises out of a contract with
the United States of America, or any department, agency, subdivision or
instrumentality thereof, Borrower shall promptly notify Lender thereof in
writing and shall execute any instruments and take any other action required or
requested by Lender to comply with the provisions of the Federal Assignment of
Claims Act.
(O) TAX CERTIFICATE. Within ninety (90) days after the end of
each fiscal year of Borrower, or more frequently if requested by Lender, cause
the chief financial officer of Borrower to prepare and deliver to Lender a tax
certificate in the form of EXHIBIT U attached hereto, with appropriate
insertions.
(P) MARINE VESSEL APPRAISALS. Lender shall prepare an appraisal
of the marine vessels owned by Borrower no less than semi-annually from the
Closing Date at Borrower's expense.
(Q) MARINE VESSEL CERTIFICATIONS. As soon as available, and in
any event no later than thirty (30) days after receipt by Borrower, deliver to
Lender copies of Coast Guard Certificates of Inspection and ABS Load Line
Certifications (or similar certificates issued for foreign registered marine
vessels) for each marine vessel owned by Borrower.
(R) MARINE VESSEL MAINTENANCE. Keep adequate records with respect
to maintenance of marine vessels which detail drydocking, machinery overhauls
and maintenance history for each marine vessel owned by Borrower.
(S) PROJECTIONS. As soon as available, and in any event no later
than thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower, deliver to
Lender Projections of Borrower for the forthcoming fiscal year, on a month by
month basis.
(T) SYSTEMS. Maintain any system reasonably requested by Lender
for creating backup data on computer hardware, software or firmware, such as
Accounts and customer lists, and deliver and pledge to Lender such tapes or
discs with respect thereto as may be required by Lender.
(U) ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.
(i) Ensure that the Real Property remains in compliance
with all Environmental Laws where the failure to do so would have a material
adverse effect on its business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations,
prospects or Properties, and it will not place or permit to be placed any
Hazardous Substance on any Real Property except as not prohibited by applicable
law or appropriate governmental authorities. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Lender and Borrower recognize the Existing Environmental Violations and the
storing of the Lawful Substances and Borrower hereby agrees to ensure that all
Existing Environmental Violations are remediated in a diligent and timely
manner.
(ii) Establish and maintain an adequate system to assure
and monitor continued compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws
appropriate to the nature of Borrower's business.
(iii) (a) employ in connection with its use of the Real
Property appropriate technology necessary to maintain compliance with any
applicable Environmental Laws, and (b) dispose of any and all Hazardous
Substance generated at the Real Property only at facilities and with carriers
that maintain valid permits under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and
any other applicable Environmental Laws. Borrower shall obtain certificates of
disposal, such as hazardous waste manifest receipts, from all treatment,
transport, storage or disposal facilities or operators in connection with the
transport or disposal of any Hazardous Substance generated at the Real Property.
(iv) In the event the Borrower obtains, gives or receives
notice of any Release or threat of Release of a reportable quantity of any
Hazardous Substances at the Real Property (any such event being hereinafter
referred to as a "HAZARDOUS DISCHARGE") or receives any notice of violation,
request for information or notification that it is potentially responsible for
investigation or cleanup of environmental conditions, demand letter or
complaint, order, citation, or other written notice with regard to any Hazardous
Discharge or violation of Environmental Laws (any of the foregoing is referred
to herein as an "ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINT") from any Person or entity, including
any state or local agency responsible in whole or in part for environmental
matters in the state in which the Real Property is located or the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (any such person or entity hereinafter the
"AUTHORITY"), then the Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days, give
written notice of same to the Lender setting forth facts and circumstances
giving rise to the Hazardous Discharge or Environmental Complaint. Such notice
is not intended to create nor shall it create any obligation upon Lender with
respect thereto.
(v) Promptly forward to Lender copies of any request for
information, notification of potential liability, demand letter relating to
potential responsibility with respect to the investigation or cleanup of
Hazardous Substances at any other site owned, operated or used by Borrower to
dispose of Hazardous Substances and shall continue to forward copies of
correspondence between Borrower and the Authority regarding such claims to the
Lender until the claim is settled. The Borrower shall promptly forward to the
Lender copies of all documents and reports concerning a Hazardous Discharge that
the Borrower is required to file under any Environmental Laws. Such information
is to be provided solely to allow the Lender to protect Lender's security
interest in the Collateral and is not intended to create nor shall it create any
obligation upon Lender with respect thereto.
(vi) Respond promptly to any Hazardous Discharge or
Environmental Complaint and take all necessary action in order to safeguard the
health of any Person and to avoid subjecting the Collateral or Real Property to
any Lien. Borrower shall be deemed to be taking all necessary action only if,
and for so long as, the execution or enforcement of an Environmental Complaint
is, and continues to be, effectively stayed and the Borrower maintains adequate
reserves therefore, which are properly reflected on Borrower's Consolidated
Financial Statements, the validity and amount of the claims secured thereby are
being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate lawful proceedings,
and such Liens do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of
the Property of Borrower or materially impair the use thereof in the operation
of Borrower's business. If Borrower shall fail to so respond to any Hazardous
Discharge or Environmental Complaint or Borrower shall fail to comply with any
of the requirements of any Environmental Laws where the failure to do so would
have a material adverse effect on its business, condition (financial or
otherwise), operations, prospects or Properties, Lender may, but without the
obligation to do so, for the sole purpose of protecting Lender's interest in
Collateral: (a) give such notices or (b) enter onto the Real Property (or
authorize third parties to enter onto the Real Property) and take such actions
as Lender (or such third parties as directed by the Lender) deem reasonably
necessary or advisable, to clean up, remove, mitigate or otherwise deal with any
such Hazardous Discharge or Environmental Complaint. All reasonable costs and
expenses incurred by Lender (or such third parties) in the exercise of any such
rights, including any sums paid in connection with any judicial or
administrative investigation or proceedings, fines and penalties, together with
interest thereon from the date expended at the Applicable Annual Rate for Base
Rate Loans shall be paid upon demand by the Borrower, and until paid shall be
added to and become a part of the Obligations secured by the Liens created by
the terms of this Agreement or any other agreement between Lender and Borrower.
(vii) Promptly upon the written request of the Lender, in
connection with any Hazardous Discharge or Environmental Complaint as described
in CLAUSE (VI) immediately preceding, provide to Lender, at the Borrower's
expense, with an environmental site assessment or environmental
audit report prepared by an environmental engineering firm acceptable to Lender
to assess with a reasonable degree of certainty the existence of a Hazardous
Discharge and the potential costs in connection with abatement, cleanup and
removal of any Hazardous Substances found on, under, at or within the Real
Property. Any report or investigation of such Hazardous Discharge proposed and
acceptable to an appropriate Authority that is charged to oversee the clean-up
of such Hazardous Discharge shall be acceptable to the Lender.
(viii) Defend and indemnify Lender and hold Lender, and
its respective employees, agents, directors and officers harmless from and
against all loss, liability, damage and expense, claims, costs, fines and
penalties, including attorney's fees, suffered or incurred by Lender under or on
account of any Environmental Laws, including, without limitation, the assertion
of any Lien thereunder, with respect to any Hazardous Discharge, the presence of
any Hazardous Substances affecting its business and operations or the Real
Property, whether or not the same originates or emerges from the Real Property
or any contiguous real estate, including any loss of value of the Real Property
as a result of the foregoing. Borrower's obligations under this SECTION 8.1(U)
shall arise upon the discovery of the presence of any Hazardous Substances at
the Real Property or Borrower's use of Hazardous Substances in its business and
operations, whether or not any federal, state, or local environmental agency has
taken or threatened any action in connection with the presence of any Hazardous
Substances. Borrower's obligation and the indemnifications hereunder shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.
(ix) For purposes of SECTION 7.1(AA), 8.1(U) and 8.2(AA),
all references to "REAL PROPERTY" shall be deemed to be all of Borrower's right,
title and interest in and to all leased and owned premises, including, without
limitation, the Offshore Platforms.
(V) KEY MAN LIFE INSURANCE. Maintain and pay for life insurance
on each of Gerald G. Reuhl and Owen E. Kratz in a minimum amount of Six Million
Dollars ($6,000,000) per insured with insurance companies acceptable to Lender,
which life insurance policies shall be assigned to Lender within sixty (60) days
from the Closing Date pursuant to an assignment agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender and the insurance company issuing such life insurance
policy.
(W) EXCESS AVAILABILITY. Maintain Excess Availability of (i) no
less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) immediately prior to and after giving
effect to the acquisition of any oil and gas Properties by ERT, and (ii) no less
than Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000) immediately prior to and after giving
effect to the acquisition (excluding a lease arrangement) and deployment of both
a barge and a dive support vessel by Cal Dive.
8.2. NEGATIVE COVENANTS. During the term of this
Agreement, and thereafter for so long as there are any Obligations to Lender,
Borrower covenants that, unless Lender has first consented thereto in writing,
it will not:
(A) MERGERS; CONSOLIDATIONS; ACQUISITIONS. Merge or
consolidate, or permit any Subsidiary to merge or consolidate, with any Person,
except a consolidation or merger between both Borrowers, or a Borrower and one
or more wholly owned Subsidiaries; nor acquire all or any substantial part of
the Properties of any Person.
(B) LOANS. Make, or permit any Subsidiary to make, any
loans or other advances of money (other than for salary, travel advances,
advances against commissions and other similar advances in the ordinary course
of business) to any Person, including, without limitation, any of Borrower's
Subsidiaries, Affiliates, officers or employees and First Reserve.
(C) TOTAL INDEBTEDNESS. Create, incur, assume, or suffer
to exist any Indebtedness, except: (i) Obligations owing to Lender; (ii)
unsecured accounts payable to trade creditors which are not aged more than
ninety (90) days from billing date and current operating expenses (other than
for Money Borrowed) which are not more than sixty (60) days past due, in each
case incurred in the ordinary course of business and paid within such time
period, unless the same are actively being contested in good faith and by
appropriate and lawful proceedings and Borrower shall have set aside such
reserves, if any, with respect thereto as are required by GAAP and deemed
adequate by Borrower and its independent public accountants; (iii) Obligations
to pay Rentals permitted by SECTION 8.2(U); (iv) Permitted Purchase Money
Indebtedness; (v) contingent liabilities arising out of endorsements of checks
and other negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary
course of business; and (vi) Indebtedness not included in CLAUSES (I) through
(V) above which does not exceed at any time, in the aggregate, the sum of Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000).
(D) AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS. Enter into, or be a party to,
or permit any Subsidiary to enter into or be a party to, any transaction with
any Affiliate or First Reserve, except (i) transactions in the ordinary course
of and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of Borrower's or such
Subsidiary's business and upon fair and reasonable terms which are fully
disclosed to Lender and are no less favorable to Borrower than would obtain in a
comparable arm's length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate or
stockholder of Borrower or such Subsidiary, (ii) transactions contemplated by
the Shareholders Agreement, in effect on the Closing Date, and (iii) equity
contributions to Borrower by First Reserve on terms and conditions acceptable to
Lender.
(E) PARTNERSHIPS OR JOINT VENTURES. Become or agree to
become a general or limited partner in any general or limited partnership or a
joint venturer in any joint venture.
(F) ADVERSE TRANSACTIONS. Except for Turn Key Contracts,
enter into any transaction, or permit any Subsidiary to enter into any
transaction, which materially and adversely affects or may materially and
adversely affect the Collateral or Borrower's ability to repay the Obligations
or permit or agree to any material extension, compromise or settlement or make
any change or modification of any kind or nature with respect to any Account,
including any of the terms relating thereto, other than discounts and allowances
in the ordinary course of business, all of which shall be reflected in the
Schedules of Accounts submitted to Lender pursuant to SECTION 5.2.
(G) GUARANTIES. Except as described on EXHIBIT V attached
hereto guarantee, assume, endorse or otherwise, in any way, become directly or
contingently liable with respect to the Indebtedness of any Person (other than a
guarantee by Cal Dive on behalf of ERT), except by endorsement of instruments or
items of payment for deposit or collection.
(H) LIMITATION ON LIENS. Create or suffer to exist any
Lien upon any of its Property, income or profits, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, except: (i) Liens at any time granted in favor of Lender; (ii) Liens
for taxes (excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of
ERISA) not yet due or being contested as permitted by SECTION 8.1(A), but only
if in Lender's sole discretion and judgment such Lien does not affect adversely
Lender's rights or the priority of Lender's Lien in the Collateral; (iii) Liens
securing the claims or demands of materialmen, mechanics, carriers,
warehousemen, landlords, operators and other like Persons or common law maritime
liens or liens under the Federal Maritime Lien Act or similar state statutes
(collectively, the "STATUTORY LIENS") for labor, materials, supplies, injuries
or rentals incurred in the ordinary course of Borrower's business, but only if
the payment thereof is not at the time required and only if such Liens are
junior to the Liens in favor of Lender, or if, and for so long as, the execution
or other enforcement of such Liens is, and continues to be, effectively stayed,
the validity and amount of the claims secured thereby are being actively
contested in good faith and by appropriate lawful proceedings, and such Liens do
not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the Property of
Borrower or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of Borrower's
business; (iv) Liens resulting from deposits made in the ordinary course of
business in connection with workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance,
social security and other like laws; (v) attachment, judgment and other similar
non-tax Liens arising in connection with court proceedings, but only if and for
so long as the execution or other enforcement of such Liens is and continues to
be effectively stayed and bonded on appeal in a manner satisfactory to Lender
for the full amount thereof, the validity and amount of the claims secured
thereby are being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate lawful
proceedings and such Liens do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the
value of the Property of Borrower or materially impair the use thereof in the
operation of Borrower's business; (vi) Purchase Money Liens securing Permitted
Purchase Money Indebtedness which is not incurred in violation of SECTION
8.2(C); (vii) reservations, exceptions, easements, rights of way, and other
similar encumbrances affecting real Property other than as described in EXHIBIT
W attached hereto; PROVIDED, THAT, in Lender's judgment, which will be exercised
in good faith, they do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of
said Properties or materially interfere with their use in the ordinary conduct
of Borrower's business and, if said real Property constitutes Collateral, Lender
has consented thereto; (viii) Liens securing Indebtedness of a Subsidiary to
Borrower or another Subsidiary; (ix) such other Liens as described on EXHIBIT W
attached hereto; and (x) such other Liens as Lender may hereafter approve in
writing.
(I) DISTRIBUTIONS. Without the prior written consent of
Lender, declare or make, or permit any Subsidiary to declare or make, any
Distributions except for the repurchase of its Securities from employees.
(J) SUBSIDIARIES. Hereafter create any Subsidiary or
divest itself of any material assets by transferring them to any Subsidiary to
whose existence Lender has consented.
(K) BUSINESS LOCATIONS. Transfer its principal place of
business or chief executive office, or maintain warehouses or records with
respect to Accounts, Equipment or Inventory, to or at any locations other than
those at which the same are presently kept or maintained, as set forth on
EXHIBIT D attached hereto, except upon at least 60 days prior written notice to
Lender and after the delivery to Lender of financing statements, if required by
Lender, in form satisfactory to Lender to perfect or continue the perfection of
Lender's Lien and security interest hereunder.
(L) CHANGE OF BUSINESS. Enter into any new business or
make any material change in any of Borrower's business objectives, purposes and
operations.
(M) DISPOSITION OF ASSETS. Sell, lease or otherwise
dispose of any of its Properties, including any disposition of Property as part
of a sale and leaseback transaction, to or in favor of any Person, except (i)
sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of Borrower's business for so long as
no Event of Default exists hereunder, (ii) a transfer of Property to Borrower by
a Subsidiary, or (iii) dispositions expressly authorized by SECTION 6.4.
(N) NAME OF BORROWER. Use any corporate name (other than
its own) or any fictitious name, tradestyle or "d/b/a" except for the names
disclosed on EXHIBIT F attached hereto.
(O) BILL-AND-HOLD SALES, ETC. Make a sale to any customer
on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale and return, sale on approval or
consignment basis, or any sale on a repurchase or return basis.
(P) USE OF LENDER'S NAME. Without the prior written
consent of Lender, use the name or trademark of Lender or the name or trademark
of any affiliates of Lender in connection with any of Borrower's business or
activities, except in connection with internal business matters, as required in
dealings with governmental agencies and financial institutions and to trade
creditors of Borrower solely for credit reference purposes.
(Q) MARGIN SECURITIES. Own, purchase or acquire (or enter
into any contract to purchase or acquire) any "margin security" as defined by
any regulation of the Federal Reserve Board as now in effect or as the same may
hereafter be in effect unless, prior to any such purchase or acquisition or
entering into any such contract, Lender shall have received an opinion of
counsel satisfactory to Lender to the effect that such purchase or acquisition
will not cause this Agreement to violate Regulations G, T, U or X or any other
regulation of the Federal Reserve Board then in effect.
(R) RESTRICTED INVESTMENT. Make or have, or permit any
Subsidiary to make or have, any Restricted Investment.
(S) FISCAL YEAR. Change, or permit any Subsidiary to
change, its fiscal year, or permit any Subsidiary to have a fiscal year
different from that of Borrower.
(T) STOCK OF SUBSIDIARY, ETC. Sell or otherwise dispose
of any Security of any Subsidiary, except in connection with a transaction
permitted under SECTION 8.2(A), or permit any Subsidiary to issue any additional
shares of its capital stock except director's qualifying shares.
(U) LEASES. Become a lessee under (i) any operating lease
(other than a lease under which Borrower is lessor) of Property if the aggregate
Rentals payable during any current or future period of twelve consecutive months
under the lease in question and all other leases under which Borrower is then
lessee (other than the Time Charter) would exceed $350,000, or (ii) the Time
Charter unless the terms and conditions thereof are approved by Borrower's Board
of Directors and acceptable to Lender.
(V) TAX CONSOLIDATION. File or consent to the filing of
any consolidated income tax return with any Person other than a Subsidiary.
(W) PREPAYMENTS. Make, or permit any Subsidiary to make,
any prepayment of any part or all of any Money Borrowed, except that (i)
Borrower and its Subsidiaries may prepay outstanding Money Borrowed in
connection with a Purchase Money Lien from the proceeds of the sale of property
subject to such Lien, and (ii) Borrower may prepay Lender as provided in this
Agreement or any of the Other Agreements.
