AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO
LOAN, SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO LOAN, SECURITY AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of August 2, 2024, is entered into by Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“Helix”), Helix Well Ops Inc., a Texas corporation (“Well Ops”), Helix Robotics Solutions, Inc., a Texas corporation (“Robotics”), Deepwater Abandonment Alternatives, Inc., a Texas corporation (“Deepwater”), ALLIANCE OFFSHORE, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company (“Alliance Offshore”), TRITON DIVING SERVICES, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company (“Triton”), ALLIANCE ENERGY SERVICES, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company (“Alliance Energy” and together with Helix, Well Ops, Robotics, Deepwater, Alliance Offshore and Triton, each a “U.S. Borrower” and collectively, “U.S. Borrowers”), Helix Well Ops (U.K.) Limited, a company incorporated in Scotland with company number SC231293 and having its registered office address at 13 Queen’s Road, Aberdeen, AB15 4YL (“Well Ops U.K.”), Helix Robotics Solutions Limited, a company incorporated in Scotland with number SC210524 and having its registered office address at 13 Queen’s Road, Aberdeen, AB15 4YL (“Robotics U.K.”, and together with Well Ops U.K., each a “U.K. Borrower” and collectively, “U.K. Borrowers”; the U.K. Borrowers and the U.S. Borrowers are collectively, the “Borrowers”), the guarantors party hereto (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrowers, the “Obligors”), the lenders party hereto (the “Lenders”), and Bank of America, N.A., as agent and as security trustee for the Lenders (in such capacity, “Agent”).
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Lenders and the Agent are parties to that certain Loan, Security and Guaranty Agreement dated as of September 30, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Loan Agreement”, and the Loan Agreement as amended hereby, the “Amended Loan Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Lenders amend the Loan Agreement to extend the Maturity Date and make certain other amendments to the Loan Agreement in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, the Agent and the Lenders are willing to amend the Loan Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.Definitions. All terms used herein that are defined in the Loan Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Loan Agreement.
2.Amendments. Effective as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as defined below) the Loan Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(a)Additional Definitions. The following definitions are hereby added to Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement in alphabetical order therein: