Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. - FORM 10-K - EX-10.19 - EXHIBIT 10.19

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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.	a991nsaireportupdated.htm
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.	ex32212312017.htm
EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.	ex32112312017.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.	ex31212312017.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.	ex31112312017.htm
EX-23.3 - EXHIBIT 23.3 - Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.	ex233123117.htm
EX-23.2 - EXHIBIT 23.2 - Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.	ex232123117.htm
EX-23.1 - EXHIBIT 23.1 - Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.	ex231123117.htm
EX-21.1 - EXHIBIT 21.1 - Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.	ex211123117.htm
EX-10.20 - EXHIBIT 10.20 - Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.	ex1020bceiamendment2.htm
10-K - 10-K - Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.	bcei2017123110-k.htm

Exhibit 10.19

Execution Version

AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND CONSENT

This AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND CONSENT (this "Amendment") dated as of December 22, 2017 (the "Effective Date") is among Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the Guarantors (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below), the Lenders (as defined below) party hereto (collectively, the “Executing Lenders,” and each individually an “Executing Lender”), and KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent and as Issuing Lender (as such terms are defined below).

RECITALS

A. The Borrower and the Guarantors are party to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 28, 2017 (as may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the lenders party thereto from time to time (the "Lenders"), and KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") and as issuing lender (in such capacity, the "Issuing Lender"). Each capitalized term defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein without definition shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement, unless expressly provided to the contrary.

B. Pursuant to that certain Exchange and Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 2017 (the “Trade Agreement”) with Confluence DJ, LLC and Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP, a copy of which is attached hereto as Annex A, Bonanza Creek Energy Operating Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BCEOC”), desires to swap approximately 600 acres in Weld County, Colorado and one producing well (such 600 acres and the one producing well, the “Subject Properties”).

C. The Executing Lenders wish to, subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, (i) amend the Credit Agreement and (ii) consent to the Disposition of the Subject Properties, in each case, as provided herein.

THEREFORE, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, and the Executing Lenders hereby agree as follows:

Section 1.Defined Terms. As used in this Amendment, each of the terms defined in the opening paragraph and the Recitals above shall have the meanings assigned to such terms therein.

Section 2. Other Definitional Provisions. Article, Section, Schedule, and Exhibit references are to Articles and Sections of and Schedules and Exhibits to this Amendment, unless otherwise specified. All references to instruments, documents, contracts, and agreements are references to such instruments, documents, contracts, and agreements as the same may be amended, supplemented, and otherwise modified from time to time, unless otherwise specified. The words "hereof", "herein", and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Amendment shall refer to this Amendment as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Amendment. The term "including" means "including, without limitation,". Paragraph headings have been inserted

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in this Amendment as a matter of convenience for reference only and it is agreed that such paragraph headings are not a part of this Amendment and shall not be used in the interpretation of any provision of this Amendment.

Section 3. Amendment to Credit Agreement.

(a) Clause (c)(iv)(B) of Section 6.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the first reference to “500 acres” with a reference to “1000 acres”.

Section 4. Consent. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, the Executing Lenders hereby consent to the Disposition of the Subject Properties so long as (a) BCEOC receives at least $97,000 in cash consideration, (b) BCEOC receives at least 590 acres in Weld County, Colorado in exchange for the Subject Properties (the “Received Properties”), (c) the Subject Properties do not exceed 650 acres in total, and (d) the swap of the Subject Properties is otherwise on the terms as set forth in the Trade Agreement attached hereto. The consent by the Executing Lenders described in this Section 4 is strictly limited to the Disposition of the Subject Properties. Such consent shall not be construed to be a consent to, or a waiver of, non-compliance with any terms, provisions, covenants, warranties or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents other than Section 6.04 of the Credit Agreement solely as to the Disposition of the Subject Properties as expressly set forth herein.

Section 5. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower and each Guarantor represents and warrants that: (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the representations and warranties contained in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (unless already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Change in the text thereof, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Effective Date as if made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates solely to an earlier date, in which case it shall have been true and correct in all material respects (unless already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Change in the text thereof, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date; (b) no Default has occurred and is continuing; (c) the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment are within the corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority of such Person and have been duly authorized by appropriate corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, action and proceedings; (d) this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of such Person enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by any applicable Debtor Relief Laws; (e) no consent, order, authorization, or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person are required for the due execution, delivery, and performance by the Borrower or any Guarantor in connection with this Amendment or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (f) the Liens under the Security Instruments are valid and subsisting and secure Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Documents; and (g) as to each Guarantor, it has no defenses to the enforcement of its Guaranty.