(X) COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. (i) Use any of
the Real Property or any portion thereof for the handling, processing, storage
or disposal of Hazardous Substances (other than the Lawful Substances), (ii)
cause or permit to be located on any of the Real Property any underground tank
or other underground storage receptacle for Hazardous Substances, (iii) generate
any Hazardous Substances on any of the Real Property, (iv) conduct any activity
at any Real Property or any other location or use any Real Property in any
manner so as to cause a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances
on, upon or into the Real Property, or (v) otherwise conduct any activity at any
Real Property or any other location or use any Real Property or any other
location in any manner that would violate any Environmental Law or bring such
Real Property in violation of any Environmental Law.
(Y) AMEND ANY PENSION PLAN. Amend any Pension Plan so as
to require security to be provided pursuant to IRC Section 401(a)(29).
8.3. SPECIFIC FINANCIAL COVENANTS. During the term of this Agreement,
and thereafter for so long as there are any Obligations to Lender, Borrower
covenants that, unless otherwise consented to by Lender in writing, it shall:
(A) MAINTAIN INCOME FROM OPERATIONS. As calculated on the last
day of each quarter for the twelve (12) consecutive months then ended, maintain,
on a Consolidated basis, Income from Operations of not less than Five Million
Dollars ($5,000,000).
(B) MAXIMUM LEVERAGE RATIO. Maintain, on a Consolidated basis, a
ratio of (i) total Indebtedness to (ii) Adjusted Tangible Net Worth of not more
than the ratio shown below as calculated on the last day of each quarter during
the periods corresponding thereto:
PERIOD RATIO
Closing Date through September 30, 1995 1.30 to 1.0
October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1996 1.25 to 1.0
October 1, 1996 and thereafter 1.15 to 1.0
(C) FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO. As calculated on the last day of
each quarter for the twelve (12) consecutive months then ended, maintain, on a
Consolidated basis, a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than the ratio
shown below during the periods corresponding thereto:
PERIOD RATIO
Closing Date through December 31, 1995 10.0 to 1.0
Thereafter 7.0 to 1.0
(D) CURRENT RATIO. As calculated on the last day of each quarter,
maintain, on a Consolidated basis, a ratio of (i) Current Assets to (ii) Current
Liabilities (excluding the Revolving Credit Loans), of not less than 1.5 to 1.0.
SECTION 9. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents, and without affecting in any manner the rights of Lender
under the other Sections of this Agreement, it is understood and agreed that
Lender will not make any Loan under SECTION 2 unless and until each of the
following conditions has been and continues to be satisfied, all in form and
substance satisfactory to Lender and its legal counsel:
9.1. DOCUMENTATION. Lender shall have received the following
documents, each to be in form and substance satisfactory to Lender and its
counsel:
(A) certificates evidencing Borrower's casualty insurance
policies, together with endorsements naming Lender as loss payee and as
mortgagee pursuant to a standard mortgagee clause, and certificates evidencing
Borrower's liability insurance policies, together with endorsements naming
Lender as a co-insured;
(B) copies of all filing receipts or acknowledgments issued by
any governmental authority to evidence any filing or recordation necessary to
perfect the Liens of Lender in the Collateral and evidence to Lender that such
Liens constitute valid and perfected security interests and Liens, having the
Lien priority specified in SECTION 4.3(B);
(C) on or prior to the Closing Date, landlord or warehouseman
agreements with respect to all premises leased by Borrower, other than the
premises located at 1028 Jackson, Morgan City, Louisiana and prior to sixty (60)
days after the Closing Date, a landlord agreement for the premises located at
1028 Jackson, Morgan City, Louisiana;
(D) a copy of the Articles of Incorporation of Borrower, and all
amendments thereto, certified within fifteen (15) days before the Closing Date
by the Secretary of State or other appropriate official of its jurisdiction of
incorporation;
(E) a copy of the bylaws of Borrower, and all amendments thereto,
certified as of the Closing Date by the Secretary of Borrower;
(F) good standing certificates for Borrower, issued within
fifteen (15) days before the Closing Date by the Secretary of State or other
appropriate official of Borrower's jurisdiction of incorporation and each
jurisdiction where the conduct of Borrower's business activities or the
ownership of its Properties necessitates qualification;
(G) a Closing Certificate signed by two (2) duly authorized
senior officers of Borrower dated as of the Closing Date, stating that (i) the
representations and warranties set forth in SECTION 7 are true and correct on
and as of such date, (ii) Borrower is on such date in compliance with all the
terms and provisions set forth in this Agreement, and (iii) on such date no
Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing;
(H) the Security Documents and the Guaranty duly executed,
accepted and acknowledged by or on behalf of each of the signatories thereto;
(I) the Other Agreements duly executed and delivered by Borrower;
(J) the favorable, written opinion of Robins, Kaplan, Miller &
Ciresi, counsel to Borrower, regarding Borrower, the Loan Documents and the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender and its legal counsel;
(K) duly executed agreement establishing the Dominion Account
with a financial institution acceptable to Lender for the collection or
servicing of the Accounts;
(L) documents delivered by Cal Dive to Lender which set forth the
status of its remediation efforts with respect to the Amelia, Louisiana
facility;
(M) Such documents, instruments and agreements as Lender shall
require, in its sole discretion, in connection with the remediation of the
Existing Environmental Violations;
(N) a Borrowing Base Certificate in the form of EXHIBIT X
attached hereto, reflecting that Borrower has Eligible Accounts and Equipment,
in which Lender has a perfected first priority Lien, in amounts sufficient in
value and amount to support the initial Revolving Credit Loan and Equipment Loan
in the amount requested by Borrower;
(O) a certificate regarding Equipment signed by a duly authorized
senior officer of Borrower dated the date hereof, reflecting the type, value and
location of Borrower's Equipment; and
(P) such other documents, instruments and agreements as Lender
shall reasonably request in connection with the foregoing matters, including,
without limitation, any items identified in the closing checklist delivered by
Lender to Borrower immediately prior to the Closing Date.
9.2. OTHER CONDITIONS. The following conditions have been and
shall continue to be satisfied:
(A) no Default or Event of Default shall exist;
(B) each of the conditions precedent set forth in the other Loan
Documents shall have been satisfied;
(C) since December 31, 1994, except for changes which are
reflected on the financial statements and notes through March 31, 1995 prepared
by management and submitted to Lender, there shall not have occurred any
material adverse change in the business, financial condition or results of
operations of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, or the existence or value of any
Collateral, or any event, condition or state of facts which would reasonably be
expected materially and adversely to affect the business, financial condition or
results of operations of Borrower or its Subsidiaries;
(D) no action, proceeding, investigation, regulation or
legislation shall have been instituted, threatened or proposed before any court,
governmental agency or legislative body to enjoin, restrain or prohibit, or to
obtain damages in respect of, or which is related to or arises out of this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or which,
in Lender's discretion, would make it inadvisable to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents;
(E) Borrower shall have paid all expenses of Lender pursuant to
any invoices presented to Borrower relating to the negotiation, preparation and
execution of the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys' fees;
(F) all representations and warranties made by Borrower to Lender
in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct;
(G) Borrower shall have paid to Lender all fees required by
SECTION 3 to be paid on the Closing Date; ---------
(H) Lender's servicing requirements for the Loans shall have been
approved by Lender's division credit officer; and
(I) all covenants in this Agreement shall have been approved by
Lender's division credit officer.
SECTION 10. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES ON DEFAULT
10.1. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. The occurrence of any one or more of the
following events shall constitute an "EVENT OF DEFAULT":
(A) PAYMENT OF EQUIPMENT NOTE. Borrower shall fail to pay any
installment of principal, interest or premium, if any, owing on the Equipment
Note on the due date of such installment.
(B) PAYMENT OF OTHER OBLIGATIONS. Borrower shall fail to pay any
of the Obligations that are not evidenced by the Equipment Note on the due date
thereof (whether due at stated maturity, on demand, upon acceleration or
otherwise) and such failure to pay is not remedied within ten (10) days.
(C) MISREPRESENTATIONS. Any warranty, representation, or other
statement made or furnished to Lender by or on behalf of Borrower or in any
instrument, certificate or financial statement furnished in compliance with or
in reference to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents proves to have
been false or misleading in any material respect when made or furnished.
(D) BREACH OF COVENANTS. Borrower shall fail or neglect to
perform, keep or observe (i) any covenant contained in SECTIONS 4.2, 4.3, 4.5,
4.6, 5.4(B), 6.4, 8.1(A), 8.1(F), 8.1(I), 8.1(J), 8.1(O), 8.2 or 8.3 of this
Agreement or (ii) any other covenant contained in this Agreement (other than a
covenant of default of which the performance or observance is dealt with
specifically elsewhere in this SECTION 10.1) and the breach of such other
covenant is not cured to Lender's satisfaction within thirty (30) days after the
sooner to occur of Borrower's receipt of notice of such breach from Lender or
the date on which such failure or neglect becomes known to any officer of
Borrower.
(E) DEFAULT UNDER OTHER AGREEMENTS. Any event of default shall
occur under, or Borrower shall default in the performance or observance of any
term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in, any of the Other Agreements
and such default shall continue beyond any applicable period of grace.
(F) DEFAULT UNDER SECURITY DOCUMENTS. Any event of default shall
occur under, or Borrower shall default in the performance or observance of any
term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in, any of the Security
Documents and such default shall continue beyond any applicable period of grace.
(G) OTHER DEFAULTS. There shall occur an event of default on the
part of Borrower (including specifically, but without limitation, due to
nonpayment) under any agreement, document or instrument to which Borrower is a
party or by which Borrower or any of its Property is bound, creating or relating
to any Indebtedness greater than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) (other
than the Obligations) if the payment or maturity of such Indebtedness is
accelerated in consequence of such event of default or demand for payment of
such Indebtedness is made.
(H) UNINSURED LOSSES; UNAUTHORIZED DISPOSITIONS. Any material
loss, theft, damage or destruction not fully covered by insurance (as required
by this Agreement and subject to deductibles), or sale, lease or encumbrance of
any of the Collateral or the making of any levy, seizure, or attachment thereof
or thereon except in all cases as may be specifically permitted by other
provisions of this Agreement.
(I) ADVERSE CHANGES. There shall occur any material adverse
change in the financial condition or business prospects of Borrower or a
material impairment of the prospect of repayment of all or any portion of the
Obligations.
(J) INSOLVENCY, ETC. Borrower shall cease to be Solvent or shall
suffer the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or similar fiduciary,
or shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or any petition for an
order for relief shall be filed by or against Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code
(if against Borrower, the continuation of such proceeding for more than thirty
(30) days), or Borrower shall make any offer of settlement, extension or
composition to their respective unsecured creditors generally.
(K) BUSINESS DISRUPTION; CONDEMNATION. There shall occur a
cessation of a substantial part of the business of Borrower for a period which
significantly affects Borrower's capacity to continue its business, on a
profitable basis; or Borrower shall suffer the loss or revocation of any license
or permit now held or hereafter acquired by Borrower which is necessary to the
continued or lawful operation of its business; or Borrower shall be enjoined,
restrained or in any way prevented by court, governmental or administrative
order from conducting all or any material part of its business affairs; or any
material lease or agreement pursuant to which Borrower leases, uses or occupies
any Property shall be cancelled or terminated prior to the expiration of its
stated term; or all or any material part of the Collateral shall be taken
through condemnation or the value of such Property shall be impaired through
condemnation.
(L) CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT OR OWNERSHIP. (i) Two (2) or more
members of the Management Group shall cease to be employed by Borrower in a
management capacity or (ii) the Management Group shall cease to control more
than thirty-three percent (33%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
Cal Dive, or Cal Dive shall cease to own and control, beneficially and of record
eighty percent (80%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock of ERT.
(M) ERISA. (i) Both events described in CLAUSES (A) and (B)
following shall occur: (a) either (w) proceedings have been instituted to
terminate, or a notice of termination has been filed with respect to, any
Pension Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) by any ERISA Affiliate, the PBGC
or any representative of either, or any such Pension Plan shall be terminated
under Section 4041 or Section 4042 of ERISA, (x) a Reportable Event has occurred
with respect to any Pension Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) and continues
for a period of sixty (60) days, (y) a Prohibited Transaction has occurred, or
(z) any other event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of
ERISA for the termination of, or appointment of a trustee to administer, a
Pension Plan has occurred, and (b) the sum of any liability to PBGC under
Section 4062 of ERISA, PLUS the currently payable obligations of any ERISA
Affiliate to fund liabilities under all Pension Plans (when aggregated with the
liabilities related to the events described in CLAUSE (A) above), shall have a
material adverse effect;
(ii) Any of the events described in CLAUSES (A), (B), or (C)
following shall occur with respect to any Multiemployer Plan: (a) any ERISA
Affiliate incurs a withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA, or (b) any
Multiemployer Plan is "in reorganization" as that term is defined in Section
4241 of ERISA, or (c) any such Multiemployer Plan is terminated under Section
4041A of ERISA; and the aggregate liability likely to be incurred by any ERISA
Affiliate as a result of all or any of the events occurring that are specified
in CLAUSES (A), (B) and (C) above when aggregated with any liabilities arising
pursuant to any event described in the preceding CLAUSE (I), shall have a
material adverse effect.
(iii) Borrower adopts or amends any Plan so as to create or
result in a liability or funding obligation that has a material adverse effect,
or when aggregated with all other liabilities described in this SECTION 10.1(N),
has a material adverse effect.
(N) LITIGATION. Borrower, First Reserve, or any Affiliate, shall
challenge or contest in any action, suit or proceeding the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, the
legality or enforceability of any of the Obligations or the perfection or
priority of any Lien granted to Lender.
(O) REPUDIATION OF OR DEFAULT UNDER GUARANTY AGREEMENT. ERT shall
revoke or attempt to revoke the Guaranty Agreement signed by ERT, or shall
repudiate its liability thereunder or shall fail to observe or comply with the
terms thereof.
(P) CRIMINAL FORFEITURE. Borrower shall be criminally indicted or
convicted under any law that could lead to a forfeiture of any material Property
of Borrower.
(Q) JUDGMENTS. Any money judgment, writ of attachment or similar
process is entered or filed against Borrower or any of its Property and results
in the creation or imposition of any Lien that is not a Permitted Lien.
(R) ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Borrower shall (i) (a) become
obligated to pay in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) for
uninsured damages, costs or remedial actions arising from the Existing
Environmental Violations, and (b) fail to pay or secure adequate financing from
Persons other than Lender to pay for all such excess damages, costs or remedial
actions, or (ii) fail to comply in any material respect with any order, decree,
ruling, or plan issued by the Environmental Protection Agency or any other
federal, state or local governmental authority regarding any investigation,
remediation or clean-up of the Existing Environmental Violations or any other
Environmental Violation arising subsequent to the Closing Date.
10.2. ACCELERATION OF THE OBLIGATIONS. Without in any way limiting the
right of Lender to demand payment of any portion of the Obligations payable on
demand in accordance with SECTION 3.6 hereof, upon or at any time after the
occurrence of an Event of Default as above provided, all or any portion of the
Obligations due or to become due from Borrower to Lender (whether under this
Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents or otherwise) shall, at Lender's
option (or, in the case of an Event of Default under SECTION 10.1(J) hereof,
immediately upon the occurrence thereof), become at once due and payable without
presentment, demand, protest, notice of dishonor, notice of default, notice of
intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, or any other notice whatsoever,
and Borrower shall forthwith pay to Lender, in addition to any and all sums and
charges due, the entire principal of and interest accrued on the Obligations.
10.3. REMEDIES. Upon and after the occurrence of an Event of
Default, Lender shall have and may exercise from time to time the following
rights and remedies:
(A) All of the rights and remedies of a secured party under the
Code, the 1989 Act or under other applicable law, and all other legal and
equitable rights to which Lender may be entitled, all of which rights and
remedies shall be cumulative, and none of which shall be exclusive, and shall be
in addition to any other rights or remedies contained in this Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents.
(B) The right to take immediate possession of the Collateral, and
(i) to require Borrower to assemble the Collateral, at Borrower's expense, and
make it available to Lender at a place designated by Lender which is reasonably
convenient to both parties, and (ii) to enter any of the premises of Borrower or
wherever any of the Collateral shall be located, and to keep and store the same
on said premises until sold (and if said premises be the Property of Borrower,
Borrower agrees not to charge Lender for storage thereof).
(C) The right to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any
Inventory or Equipment in its then condition, or after any further manufacturing
or processing thereof, at public or private sale or sales, with such notice as
may be required by law, in lots or in bulk, for cash or on credit, all as
Lender, in its discretion, may deem advisable. Borrower agrees that ten days
written notice to Borrower of any public or private sale or other disposition of
such Collateral shall be reasonable notice thereof, and such sale shall be at
such locations as Lender may designate in said notice. Lender shall have the
right to conduct such sales on Borrower's premises, without charge therefor, and
such sales may be adjourned from time to time in accordance with applicable law.
Lender shall have the right to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of such
Collateral, or any part thereof, for cash, credit or any combination thereof,
and Lender may purchase all or any part of such Collateral at public or, if
permitted by law, private sale and, in lieu of actual payment of such purchase
price, may set off the amount of such price against the Obligations.
(D) Lender is hereby granted a license or other right to use,
without charge, Borrower's labels, patents, copyrights, rights of use of any
name, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks and advertising matter, or any
Property of a similar nature, as it pertains to the Collateral, in advertising
for sale and selling any Collateral and Borrower's rights under all licenses and
all franchise agreements shall inure to Lender's benefit.
(E) The proceeds realized from the sale of any Collateral may be
applied, after allowing two Business Days for collection, first to the costs,
expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by Lender in collecting the
Obligations, in enforcing the rights of Lender under the Loan Documents and in
collecting, retaking, completing, protecting, removing, storing, advertising for
sale, selling and delivery any of the Collateral; secondly, to interest due upon
any of the Obligations; and thirdly, to the principal of the Obligations.
(F) With respect to the face amount of all LC Guaranties and
Letters of Credit issued by Lender or Bank Lender may, at its option, require
Borrower to deposit with Lender funds equal to such face amount, and if Borrower
fails to promptly make such deposit, Lender may advance such amount as a
Revolving Credit Loan (whether or not such advance would cause the outstanding
balance of Revolving Credit Loans to exceed the Borrowing Base). Any such
deposit or advance shall be held by Lender as a reserve to fund future payments
on such LC Guaranties and future drawings against such Letters of Credit. At
such time as all LC Guaranties have been paid or terminated and all Letters of
Credit issued by Lender or Bank have been drawn upon or expired, any amounts
remaining in such reserve shall be applied against any outstanding Obligations,
or to the extent all Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, returned
to Borrower.
