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10-K - FORM 10-K 2009 - Valaris Ltd | form10k2009.htm |
EX-23 - EXHIBIT 23.1 - Valaris Ltd | exhibit23-2009.htm |
EX-21 - EXHIBIT 21.1 - Valaris Ltd | exhibit21-2009.htm |
EX-10 - EXHIBIT 10.2 - Valaris Ltd | exhibit10-2ye2009.htm |
EX-31 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - Valaris Ltd | exhibit31-2yr2009.htm |
EX-32 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - Valaris Ltd | exhibit32-1yr2009.htm |
EX-31 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - Valaris Ltd | exhibit31-1yr2009.htm |
EX-32 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - Valaris Ltd | exhibit32-2yr2009.htm |
EX-10 - EXHIBIT 10.31 - Valaris Ltd | exhibit10-31ye2009.htm |
Exhibit 10.3
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor guarantees that it shall pay Administrative Agent strictly in accordance with the express terms of any document or agreement evidencing any Obligation, including in the amounts and in the currency expressly agreed to thereunder, irrespective of and without giving effect to any laws of the jurisdiction where any Borrower is principally located in effect from time to time, or any order, decree or regulation in the jurisdiction where any Borrower is principally located. It is the intent of this Section 2 that each Guarantors' obligations hereunder are and shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. 3. Waiver. Each Guarantor waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, notice of dishonor and any other notice with respect to any Obligation and this Guaranty and any requirement that Administrative Agent or any Bank exercise any right or take any action against any Borrower or any collateral security or credit support. 4. Reinstatement. This Guaranty will continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by Administrative Agent or any Bank upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. |
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6. Taxes. Any and all payments by a Guarantor hereunder will be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding income or franchise taxes imposed on Administrative Agent's or any Bank's net income by the jurisdiction under the laws of which Administrative Agent or such Bank is organized or any political subdivision thereof or by the jurisdiction of any Bank's lending office or any political subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being "Taxes"). If a Guarantor is required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder (i) the sum payable will be increased as may be necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) each of Administrative Agent and each Bank will receive an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Guarantor will make such deductions, and (iii) such Guarantor will pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law. In addition, each Guarantor will pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Guaranty or the Obligations ("Other Taxes"). Such Guarantor will promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent or such Bank the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof. Each Guarantor will indemnify Administrative Agent and each Bank for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes paid by Administrative Agent or such Bank or any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted, within 30 days of Administrative Agent's or such Bank's request therefor. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement contained herein, the Guarantors' agreements and obligations contained in this Section will survive the payment in full of the Obligations, principal and interest hereunder and any termination of this Guaranty. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any document or agreement evidencing an Obligation, the Guarantors and Administrative Agent (and each of their respective employees, representatives or other agents) may disclose to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any other government agency or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the parties, the U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure of the transactions contemplated hereby and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to any of the foregoing persons relating to such U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure. 7. Place and Currency of Payment. If any Obligation is payable in U.S. Dollars, each Guarantor agrees to make payment hereunder to Administrative Agent in U.S. Dollars at 1615 Brett Road, OPS III, New Castle, DE 19720. If any Obligation is payable in a currency other than U.S. Dollars (a "Non-USD Currency") and/or at a place other than the United States, and such payment is not made as and when agreed, each Guarantor agrees to, at the Administrative Agent's option, either (i) make payment in such Non-USD Currency and at the place where such Obligation is payable, or (ii) pay the Administrative Agent in U.S. Dollars at 1615 Brett Road, OPS III, New Castle, DE 19720. In the event of a payment pursuant to clause (ii) above, each Guarantor agrees to pay Administrative Agent the equivalent of the amount of such Obligation in U.S. Dollars calculated at the rate of exchange at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, Administrative Agent may buy such Non-USD Currency in New York, New York on the date such Guarantor makes such payment; provided, however, that the foregoing provisions of this sentence shall not apply to any payments hereunder in respect of Obligations that have been re-denominated into a Non-USD Currency as a result of the application of any law, order, decree or regulation in any jurisdiction other than the United States, which Obligations shall, for purposes of this Guaranty, be deemed to remain denominated in U.S. Dollars and payable to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 7. |
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9. Representations and Warranties. Each Guarantor represents and warrants that: (i) the execution, delivery and performance by such Guarantor of this Guaranty are within its corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not contravene (x) its memorandum and articles of association, charter or by-laws or (y) any law or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting such Guarantor or any entity that controls it, (ii) no authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by such Guarantor of this Guaranty, and (iii) this Guaranty has been duly executed and delivered by such Guarantor and is its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms. 10. Continuing Guaranty. This is a continuing guaranty and applies to all Obligations whenever arising. This Guaranty is irrevocable and will remain in full force and effect until the payment in full of the Obligations and all amounts payable hereunder and the termination of all of the agreements relating to the Obligations. 11. Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty, and no consent to departure by any Guarantor herefrom, will in any event be effective unless the same is in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent, and then such waiver or consent will be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. 12. Addresses. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder will be in writing (including telecopier communication), and mailed, telecopied or delivered to it, if to any Guarantor, at its address specified for notices in the Credit Agreement, or, as to any party, at such other address as is designated by such party in a written notice to the other party. All such notices and other communications will, when mailed or telecopied, be effective when deposited in the mails or telecopied, respectively. 13. Guarantors' Credit Decision, Etc. Each Guarantor has, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any Bank and based on such documents and information as such Guarantor has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Guaranty. Each Guarantor has adequate means to obtain from the Borrowers on a continuing basis information concerning the financial condition, operations and business of the Borrowers, and no Guarantor is relying on the Administrative Agent or any Bank to provide such information now or in the future. Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the extensions of credit contemplated by this Guaranty. |
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15. Governing Law. This Guaranty shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York. 16. Joint and Several Liability of the Guarantors. Each Guarantor accepts joint and several liability hereunder for the Obligations of the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement in consideration for the Banks and the Administrative Agent entering into the Amendment, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of each Guarantor. If and to the extent that any Guarantor shall fail to make any payment with respect to any of the obligations hereunder as and when due, then the other Guarantor will make such payment with respect to such obligation. 17. Contribution and Subrogation. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the Guarantors, each Guarantor agrees that in the event a payment shall be made on any date under this Guaranty by any Guarantor (the "Funding Guarantor"), each other Guarantor (each a "Contributing Guarantor") shall indemnify the Funding Guarantor in an amount equal to the amount of such payment, in each case multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the net worth of the Contributing Guarantor as of such date and the denominator of which shall be the aggregate net worth of all the Contributing Guarantors together with the net worth of the Funding Guarantor as of such date. Any Contributing Guarantor making any payment to a Funding Guarantor pursuant to this Section 17 shall be subrogated to the rights of such Funding Guarantor to the extent of such payment. 18. Fraudulent Transfer Laws. Anything contained in this Guaranty to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty on any date shall be limited to a maximum aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not, on such date, render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States or any applicable provisions of comparable debtor relief laws of any applicable jurisdiction (collectively, the "Fraudulent Transfer Laws"), but only to the extent that any Fraudulent Transfer Law has been found in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to be applicable to such obligations as of such date, in each case (a) after giving effect to all liabilities of such Guarantor, contingent or otherwise, that are relevant under the Fraudulent Transfer Laws, but specifically excluding (1) any liabilities of such Guarantor in respect of intercompany indebtedness to either Borrower or other affiliates of either Borrower to the extent that such indebtedness would be discharged in an amount equal to the amount paid by such Guarantor hereunder; (2) any liabilities of such Guarantor under this Guaranty; and |
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(b) after giving effect as assets to the value (as determined under the applicable provisions of the Fraudulent Transfer Laws) of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution of such Guarantor pursuant to applicable law or pursuant to the terms of any agreement (including any right of contribution under Section 17). 19. Amendment and Restatement. This Guaranty is an amendment and restatement of the Existing Guaranty and is given in renewal of and replacement for the Existing Guaranty. Each Guarantor consents to the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Amendment, but such consent shall not create an implication that consent of any Guarantor is required for any amendment of the Credit Agreement. 20. Consent to Jurisdiction, Etc. Each Guarantor irrevocably (i) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or Federal court sitting in New York City in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty or the Obligations, (ii) agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or in such Federal court, and (iii) waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding, and (iv) irrevocably consents to the service of any and all process in any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies of such process to such Guarantor at the address specified in Section 12. A final judgment in any such action or proceeding will be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing herein will affect the Administrative Agent's or any Bank's right to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law or affect the Administrative Agent's or any Bank's right to bring any action or proceeding against any Guarantor or its property in the courts of other jurisdictions. To the extent that any Guarantor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, such Guarantor irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Guaranty. |
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ENSCO INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED /s/ Dean A. Kewish Dean A. Kewish Vice President and Secretary | |
ENSCO INTERNATIONAL PLC /s/ David A. Armour David A. Armour Vice President - Finance | |
ENSCO GLOBAL LIMITED /s/ David A. Armour David A. Armour President and Director |
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