Section 6. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on the Effective Date and enforceable against the parties hereto upon the occurrence of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received multiple original counterparts, as requested by the Administrative Agent, of this Amendment duly and validly executed and delivered by duly authorized officers of the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Issuing Lender and the Majority Lenders.

(b) The Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Financial Officer certifying that the consideration received in respect of such Disposition is equal to or greater than the fair market value of such Oil and Gas Properties.

(d) The representations and warranties in this Amendment shall be true and correct in all material respects.

(e) The Borrower shall have paid all costs and expenses payable pursuant to Section 9.01(a) of the Credit Agreement to the extent invoices for such fees, costs, and expenses have been presented to the Borrower at least two Business Days prior to the Effective Date.

Section 7. Acknowledgments and Agreements.

(a) The Borrower acknowledges that on the date hereof all Secured Obligations are payable without defense, offset, counterclaim or recoupment.

(b) The Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders hereby expressly reserve all of their rights, remedies, and claims under the Loan Documents. Nothing in this Amendment shall constitute a waiver or relinquishment of (i) (1) any Default or Event of Default under any of the Loan Documents, (2) any of the agreements, terms or conditions contained in any of the Loan Documents, or (3) any rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender with respect to the Loan Documents, or (ii) the rights of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender to collect the full amounts owing to them under the Loan Documents.

(c) Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders does hereby adopt, ratify, and confirm the Credit Agreement, as amended and otherwise modified hereby, and acknowledges and agrees that the Credit Agreement, as amended and otherwise modified hereby, is and remains in full force and effect, and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that its liabilities and obligations under the Credit Agreement, as amended and otherwise modified hereby, are not impaired in any respect by this Amendment.

(d) From and after the Effective Date, all references to the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents shall mean such Credit Agreement and such Loan Documents as amended and otherwise modified by this Amendment.

(e) This Amendment is a Loan Document for the purposes of the provisions of the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, any breach of representations, warranties, and covenants under this Amendment shall be a Default or Event of Default, as applicable, under the Credit Agreement.

(f) On or before the date that is thirty (30) days after the date of the Disposition of the Subject Properties pursuant to the Trade Agreement, the Loan Parties shall execute and enter into Mortgages (or supplements to existing Mortgages) in order to grant an Acceptable Security Interest in the Received Properties.

Section 8. Reaffirmation of Guaranty. Each Guarantor hereby ratifies, confirms, acknowledges and agrees that its obligations under its Guaranty, as amended and otherwise modified hereby, are in full force and effect and that such Guarantor continues to unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee the full and punctual payment, when due, whether at stated maturity or earlier by acceleration or otherwise, of all of the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Guaranty), as such Guaranteed Obligations may have been amended by this Amendment, and its execution and delivery of this Amendment does not indicate or establish an approval or consent requirement by the Guarantor in connection with the execution and delivery of amendments, consents or waivers to the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

Section 9. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

Section 10. Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

Section 11. Severability. Any provision of this Amendment which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions hereof or thereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 12. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made under and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

Section 13. Entire Agreement. THIS AMENDMENT, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AS AMENDED BY THIS AMENDMENT, THE NOTES, AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS CONSTITUTE THE ENTIRE UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND SUPERSEDE ANY PRIOR AGREEMENTS, WRITTEN OR ORAL, WITH RESPECT THERETO.

THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.

[signature pages follow]

EXECUTED effective as of the date first above written.


BORROWER:	BONANZA CREEK ENERGY, INC.

By:

Name:

Title:

GUARANTORS:

BONANZA CREEK ENERGY OPERATING COMPANY, LLC

By:

Name:

Title:

BONANZA CREEK ENERGY RESOURCES,

LLC

By:

Name:

Title:

BONANZA CREEK ENERGY MIDSTREAM,

LLC

By:

Name:

Title:

BONANZA CREEK ENERGY UPSTREAM

LLC

By:

Name:

Title:

HOLMES EASTERN COMPANY, LLC

By:

Name:

Title:

ROCKY MOUNTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE, LLC