10.4. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE; NO WAIVER. All covenants, conditions,
provisions, warranties, guaranties, indemnities, and other undertakings of
Borrower contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or in any
document referred to herein or contained in any agreement supplementary hereto
or in any schedule or in any Guaranty Agreement given to Lender or contained in
any other agreement between Lender and Borrower, heretofore, concurrently, or
hereafter entered into, shall be deemed cumulative to and not in derogation or
substitution of any of the terms, covenants, conditions, or agreements of
Borrower herein contained or of any of the other rights or remedies of Lender as
provided by any applicable law or in equity. The failure or delay of Lender to
exercise or enforce any rights, Liens, powers, or remedies hereunder or under
any of the aforesaid agreements or other documents or security or Collateral or
other rights or remedies shall not operate as a waiver of such Liens, rights,
powers and remedies, but all such Liens, rights, powers, and remedies shall
continue in full force and effect until all Loans and all other Obligations
owing or to become owing from Borrower to Lender shall have been fully
satisfied, and all Liens, rights, powers, and remedies herein provided for are
cumulative and none are exclusive.
SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS
11.1. POWER OF ATTORNEY. Borrower hereby irrevocably designates, makes,
constitutes and appoints Lender (and all Persons designated by Lender) as
Borrower's true and lawful attorney (and agent-in-fact) and Lender, or Lender's
agent, may, in either Borrower's or Lender's name, but at the cost and expense
of Borrower:
(A) At such time or times hereafter as Lender or said agent may
determine and after notice to Borrower, endorse Borrower's name on any checks,
notes, acceptances, drafts, money orders or any other evidence of payment or
proceeds of the Collateral which come into the possession of Lender or under
Lender's control; and
(B) At such time or times upon or after the occurrence of an
Event of Default as Lender or its agent may determine: (i) demand payment of the
Accounts from the Account Debtors, enforce payment of the Accounts by legal
proceedings or otherwise, and generally exercise all of Borrower's rights and
remedies with respect to the collection of the Accounts; (ii) settle, adjust,
compromise, discharge or release any of the Accounts or other Collateral or any
legal proceedings brought to collect any of the Accounts or other Collateral;
(iii) sell or assign any of the Accounts and other Collateral upon such terms,
for such amounts and at such time or times as Lender deems advisable; (iv) take
control, in any manner, of any item of payment or proceeds relating to any
Collateral; (v) prepare, file and sign Borrower's name to a proof of claim in
bankruptcy or similar document against any Account Debtor or to any notice of
lien, assignment or satisfaction of lien or similar document in connection with
any of the Collateral; (vi) receive, open and dispose of all mail addressed to
Borrower and to notify postal authorities to change the address for delivery
thereof to such address as Lender may designate; (vii) endorse the name of
Borrower upon any of the items of payment or proceeds relating to any Collateral
and deposit the same to the account of Lender on account of the Obligations;
(viii) endorse the name of Borrower upon any chattel paper, document,
instrument, invoice, freight bill, bill of lading or similar document or
agreement relating to the Accounts, Inventory and any other Collateral; (ix) use
Borrower's stationery and sign the name of Borrower to verifications of the
Accounts and notices thereof to Account Debtors; (x) use the information
recorded on or contained in any data processing equipment and computer hardware
and software relating to the Accounts, Inventory, Equipment and any other
Collateral and to which Borrower has access; (xi) make and adjust claims under
policies of insurance; and (xii) do all other acts and things necessary, in
Lender's determination, to fulfill Borrower's obligations under this Agreement.
11.2. INDEMNITY. Borrower hereby indemnifies, holds harmless, and shall
defend Lender and its directors, officers, agents, counsel and employees
("INDEMNIFIED PERSONS") from and against any and all losses, liabilities,
damages, costs, expenses, suits, actions and proceedings ("LOSSES") ever
suffered or incurred by any Indemnified Person arising out of or relating to
this Agreement or any other transaction contemplated hereby, including, without
limitation, any Losses caused by the negligence of such Indemnified Person, but
not including any Losses caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Indemnified Person, and Borrower shall reimburse Lender and each other
Indemnified Person for any expenses (including in connection with the
investigation of, preparation for or defense of any actual or threatened claim,
action or proceeding arising therefrom, including any such costs of responding
to discovery requests or subpoenas, regardless of whether Lender or such other
Indemnified Person is a party thereto). Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, this indemnity shall extend to any claims asserted against Lender or
any other Indemnified Person by any Person under any Environmental Laws or
similar laws by reason of Borrower's or any other Person's failure to comply
with laws applicable to solid or hazardous waste materials or other toxic
substances. Borrower may select counsel with respect to any Losses; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, each Indemnified Person shall have the right to monitor the progress of
any claims, suits and administrative proceedings defended by Borrower hereunder
with counsel of such Indemnified Person's choice, or conduct its defense through
counsel of such Indemnified Person's choice, in the event that (i) such
Indemnified Person determines in good faith that the conduct of its defense by
Borrower could be materially prejudicial to such Indemnified Person's interests
or that other reasonable grounds exist which demonstrate a lack of effectiveness
or high level of quality in the conduct of such defense by Borrower, and (ii)
prior to retaining such counsel for such purpose, such Indemnified Person shall
consult with Borrower and shall attempt in good faith to agree upon counsel to
conduct the defense on behalf of Borrower and such Indemnified Person, and in
each case the fees and disbursements of such counsel shall be paid by Borrower;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if such mutual agreement is not reached within a
reasonable time on selecting counsel, then such Indemnified Person may retain
its own counsel at Borrower's expense. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of
this Agreement, the obligation of Borrower under this SECTION 11.2 shall survive
the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
11.3. MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the other Loan
Documents may not be modified, altered or amended, except by an agreement in
writing signed by Borrower and Lender.
11.4. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES. Without limiting Borrower's obligations
for payment of expenses as provided elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other
Loan Document, if, at any time or times prior or subsequent to the date hereof,
regardless of whether or not an Event of Default then exists or any of the
transactions contemplated hereunder are concluded, Lender incurs any
out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of
Lender's attorneys if Lender retains legal counsel) in connection with: (A) the
negotiation and preparation of the Loan Documents, any amendment or modification
of any Loan Documents; or (B) the administration of the Loan Documents and the
transactions contemplated thereby; (C) any litigation, contest, dispute, suit,
proceeding or action (whether instituted by Lender, Borrower or any other
Person) in any way relating to the Collateral, any Loan Documents, Lender's and
Borrower's relationship, or Borrower's affairs; (D) any attempt to enforce any
rights of Lender against Borrower or any other Person which may be obligated to
Lender by virtue of any Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the
Account Debtors; (E) the exercise or enforcement of any rights, remedies or
privileges of Lender under the Loan Documents or applicable law; (F) the
analysis of information received in connection with any Loan Documents; (G) the
audit or appraisal of any Collateral or Borrower's books and records; (H) the
granting of any consents or waivers requested in connection with the Loan
Documents; (I) the collection of any Obligations; or (J) any attempt to inspect,
verify, protect, preserve, restore, collect, sell, liquidate or otherwise
dispose of or realize upon the Collateral; then, in any such event, all
expenses, costs, charges and other fees incurred by Lender or its attorneys or
relating to any of the events or actions described in this SECTION 11.4 shall be
payable, on demand, by Borrower to Lender, and shall be additional Obligations
hereunder secured by the Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, such expenses, costs, charges and fees may include: recording costs;
appraisal costs; accountants' fees, costs and expenses; court costs and
expenses; photocopying and duplicating expenses; court reporter fees, costs and
expenses; attorney and paralegal fees, costs and expenses; long distance
telephone charges; air express charges; telegram and facsimile charges; wire
transfer fees; secretarial overtime charges; and expenses for travel, lodging
and food. Additionally, if any taxes (excluding taxes imposed upon or measured
by the net income of Lender) shall be payable on account of the execution or
delivery of any of the Loan Documents, or the creation of any of the Obligations
hereunder, by reason of any existing or hereafter enacted federal or state
statute, Borrower will pay all such taxes, including, but not limited to, any
interest and penalties thereon, and will indemnify and hold Lender harmless from
and against liability in connection therewith.
11.5. INDULGENCES NOT WAIVERS. Lender's failure, at any time or times
hereafter, to require strict performance by Borrower of any provision of this
Agreement shall not waive, affect or diminish any right of Lender thereafter to
demand strict compliance and performance therewith. Any suspension or waiver by
Lender of an Event of Default by Borrower under this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents shall not suspend, waive or affect any other Event of
Default by Borrower under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents,
whether the same is prior or subsequent thereto and whether of the same or of a
different type. None of the undertakings, agreements, warranties, covenants and
representations of Borrower contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents and no Event of Default by Borrower under this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents shall be deemed to have been suspended or waived by Lender,
unless such suspension or waiver is by an instrument in writing specifying such
suspension or waiver and is signed by a duly authorized representative of Lender
and directed to Borrower.
11.6. SEVERABILITY. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement
shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or
invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the
extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of
such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
11.7. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and
assigns of Borrower and Lender; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Borrower may not sell,
assign or transfer any interest in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or
any portion thereof, including, without limitation, Borrower's rights, title,
interests, remedies, powers and duties hereunder or thereunder. Any purported
assignment by Borrower in violation of this SECTION 11.7 shall be void, without
Lender's prior written consent. Borrower hereby consents to Lender's sale,
assignment, transfer or of the disposition, at any time or times hereafter, of
this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other Obligations, or of any
portion hereof or thereof, including, without limitation, Lender's rights,
title, interests, remedies, powers, and duties hereunder or thereunder,
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, (a) no such sale, assignment, transfer or disposition may be
made to any supplier, customer or competitor of Borrower unless such Person is
an institutional investor or investment firm, and (b) Lender shall not sell any
participation in this Agreement, any other Loan Documents or any of the
Obligations without Borrower's prior written consent. In the case of an
assignment, the assignee shall have, to the extent of such assignment, the same
rights, benefits and obligations as it would have if it were the original
"Lender" hereunder and Lender shall be relieved of all obligations hereunder
upon any such assignment. In the case of a participation, Lender shall remain
solely responsible to Borrower for the performance of its obligations hereunder
and Borrower shall continue to deal solely and directly with Lender in
connection with Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement. Without
limiting the foregoing, Borrower hereby consents to Lender's sale and assignment
of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Obligations, including,
without limitation, Lender's rights, title, interests, remedies, powers and
duties hereunder, to Fleet Financial Group, or a Subsidiary thereof, and agrees
and acknowledges that such assignee shall have all rights, benefits and
obligations as its would have if it were the original "Lender" hereunder.
11.8. CUMULATIVE EFFECT; CONFLICT OF TERMS. The provisions of the Other
Agreements and the Security Documents are hereby made cumulative with the
provisions of this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in SECTION 3.6 and
except as otherwise provided in any of the other Loan Documents by specific
reference to the applicable provision of this Agreement, if any provision
contained in this Agreement is in direct conflict with, or inconsistent with,
any provision in any of the other Loan Documents, the provision contained in
this Agreement shall govern and control.
11.9. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which counterparts taken together shall constitute but one and the
same instrument.
11.10. NOTICE. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices,
requests and demands to or upon a party hereto shall be in writing and shall be
sent by certified or registered mail return receipt requested, by personal
delivery against receipt, or by telegraph or telex and, unless otherwise
expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been validly served, given or
delivered when delivered against receipt or one Business Day after deposit in
the U.S. mail postage prepaid, or, in the case of telegraphic notice, when
delivered to the telegraph company, or, in the case of telex notice, when sent,
answerback received, addressed as follows:
(A) If to Lender: Shawmut Capital Corporation
2711 North Haskell Avenue
Suite 2100
Dallas, Texas 75204
Attn.: Loan Administration Manager
With a copy to: Hughes & Luce, L.L.P.
1717 Main Street, Suite 2800
Dallas, Texas 75201
Attn.: Larry A. Makel, Esq.
(B) If to Borrower: Cal Dive International, Inc.
13430 Northwest Freeway,
Suite 350
Houston, Texas 77040-6013
Attn.: S. James Nelson, Jr.
With a copy to: Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
800 LaSalle Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-2015
Attn.: Andrew C. Becher, Esq.
or to such other address as each party may designate for itself by like notice
given in accordance with this SECTION 11.10; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any notice,
request or demand to or upon Lender pursuant to SECTIONS 2.3 or 3.4 shall not be
effective until received by Lender. Any written notice that is not sent in
conformity with the provisions hereof shall nevertheless be effective on the
date that such notice is actually received by the noticed party.
11.11. LENDER'S CONSENT. Whenever Lender's consent is required to be
obtained under this Agreement, any of the Other Agreements or any of the
Security Documents as a condition to any action, inaction, condition or event,
Lender shall be authorized to give or withhold such consent in its good faith
discretion (unless otherwise specifically provided herein) and to condition its
consent upon the giving of additional collateral security for the Obligations,
the payment of money or any other matter.
11.12. TIME OF ESSENCE. Time is of the essence of this Agreement, the
Other Agreements and the Security Documents.
11.13. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
together with all other instruments, agreements and certificates executed by the
parties in connection therewith or with reference thereto, embody the entire
understanding and agreement between the parties hereto and thereto with respect
to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements,
understandings and inducements, whether express or implied, oral or written.
11.14. INTERPRETATION. No provision of this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents shall be construed against or interpreted to the
disadvantage of any party hereto by any court or other governmental or judicial
authority by reason of such party having or being deemed to have structured,
drafted or dictated such provision.
11.15. NO FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP OR JOINT VENTURE. No provision herein
or in any of the other Loan Documents and no course of dealing between the
parties hereto shall be deemed to create any fiduciary relationship between
Lender and Borrower or to create any partnership or joint venture between Lender
and Borrower.
11.16. PUBLICITY. Borrower hereby consents to the issuance of or
dissemination by Lender to the public of information describing the credit
accommodations entered into pursuant to this Agreement including, without
limitation, the names and addresses of Borrower, a general description of
Borrower's business and the use of Borrower's name and logo in connection
therewith.
11.17. DESTRUCTION OF BORROWER'S DOCUMENTS. Any documents, schedules,
invoices or other papers delivered to Lender may be destroyed or otherwise
disposed of by Lender one (1) month after they are delivered to or received by
Lender, unless Borrower requests, in writing, the return of the said documents,
schedules, invoices or other papers and makes arrangements, at Borrower's
expense, for their return; provided, that in no event shall Lender be liable to
Borrower for any failure to retain Borrower's records for any period of time or
to return such records to Borrower.
11.18. NONAPPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE 5069-15.01 ET SEQ. Borrower and
Lender hereby agree that, except for Section 15.10(b) thereof, the provisions of
Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 5069-15.01 et seq. (Vernon 1987) (regulating
certain revolving credit loans and revolving tri-party accounts) shall not apply
to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
11.19. NO PRESERVATION OR MARSHALING. Borrower agrees that Lender has no
obligation to preserve rights to the Collateral against prior parties or to
marshal any Collateral for the benefit of any Person.
11.20. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO FORUM. THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN
NEGOTIATED, EXECUTED AND DELIVERED AT AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE IN
DALLAS, TEXAS. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF ANY OF THE
COLLATERAL SHALL BE LOCATED IN ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN TEXAS, THE LAWS OF
SUCH JURISDICTION SHALL GOVERN THE METHOD, MANNER AND PROCEDURE FOR FORECLOSURE
OF LENDER'S LIEN UPON SUCH COLLATERAL AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF LENDER'S OTHER
REMEDIES IN RESPECT OF SUCH COLLATERAL TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LAWS OF SUCH
JURISDICTION ARE DIFFERENT FROM OR INCONSISTENT WITH THE LAWS OF TEXAS. AS PART
OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR NEW VALUE RECEIVED, AND REGARDLESS OF ANY PRESENT OR
FUTURE DOMICILE OR PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS OF BORROWER OR LENDER, BORROWER
HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE DISTRICT COURT OF DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, OR,
AT LENDER'S OPTION, THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, DALLAS DIVISION, SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN BORROWER AND
LENDER PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED
TO THIS AGREEMENT. BORROWER EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH
JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND BORROWER
HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH BORROWER MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL
JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE
GRANTING FOR SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH
COURT. BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND
OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH
SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL
ADDRESSED TO BORROWER AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT
SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF BORROWER'S ACTUAL
RECEIPT THEREOF OR THREE DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE U.S. MAILS, PROPER POSTAGE
PREPAID. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO AFFECT THE
RIGHT OF LENDER TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW, OR
TO PRECLUDE THE ENFORCEMENT BY LENDER OF ANY JUDGMENT OR ORDER OBTAINED IN SUCH
FORUM OR THE TAKING OF ANY ACTION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT TO ENFORCE SAME IN ANY
OTHER APPROPRIATE FORM OR JURISDICTION.
11.21. WAIVERS BY BORROWER. BORROWER WAIVES (A) THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY
JURY (WHICH LENDER HEREBY ALSO WAIVES) IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR
COUNTERCLAIM OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS,
THE OBLIGATIONS OR THE COLLATERAL; (B) PRESENTMENT, DEMAND AND PROTEST AND
NOTICE OF PRESENTMENT, PROTEST, DEFAULT, NON-PAYMENT, INTENT TO ACCELERATE,
ACCELERATION, MATURITY, RELEASE, COMPROMISE, SETTLEMENT, EXTENSION OR RENEWAL OF
ANY OR ALL COMMERCIAL PAPER, ACCOUNTS, CONTRACT RIGHTS, DOCUMENTS, INSTRUMENTS,
CHATTEL PAPER AND GUARANTIES AT ANY TIME HELD BY LENDER ON WHICH BORROWER MAY IN
ANY WAY BE LIABLE AND HEREBY RATIFIES AND CONFIRMS WHATEVER LENDER MAY DO IN
THIS REGARD; (C) NOTICE PRIOR TO TAKING POSSESSION OR CONTROL OF THE COLLATERAL
OR ANY BOND OR SECURITY WHICH MIGHT BE REQUIRED BY ANY COURT PRIOR TO ALLOWING
LENDER TO EXERCISE ANY OF LENDER'S REMEDIES; (D) THE BENEFIT OF ALL VALUATION,
APPRAISEMENT AND EXEMPTION LAWS; AND (E) NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE HEREOF. BORROWER
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE FOREGOING WAIVERS ARE A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO LENDER'S
ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT LENDER IS RELYING UPON THE FOREGOING
WAIVERS IN ITS FUTURE DEALINGS WITH BORROWER. BORROWER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS
THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THE FOREGOING WAIVERS WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND HAS
KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVED ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION
WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A
WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT. BORROWER HEREBY AGREES THAT IT SHALL
HAVE NO RIGHT TO REQUIRE LENDER TO TERMINATE LENDER'S SECURITY INTEREST IN THE
COLLATERAL OR IN ANY OF THE PROPERTY OF BORROWER UNTIL THE OCCURRENCE OF EACH OF
THE FOLLOWING: (I) PAYMENT IN FULL IN IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FUNDS OF ALL
OBLIGATIONS KNOWN EXISTING, THREATENED OR CLAIMED WHICH CAN BE GIVEN A MONETARY
VALUE; (II) TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3.3 OR 3.4;
AND (III) EXECUTION BY BORROWER AND BY ANY PERSON WHOSE LOANS TO BORROWER ARE
USED IN WHOLE OR IN PART TO SATISFY THE OBLIGATIONS OF AN AGREEMENT INDEMNIFYING
LENDER FROM ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE LENDER MAY INCUR AS THE RESULT OF DISHONORED
CHECKS OR OTHER ITEMS OF PAYMENT RECEIVED BY LENDER FROM BORROWER OR ANY ACCOUNT
DEBTOR AND APPLIED TO THE OBLIGATIONS, AND BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO
REQUIRE A TERMINATION OF LENDER'S SECURITY INTEREST PRIOR TO THE OCCURRENCE OF
EACH OF THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED EVENTS.
11.22. DTPA WAIVER. BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES ALL PROVISIONS OF THE
DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT (TEX. BUS. & COM. CODE ANN.
SS.17.01 ET SEQ. (VERNON SUPP. 1987)), OTHER THAN SECTION 17.555 THEREOF
PERTAINING TO CONTRIBUTION AND INDEMNITY, AND EXPRESSLY WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS
THAT BORROWER (A) HAS ASSETS OF $5,000,000 OR MORE, (B) HAS KNOWLEDGE AND
EXPERIENCE IN FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS MATTERS THAT ENABLE BORROWER TO EVALUATE
THE MERITS AND RISKS OF THIS TRANSACTION, (C) IS NOT IN A SIGNIFICANTLY
DISPARATE BARGAINING POSITION RELATIVE TO LENDER, AND (D) HAS BEEN REPRESENTED
BY LEGAL COUNSEL IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS
AGREEMENT.
11.23. ORAL AGREEMENTS INEFFECTIVE. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES, AND THE SAME MAY
NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
THE PARTIES.
11.24. RELEASE. CAL DIVE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT (A) IT HAS NO
CLAIMS, COUNTERCLAIMS, OFFSETS, CREDITS OR DEFENSES TO THE ORIGINAL LOAN
DOCUMENTS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS OBLIGATIONS THEREUNDER, OR (B) IF IT HAS
ANY SUCH CLAIMS, COUNTERCLAIMS, OFFSETS, CREDITS OR DEFENSES TO THE ORIGINAL
LOAN DOCUMENTS AND/OR ANY TRANSACTION RELATED TO THE ORIGINAL LOAN DOCUMENTS,
SAME ARE HEREBY WAIVED, RELINQUISHED AND RELEASED IN CONSIDERATION OF LENDER'S
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT.
11.25. AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT. This Agreement and the Equipment Note
are given in amendment, restatement, renewal and extension (and not in
extinguishment or satisfaction) of the Original Loan Documents. With respect to
matters relating to the period prior to the date hereof, all the provisions of
the Original Loan Documents are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain
in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed in Dallas,
Texas, on the day and year specified at the beginning hereof.
BORROWER:
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
S. James Nelson, Jr.,
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
ENERGY RESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By:
Gerald G. Reuhl, Vice President
LENDER:
SHAWMUT CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:
Terri K. Lins, Vice President
EXHIBIT A
BORROWING NOTICE
(See Attached)
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF EQUIPMENT NOTE
(See Attached)
EXHIBIT C
CONTINGENCY RESERVE TERMS
Calculation of the Contingency Reserve
PURPOSE: A Contingency Reserve will be established on the A/R ("01")
line at any time Excess Availability is less than $2,000,000 to serve as a guard
against potential priming liens on the Collateral. The approval of the loan
transaction with Cal Dive and ERT was subject to the establishment of "triggers"
signaling the evaluation and adjustment of the Contingency Reserve.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE: - The calculation of the exposure is quite involved,
therefore triggers have been approved whereby potentially diluting items are to
be reviewed against benchmarks monthly:
a) should Excess Availability exceed or equal $2,000,000 during any given month,
no Contingency Reserve will be required; and
b) should Excess Availability be less than $2,000,000 during any given month,
then the Contingency Reserve shall be determined as follows:
[Rental & third party + vessel rental + surveying] x ACCTS. PAYABLE TURNOVER
DAYS
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TERM LOAN EXPOSURE - There exists the risk of potential priming liens on the
Collateral as the result of the Jones Act. As of the Closing Date, no additional
reserves are considered necessary. For so long as Excess Availability exceeds
$2,000,000, no further reserves in connection with the Jones Act will be
established. If however, Excess Availability drops below $2,000,000, the
Contingency Reserve shall be adjusted in accordance with the following formula:
a) = unpaid offshore salary/wages + vessel crew salary/wages
b) = materials + fuel + diving gases + catering + gear rental
c) = b x ACCTS. PAYABLE TURNOVER DAYS
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The specific calculation will be as follows:
In Year one: a + c + equip. loan - 110% of OLV = incremental reserve
Thereafter: a + c + equip. loan - 100% of OLV = incremental reserve
EXHIBIT D
BUSINESS LOCATIONS
EXHIBIT A - Page 1
EXHIBIT E
JURISDICTIONS
EXHIBIT B - Page 1
EXHIBIT F
CORPORATE NAMES
EXHIBIT C - Page 1
EXHIBIT G
PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS AND LICENSES
EXHIBIT D - Page 1
EXHIBIT H
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
(1) The number of authorized shares of common stock of Cal Dive is
2,000,000. The number of issued shares of common stock of Cal Dive is 1,894,801.
Cal Dive has 784,875 shares held in the treasury. Options to purchase a total of
approximately 20,900 shares are outstanding and a Stock Option Plan for
non-executive employees has been approved involving up to three (3%) percent of
Cal Dive's outstanding shares.
(2) There are no authorized shares of preferred stock.
(3) All of the issued shares of Cal Dive are fully paid and
nonassessable and are owned by the following persons:
See attached as to Cal Dive as to ERT, it has 1,000 shares authorized all of
which is issued to Cal Dive
(4) Borrower has no Subsidiaries, except the following:
State of Percent of Voting
NAME INCORPORATION STOCK BORROWER OWNS
Energy Resource Technology, Inc. Delaware 100%
EXHIBIT E - Page 1
EXHIBIT I
SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENTS
(See Attached)
EXHIBIT F - Page 1
EXHIBIT J
CONTRACTS RESTRICTING DEBTS
EXHIBIT G - Page 1
EXHIBIT K
LITIGATION
EXHIBIT H - Page 1
EXHIBIT L
PENSION PLANS
EXHIBIT I - Page 1
EXHIBIT M
TAX LIABILITY
EXHIBIT J - Page 1
EXHIBIT N
TAXING AUTHORITIES
EXHIBIT K - Page 1
EXHIBIT O
LABOR RELATIONS
EXHIBIT L - Page 1
EXHIBIT P
EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS
Borrower has duly complied with, and its Property, business operations
and leaseholds are in compliance in all material respects with, the provisions
of all Environmental Laws applicable to Borrower, its Properties or the conduct
of its business, except for the following:
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Since August, 1993, Cal Dive has been required pursuant to Section 8.1(U) to
ensure that all Real Property remains in compliance with all Environmental Laws
and to promptly notify Lender upon the receipt of any written notice with regard
to any Hazardous Discharge or violation of Environmental Laws. Reference is made
to the monthly Compliance Certificate for the reporting of any such violations,
all of which have been satisfactorily resolved as of April 30, 1995.
ENERGY RESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Since commencing offshore operations there have been minor oil spills (less than
10 gallons) required to be reported to either the MMS and/or EPA (see enclosed).
Both of these matters have been satisfactorily resolved as of April 30, 1995.
OPA 90
Borrower is not in compliance with the financial responsibility requirement of
the Offshore Pollution Act of 1990 ("OPA") and the interim regulations currently
in effect related thereto, which requires Borrower to establish and maintain
evidence of financial responsibility of $150,000,000 to meet the amount of
liability to which Borrower could be subjected under Section 2704(a) of OPA
because insurance for such amount is not available at a reasonable cost. Since
the situation affects a substantial majority of offshore operators and property
owners, the MMS has conducted public hearings to consider how this Section of
the law should be implemented. It is our understanding that a bill before the
U.S. House of Representatives would return the financial responsibility
threshold to a $35,000,000 requirement which existed prior to the enactment of
OPA.. Borrower agrees to use its best efforts to inform Lender of any changes to
the financial responsibility reqirement of OPA and its compliance therewith.
EXHIBIT M - Page 1
EXHIBIT Q
SURETY OBLIGATIONS
EXHIBIT N - Page 1
EXHIBIT R
CAPITALIZED LEASES
EXHIBIT O - Page 1
EXHIBIT S
OPERATING LEASES
EXHIBIT P - Page 1
EXHIBIT T
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(See Attached)
EXHIBIT Q - Page 1
EXHIBIT U
FORM OF TAX CERTIFICATE
(See Attached)
EXHIBIT R - Page 1
EXHIBIT V
GUARANTEES
EXHIBIT S - Page 1
EXHIBIT W
PERMITTED LIENS
1. any Liens reserved in leases for rent and for compliance with the terms
of the leases, with the U.S. government and others, for Hydrocarbons and
related properties and leased equipment, to the extent that any such
Lien does not materially impair the use of such Property covered by such
Lien for the purposes for which such Property is held by Borrower or
materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto.
2. Liens contained in joint operating, transportation, production handling
and other similar agreements necessary or desirable in the operation and
production of the Hydrocarbons from the Properties entered into by
Borrower or a predecessor in the ordinary course of business securing
amounts (other than for Money Borrowed) not yet due and payable or which
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted by Borrower and for which adequate reserves have been made
pursuant to GAAP.
EXHIBIT T - Page 1
EXHIBIT X
BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
(See Attached)
EXHIBIT U - Page 1
EXHIBIT Y
AMORTIZATION AMOUNT CALCULATION
(See Attached)
EXHIBIT V - Page 1
EXHIBIT W - Page 1
EXHIBIT W - Page 2
EXHIBIT 4.5
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of January 12, 1995 (this
"Agreement"), among Cal Dive International, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the
"Company"), First Reserve Secured Energy Assets Fund, Limited Partnership, a
Delaware limited partnership ("SEA"), First Reserve Fund V, Limited Partnership,
Delaware limited partnership ("Fund V"), First Reserve Fund V-2, Limited
Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership ("Fund V-2"). First Reserve Fund VI,
Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership ("Fund VI"; together with
SEA, Fund V and Fund V-2, the "Funds"), Gerald G. Reuhl, Owen Kratz and S. James
Nelson, individually (collectively, the "Executives") and as Trustees of the Cal
Dive International, Inc. Voting Trust (the "Trust").
RECITALS
The Funds, the Executives and the Company are parties to a Purchase
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the "Purchase Agreement"), pursuant to
which the Funds are purchasing 221,985 shares of the common stock of the Company
without par value ("Common Stock") from the Company's treasury and an aggregate
of 332,978 shares of Common Stock from the CDI Shareholders (as defined in the
Shareholders Agreement (as defined below)). In order to induce the Funds and the
Executives to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to
provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement.
The Funds, the CDI Shareholders and the Company are parties to an
Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the
"Shareholders Agreement").
The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition precedent to
the obligation of the Funds to purchase Common Stock from the Company and the
CDI Shareholders pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and to enter into the
Shareholders Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms
defined in the Shareholders Agreement are used herein as defined therein.
For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set
forth below:
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"Executive Registrable Securities" means (i) any Common Stock issued to
the Executives (or their Permitted Transferees (as defined in the Shareholders
Agreement)) and/or issued in the future to other employee shareholders of the
Company and held by the Trust, (ii) any common Stock issued or issuable with
respect to the Common Stock referred to in clause (i) above by way of stock
dividend or stock split, or in connection with a combination of shares,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation, or other reorganization. and (iii) any
other shares of Common Stock held by the Executives (or their Permitted
Transferees) or by the Trust.
"Funds' Registrable Securities" means (i) any Common Stock purchased by
the Funds pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (ii) any Common Stock issued or
issuable with respect to the Common Stock referred to in clause (i) above by way
of stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation, or other reorganization, and (iii) any
other shares of Common Stock held by the Funds.
"Registrable Securities" means the Executive Registrable Securities and
the Funds' Registrable Securities. As to any particular Registrable Securities,
such securities shall cease to be Executive Registrable Securities or Funds'
Registrable Securities, as the case may be, when they have been distributed to
the public pursuant to an offering registered under the Securities Act or sold
to the public through a broker, dealer or market maker in compliance with Rule
144 under the Securities Act (or any similar rule then in force). For purposes
of this Agreement, a holder shall be deemed to be a holder of Registrable
Securities whenever such Person has the right to acquire directly or indirectly
such Registrable Securities (upon conversion or exercise in connection with a
transfer of securities or otherwise, but disregarding any restrictions or
limitations upon the exercise of such right), whether or not such acquisition
has actually been effected.
2. DEMAND REGISTRATIONS.
(a) REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION. At any time after the earlier of (i) the
fifth anniversary of the date hereof or (ii) a Public Offering, the holders of
(x) the Funds' Registrable Securities or (y) the holders of Executive
Registrable Securities, in each case who own, in the aggregate, not less than
10% of the total outstanding shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, may
request registration under the Securities Act of all or part of their Funds'
Registrable Securities or Executive Registrable Securities, respectively. Within
ten days after receipt of any such request (which shall specify the amount of
Registrable Securities to be registered), the Company shall give written notice
of such requested registration to all other holders of Registrable Securities
and shall include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect
to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein
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within 15 days after the receipt of the Company's notice. All registrations
requested pursuant to this Section 2(a) are referred to herein as -Demand
Registrations."
(b) DEMAND REGISTRATIONS. The holders of Funds' Registrable Securities
and Executive Registrable Securities will each be entitled to request two Demand
Registrations; PROVIDED, that, at the time of such request, the holders making
such request own, in the aggregate, not less than 10% of the total outstanding
shares of Common Stock. A registration will not count as one of the permitted
Demand Registrations until it has become effective, and a registration initiated
as a Demand Registration will not count as one of the permitted Demand
Registrations unless the holders of the Funds' Registrable Securities or the
Executive Registrable Securities, as the case may be, initiating such Demand
Registration are able to register and sell at least 50% of the Registrable
Securities requested by such holder to be included in such registration;
PROVIDED that in any event the Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in
connection with any registration initiated as a Demand Registration. All Demand
Registrations shall be underwritten registrations. The Company and each holder
will pay a pro rata portion of the Registration Expenses in accordance with
Section 6(c).
(c) PRIORITY ON DEMAND REGISTRATIONS. The Company shall not include in
any Demand Registration any securities which are not Registrable Securities
without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities initially requesting such registration. If in connection
with a Demand Registration the managing underwriters advise the Company in
writing that in their opinion the number of Registrable Securities and, if
permitted hereunder, other securities requested to be included in such offering,
exceeds the number of Registrable Securities and other securities, if any, which
can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range
acceptable to the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities initially
requesting registration, the Company shall include in such registration (i)
first, up to 50% of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such
registration, pro rata among the holders of such securities on the basis of the
number of Shares owned by the Funds (with respect to those Registrable
Securities requested to be included which are held by the Funds), on the one
hand, and the Executives (with respect to those Registrable Securities requested
to be included which are held by the Executives), on the other, (ii) second, all
remaining Fund Registrable Securities and any Executive Registrable Securities
requested to be included in such registration, pro rata among the holder of such
securities on the basis of the number of Shares owned by the Funds, on the one
hand, and the Executives, on the other (excluding the Funds' Registrable
Securities and the Executive Registrable Securities included pursuant to (i)
above) and (iii) third, other securities requested to be included in such
registration.
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(d) RESTRICTIONS ON DEMAND REGISTRATION. The Company shall not be
obligated to effect any Demand Registration within six months after the
effective date of a previous Demand Registration or a registration in which the
holders of Registrable Securities were given piggyback rights pursuant to
Section 3 and in which there was no reduction in the number of Registrable
Securities requested to be included. The Company may postpone for up to six
months the filing or the effectiveness of a registration statement for a Demand
Registration if the Company and the holders of a majority of each of the Funds'
Registrable Securities and the Executive Registrable Securities agree that such
Demand Registration would reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on
any proposal or plan by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any
acquisition of assets (other than in the ordinary course of business) or any
merger, consolidation, tender offer or similar transaction; PROVIDED that in
such event, the holders of the Funds' Registrable Securities or the Executive
Registrable Securities requesting such Demand Registration shall be entitled to
withdraw such request and, if such request is withdrawn, such Demand
Registration shall not count as a Demand Registration.
(e) SELECTION OF UNDERWRITERS. The holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities included in any Demand Registration shall have the right
to recommend the investment banker(s) and manager(s) to administer the offering,
subject to the approval of a majority of the Board which shall not be
unreasonably withheld; PROVIDED, that if any of the Funds' Registrable
Securities are to be included in such Demand Registration, such underwriter
shall be acceptable to the Funds.
(f) OTHER REGISTRATION RIGHTS. Except as provided in this Agreement, the
Company shall not grant to any Person the right to request the Company to
register any equity securities of the Company, or any securities convertible or
exchangeable into or exercisable for such securities, without the prior written
consent of the holders of a majority of each of the Funds' Registrable
Securities and the Executive Registrable Securities; PROVIDED that the Company
may grant rights to other Persons to (i) participate in Piggyback Registrations
so long as such rights are subordinate to the rights of the holders of
Registrable Securities with respect to such Piggyback Registrations and (ii)
request registrations so long as the holders of Registrable Securities are
entitled to participate in any such registrations with such Persons pro rata on
the basis of the number of Shares owned by such Persons and such participating
holders of Registrable Securities (assuming for this purpose that all Shares
owned by all Funds are aggregated, on the one hand, and all Shares owned by all
Executives are aggregated, on the other hand).
(g) REGISTRATION STATEMENT FORM. If any registration requested
pursuant to this Section 2 which is proposed by the Company to be effected
by the filing of a registration statement on Form S-3 (or any successor or
similar short-form registration statement) shall be in connection with an
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underwritten public offering, and if the managing underwriter shall advise the
Company in writing that, in its opinion, the use of another form of registration
statement is of material importance to the success of such proposed offering,
then such registration shall be effected on such other form.
(h) EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT. A registration requested pursuant
to this Section 2 will not be deemed to have been effected unless it has become
effective; PROVIDED that if within 180 days after it has become effective, the
offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration is interfered
with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the
Securities and Exchange Commission or other governmental agency or court, such
registration will be deemed not to have been effected.
3. PIGGYBACK REGISTRATIONS.
(a) RIGHT TO PIGGYBACK. Whenever the Company proposes to register any of
its securities under the Securities Act (other than pursuant to a Demand
Registration) and the registration form to be used may be used for the
registration of Registrable Securities (a "Piggyback Registration"}, the Company
shall give prompt written notice (in any event within three business days after
its receipt of notice of any exercise of demand registration rights other than
under this Agreement) to all holders of Registrable Securities (and to other
holders of such securities) of its intention to effect such a registration and
shall include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to
which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within 15
days after such holder's receipt of the Company's notice.
(b) PIGGYBACK EXPENSES. The Registration Expenses of the holders
of Registrable Securities shall be paid by the Company in all Piggyback
Registrations.
(c) PRIORITY ON PRIMARY REGISTRATIONS. If a Piggyback Registration is an
underwritten primary registration on behalf of the Company, and the managing
underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of
securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number
which can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range
acceptable to the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities initially
requested to be included in such registration, the Company shall include in such
registration (i) first, the securities the Company proposes to sell, (ii)
second, the Funds' Registrable Securities and the Executive Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such registration, pro rata among the
holders of such securities on the basis of the number of shares owned by each
such holder (assuming for this purpose that all Shares owned by all Funds are
aggregated, on the one hand, and all Shares owned by all Executives are
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aggregated, on the other hand) and (iii) third, other securities requested to be
included in such registration.
(d) PRIORITY ON SECONDARY REGISTRATIONS. If a Piggyback Registration is
an underwritten secondary registration on behalf of holders of the Company's
securities, and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in
their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such
registration exceeds the number which can be sold in an orderly manner in such
offering within a price range acceptable to the holders of a majority of the
securities initially requesting such registration, the Company shall include in
such registration (i) first, the securities requested to be included therein by
the holders requesting such registration and the Funds' Registrable Securities
and the Executive Registrable Securities requested to be included in such
registration, pro rata among the holders of such securities on the basis of the
number of shares owned by each such holder (assuming for this purpose that
securities owned by all Funds, on the one hand, and all Executives, on the other
hand, are aggregated) and (ii) second, other securities requested to be included
in such registration.
(e) OTHER REGISTRATIONS. If the Company has previously filed a
registration statement with respect to Registrable Securities pursuant to
Section 2 or pursuant to this Section 3, and if such previous registration has
not been withdrawn or abandoned, the Company shall not file or cause to be
effected any other registration of any of its equity securities or securities
convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for its equity securities under
the Securities Act (except on Form S-8 or any successor form), whether on its
own behalf or at the request of any holder or holders of such securities, until
a period of at least six months has elapsed from the effective date of such
previous registration.
4. HOLDBACK AGREEMENTS.
(a) Each holder of Registrable Securities agrees not to effect any
public sale or distribution (including sales pursuant to Rule 144) of equity
securities of the Company, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for such securities, during the seven days prior to and the 90-day
period beginning on the effective date of any underwritten Demand Registration
or any underwritten Piggyback Registration in which Registrable Securities are
included (except as part of such underwritten registration), unless the
underwriters managing the registered public offering otherwise agree.
(b) The Company agrees (i) not to effect any public sale or distribution
of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for such securities, during the seven days prior to and during the
90-day period beginning on the effective date of any underwritten Demand
Registration or any underwritten Piggyback
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Registration (except as part of such underwritten registration or pursuant to
registrations on Form S-8 or any successor form), unless the underwriters
managing the registered public offering otherwise agree, and (ii) to cause each
holder of at least 2% (on a fully-diluted basis) of its equity securities, or
any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such
securities, purchased from the Company at any time after the date hereof (other
than in a registered public offering) to agree not to effect any public sale or
distribution (including sales pursuant to Rule 144) of any such securities
during such period (except as part of such underwritten registration, if
permitted herein), unless the underwriters managing the registered public
offering otherwise agree.
5. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.
(a) Whenever the holders of Registrable Securities have requested that
any Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to this Agreement, the Company
shall use its best efforts to effect the registration and the sale of such
Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition
thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall as expeditiously as possible:
(i) prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and
use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become
effective (provided that before filing a registration statement or
prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company shall
furnish to the counsel selected by the holders of a majority of the
Funds' Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement
copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents shall
be subject to the review and approval of such counsel);
(ii) prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the
prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such
registration statement effective for a period of not less than six
months and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the
disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement
during such period in accordance with the intended methods of
disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such registration
statement;
(iii) furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities such number
of copies of such registration statement, each amendment and supplement
thereto (in each case including all exhibits), the
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prospectus included in such registration statement (including each
preliminary prospectus and summary prospectus) in conformity with the
requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as such
seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of
the Registrable Securities owned by such seller;
(iv) use its best efforts to register or qualify such Registrable
Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such
jurisdictions as any seller and the managing underwriter or underwriters
may reasonably request and do any and all other acts and things which
may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such seller to
consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable
Securities owned by such seller; PROVIDED that the Company shall not be
required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction
where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this
subsection, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or
(iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction;
(v) notify each seller of such Registrable Securities and the
managing underwriter or underwriters, at any time when a prospectus
relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act,
of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus
included in such registration statement contains an untrue statement of
a material fact or omits to state any fact required to be stated therein
to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the
circumstances then existing, and, at the request of any such seller, the
Company shall prepare a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so
that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable
Securities, such prospectus shall not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any fact required to be stated therein to
make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the
circumstances then existing;
(vi) cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each
securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company
are then listed and, if not so listed, to be listed on the NASD
automated quotation system;
(vii) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such
Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of such
registration statement;
(viii) enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting
agreements in customary form) and take all such other actions as the
holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold or the
underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order
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to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable
Securities (including effecting a stock split or a combination of
shares);
(ix) make available for inspection by any seller of Registrable
Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to
such registration statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent
retained by any such seller or underwriter, all financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company,
and cause the Company's officers, directors, employees and independent
accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such
seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with
such registration statement;
(x) otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably
practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least
twelve months beginning with the first day of the Company's first full
calendar quarter after the effective date of the registration statement,
which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a)
of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder;
(xi) obtain a cold comfort letter from the Company's independent
public accountants in customary form and covering such matters of the
type customarily covered by cold comfort letters as the holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities being sold reasonably request
(provided that such Registrable Securities constitute at least 10% of
the securities covered by such registration statement); and
(xii) if any such registration or comparable statement refers to
any holder of Funds' Registrable Securities by name or otherwise as the
holder of any securities of the Company and if in its sole and exclusive
judgment, such holder is or might be deemed to be a controlling person
of the Company, such holder shall have the right to require (i) the
insertion therein of language, in form and substance satisfactory to
such holder and presented to the Company in writing, to the effect that
the holding by such holder of such securities is not to be construed as
a recommendation by such holder of the investment quality of the
Company's securities covered thereby and that such holding does not
imply that such holder shall assist in meeting any future financial
requirements of the Company or (ii) in the event that such reference to
such holder by name or otherwise is not required by the Securities Act
or any similar federal statute then in force, the deletion of the
reference to such holder; PROVIDED
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that with respect to this clause (ii) such holder shall furnish to the
Company an opinion of counsel to such effect, which opinion and counsel
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
(b) Each seller of Registrable Securities agrees that, upon receipt of
any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the type described
in clause (v) of Section 5(a) hereof, such seller shall forthwith discontinue
disposition of such Registrable Securities covered by such registration
statement or related prospectus until such seller's receipt of the copies of the
supplemental or amended prospectus contemplated by clause (v) of Section 5(a)
hereof, and, if so directed by the Company, such seller will deliver to the
Company (at the Company's expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies
then in such seller's possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable
Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the
Company shall give any such notice, the period mentioned in clause (ii) of
Section 5(a) hereof shall be extended by the number of days during the period
from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to clause (v)
of Section 5(a) hereof and including the date when each seller of Registrable
Securities shall have received the copies of the supplemental or amended
prospectus contemplated by clause (v) of Section 5(a) hereof.
(c) Each seller of Registrable Securities agrees to provide the Company,
upon receipt of its request, with such information about such seller to enable
the Company to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act and to execute
such certificates as the Company may reasonably request in connection with such
information and otherwise to satisfy any requirements of law.
6. REGISTRATION EXPENSES.
(a) All expenses incident to the Company's performance of or compliance
with this Agreement, including all registration and filing fees, fees and
expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws, printing expenses,
messenger and delivery expenses, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Company and all independent certified public accountants, underwriters
(excluding discounts and commissions) and other Persons retained by the Company
(all such expenses being herein called "Registration Expenses"), shall be borne
as provided in this Agreement, except that the Company shall, in any event, pay
its internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and
employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual
audit or quarterly review, the expense of any liability insurance and the
expenses and fees for listing the securities to be registered on each securities
exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or,
if not so listed, on the NASD automated quotation system.
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(b) In connection with each Demand Registration and each Piggyback
Registration, the Company shall reimburse the holders of Registrable Securities
covered by such registration for the reasonable fees (not exceeding, in the
aggregate, $25,000 for each registration) and disbursements of one counsel
chosen by the holders of a majority of the Funds' Registrable Securities.
(c) To the extent Registration Expenses are not required to be paid by
the Company, each holder of securities included in any registration hereunder
shall pay those Registration Expenses allocable to the registration of such
holder's securities so included, and any Registration Expenses not so allocable
shall be borne by all sellers of securities included in such registration in
proportion to the aggregate selling price of the securities to be so registered.
7. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law,
each holder of Registrable Securities, its officers and directors or general and
limited partners and each Person who controls such holder (within the meaning of
the Securities Act) against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
expenses arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement
of material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus or
preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or (ii)
any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light
of the circumstances then existing, and the Company will reimburse such Persons
for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, liability, action or
proceeding; PROVIDED, that the Company shall not be liable to any Person in any
such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action
or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises out of or is based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made in such registration statement or amendment or supplement thereto or in any
such preliminary, final or summary prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information with respect to such seller furnished to the Company by
such seller for use in the preparation thereof. In connection with an
underwritten offering, the Company shall indemnify such underwriters, their
officers and directors and each Person who controls such underwriters (within
the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided above with
respect to the indemnification of the holders of Registrable Securities.
(b) In connection with any registration statement in which a holder of
Registrable Securities is participating, each such holder shall furnish to the
Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably
requests for use in connection with any such registration
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statement or prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the
Company, its directors and officers and each Person who controls the Company
(within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement
of material fact contained in the registration statement, prospectus or
preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any
omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent
that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or
affidavit so furnished in writing by such holder; PROVIDED that the obligation
to indemnify shall be individual to each holder and shall be limited to the net
amount of proceeds received by such holder from the sale of Registrable
Securities pursuant to such registration statement.
(c) Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give
prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to
which it seeks indemnification; PROVIDED, that the failure of the indemnified
party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party
of its obligations under the preceding subsections of this Section 7, except to
the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced by such failure to
give notice and (ii) unless in such indemnified party's reasonable judgment a
conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist
with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense
of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If
such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any
liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent
(but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who
is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be
obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties
indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the
reasonable judgment of any indemnified party, a conflict of interest may exist
between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties With
respect to such claim.
(d) The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain
in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of
the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling Person of such
indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Company also
agrees to make such provisions, as are reasonably requested by any indemnified
party, for contribution to such party in the event the Company's indemnification
is unavailable for any reason.
(e) Indemnification similar to that specified in the preceding
subsections of this Section 7 (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by
the Company and each seller of Registrable Securities with respect
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to any required registration or other qualification of securities under any
federal or state law or regulation or governmental authority other than the
Securities Act.
(f) The obligations of the parties under this Section 7 shall be in
addition to any liability which any party may otherwise have to any other party.
8. PARTICIPATION IN UNDERWRITTEN REGISTRATIONS. No Person may
participate in any registration hereunder which is underwritten unless such
Person (a) agrees to sell such Person's securities on the basis provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by the Person or Persons entitled hereunder
to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires,
powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents
required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements; PROVIDED that no
holder of Registrable Securities included in any underwritten registration shall
be required to make any representations or warranties to the Company or the
underwriters other than representations and warranties regarding such holder and
such holder's intended method of distribution.
9. RULE 144. If the Company shall have filed a registration statement
pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Exchange Act or a registration
statement pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company
covenants that it will file the reports required to be filed by it under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will,
upon the request of any holder of Shares, make publicly available such
information), and it will take such further action as any holder may reasonably
request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to
sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within
the limitation of the exemptions provided by (a) Rule 144 under the Securities
Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or (b) any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Upon the
request of any holder of Shares, the Company will deliver to such holder a
written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 9, the Company may deregister
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act if it then is permitted to do so pursuant
to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
10. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) NO INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. The Company shall not hereafter enter
into any agreement with respect to its securities which is inconsistent with or
violates the rights granted to the holders of Registrable Securities under this
Agreement.
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(b) ADJUSTMENTS AFFECTING REGISTRABLE SECURITIES. The Company shall not
take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to its securities
which would materially and adversely affect the ability of the holders of
Registrable Securities to include such Registrable Securities in a registration
undertaken pursuant to this Agreement or which would materially and adversely
affect the marketability of such Registrable Securities in any such registration
(including effecting a stock split or a combination of shares).
(c) REMEDIES. Any Person having any rights under any provision of this
Agreement shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically, to recover
damages caused by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to
exercise all other rights granted by law. The parties hereto agree and
acknowledge that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for any breach of
the provisions of this Agreement and that any party may in its sole discretion
apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction (without posting
any bond or other security) for specific performance and for other injunctive
relief in order to enforce or prevent violation of the provisions of this
Agreement.
(d) CONSENT TO AMENDMENTS. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, no modification, amendment or waiver or any provision of this Agreement
shall be effective against the Company or the holders of the Registrable
Securities unless such modification, amendment or waiver is approved in writing
by the Company, the holders of a majority of the Funds' Registrable Securities,
and with respect to any amendment materially and adversely affecting the rights
of the holders of the Executive Registrable Securities, the holders of a
majority of the Executive Registrable Securities. The failure of any party to
enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall not affect the right of
such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in
accordance with its terms.
(e) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns; provided that the rights granted under this
Agreement to the holders of Registrable Securities may not be assigned by them
except as permitted by Section 4.6 of the Shareholders Agreement. In addition,
whether or not any express assignment has been made, the provisions of this
Agreement which are for the benefit of purchasers or holders of Registrable
Securities are also for the benefit of, and enforceable by, any subsequent
holder of Registrable Securities.
(f) SEVERABILITY. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not
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invalidate or render unenforceable such provisions in any other jurisdiction.
(g) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
(H) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF.
(i) SECTION HEADINGS. The Section headings of this Agreement are
inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this
Agreement.
(j) NOTICES. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective
parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing and shall be either
personally delivered or sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges
prepaid) or by confirmed facsimile transmission to the recipient at the address
for such recipient provided in the Purchase Agreement and to any subsequent
holder of Registrable Securities subject to this Agreement at such address as
indicated by the Company's records, or at such address or to the attention of
such other Person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice
to the sending party. Notices shall be deemed to have been given hereunder when
delivered personally or by confirmed facsimile transmission and one day after
deposit with a reputable overnight courier service.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
FIRST RESERVE SECURED ENERGY ASSETS
FUND, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: FIRST RESERVE CORPORATION, as
General Partner
By:
Name:
Title:
FIRST RESERVE FUND V-2, LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
By: FIRST RESERVE CORPORATION,
as General Partner
By:
Name:
Title:
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FIRST RESERVE FUND VI, LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
By: FIRST RESERVE CORPORATION, as
General Partner
By:
Name:
Title:
EXECUTIVES
Gerald G. Reuhl
Owen Kratz
S. James Nelson
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
VOTING TRUST
By:
Name:
Title:
By:
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT 10.3
1995 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
OF
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
1. OBJECTIVES. The 1995 Long Term Incentive Plan of Cal Dive
International, Inc. (the "Plan") is designed to retain key executives and other
selected employees and reward them for making major contributions to the success
of Cal Dive International, Inc., a Minnesota corporation and its Subsidiaries
(the "Company"). These objectives are to be accomplished by making awards under
the Plan and thereby providing Participants (as hereinafter defined) with a
proprietary interest in the growth and performance of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
2. DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the terms set forth below shall have the
following respective meanings:
"Award" means the grant of any form of stock option, stock appreciation
right, stock award or cash award, whether granted singly, in combination or in
tandem, to a Participant pursuant to any applicable terms, conditions and
limitations as the Committee or the Board may establish in order to fulfill the
objectives of the Plan.
"Award Agreement" means a written agreement between the Company and a
Participant that sets forth the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to
an Award.
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
"Committee" means such Compensation Committee of the Board as is
designated by the Board to administer the Plan. The Committee shall be
constituted to permit the Plan to comply with Rule 16b-3.
"Common Stock" means the Common Stock of the Company.
"Director" means an individual serving as a member of the Board.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time.
"Fair Market Value" means, as of a particular date, but subject to the
provisions of other Company agreements binding the Participant from time to time
(such as the Company's Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement) which shall
take precedence, (i) if the shares of Common Stock are listed on a national
securities exchange, the mean between the highest and lowest sales price per
share of Common Stock on the consolidated transaction reporting system for the
principal such national securities exchange on that date, or, if there shall
have been no such sale so reported on that date, on the last preceding date on
which such a sale was so
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reported, (ii) if the shares of Common Stock are not so listed but are quoted on
the Nasdaq National Market, the mean between the highest and lowest sales price
per share of Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on that date, or, if
there shall have been no such sale so reported on that date, on the last
preceding date on which such a sale was so reported (iii) if the Common Stock is
not so listed or quoted, the mean between the closing bid and asked price on
that date, or if there are no quotations available for such date, on the last
preceding date on which such quotations shall be available, as reported by
Nasdaq, or, if not reported by Nasdaq, by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. or
(iv) if none of the foregoing apply, as determined in the discretion of the
Company's Board from time to time.
"Participant" means an employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to whom an Award has been made under this Plan.
"Rule 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, or any
successor rule.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation of which the Company directly or
indirectly owns shares representing more than 50% of the voting power of all
classes or series of capital stock of such corporation which have the right to
vote generally on matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of such
corporation.
3. ELIGIBILITY. Employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries eligible
for an Award under this Plan are those who hold positions of responsibility and
whose performance, in the judgment of the Committee, can have a significant
effect on the success of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
4. COMMON STOCK AVAILABLE FOR AWARDS. There shall be available for
Awards granted wholly or partly in Common Stock (including rights or options
which may be exercised for or settled in Common Stock) during the term of this
Plan an aggregate of 600,000 (representing approximately five percent (5% in
November, 1995) of issued and outstanding shares after a ten for one stock
split) shares of Common Stock. The Board of Directors and the appropriate
officers of the Company shall from time to time take whatever actions are
necessary to file required documents with governmental authorities and stock
exchanges and transaction reporting systems to make shares of Common Stock
available for issuance pursuant to Awards. Common Stock related to Awards that
are forfeited or terminated, expire unexercised or if settled in a manner such
that all or some of the shares covered by an Award are not issued to a
Participant, or are exchanged for Awards that do not involve Common Stock, shall
immediately become available for Awards hereunder. The Committee may from time
to time adopt and observe such procedures concerning the counting of shares
against the Plan maximum as it may deem appropriate under Rule 16b-3.
5. ADMINISTRATION. Except for approval of Awards and Participants as
described in Section 6, this Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which
shall have full and exclusive power to interpret this Plan and to adopt such
rules, regulations and guidelines for carrying out this Plan as it may deem
necessary or proper, all of which powers shall be exercised in the best
interests of the Company and in keeping with the objectives of this Plan. The
Committee may,
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in its discretion, provide for the extension of the exercisability of an Award,
accelerate the vesting or exercisability of an Award, eliminate or make less
restrictive any restrictions contained in an Award, waive any restriction or
other provision of this Plan or an Award or otherwise amend or modify an Award
in any manner that is either (i) not adverse to the Participant holding such
Award or (ii) consented to by such Participant. The Committee may correct any
defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan or in
any Award in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or
desirable to carry it into effect. Any decision of the Committee in the
interpretation and administration of this Plan shall lie within its sole and
absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties
concerned. No member of the Committee shall be liable for anything done or
omitted to be done by him or her, by any member of the Committee or by any
officer of the Company in connection with the performance of any duties under
this Plan, except for his or her own willful misconduct or as expressly provided
by statute.
6. AWARDS. The Committee shall determine, subject to Board approval of
each Participant, the type or types of Awards to be made to each Participant
under this Plan. Each Award made hereunder shall be embodied in an Award
Agreement, which shall contain terms, conditions and limitations as shall be
determined by the Committee in its sole discretion and shall be signed by the
Participant and by the Chief Executive Officer, or Chief Financial Officer for
and on behalf of the Company. Awards may consist of those listed in this
Paragraph 6 and may be granted singly, in combination or in tandem. Awards may
also be made in combination or in tandem with, in replacement of, or as
alternatives to, grants or rights (i) under this Plan or any other employee plan
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including the plan of any acquired
entity, or (ii) made to any Company or Subsidiary employee by the Company or any
Subsidiary. An Award may provide for the granting or issuance of additional,
replacement or alternative Awards upon the occurrence of specified events,
including the exercise of the original Award.
(a) STOCK OPTION. An Award may consist of a right to purchase a
specified number of shares of Common Stock at a specified price that is not less
than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. A stock
option may be in the form of an incentive stock option ("ISO") which, in
addition to being subject to applicable terms, conditions and limitations
established by the Committee, complies with Section 422 of the Code and may, at
the discretion of the Committee, be converted at any time to a Stock
Appreciation Right as specified in the Participant's Stock Option Agreement.
(b) STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT. An award may consist of a right to receive
a payment, in cash or Common Stock, equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value
or other specified valuation of a specified number of shares of Common Stock on
the date the stock appreciation right ("SAR") is exercised over a specified
"Exercise Price" as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.
(c) STOCK AWARD. An Award may consist of Common Stock or may be
denominated in units of Common Stock. All or part of any stock award may be
subject to conditions established by the Committee, and set forth in the Award
Agreement, which may include, but are not limited to, continuous service with
the Company and its Subsidiaries, accelerated vesting
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based upon events such as a change in control of the Company, achievement of
specific business objectives, increases in specified indices, attaining
specified growth rates and other comparable measurements of performance and the
right of the Committee to convert the Award to a Stock Appreciation Right. Such
Awards may be based on Fair Market Value or other specified valuations. The
certificates evidencing shares of Common Stock issued in connection with a stock
award shall contain appropriate legends and restrictions describing the terms
and conditions of the restrictions applicable thereto.
(d) CASH AWARD. An award may be denominated in cash with the amount of
the eventual payment subject to future service and such other restrictions and
conditions as may be established by the Committee, and set forth in the Award
Agreement, including, but not limited to the same conditions for a Stock Award.
7. PAYMENT OF AWARDS.
(a) GENERAL. Payment of Awards may be made in the form of cash or Common
Stock or combinations thereof and may include such restrictions as the Committee
shall determine, including in the case of Common Stock, restrictions on transfer
and forfeiture provisions. As used herein, "Restricted Stock" means Common Stock
that is restricted or subject to forfeiture provisions.
(b) DEFERRAL. With the approval of the Committee, payments may be
deferred, either in the form of installments or a future lump sum payment. The
Committee may permit selected Participants to elect to defer payments of some or
all types of Awards in accordance with procedures established by the Committee.
Any deferred payment, whether elected by the Participant or specified by the
Award Agreement or by the Committee, may be forfeited if and to the extent that
the Award Agreement so provides.
(c) DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST. Dividends or dividend equivalent rights may
be extended to and made part of any Award denominated in Common Stock or units
of Common Stock, subject to such terms, conditions and restrictions as the
Committee may establish. The Committee may also establish rules and procedures
for the crediting of interest on deferred cash payments and dividend equivalents
for deferred payment denominated in Common Stock or units of Common Stock.
(d) SUBSTITUTION OF AWARDS. At the discretion of the Committee, a
Participant may be offered an election to substitute an Award for another Award
or Awards of the same or different type.
8. STOCK OPTION EXERCISE. The price at which shares of Common Stock may
be purchased under a stock option shall be paid in full at the time of exercise
in cash or, if permitted by the Committee, by means of tendering Common Stock or
surrendering another Award, including Restricted Stock, valued at Fair Market
Value on the date of exercise, or any combination thereof. The Committee shall
determine acceptable methods for tendering Common Stock or other Awards to
exercise a stock option as it deems appropriate. If permitted by the Committee,
payment may be made by successive exercises by the Participant. The Committee
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may provide for loans from the Company to permit the exercise or purchase of
Awards and may provide for procedures to permit the exercise or purchase of
Awards by use of the proceeds to be received from the sale of Common Stock
issuable pursuant to an Award. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award
Agreement, in the event shares of Restricted Stock are tendered as consideration
for the exercise of a stock option, a number of the shares issued upon the
exercise of the stock option, equal to the number of shares of Restricted Stock
used as consideration therefor, shall be subject to the same restrictions as the
Restricted Stock so submitted as well as any additional restrictions that may be
imposed by the Committee.
9. TAX WITHHOLDING. The Company shall have the right to deduct
applicable taxes from any Award payment and withhold, at the time of delivery or
vesting of cash or shares of Common Stock under this Plan, an appropriate amount
of cash or number of shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof for payment
of taxes required by law or to take such other action as may be necessary in the
opinion of the Company to satisfy all obligations for withholding of such taxes.
The Committee may also permit withholding to be satisfied by the transfer to the
Company of shares of Common Stock theretofore owned by the holder of the Award
with respect to which withholding is required. If shares of Common Stock are
used to satisfy tax withholding, such shares shall be valued based on the Fair
Market Value when the tax withholding is required to be made.
10. AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION, SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION. The Board may
amend, modify, suspend or terminate this Plan for the purpose of meeting or
addressing any changes in legal requirements or for any other purpose permitted
by law except that (i) no amendment or alteration that would impair the rights
of any participant under any Award previously granted to such Participant shall
be made without such Participant's consent and (ii) no amendment or alteration
shall be effective prior to approval by the Company's stockholders to the extent
such approval is then required pursuant to Rule 16b-3 in order to preserve the
applicability of any exemption provided by such rule to any Award then
outstanding (unless the holder of such Award consents) or to the extent
stockholder approval is otherwise required by applicable legal requirements.
11. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Continuous employment shall be a
condition to exercise of all Awards granted under this Plan. All Awards shall
automatically be void on the termination of employment of a Participant (for any
reason including death or disability) and such Participant shall thereafter have
no rights relative to such Award.
12. ASSIGNABILITY. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee and
provided in the Award Agreement, no Award or any other benefit under this Plan
shall be assignable or otherwise transferable except by will or the laws of
descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as
defined by the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act,
or the rules thereunder. The Committee may prescribe and include in applicable
Award Agreements other restrictions on transfer. Any attempted assignment of an
Award or any other benefit under this Plan in violation of this Paragraph 12
shall be null and void.
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13. ADJUSTMENTS.
(a) The existence of outstanding Awards shall not affect in any manner
the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any
or all adjustments, recapitalizations, changes of control or other changes in
the capital stock of the Company or any merger or consolidation of the Company,
or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock (whether
or not such issue is prior to, on a parity with or junior to the Common Stock)
or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all
or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding
of any kind, whether or not of a character similar to that of the acts or
proceedings enumerated above.
(b) In the event of any subdivision or consolidation of outstanding
shares of Common Stock or declaration of a dividend payable in shares of Common
Stock or recapitalizations or reclassification or other transaction involving an
increase or reduction in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the
Committee may adjust proportionally (i) the number of shares of Common Stock
reserved under this Plan and covered by outstanding Awards denominated in Common
Stock or units of Common Stock; (ii) the exercise or other price in respect of
such Awards; and (iii) the appropriate Fair Market Value and other price
determinations for such Awards. In the event of any consolidation or merger of
the Company with another corporation or entity or the adoption by the Company of
a plan of exchange affecting the Common Stock or any distribution to holders of
Common Stock of securities or property (other than normal cash dividends or
dividends payable in Common Stock), the Committee shall make such adjustments or
other provisions as it may deem equitable, including adjustments to avoid
fractional shares, to give proper effect to such event. In the event of a
corporate merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation,
change of control or liquidation, the Committee shall be authorized to issue or
assume stock options, regardless of whether in a transaction to which Section
424(a) of the Code applies, by means of substitution of new options for
previously issued options or an assumption of previously issued options, or to
make provision for the acceleration of the exercisability of, or lapse of
restrictions with respect to, Awards and the termination of unexercised options
in connection with such transaction.
14. RESTRICTIONS. No Common Stock or other form of payment shall be
issued with respect to any Award unless the Company shall be satisfied based on
the advice of its counsel that such issuance will be in compliance with
applicable federal and state securities laws. It is the intent of the Company
that this Plan comply with Rule 16b-3 with respect to persons subject to Section
16 of the Exchange Act unless otherwise provided herein or in an Award
Agreement, that any ambiguities or inconsistencies in the construction of this
Plan be interpreted to give effect to such intention, and that if any provision
of this Plan is found not to be in compliance with rule 16b-3, such provision
shall be null and void to the extent required to permit this Plan to comply with
Rule 16b-3. Certificates evidencing shares of Common Stock delivered under this
Plan may be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the
Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or
transaction reporting system upon which the Common Stock is then listed and any
applicable federal and state securities law. The Committee may cause a legend or
legends to be placed upon any such certificates to make appropriate
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reference to such restrictions.
15. UNFUNDED PLAN. Insofar as it provides for Awards of Common Stock,
cash or rights thereto, this Plan shall be unfunded. Although bookkeeping
accounts may be established with respect to Participants who are entitled to
cash, Common Stock or rights thereto under this Plan, any such accounts shall be
used merely as a bookkeeping convenience. The Company shall not be required to
segregate any assets that may at any time be represented by cash, Common Stock
or rights thereto, nor shall this Plan be construed as providing for such
segregation, nor shall the Company nor the Board nor the committee be deemed to
be a trustee of any cash, Common Stock or rights thereto to be granted under
this Plan. Any liability or obligation of the Company to any Participant with
respect to a grant of cash, Common Stock or rights thereto under this Plan shall
be based solely upon any contractual obligations that may be created by this
Plan and any Award Agreement, and no such liability or obligation of the Company
shall be deemed to be secured by any pledge or other encumbrance on any property
of the Company. Neither the Company nor the Board nor the Committee shall be
required to give any security or bond for the performance of any obligation that
may be created by this Plan.
16. GOVERNING LAW. This Plan and all determinations made and actions
taken pursuant hereto, to the extent not otherwise governed by mandatory
provisions of the Code or the securities laws of the United States, shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota.
17. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN. This Plan shall be effective as of the date
(the "Effective Date") it is approved by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the adoption of this Plan is expressly
conditioned upon the approval by the holders of a majority of shares of Common
Stock present, or represented, and entitled to vote at a meeting of the
Company's stockholders held on or before November 3, 1995. If the stockholders
of the Company should fail to approve this Plan prior to such date, this Plan
shall terminate and cease to be of any further force or effect and all grants of
Awards hereunder shall be null and void.
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EXHIBIT 10.4
CONFIDENTIALITY AND NONCOMPETE AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, dated as of July 27, 1990, between Cal Dive
Acquisition Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), and Gerald G.
Reuhl ("Executive").
The Company and Executive desire to enter into an agreement (i)
defining the relative rights of the Company and Executive with respect to
Intellectual Property (as defined below) owned by the Company or its customers
or clients to which Executive may have access or may contribute as a result of
Executive's employment with the Company and (ii) setting forth the obligation of
Executive to refrain from competing with the Company during his employment with
the Company and for a period of time thereafter as provided herein.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and
Executive is a condition to the purchase of shares of the Company's Common Stock
by Merrill Lynch Interfunding Inc. (the "Purchaser") pursuant to a Purchase
Agreement dated as of this date (the "Purchase Agreement").
This Agreement is being executed and delivered in connection with
the acquisition of Cal Dive International, Inc., a Minnesota corporation ("Cal
Dive"), through the merger of the Company with and into Cal Dive (the "Merger"),
with Cal Dive being the surviving corporation in the Merger. As a result of the
Merger, l Dive shall assume all of the Company's obligations under this
Agreement. After the Merger, the term "Company" as used in this Agreement shall
mean Cal Dive as the surviving corporation in the Merger.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
1. NONDISCLOSURE AND NONUSE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
(a) During the period commencing with the date of this Agreement
and ending on (i) the fifth anniversary of the date of the termination of
Executive's employment with the Company if such termination arises as a result
of voluntary termination or retirement by the Executive or termination by the
Company for Cause (as defined in the Executive Stock Agreement dated of even
date herewith between the Company and the Executive (the "Executive Stock
Agreement"), and (ii) the date which is 18 months following the date of the
termination of Executive's employment with the company if such termination
arises for any reason other than as provided in subparagraph i(a)(i) above,
Executive covenants and
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agrees with the Company that Executive shall not disclose or use any
Confidential Information (as defined below) of which Executive is or becomes
aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent
that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by Executive's
performance of duties assigned to Executive by the Company. Executive shall take
all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information and to protect it
against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft.
(b) As used in this Agreement, the term "Confidential
Information" means information that is not generally known to the public and
that is or has been used, developed or obtained, either prior to or following
the date of this Agreement, by the Company in connection with its business,
including but not limited to (i) products or services, (ii) fees, costs and
pricing structures, (iii) designs, (iv) analysis, (v) drawings, photographs and
reports, (vi) computer software, including operating systems, applications and
program listings, (vii) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (viii) data
bases, (ix) accounting and business methods, (x) inventions, devices, new
developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and
whether or not reduced to practice, (xi) customers and clients and customer or
client lists, (xii) other copyrightable works, (xiii) all technology and trade
secrets, and (xiv) all similar and related information in whatever form.
Confidential Information shall not include any information that has been
published in a form generally available to the public prior to the date
Executive proposes to disclose or use such information. Information shall not be
deemed to have been published merely because individual portions of the
information have been separately published, but only if all material features
comprising such information have been published in combination.
2. THE COMPANY'S OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
(a) In the event that Executive as part of his activities on
behalf of the Company generates, authors or contributes to any invention,
design, new development, device, product, method or process (whether or not
patentable or reduced to practice or comprising Confidential Information), any
copyrightable work (whether or not comprising Confidential Information) or any
other form of Confidential Information relating directly or indirectly to the
Company's business as prior hereto, now or hereinafter conducted (collectively,
"Intellectual Property"), Executive acknowledges that such Intellectual Property
is the exclusive property of the Company and hereby assigns all right, title and
interest in and to Such Intellectual Property to the
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Company. Any copyrightable work prepared in whole or in part by Executive shall
be deemed "a work made for hire" under Section 201(b) of the 1976 Copyright Act,
and the Company shall own all of the rights comprised in the copyright therein.
Executive shall promptly and fully disclose all Intellectual Property to the
Company and shall cooperate with the Company to protect the Company's interests
in and rights to such Intellectual Property, including without limitation
providing reasonable assistance in securing patent protection and copyright
registrations and executing all documents as reasonably requested by the
Company, whether such requests occur prior to or after termination of
Executive's employment with the Company.
(b) MINNESOTA EMPLOYEE INVENTION NOTIFICATION. In accordance
with Minnesota statute, Chapter 181, Section 181.78, Employee is hereby advised
that no provision of this Agreement is intended to assign any of Employee's
rights in an invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade
secret information of the Company was used and which was developed entirely on
the Employee's own time, and which does not relate directly to the business of
the Company or to the Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research or
development, or which does not result from any work performed by the employee
for the employer.
3. DELIVERY OF MATERIALS UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEE. As
requested by the Company from time to time and upon the termination of
Executive's employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall promptly
deliver to the Company all copies and embodiments, in whatever form, of all
Confidential Information or Intellectual Property in Executive's possession or
within his control (including, but not limited to, written records, notes,
photographs, manuals, notebooks, documentation, program listings, flow charts,
magnetic media, disks, diskettes, tapes and all other materials containing any
Confidential Information or Intellectual Property) irrespective of the location
or form of such material and, if requested by the Company, shall provide the
Company with written confirmation that all such materials have been delivered to
the Company.
4. NONCOMPETITION. Executive acknowledges and agrees with the
Company that Executive's services to the Company are unique in nature and that
the Company would be irreparably damaged if Executive were to provide similar
services to any person or entity competing with the Company or engaged in a
similar business. Executive accordingly covenants and agrees with the Company
that during the period commencing with the date of this Agreement and ending on
(i) the second anniversary of the date of the termination
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of Executive's employment with the Company if such termination arises as a
result of voluntary termination or retirement by the Executive or termination by
the Company for Cause (as defined in the Executive Stock Agreement), and (ii)
the first anniversary of the date of termination of Executive's employment with
the Company if such termination arises for any reason other than as provided in
subparagraph 4(i) above, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, either for
himself or for any other individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture or
other entity, participate in any business (including without limitation any
division, group or franchise of a larger organization) which engages or which
proposes to engage in the business of providing diving services in the Gulf of
Mexico or any other business actively engaged in by the Company on the date of
termination of Executive's employment in the area or areas where the Company is
conducting such business; provided that until such time as the Company waives in
writing any rights it may have to enforce the terms of this paragraph 4 (the
"Waiver"), during the period commencing on the date of the termination of
Executive's employment with the Company and ending on the date on which either
the noncompetition provisions contained in this paragraph 4 terminate or the
Waiver is delivered to Executive, whichever is earlier, the Company will pay to
Executive an amount equal to one-half of Executive's base salary as of the date
his employment was terminated (which will be paid over time in accordance with
the salary payment schedule in effect from time to time for senior executives of
the Company) and during such time period Executive shall be entitled to all
insurance benefits received by other senior executives of the Company. For
purposes of this Agreement, the term "participate in" shall include without
limitation having any direct or indirect interest in any corporation,
partnership, joint venture or other entity, whether as a sole proprietor, owner,
stockholder, partner, joint venturer, creditor or otherwise, or rendering any
direct or indirect service or assistance to any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture and other business entity (whether as a director,
officer, manager, supervisor, employee, agent, consultant or otherwise).
5. NONSOLICITATION. Executive covenants and agrees with the
Company that during the period commencing with the date of this Agreement and
ending on (i) the second anniversary of the date of termination of Executive's
employment with the Company if such termination arises as a result of voluntary
termination or retirement by the Executive or termination by the Company for
Cause (as defined in the Executive Stock Agreement), and (ii) the date which is
18 months following the termination of the Executive's employment with the
Company if such termination arises for any
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reason other than as provided in subparagraph 5(i) above, Executive shall not,
directly or indirectly, either for himself or for any other individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity, (i) make any offer of
employment, solicit or hire any employee of the Company or its affiliates or
induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Company or its affiliates to
leave their employ or in any way interfere with the relationship between the
Company or its affiliates and any of their employees or (ii) induce or attempt
to induce any supplier, licensee, licensor, franchisee, or other business
relation of the Company or its affiliates to cease doing business with them or
in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company or its affiliates
and any customer or business relation.
6. NOTICES. Any notice provided for in this Agreement must be in
writing and must be either personally delivered, mailed by first class mail
(postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or sent by reputable overnight
courier service (charges prepaid) to Executive at the address indicated on the
signature page of this Agreement and to the Company at the address indicated
below:
To the Company:
Cal Dive International
13430 Northwest Freeway
Suite 350
Houston, Texas 77040
Attention: Gerald G. Reuhl
With copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
1800 International Centre
900 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-3394
Attention: Andrew C. Becher, Esq.
or such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient
party shall have specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Any
notice under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given when so delivered
or sent or, if mailed, five days after deposit in the U.S. mail.
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7. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) COMPANY SUBSIDIARIES. For purposes of this
Agreement, the term "Company" shall include all subsidiaries of the
Company.
(b) NOT AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. Executive and the Company
acknowledge and agree that this Agreement is not intended and should not be
construed to grant Executive any right to continued employment with the Company
or to otherwise define the terms of Executive's employment with the Company.
(c) ABSENCE OF CONFLICTING AGREEMENTS. Executive hereby warrants
and covenants that his employment by the Company and his execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement do not and shall not result in a breach of the
terms, conditions or provisions of any agreement, order, judgment or decree to
which Executive is subject.
(d) SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this
Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect
any other provision or any other jurisdiction, and this Agreement shall be
reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid,
illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein. The parties
agree that a court of competent jurisdiction making a determination of the
invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of paragraphs 3, 4 and 5
of this Agreement shall have the power to reduce the scope, duration or area of
any such term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases or to replace
any invalid or unenforceable term or provision in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 with a
term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to
expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and
this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified.
(e) COMPLETE AGREEMENT. This Agreement, those documents expressly
referred to herein and other documents of even date herewith embody the complete
agreement and understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any
prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties,
written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.
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(f) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in separate
counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together constitute one and the same agreement.
(g) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Except as otherwise provided herein,
this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
Company and Executive and their respective successors and assigns; provided that
the rights and obligations of Executive under this Agreement shall not be
assignable without the prior written consent of the Company.
(h) GOVERNING LAW. All questions concerning the construction,
validity and interpretation of this Agreement and the exhibits hereto shall be
governed by the internal law, and not the law of conflicts, of the State of
Minnesota.
(i) REMEDIES. Each of the parties to this Agreement shall be
entitled to enforce its rights under this Agreement specifically, to recover
damages and costs (including reasonable attorneys fees) caused by any breach of
any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing in its
favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that Executive's breach of any
term or provision of this Agreement shall materially and irreparably harm the
Company, that money damages shall accordingly not be an adequate remedy for any
breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that any party in its sole
discretion and in addition to any other remedies it may have at law or in equity
may apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction (without
posting any bond or deposit) for specific performance and/or other injunctive
relief in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions of this
Agreement.
(j) AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. The provisions of this Agreement may be
amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and
Executive.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement on the date first written above.
CAL DIVE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
By
Its
Gerald G. Reuhl
The foregoing is acknowledged and assumed this July 27, 1990.
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By
Its
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EXHIBIT 10.5
CONFIDENTIALITY AND NONCOMPETE AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, dated as of July 27, 1990, between Cal Dive
Acquisition Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), and Owen Kratz
("Executive").
The Company and Executive desire to enter into an agreement (i)
defining the relative rights of the Company and Executive with respect to
Intellectual Property (as defined below) owned by the Company or its customers
or clients to which Executive may have access or may contribute as a result of
Executive's employment with the Company and (ii) setting forth the obligation of
Executive to refrain from competing with the Company during his employment with
the Company and for a period of time thereafter as provided herein.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and
Executive is a condition to the purchase of shares of the Company's Common Stock
by Merrill Lynch Interfunding Inc. (the "Purchaser") pursuant to a Purchase
Agreement dated as of this date (the "Purchase Agreement").
This Agreement is being executed and delivered in connection with
the acquisition of Cal Dive International, Inc., a Minnesota corporation ("Cal
Dive"), through the merger of the Company with and into Cal Dive (the "Merger"),
with Cal Dive being the surviving corporation in the Merger. As a result of the
Merger, l Dive shall assume all of the Company's obligations under this
Agreement. After the Merger, the term "Company" as used in this Agreement shall
mean Cal Dive as the surviving corporation in the Merger.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
1. NONDISCLOSURE AND NONUSE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
(a) During the period commencing with the date of this Agreement
and ending on (i) the fifth anniversary of the date of the termination of
Executive's employment with the Company if such termination arises as a result
of voluntary termination or retirement by the Executive or termination by the
Company for Cause (as defined in the Executive Stock Agreement dated of even
date herewith between the Company and the Executive (the "Executive Stock
Agreement"), and (ii) the date which is 18 months following the date of the
termination of Executive's employment with the company if such termination
arises for any reason other than as provided in subparagraph i(a)(i) above,
Executive covenants and
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agrees with the Company that Executive shall not disclose or use any
Confidential Information (as defined below) of which Executive is or becomes
aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent
that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by Executive's
performance of duties assigned to Executive by the Company. Executive shall take
all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information and to protect it
against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft.
(b) As used in this Agreement, the term "Confidential
Information" means information that is not generally known to the public and
that is or has been used, developed or obtained, either prior to or following
the date of this Agreement, by the Company in connection with its business,
including but not limited to (i) products or services, (ii) fees, costs and
pricing structures, (iii) designs, (iv) analysis, (v) drawings, photographs and
reports, (vi) computer software, including operating systems, applications and
program listings, (vii) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (viii) data
bases, (ix) accounting and business methods, (x) inventions, devices, new
developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and
whether or not reduced to practice, (xi) customers and clients and customer or
client lists, (xii) other copyrightable works, (xiii) all technology and trade
secrets, and (xiv) all similar and related information in whatever form.
Confidential Information shall not include any information that has been
published in a form generally available to the public prior to the date
Executive proposes to disclose or use such information. Information shall not be
deemed to have been published merely because individual portions of the
information have been separately published, but only if all material features
comprising such information have been published in combination.
2. THE COMPANY'S OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
(a) In the event that Executive as part of his activities on
behalf of the Company generates, authors or contributes to any invention,
design, new development, device, product, method or process (whether or not
patentable or reduced to practice or comprising Confidential Information), any
copyrightable work (whether or not comprising Confidential Information) or any
other form of Confidential Information relating directly or indirectly to the
Company's business as prior hereto, now or hereinafter conducted (collectively,
"Intellectual Property"), Executive acknowledges that such Intellectual Property
is the exclusive property of the Company and hereby assigns all right, title and
interest in and to Such Intellectual Property to the
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Company. Any copyrightable work prepared in whole or in part by Executive shall
be deemed "a work made for hire" under Section 201(b) of the 1976 Copyright Act,
and the Company shall own all of the rights comprised in the copyright therein.
Executive shall promptly and fully disclose all Intellectual Property to the
Company and shall cooperate with the Company to protect the Company's interests
in and rights to such Intellectual Property, including without limitation
providing reasonable assistance in securing patent protection and copyright
registrations and executing all documents as reasonably requested by the
Company, whether such requests occur prior to or after termination of
Executive's employment with the Company.
(b) MINNESOTA EMPLOYEE INVENTION NOTIFICATION. In accordance with
Minnesota statute, Chapter 181, Section 181.78, Employee is hereby advised that
no provision of this Agreement is intended to assign any of Employee's rights in
an invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret
information of the Company was used and which was developed entirely on the
Employee's own time, and which does not relate directly to the business of the
Company or to the Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research or
development, or which does not result from any work performed by the employee
for the employer.
3. DELIVERY OF MATERIALS UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEE. As
requested by the Company from time to time and upon the termination of
Executive's employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall promptly
deliver to the Company all copies and embodiments, in whatever form, of all
Confidential Information or Intellectual Property in Executive's possession or
within his control (including, but not limited to, written records, notes,
photographs, manuals, notebooks, documentation, program listings, flow charts,
magnetic media, disks, diskettes, tapes and all other materials containing any
Confidential Information or Intellectual Property) irrespective of the location
or form of such material and, if requested by the Company, shall provide the
Company with written confirmation that all such materials have been delivered to
the Company.
4. NONCOMPETITION. Executive acknowledges and agrees with the
Company that Executive's services to the Company are unique in nature and that
the Company would be irreparably damaged if Executive were to provide similar
services to any person or entity competing with the Company or engaged in a
similar business. Executive accordingly covenants and agrees with the Company
that during the period commencing with the date of this Agreement and ending on
(i) the second anniversary of the date of the termination
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of Executive's employment with the Company if such termination arises as a
result of voluntary termination or retirement by the Executive or termination by
the Company for Cause (as defined in the Executive Stock Agreement), and (ii)
the first anniversary of the date of termination of Executive's employment with
the Company if such termination arises for any reason other than as provided in
subparagraph 4(i) above, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, either for
himself or for any other individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture or
other entity, participate in any business (including without limitation any
division, group or franchise of a larger organization) which engages or which
proposes to engage in the business of providing diving services in the Gulf of
Mexico or any other business actively engaged in by the Company on the date of
termination of Executive's employment in the area or areas where the Company is
conducting such business; provided that until such time as the Company waives in
writing any rights it may have to enforce the terms of this paragraph 4 (the
"Waiver"), during the period commencing on the date of the termination of
Executive's employment with the Company and ending on the date on which either
the noncompetition provisions contained in this paragraph 4 terminate or the
Waiver is delivered to Executive, whichever is earlier, the Company will pay to
Executive an amount equal to one-half of Executive's base salary as of the date
his employment was terminated (which will be paid over time in accordance with
the salary payment schedule in effect from time to time for senior executives of
the Company) and during such time period Executive shall be entitled to all
insurance benefits received by other senior executives of the Company. For
purposes of this Agreement, the term "participate in" shall include without
limitation having any direct or indirect interest in any corporation,
partnership, joint venture or other entity, whether as a sole proprietor, owner,
stockholder, partner, joint venturer, creditor or otherwise, or rendering any
direct or indirect service or assistance to any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture and other business entity (whether as a director,
officer, manager, supervisor, employee, agent, consultant or otherwise).
5. NONSOLICITATION. Executive covenants and agrees with the
Company that during the period commencing with the date of this Agreement and
ending on (i) the second anniversary of the date of termination of Executive's
employment with the Company if such termination arises as a result of voluntary
termination or retirement by the Executive or termination by the Company for
Cause (as defined in the Executive Stock Agreement), and (ii) the date which is
18 months following the termination of the Executive's employment with the
Company if such termination arises for any
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reason other than as provided in subparagraph 5(i) above, Executive shall not,
directly or indirectly, either for himself or for any other individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity, (i) make any offer of
employment, solicit or hire any employee of the Company or its affiliates or
induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Company or its affiliates to
leave their employ or in any way interfere with the relationship between the
Company or its affiliates and any of their employees or (ii) induce or attempt
to induce any supplier, licensee, licensor, franchisee, or other business
relation of the Company or its affiliates to cease doing business with them or
in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company or its affiliates
and any customer or business relation.
6. NOTICES. Any notice provided for in this Agreement must be in
writing and must be either personally delivered, mailed by first class mail
(postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or sent by reputable overnight
courier service (charges prepaid) to Executive at the address indicated on the
signature page of this Agreement and to the Company at the address indicated
below:
To the Company:
Cal Dive International
13430 Northwest Freeway
Suite 350
Houston, Texas 77040
Attention: Gerald G. Reuhl
With copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
1800 International Centre
900 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-3394
Attention: Andrew C. Becher, Esq.
or such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient
party shall have specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Any
notice under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given when so delivered
or sent or, if mailed, five days after deposit in the U.S. mail.
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7. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) COMPANY SUBSIDIARIES. For purposes of this
Agreement, the term "Company" shall include all subsidiaries of the
Company.
(b) NOT AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. Executive and the Company
acknowledge and agree that this Agreement is not intended and should not be
construed to grant Executive any right to continued employment with the Company
or to otherwise define the terms of Executive's employment with the Company.
(c) ABSENCE OF CONFLICTING AGREEMENTS. Executive hereby warrants
and covenants that his employment by the Company and his execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement do not and shall not result in a breach of the
terms, conditions or provisions of any agreement, order, judgment or decree to
which Executive is subject.
(d) SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this
Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect
any other provision or any other jurisdiction, and this Agreement shall be
reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid,
illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein. The parties
agree that a court of competent jurisdiction making a determination of the
invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of paragraphs 3, 4 and 5
of this Agreement shall have the power to reduce the scope, duration or area of
any such term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases or to replace
any invalid or unenforceable term or provision in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 with a
term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to
expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and
this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified.
(e) COMPLETE AGREEMENT. This Agreement, those documents expressly
referred to herein and other documents of even date herewith embody the complete
agreement and understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any
prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties,
written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.
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(f) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in separate
counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together constitute one and the same agreement.
(g) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Except as otherwise provided herein,
this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
Company and Executive and their respective successors and assigns; provided that
the rights and obligations of Executive under this Agreement shall not be
assignable without the prior written consent of the Company.
(h) GOVERNING LAW. All questions concerning the construction,
validity and interpretation of this Agreement and the exhibits hereto shall be
governed by the internal law, and not the law of conflicts, of the State of
Minnesota.
(i) REMEDIES. Each of the parties to this Agreement shall be
entitled to enforce its rights under this Agreement specifically, to recover
damages and costs (including reasonable attorneys fees) caused by any breach of
any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing in its
favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that Executive's breach of any
term or provision of this Agreement shall materially and irreparably harm the
Company, that money damages shall accordingly not be an adequate remedy for any
breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that any party in its sole
discretion and in addition to any other remedies it may have at law or in equity
may apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction (without
posting any bond or deposit) for specific performance and/or other injunctive
relief in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions of this
Agreement.
(j) AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. The provisions of this Agreement may be
amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and
Executive.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement on the date first written above.
CAL DIVE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
By
Its
Owen Kratz
The foregoing is acknowledged and assumed this July 27, 1990.
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By
Its
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EXHIBIT 10.6
CONFIDENTIALITY AND NONCOMPETE AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, dated as of July 27, 1990, between Cal Dive
Acquisition Corporation, a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), and S. James
Nelson ("Executive").
The Company and Executive desire to enter into an agreement (i)
defining the relative rights of the Company and Executive with respect to
Intellectual Property (as defined below) owned by the Company or its customers
or clients to which Executive may have access or may contribute as a result of
Executive's employment with the Company and (ii) setting forth the obligation of
Executive to refrain from competing with the Company during his employment with
the Company and for a period of time thereafter as provided herein.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and
Executive is a condition to the purchase of shares of the Company's Common Stock
by Merrill Lynch Interfunding Inc. (the "Purchaser") pursuant to a Purchase
Agreement dated as of this date (the "Purchase Agreement").
This Agreement is being executed and delivered in connection with
the acquisition of Cal Dive International, Inc., a Minnesota corporation ("Cal
Dive"), through the merger of the Company with and into Cal Dive (the "Merger"),
with Cal Dive being the surviving corporation in the Merger. As a result of the
Merger, l Dive shall assume all of the Company's obligations under this
Agreement. After the Merger, the term "Company" as used in this Agreement shall
mean Cal Dive as the surviving corporation in the Merger.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
1. NONDISCLOSURE AND NONUSE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
(a) During the period commencing with the date of this Agreement
and ending on (i) the fifth anniversary of the date of the termination of
Executive's employment with the Company if such termination arises as a result
of voluntary termination or retirement by the Executive or termination by the
Company for Cause (as defined in the Executive Stock Agreement dated of even
date herewith between the Company and the Executive (the "Executive Stock
Agreement"), and (ii) the date which is 18 months following the date of the
termination of Executive's employment with the company if such termination
arises for any reason other than as provided in subparagraph i(a)(i) above,
Executive covenants and
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agrees with the Company that Executive shall not disclose or use any
Confidential Information (as defined below) of which Executive is or becomes
aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent
that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by Executive's
performance of duties assigned to Executive by the Company. Executive shall take
all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information and to protect it
against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft.
(b) As used in this Agreement, the term "Confidential
Information" means information that is not generally known to the public and
that is or has been used, developed or obtained, either prior to or following
the date of this Agreement, by the Company in connection with its business,
including but not limited to (i) products or services, (ii) fees, costs and
pricing structures, (iii) designs, (iv) analysis, (v) drawings, photographs and
reports, (vi) computer software, including operating systems, applications and
program listings, (vii) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (viii) data
bases, (ix) accounting and business methods, (x) inventions, devices, new
developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and
whether or not reduced to practice, (xi) customers and clients and customer or
client lists, (xii) other copyrightable works, (xiii) all technology and trade
secrets, and (xiv) all similar and related information in whatever form.
Confidential Information shall not include any information that has been
published in a form generally available to the public prior to the date
Executive proposes to disclose or use such information. Information shall not be
deemed to have been published merely because individual portions of the
information have been separately published, but only if all material features
comprising such information have been published in combination.
2. THE COMPANY'S OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
(a) In the event that Executive as part of his activities on
behalf of the Company generates, authors or contributes to any invention,
design, new development, device, product, method or process (whether or not
patentable or reduced to practice or comprising Confidential Information), any
copyrightable work (whether or not comprising Confidential Information) or any
other form of Confidential Information relating directly or indirectly to the
Company's business as prior hereto, now or hereinafter conducted (collectively,
"Intellectual Property"), Executive acknowledges that such Intellectual Property
is the exclusive property of the Company and hereby assigns all right, title and
interest in and to Such Intellectual Property to the
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Company. Any copyrightable work prepared in whole or in part by Executive shall
be deemed "a work made for hire" under Section 201(b) of the 1976 Copyright Act,
and the Company shall own all of the rights comprised in the copyright therein.
Executive shall promptly and fully disclose all Intellectual Property to the
Company and shall cooperate with the Company to protect the Company's interests
in and rights to such Intellectual Property, including without limitation
providing reasonable assistance in securing patent protection and copyright
registrations and executing all documents as reasonably requested by the
Company, whether such requests occur prior to or after termination of
Executive's employment with the Company.
(b) MINNESOTA EMPLOYEE INVENTION NOTIFICATION. In accordance with
Minnesota statute, Chapter 181, Section 181.78, Employee is hereby advised that
no provision of this Agreement is intended to assign any of Employee's rights in
an invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret
information of the Company was used and which was developed entirely on the
Employee's own time, and which does not relate directly to the business of the
Company or to the Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research or
development, or which does not result from any work performed by the employee
for the employer.
3. DELIVERY OF MATERIALS UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYEE. As
requested by the Company from time to time and upon the termination of
Executive's employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall promptly
deliver to the Company all copies and embodiments, in whatever form, of all
Confidential Information or Intellectual Property in Executive's possession or
within his control (including, but not limited to, written records, notes,
photographs, manuals, notebooks, documentation, program listings, flow charts,
magnetic media, disks, diskettes, tapes and all other materials containing any
Confidential Information or Intellectual Property) irrespective of the location
or form of such material and, if requested by the Company, shall provide the
Company with written confirmation that all such materials have been delivered to
the Company.
4. NONCOMPETITION. Executive acknowledges and agrees with the
Company that Executive's services to the Company are unique in nature and that
the Company would be irreparably damaged if Executive were to provide similar
services to any person or entity competing with the Company or engaged in a
similar business. Executive accordingly covenants and agrees with the Company
that during the period commencing with the date of this Agreement and ending on
(i) the second anniversary of the date of the termination
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of Executive's employment with the Company if such termination arises as a
result of voluntary termination or retirement by the Executive or termination by
the Company for Cause (as defined in the Executive Stock Agreement), and (ii)
the first anniversary of the date of termination of Executive's employment with
the Company if such termination arises for any reason other than as provided in
subparagraph 4(i) above, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, either for
himself or for any other individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture or
other entity, participate in any business (including without limitation any
division, group or franchise of a larger organization) which engages or which
proposes to engage in the business of providing diving services in the Gulf of
Mexico or any other business actively engaged in by the Company on the date of
termination of Executive's employment in the area or areas where the Company is
conducting such business; provided that until such time as the Company waives in
writing any rights it may have to enforce the terms of this paragraph 4 (the
"Waiver"), during the period commencing on the date of the termination of
Executive's employment with the Company and ending on the date on which either
the noncompetition provisions contained in this paragraph 4 terminate or the
Waiver is delivered to Executive, whichever is earlier, the Company will pay to
Executive an amount equal to one-half of Executive's base salary as of the date
his employment was terminated (which will be paid over time in accordance with
the salary payment schedule in effect from time to time for senior executives of
the Company) and during such time period Executive shall be entitled to all
insurance benefits received by other senior executives of the Company. For
purposes of this Agreement, the term "participate in" shall include without
limitation having any direct or indirect interest in any corporation,
partnership, joint venture or other entity, whether as a sole proprietor, owner,
stockholder, partner, joint venturer, creditor or otherwise, or rendering any
direct or indirect service or assistance to any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture and other business entity (whether as a director,
officer, manager, supervisor, employee, agent, consultant or otherwise).
5. NONSOLICITATION. Executive covenants and agrees with the
Company that during the period commencing with the date of this Agreement and
ending on (i) the second anniversary of the date of termination of Executive's
employment with the Company if such termination arises as a result of voluntary
termination or retirement by the Executive or termination by the Company for
Cause (as defined in the Executive Stock Agreement), and (ii) the date which is
18 months following the termination of the Executive's employment with the
Company if such termination arises for any
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reason other than as provided in subparagraph 5(i) above, Executive shall not,
directly or indirectly, either for himself or for any other individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity, (i) make any offer of
employment, solicit or hire any employee of the Company or its affiliates or
induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Company or its affiliates to
leave their employ or in any way interfere with the relationship between the
Company or its affiliates and any of their employees or (ii) induce or attempt
to induce any supplier, licensee, licensor, franchisee, or other business
relation of the Company or its affiliates to cease doing business with them or
in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company or its affiliates
and any customer or business relation.
6. NOTICES. Any notice provided for in this Agreement must be in
writing and must be either personally delivered, mailed by first class mail
(postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or sent by reputable overnight
courier service (charges prepaid) to Executive at the address indicated on the
signature page of this Agreement and to the Company at the address indicated
below:
To the Company:
Cal Dive International
13430 Northwest Freeway
Suite 350
Houston, Texas 77040
Attention: Gerald G. Reuhl
With copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
1800 International Centre
900 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-3394
Attention: Andrew C. Becher, Esq.
or such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient
party shall have specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Any
notice under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given when so delivered
or sent or, if mailed, five days after deposit in the U.S. mail.
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7. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
(a) COMPANY SUBSIDIARIES. For purposes of this
Agreement, the term "Company" shall include all subsidiaries of the
Company.
(b) NOT AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. Executive and the Company
acknowledge and agree that this Agreement is not intended and should not be
construed to grant Executive any right to continued employment with the Company
or to otherwise define the terms of Executive's employment with the Company.
(c) ABSENCE OF CONFLICTING AGREEMENTS. Executive hereby warrants
and covenants that his employment by the Company and his execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement do not and shall not result in a breach of the
terms, conditions or provisions of any agreement, order, judgment or decree to
which Executive is subject.
(d) SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this
Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any
jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect
any other provision or any other jurisdiction, and this Agreement shall be
reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid,
illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein. The parties
agree that a court of competent jurisdiction making a determination of the
invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of paragraphs 3, 4 and 5
of this Agreement shall have the power to reduce the scope, duration or area of
any such term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases or to replace
any invalid or unenforceable term or provision in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 with a
term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to
expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and
this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified.
(e) COMPLETE AGREEMENT. This Agreement, those documents expressly
referred to herein and other documents of even date herewith embody the complete
agreement and understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any
prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties,
written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.
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(f) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in separate
counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together constitute one and the same agreement.
(g) SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Except as otherwise provided herein,
this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
Company and Executive and their respective successors and assigns; provided that
the rights and obligations of Executive under this Agreement shall not be
assignable without the prior written consent of the Company.
(h) GOVERNING LAW. All questions concerning the construction,
validity and interpretation of this Agreement and the exhibits hereto shall be
governed by the internal law, and not the law of conflicts, of the State of
Minnesota.
(i) REMEDIES. Each of the parties to this Agreement shall be
entitled to enforce its rights under this Agreement specifically, to recover
damages and costs (including reasonable attorneys fees) caused by any breach of
any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights existing in its
favor. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that Executive's breach of any
term or provision of this Agreement shall materially and irreparably harm the
Company, that money damages shall accordingly not be an adequate remedy for any
breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that any party in its sole
discretion and in addition to any other remedies it may have at law or in equity
may apply to any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction (without
posting any bond or deposit) for specific performance and/or other injunctive
relief in order to enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions of this
Agreement.
(j) AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. The provisions of this Agreement may be
amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and
Executive.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement on the date first written above.
CAL DIVE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
By
Its
S. James Nelson
The foregoing is acknowledged and assumed this July 27, 1990.
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By
Its
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EXHIBIT 10.8
PROPOSED 1996
ANNUAL INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM
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By now, you should all be familiar with Cal Dive's MISSION TRIANGLE.
The concept inherent in the MISSION TRIANGLE is that our corporate goals of
Profitability and Client Satisfaction are attainable only through a team effort
and commitment to safety, planning, professionalism and quality. What also needs
to be understood is that in the long-term you cannot have profitability without
satisfied clients and conversely, you will not have the means of satisfying
those clients unless the company is generating sufficient levels of profit.
Cal Dive's 1996 Incentive Compensation Program is designed to provide financial
rewards to certain key individuals for their contribution towards achieving our
corporate goals of Profitability and Client Satisfaction. Every individual who
is eligible for Incentive Compensation should consider himself responsible for
insuring that the company achieve these goals. Anyone who does not fully
understand how they might contribute to this should visit with Jerry Reuhl about
this issue.
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PROJECT ENGINEERING GROUP
The Project Engineering Group was formed in May 1992 to take a lead role in all
phases of a project's life, from bidding through planning and execution, on to
final invoice. The performance of this group is key to achieving our corporate
goals of Profitability and Client Satisfaction.
Each Project Engineer's (inclusive of estimators) incentive compensation
opportunity will be based on the following:
1) Attaining a "subsea division" gross profit level of $10,275,000
(the goal) will result in an opportunity equal to 10% of the
Project Engineer's base salary.
2) A bonus pool will be established equal to (a) 5% of the first one
million dollars in excess of the goal, plus (b) 10% of any subsea
division gross profits in excess of [the goal plus $1 million
dollars].
Discretionary bonuses may be paid to members of the Project Engineering staff at
the discretion of the V. P. of Project Engineering. The remainder of the bonus
pool will be available as an incentive compensation opportunity for the Project
Engineers, (the V. P. of Project Engineering will be considered a Project
Engineer for bonus calculation purposes, including Paragraph #1 above), in
direct proportion to the ratio of the participants base salaries.
Each participants opportunity will be awarded based as follows:
1) 50% of the total opportunity will be awarded based on achieving
the financial goals.
2) From 0 to 50% of the total opportunity will be awarded based on
a subjective evaluation by the Company's executive management on
the individual's efforts, contribution, and success in promoting
safe operations and developing client satisfaction.
Any portion of the opportunity that is not awarded will be accrued for and added
to the appropriate groups opportunity for the following years Incentive
Compensation Program.
If the company purchases or otherwise acquires new assets with the expectation
of increasing the gross profit of the subsea division, the gross profit levels
in 1, 2(a) and 2(b) above will be adjusted upward to allow for a reasonable
return to the company before the bonus opportunity kicks in. This adjustment
will be based on the economics presented to the Board of Directors as
justification for the new equipment or service, and will be made by the
executive management of the Company. As you will notice, this year's goal has
been increased to reflect the addition of our new D.P. vessel for the full year.
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PROJECT ENGINEERING GROUP
For your information, we are providing the following select data on the subsea
division:
Year Gross Profit
1990 $8,624,000
1991 $9,437,000
1992 $4,335,600
1993 $9,156,212
1994 $8,867,227
1995 Goal 1995 Budget 1995 Actual
$9,225,000 $9,400,000 $6,173,693
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1996 Goal 1996 Budget
* $10,275,000 $10,278,100
* Increased to reflect a full years operation on the WITCH QUEEN.
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ACCOUNT MANAGER GROUP
The Account Manager Group was formed in 1986 to spearhead the Company's
marketing effort. Its current goal is to achieve the corporate goals of
Profitability and Client Satisfaction by implementing the strategies and
directions established by management. The efforts of this group are critical in
achieving our Corporate Goals.
Each Account Manager's incentive compensation opportunity will be based on the
following:
1) Attaining a "subsea division" gross profit level of $10,275,000
(the goal) will result in an opportunity equal to 10% of the
Account Manager's base salary.
2) A bonus pool will be established equal to (a) 5% of the first one
million dollars in excess of the goal, plus (b) 10% of any subsea
division gross profits in excess of [the goal plus $1 million
dollars].
Discretionary bonuses may be paid to members of the Account Manager staff at the
discretion of the Marketing and Sales Coordinator. The remainder of the bonus
pool will be available as an incentive compensation opportunity for the Account
Managers, (the Marketing and Sales Coordinator will be considered an Account
Manager for bonus calculation purposes, including Paragraph #1 above), in direct
proportion to the ratio of the participants base salaries.
Each participant's opportunity will be awarded based as follows:
1) 1/3 of the total opportunity will be awarded based on achieving
the financial goals.
2) From 0 to 1/3 of the total opportunity will be awarded based on
a subjective evaluation by the Company's executive management on
the individual's efforts, contribution, and success in
developing client satisfaction.
3) From 0 to 1/3 of the total opportunity will be awarded based on
a subjective evaluation by the Company's executive management on
the individual's efforts and success in following and
implementing the strategies and directions established by
management.
Any portion of the opportunity that is not awarded will be accrued for and added
to the appropriate groups opportunity for the following years Incentive
Compensation Program.
If the company purchases or otherwise acquires new assets with the expectation
of increasing the gross profit of the subsea division, the gross profit levels
in 1, 2(a) and 2(b) above will be adjusted upward to allow for a reasonable
return to the company before the bonus opportunity kicks in. This adjustment
will be based on the economics presented to the Board of Directors as
justification for the new equipment or service, and will be made by the
Executive management of the Company. As you will notice, this year's goal has
been increased to reflect the addition of our new D.P. vessel for a full year of
operation.
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ACCOUNT MANAGER GROUP
For your information, we are providing the following select data on the subsea
division:
Year Gross Profit
1990 $8,624,000
1991 $9,437,000
1992 $4,335,600
1993 $9,156,212
1994 $8,867,227
1995 Goal 1995 Budget 1995 Actual
$9,225,000 $9,400,000 $6,173,693
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1996 Goal 1996 Budget
* $10,275,000 $10,278,100
* Increased to reflect a full years operation on the WITCH QUEEN.
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OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
The operations and administrative staff perform functions that are critical to
every facet of accomplishing the Corporate goals of profitability and client
satisfaction.
Each participant in this plan will have an incentive compensation opportunity
expressed in terms of a percentage of his or her base salary as follows:
EXHIBIT 23.2
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our
report dated September , 1996 on our audits of the consolidated balance sheets
and statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows as of December
31, 1995 and 1994 and for each of the three years in the period ended December
31, 1995 and to all references to our Firm included in or made a part of this
registration statement.
EXHIBIT 23.3
[MILLER AND LENTS,LTD. LETTERHEAD]
August 7, 1996
Cal Dive International, Inc.
13430 N.W. Freeway, Suite 350
Houston, TX 77040
Re: Cal Dive International, Inc.
Securities and Exchange Commission Form S-1
Gentlemen:
The firm of Miller and Lents, Ltd. consents to the naming of it as experts
and to the incorporation by reference of its report dated July 24, 1996
concerning the Oil and Gas Reserves and Future Net Revenues as of January 1,
1996 attributable to Energy Resource Technology, Inc. in the Registration
Statement of Cal Dive International Inc. on Securities and Exchange
Commission Form S-1 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Miller and Lents, Ltd. has no interests in Cal Dive International, Inc. or
in any of its affiliated companies or subsidiaries and is not to receive any
such interest as payment for such report and has no director, officer, or
employee employed or otherwise connected with Cal Dive International, Inc.
We are not employed by Cal Dive International, Inc. on a contingent basis.
Very truly yours,
MILLER AND LENTS, LTD.
By____________________________________
Exhibit 23.4
CONSENT OF E. DONALD TERRY
I consent ot being named, in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be filed
by Cal Dive International, Inc., as about to be named a director of Cal Dive
International, Inc.
/s/ E. DONALD TERRY
E. Donald Terry
September 4, 1996